Trade program faces changes in trade agreement act
Walter D. Brazelton died this morning at Falkville Rest Home. Brown Funeral Co. of Decatur is in charge of arrangements. A building permit was issued for a front porch. An auto accident on Somerville Rd left one injured and another charged with drunk driving. Multiple traffic violations and court docket items followed. House Ways and Means starts showdown voting on reciprocal trade legislation with opposition from industries and cautious support from proponents.
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Walter D. Brazelton
Falkville Rest Home
Brown Funeral Co
Decatur
Somerville Rd
Chestnut and
Locust Sts
Charlie Randall
Decatur General Hospital
Hubert F. Gobble, Jr
Vinemont 3
Gobble
Charles Bradley
Decatur 3
George Martin
Toledo
Ohio
Louie Harlow Eason
Alexander City
Ala
Sixth Ave
Second Ave
Mary Lois Brackin
Lamar St
Walter W. Lawrence
Seventh Ave
B. L. Livingstone
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Eisenhower
United States
Dulles And the Meet Today On New Russ Note
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles confer on a Russian note proposing talks to police a nuclear test ban. Moscow backs limited talks while Khrushchev urges halt to tests and rejects an Arctic inspection zone. Dulles returns to Washington after in Europe.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
White House
Khrushchev
State Department
Moscow Radio
Russia
United States
Minneapolis
Europe
U. S
Moscow
Richard Skelton Dies After 16 Month Leukemia Fight
Hollywood comedian Red Skelton and wife Georgia mourn 9 year old Richard who died after a long leukemia battle. Richard, whose brave fight drew international attention, was remembered for faith and prayers as his funeral set for Forest Lawn.
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Richard Skelton
Dread Lukemia
James Bacon
Hollywood
Red Skelton
Georgia
Richard
Skelton
Foreign Aid Battle Opens in House Floor
The House began debate on a foreign aid bill from the Foreign Affairs Committee authorizing 3.603 billion dollars for the fiscal year starting July 1, about 339 million below Eisenhower’s request. Passage was expected this week, sending the measure to the Senate as Secretary Dulles warned of Soviet attempts to lure developing nations with aid.
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Lewis Gulick
Washington
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
Dulles
Minneapolis
Unknown Soldier of War in Europe Chosen Today
Maj. Gen. Edward O Neill selected one unknown World War II soldier from 13 candidates at Arlington. The chosen body will travel to the Atlantic for a sea burial with another unknown from World War II and a Korean War unknown will be chosen May 15, with a Pacific war representative named the next day.
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George McArthur
Edward O'Neill
St.Albans
Atlantic
Pacific
Ludington
Mich
Arlington National Cemetery
O'Neill
Europe
North Africa
U.S
Honolulu
Moon phase and planet Venus visibility notes
Decatur skywatch April 13 shows Moon rising early Wednesday in Apo gee with Venus nearby. Venus diameter 7,610 miles and distance about 89 million miles from Earth.
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Apo
Venus
Earth
Tennessee River Observations and Local Forecast Near Keller Memorial Bridge
River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning shows 21.76 feet, a 0.08 foot drop in 24 hours, sea level at 556.06. Sunday high reached 83 at 2 pm, low 55 at 5 am. Today at 10 30 am the temperature is 78, with a mostly sunny warm forecast and northerly winds 6 to 12 mph. Highs: today 82, Tuesday 84.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Patterson Campaign Rally Sets June Runoff Plans
About 75 people gathered at the Cornelian Hotel to back gubernatorial candidate John Patterson in Morgan County. Patterson outlined his runoff strategy against Circuit Judge George Wallace of Clayton and dismissed any smear campaign.
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Patterson
John Patterson
George Wallace
Cornelian
Morgan County
Bob Gilchrist
North
Alabama
Paul “Bud” Brown
Decatur
Grady Long
Clayton
Wallace
Hartselle
NAACP
Long
Allen Named To Conservation Post By Folsom
State Sen. Harlan G. Allen of Cullman was appointed assistant state conservation director by Gov. James E. Folsom. The position pays $9,000 annually. Allen, who lost the Cullman County probate judge race in the Democratic primary, succeeds Perry Prescott in the Conservation Department. Prescott was recently named tax collector of Baldwin County.
