Council Rejects North Alabama Conference Rezoning Plan
The Decatur council unanimously refused a Residence A to Residence C rezoning request that would have allowed a four unit retired ministers’ apartment at the old First Ward school site. Protest from 12 property owners and a residents petition influenced the decision. The meeting also approved paving parts of Decatur High School driveways and parking areas at the proposed junior high annex, with several projects totaling about 15 thousand dollars. a west driveway and small lots were funded, while a large west parking area and Somerville Road driveway changes were deferred. Approval was also given to pave Carol Lane, the new subdivision off Highway 67 owned by Boyd Drake.
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Moulton St
Third St
6Th Aves
8Th Aves
City Planning Commission
North Alabama Methodist Conference
Methodist Church
First Ward
7Th Ave
Ipt
H. R. Leeman
Decatur High School
Charles Harvey
Leeman
Somerville Rd
Carol Lane
Highway 67
Boyd Drake
TVA Nomination Sparks Skepticism Over Director Choice
Evins said he is skeptical of the source of the nominee and warned private power interests oppose TVA. Baker had stated he could serve better in Congress than on the TVA board, following news the President will not pick him to fill Curtis’ vacated seven state post after his nine year term ends May 18.
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Evins
Budnoe
TVA
Baker
Tennessee Valley
Congress
Curtis
Lawrence County considers push for school tax measure
Lawrence County school leaders and civic groups rally support for a proposed measure to fund schools with a county wide sales tax. If approved it would make Lawrence the second district to adopt such a tax after Limestone earlier imposed one. Athens also levies an extra cent.
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Lawrence County
Lawrence
Limestone
Athens
For Sale items include cars baby bassinet and address
Auction style listing offers a 1951 Ford Tudor and a 1947 Mercury for sale or trade with prices around 225 and 200. a baby bassinet on legs with rollers is also for sale. Contacts include phone numbers and an address Sherman Street and Sidney area details.
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Mercury
Sidney Noreood
Caeed
Heen New
Police report theft at used car lot and local notices
Police investigated a theft at Smith and Powers Used Car Lot where four hub caps from a 1950 Ford and a tire from a 1941 Chevrolet were taken. Public is invited to a local meeting. Community notices include club meetings, travel, hospital updates, and a life saving class start at Blue Haven Pool.
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Smith & Powers
The
Red Cross
Blue Haven Pool
Garnett Wade
Aned
Blount Solon Burns In Effigy In Oneonta
In Oneonta hundreds protest State Rep Lowell Gregory over a bill to let Gov Folsom name Blount County school board members and a proposed education commission. About 300 cars parade through town as petitions circulate urging Gregory not to push the measure.
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Oneonta
Blount County
Lowell Gregory
Gregory
E. Folsom
Commission of Education
Folsom
City council hears traffic enforcement proposals
Police chief outlines speeding penalties with fines from 15 to 100 dollars and cites school zone limits of 15 mph. Citizens propose measures including an electric speed timer, four way stops at Jackson and 10th, yellow lines on Somerville Road, and permanent traffic lights near Decatur High.
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Self
Jackson St
10Th Ave
Somerville Rd
8Th
10Th Sts
Decatur High School
16Th Ave
East Acres
Hospital Dismissals and Admissions List
Dismissals include Miss Wilda Montgomery from Moulton. Admissions list includes Mrs William McCarley of Decatur and Mrs Dave Glenn of Hillsboro. Also Stevie Cagle of 423 4th Ave SW and Mrs A M Blankenship of Decatur. Additional admissions: Mrs Royce Sims of Decatur, Mrs Bob Wells of 221 9th Ave NW, and Mitchell Smith of 908 Oak St.
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William McCarley
Decatur
Dave Glenn
Hillsboro
Stevie Cagle
4Th Ave
A. M. Blankenship
Royce Sims
Bob Wells
9Th Ave
Mitchell Smith
Oak St
Decatur General Hospital Names Obscure Births and Residents
The Decatur General Hospital lists newborns and local residents with addresses across Decatur and nearby streets. Names include Bradley William Frank, Diane Reba Knowlton, Don Eugene Hough, Charles David Thompson, Wayne R. P. Weberhardt, and others among residents on Memorial Drive Chestnut Street 9th Avenue Birch Tower Street and Grant. The page records infant names alongside parent or guardian indicators and street locations.
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Baby Bradley
William Frank
Memorial Drive
Gene B. Bond
Chestnnut St
Gorman Hamil Grisham
9Th Ave
Wayne R. Pwberhardt
E. Moulton St
Jesse Hornsby
6Th Ave
Charles David Thompson
Birch St
Diane Reba Knowlton
Local Hosiital Listings Show Residents and Industry Ties
Mrs Trudy Turner of Athens and Mrs Joel Furline with baby in Elkmont and Elkmont residents are named among local births. Kens Coal is cited as Westee’s chief industry with more than 26 000 workers employed locally.
