Minister Heads West Coast Evangelistic Campaign
Dr Morroe Parker pastor of Grace Baptist Church left after service for Anderson California to begin an evangelistic campaign at First Baptist Church tomorrow night He traveled via train to St Louis for a plane to the West Coast Dr Henry Grube from Mobile will fill his pulpit in his absence Mrs Kyle Johnson of Hartselle a former Decatur resident is a patient at Jefferson Hillman Hospital Birmingham awaiting heart surgery Tuesday morning Her room is 842 Ellen Guyer recovers at 922 7th Ave SE after a tonsillectomy at Nungester Clinic Saturday Dorothy Jane Burns of Danville 3 hosted a supper March 3 for friends including Dot Thompson Berta Nell Ledlow Doris King Wanda Stephenson Betty Harrison Nell Summerford Billy Reeves James Moore Jimmy Hill Charles Brazell and Mr and Mrs Harold Long See Diary On Page 2
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Morroe Parker
Grace Baptist Church
Anderson
Calif
First Baptist Church
St. Louis
West Coast
Henry Grube
Mobile
Kyle Johnson
Hartselle
Decatur
Jefferson-Hillman Hospital
Birmingham
Dorothy Jane Burns
Danville
Dot Thompson
Berta Nell Ledlow
Doris King
Wanda Stephenson
Betty Harrison
Nell Summerford
Billy Reeves
James Moore
Jimmy Hill
Charles Brazell
Harold Long
Queen of Bermuda Sails With 300 Crewmen Stranded in New York
The liner Queen of Bermuda left New York for Bermuda with a skeleton crew of 120, strikers from the British National Union of Seamen claim 300 crewmen deserted. Passengers, mostly settled in cabins, faced a cancelled voyage and joined air or resort departures. The dispute followed firing of three crewmen seeking a $30 monthly cost of living raise. The line branded the discharged men as agitators.
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New York
Queen of Bermuda
Bermuda
Furness Bermuda Line
British National Union of Seamen
Line
Subway Rider Waits Nine Hours On Train
Walter Carr, an 80 year old hardware store owner from London, was trapped on a Metropolitan line train for nine hours as it waited on a siding after a presumed power fault or accident ahead. He dozed during the long delay and only learned at Neasden station that he had missed the all change call.
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London
Walter Carr
a _ hardware
Carr
Subway
Neasden Station
Russians Hint Work On A-Powered Craft
London reports a Moscow broadcast claiming Russia is developing atomic powered air and sea craft. It says they have built reactors usable in ships cars and locomotives, signaling advances in nuclear propulsion.
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London
Moscow
Israel Charged As Aggressor In Gaza Fight
The U N Mixed Armistice Commission labeled Israel the aggressor for a Gaza clash that killed 38 Egyptians and 8 Israelis. The Egyptian backed ruling urged Security Council action and a personal report from Maj. Gen. Edson Burns on the border incident.
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Jerusalem
Israel
U. N. Mixed Armistice Commission
Gaza Strip
U.N
New York
Security Council
Edson L. M. Burns
Canada
U. N. Palestine
Gaza
Palestine
Truce Commission
U. N
Francois Geicomaggi
France
Two Burglaries Reported In City Saturday Night
Two more local establishments were burglarized Saturday night with about $10 stolen. Ideal Laundry and Cleaners and Home Ice and Coal Co. suffered break ins through broken glass. At Home Ice and Coal Co. the thief opened desks and a filing cabinet, taking around $5 in change and attempting to access vending machines. Police suspect the same offender conducted both break ins.
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Ideal Laundry and Cleaners
Walnut St
Home Ice and Coal Co
Self
Broadrick
Terry
Home Ice
Ideal Laundry
First Bonanzagram Prize Entries Pour In Now
Entries are arriving for the Bonanzagram contest with a Tuesday deadline. Puzzle fans have one more day to submit entries to the Daily office by 5 p.m. tomorrow, or post them by midnight. The prize is 25 dollars, with a potential 50 dollar hike next week if no winner. Multiple entries allowed but only one can be a copy, and puzzles require careful thinking and clue linking.
