Local notices mix with college news and civil rights plea
Community piano recital planned at West Decatur school with 7 30 p m start invites public attendance. A 21 year old Lawrence County man was paroled last week. Otis Kirby elected to Birmingham Southern College Executive Council. Thirty five Athens College students named for Bachelor of Kenton degrees with several Decatur and Athens residents listed. Riverside PTA to meet Tuesday at 3 10 p m. Wanikers installed by H R Leeman. Decatur Music Club Orchestra to perform May 20 at 4 p m with no admission charge. J E Bishop to preach at W County service. he was paroled after two and a half years with May 6, 1955 sentence. ADA urges party platforms to support school desegregation rulings. call to mobilize support and enforce law and order.
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Otis Edgar Kirby
Decatur
Birmingham Southern College
O. E. Kirby
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Decatur Music Club
Jesse Stimson
West Decatur Elementary School
J. E. Bishop
Howard College
W County
Frogman Crabb Mystery Sparks Cold War Sparring
London reports a diplomatic furor as Britain and the Soviet Union spar over the disappearance of Lionel Crabb the skin diver and ex Royal Navy officer who vanished during a covert underwater watch on Soviet ships in Portsmouth harbor amid Bulganin Khruschev visit. Britain and Moscow trade statements while admitting limited facts and seeking explanations.
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Sterling Slappey
London
Eden
Moscow
Lionel
Buster) Crabb
Royal Navy
Portsmouth
Bulganin
Khruschev
Britain
Russia
An- Lee
Panel Studies Legal Issues In Bus Protest
A three judge U S District Court panel in Montgomery considered whether city and state segregation laws violate the Constitution in a protest that has kept Negroes off City Lines buses for six months. The hearing focused on whether a recent Supreme Court decision resolves the issue and if the case will be appealed to the high court.
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Montgomery
U.S. District Court
City Lines
South Carolina
U.S. Supreme Court
Tornadoes Kill At Least Four in Flint Area
Tornadoes roared through eastern Flint and Grand Blanc shortly before 6 p.m. killing at least three people and injuring 44, with a separate fatality near Ithaca where Edith Edwards and two men were affected by a barn collapse. Authorities could not immediately confirm total casualties in Flint.
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Flint
Mich
Grand Blanc
Ithaca
Edith Edwards
Leaflet Appeals for Execution of Gov Harding in Cyprus
In Nicosia Cyprus May 12 a leaflet campaign urges the execution of British Governor Sir John Harding. The signatures attribute the appeal to Dighenis a leader of the EOKA group led by Col George Grivas who has a $28000 reward on his head. A prior bomb attempt targeted Harding's residence last March.
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Allan Jacks
Nicosia
Cyprus
John Harding
John
Dighenis
EOKA
Greece
George Grivas
Harding
H Bomb Test Put Off Again
The test of the high yield weapon was delayed due to wind conditions and radioactive fallout risk over the Marshall Islands. Officials cited weather uncertainty with Monday May 14 bikini time as unacceptable and Tuesday outlook not encouraging.
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Elton C. Fay
Mt, Mckinley
U.S
Monforce
Marshall Islands
Bikini
Eniwetok Lagoon
Ike Basks in Medical OK Delights at Golf Outing
President Eisenhower leaves Fitzsimons Hospital after doctors declare his heart well healed and general health good. He celebrates by playing golf at Burning Tree Country Club, waving to a young fan and carrying Churchill's History of the English Speaking Peoples.
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ED Creagh
Washington
Eisenhower
Fitzsimons Hospital
Denver
Leonard D. Heaton
Sir Winston Churchill
Burning Tree Country Club
Lee Ike
Two Nabbed In Cullman Raid
In Cullman County sheriff's force along with ABC and ATU officers conducted a still raid northeast of Arkadelphia destroying two 1 000 gallon stills. Ellie Reno age 48 and James E Harris age 19 were arrested for possession and manufacture of whisky. A 1946 Ford car was confiscated. Deputy Waldrop and deputies Tucker and McAfee plus ABC officer J ship assisted. Earlier in the week a 400 gallon still was axed about 42 miles west of Cullman in the Central community.
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Cullman
Cullman County
ABC
ATU
Arkadelphia
Tom Waldrop
Ellie Reno
James E. Harris
Houston Star
Winstonhag
Waldrop
W. L. Tucker
L. D. McAfee
J. Ship
River reading and heat wave noted in Decatur area
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge yesterday morning stood at 21.53 feet, down .02 in 24 hours. Highs reached 86 Friday, 90 in the afternoon. lows around 64. Forecast calls for partly cloudy and warm today and tonight with a high near 90.
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Decatur
Tennessee River Reading
Keller Memorial Bridge
Roberts Accepts DHS Position
Roberts resigns from Morgan County school role after five years as teacher and prior admin work. He will join the Department of Homeland Security for next year, with a new cohort of seven teachers and staff including Mrs. Wilma Brooks and Mrs. Dorothy Coupe joining Morgan County elementary grades.
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Roberts
Morgan County
Moulton Heights
Priceville
Florence State Teachers College
University of Alabama
Peabody College
Nashville
Austinville
Decatur
Wilma Brooks
Moulton Road
Dorothy Coupe
An Open Letter To A Mother By HAL BOYLE
An open letter to Mrs. P. E. Boyle of Kansas City Missouri for Mother's Day. The author lists reasons for love and appreciation, praising a mother who cared for five children, showed restraint, and avoided favoritism, ending with a note of affection.
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Hal Boyle
New York
P. E. Boyle
Kansas City
Yano
French Say 115 Rebels Slain In Running Fights
In eastern Algeria heavy combat pitted French troops against Algerian nationalists. Paris claimed 175 rebels killed across ambushes and battles as Constantine faced a bold nationalist raid. French losses included one dead and two wounded, with other clashes near Lafayette and villages along the Moroccan border.
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Algiers
Algeria
Constantine
Caipabaniagsets Marevearans Seite
Lafayette
Youth Drowns In Cullman Co
Kenneth Mett, an eighth grade student and star basketball player for Good Hope School B team, drowned Saturday at 1 45 p m while swimming in a pond at Johnsons Crossing near Hanceville. Grady Moss and Pat Pa of Moss Service Funeral Home recovered the body about 1 45 hours later. Funeral services set for Monday at Fairview West Church Hanceville with Moss Funeral Home in charge. He is survived by his parents, five brothers, two sisters.
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Era Tatan
Kent Me
Hanceville
Kenneth Mett
Ae Johnson
Cullman
Good Hope School
Grady Moss
Pat Pa
Moss Service Funeral Home
Kenneth
Club
Fairview West Church
Moss Funeral Home
Marcus
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Athens
Herschel Owen
Billy Reaves
Elkmont
William Taber
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Kermit Young
Union Grove
Eleanor Reed
Riverside Parent-Teacher Association
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Americans For Democratic Action Today
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Congress
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Mell Buckley
Gov. Harding
Hummel Hummel
Hamburg
Germany
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Brookfield Zoo
Arnold Schawman
Roy C. McCurry
Highway 20
Billy Smith
Ike
O. K
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Cullman Co
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