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Athens-Limestone Hospital
Trudy Turner
Athens
Fred Ables
Elmont
Joel Furline
Baby Boy
Elkmont
Westee Ee
Six Die as Freight Train Crashes into Dixieland
A railroad wreck near Guthrie injures 21 and kills six when a Norfolk Southern freight rammed the Dixieland passenger train. The dining car overturned, five cars derailed, and the engineer died while the fireman escaped. Over 200 aboard, many taken to Clarksville Memorial Hospital as ambulances from a 75 mile radius answered the scene.
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C. H. Swallows
L&n
Nashville
Swallows
Guthrie
Henry Webb
Cook-Webb Funeral Home
Webb
Clarksville
Tenn
Trade school seeks state funds to unlock long awaited expansion
Governor Folsom backs bills to tap a special educational trust fund for needed capital. If approved by both chambers, the school would receive its long entangled entitlement and pursue planned improvements. Trade School Director Carlton Kelley notes drawings exist while other state schools already received funds. Industrial leaders praise the school’s role in addressing local training needs.
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Folsom
Carlton Kelley
Decatur Mayor Attaches Hope to Rae Development Plan
In a public stance Governor Folsom backs the Rae development in Decatur and Morgan County. The mayor reflects on years of service from city council to mayor and pledges to retain local jobs, attract industries, and unite civil forces for a bigger and better Decatur.
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Decatur
Stassen Plan Eyes Unified Aerial Inspection Area
The proposal would treat the Russia and Western zones as a single inspection region with no clear border through Germany. It remains unclear whether Chancellor Adenauer would find this satisfactory and delegates avoided specifics on the American plan while Inter Stassen called the NATO measure a prospect but gave few details.
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Russia
West
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Inter- Stassen
NATO
Hurricane Audrey Devastates Gulf Coast Region
President Eisenhower labels Louisiana disaster area as aid efforts focus on rescue. Helicopters sweep Cameron and surrounding parishes to find survivors. death toll projected around 211 with 150 to 300 missing. Homes, marshes, and bayous bear the flood as the storm moves inland from the Gulf.
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Cameron
Gulf Coast
Eisenhower
Louisiana
James C. Hagerty
Texas
Lone Star
Illinois
Indiana
New York State
Army
James E. Richards
Sidney Gray
Lake Charles
Gulf of Mexico
Audrey
Medaris discusses IRBM turf clash and funding risk after 1961 order
General Medaris explains that the November order assigning IRBM development to the Air Force and Army jeopardized the Army program. He says staff were told to avoid the roles and missions dispute and focus on building the best missile. The Army faces expiring funds for IRBM work next June as the feud over responsibilities endures.
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Air Force
Army
Medaris
Armed Forces Unification
Thor
Market prices for grains and cattle in brief notice
Prices listed include milling wheat at 1.73 and 2.20 for No. 2 and No. 13 barley. Cattle show 25 head trade with butchers at 19.00 to 19.10. Availability notes barrows and gilts not present.
Alabama Storm Injures Eighteen Across Counties
Eighteen people were injured as a storm lashed through Alabama with winds up to 70 mph. A Davenport area tornado damaged about 60 buildings near Greenville, including Lomax Hannon Junior College for Negroes, while injuries also occurred in Oakhill and Baker Springs. Arthur Lee Harris of Monroeville, severely injured from a collapsing Excel hardware store, suffered a broken back.
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Associated Press
W.A. Allen
Birmingham
Little Lowndes County
Davenport
Butler County
Greenville
Arthur Long
Montgomery
Lomax Hannon Junior College
Oakhill
Wilcox County
Baker Springs
Sellers
Sprague
Montgomery County
U.S. Highway 31
Frisco City
Monroe County
Excel
Excel Hardware
Arthur Lee Harris
Monroeville
First Federal opens new building with extended hours and gifts
The article describes an open house promotion offering electric or kitchen clocks for accounts at or above $300 and fountain pens for lower amounts. It notes July hours and special Friday timing, plus details of the new First Federal building with Acrilan carpeting and all weather HVAC. It lists offices and staff spaces and mentions weekend night deposits. It cites the association’s 1912 origin and assets rising from 1.55 million in 1952 to over 6 million with about 4,936 customers.
