Local notes and society headlines from Decatur diary
Dr A M Roan’s cerebral thrombosis in Panama City highlights a vacation incident. Mrs Roan and son Avery stay with the local physician. Dr John Lyle returns to Mobile after visiting his mother Mrs Helen J Lyle. Mrs Harrison Hill returns home after hospital care. Morgan County sheriff’s deputies arrest a suspect on an alias warrant. Moose Ladies meet at 8 pm tonight at the Moose Home. Morgan County realty chief Earl Glenn becomes secretary treasurer of the Alabama Association of Mutual Insurance Agents. officers elected include Walter Stead, Wallace Hellard, J D Gurley, and William Natter. City recorder court docket lists intoxication, disorderly conduct, speeding, no license, and muffler offenses. Decatur Toastmasters name Jack Jones best performer. Paul Markwood presents the cup. Gubernatorial candidate C C Jack Owen plans final Decatur stop Saturday at 12 30 CDT. George Caldwell to speak at Brookhaven Baptist dedication with library dedication. Miss Jacqulyn Anderson and others to partake in ceremony. open house planned. Spaghetti supper fundraiser by Girl Scout Troop 38 at Little House 5 to 6 pm. tickets sold at location. City Animal Shelter lists 11-day redemption period with Cocker Spaniels, Beagles, Collies, Shepherds, Manchester, and mongrels. See DIARY On Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Glenn
Morgan County Board of Realtors
Earl Glenn Insurance and Real Estate Agency
Alabama Assn. of Mutual Insurance Agents
Tuscaloosa
Walter Stead
Birmingham
Wallace Hellard
Florence
J. D. Gurley
Tarrant
William Natter
Patterson Aims To Be Lobbyist For People
Atty Gen John Patterson among 14 candidates for Alabama governor seeks reform with a lobbyist registration bill. He says too many lobbyists pressure lawmakers and pledges to be the people's lobbyist with full time representation before the Legislature. He touts tourism, supports women jury service, and vows to drive politicians from the insurance business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Patterson
Patterson
Alabama
Sylacauga
Agriculture
A. W. Todd
Washington
Todd
Ezra Taft Benson
Eisenhower
Alabama Agriculture
Congress
United States
Election officials reminded of voting result posting rules
May 6 Democratic Primary election officials are reminded of state code requiring copies of certificates of voting results posted outside polling places and attached to the ballot box. Additional copies must be mailed to the state executive committee and sealed with a tally sheet to the county committee chairman. Some officials previously placed all papers inside ballot boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Executive Committee
Long Ballot Means Long Wait for Morgan County Votes
Morgan County voters face a lengthy ballot count with 14 000 ballots to be tallied by hand no voting machines are used. An experiment timed at six minutes 25 seconds per ballot suggests at least 12 ballots per hour, implying results may not be known for many hours or days after the May 6 primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
T. C. Almon
Ralph Slate
Southerners Join Coalition On Jobless Pay
The House opens votes on emergency unemployment relief with Southern Democrats backing the Eisenhower plan. A GOP Southern Democrat coalition challenges the Democratic bill, debating 16 weeks of pay for insured and uninsured workers versus Ike’s plan limited to insured workers and a four year payback.
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B. L. Livingstone
Washington T
House
Eisenhower
Ways and
Rep
Halleck
Indiana
GOP
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Mills
D-Ark
Sample Ballots Published For Morgan County Voters
The Decatur Daily will publish sample general and special amendment ballots facing Morgan County voters next Tuesday. Look for the ballot samples in Sunday's edition of the paper.
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Decatur Daily
Morgan County
Marines Fear Bum's Rush Over Defense Plan
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Randolph M. Pate warned Congress that enacting the defense reorganization as written could lead to the Marine Corps being sidelined by a future secretary of defense. Secretary McElroy assured the House panel there will be no sweeping service mergers or reorganization, and that each branch retains its identity. Eisenhower pressed the plan at a Chamber event, arguing for safety with solvency and a strong national defense.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Congress
Eisenhower
Secretary of Defense
House Armed Services Committee
McElroy
Army
Navy
Air Force
Randolph M. Pate
Pate
Senator Sees 4 Day Week As Possible Cure For Recessions
Senator Aiken proposes studying a four day work week for some industries as a potential recession remedy. He backs considering guaranteed annual wages and profit sharing for workers in areas with periodic layoffs, citing automation in the automobile sector. He warns this is a future option not an immediate mandate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Milton Kelly Washington
Sen. Aiken
R-Vi
Congress
Aiken
Thes
Valley Solons Gird For Fight
Congress members from Tennessee Valley states plan a May push to pass a self financing TVA bill. Rep. Davis presided at a closed meeting with lawmakers from Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Kentucky and other TVA states. Davis said the effort marks TVA's 25th anniversary and aims to show TVA should continue its national service.
