Pleasant Valley Church singing event invites attendees
A singing is scheduled Saturday at 7 30 p m at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church one mile west of Flint Clyde Miller as chairman invites all singers and listeners to attend Elizabeth Walton elected Pre Med Club president at Maryville College for the incoming semester Miss Walton is a junior and medical technican major Dora Robinson longtime servant of the S S Broadus family is a patient in Baugh Wiley Hospital Doug Steele reports the theft of a 12 gauge Browning shotgun and rod and reel from his home between May 3 and May 8 city court heard cases including parking speeding disorderly conduct running a red light Rev Milton Palmer to preach at 11 00 Sunday morning at Ninth Street Methodist Church Roy Hewlett will preach at 7 30 Sunday evening on A Book Of Things public invited to an evening of games tonight at 7 30 at the DAV Home sponsored by DAV Chapter 11 Dr and Mrs J P Pierce will attend the Alabama Chiropractic Convention in Birmingham Major James N Bloodworth Lt Col and Mrs Paul J Wolfer Captain James S Love and Captain Jack T Smith will attend the Reserve Officers Assn convention in Montgomery this weekend members of Nathan Bedford Forrest Chapter of Reserve Officers Assn notable officials signed on from Washington notes include Brig Gen Harold R Duffice and Donald Strait Details of a 1943 Austinville High School class barbecue May 18 at Woodall s weather permitting in the grove or dining room if inclement contact Mrs Freeda Pressnell Dick Still Jr a Ferro Co prize winner and Georgia Tech graduate is traveling to Dallas for a Ceramic Convention See See Diary On Page 2.
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James N. Bloodworth
Paul J. Wolfer
James S. Love
Jack T. Smith
Montgomery
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Reserve Officers Assn
Detant
U.S. Air Force
Harold R. Duffice
National Reserve Officers Assn
Donald Strait
Air Force
Washington
Austinville High School
Woodall's
Freeda Pressnell
H. P
Dick) Still, Jr
Norton Co
Worchester
Mass
Ferro Co
Cincinnati
Dallas
Tex
Georgia Tech
H. P. Still
Decatur
University Hospital, Birmingham
Industry Execs See Tax Relief
Sterling F. Green reports that top business leaders expect Congress to barely trim Eisenhower era spending but may grant limited tax relief. BAC members foresee little benefit beyond possible individual tax cuts, likely effective Jan 1, 1958, with corporate rates staying near 52 percent.
Beck and Banker Split Eleven Grand From Widow Fund
Senate investigators heard testimony that Teamsters Union President Dave Beck and a Seattle mortgage banker shared about 11 585 dollars from the Ray Leheney Memorial Fund and related brokerage fees. Hedlund said Beck acted as trustee for the widow of Beck’s close friend and that the payments were described as a kickback.
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Washington’—Senate
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Beck
Seattle
Donal Hedlund
Ray Leheney
Hedlund
Leheney
Laber
American Federation of Labor
Senate
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Simond Wampold
The
Investment Co
National Mortgage Co
Plane crash at Barajas Airport kills 37 aboard
A passenger plane crashed in flames near Barajas Airport Madrid last night killing all 37 on board. Only one foreigner, Erik Bengtsson a 41 year old Swede, survived. The craft burst into flames as it struck the ground near farm houses injuring two local girls.
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Madrid
Barajas
Spain
Erik Bengtsson
U. Swede
Ike Foresees End of Solid South Democrats
President Eisenhower declared the Solid South era is over and urged Dixie Republicans to intensify efforts to win Congress. He cited 20 years of rising GOP strength in the region and defended the $71.8 billion spending budget as necessary for peace and national defense.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Dixie
Congress
South
de Eisenhower
Louisville
Free World
Senate Votes No Increase To P C
Senate Appropriations Committee rejects adding to the House funded Post Office budget. It backs no increase above 3.192 billion for fiscal 1958 despite Summerfield’s plea for 58 million plus a further 70 to 90 million to avoid service cuts. See SENATE On Page 2.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Post Office Department
Summerfield
Senate
Fire threat to Plymouth under control after fifth day
Raging forest fires across the Northeast spread to Plymouth Massachusetts threatening the historic area near Route 3. Firefighters halted the Plymouth blaze and officials warned it could rekindle as dry conditions persisted.
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Associated Press
Plymouth
Mass
Igrey
Route 3
Boston
Cape Cod
Quebec
Ontario
Russia calls on U S and Britain to stop nuclear tests
In Moscow the Supreme Soviet urged the United States Congress and British Parliament to press for an immediate end to nuclear weapons tests. A three power parliamentary commission was proposed to discuss banning hydrogen and atomic bomb tests. Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, in his maiden speech, defended continued Soviet testing while seeking Western restraint.
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Tom Ochiltree
Moscow
Supreme Soviet
United States Congress
Andrei Gromyko
Soviet Union
Gromyko
United States
Britain
Russia
New Outburst Of Texas Weather
Thunderstorms rolled across south Texas with heavy rain and flash floods driving hundreds from homes in past days. Rain could swell Brazos Trinity and Guadalupe rivers threatening new crests if storms persist with activity focused near Beeville. Helicopters rescued San Angelo residents stranded atop structures as floods subsided later.