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New First Federal
Oscar Napps
Alvis Briscoe
Ray Childs
Grant St
Association
Births in Decatur area three new arrivals
A son to Mr and Mrs Royce Sims of Decatur at Bank Street Hospital. A daughter to Mr and Mrs Bob Wells of 9th Ave NW at Bank Street Hospital. A daughter to Mr and Mrs Thomas Donald Brothers of 1121 11th Ave SE at Decatur General Hospital Friday.
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Frank Lewis
6Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
Decatur Rest Home
Royce Sims
Decatur 1
Bank St. Hospital
Bob Wells
9Th Ave
N.W
Thomas Donald Brothers
11Th Ave
Binford Funeral Conducted In Athens
Funeral services for Mrs Louise Donnell Binford 72 of Athens widow of Henry N Binford were held Saturday at 4 pm at McConnell Service Funeral Home Chapel. Rev E L McFee of the First Methodist Church officiated with pallbearers Fusch Clay Rawls Maclin Frier son W W Malone Jr and Ben Peck.
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Athens
Louise Donnell Binford
Henry N. Binford
McConnell Service
Funeral Home
E. L. McFee
First Methodist Church
Fusch
Clay Rawls
Maclin Frierson
W. W. Malone, Jr
Ben Peck
Churchill Description of Soviet Russia as Enigma Riddle
The famous phrase "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma" is attributed to Winston Churchill describing Soviet Russia. This remark highlighted the unreadable nature of the Soviet state and its policies during the wartime era.
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Sir Winston Churchill
Soviet Russia
L and N Seeks Consolidation Of Four Trains Cincinnati To New Orleans
The Louisville and Nashville proposes merging four trains into two in each direction between Cincinnati and New Orleans Train 1 southbound and Train 4 northbound would follow adjusted schedules with service to all current stations except Ardmore Express service would continue at major stations Officials cite expected savings of 61337683 while noting revenue decline 21056103 and expense reduction 82393786 with Alabama Kentucky and Tennessee deficits totaling 84592223 in 1956
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Cincinnati
New Orleans
Montgomery
Columbia Line
L&n
Ardmore
Public Service Commissions
Senger
Alabama
Kentucky
Tennessee
La&n
Louisville
Nashville
Birmingham
Taxi Driver Walter Whatley Dies After Traffic Injury
Mobile June 29 56 year old taxi driver Walter Whatley died at county hospital from injuries suffered when hit by a car Thursday night. Patrolmen Herman Johnson and Edward M Dorsey quoted witnesses saying Whatley walked into the path of the car. Whatley’s death is Mobile County’s 25th traffic fatality of the year and the 10th within city limits.
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Mobile
County Hospital
Walter Whatley
Herman Johnson
Edward M. Dorsey
Whatley
Mobile County
Bay Bridge Traffic Counts Reach 92,000 Vehicles Daily
Officials report the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge handles about 92 000 vehicles each day reflecting steady commuter demand and regional mobility patterns.
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San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge
Dement Writes Eleven New Laws in Limestone County
Limestone Rep. James Dement saw eleven local bills pass into law, backed by Sen. M. C. Grisham. Measures include a one cent gross receipts tax for county schools effective Aug. 1, estimated $143,000 yearly, with revenues split by city and county schools. Other provisions raise salaries for officials, adjust prison feeding rules, and set sheriff and clerk pay.
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Athens
Alabama
Limestone
James Dement
James E
Dement
Elk River
Elk River Mills
Lauderdale- Limestone
M. C. Grisham
Governor Announces Ousters From Folsom Administration
Wells and Partlow resigned as governor Folsom's aides. McFarland, once highway director, faced tax evasion conviction and later had civil rights restored. McRae, former finance chief, left the Alcoholic Beverage Control post to pursue a docks job under Alabama law. The ouster panel included Folsom, McRae, and Dr. Louis Friedman.
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Wells
Partlow
McFarland
Folsom
State Pardon and Parole Board
McRae
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Alabama
Louis Friedman
Birmingham
Governor and Docks Advisory Board
Negro Woman Threatened By Boycotters
In Tuskegee police report Chief Hodnett said a Negro woman charged that a Black man threatened her with a beating to observe a boycott of white merchants. The warrant followed reports of intimidation to enforce the protest over a legislative act restricting Negroes from the city. The act awaits Gov. Folsom’s decision and centers on the town as a major farm center.
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Tuskegee
C. L. Hodnett
Hodnett
James E. Folsom
Flour Mills and Union Sign Two Year Contract
About 200 workers at the local plant face a wage increase after Flour Mills and the union reached a two year contract. The agreement covers pay raises and related employment terms for the workforce.
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Flour Mills
Union
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Supreme Lodge of the World Loyal Order of Moose
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