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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1955

Page

2

Folsom Says Legislature Will Be Anything But Peaceful

Gov James E Folsom warned the 1966 Legislature would be anything but peaceful as tensions rise in a two day session The Senate faced its first filibuster amid moves to speed 13 senators onto three state boards The week features measures to repeal the poll tax open jury service for women and government reforms with a referendum on the poll tax and a pending bill to postpone jury action until voters weigh in

Rex Thomas Montgomery James E. Folsom Gee Senate Folsom Sion

Rail damage disrupts Birmingham spring traffic

Northbound track torn up with trains moving slowly on the southbound line. Officials could not confirm a repair date for the break north of Birmingham. Wires cut in South Alabama hinder intercity calls. 110 wires damaged 17 miles west of Mobile and six miles west of Atmore. Repairs completed on the pene Var ae and were -6 on the damage near.

Birmingham Alabama Mobile W. F. Yandell Atmore New Were

Amusements: Princess Battle Cry and More at Local Theaters

Amusement listings include Princess Battle Cry with Van Heflin and Ray at 1:00 3:40 6:20. Roxy shows Drums of Tahiti with Dennis O Neefe Patricia Medina at 1:50 3:45 5:40 7:35 9:30. Sunset screens Suddenly! with Sterling Hayden Frank Sinatra at 7:00 9:15. Hatfield Athens features The High and the Mighty with John Wayne Claire Trevor at 1:30 9:30. Starvue Highway Bridges at William Holden Gary Kelly at 7:30 9:42.

van Hef Roxy Tahiti Dennis O'Keefe Patricia Medina Sterling Hayden Frank Sinatra Starvue William Holden

Community notices and club events in local area

Intimate glimpses and guest visits mark community life with mentions of Mr and Mrs P E Davis in Birmingham and relatives. Kentucky Derby attendance noted in Louisville with J E Barthelemy Johnny Mathis and Jim Griffin. Various church and garden club activities scheduled including Eastern Star visit and a missionary furlough with local mercy clinic announcements.

J. E. Barthelemy Johnny, Mathis Jim Griffin Louisville Margaret Liston Southern Presbyterian Church Belgian Congo New York Liston Thomas Fleming Columbia

Hospital Dismissals and Admissions List

Hospital notices list dismissals and new admissions across multiple facilities. Names and addresses include Wilburn Stewart, Mrs. Buford, Joe George, Jerry Waters, Mrs. Sisco, Mrs. Broadway, Mrs. Lewis Ann, Mrs. Sharp, Mrs. Sims, Mrs. Shelton, Mrs. White, Mrs. Lane, Mrs. Wright, and others at Athens Limestone, Decatur General, and surrounding clinics and streets.

Bank ST. Hospital Wilburn Stewart Grant St Robert Buford Decatur Joe George 4Th Ave Jerry Waters Danville Baugh-Wiley Clinic Monroe Sisco Madison R. W. Waldrop 7Th Ave Athens-Limestone Hospital Douglas Broadway Athens Lewis Ann Elkmont Howard Montgomery Hutsville S. A. Sharp Decatur General Hospital Paul Sims 9Th St Shelton Anderson Bady Willam Howel Ave Kensal Cis Tae Toa Perry Johnson Rail Charles White Cypress St Ellis Lane Somerville Rd Maggie Belle Wright Hartselle H. F. Landers Sth

Four accident victims improve after two fatal crashes

Four injured people in two highway crashes improved by Saturday night at Decatur General hospital. Victims include Fred Sittason 60 Horace Knight 41 Marvin Eaton 10 and Shackleford 52 all hurt Friday or Thursday. Charles Langley 35 died. John Nelms 12 died after a bicycle was struck on new highway 24 near Decatur city limits.

Decatur General Hospital Fred Sittason 7Th Ave N. W Horace Knight Loring St Marvin Allen Eaton 11Th Ave N.W Shackleford Sittason Knight Shackleford Negro Charles Langley 4Th Ave Eaton John Nelms Denton Nelms 12Th Ave. N. W New Highway 24 Decatur City Limits Nelms Decatur General Jack Hobson Gillespie Trinity 1 Gillespie Doris McWorter

Obituary: Owens Dies. Wife Mrs Singleton Cullman Survives

Survivors include wife Mrs Singleton Cullman. Pallbearers named M C Lovvorn T J Hudson Loren Barron Gene Craft G B Terry and Claude Wood. Honorary pallbearers are Cullman Electric Cooperative employees.

