U S Says State Needs 2 Billion In New Roads
The Bureau of Public Roads estimates Alabama requires 2.054 billion dollars for highway construction through 1964. The national total for all states is about 101 billion, with California over eight billion and Nevada around 220 million. Congress considers accelerated building. interstate system would use nearly a quarter of the total.
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Washington
Alabama
Bureau of Public Roads
Bureau
Congress
Nevada
California
Limestone River Bridge Collapses Under Truck Near Mills Bridge
Virgil Phillips drove a seven ton asbestos laden semi across the old Elk River bridge near Athens when the 507 foot span failed in the center. The driver reached the Mills Bridge area with the trailer still on the structure as the bridge buckled and gave way.
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Elk River
Limestone County
Virgil Phillips
Birmingham
Billy Smith
Limestone River
Tennessee
Courtland
Lauderdale
Clyde McLemore
Tennessee Valley Authority
Virgil
Flanders Lumber Co
Mills Bridge
Athens
Loyd Parsley
Knights Of The Round Table At Cub Scout Meeting
Dearee One Cub Scout Pack 19 will meet at Decatur Trade School at 7 o clock tonight. About 16 youths are expected to advance in rank. Rexall Drug Co designates Loyd's Drug Store as Rexall honor store for high community service standards with awards to be presented March 30. See DIARY on Page 2.
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Decatur Trade School
Knights of the Round Table
Morgan County Sportsmen’s and Conservation Association
Flint
Rexall Drug Co
Loyd's Drug Store, Inc
E. Moulton St
Decatur
Rexall
Justin Dart
Los Angeles
Pressure Mounts On Riefing Cons
Lincoln Nebraska nine insurgent Nebraska Penitentiary convicts faced mounting pressure to surrender with two captive guards. Hunger and futility were noted as weighing on the rebels inside the three story maximum security building where they and the hostages were sealed since Sunday. Governor Victor E. Anderson said the men had no food cached and the guards remained safe after talks with them.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Penitentiary
Victor E. Anderson
Fire damages Sterchi Bros store estimate tops two hundred thousand
Although initial damage was put at one hundred fifty thousand, A L Burns manager of Sterchi Bros Store Inc says total after smoke water damage to Sterchi s and neighboring stores may reach two hundred thousand. Buttrey s shares smoke damage but no flames. Samuel s and Mangel s report smoke water effects with inventory and layaway losses. See COST on Page 2.
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A. L. Burns
Sterchi Bros. Store Inc
Burns
Buttrey’s
Sterchi’s
Samuel’s
W. S. Lindsey
Eloise Morrell
Mangel’s
Sterchi Bros
2Nd Ave
Holmes A Turner Named Rotary Club President
Holmes A Turner elected by the Decatur Rotary Club board to serve as president for 1955 56 starting July 1. He is district supervisor at the Vocational Rehabilitation Service, State Department of Education, and has 17 years in Rotary with roles including club secretary and bulletin editor. Turner, a Decatur resident since 1945, holds degrees from Birmingham Southern College and the University of Alabama. He is married to Abby Lou Sherer and has two children Alvan and Abigal. Other 1955 56 directors include Tom White vice president Julian Harris Avery Taylor George Dawson Lawson Davidson and Tom Bowles.
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Holmes A. Turner
Decatur Rotary Club
Decatur
Turner
State Department of Education
Athens
Decatur Club
Birmingham Southern College
University of Alabama
University of Chicago
Abby Lou Sherer
Jasper
Alvan
Abigal
Tom White
Julian Harris
Avery Taylor
George Dawson
Lawson Davidson
Tom Bowles
Fear Killer Haunts Two States in Slayings
Henderson Kentucky reports a chilling triple killing linked to a recent Mount Vernon Indiana farm woman murder. Goebel Duncan 51 and son Raymond 21 were found bound and shot in a muddy field. Authorities seek a single killer across two states.
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Henderson
Mount Vernon
Ind
Goebel Duncan
Raymond
Lee Williams
President skeptical Chinese threat to Formosa Strait
An administration source says President Eisenhower doubts Red China will attack the Nationalist islands Quemoy and Matsu soon. The White House questions April 15 as a likely target date and notes Red China lacks air bases and supplies for an amphibious assault. The report also mentions potential for a Big Four conference and ongoing foreign relations discussions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Formosa Strait
County group seeks park land by TVA proposal
About 15 representatives from Morgan County communities and Hartselle Civic Clubs with TVA official C E McCord asked the County Board of Revenue and Control to accept a TVA lease of 100 acres for a county park for 20 years. The board promised to study the proposal. area lies near the US 31 bridge over Flint Creek.