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Katie Kash
Bonanzagram
Tomor
Temperature Exceeded Forecast In Decatur Chill
The weatherman failed to hit the forecast low for Decatur and vicinity, with a predicted 28 degrees but the actual low reaching 33. The sudden rise made the cold feel sharper, yet area residents were not greatly troubled.
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Decatur
Farmers Busy Preparing Land for Spring Planting
Reports from Lawrence and Morgan Counties show extensive land preparation for spring planting with limited actual planting. Morgan County Agent L T Wagnon notes some garden work underway during mild days but warns it is still early for most row crops to go in.
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Wagnon
Lawrence County
Lawrence
Morgan Counties
Morgan County
L. T. Wagnon
Senate subcommittee weighs 1955 cotton acreage allotment
The Senate Agriculture Subcommittee resumes hearings on increasing the 1955 national cotton acreage allotment as the full committee plans to take up the issue tomorrow. The panel has already agreed on a bill but was told to hold hearings to hear more voices on the measure.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Furious Atomic Test Blast Seen From Border to Border
The 1955 largest Nevada test exploded before dawn creating a 20 second fireball seen across the West from Idaho to Mexico. Observers describe the flash as a lightning strike and a glowing sun like column. Fifty watched from Angel's Peak as the shot rose from a 500 foot tower with a high altitude vapor trail.
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Las Vegas
Grangeville
Idaho
Rosalia
Wash
Portland
Ore
Missoula
Mont
Mexico
Albuquerque
N.M
Los Angeles
Nevada
Angel's Peak
Charleston Range
Air Force
Decatur Woman Found Strangled In Athens Jail
Miss Leola Mann 57 of Decatur was found strangled in Limestone County Jail after being arrested for DUI. Coroner Buddy Evans said she died about 11 p m Saturday. services set for 2 p m today at Brown Funeral Home Chapel with Irvin Lee officiating. Sheriff Clyde Ennis and Jailer E D Seamans provided details on the discovery.
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Brown Funeral Home
Leola Mann
Decatur
Irvin Lee
Limestone County
Buddy Evans
Mann
Miss Mann
H. N. Battles
James Lee
E. D. Seamans
Clyde Ennis
Parker On Trial For 53 Shooting
Witnesses testified in the State vs Bill Parker in Morgan County Circuit Court as Parker faces assault with intent to murder charges for allegedly shooting former deputy Noah Lee around September 1953. Several related cases and continuances were noted for defendants including Ernest Williams and Odis Burgess.
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Bill Parker
Morgan County Circuit Court
Parker
Noah Lee
Ernest Williams
Alias
Odis Burgess
Bobby Green
Coleman Gray
J. T. Smart
Albert Brewer
Nina Nichols
Obie Lee Ross
Lee Parker
Haleyville Restores Phone Service After Strike
Haleyville Alabama resumes telephone service after a 16 day outage. Alabama Telephone Co. workers return at 6 am while pickets remain at company offices. Mayor Allbright says 24 hour protection and plant operation should resume. strike involved wage dispute and discharge of two supervisors.
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Haleyville
Ala
Alabama Telephone Co
W. H. Allbright
Allbright
Rezoning Hearing Tonight For Local Business District
Public hearing on rezoning a tract east of 16th Ave SE and south of 11th St SE from Residence A to Local Business District will be held at the City Council meeting tonight. The session begins at 7 p.m. at City Hall.
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16Th Ave
11Th St
City Hall
Prosecution Targets Fuller Reputation In Murder Trial
State lawyers pressed to impugn the reputation of Albert Fuller as the trial for first degree murder continued. Defense attorneys waited for another opportunity to re-question the prosecution's star witness Padgett.
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Birmingham
Albert Fuller
Fuller
Arch Ferrell vote fraud trial moved to 2 p.m.
Circuit Judge Robert J. Wheeler ordered the Arch Ferrell vote fraud trial to start at 2 p.m. CST after the state said it was ready and the defense still sought witnesses. Ferrell, former Phoenix City prosecutor, faces vote juggling charges and a murder rackets case linked to Patterson's 1958 attorney general nomination battle.
