Decatur community notices and school outreach announced
Weekend visits noted as Gene Weaver family spent time with the Weavers in Decatur. Pre school clinic for Somerville Road School entrants set for Wednesday 8 30 to 11. Decatur Little Theatre meeting postponed to May 20 at 8 p m in the city electric auditorium. You Cant Take It With You cast rehearsals urged under Tom Veazey. Civitan Club shifts to Country Club for Ladies Night Friday 7 p m. Chamber of Commerce lunch Friday noon at the Country Club features Carol Lane Shell Oil packing in a small suitcase. Larra McKelvey visits family in North Carolina after Orlando trip. Library service planning meeting Wednesday 5 p m at Decatur High visual aids room with George Droste on extension plans. Memorial Day services at Bassham Chapel Sunday 10 a m Sunday school 11 a m dinner and singing to follow chaired by Jack Miller. Sheriff and fire reports quiet. Don Mikell inducted into Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi at Alabama Polytechnic with Morgan County High School 1954 graduate and fraternity memberships. See DIARY On Page 2.
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Decatur High School
Tom Veazey
Women’s Chamber of Commerce
Country Club
Russell Johnson
Carol Lane
Shell Oil Company
Bassham Chapel Methodist Church
G. M. Bynum
Jack Miller
Don Mikell
Grace Mikell
Somerville
Eta Kappa Nu Association
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Alabama Alpha
Tau Beta Pi Association
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Morgan County High School
Theta Sigma Lambda
Alpha Tau Omega
Five More Deaths Mark Beirut Riots Across Lebanon
Rioters in Beirut smashed shops and blocked streets with barricades as demonstrations intensified against Lebanon's pro Western government. Five customs officials died near the Syrian border and totals reached at least 36 deaths since fighting began.
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Lebanon
Associated Press
Wilton Wynn
U. S
Tripoli
Iraq
Nasser
Pflimlin Faces Algeria Crisis as Cabinet Vote Looms
Pierre Pflimlin goes before the National Assembly in Paris to seek approval for a cabinet aimed at ending France’s month long crisis over Algeria. He pledges to pursue the war until rebels quit and elections are possible, while facing threats of strikes and demonstrations by colonial hardliners in Algiers and domestic conservatives who fear negotiations.
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Pierre Pflimlin
National Assembly
France
Algeria
Pflimlin
Algiers
Committee of Vigilance
Fayette County ballot boxes impounded for investigation
Fayette County ballot boxes from last Tuesday's Democratic primary were impounded by Circuit Judge Cecil Strawbridge for investigation into voting irregularities. Petitioner Sol Louis P. Moore seeks probe of vote buying double voting and unauthorized absentee voting. grand jury to decide on August meeting or earlier session. Separate orders were issued in Brilliant and Pulltight, Alabama for similar concerns about identical voting lists.
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Ala
Fayette County
Cecil Strawbridge
Sol
Louis P. Moore
24Th Judicial Circuit
Moore
County Grand.jury
Grand Jury
Strawbridge
Marion County Superior Court
Nelson Vinson
Brilliant
Pulltight
Vinson
Friends Fill In For Skelton Show After Son's Funeral
Friends will take over Red Skelton's TV show tonight after the funeral of his 9 year old son Richard who died after a 15 month leukemia battle. Milton Berle Donald O'Connor Sidney Miller Vincent Price among others step in for Skelton on CBS. Funeral at Forest Lawn Church of the Recessional. eulogy by William Lundigan from Gene Fowler. donations to UCLA Medical Center Leukemia Research.
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Hollywood
Red Skelton
Skelton
Richard
Cbs-Tv
Milton Berle
Donald O’connor
Sidney Miller
Vincent Price
Forest Lawn
Church of the Recessional
William Lundigan
Gene Fowler
Senate Seeks Reserve Views On Recession Signals
Senate subcommittee hearings question Federal Reserve Board chair William M. Martin about signs the recession may be levelling off. The panel also weighs FHA loan insurance authority and housing program impacts amid calls to boost loan limits and housing funding.