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Dallas
Texas
Brazos
Trinity
Guadalupe
Beeville
Weather Bureau
San Angelo
Mid East Appears Ready to Seek More Aid From U S
Special Ambassador James P. Richards said on a 15 nation Middle East tour that U S military and economic aid would likely be increased. He noted promised help could not meet all needs and described it as not large in magnitude. Richards returned from the mission on March 12 at Eisenhower’s request.
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Washington
United States
James P. Richards
Middle East
Richards
Eisenhower
Proposed School Milk Law Draws Opposition
Greenssboro Alabama reports opposition from the dairy board chairman to a proposed state law allowing free school lunch room milk purchases from price rules. Sen. Smith C. Dyar of Jackson filed a Senate bill for competitive bidding and school milk. Chairman Connie Jones said he spoke for himself and all dairy farmers against the bill, warning farmers could end up paying. A board meeting is announced for May 28 and 29.
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Greensboro
Ala
Alabama Milk Control Board
Sen. Smith C. Dyar
Jackson
Senate
Montgomery
Connie Jones
Jones
Readies For Foreign Aid Plea
Eisenhower seeks radio appeals to rally public support for a trimmed foreign aid plan. He proposes a 520 million dollar cut while detailing a 3.88 billion dollar program and asking Congress to approve 2.8 billion for military and allied support and 1.08 billion for economic assistance with a mix of loans and aid funds. Senate leaders weigh further cuts amid a wary economy.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
White House
Congressional
Sen
Sparkman
D-Aka
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sen. Aiken
R-Vi
India Marks 100th Anniversary of Sepoy Mutiny Holiday
India observes a national holiday as the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny centennial is marked with early demonstrations led by Communists at New Delhi. The uprising began in Meerut when sepoys freed comrades from prison over cartridges tied to religious sensitivities.
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Sam Johnson
New Delhi
India
Capital
Meerut
British East India Co
Bengal Light Cavalry
House Hammers Farm Policies Cuts in Agriculture Budget
The House Appropriations Committee sharply criticizes the Agriculture Department. It slices 272.6 million from the department’s requests for the new fiscal year and proposes 3.693 billion in appropriations while urging a new program to ease farmers’ distress. It targets the soil bank acreage reserve and caps future commitments. The action adds to over 1.1 billion in total cuts this year and awaits House review next week.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
Soil Bank
Eisenhower
House
Sub rescues crewmen from downed plane
Honolulu reports the submarine Bream rescued 10 men from a raft after a Navy P2V patrol plane ditched 170 miles southwest of the city. The crew were uninjured and in good condition. The plane went down following an engine fire during routine operations from Barbers Point.
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Honolulu
Bream
Pacific
Here
Navy
Barbers Point
Weather and River Update for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge showed 21.15 feet this morning with a 10 foot fall in 24 hours. Sea level reading 555.45 feet. Yesterday’s high 82 and low 64. At 11 am today 64. Forecast calls for considerable cloudiness and warm temperatures with scattered showers or thunder showers, then more clouds tonight with widely scattered precip. High 80 tonight 60 and Saturday 82.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Bogota Celebrates Rojas Pinilla's Ouster in Jubilation
In Bogota the crowd saluted Gustavo Rojas Pinilla's fall from power as a military junta took over. Shouts of Liberty filled the streets while police and soldiers stayed largely off the streets. Reports counted dead from protests ranging from 11 to 50.
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Richard G. Massock
Bogota
Colombia
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Rojas
Liberty
Andes
Alabama bill seeks power to close integrated schools
In Montgomery a measure to allow closing any public school where whites and Negroes attend together was introduced in the Legislature. Sponsored by Sen. Gerald Bradford of Clarke County it would let local boards shut the integrated school or all schools in the district. Birmingham police say Daniel Green, 26, was arrested after a nighttime burglary while a white woman slept beside her husband. the incident followed an alleged attempted rape.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Gerald Bradford
Clarke County
Birmingham
Daniel Green
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Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
Flint
Clyde Miller
Elizabeth Walton
Thomas R. Walton
Sherman Sr
Maryville College
Walton
Dora Robinson
S. S. Broadus
Baugh-Wiley Hospital
Doug Steele
Bradley, Sr
Steele
City Recorder’s Court
Milton Palmer
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Roy Hewlett
DAV
Railroad St
DAV Chapter 11
J. P. Pierce
Alabama Chiropractic Convention
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Commerce Department
Business Advisory Council
BAC
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Council
Buckley
Ike
Solid South
P. C
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania
Stroudsburg
Jefferson
Clarion
Leader
New Jersey
U. S
3-Power Group
Laurel
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Mid East
International Cooperation Administration
Lyndon B. Johnson
Laureano Gomez
Rojas Pinilla
Gomez
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