Beck Jr Described as Overgrown Spoiled Boy in Senate Inquiry
Senate Rackets Committee evidence shows Anheuser Busch internal memo calling Dave Beck Jr. an overgrown spoiled boy while tracing Beck Sr. influence in Budweiser distribution in Washington and Alaska after 1946. Testimony links Becl Sr. to securing Budweiser and K and L distributorships and discusses telegrams and memos regarding the family’s business ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Rackets Committee
Anheuser-Busch Co
Dave Beck Jr
Beck
Budweiser
Seattle
Senate
Teamsters
Dave Jr
Alaska
Young Beck
Armed Services
St. Louis Brewing Company
Ingamells
Anheuser-Busch
Jay R. Rideout
Earl H. Memory
Dave Iga
Beck Sr
Anheuser- Busch
K & L Beer and Whisky Distributing
Beck Jr
Irving J. Levine
Glimpses About Your Community
A compact notice highlights small local events and everyday happenings in the community. It mentions nearby places and familiar institutions, inviting readers to notice upcoming happenings and engage with neighbors.
Mixed local notices and incidents from Morgan County area
Rodney Knowles and Billy Walls bring a “half gourd vine half maple tree” plant to the Decatur Daily office. Nine Street Methodist Men’s Club meets at 7 PM. city court docket lists seven cases including overparking speeding and intoxicated on public street. Stolen gun reported. eleven dogs held at City Animal Shelter. St. John’s Episcopal Men’s Club lunch Friday at Why Not Cafe. Morgan County sheriff’s arrest for public creakeness. Fire alarms no new calls since Wednesday night. Priceville school staff honored at a dinner. Maggie Roger reported ill after hospital stay. Local visitors from Los Angeles travel Morgan and Madison counties. Frigate Anonymous to meet at 8 PM tonight. Information at 4578. See in Diary on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Knowles
Billy Walls
Decatur Daily
Frigate Anonymous
St. John's Episcopal Church
Battle Over Post Office Funds Heats Up On Capitol Hill
Postmaster General Summerfield urged Congress for 70 to 90 million dollars more in 1958 beyond Eisenhower’s request as cuts in postal services loom. Senate subcommittee restored 32 million of 58 million cut by the House, with total bill at 3.917 billion. Volume surge cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Hall Washington
Post Office Department
Capitol Hill
Summerfield
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate Appropriations
House
Post Office Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Tax Court
Athens Citizens Warned on Fire Ants and Prevention
Athens residents were advised by county agent F. K. Agee to mix poison with lawn fertilizer to deter fire ants. The recommended options include 5 percent deldrin, 5 percent heptachlor, or 1 percent chlordane, with preventive effects lasting up to four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
F. K. Agee
Agee
Science Fair Winners Head For National Honors
Grand prize winners from the North Alabama Regional Science Fair, Joan Bryant of Butler High School and Robert Brandon of Huntsville High, departed for Los Angeles to compete in the National Science Fair. Accompanying them are Huntsville High staff members Mrs Ibbie K Bradford and Mrs Mary Burke and North Alabama Fair coordinator A B Beindorff of Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Alabama
Los Panies
Joan Bryant
Butler High School
Huntsville
Robert Brandon
Huntsville High
Ibbie K. Bradford
Mary Burke
A.B. Beindorff
Decatur
Ezio Pinza Dies Quietly in Stamford
Ezio Pinza died in his sleep at age 64 in Stamford Connecticut after a stroke on April 30. He had been a Metropolitan Opera bass and popular Broadway figure as the South Pacific lead opposite Mary Martin. At his bedside were his wife Doris Leak and their children Clelia Gloria and Peter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Conn
Ezio Pinza
David H. Fogel
Metropolitan Opera
Pinza
Italy
Atlantic
Planter
Mary Martin
Doris Leak
Clelia
Glorida
Peter
Ezio
Weather and River Report for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 21.25 feet, a drop of 0.29 feet in 48 hours. Sea level reading 555.55 feet. High yesterday 72 at 3 PM, low 62 at 1 AM. Today 70 at 11 AM. Forecast: increasing cloudiness, warm, with widely scattered afternoon or early evening showers. Tonight partly cloudy and warm. High today 80, low tonight 58, high Friday 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Seven Man KC97 Aerial Tanker Ditches At Sea
An American KC97 aerial tanker with seven airmen ditched in bad Atlantic weather today. SOS signals were heard from liferaft radios. The plane reportedly lost three engines and went down 220 to 300 miles east of the Azores, north of Madeira, as three U.S. Navy ships raced to the ditching point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Atlantic Ocean
Azores
Madeira
U S Signals Possible Resumption of Yugoslavia Arms Aid
The United States nears lifting the embargo on weapons to Yugoslavia. President Eisenhower must approve a plan to deliver jet fighters in installments though not the full 300 aircraft. Senate foe Knowland is being briefed as administration weighs the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
Eisenhower
Senate
Leacer Knowland
Calif
U.S
Priceville Seeks School Improvements and Funding Plan
Priceville trustees outline needs including a cafeteria four more classrooms and a vocational building for home economics and agriculture. A community vote and funding plan are expected to be discussed at the next PTA meeting as Morgan County schools push local improvement programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priceville
Morgan County
Hartselle
Union Hill
Daily Today page item tease
In the newspapers section a brief index lists comics on page A12,13 and Radio-TV on A14 with a crossword on A13 and a serial in the classified pages A12,13. Society notes appear in the AS column and editorials on A4 with sports coverage on A14 and markets on A2.