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Washington
Congress
Tennessee Valley States
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Rep
Davis
D-Tenn
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Kentucky
House
Lee Valley
Moon Eclipse Quietly Visible At Sunset Saturday
The Moon will rise at 6 54 p m and reach fullness at 7 23 a m with a brief 26 minute eclipse visible mainly in the far West before moonset. This is noted as the shortest eclipse in years and appears around May 2 in Decatur skies.
Weather and River Reading at Keller Memorial Bridge
Tennessee River noted at Keller Memorial Bridge as 22.60 feet, up .33 in 24 hours, sea level 556.90 feet. Yesterday high 78 at 1 pm, low 59 at 3 am. 10:20 am today 68. Forecast calls for cloudy to partly cloudy mild with light rain and scattered thunder today tonight and Friday. Winds light and variable. Saturday outlook partly cloudy and warm with scattered afternoon showers. today high 70, tonight 60, Friday high 74.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Birthday Toast for Vinita Pie Queen at Retirement Café
Mrs. W. E. Updegraff celebrated her 75th birthday in Vinita Oklahoma as friends gathered at the cafe she ran for 35 years before retiring in 1947. She claimed to have baked more than 375000 pies during her career and the crowd praised her famous mouth watering pies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinita
Okla
W. E. Updegraff
Farm Prices Jump 1.14 Percent on Fruits and Grains
Washington report shows farm prices rising 1.14 percent for the month ended April 15 driven by higher fruit and vegetable prices and gains in cotton and feed grains. The increase keeps parity at 87 percent, with March up 4 percent and overall income prospects for 1958 improving. Declines in dairy, eggs, and poultry offset some gains, with hog and cattle edges seasonally down since mid April. See FARM On Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid
A. Martin
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Eisenhower
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Alabama guber campaign blends songs with politics
Alabama's gubernatorial race features six candidates traveling with pickin and singing acts on street corners and venues. Voters hear gospel motifs and political appeals as Life magazine notes the trend in this climactic campaign style sweeping the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Diety
Folsom Coleman to sign plants for Tennessee-Tombigbee canal
Alabama Governor James E. Folsom and Mississippi Governor James P. Coleman will sign a waterways compact in Columbus Mississippi to push federal funding for the Tennessee Tombigbee canal. The project aims to connect the Tennessee and Tombigbee rivers, cutting shipping distances and costing about 235 million dollars with most funded by the federal government.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Mississippi
James E. Folsom
Columbus
Miss
James P. Coleman
Mississippi Assembly
Tennessee
Tombigbee
Gulf of Mexico
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Army Engineers
Tombigbee Valley
Alabama River Development Authority
United States
Judge Listing Boxes Concerned In District Races
Morgan County voters in Districts One and Two will select Board of Revenue and Control commissioners in the May 6 Democratic Primary. District One includes Decatur Lanes Priceville Trinity Flint boxes. District Two covers Hartselle Somerville Danville Oak Ridge Neel. Only district residents may vote for their commissioners.
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Morgan County
Board of Revenue and Control
Decatur
Lanes
Priceville
Trinity
Flint
Hartselle
Somerville
Danville
Oak Ridge
Neel
Shady Grove
Virginia license plates mailed to abroad residents
Virginia motor vehicle commissioner Chester Lamb notes that many Americans abroad will receive Virginia license tags by mail after paying the fee. He says Virginia is a strong advertiser as tags are often issued to servicemen and employees of American firms overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Chester Lamb
Wisconsin dairy herd grows from 20 to 272 cows in decade
University of Wisconsin statistician Ed Malcheski reports the average Wisconsin dairy herd rose from 20 cows to 272 milking animals over ten years. He notes total costs on typical farms increased 43 percent while dairy producers' gross income rose 23 percent in the same period.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Ed Malcheski
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Decatur General Hospital
Morgan County Sheriff's Forces
Women of the Moose
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City Recorder’s Court
Jack Jones
Why Not Care
Paul Markwood
Miles Denham
C. C
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Johnston St
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George Caldwell
Alabama Baptist Training Union
Brookhaven Baptist Church
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Ross Dublin
Jesse Rogers
Little House
City Animal Shelter
George Collier
Manchester
Buckley
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Defense Dept
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Hillard Starnes
Michigan Boulevard
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Barrett
Chicago Art Institute
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Gardner
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