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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1958
Page
1
A compact community snapshot highlights local events and notable names in Deaanallees area. Residents gather for a spring rally and discuss neighborhood improvements while schools, churches, and small businesses anchor everyday life.
Reports on religious services and community notices include Christ and truth healing at services, plus visitors from Tennessee Valley State Trade School. Public relations official Alton Hollis attends a council meeting at Lookout Mountain. Local hospital update and court actions are noted along with a city market listing and building permit.
Witness alleges Bernard Goldfine bought a Washington house for Sherman Adams and sent yearly checks. John Fox testified he borrowed 500000 from Joseph Kennedy after backing John Kennedy in 1952, later opposing Henry Cabot Lodge due to anti Communist views. He claimed Goldfine said Adams had interests in Goldfine mills.
Republicans urged an emergency extension of expiring farm laws after the House defeated a Democratic omnibus farm bill by 214 to 171. The rejected measure included three year price support plans for wheat cotton rice milk and feed grains with new financing schemes. Opponents warned the costs would be passed to consumers and Secretary Benson received key support for the defeat.
Rep. Robert E. Jones of Alabama urges Eric Johnston to stop what he calls the Eisenhower Adams wrecking crew from destroying the Tennessee Valley Authority. He cites Johnston's praise of TVA and asks intervention to protect American prestige abroad.
Rutherfordton North Carolina will of the late Effie Lynch McCall directs the executor to prevent anyone who smokes from receiving their share. The estate includes personal effects three land tracts over 3000 dollars in government bonds and 25 shares of R J Reynolds Tobacco Co stock.
The House prepared to send a bill to President Eisenhower removing the half billion dollar annual freight tax. The Senate kept the 10 percent tax on rail, bus, and airline tickets, and both chambers agreed to repeal the freight excise tax effective August 1 while preserving other tax cuts. The measure aims to offset Treasury revenue declines amid a projected $10 billion deficit next year.
The report lists daily sun and moon events for Decatur with sunset at 8:05 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, June 28 and 29, moonrise and moonset times, and a full moon noted for Monday night. It references a low riding moonset times across the period.
Public Safety Director Bill Lyerly and Adj. Gen. James F. Berry urged motorists in Montgomery to exercise extra caution as about 1,000 vehicles and 20 convoys move National Guard troops to summer camps. Precautions aim to prevent accidents during the weekend travel.
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge 21.88 feet this morning with a 16 foot drop in 24 hours. Sea level reading 556.18 feet. Yesterday’s high 82 at 4 PM, low 56 at 5 AM. Today 64 degrees at 10:30 AM. Forecast partly cloudy and mild today and Saturday. tonight clear and cooler. Winds north 8 to 14 mph tonight light and variable. Sunday partly cloudy and warmer. today high 82 low 53. Saturday high 83.
A road block Sunday on five Decatur streets from 8 30 a m to 5 p m seeks contributions for Harris Home an orphanage for Negro children near Huntsville Alabama The operation centers at Lakeside High School with participation by the Decatur Negro Ministers Alliance Mens Civic League Decatur Negro American Legion Post 310 and Huntsville Big Sisters Organization The home near Oakwood College is run by Mrs Chessie Harris and her husband who donated the house and two acres to homeless Negro children.
A light column by Earl Wilson features female mosquitoes delivering bites and golf as a Scotch game with rye and bourbon. The piece hints at more laughs inside with Earl Wilson.
Beir ut and Tripoli saw renewed fighting as government forces and rebels clashed through the night. A Moslem holiday pause briefly eased the violence before sporadic shooting resumed. Rebel casualties included a brother of Saeb Salam. Tripoli offered no figures. The Moslem Mufti urged canceling the holiday celebrations.
Nashville Tennessee AP judge Raulston Schoolfield testifies for a second day denying impeachment charges. He speaks without notes or records for over three hours and covers about half of the remaining articles as the Senate previously killed two of the original twenty four.
Huntsville Alabama AP Explorer III is due to expire today as a 31 pound 80 inch tube descends and disintegrates upon reentry after traveling over 32 million miles since its launch March 26 from Cape Canaveral. The Army notes the satellite provided unprecedented cosmic ray data despite an off center orbit.
A KC135 jet tanker crashed shortly after takeoff at Westover Air Force Base Massachusetts killing 15 aboard including six newsmen who were to cover a transatlantic speed record attempt. Brig Gen Donald W Saunders airborne commander was among the victims.
Sister Juliana Daly O S B longtime principal at St Ann's Parochial School Decatur died Thursday in Columbus Hospital Columbus Mississippi after heart attack while teaching Vacation Bible School She opened St Ann's School in 1955 and served as principal Burial at Sacred Heart Convent Cullman with Mass Service Funeral Home of Cullman in charge Survived by two sisters Sister Mary Thomas Daly and Sister Mary Johanna Daly both of Cullman
A public meeting sparked renewed hope for a settlement on locating a new county high school. Trinity residents plan water supply for a State approved site in Trinity while Morgan County grapples with relocating students displaced by the Austinville School sale to Decatur. Decatur pays $107,000 to the county for Austinville to fund a Northwest School District high school near Tennessee River, Flint Creek, Highway 31 and the Lawrence County line.
Decatur recorded probably the lowest temperature of the summer for Alabama when the mercury skidded to 56 degrees at 5 a.m. Temperatures across the state fell as cool air rolled in from the north. Muscle Shoals reported 53 degrees, Birmingham tied a June 27 record at 62, and 56 may have been a state record for the date. The Weather Bureau predicts a low of 33 tonight, risking the record.
Washington AP. Senator James Eastland of Mississippi signaled willingness to start discussions toward a vote on two of three constitutional questions he raised about the House passed Alaska statehood bill. The timing would depend on how many senators wish to speak, potentially breaking a Senate stalemate and halting a session led by Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield of Montana.
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