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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1954
Page
1
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A Birmingham grand jury investigating vote fraud reportedly called defeated attorney general candidate Albert L Patterson and two campaign leaders for Gov James E Folsom. Testimony was expected from Lee Porter John Drinkard and Frank Long as the panel expands its three week probe tied to Phenix City lawlessness.
Nehru and Chou En-lai called for a political settlement in Indochina with free states free from foreign intervention. The leaders avoided armistice details and Mendes-France pledged action by July 20. Chou planned talks in Rangoon with U Nu before Peiping.
The Lawrence County Board of Education voted to employ legal counsel to defend its dismissal of J. K. Howell as principal of Lawrence County High School. Superintendent Clyde Horton said the board acted unanimously and no official court notice was received. The board also accepted resignations from George Nancarrow, Speake High coach, and Alfred Adams, Moulton Negro high principal, who will take a job in Andalusia.
Langtry Texas reports say cloudbursts flooded the Mexican US border area. Helicopters and aircraft searched dawn light to rescue hundreds including 410 waited on the Sunset Limited with 116 passengers evacuated last night. Maj. William Hughes led one group of 14 helicopters amid 8 to 10 inches of rain in the drainage basin above Langtry.
In Birmingham a lifeguard was praised after James Edward Boley an eight year old boy nearly drowned at a resort lake near Woodstock. He was pulled from the water Sunday afternoon after a swimmer stepped on his body and revived with aid from onlookers and responders.
A Western source says a strong chance exists for a compromise on the Indochina armistice supervisory commission. Likely makeup includes India, Ceylon, Burma, one Communist state and one European neutral. Sweden or Norway could be sought as the neutral member amid ongoing Geneva talks.
Phenix City Alabama attorney argues State Rep nominee J W Brassell was defeated largely due to a 1953 local law he sponsored. Brassell contests May 4 election claiming widespread voting irregularities. Hearings by a three man State Democratic Executive Committee subcommittee resumed after a 10 day recess with limited witness testimony and exhibits offered.
Quince Eddens of the Decatur Electric Department warns of dangers in installing and removing TV aerials. Two youths escaped electrocution when a dismantled antenna touched a 4,000 volt line at a home on 6th Ave SE. The falling antenna ignited a tin roof edge.
No higher temperature was recorded in the state than Decatur's 105 degrees at 3 pm yesterday, with Tuscaloosa matching solar intensity. TVA substation operator M. J. Davidson noted July 28, 1952, was the only other day reaching 105 in 14 years of records. The Gas Department thermometer read 106. Citizens sought relief in river waters, showers, and air conditioning, with no heat prostrations reported.
The Associated Press reports extreme heat surges across the region with many cities posting record highs. Florence South Carolina reached 108 degrees tying a 1925 record while Memphis and Conway hit 103 and 106 respectively. Georgia and Alabama posted numerous 100s as Atlanta set a 100.3 degree record for the date.
The Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge stood at 21.46 feet with a 0.11 rise in 24 hours. High yesterday reached 105 briefly, this morning 87 degrees. Forecast calls for fair, hot today and tonight with highs around 100 and a low around 70, then a cooler but still warm Tuesday with a high near 97.
A weekend toll includes five fatalities on Alabama highways and a drowning at Lake Jackson near Florala. Terrel Griffin, 29, of Samson, was thrown from a speeding boat along with Wayne Ausley, 27, and Robbie Brooks, 9. Griffin's body was recovered after the craft circled a turn.
Bobby Joe Faulk 18 of Toney Madison County drowned Sunday near Lock A on the north side of the Tennessee River at Graham's Hollow. Deputies D W Brown and Wallace Coleman investigated. Body recovered 5:25 p.m. by Ed McBay and sent to McConnell Funeral Home Athens. Funeral arrangements not yet set.
In Lucedale Mississippi Charles Vines a 22 year old blind Korean War veteran who served with the 1st Marine Division plunged into the Pasca awossta Bisne goula River to save two girls Anne Louise Ball 18 and Barbara Wood 15 and then pulled James Peacock 22 from the river after guiding the trio to shore. He swam about 600 feet battling the strong current and saved all three before collapsing from exhaustion.
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill vowed to press forward with plans for collective defense of Southeast Asia and warned the Communists that a settlement in Indochina could aggravate the international situation. They did not specify how or when the plan would be implemented.
Porter, a Gadsden attorney, announces he will not seek the special Democratic primary July 27 for attorney general. The move leaves John M. Patterson as a potential sole candidate after his father Albert L. Patterson was slain. Patterson qualified moments after the party vote ordered a special primary.
Prime Minister Churchill urged a patient cool and friendly examination of Russia's aims to reduce the danger of a war ending in ruins. He rejected the view that Russians cannot be trusted and called for a serious discussion in a press luncheon Q and A.
Guatemala City reports President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman resigning under army pressure. A military junta led by Col. Carlos Enrique Diaz takes power pledging to continue the war against exiled rebels led by Col. Carlos Castillo Armas and to seek cease fire terms.
Federal Judge Weinfeld told a jury that columnist Westbrook Pegler clearly libeled author Quentin Reynolds in a 1949 column. Reynolds seeks damages of 550000. jurors must decide the amount. The judge labeled the column defamatory and noted no competent evidence supported two specific allegations.
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