Chamber urges immediate tax cuts to aid economy
The U S Chamber of Commerce proposed quick tax cuts totaling 5.5 to 7.5 billion across corporate and income taxes, prioritizing upper brackets, warning delaying action risks a recession and its spread. Senate leaders Humphrey and Smathers pressed for tax relief now, arguing timely cuts could alter the economy’s trajectory before it worsens.
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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United States
Canada
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Churchill Sleeps After Surgery In London
Sir Winston Churchill, 87, slept peacefully after Friday night surgery to pin the fractured left thigh. A mid evening operation at Middlesex Hospital was declared successful with a post operation bulletin stating his condition was satisfactory.
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Tom Ochiltree
London
Winston Churchill
Middlesex Hospital
Austerity Push Promotes Short Western Skirts in Korea
Seoul AP reports that under a national reconstruction drive Korean women are urged to wear short Western style skirts to save cloth. While Western attire gains, traditional long flowing skirts remain common in formal wear.
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Seoul
South Korea
National Reconstruction Movement
TV Winner Loses Bar Credentials in Perjury Case
New York AP Vivienne Nearing, who pleaded guilty to perjury tied to her appearance on Twenty-One, was suspended six months from practicing law by the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court. The ruling said she breached ethical standards by giving false testimony to a grand jury probing quiz shows.
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NEW York
Vivienne Nearing
State Supreme Court
Neasing
Clergy Heart Attacks in 1961 Deaths Shown
AP reports at a Dallas gathering that more than 60 percent of Southern Baptist ministers who died in 1961 succumbed to heart disease. The finding highlights heart illness as the leading cause of clergy mortality in the year.
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Dallas
Southern Baptist
July Sky Highlights Include Penumbra Moon Eclipse
Weather notes Sunday and river conditions. July features a penumbra lunar eclipse on the morning of the 17th and an annular solar eclipse visible in Africa on July 3. Sunrise 4:39 a.m. Sunset 7:05 p.m. New Moon 5:53 p.m.
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Africa
River Reading and Weather Report from Keller Memorial Bridge
The Tennessee River level at Keller Memorial Bridge Friday night stood at 721.30 feet, down 0.21 feet in 12 hours, with a sea level reading of 555.63 feet. Friday 7 p.m. temperature was 77 degrees. Forecast calls for fair cool today and partly cloudy warm tonight with northeast winds 8 to 10 mph. Sunday outlook shows a chance of afternoon showers with a high near 88 degrees.
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Keller Memorial Bridge
Hospital Dismissals List Includes Multiple Residents
Dismissals listed for several individuals across Alabama towns including Birmingham, Cullman, Courtland, Hartselle, Athens, and local streets such as 12th St SE Locust St Corrine Ave SW Somerville Rd SE and Cagle Ave SW The names include Master Davey Clarence Ran som Mrs Bobby Wayne Vaughn Edward Louie Richardson and others with addresses and titles noted.
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Davey Clarence Ransom
Birmingham
Raymo Douglas Rochelle
12Th St. SE
Bobby Wayne Vaughn
Locust St
H. J. Brown
Cullman
Edward Louie Richardson
Courtland
James P. Davis, Jr
Corrine Ave
Lucinda Jane Waldrop
Grant St
Charles Edward Smith
Hartselle
Donald Keil
Somerville Rd
J. W. MacCullouch
Cagle Ave
Frank P. Turner
Athens
Guy Burden
Sherman
Rotary Club to discuss Pro-Am golf rules Monday
Dr. O B Evans will outline Pro-Am golf tourney rules at the Decatur Rotary Club meeting at the Country Club Monday noon. Other notices include Shrine and Eastern Star events, a building permit for James Clemons, a traffic mishap on Highway 31 N, a Pontiac theft report, and a hotel banquet at Cornelian Hotel with a fire department log noting a car fire at 6th Ave and 2nd St SW.