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Morgan County
Hartselle
C. E. McCord
TVA
R. J. Ricard
Guntersville and
Wheeler
County Board of Revenue and Control
Flint Creek
West Flint
McCord
County Board of Revenue
County Park and Recreation Board
Deadline Day for Entering Bonanzagram
The piece notes a deadline for the Bonanzagram contest with a three figure prize, a $100 big draw. Entries pour in from across the area as organizers expect a winner. Tonight is the final submission deadline with answers reported Friday.
State crop loss at $30 million and tax bills pass
Alabama farmers suffered at least 30 million dollars in crop damage from unexpected freezing weather. Agriculture Commissioner A. W. Todd ordered a statewide survey, with losses listed for potatoes cucumbers strawberries peaches and truck crops. Gov. Folsom declared an emergency for North Alabama roads seeking federal aid.
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Montgomery
Alabama
A. W. Todd
Todd
Baldwin
Cullman
Chilton
Conedhu
Mobile
James E. Folsom
P.O. Davis
Alabama Extension Service
Farmers Home Administration
Athens Approves Big Bond Issue
The Athens City Council authorized sale of 250000 in bonds for the urban electric system. Of this 45000 funds cover utilities part of the new city hall construction and 205000 repay loans tied to city lines. A public sale is set for late April with a 15 year retirement and a callable feature.
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Athens
State National Bank
M. S. Kennemer
Byrd to Lead Fifth Antarctic Polar Expedition
Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd will head a U.S. scientific expedition to the Antarctic, setting out in November and continuing into 1957. Byrd, 67, leads a Navy organized mission to establish observation sites for the International Geophysical Year 1957 58, with scientists from many countries coordinating earth science studies.
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Washington
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
U.S
White House
Byrd
Navy
Bomb Strikes Southern Bell Plant Amid Phone Strike
In Alabama violence erupted as Southern Bell employees marked day 16 of their strike. A bomb ripped a two foot square hole in a Montgomery workshop roof while Birmingham CWA official Henry Bolin was arrested for a stink bomb case near a city plant.
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Atlanta
Alabama
Southern Bell Telephone Co
R. L. Lampley
Montgomery
Ala
Southern Bell
Telephone Company
Birmingham
Communications Workers of America
CIO
T. E. Lindsey
Henry H. Bolin
CWA
Bolin
Weather and River Report for Decatur Area
The Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge shows 20.44 feet, down 4.2 feet in 24 hours, with sea level at 554.74 feet. Yesterday’s high was 48, low 34, and 8 am temperature 42. Forecast calls for fair, warmer today and Wednesday, then colder tonight. highs 58 today, 63 Wednesday, and lows 34 tonight.
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Decatur
Keller Memorial Bridge
Ousted Premier Diappearances Stir Moscow Amid Swedish Visit
In Moscow, deposed Soviet Premier Georgi Malenkov is absent from a farewell ceremony for a Swedish power delegation and from the Supreme Soviet session. Swedes ended a 17 day tour of Soviet power stations invited by the Soviet government. Malenkov was demoted seven weeks ago from premier to minister of lower stations.
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London
Georgi Malenkov
Malenkov
Moscow
Alexi Pavlenko
Malenko
Supreme Soviet
Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic
Lee Ousted
Gum Pond Road Plans Launched in Morgan County
A survey contract was awarded to W F Wright of Russellville to map a 7.1 mile farm to market road from the Cullman County line through Gum Pond to 67. The project, funded by state and county, is part of three DEP authorized road surveys with paving costs estimated at 25 000 to 30 000 dollars per mile.
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Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
W. F. Wright
Russellville
Cullman County
Gum Pond
Morgan County
Wright
Danville
Lawrence County
Iron Man
Hartselle
State
Sim Howell
County Board of Revenue and Control
Dulles Sets Expectation on Big Four Conference Timing
Secretary of State Dulles told the Senate committee that a top level meeting with Russia is months away. He said Eisenhower policy favors pursuing a high level conference after lower level talks are completed.
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Washington
Dulles
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
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George Malenkov
Bureau of Roads
Elk River Mills
Buckley
Rotary
Asia
Bonanzagram
Administration
House of Representatives
House
Vergil M. Ashworth
Bibb County
New Polar Expedition
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