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Birmingham
Robert J. Wheeler
Arch Ferrell
Ferrell
Phenix City
A. L. Patterson
Patterson
Witness Padgett Recalled in Phenix City Killing Case
Witness Cecil Padgett, linked Fuller and Arch Ferrell to the A L Patterson murder, is recalled for further cross examination. Prosecution areas rebut Fuller and alibis claiming he was at the county jail as Patterson was killed nearby last June 18. Luttrell testified that Fuller and deputy Smith had bad reputations, and could not be believed on oath.
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Cecil Padgett
Fuller
Arch Ferrell
Phenix City
A.L. Patterson
Patterson
John Luttrell
Aaron Smith
Smith
Luttrell
Ralph Mathews
Mathews
Adm Stump Says Fleet Can Hold If United Drawn Into War
Admiral Stump, head of the U S Pacific Fleet, told reporters the United States can defend anything if willing, including the Matsu Islands near Formosa. Officials avoided detailing specific actions for a Red assault on Matsus or Quemoy and noted Matsus are being reinforced with a larger garrison than Tachens, which had over 11,000 troops.
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Taipei
Formosa
U.S. Pacific
United States
Adm
Felix B. Stump
Matsu Islands
Matsus
Quemoy
Formosa Strait
Weather and River Readings at Keller Memorial Bridge
The Tennessee River measured 1622 this morning at Keller Memorial Bridge, down 18 feet in 24 hours. Temperatures ranged from 33 to 43 degrees with 38 noted at 8 this morning. Forecast calls for fair and continued cold today and tonight, with Tuesday fair and slightly warmer. high 45, low 27, high Tuesday 37.
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Decatur
Keller Memorial Bridge
17 Persons Injured On Area Highways
A weekend rash of highway accidents injured 17 people in the area. In Old Moulton Road wreck near Woodall a 1953 Chevrolet driven by John A. Thompson and a 1954 Chevrolet driven by William Alfred White collided after Thompson’s car ran off the road. Wayne White, 9, suffered a fractured arm and possible internal injuries. Thompson had head lacerations. The 1953 car was damaged $600 and the other car $1,000. Patrolmen Hodges and Lightfoot investigated.
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Highway Patrol
Moulton Rd
Woodall
John A. Thompson
Danville
William Alfred White
Wayne White
Thompson
White
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Decatur General Hospital
John Hodges
A. B. Lightfoot
St. Vincents Hospital
Birmingham
P. E. Watts
Robert Morley
Jan Lynn
Hamilton
Ind
Dalton Guger
Guger
Dodd
Watts
Clem Paris Frost
Moulton
Wren
William Motes
Frances Motes
Russellville
John W. Motes
Decatur
Cecil Thrasher
Lawrence County Hospital
Old Moulton Road
William A. White
Pact to Replace Arab League Seeks Neutral Arab Pact
Egypt and Syria and Saudi Arabia called for a new neutralist Arab military and economic alliance to replace the Arab League, with a joint military command and non Arab alliances barred. Iraq would join only if it dropped the Turkey pact. Premier and defense ministers to meet this month.
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Cairo
Egypt
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Arab League
Iraq
Turkey
Saudin Riad
Lebanon
Jordan
Yemen
Libya
Khaled el Azem
Damascus
Gaza
Folsom Gains Backing for Pension Plan in Alabama
Gov. James E. Folsom announced that a large majority of Alabama lawmakers favor his proposal to raise old age pensions to 50 dollars monthly. He declined to specify funding sources but said a revenue plan would be presented to the Legislature, with several possibilities under consideration. He postponed a third special session and will push industrial development first when the regular session opens.
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Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Folsom
Young man dies after wild wrong way Turnpike chase
Kenneth Shelly a 27 year old from Lititz Pa died in a Lancaster hospital two hours after a 42 mile high speed chase on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. He drove 90 to 100 mph in the wrong lanes creating terror among motorists before crashing a tractor trailer roadblock. Police Lt Walter Price recounted the pursuit and Shelly’s erratic driving.
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Lancaster
Kenneth Shelly
Lititz
Walter E. Price
Shelly
Price
Lebanon-Lancaster
Governor Folsom Calls Robins Fat in Political Metaphor
Governor Folsom described himself as a fat robin in a legislative speech defining Robins as types of political supporters. He said opponents from his first term are now flat Robins while some early backers are fat Robins. He carried 61 of 76 counties in his nomination win last May.
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Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Folsom
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