Four From Decatur Earning Degrees From B S
Four Decatur students are candidates for Bachelor of Arts degrees at Birmingham Southern College June 4. The nominees are Mary Emily Barnum Boggs, Eleanor Hamilton Dimick, Harriett Higdon, and Joseph Richard Kirby.
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Decatur
Birmingham Southern College
Mary Emily Barnum Boggs
Eleanor Hamilton Dimick
Harriett Higdon
Joseph Richard Kirby
Mary Emily
H. D. Barnum
Ferry St
Bob Boggs
Birmingham Southern
Kappa Delta
Kappa Delta Epsilon National Education Fraternity
Eleanor
J. G. Hamilton
Zeta Tau Alpha
Kappa Delta Epsilon
Mortar Board
Phi Sigma Iota
Alan Dimick
8Th Avenue
Birmingham
Harriett
Alpha Omicorn Pi
H. H. Higdon
Memorial Dr
S.W
Richard
Otis E. Kirby
Sherman
Pi Kappe Alpha
College Theater
Executive Council
Citizens Council backs 150 million plan for Alabama school build
Alabama Citizens Advisory Educational Council endorsed a 150 million dollar bond plan for school construction. It urged tax reform ideas including sales tax exemptions review corporate tax parity payroll withholding and a 12 mill local school tax. The group urged higher teacher pay more teachers and better custodial and transportation services.
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Citizens Council
Alabama
Montgomery
Alabama Citizens Advisory Educational Council
ACAEC
Legislative Committee
State Board of Education
Karl Harrison
Shelby County
Oliver E. Young
Vernon
C. B. Gillmore
Grove Hill
Clyde Cargile
Fayette
James Holladay
Tuscaloosa
Seismograph Records 2000 Mile Quake Near Colombia
The Spring Hill seismograph logged a moderate to sharp quake about 2020 miles from Mobile. Rev. L J Eisele places it southeast of Mobile, likely in northeast Colombia, intensity four to five on a 10-point scale. First phase at 5 40 36 a m and second at 5 15 38 a m. Father Eisele notes the epicenter in a sparsely populated area.
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Mobile
Spring Hill
L. J. Eisele
Colombia
Father Eisele
Murrow Loses Alcoa Sponsorship of See It Now
Aluminum Company of America will not renew its contract to sponsor Edward R Murrow and See It Now. The final Alcoa sponsored episode will air July 5. No definite TV plans were announced by Alcoa, which has backed the program since December 1951.
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Murrow
Pittsburgh
Aluminum Co. of America
Columbia Broadcasting System
Edward R. Murrow
Alcoa
Pakistan and Afghan border tensions flare with talks
Maj. Gen. Iskander Mirza returns from border talks with military leaders and vows to defend Pakistan’s present borders. He warns it would be an unhappy day if forces must be used, as disputes over a Pushistoonistan state along the border continue.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Iskander Mirza
Afghanistan
Mirza
Friends of the Library elects new officers in Birmingham
The Friends of the Library group, organized to promote the public library, elected new officers today led by E. M. Friend Jr. The article notes in passing that about 300 pounds of steel enters U S processing daily to make steel sheets for books.
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Friend Heads
Friend
Birmingham
Friends of the Library
Friends
E. M. Friend, Jr
United States
Alcatraz Trouble San Francisco
Warden Paul J. Madigan reports a small outbreak at Alcatraz Prison on April 25 with seven to eight men placed in solitary confinement. He says the disturbance stemmed from demands for better food newspapers and commissary privileges while inmates were in the disciplinary section of the island facility.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Prison
Paul J. Madigan
Island
San Francisco Bay
Corks for Hearts Detroit
Dr. Charles P. Bailey uses living corks made from rib cartilage wrapped in pericardium to plug leaks in over 150 severely damaged hearts. The graft holds and aims to correct valve insufficiency where the left heart leaks blood backward. He notes high mortality due to patients’ desperate conditions but says outcomes have improved over time.
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Detroit
Charles P. Bailey
Bailey
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Mary Emily Burnum Boggs
Dacron
Penney
Alcatraz Trouble
Ardmore
Lois Bailes
Annette Blakely
Mary Ruth Brown
Helen Dutton
Signa Griffin
Jeanette Grace
Nadine Haney
Delanie Hill
Sadie Hill
Angeline King
Martha Magnusson
Carolyn
Corks
Hearts
Grant-Maid
DAN River
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