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G. Milton Kelly Washington
Senate
Federal Reserve Board
Senate Housing
William M. Martin
Reserve Board
Subcommittee
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Martin
Congress
Sparkman
Sen
Homer Capehart
Indiana
Federal Housing Administration
Albert M. Cole
FHA
Eisenhower
Commerce Department
William A. Underwood
Interstate Conference On Employment Security
Two Protests File In Southwest Alabama Elections
Contests of Democratic primary returns were filed in Baldwin and Choctaw counties. Probate Judge Hunter Phillips protested Choctaw totals claiming absentee voting irregularities after Richard E. McPhearson won by 62 votes. A Choctaw Democratic Committee hearing is set between May 22 and June 1. In Baldwin, Sheriff candidate Taylor Wilkins protested results seeking a recount of 44 boxes after losing 5,679 to 5,423. No hearing date is set.
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Baldwin County
Choctaw County
Hunter Phillips
Richard E. McPhearson
Phillips
Choctaw
McPhearson
Choctaw County Democratic Committee
Aiff
Taylor Wilkins
Hall
Democratic Committee
Wilkins
Second Phase Opens in Schoolfield Case
Nashville Tennessee the second phase of impeachment proceedings against Judge Raul ton Schoolfield opened today with a House committee to hear more witnesses and exhibits The first phase traced a $20000 missing from Teamsters Union funds before 13 members faced trial The 15 member committee led by Rep McAllen Foutch will decide on requests for further witnesses and evidence The case involves circumstantial evidence linking money to attempting to fix the trial as cited by investigators and testimony from state and local officials
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Tenn
Raulston Schoolfield
House
Teamsters
Schoolfield
Rep
McAllen Foutc
Smithville
James Bomar
Foutch
Washington
Senate Labor Rackets Investigating Committee
Jack Norman
Senate Committee
Raymond Hixon
Hixon
H. L. Boling
Teamsters Local 515
U S Plans Khrushchev Talks On Disarmament Conditions
The United States will ask Premier Khrushchev to spell out exact conditions for technical disarmament talks. Eisenhower and Dulles seek a clear stance while Khrushchev signals readiness yet doubts their necessity and a deadline. State Dept. consults allies as disarmament specialists note caution over timing.
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Khrushchev
Washington
United States
Eisenhower
State Dulles
White House
Dulles
Copenhagen
State Department
U. S
Patterson Wallace Take Lid Off 2nd Campaigns
Runoff candidates for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination campaigned actively on Monday. Wallace pledged an overhaul of Alabama insurance laws while Patterson urged support in Decatur and touted growing strength and honesty in government. The statewide primary results will be canvassed in Montgomery Tuesday to determine runoff nominees.
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George Wallace
Wallace
Atty
John Patterson
Patterson
Decatur
Alabama Assn. of
Clayton Jurist
James E. Folsom
Montgomery
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Nixon Keeps Latin American Tour Schedule Unchanged
Vice President Nixon said no changes to his Caracas stop amid assassination warnings. He called the threat routine and noted only a government request could alter plans, with security steps including a closed car and maximum precautions in Caracas.
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Bogota
Colombia
Nixon
Caracas
U.S
Washington
Secret Service
A. E. Baughman
Frank Barry
Decatur Sky Watch May 14 15 Evening Planets Visible
The May 14 sky shows Jupiter southeast at 8 26 p m Saturn rising by 10 25 p m Mars rising at 3 05 a m and Venus south of the Moon. The Big Dipper is high in the north with the Moon in a new phase by Thursday.
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Weather and river readings for Decatur area
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge shows 21.88 feet, up 12 feet in 24 hours, sea level 556.18. Monday high 86, low 60, current 81. Sunny and warm today, clear tonight, partly cloudy and warm Wednesday. Northerly winds to 15 mph. Highs 82 today and 83 Wednesday.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Protests Over Paris Vote Trigger Riots in Algiers
Algiers saw demonstrations by students and right wing groups protesting Paris National Assembly’s investiture vote for Pierre Pflimlin. USIA office and nearby US Consulate were attacked. Arabic Casbah streets emptied as Moslem workers stayed home amid the standstill.
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Algeria
National Assembly
Paris
Pierre Pflimlin
Pflimlin
France
Arab Casbah
Foreign Aid Fees Ask Cuts In Overseas Aid Bill
Lawmakers push for deep cuts as the House prepares to vote on a $3.603 billion foreign aid program for the year starting July 1, 339 million below Eisenhower's request. Bipartisan appeals press for passage while Bentley seeks further reductions in arms aid and economic support funds.
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Eisenhower
Senate
Sam Rayburn
Dtex
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Mass
America
Thomas E. Morgan
Dpa
Foreign Affairs Committee
Alvin M. Bentley
R-Mich
Bentley
E. Ross Adair
R-Ind
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