Nickerson Suspended Over leaking secrets at Redstone
Army Col. John C. Nickerson Jr. was suspended from rank for one year and fined 100 dollars a month for 15 months after a 10 member court martial found he leaked secret defense data. The panel could have sentenced him to 30 years in prison. The verdict came in 43 minutes.
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Huntsville
Ala
Army
John C. Nickerson Jr
Nickerson
Charles E. Wilson
Crump Garvin
Atlanta
Carol
John B. Medaris
Medaris
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Redstone Arsenal
Pentagon
Col
Robert K. Bell
Col Nickerson
United States
William G. Barry
Defense Department
Defense
Redstone
Glimpses About Your Ge Catalogs
A fragmented OCR note mentions GECATURS oat and ge Iilmalee with sporadic references to a catalog or guide. The readable parts hint at a general glimpse or outline of items, but lack coherent context or concrete details. No clear event or named entities emerge.
Miss Faye Love Resigns Police Post in Decatur
Decatur community news notes the resignation of Miss Faye Love, a city police woman assigned to issuing over parking tickets, due to moving away. No replacement is yet appointed. Additional items report minor vehicle crashes, court dockets, and local visits.
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Faye Love
Decatur
Tidal Wave Deaths 275 In Louisiana
Civil Defense officials in southwest Louisiana raise death toll to 275 after a 20 foot tidal wave following Hurricane Audrey. Victims rescued, plans for a tent city near Cameron Parish discussed with President Eisenhower aides and Red Cross, as recovery efforts begin.
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Arthur Everett
Lake Charles
Civil Defense
Louisiana
Raymond Hufft
Eisenhower
Cameron Parish
Audrey
Cameron
O. B. Carter
Val Peterson
Alfred Gruenther
American Red Cross
Peterson
Governor Backs 750,000 Boost To Trade School
Tennessee Valley State Trade School would receive a 750000 capital outlay fund under a proposed measure. Governor James E Folsom pledged full support, with Morgan Lawrence State Sen Joe Calvin and Albert Brewer introducing the bills. The fund would provide 250000 next year and 500000 the following year for capital improvements.
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Tennessee Valley State Trade School
James E. Folsom
Morgan-Lawrence
Joe Calvin
Senate
Albert Brewer
Morgan
House
North Alabama
Calvin
Lawrence County Law Bill Prepared for Advertising
Lawrence County proposes a local school tax bill to be advertised for four weeks before possible introduction in the Alabama Legislature. State Sen. Joe Calvin says advertising may not guarantee introduction but keeps options open if interest grows. Rep. W J Lee Jr was unavailable for comment.
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Lawrence
W. J. Lee, Jr
Calvin
Lee
Lawrence County
Free Polio Vaccination Drive in Morgan County
About 100 Morgan County residents under 40 received free polio shots at the county health office in June as part of a drive by the Morgan County Chapter of the National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis. The drive aids those unable to pay and excludes those vaccinated by their own doctors.
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Morgan County
National Foundation For
Health Office
TVA Nomination Draws Quick Fire
Eisenhower will send Arnold R. Jones to the Senate to fill a TVA board seat. Tennessee Valley congressman Evins condemned the choice, saying the White House favors a budget bureau administrator over a member of Congress. Jones is on leave as dean of financial administration and CFO at Kansas State College. See TVA on Page 2.
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Harry A. Curtis
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Eisenhower
Arnold R. Jones
Senate
Jones
Tennessee Valley
Rep. Evins
D-Tenn
House
Budget Bureau
Congress
Rep
Baker
R-Tenn
Sen. Cooper
Rky
Kansas State College
Federal Bureau of the Budget
Stassen Briefs Allies On Latest Disarm Proposal
Paris June 29 NATO allies were briefed by Harold E Stassen on new American disarmament proposals ahead of a formal presentation to the Soviet Union Stassen sought views from NATO governments by Monday evening and plans to present to Soviet delegate Valerian Zorin in London Zorin objected to the partial disclosure saying the Soviets must know the full proposals before naming working groups Bonn showed caution over aerial and ground inspections fearing entrenchment of the current East West divide and a new formula was being prepared to ease German fears
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Paris
Harold E. Stassen
NATO
Soviet Union
Stassen
U. S
Valerian Zorin
U. N
London
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Zorin
Eisenhower
Palais de Chaillothereby
Bourges-Maunoury
Andre Morice
West Germany
Bonn
East Germany
L N Considers Consolidation Of Trains In Decatur
L&N Railroad proposes to consolidate trains 1 2 3 and 4 amid a 1956 deficit affecting operation. The plan would eliminate trains 2 and 3 and alter Decatur schedules while Pan American and Hummingbird services remain unchanged.