Singleton Cullman M. C. Lovvorn T. J. Hudson Loren Barron Gene Craft G. B. Terry Claude Wood The Cullman Electric Cooperative

Valhermosa Church Elder Led Building Team

Deceased served as elder and Board of Trustees member for Valhermosa Church. He helped on the building committee for the new church at Valhermosa, constructed in memory of his mother and father. Service by Rev. W. B. Daniel and Ethel Davis Russell with pallbearers named.

Valhermosa Church Valhermosa W. B. Daniel Ethel Davis Russell Mary Davis Connolly Greenline McRee Montgomery Howard Russell New Orleans R. O. Russell Birmingham John Mack Chunn Melvin Williams Dewey Day Leon Chunn John Scott Robert Atkinson Millidgeville Frank J. Soday Southern Association of Science and Industry Soday Herty Lou Herty Georgia American Chemical Society Georgia State ‘College For Women Chemistry Club GSC Carroll A. Hochwalt Monsanto Chemical Co St. Louis Dr. Soday

Freeze Nips Rockies Area

Frigid weather hit the Rockies and northern Minnesota with snow flurries. Overnight lows fell to 22 degrees at Fraser Colorado and Drummond and West Yellowstone Montana while International Falls Minnesota reached 36 at midday with snow. Temperatures dipped to 20 degrees in parts of the Great Lakes region and rose to the 40s or 50s along the Pacific Coast.

Associated Press Rockies Minnesota Fraser Colo Drummond

Decatur High Band Graduates Honored at Family Night

The 26 senior members of Decatur High School band, winners of the contest, were honored during Family Night. Director Carl Schwachow received miniature instruments, as did seniors, with jingles presented by Band Mothers Club officers. The program featured Chicago Tribune March, Old Home Down on the Farm, a trombone solo, brass sextet, and other band numbers with majorettes and a Dixie finale.

Decatur High School Paul Glenn Band Mothers Club W. E. Siviey Carl Schwachow Glenda McRae W. E. Sivley Chicago Tribune Dwight Eddens You Maggie Jerry Garnett Walter Jackson, Jr Jim Marshall Martha Garnett Gary Nichols George Godwin Betty Ann Wright Sandra Neher Gerry Sivley Nancy Malone My Old Kentucky Dixie Elizabeth Coats

Dulles Meets Adenauer in 65 Minute Talks on Key Topics

Dulles and Adenauer held a 65 minute discussion covering the Austrian treaty impact on Germany and a potential disarmament conference with the Soviets. Adenauer attended as a sovereign nation’s representative, signaling a possible new Western Big Four including Britain, France, West Germany, and the United States.

Adenauer Dulles Germany Britain France West Germany United States

Health drive to inoculate county clinics on schedule

Dr. Smith reports 155001 children inoculated in state clinics during weeks starting April 18 and 25. The National Foundation will provide enough vaccine for a second injection. Estimates before launch ranged 180000 to 200000 eligible children. Vaccines will be rushed to strategically located county health departments and repackaged for pickup. Mobile county began among the early counties.

Births in Decatur produce a son and a daughter

A son was born to Mr and Mrs Ben Sum mer at Decatur General Hospital Saturday. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs A L Braswell in Decatur.

Ben Summer 7Th Ave Decatur General Hospital A.L. Braswell Decatur 1 Decatur

Civitan president to speak at local meeting Wednesday

Civitan International President Roy M. Abagnale will address the Decatur Civitan Club at its Wednesday noon meeting at the Lyons Hotel. Abagnale, from Springfield Massachusetts, has held international offices and is a certified public accountant active in several civic and professional groups.

Roy M. Abagnale Springfield Mass Civitan International Décatur Civitan Club Abagnale Farms Los Angeles Pace Institute Diocesan Council Western Massachusettes Episcopal Church National Association of Cost Accountants New York Society of Certified Public Accountants Massachusetts State Society of Certified Public Accountants American Red Cross Springfield Y.M.C.A Goodwill Industries Civitan Clubs Lyons Hotel

Beard incident at Cheboygan centennial celebration

Cecil Adams grew a beard for Cheboygan County centennial events but his wife disapproved. She trimmed one side of his face with an electric razor while he slept, and he shaved the remaining beard when he woke.

Cheboygan, Mich Cecil Adams Cheboygan County Mrs. Adams Cecil Adams

Irrigating Caves At Meramec Caverns

Meramec Caverns owner Lester B. Dill installed a $75,000 irrigation system due to drought. The system waters limestone formations and statues that were drying from lack of rain in Stanton Missouri.