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Decatur Rotary Club
Charles H. Bates
Cullman
Donna Gail Morris
9Th St. SE
Highway 31
Bates
Church St
Morris
6Th Ave
2Nd St
Eisenhower calls for cut in defense spending
Editor note summarizes that a week earlier former President Dwight D. Eisenhower urged reducing defense spending, puzzle within his party, with Sen. Stuart Symington requesting clarification. AP reporter Arthur Edson analyzed Eisenhower’s position from Gettysburg, his home, framing the issue and reactions.
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Sen
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Eisenhower
Arthur Edson
Associated Press
Washington
Gettysburg
Ruling mix left to Atlanta hotels on desegregation
Atlanta hotel leaders refused to take a stand on desegregation, leaving 28 members to decide individually. NAACP leaders visiting for a convention urged possible desegregation actions, noting Bunche was refused a reservation at one hotel. Some hotels have previously hosted integrated meetings and guests, with a few accepting Negro overnight guests.
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Atlanta Hotel Association
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A. J. Cracy
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Ralph Bunche
United Nations
Peachtree Manor
Atlanta Cabana
Eisenhower criticizes Kennedy defense budget rise
Former President Eisenhower says Kennedy’s military plans reflect big spenders and unjustified fears. He calls for substantial defense cuts, noting spending rose from 35.5 to 41 billion during his presidency and urging a steadier course amid international crises. He criticizes the Army’s size and warns against overreaction to new threats.
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Kennedy
Eisenhower
Washington
United States
Lawrence County Red Hill News Notes and Visits
Miss Brenda Reeves spent last week with her cousin Mr and Mrs Wayne Styles of Knoxville Tenn Mrs Ray McCaghren and children of Columbus Ga are visiting relatives here Biddie Johnson was dismissed from Lawrence County Hospital Monday and is slowly improving Fishing seems to be the order of the day as farmers suffer from the rains Mr and Mrs Ernie Ferguson and children of Birmingham visited with home folks here over the weekend
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Brenda Reeves
Wayne Styles
Knoxville
Tenn
Ray McCaghren
Columbus
Biddie Johnson
Lawrence County Hospital
Ernie Ferguson
Birmingham
McCaghren Rites Set At Austinville Baptist Church
Oscar Ezra McCaghren 74 of 2322 Cleveland Ave SW died Friday at 10 30 am in a local hospital Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 pm from Austinville Baptist Church Burial will be in Johnson Chapel with Gunthorp Brown Service Funeral Home directing Body will be in state at the church from 1 to 2 pm Survivors include wife Gussie R McCaghren one son Emmett McCaghren Decatur one step daughter Mrs Maurice Means Decatur one step son Dewalt Brazelton Decatur one brother Walter McCaghren Danville nine grandchildren Pallbearers were James Coulter Porter Harris Walter Moebes Hugh Fitzgerald Frank Puckett Carl Cooper Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Austinville Baptist Church.
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Oscar Ezra McCaghren
Cleveland Ave
Austinville
Emmett McCaghren
Decatur
Maurice Means
Dewalt Brazelton
Walter McCaghren
Danville
James Coulter
Porter Harris
Walter Moebes
Hugh Fitzgerald
Frank Puckett
Carl Cooper
Area Man Reenlists in Navy at Port Lyautey
George H. Dailey utilities man 3c USN reenlisted in the Navy June 1 while serving at Naval Communication Station Port Lyautey Morocco. Son of Mr and Mrs Joseph P Dailey of 2137th St NW Decatur.
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Port Lyautey
Morocco
George H. Dailey
Utilities Man 3c
USN
Joseph P. Dailey
Decatur
Navy
Naval Communication Station
Forest industries in United States employment and payroll
The forest industries in the United States employ 1,375,000 full time workers with an annual payroll of 5,500,000,000 dollars.
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United States
Youth Caught At Store Window
An 18 year old Decatur youth was caught attempting to break in at a Highway 67 grocery store by the proprietor. Franklin Barnett, 24 Lafayette St. NE, is held in city jail on an investigating charge after being spotted at 12:10 a.m. Friday by John Lee who heard breaking glass and detained the youth before entry.
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Decatur
Franklin Barnett
Lafayette St. NE
Barnett
John Lee
Lee
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