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01 Mar 1955
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Decatur Daily in Decatur, Alabama
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1955
Page
1
Local Social and Church Notes From The Mobile Area
Mr and Mrs Wilburn Roberts Linda and Don and Mr and Mrs Harry Bridges Clyde and Doyle spent the weekend in Mobile and Pensaloon. Mrs J M Standridge Decatur is a patient at St Vincent Hospital Birmingham in Room 209 with unchanged condition. Visitors at the State Vocational Trade School included Homer C Miles Athens and Paul Coburn Tuscumbia. Rev Frank Richards Decatur will speak at Sulphur Springs Baptist Church Wednesday at 6 30 with Rev Thomas Whitt as pastor. See Diary On Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilburn Roberts
Linda
Don
Harry Bridges
Clyde and
Doyle
Mobile
Pensaloon
J. M. Standridge
Decature
St. Vincent's Hospital
Birmingham
State Vocational Trade School
Homer C. Miles
Athens
Paul Coburn
Tuscumbia
Frank Richards
Decatur
Sulphur Springs Baptist Church
Hillsboro
Thomas Whitt
Sulphur Springs
Plane Crashes in Trailer Park Killing Five in Lake Charles
A damaged B47 jet bound for Lake Charles AFB struck near a trailer park killing five, including three crew members and a young couple. The Stratojet lost an engine while approaching the base, crashed into a home, and debris set multiple trailers ablaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
Lake Charles Air Force Base
George Spotswood
Clarence Wilson
California
Mark M. Veck
Downieville
Calif
Elwyn B. McBee
Fort Worth
Tex
Calcasieu Parish
Albert Morgan
Kate
James C. Sapp
Lake Charles Afb
Morgans’ House
Cole Olen
Morgan House
Spotswood
Lag in Consumer Buying Power Says Expert
Economic analyst Leon Keyserling told the Senate Finance Committee that personal income taxes should be cut due to a lag in consumer buying power. He urged a $20 per person tax cut starting next year, calling inflation concerns unfounded and saying the measure must be larger and faster to combat unemployment and deficits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leon Keyserling
Senate Finance Committee
Keyserling
Folsom Pushes Rural Roads in Washington Appeal
Governor James E. Folsom of Alabama urged Congress to attach rural road amendments to any highway legislation. He urged a dollar for dollar state match and spoke at a luncheon with Alabama’s delegation. Senator Richard Flowers and Senator Broughton Lamberth accompanied him, as Rep. Robert E. Jones criticized federal funding levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Congress
Folsom
Robert E. Jones
Ala
House Public Works Committee
Eisenhower
Jones
Tornado Hits East Side of Youngstown Killing Woman
A tornado struck Youngstown Ohio early this morning killing 43 year old Mary Fallett and injuring six others. Five homes were swept from their foundations and three more damaged. Damage projected at over 100000 dollars. Fallett was found in her driveway. husband Andrew hospitalized with shoulder cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Ohio
Mary Fallett
Andrew
Year Ago Today Fanatics Attacked Solons
On the first anniversary four Puerto Rican fanatics burst into the visitors gallery and fired on the House chamber wounding five representatives. They urged Congress to replace the See YEAR on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solons
Washington
House
Congress
March Arrives Quietly with Mild Alabama Weather
March began with mild temperatures across Decatur and northern Alabama as the day reached 78 in the afternoon and a morning low near 60. February lingered with snow and ice, including a record cold 11 degrees on Feb 10, closing schools and forcing thawing work, before easing into calmer conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Decatur
Burnt-out Niles family to rebuild with community aid
Neighbors from Flint Decatur and Oak Ridge have raised nearly 300 in cash and about 600 in clothing and food for Mr and Mrs Leon Niles and their three children after a fire on Highway 31 destroyed their four room home. Volunteers plan a house-raising with donated lumber and furnishings arriving at a Flint preacher’s home room. Two volunteers led the fundraising efforts amid extensive local support and requests for further help at the site south of Deer Springs along Highway 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Leon Niles
Highway 31
Here
A. B. Sparkman
James West
al Funderburke
Niles
Deer Springs
Egyptians Clash Violently With Israeli Forces
Cairo accuses Israel of the most violent border attack since 1949. Egypt reports 38 dead and about 30 wounded after an assault on an army headquarters near the Gaza Strip. Israel says Egyptians crossed into Israel to strike an Israeli unit and that battle continued into Gaza. U N observers note an Egyptian casualty toll of about 37 killed or wounded, with Israeli losses not clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Israel
Palestine
