Warren's Department Store Opens in New Decatur Location
Decatur’s oldest department store marks a grand opening at 110 2nd Ave SE after a complete remodel costing about 30000 dollars. Warren and son Rufus Warren own the store, offering nationally known brands and a full department line. Ball point pens for 300 registrants aged over 16. merchandise prize drawing on Saturday.
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Decatur
2Nd Ave
Warren's
Speake, Warren & Ratliff
Rufus
Warren
David
Robinson Furniture Store
Speake
Rufus Warren
Speake, Warren and Ratliff
Funeral services for Billy Van Jennings in Lacey's Spring
Billy Van Jennings 30 of Lacey's Spring died Saturday in Hartselle Hospital after being shot Friday night. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday at Valhermose Christian Church with Rev. C. C. Stewart and Rev. Eldridge Criscoe. Burial in Valhermose Cemetery. Peck Funeral Home directing. Survivors: widow Imogene Bartlett Jennings, daughter Deborah Jeanne Jennings, mother Vera Jennings, two brothers William Floyd Jennings Palmer Alaska and Regenal Dale Jennings Lacey's Spring, four sisters Lurlene Debell Beulaville NC Katie Jennings Linda Jennings Sue Jennings all of Lacey's Spring. Body returned to mother's home this afternoon. Pallbearers: Pat Matkins, Frederick Chunn, Odell Ricketts, Buddy Thomas, Tommy Flowers, Herman Chunn.
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Jennings
Hartselle
Imogene Bartlett Jennings
Deborah Jeanne Jennings
Vera Jennings
Lacey
William Floyd Jennings
Palmer
Alaska
Regenal Dale Jennings
Lurlene Debell
Beulaville
N. C
Katie Jennings
Linda Jennings
Sue Jennings
Funeral services set for Mrs Lena Scott Gay
Funeral services for 79 year old Mrs Lena Scott Gay of Vine Mont 2 were to be held at Flint Creek Church at 2 p.m. with Minister Vernon Foust officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. She died Monday at her residence. Survivors include three sons Woodrow Gay Hanceville Alvie Gay Birmingham Archie Gay Miami Fla and four daughters Alberta Morris Vine Mont 2 Mae Wood Houston Myrtle Holmes Tuscaloosa and Eula Jenkins Miami.
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Cullman
Lena Scott Gay
Vinemont
Flint Creek Church
Vernon Foust
Gay
Woodrow Gay
Hanceville
Alvie Gay
Birmingham
Archie Gay
Miami
Fla
Alberta Morris
Mae Wood
Houston, Tex
Myrtle Holmes
Tuscaloosa
Eula Jenkins
Kenneth Robinson Rites Held At Baptist Church
Funeral service held at 2 p.m. today at the Baptist Church for Kenneth Robinson 36 with burial at Addison Cemetery. Mrs Robinson died May 7 in Newark Delaware. Survivors include five brothers Gloyd Floyd Carl Robert and Gay and three sisters Mrs Ed Reeder Mrs Reba Cur.
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Cullman
Kenneth Robinson
The
Baptist Church
Addison
Robinson
Newark
Del
Gloyd
Floyd
Carl
Robert
Gay
Ed Reeder
Reba Cur
Coin machine pried open. $30 stolen in Laundromat
Police report says ECATUR coin changer at the Laundromat on 6th Ave and Holly St was forced open Monday night with about $30 in change taken. Sheriff's deputies arrested three for public drunkenness and related charges.
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6Th Ave
Holly St
Sheriff's Forces
Lee and Irene Robinson Parents and Family Mention
Lee and Miss Irene Robinson, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Simpson Robinson.
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Lee
Miss Irene Robinson
Mrs. Simpson Robinson
Swidler Opposes TVA Territorial Limits
Nashville native Joseph C. Swidler nominated by President Kennedy as Federal Power Commission chair said he remained unsure about Congress limits on TVA. Testimony before Senate Commerce Committee followed by a nomination evaluation for Howard V. Morgan. Swidler argued for TVA flexibility and stability. Oranges top city fruit demand. bananas second. apples third. peaches lead canned fruit.
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Washington
Joseph C. Swidler
Nashville
Tenn
Kennedy
Federal Power Commission
TVA
Congress
Swidler
FPC
Senate
Senate Commerce Committee
Howard V. Morgan
Commission
Morgan
Sisters, Ore
Andrew Schoeppel
Brian
Build Then The Build-Up EDITOR'S NOTE
The piece argues that a star needs both a build and a discovery story. Yvette Mimieux embodies the pattern, receiving early momentum and an unusual breakthrough when discovered after a helicopter fall.
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Yvette Mimieux
Shadowed rise of Yvette Mimieux groomed by a famous press agent
Hollywood gossip recalls the flamboyant promotion style surrounding teen star candidate Yvette Mimieux. The piece notes her background, family ties, early modeling work, MGM contract, Screen credits, Life cover, and initial film roles while contrasting with past publicity stunts.
