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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1956
Page
6
Four men in Spanish army uniforms robbed Madrid's largest jewelry shop on Tuesday seizing gems valued at about $300 000. Police seek leads as the daring theft shocks the capital.
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Autherine Lucy Foster, expelled from the University of Alabama, says she plans to return with God’s help. She spoke at an NAACP fund meeting in Tyler and criticized tax treatment for Black residents. Also reported: Be Osborne, 71, Texas athletic chief, died at St Luke's after a heart seizure.
In the English Channel a Panamanian freighter and a British grain ship collided in fog on Tuesday. After several hours distress signals were canceled. Initial reports identified the Panamanian vessel as the 5,407 ton Georgia.
A 63 year old former St Louis man Ralph Loran Wilson was sentenced to 25 years for a $4000 liquor store holdup in Mary Esther Florida. He claimed self defense after a two hour trial with a 15 minute jury deliberation. Police found Wilson with $4000 a loaded pistol and brass knuckles after a chase ending in a wooded area. Wilson said he had lived in Pensacola recently and was appealing the verdict.
In Minneapolis the General Conference of the Methodist Church concluded after 13 days of sessions. It adopted measures to integrate the racially segregated structure, extend clergy rights to women, fund a School of International Service in Washington, authorize two new seminaries, expand 10 existing ones, raise 48 million dollars for colleges, boost missionary budget to 40 million, and promote local church social and religious work. It also condemned liquor and sanctioned birth control as part of the agenda.
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