Evening of Games hosted by Disabled American Veterans Chapter 11
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Disabled American Veterans Chapter 11 sponsors an Evening of Games at the D A V Home on Railroad Street Thursday at 8. Public is invited. District 14 of the Alabama State Nurses Association meets Monday at 7 30 p m at Dr A M Roan s Clinic 6th Ave SE for the regular monthly program. Dr Roan will present pictures of association members. Mr and Mrs Phil Baugh and children of Nashville visit Dr and Mrs W P Baugh. The seventh grade of Decatur s Refuge Friday invites additional preparations to ensure personnel presence for the tent meeting on Sth Ave SE each Wednesday.
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Ladies Auxiliary To
Disabled American Veterans Chapter 11
D.A.V
Railroad Street
The
Alabama State Nurses Association
A. M. Roan
6Th Ave
Decatur
Rosalie
Soviet Union Edges Toward Easing Cold War Tensions
The piece notes a growing Western hope that a nuclear conflict can be avoided as the Soviet Union appears ready for a respite in the Cold War. It cites Premier Khrushchev and Foreign Minister Molotov engaging with Western counterparts in Vienna and hints at a treaty to end occupation, amid cautious optimism and political maneuvering in the West.
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Russia
Soviet Union
Eden
V. M. Molotov
Vienna
See
Farmers see crops stalled until rains arrive in four counties
Four county agents report 75 to 98 percent of corn and cotton planted but stands poor due to drought. Some irrigation areas show progress while most fields wait on rain. Morgan and Lawrence counties note 90 to 98 percent planted with varying emergence, but dry soil and lack of moisture hinder land preparation and germination.
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Morgan County
Massey Area
W. T. Wagnon
Morgan
Lawrence
Sam McClendon
Tito Heeds Red Sweet Talk He'll Lose Aid
Senator from Georgia and West push a reexamination of American military and economic assistance to Yugoslavia. George, heading the Senate group, says the Ryans seek a stronger bargaining position for a top level Big Four meeting. He warns Tito could gain Soviet satellites if an agreement is reached.
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Tito
Washington
Sen
D-Ga
West
Yugoslavia
George
Senate Ing
Germany
Knowland
Ryans
Waean Des Ne
Bulganin
Khrushchev
Death Claims Gen Summerall at 88 After Long Service
General Summerall died at 11 50 a m at Walter Reed Hospital aged 88 following a long illness. He had been a patient there since last August and is survived by his son Charles P Summerall Jr and daughter in law retired Army Col and Mrs Summerall of Belton. He was noted for leadership in France during the war and for advocating preparedness long before Pearl Harbor.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
America
Pearl Harbor
Walter Reed Hospital
Summerall
Army
Charles P. Summerall Jr
Bel- Summerall
France
Weather and river readings with forecast
Friday's reading reached 84 degrees by 2 PM while Saturday's low came at 64 at 5 AM. At 8 AM Saturday the temperature was 72. The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with little temperature change and a high near 85 today.
Ole Katie Counts Total to $178 in Bonanzagram Challenge
Katie Kash asks readers to submit answers before 5:00 p.m. Monday as the column notes spring fever and slow responses. A Bonanzagram puzzle on page eighteen invites participation with a $178 total up for grabs.
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Katie Kash
Katie
Soviet Union and allies form unified command against NATO
In Warsaw on May 14 eight Eastern Bloc states created a single military command to counter NATO. Marshal Ivan Konev was named supreme commander with headquarters in Warsaw. The pact unites the Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, and East Germany under a mutual security treaty and a shared command structure.
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Colin Frost
Warsaw
Poland
Soviet Union
Ivan Konev
Konev
Communist’ Party
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Albania
East Germany
Nikolai Bulganin
Paris
West Germany
Bulganin
U.S
NATO
Alfred M. Gruenther
White House to Release Salk Report Monday
The White House announced a voluminous report on the Salk polio vaccine program will be released Monday. The mass inoculation of first and second graders is resuming momentum after a week-long suspension.
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White House
Salk
Washington
Leonard Scheele
U.S
House Banking Committee
Scheele
Parke- Davis Company
Detroit
Delay Looms in Second Salk Shots Across Counties
Dr. L R Murphree Morgan and Limestone County Health Officer says state health department asked readiness to delay second shots in the Salk series by a week. Vaccination start in Limestone Morgan and Cullman counties was planned for this week. A vaccine manufacture check is underway and second shots will start as soon as possible.