Stanton Meramec Lester ° B. Dill

Daughter born to Mr and Mrs Charles W Long

A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Charles W Long of 402 In Ave at Baugh Wiley Clinic Saturday.

Charlies W. Long Ave Baugh-Wiley Clinic

Puzzle clipping deadline note from local paper

A terse notice urges readers to clip a puzzle from the paper and mail or deliver the completed answer by Tuesday midnight. It warns against mimeographing and reminders the office accepts envelopes postmarked by Tuesday.

Political realignments shift in New Mexico’s south

The excerpt notes Premier Lee pressing toward a republic after securing power through violent street battles in the south. Ex-Emperor Bao Dai, now nominal Chief of State, travels from a Riviera villa to Paris seeking help from Dulles to plead his case.

New Mexico Lee Bao Dai Paris Riviera Dulles

For Sale One-Third Horsepower IH Sronchure

Market item lists a one year old one third horsepower IH sronchure used by a commercial firm. Ideal for small operations and priced at 99 dollars 95 cents. Call 48 W.

Vaccine Confusion Over Polio Inoculation Stirs Uncertainty

Detroit plans Saturday inoculations for children who missed turns while Ottawa and Washington weigh recommendations from a committee review. Public Health Service and Dr. Scheele await the Bethesda report on Cutter vaccine safety amid reports of adverse reactions in Idaho Louisiana and Hawaii.

Detroit Wayne County Washington Ottawa Public Health Service Scheele National Institutes of Health Bethesda PHS Cutter Laboratories White House Dea Berkeley Calif Idaho Louisiana Hawaii

Reds in Germany announce Warsaw military alliance plan

In Berlin on May 7 Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl disclosed a Soviet bloc alliance to rival NATO to be set up in Warsaw next week. He said East Germany rearmament and a unified command for East European Communist armies are planned, with 100000 barracks police and other top officials in attendance.

Berlin Germany NATO Warsaw East Germany Moscow Otto Grotewohl East Berlin Georgi K. Zhukov Red China Peng Teh-Huai

Telephone Wires Cut as Strike Escalates in Several Cities

District Manager W F Yandell reports 110 telephone wires cut near Mobile disrupting service. A dynamite blast at Walnut Street bridge in Chattanooga damages circuits and a paint shop. Southern Bell says April calls and workers returning exceed prior years with 31 000 employees at work. CIO leaders pledge support and funds for strikers as arbitration demand rises.

Ous W.F. Yandell Mobile New Orleans Montgomery Birmingham Atlanta New York Chicago Houston Chattanooga Tenn Walnut Street Bridge Southern Bell CWA A.T. Jones Koumti Whcampeee Walter Reuther CIO

Stove Blast Hurts Nobody at Residence Kitchen

An oil stove exploded in the kitchen of Mr. and Mrs. An om Ave causing ceiling burn and water damage. Firemen extinguished the flames. At 5 18 p m Friday a junked car was found on fire at Williams Auto Parts 126 2nd Ave NE with no loss.

Cena Anom Ave. SE Williams Auto Parts 2Nd Ave

Illinois Study Links Early Grammar to Lifelong Use

A University of Illinois study indicates children typically acquire the grammar they will use for life between ages one and three, suggesting early language development sets enduring linguistic patterns.

University of Illinois

Vacumatic Carburetor Claims Gas Savings

Advert says the Vacu matic Carburetor Co. offers a device that saves gasoline by jet ing and vacuuming. It claims easy installation on cars and invites readers to write for free full particulars, with the company based in Wauwatosa Wisconsin.

Wauwatosa Wis

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Walter Jackson Dottie Motes Marguerite Livingston Ann Case Marion Wallace Charles Doss Bruce Bazzel Ralph Rich Bill Wise Tor Betty Hogue Bobby Kirkpatrick Betty Edgil Linda Pate Elaine Holle Ann Shook Betty Virginia Wright Kyle Studio Eamala P. E. Davis Mr. Davis Mrs Ella Davis Bettie Burleson Ore County Central Baptist Church Roswell Owens Palestine G.a.’S Brookmeade Garden Club East Acres Community Center Eastern Star Mary Lou Dancy Order of the Eastern Star Lillian Gilliland Nettie Dunlap Cullman Worthy Mary Stevenson Union Town Austinville Owens DHS U.S Bonanzagram Reds Budgor P. O. Box Miami Beach Florida
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