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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1955

Page

10

Limestone employment outlook in Limestone County

Athens Alabama Employment Service reports 85 non agricultural jobs filled in April while farm labor demand is down from last year due to reduced cotton allotment and berry crops hit by a late freeze. The AES notes local building projects and by pass work provide steady jobs with about 200 unemployment checks issued weekly.

Athens Alabama AES Raymond Roberts Athens Municipal U.S. 72 Swan Creek South Limestone Athco, Inc

Your Health By Chiropractic Care For Headache Relief

Chiropractors claim headaches stem from neck nerve pressure and spinal cord irritation. They cite neurocalometer findings in hundreds of cases and promote chiropractic care as the most reliable way to remove the headache cause. Dr Shawn offers nervous system examination at 104 Church Street N.E. Canal, telephone 197.

Actic Shawn Church Street N.E Canal Telephone

U S Brass Checks Quemoy On Island Defenses

Vice Admiral Alfred Pride and Major General William Chase spent six hours on Quemoy inspecting island defenses near Amoy. They met General Liu Yu Chang and were joined by Lt. Gen. Yu Pak Chuen as artillery shelling had shaken the island days earlier. A separate report claimed Soviet antiaircraft guns were supplied to the Chinese Reds at Harbin to bolster coastal air defenses.

Taipel Formosa U.S Quemoy Red China Amoy Alfred M. Pride U.S. 7Th Fleet William C. Chase U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group Mosa Liu Yu-Chang Adm Pride Chase Yu Pak-chuen Interior Ministry Soviet Russia Harbin Manchuria

BPW Endorses Jury Service Plan at Alabama Convention

Alabama Business and Professional Women's clubs endorsed a pending W A bill to provide jury service for women. State president Dr. Minnie C. Miles of Tuscaloosa urged broad effort, while Josephine Roberts of Gadsden called for study of small loan, wage and hour measures. About 400 delegates attended the 36th annual convention in Montgomery May 7.

Montgomery Alabama Minnie C. Miles Tuscaloosa Josephine Roberts Gadsden B&pw

Hail Storm Kills Duck In West Texas Front Yard

A violent hail storm in NOT FOR DUCKS WEST Texas drops baseball sized hail. Deputy Sheriff Buddy Kuykendall reports a duck was struck and killed mid flight. The incident ends a routine afternoon as weather warnings issued.

Ducks West Texas Buddy Kuykendall

Cop Killer In New York Gets 20 Years

James A. Call a Korean War veteran and former Air Force major pleaded guilty to second degree murder for the killing of Lake Placid patrolman Richard E. Pelkey. He was sentenced to 20 years to life, the minimum for the reduced charge.

New York Elizabethtown N. Y James A. Call Lake Placid Chicago Air Force Richard E. Pelkey

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Danville Olivia Anders H. L. Anders Olivia Alabama Polytechnic Institute School of Engineering Ina Summerford Jim Summerford Nina Alabama Polytechnic Institute School of Vocational Home Economics Limestone DR. J. D. Shown Mathes East South China Tidwell Semmes Ford Semmes Motor Sales Wendell Coleman, JR Leon Mitchell Decatur First Avenue Charles Pigg Marie Newsome M. R. Tubb Lloyd Graff Mgr Hershal Jones Huse Turner Billy Stephenson Tom Stephenson Karl Bradley H. C. Wright Curtis McGregory Billy Evans
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