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Hollywood
Dearie
Jayne Jeld
Florida
Marilyn Maxwell
Las Vegas
Lili St. Cyr
Sunset Strip
Yvette Mimieux
Jim Byron
St. Cyr’s
Maxwell
Mansfield
Yvette
Byron
MGM
Life Magazine
Eighr Ash
Hollywood Hills
Hollywood Ladder
Hollywood Studios
Rene Mimieux
Carmen Montemayor Mimieux
United States
Seventeen
Glamour
Rod Taylor
Mattox Accused of Murder and Witness Kill Offer
In Columbus Mississippi the defense begins calling signals as Jon Mattox faces murder charges in the coat hanger strangulation of Gene Tate. Wilkerson brothers testified Mattox offered 1500 to kill star witness Sarah Grayson, while Mattox denied the specific killing claim under cross examination.
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Columbus
Miss
Jon Mattox
Hugh Cunningham
Wilkerson Brothers
Mattox
Meridian
Mississippi State
Gene Cain Tate
Wilkersons
Fred
Dan
Tate
Sarah Grayson
Fred Wilkerson
Miss Grayson
Grayson
Cunningham
U.S. Supreme Court
John Greene
Ratterman Denies Frameup After Newport Arrest
Kyle Ratterman a former Notre Dame and pro quarterback, faces breach of the peace resisting arrest and disorderly conduct charges in Newport after an arrest in a hotel. He contends he was drugged and did not know the woman present, while reform groups back his claim and point to alleged underworld tactics.
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Newport
Kyle Ratterman
Notre Dame
Campbell County
Ratterman
Committee of 500
Tito Carinci
Juanita Jean Hodges
Houston
Texas
Kettering Laboratories
Cincinnati
Dudley Pomeroy
Newport Ministerial Association
Market price report across cotton corn oats and livestock
Cotton prices inch middling 2.97 with loans 12.9 percent. Corn No 2 yellow shelled 1.13 per bushel, No 3 white 1. No 2 white shelled 1.28. Wheat 1.90. Soybeans 2.75. Cattle steady with bulls 20.00-20.75, steers 22.00, calves 5 to 9. Hogs 16.25-16.50 for 190-240 lb, several lots 16.75 for 200-220 lb.
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Ans le
Yellow Ear Corp
Market seeschurn in heavy trading with mixed gains
The AP average of 60 stocks at noon rose .10 to 246.80 as industrials and rails climbed while utilities held steady. Key issues moved in small fractions with stronger shifts among volatile issues. DuPont Union Carbide and Eastman Kodak rose, while Anaconda Bethlehem Kennecott Montgomery Ward and International Nickel fell. The Dow slipped .12 to 686.80 at noon.
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NEW York
Associated Press
Avnet
Republic Aviation
Ling-Temco
Philco
Lear
American Machine & Foundry
DuPont
Union Carbide
Eastman Kodak
Anaconda
Bethlehem
Kennecott
Montgomery Ward
International Nickel
Dow Jones
Market figures and film notes merge in a crowded page
A jumble of stock quotes runs alongside film credits mentioning MGM’s The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse with Boyer and Ford, and a reference to a starlet heading to Florence with de Havilland and Brazzi. The mixed content reads like a late 1940s page combining finance data and cinema notices.
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MGM
Charles Boyer
Glenn Ford
Florence
the Piazza
Olivia de ‘Havilland
Rossano Brazzi
Hospital Admissions and Newborns List From Decatur Area
Admission notes and newborns reported for multiple residents across Decatur Athens Hartselle and Gadsden areas. Names include Henry Grady Nunn C William Allen Britain Jessie H Heaps Kathy D Taylor Rex Mooney and others with addresses and family details.
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Henry Grady Nunn
Akron
William Allen Britain
6Th Ave
Donald Keil
Somerville
Jessie H. Heaps
Hartselle
Kathy Dianne Taylor
12Th Ave
Gilbert E. Whitt
Athens
Annie Glass
Chestnut St
Henry Jones
Gadsden
Rex Mooney
Decatur
Mark Klein
15Th Ave
Charles Ray Patterson
Local Dismissals and Infant Listings From Decatur and Nearby
A compact notice lists several dismissals and infant names across Decatur and adjacent areas. Names include Mrs Annette Bentley Mrs Marie Whitlow Mrs Ruth Marsh and others with addresses such as 315 4th Ave NW 1214 Broadus Ave Madison 1 and 2234 Graham Ave Tanner 1.
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Annette Bentley
4Th Ave
Marie Whitlow
Broadus Ave
Ruth Marsh
Madison
Janice Oliver
Memorial Dr
F. J. Nethery
Belle Mina Burt Pannell
Graham Ave
Pruitt Miller
Decatur
Edward West
Arnold Birdwell
Tanner
Local Admissions and Address Listing Update
Admission contacts include Roy Ray at 708 3rd St SE and Ruth Worley at 210 Davis St W. Also listed are W P Sanderson Box 2103 Decatur W B South and J R C Landers in Muscle Shoals.
