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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1955
Page
4
Weil Brothers Cotton reports cool days and frequent rains slow plant growth while dryness remains in parts of the Eastern Belt. Farmers seek hot dry weather, with excellent progress on irrigated lands in the Rio Grande Valley.
Herman D. Ruhm, Jr. of Mt. Pleasant Tennessee has been elected president of Burlington Industries Inc, the world’s biggest textile company with 91 plants including a Seamless hosiery plant at Scottsboro. This hometown connection highlights the regional reach of the firm.
The state should review Alabama's U S 31 project. Contracts from the Persons administration and future ones under Folsom would nearly complete a four lane highway from the Tennessee line to Montgomery. The neighbor to the north is urged to extend from Ardmore toward Nashville within a hundred miles and align with Alabama on a modern southern highway.
The article recalls Gifcrest and Kent Woodrow's view that faith in the League failed and Wilson faced opposition at home. It notes former President Harry Truman addressing the United Nations anniversary session in San Francisco and receiving an ovation for backing the UN, including sending troops to Korea to defend South Korea.
Alabama Power Company seeks final authority by year end to start a 25 million dollar dam and reservoir on the Sipsey Fork of the Warrior River. L M Smith told about 500 Cullman residents the plan could revive a Tennessee River to Gulf of Mexico canal via other routes, prompting calls to reexamine inland waterway options and potential federal support.
The Washington Merry-Go-Round notes Molotov avoided hearing Truman in San Francisco era talks. Interpreter Chip Bohlen recalls the sharp rebuke Missouri mule drivers’ language, provoking Molotov in Washington a decade ago. The piece mentions Gary Cooper’s film role and Ike’s Maine trip with Muskie, attributing a canceled Augusta visit to short runways rather than political snub.
The piece discusses whether a plane might have been over Russian claimed waters during a postwar incident and notes Russia's 20 mile sea sovereignty vs US three miles. It covers Lyndon Johnson probes into military graft and Air Force waste, then reflects on loyalty as a pillar of life and personal growth with Royce’s quote.
The piece criticizes a University of Arizona award given to E Palmer Hoyt of the Denver Post as a symbol of hollow academic honor. It cites political and press figures backing Hoyt while questioning the integrity of the selection process and the university’s lack of oversight.
Labor unions tout new pay packages as turning points in 1955 with promises of shorter work years and boosted weekly raises. The CIO Marine Engineers union helped push a 10 month year for tanker crews, with five months on and one off, plus 30 days paid vacation for engineers and officers. Unlicensed crew fare 28 days vacation, and industrywide gains spark hopes of broader adoption, including steel and copper sectors eyeing guaranteed annual wages.
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