Decatur Stores to Close for Employee Vacation Next Week
A survey of leading Decatur stores shows closures on Wednesday and Thursday so workers may take a Fourth of July vacation. The Morgan County board of registrars will sit July 2 through 6 at the county courthouse. Local events include Homecoming Day at Chapel Hill Methodist and various lodge and chapter installations and banquets.
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Decatur
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Morgan County Board of Registrars
Eisenhower signs huge 33 billion highway bill
President Eisenhower signs a 33 billion highway construction bill creating a 41 000 mile national system with four or more lanes linking major cities. Tax increases begin Sunday including a one cent federal gasoline tax rise to three cents per gallon. Democrats reject bond financing, favor pay as you ride funding.
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Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Congress
GOP Wins First Round as Senate Votes on Foreign Aid Bill
The Eisenhower administration pressed to avert new Senate efforts to cut the 4.4 billion dollar foreign aid authorization after opening voting. Majority Leader Johnson said the Senate would stay late or meet Saturday to complete action and send the bill to conference with the House. Four votes backed by the administration defeated amendments to cut aid or impose quotas, reflecting cross party support on the measure.
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R-Nh
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R-Nd
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D-Sc
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D-Ga
Long
Caren Gop
Stewart Enters Athens Mayor Race
Stewart enters the Athens mayoral race with other contenders Wayne Jennings Elmer L. Vinson and Cecil V. Warren in Limestone politics.
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Athens
Certapenia Ramen
Wayne Jennings
Elmer L. Vinson
Cecil V. Warren
Retiring Warner Fussell Led Regional Banking Posts
Warner Fussell former Decatur banker and long time vice president and treasurer of The Federal Land Bank of New Orleans will retire June 30 after a 50 year career in banking. John L. Ryan announced the move noting Fussell's prominence in Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama and his prior service with the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of New Orleans and other institutions in New Orleans Montgomery and Tennessee.
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Alabama
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Montgomery
First National Bank
Tennessee Fussell
Stench Bomb Halts Presses At Birmingham News Plant
A stench bomb made from a radio tube was dropped into the air intake shaft of The Birmingham News building. Fumes halted presses for about 90 minutes delaying the final run of The Birmingham Post-Herald. Police said no motive was evident.
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Birmingham News
Birmingham Post - Herald
Morning Daily
Fourth Ave
22Nd St
Decatur Area Weather and River Reading Report
The Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge measured 21.63 feet this morning, up 0.20 foot in 24 hours, with a sea level reading of 555.93 feet. High reached 92 degrees, low dropped to 70, with 8 a.m. at 79 degrees and 10:30 p.m. temperature unavailable.
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Decature and
Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Bus Firm Drops 21 More Drivers
Montgomery based Montgomery City Lines announced layoffs of 21 bus drivers and three other employees amid a six month Negro boycott. Manager J H Bagley cited loss of business as buses are taken out of service. Remaining staff include 37 drivers and five office/maintenance workers.
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Montgomery City Lines
J. H. Bagley
Wasagley
R. C. Mills
Bagley
Nation’s Traffic Deaths Climb to New Five Month Record
The National Safety Council reports 3,170 traffic fatalities in the latest month, bringing the five month total to 14,720. The figure marks a 9 percent rise over the same period last year and sets a new record.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Revolt Crushed In Poznan Major Polish City
Poznan, a key industrial city, faced a bitter uprising that caused 38 deaths and 270 injuries before being crushed. Warsaw announced the city back to normal as Western observers weigh implications for Soviet leadership.
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Poznan
Warsaw
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Stalin
Béase
Hopes for Early Settlement Dim in Decatur Plant Dispute
Union leaders rejected a bid by non union workers to return to the job as talks continued. Allen, chief negotiator for USW, said the union represents 78 percent of the 106 production and maintenance workers at the 160 employee plant and pledged to prove it. See HOPES On Page 2.
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Worthington
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Parade Route Planned For Courtland Sports Car Races
The second annual Sports Car Road Races will parade from Pitts Motel on U S Highway 31 at 9 30 a m Sunday The procession will move along 2nd Ave Lee Street and Bank Street by 10 a m Clubs with Maid Of Cotton contestants invited to ride and those already selected may join through Pitts Motel at 9 30 a m Saturday is also solicited to participate
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2Nd Ave
Lee St
Bank St
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Hiway Building Booms In Alabama
Federal highway funds for Alabama rise to 206 million with a three year program. State matching funds total about 68 percent and counties provide 84 million dollars. Plans include adding 240 miles of interstate highways and upgrading U S 31 11 and 43 and U S 78 routes linking Nashville Birmingham Mobile and Panama City.
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Tenn
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Hundreds of Millions Could Die If Nuclear War Escalates
Senate testimony outlines US planning for a full scale nuclear exchange. Officials warn hundreds of millions could perish, with fallout affecting Russia, China, Japan, the Philippines and beyond depending on wind patterns. Estimates include tens of millions dead in the United States from a 110 bomb strike, per a magazine figure cited by Senator Symington.
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Free Nations
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R-Pa
United States Strategic Air Force
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Gavin
Philippine
China
Duff
Sen. Symington
D-Mo
Steel Talks End Sharply With No Steel Wage Pact
New York wage talks between steel producers and the union stalled with no sign of progress toward averting a nationwide strike by 650,000 workers set to begin midnight. McDonald met with the union executive board as a 170 member Wage Policy Committee session was planned for the afternoon. Telegraphs were sent to firms after Adm. Moreell urged settlement.
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Pos
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Ben Moreell
Jones & Laughlin Steel
Dutch Queen orders probe into royal story controversy
The Hague reports that state figures will investigate how foreign press stories about the royal family were published. A three member commission was requested to examine the publications, which center on tensions between the Queen Bernhard and a faith healer Greet Hofmans who allegedly influenced the Queen.
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Hague
Netherlands
Bernhard
der Spiegel
Hamburg
Greet Hofmans
Royal
Pedestrian Dies After Collision Near Goodwater
On U.S. Highway 280 near Goodwater a 47 year old resident Grover Whetstone was fatally injured when the car he drove collided with a truck. Highway Patrolmen J. L. Foster and A. J. Knox reported the accident occurred last night.
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Goodwater
Ala
J. L. Foster
A. J. Knox
Grover Whetstone
Eisenhower to Leave Walter Reed for Gettysburg Farm
President Eisenhower plans to leave Walter Reed Army Hospital at about 8 30 a m tomorrow to convalesce at his Gettysburg Pennsylvania farm for at least two weeks Defense Secretary Wilson testified he never heard the President order specific military budget cuts and said no 3 percent ceiling was set during his tenure Senate subcommittee hearings on U S air power and defense funding.
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Wilson
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Eisenhower
Charles Wilson
Capitol Hill
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Gettysburg
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Sen
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Truman
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