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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1958

Page

7

Incoming State Officers To Get Record Pay

Alabama state officials taking office next January will see historic pay raises. Governors will earn 25 000 yearly plus large funds including a 60 000 mansion fund and 100 000 emergency fund, with 150 000 transferable. Other salaries rise from 6 000 to 8 000 for secretary of state treasurer auditor and related posts.

Montgomery Alabama Public Service Commission Supreme Court Court of Appeals

Excess Rainfall Loans Approved in Alabama

The Small Business Administration approved 220 500 in disaster loans to Birmingham Selma Union Springs Athens Moulton Florence Troy Phenix City area firms affected by excessive rainfall. Fred H. Foy SBA Birmingham Branch Manager announced the Disaster Loan Advisory Committee first met and named Milton K. Cummings Huntsville as chairman.

Birmingham Small Business Administration Fred H. Foy SBA Selma Union Springs Athens Moulton Florence Troy Phenix City Foy Milton K. Cummings Huntsville Clyde W. Anderson R. M Cleckler Childersburg Roy Downs Calera F. Boykin Haynes C. R. Holliman Henry White Cullman

Pilot earns Distinguished Flying Cross for high altitude feat

The aviator completed an endurance ascent as part of Project Man High and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for the daring achievement.

Air Force

Army Pay Bill Could Swell State Revenues

Army Times reports that if the Senate passed military pay legislation becomes law, states would gain from added spending estimated between $500000 and 502 million annually. The study cites 71 percent of first year costs abroad to U S armed forces personnel at home. The Senate bill would raise base pay at least 6 percent for most with over two years service, with extra funds for proficiency and officer responsibilities.

Washington Army Times Senate

Famed Balloonist Named To Command Aeromedical Lab

Lt. Col. David G. Simons appointed chief of the Aeromedical Field Laboratory at the Air Force Missile Development Center near Alamogordo. He succeeds Col. John Paul Stapp, famed for rocket sled testing, now heading the Wright Air Development Center. Simons previously made a 102000 foot balloon ascent above Minneapolis for upper atmosphere research, staying aloft 32 minutes.

Alamogordo N.M David G. Simons Aeromedical Field Laboratory Air Force Missile Development Center Simons John Paul Stapp Stapp Wright Air Development Center Dayton Ohio Minneapolis

Applications For Loans On File At Bir mingham Branch

More loan applications are on file at the Bir mingham branch office. The notice indicates pending credit reviews and potential disbursements subject to standard lending procedures.

Birmingham

U S Rejects Polish Neutral Zone Plan

Washington reports the United States has sent a note to Communist Poland rejecting the Rapacki plan for a denuclearized zone in central Europe. Ambassador Jacob D. Bean delivered the note to Warsaw, with public release expected Sunday.

Washington United States Poland Europe State Department Foreign Office Warsaw Jacob D. Bean Rapacki Czechoslovakia East Germany West Germany

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