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Roy Ray
3Rd St. SE
Ruth Worley
Davis
St. W
Local Residents Named in Community Directory
A list of Cullman area residents including Linda Nell Priest Lula Rivers Clayton J Ellard Pearley Ryan Newton J Rains Dan Farr Bryce C Davis Oliver Parish Charlie Thomas James Graves Jr Dominic Downs and others appears in the local social column.
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Lula Rivers
Hayden
Clayton J. Ellard
Holly Pond
Pearley E. Ryan
Falkville
Newton J. Rains
Cullman
Dan Farr
Bryce C. Davis
Oliver L. Parish
Charlie J. Thomas
Warrior James L. Graves, Jr
New England Unit Forms and Appoints McLaughlin Director
Edward A. O Neal Jr announces the formation of a Management Service Department at Chemstrand and names F J McLaughlin as director reporting to A L Davies. McLaughlin, a Chicago native and Athens College graduate, joins from the management systems unit after a career as an accountant and plant accountant at the Acilan plant. He is active in the National Association of Accountants and leads the North Alabama chapter. He and his wife raise five children in the area.
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F. J. McLaughlin
Edward A. O'Neal Jr
McLaughlin
A. L. Davies
Management Systems
Chemstrand
de- McLaughlin Catur Acrilan
Chicago
Josephinum College
Chandler couple welcomes daughter at Decatur General
Mr and Mrs William A Chandler of 1401 Somerville Road welcomed a daughter on Tuesday at Decatur General Hospital. The birth adds a new member to the Chandler family, valued by the couple and local community.
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William A. Chandler
Somerville Rd
Decatur General Hospital
Athens Limestone Admissions List
A historical want ad style list shows names linked to Athens Limestone admissions. Individuals include A E Bratcher of Athens Terry Lee Peoples of Tanner Mrs Reba Smithy of Athens Mrs Elois Haney of Elkmont Estelle Terry of Rogersville Ernest E Lawrence of Athens Bertie Romine of Rogersville Walter B Ingle of Rogersville Paul Bridgeforth of Tanner Allen Wayne Cobb of Elkmont Chester Arthur Hull of Athens Billy Ray Miller of Athens.
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A. E. Bratcher
Athens
Terry Lee Peoples
Tanner
Reba Smithy
Elois Haney
Elkmont 1
Estelle Terry
Rogersville
Walter B. Ingle
Paul Bridgeforth
Allen Wayne Cobb
Elkmont
Chester Arthur Hull
Billy Ray Miller
Eichmann trial heard proposals to exterminate half Jews beyond Hitler plan
Prosecution contends Eichmann suggested designating half Jews as full Jews to mark for death. Witness Josef Melkmann, Bergen Belsen survivor, described Dutch Jews lined up at 3 am for deportation and details of cannibalism and camp brutality. The case centers on Eichmann as a major accomplice in the Nazi extermination.
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Thomas A. Reed
Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Hitler
Gestapo
Asst Atty
Gavriel Bach
Netherlands
Bach
Eichmann
Josef Melkmann
Holland
Melkmann
Bergen-Belsen
Essenstadt
Torgau
Elbe
Belsen
Irma Griese
the Beast of
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Billy van Jennings
Lena Gay
Usedirl
Olive St
St. Rease
Tower House
Terry
Moulton
Ala
Tennis Terry
Ecatur
Daily Weather Report
Howard J. Wisehaupt
Kiwanis Club
Chamber of Commerce
Royal Arch
Masons
Masonic Temple
Johnson Junior High School
Limestone County
Meadow Gold
Pan American
Sarah Hoffman
Mattie Stinniff
W. A. Glenn
Woodland St
W. J. Williams
Sherman St
Recorder
Patrick McNulty
Decatur Markets
Wall Street
Martin Co
Gulf Oil
Hercules Pdr
Acme Steel
sInt Paper
Allis Chal
Air L
Kaiser
Baker
P Suth
Lorillard
Tob Armour
Ches & Ohio
UN Oi
eUnit Aire
L. D. DeArmond
J. E. Melson
Danville Rd
James L. Howard
C. C. Aker
Buena Vista Circle
James F. Handley
Everett Dr
Robert Guy Hobson
Bank Street
Cullman Admissions
Linda Nell Priest
Dominic Matthew Downs
C’stland
Wesley M
Patterson, Jr
George Trimble
Noah Parson
Henry L. Reid
Bremen
Hurl Chandler
Milton Hale
C. C. Nail
Wilson E. Bowman
Cecil H. Thompson
Sim J. Calvert
William H. Hunter
Athens-Limestone Admissions
Ernest E. Lawrence
Bertie Romine
Securit Mutual
Security Mutual Finance Corporation
Security Mutual
N.W
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