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L. R. Murphree
Morgan
Limestone County
State Health Department
Limestone
Cullman County
Murphree
Ama
Dr. Murphree
Government inspectors validate second of five labs making serum
U S Public Health Service released vaccine enough for over a million shots after inspecting the first lab. Officials noted progress as government scientists moved into the second of five laboratories for the serum production series.
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U.S. Public Health Service
Sunday School Teacher Is New Mrs America
Mrs Ramona Deilemeyer of Lincoln Nebraska named Mrs America of 1956. She teaches Sunday school at Christ Lutheran Church and heads Holmes Elementary PTA. Her husband Carl edits the Nebraska Farmer and chairs the church council.
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Archie Martin
Ormond Beach
Fla
Ramona Deilemeyer
Mebraske
PTA
America
Ning
America Drive
Bille Dorris
Aew
Wichita
Kan
Edith, Norquist
Minneapolis
Two Injured in Affray Near Town Creek
Report says two Black men Moses Sanders and Roy Langan were injured in a Saturday night affray four miles north of Town Creek on Highway 101. Sheriff’s for and shooting scrape details indicate the incident occurred around 10 o’clock with an investigation ongoing.
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Lawrence County
Town Creek
Moses Sanders
Roy Langan
Fray
Danville Phones Off Temporarily
Southern Bell Telephone Co completed temporary repairs on a 31-pair cable west of Hartselle to Danville isolating Danville Telephone Co. and cutting off 59 telephones for most of Friday. Repairs were finished by 7 p.m. Friday. Avery Taylor, Bell manager, said the cable was sawed, causing the outage and prompting the temporary shutdown.
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Southern Bell Telephone Co
Hartselle
Danville
Bell
Avery Taylor
Tlephone Co
Bell Opposes Arbitration in CIO Strike
May 14 report notes Southern Bell repeats objections to arbitrating its two month strike with the Communications Workers of America CIO. The statement follows renewed pressure from Sen Kefauver to use arbitration to settle the walkout that began March 14.
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Southern Bell Telephone Co
Communications Workers of America
CIO
Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
Cable line cut near downtown Hartselle reported
A damaged line in Hartselle prompted reports that a cable was hacked within three blocks of downtown. Investigators noted the cable was severed with a saw and a suspected intruder climbed a pole before leaving the scene.
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Hartselle
Vice
Taylor
Lee Danville
Mental Health Drive Reaches 30 Percent of Goal in Morgan County
As of today the Morgan-County Mental Health Fund Drive has raised $756 toward a $2,500 goal. Chairman Tom Leslie notes many groups remain uncontacted or only partially contacted while donations come from various sectors. Contributions include $200 from small industries and $175 from large industries.
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Morgan—County
Tom Leslie
Followin
Decatur Mothers Club
Stephens Chapter
D.A.R
Womens Legion Auxiliary
Somerville Road
Walter Jackson
Riverside
West Decatur
Decatur High
Gordon Bibb
Driver Not Charged After Limestone County Accident
The Daily Erred corrects that Charles R. Harris, driver of the truck, was not charged in the Limestone County highway accident. An earlier notice misattributed blame. no criminal charges have been filed.
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the Daily
Charles R. Harris
Limestone County
Molotov Accepts Big Four Summit Invitation in Vienna Meeting
In Vienna on May 15 Russia formally accepts the Western invitation for a Big Four summit on East West tensions. Molotov sits in a four power talks with Eisenhower Eden Faure and Bulganin following a joint ministerial accord. The day includes approval of Austria’s independence after 17 years of occupation and a planned signing at Belvedere Palace.
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Vienna
Russia
Eisenhower
Eden
Faure
Bulganin
V. M. Molotov
Leopold Figl
Austria
U.S
John Foster. Dulles
Harold Macmillan
Antoine Pinay
Molotov
Figl
Belvedere Palace
Dulles Plans Talk To Nation
Secretary of State Dulles will report to the nation Tuesday night from the White House on Europe talks. President Eisenhower will introduce him as his announcer and the broadcast will be carried by TV and radio. Major focus will be on Big Four summit prospects and ongoing Indochina and Austrian peace discussions.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
White House
Europe
West Germany
Atlantic Alliance
Paris
Vienna
Molotov
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