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Montgomery
Harlan G. Allen
Cullman
James E. Folsom
Allen
Cullman County
Perry Prescott
Prescott
Baldwin County
Tornado Funnels Dance Across Texas Plains
Tornado funnels danced across the South Plains of Texas with Lub bock alerted. A funnel was sighted 18 miles southwest of the city of 140000 as sirens sounded at 12 40 a m and state highway patrolmen reported the twister stayed aloft with no damage reported.
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Lubbock
Tex.s
Texas South Plains
Nixon Averts Raucous Crowd On Colombia Stop
Vice President Nixon faced Communist hecklers but advanced his liberty message to Colombian workers in Bogota. Police kept order as 12 demonstrators were arrested after clashes with 200 jeering students and 80 youths. Nixon praised Colombia's new stability, gave 300 union trade volumes, and planned onward to Caracas.
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Bogota
Colombia
Nixon
Communist Party
Simon Bolivar
Santander
Free Trade Movement
Alberto Lleras Camargo
Caracas
Venezuela
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Daughter of Iran Official Attacked in Bronx Park
Frieda Abdoh 16, daughter of Iran's UN delegate, was cut on the hand with a penknife by two teenage girls in Bronx Park while walking with her sister Masty 12. The assailants, about 16 or 17, wore a knife on one leg and tossed a light bulb that exploded near them, as Frieda protested a ripping of her dress.
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Iran
United Nations
Bronx Park
Frieda Abdoh
Masty
Djalal Abdoh
Frieda
Lowery Withdraws From Runoff In Alabama Senate Race
H R Lowery of Cullman withdraws from the June 3 runoff in the Third Senatorial District race. He told the secretary of state he will not challenge Elwood Rutledge of Haleyville who led the field. Rutledge has a background as a National Guard officer involved in Phenix City cleanup after the 1954 Paterson slaying.
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Blount, Cullman
Winston Counties
General Strike On At Beirut
Rioters sacked and burned the U S Information Agency library in Beirut amid anti government protests. It was the second USIA library attacked in three days as foes of Lebanon's pro Western government triggered the blaze.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U. S. Information Agency
USIA
Tripoli
Beirut in General Strike Shuts City Amid Beirut Violence
General strike paralyzed Beirut and Tripoli with shutdowns of transport and streets. One person was killed and dozens injured as security forces battled rival groups including Communists Baathists and the Syrian Social Nationalist party. Rioting followed the assassination of Nasib Matni as Nasser broadcasts urged rebellion.
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Tom Masterson
Beirut
Lebanon
Tripoli
North Lebanon
U.S. Information Agency
Baath
Syrian Social Nationalist
Nasib Matni
Camille Chamoun
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Cairo
Damascus
Navy Pioneer Survives 44 Hours in Space Suit Test
Norfolk Va Lt Cmdr Jack Nieman Jr ends a pioneer test in a pressure chamber at the Norfolk Naval Air Station after 44 hours at simulated altitudes up to 105000 feet. He reports feeling good despite minor suit discomfort and the test is halted four hours early with medical officials deeming continuation unnecessary.
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Norfolk
Navy
Jack Nieman Jr
Neiman
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Cmdr. A. L. Hall
Editor Dies in Bus Crash Near Fayetteville
A school bus from Alabama carrying ninth graders and chaperons collided with a laundry truck near Fayetteville Tennessee. Ralph Reed editor of the Arab Tribune was killed. Fifty or more injured including 38 students with one in critical condition.
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Tenn
Alabama
Here
Hollis Burns
Huntsville 2
Ralph Reed
Weekly
Arab Tribune
John Edwards
Lincoln County
Nashville
Grand Ole Opry
Reed
Martha Jean Reed
Union Grove
Ala
Highway 231
G. Berry
Red Hill
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