Jayne Mansfield Dies In Auto Crash Near New Orleans
Actress Jayne Mansfield and two men die when her car rear ended a mosquito fogging truck on Old Spanish Trail east of downtown New Orleans. The driver Richard Rambo escaped injury. Mansfield's children receive X rays and are kept for observation.
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New Orleans
Jayne Mansfield
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George Carmichael
Richard Rambo
Pensacola
Fla
Rambo
Charity Hospital
Decatur Man Helped Write New Chapter In Courage
Alvin Benn recalls Decatur resident Guyton Benson who helped chronicle Corregidor's defense during World War II. He recounts early Dec 1941 strikes after Pearl Harbor and the siege of Corregidor with Gen. Wainwright and MacArthur evacuated. The piece notes Marines arriving from China and that the full story continues on Page A-3.
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Courage
Alvin Benn
Daily City
Japan
Pacific
Corregidor
Pearl Harbor
Midway
Burma
Wake Island
Singapore
Egypt charges Israeli troops in Canal Zone clash
Cairo authorities say Israeli troops killed two Egyptian crewmen on a Suez Canal Authority launch and wounded three others in the cease-fire line incident. In Hong Kong, Red China halted food shipments for four days, lifting prices as much as 30 percent.
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Canal Zone
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Red China
Markets At A Glance Mixed Trading Across Commodities
New York stocks mixed with active trading. Cotton mixed. Chicago wheat and corn lower amid liquidation. Oats and soybeans down. Hog prices 25 to 50 cents lower with 5,500 receipts, top at 23.75. Slaughter steers lack price test with 400 receipts.
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New York
Chicago
Athens Lass Miss Alabama Rodeo
A 16-year-old Athens girl, Jackie Cannon, was named the first Miss Rodeo Alabama from a field of 15. The Athens High School senior will compete in the national finals in Atlanta in January, crowned by Miss Rodeo USA Sandra Polovkas of Fort Worth. First runner-up is Clydete Harris of Bessemer.
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Jackie Cannon
Martin O. Cannon
Atlanta
Cannon
Sandra Polovkas
Ft. Worth
Texas
Clydette Harris
Bessemer
Policeman's Son Beaten and Robbed of $40 in Cullman
Dwight Sims 23 of Cullman was beaten and robbed of about $40 after two men offered to help with a flat tire on Church Street. He was hospitalized at Decatur General in fair condition. Sims said the assailants took his money and left him unconscious in his car.
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Church St
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Champion To Exercise Option On 1750 Acres For Mill Site
U S Plywood Champion Papers Inc will exercise options to buy about 1750 acres near Courtland as a potential site for a pulp and paper mill. A spokesman says a final decision is not yet made but indications point to a near announcement. The Courtland site competes with an Arkansas site on the Red River near Fulton and a Tennessee River site near Spring Creek, 20 miles west of Decatur.
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Champion Papers Inc
Courtland
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Red River
Fulton
Lawrence County
Tennessee River
Spring Creek
Decatur
Lee Champion
Yugoslavia Moves at UN Over Jerusalem Annexation
At the United Nations the General Assembly considers a nonaligned resolution from Egypt Jordan and Syria opposing Israel's expansion of Jerusalem Old City. Yugoslavia's Danilo Lekic warns the Old City faces full integration and urges adoption by Friday while Israel proclaims enlarging Jerusalem to include the Old City and nearby areas seized from Jordan.
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Danilo Lekic
Yugoslavia
Jordan
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Turkey
Spain
Peru
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Palestine
European Oil Crisis Forces Europe to Ration Supplies
Special to the cece daily reports that Western Europe may face immediate crisis due to a possible oil embargo and Suez Canal closure. The Interior Department warns Europe will deplete emergency stocks or cut petroleum plans unless a coordinated action among oil companies is arranged to offset Middle East shortages.
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Washington
Europe
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Middle East
Steak Barn 185000 Investment Planned for Decatur Area
Plans announced for a new Steak Barn on the north side of 14th St SE between 6th Ave and slated to open in late October. The project totals about 185000 with Neville architects as designers. Seating will total 260 with 170 in the dining room and 90 in a private banquet room. The cafe atmosphere aims for leisurely Louisianan style. Owners compare the Decatur site to the Huntsville restaurant.
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Neville Architects
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Masaharu Homme
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China
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Athens Lass
Kis
Miss Deborah
Charles Storer
Syria
By John Finney
Spiri
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Huntsville
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