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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1958
Page
3
Rivers surged across north and east Texas after eight days of heavy rain forcing evacuations. Police evacuated about 2500 people from south Dallas as the Trinity River overflowed and numerous schools closed for safety.
The mayor of Atlanta Texas M P Ellis declared his east Texas town a disaster area after many oil wells were abandoned by operators. He warned of continuing impacts on the community and local economy.
Jacksonville officials announce a Saturday conference of southern mayors and police chiefs and a Sunday mass meeting for Jacksonville’s Negro residents following bomb blasts at a junior high school and a Jewish center. The event aims to exchange information as federal intervention is not authorized.
GM and the United Auto Workers resume bargaining under pressure to finalize a wage settlement before midnight May 29, the expiry of the current three year contract. GM issued a contract termination notice challenging the union to strike targets, while UAW President Walter Reuther promises a wage boost and profit sharing without a strike.
Pfc Ottis H Smith of the 510th Tank Battalion is in Belsenhone Germany for annual tank gunnery tests. He arrived in Europe last December from Fort Benning Ga and entered the Army in February 1957. He is 23, son of Mr and Mrs Ralph R Smith of Sheffield Route 1 and formerly worked for DEK Construction. He graduated Colbert County High School Leighton in 1952.
Prof Samuel P Bayard of Pennsylvania State University owns over 275 snuff boxes in his collection. One box features an attached grater allowing a user to grind snuff from tobacco.
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