Ike to appeal to public to pressure Congress
President Eisenhower prepares two nationwide broadcasts to urge support for his nearly 72 billion dollar peacetime budget. He risks losing influence if public pressure fails to move Congress, which has shown little responsiveness in 1957 and may cut well into key programs like education and civil rights. The Senate and House have approved only a few requests, signaling a slower start to his second term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Faulkner Pushes Hat Toward Ring in 1958 Alabama Governor Race
Jimmy Faulkner Bay Minette publisher and business executive spoke at a Shades Valley Chamber of Commerce banquet in Birmingham. He said it is too early to campaign officially but hinted he remains a candidate challenger to Governor James E. Folsom, who won in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Jimmy Faulkner
James E. Folsom
Faulkner
Bay Minette
Shades Valley Chamber of Commerce
Morgan Neighbors Proving Value Of Ground Water Study
This Alabama energy feature notes ongoing underground water studies in Madison, Colbert and Lauderdale Counties, with Huntsville and Redstone Arsenal benefiting from high yielding wells. It discusses costs, potential profits from industrial use, and obstacles including Morgan County funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Neighbors
Tennessee Valley
Alabama
Madison County
Huntsville
Madison Wells
Redstone Arsenal
Colbert
Lauderdale
Decatur
Madison
Limestone County
Freshly Pruned Aid To Education Bill Advances
The House Education Committee approved a revised one billion dollar federal aid program for school construction with a 20 to 9 vote. The plan offers a five year program of 300 million dollars yearly in grants to be matched by states, aiming to ease congressional opposition. Rep Bailey noted the cut to secure White House support and unity on the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Education Committee
Congress
Rep
Bailey
D-Wva
White House
Decatur Trucker Gilbert Cox Dies Near Attalla
Decatur truck driver Gilbert B. Cox 26 of Decatur died about 2 30 am when his trailer truck left the road and struck a culvert near Attalla. Cox drove for Decatur Transit Truck Line en route from Birmingham to Knoxville. He leaves a wife and three children and his parents in Decatur. Funeral services set for Saturday.
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Attalla
Decatur
Gilbert B. Cox
West Court Apts
Cox
Decatur Transit Truck Line, Inc
First Ave
Birmingham
Knoxville
Clovis Cox
Clovis Francine
Gilbert Wayne
Johnny Ray
Grady Cox
Ben H. Cox
Huntsville
G. B. Cox
Kalamazoo
Mich
Hartselle Tot Auto Victim
Patricia Ann Nethery two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Hillery Nethery Hartselle died at Colbert County Hospital from injuries after being crushed beneath a car in Sheffield She walked behind a backing car as the family prepared to leave a building Funeral services set for Friday at 2 30 p m at Johnson Chapel with Rev Addie Wallace officiating Survivors include her parents one brother Gary Hart and Mr and Mrs Willie Depreast Interment at the adjoining cemetery directed by Peck Funeral Home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
Patricia Ann Nethery
Hillery Nethery
Colbert County Hospital
Sheffield
Johnson Chapel
Addie Wallace
Gary
Hart
Willie Depreast
Danville
Peck Funeral Home
Eisenhower trims foreign aid plan to 3.88 billion
President Eisenhower scaled back the foreign aid request to 3.88 billion dollars and warned further cuts could threaten world peace. Senate leaders and Johnson described a push for an international Public Works Administration style loans totaling about two billion dollars over three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
White House
PWA
James C. Hagerty
Johnson
International Public Works Administration
Congress
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
City, County Schools Set End Of Year Dates
Decatur and Morgan County schools plan to close the 1956 57 term on May 31. Baccalaureate at Decatur High is June 2 with commencement June 3. Lakeside High holds graduation June 4. County high school dates vary and will be announced in the Daily. City teachers dismiss June 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Odom Fright
Mary Turley Royer
Decatur Teachers Assn
Decatur
Royer
Riverside
LaFayette Street
Morgan County
Decatur High School
Lakeside High School
Daily
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senators
Dwight D. Ingamells
Anheuser-Busch of
St. Louis
Dave Beck
Ninth Street Methodist Church
City Recorder’s Court
Doug Steele
Bradley St
City Animal Shelter
Fifth Ave
George Kier
Poundmaster
St. John’s Episcopal Men's Club
Why Note
Morgan County Board of Education
Maggie Roger
13Th Ave
St. Vincent's Hospital
Jim Burt
O. K. Lessingwell
Walter Holesapple
Los Angeles
Morgan
Madison Counties
Burt
Myrtle Baker
Mr. Burt
Buckley
Archer
P.O
Ezzo Pinza
Decatur and Vicinity
Sos
Commie Nation
Priceville Talks
Daily Today
Ike
Eiserhower
Faulkner Pushes Hat
Philip LaMoreaux
U. S. Geological Survey
By Jack Walden
House Group
Big Money
Demo
Quckies
By Ken Reynolds
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