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L&n
Decatur
LAN Railroad
Fyar A W. Moore
Daily Today Comics and Radio-TV Guide Highlights
A compact listing of comics and magazine features appears under Comics 810 and Radio-TV 89 with crosswords on B11. Seria Bé classified notices appear at 610,11 and 11 Society pages 81,2,3. Editorials run on A4 and sports on A14 15 with movie notices on A12 13.
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Radio-Tv
Seria
Society
First Federal Open House Set
First Federal Savings and Loan Assn of Decatur will celebrate 45 years July 4 and hold an open house in its new building at 255 Grant St SE from July 1 to July 31 1912. The event will include a ribbon cutting by J B Harlow, remarks by Merle Smith and Mayor Knox McRae, orchids for the first 500 women, and a door prize 21 inch RCA television drawn August 1.
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T. M. Jones
Cherry St
W. W. McAlister
Grant St
First Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Decatur
First Federal
North Alabama Building and Loan Assn
S. S. Broadus
D. F. Green
A. T. Hanson
Merle Smith
United States Savings and Loans League
J. B. Harlow
Knox McRae
W. J. Johnson
Southside Baptist Church
R.C.A
Weather and River Outlook for Decatur and Vicinity
High Friday reached 64 by 5 p.m. with a 68 low at 4 a.m. Saturday. At 11 a.m. Saturday the temperature was 88. Forecast calls for fair and warm tonight and hot today with a few afternoon thundershowers. High today around 93.
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Decatur
Police Chief Sets Up Tight Traffic Enforcement Plan
Police Chief announces a strict traffic enforcement program with stiffer penalties and revised controls. City council action follows protests over speeding and drag racing on streets including 16th Ave SE Somerville Rd SE and Sherman and Jackson Sts SE. New lights and four way stop signs will be installed at multiple intersections with a 30 mph limit.
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Knox L. McRae
16Th Ave
Somerville Rd
11Th St
Self
McRae seeks Arkansas? wait Alabama? dual role
Decatur Mayor Knox L. McRae, named state docks director, will ask the Alabama Attorney General if he can serve as mayor and state docks director simultaneously. He plans to pursue both roles if legally permissible, saying he will stay in the fight for Decatur, Morgan County, and Alabama.
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Decatur
Knox McRae
Montgomery
Mobile
Folsom
State Docks
McRae
Knox L. McRae
Daily
Alabama
Alabama State Docks
Morgan County
James E. Folsom
Ward McFarland
Eight-year-old Hit by Car in Decatur Incident
Eight-year-old Rita Ann Hardiman sustained a right foot and ankle injury after being struck near the corner of Oete cepait SE Friday afternoon police reported. The driver was Jeff Loney of Kentucky who stopped after the incident.
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Rita Ann Hardiman
Oete Cepait
Rita Ann
Henry Hardiman
10Th Ave. SE
Jeff Loney
Kentucky
Decatur
Quit Not Fired Officials Insist in Alabama Cabinet Shuffle
Three officials in Governor James E. Folsom's cabinet say they resigned from their posts while a source close to the governor asserts they were fired after a late night meeting at the mansion. Ward McFarland and Adj. Gen. William D. Partlow Jr. announced Sept 1 departures. McFarland sought a Tuscaloosa shopping center, Partlow to return to private law practice. Eugene M. Wells was replaced by Arthur D. Kelly. James F. Berry takes Wells’s post.
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Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Ward McFarland
State Docks
Knox McRae
Decatur
Adj
William D. Partlow Jr
James F. Berry
Eugene M. Wells
Arthur D. Kelly
Revenue Department
McFarland
Mobile
Partlow
Tuscaloosa
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Gene R. Teal
Sherman St
Carter F. Abbott
4Th Ave
Clyde Walker
City Recorder’s Court
Walker
Robert Wayne Rogers
Tower St
Moulton St
Earl Joseph Brock
Johnston St
Gordon Briscoe and Sons
Gordon Jr
Frank
Charlotte, N. C
Joe Pettey
Wesley Cook
Ford
Edd’s
First Ave. SE
Bradley Motor Co
Grant St. SE
6Th Ave
7Th St. SE
Leland Rusbon
Hillsboro 2
Glen Roger Gray
Line St
Detur
University of Mississippi
Roy B
Mississippi
Mid-South
Ppi
Ordell Garvey
Kenneth
North
South
Buckley
Brewer
Quick Fire
Reds
Stanley Johnson
L&an Railroad
Daily Today
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M’rae
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