Rayburn backs bill to end GI foreign trials
House Speaker Rayburn approved Foreign Affairs Committee action on Rep. Bow's measure to end foreign jurisdiction for U S servicemen abroad. The plan would compel presidential revision or denouncement of status of forces pacts and may win House passage within two weeks despite administration opposition amid the Girard case controversy.
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Washington
House
Rayburn
D-Tex
Foreign Affairs Committee
Cally
Bow
Rohio
Eisenhower
Army
William S. Girard
Girard
Japan
Senate
Austinville Worker Reported Missing
Melvin Scoggins, about 45 to 50, missing since Monday after leaving for work. Police notified Wednesday. he is 5 feet 11 inches, 155 to 160 pounds, and lived with a sister in Austinville.
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Melvin Scoggins
Scoggins
Austinville
The Nile: Egypt’s Sole Long River Revealed
The Nile runs about 960 miles and stands as the only major river in Egypt, anchoring the nation’s geography and history.
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Nile
Egypt
Veteran Scout Leader to Attend National Jamboree
Decatur scoutmaster Marvin Yarbrough will attend the National Boy Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge Pennsylvania as assistant scoutmaster for a troop and baggage master for the Tennessee Valley Council delegation of about 90 Scouts. Ten Decatur Scouts will depart July 8 by train for a trip including Washington sightseeing and New York City visit after the jamboree.
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Marvin Yarbrough
Decatur
Valley Forge
Yarbrough
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Tennessee Valley Council
Washington
New York City
United States
Burglar Turns Out To Be A Dog At Local Store
Police investigated a disturbance at Dob son Co. Dept. Store on Second Ave SE after merchandise was disturbed overnight. A large mongrel dog was found inside by clerks and later taken to the animal shelter by city animal master George Collier.
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Dobson & Co. Dept
Second Ave. SE
George Collier
United States Jaycees name Shearer president at Milwaukee vote
Charles E. Shearer a 34 year old Indiana attorney from Shelbyville won the 37th annual U S Junior Chamber convention in Milwaukee Arena after a long campaign. He trailed on the first ballot with 1559 votes while William R. Risher and Larry Woodworth trailed. the second ballot gave Shearer the presidency by 17 votes as Minnesota delegates split. Risher fell ill with a virus.
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Milwaukee
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Charles E. Shearer
Shelbyville
Ind
Shearer
William R. Risher
Bamburg
S.C
Larry Woodworth
Kent
Wash
Minnesota
Risher
Shearer Elected by Acclamation at Convention
At the convention the motion to elect Shearer by acclamation passed after an infection delay. Woodworth seconded the motion as Shearer succeeds Wendell H. Ford of Owensboro Kentucky.
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Shearer
Woodworth
Wendell H. Ford
Owensboro
Deny Ties to Somerville Rd Ramblers Hot Rod Group
Edward Lott and W C McBride issued a joint statement declaring they are not members of the Somerville Rd Ramblers hot rod club. They denied any association after the club advertised a meeting and listed members, stating they have never been part of the organization and do not understand how their names appeared.
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Edward Lott
W. C. McBride
Somerville Rd. Ramblers
Decatur Daily
Lott
McBride
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J. P. Pierce
Chemstrand
Bob Gibson
Stone Mountain
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