Gaza Strip
Jerusalem
Gaza
Jordan
U.N
Palestine Affairs
Salah Gohar
Congress approves 50 percent pay raise for members
Congress votes 223 to 113 to raise members’ salary to 22500 a year with March 1 start. Senate earlier approved a similar raise and a broader package increases judges attorneys vice president and speaker salaries as part of a conference compromise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Rep. Gross
Iowa
U.S
Justice Department
Weather and River Readings for Decatur and Vicinity
The Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge shows 17.98 feet after a 69 foot 24 hour drop. The day opens with 62 F, high today 74 F, and a low tonight 47 F. Expect showers and thunderstorms today into tonight, then cooler and mild Wednesday with a high near 59 F.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Keller Memorial Bridge
A Blast Turns Night Into Day
A reddish flash lit five states at dawn as the third atomic test of 1955 exploded at Yucca Flat. The yield was described as several kilotons with a mushroom cloud rising to 27 000 feet. Observers in Las Vegas and across the region felt a strong shock as the event proceeded on a clear morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Nev
Phoenix
Ariz
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
St. George
Utah
Atomic Energy Commission
Yucca Flat
AEC
Hiroshima
Mother and 3 Children Charged in Family Murder
Maryville Tennessee authorities charge a 41 year old mother and her three children with first degree murder after she says they beat and choked her husband to death. Sheriff Ed Guinn says the suspect and two of the children tied him with a belt and she struck him with a wrench during a dispute over driving the family car. The children, ages 14 11 and 8, are charged with murder but released to relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryville
Tenn
Ed Guinn
Sam E. Davis Jr
Yeste
Davis
Guinn
Hawaiian Volcano Spouts Anew Forces Evacuations Near Pahoa
A dramatic eruption near Pahoa Hawaii prompted a state of emergency as lava rivers advance toward the sea. About 400 residents fled while 100 acres of cane fields burned and 20 000 sightseers crowded roads seeking views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pahoa
Hawaii
Civil Defense
Red Cross
Pahoa High School
Robert Spence
Red Cross Disaster
Puna
Gasoline Tax Up in Alabama for Roads Bond Plan
Gasoline rose by one penny per gallon in Alabama to fund revenue bonds for Gov James E Folsoms mailbox roads program The Legislature increased taxes to seven cents per gallon the highest in the nation The revenue will back up to 50 million dollars in bonds for roadbuilding State Finance Director Fuller Kimbrell leads financing as chairman of the Alabama Highway Authority officials push to start the highway improvement plan GASOLINE on Page 2
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Fuller Kimbrell
Alabama Highway Authority
The
Highway Authority
Southern Gas Official Seeks $6.6 Million Rate Hike
C P Rather president of Southern Natural Gas Co Birmingham testified at a Federal Power Commission hearing that the company must raise annual rates by 6.6 million dollars for Mississippi Alabama Georgia and South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
C. P. Rather
Southern Natural Gas Co
Birmingham
Rather
Federal Power Commission
Southern Natural
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Dulles Reassures Diem on U S Aid if Viet Nam Attacked
In Saigon Dulles assured Premier Ngo Dinh Diem that Manila Pact powers and the United States will provide massive help if free South Viet Nam is attacked by the Communists. He praised Bangkok defense arrangements and cited refugee and internal stability challenges. Dulles' stop in Rangoon followed SEATO talks in Bangkok.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
State Dulles
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
South Viet Nam
Independence Palace
Dulles
Bangkok
Chou En-lai
Burma
Dulles Chou
Peiping
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Chou
Rangoon
SEATO
Soldier's Story Attacks Claim Of Waiting Car
In Phenix City Alabama the trial of Albert Fuller charged with killing crime fighter A L Patterson continues as Sgt Ray Eller testifies that Fuller fled in a waiting car, with witnesses placing a parked vehicle at the scene. The state argues motive tied to Patterson’s anti vice campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ft. Benning
Albert Fuller
A. L. Patterson
Ray Eller
Charles Eller
Phenix City
Fuller
Patterson
Eller
James Radius Taylor
Columbus
Taylor
Arch Ferrell
James McCain
Deason
J. Russell McElroy
C. A. Trammell
Bill Littleton
Roderick Beddow
Trammell
McElroy
Beddo
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Massey Community
Massey
Morgan County
Community Development Club
Colman Blackwood
J. William Reeves
Lewis Ashabranner
Peny
Southern Gas
Southeast Asia
Diem
Britain
France
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