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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1956
Page
7
A reader asks Dorothy Dix about an aunt trapped in unhappiness after twenty years with a scoundrel and loyalty that blocks divorce. Another asks how to handle a persistent ex who married another woman, and a wife vents about her husband’s around-the-clock work. Dix cautions about overreaching and suggests limits and support.
State of Alabama files equity for forfeiture and destruction of Alma Smiths .32 caliber Smith & Wesson revolver alleged in a shooting. Claimants must file their claims by June 18, 1956. Hearing set July 7, 1956 at 10:00 A.M. before Judge Newton B. Powell at Morgan County Courthouse Decatur Alabama. May 14 1956. Bryan McAfee Register. May 15
State of Alabama files notice in the circuit court for seizure of a 9 mm P-38 pistol alleged used in the shooting of John Stover by Lawrence Kennedy. Claim rights must be filed by June 18, 1956. otherwise bar. Hearing scheduled May 14, 1956. Bryon McAfee, Register.
A 15 year old boy named John L. McKiernan admitted fatally stabbing his mother, 39 year old Mrs. Johnnie Louise McKiernan, with a six inch butcher knife after she returned home from work. He said he wanted her car and had waited over an hour, then took her keys and $2.57, drove off and abandoned the vehicle. The mother’s body was found by her husband, a bus driver, when he returned home. The son was soon arrested nearby. He is described as a habitual truant.
U S housing commissioner Norman P. Mason told Texas builders tales aboard the Queen of Bermuda. He cited rapid building in parts of Texas with homes rising everywhere and noted a fine modern church among the structures.
A Mobile labor leader’s name appears among 137 to be removed from Mobile County voter lists. The regional coordinator for the Ironworkers Union is identified. Alsup, convicted in federal court in Biloxi last March for taking kickbacks from job applicants at Keesler Air Force Base, faced a $1,000 fine.
A fragment urges readers to write Dorothy Dix for a free leaflet titled The Ideal Husband. It instructs sending a stamped self addressed envelope and requests to address the request to the newspaper. The tone hints at social guidance and domestic topics.
The US aircraft Saratoga has enough power to supply electricity to a city of 112 million people, indicating extraordinary energy output capabilities and potential for large scale power generation.
Alabama and Georgia border talks yielded a possible settlement proposed by Chambers of Commerce from Phenix City and Columbus. The plan would keep the boundary at the mean high water mark on the west Alabama bank while granting Alabama access to the deep water channel free of Georgia taxes or interference.
Pleasant spring weather dominated most of the nation as a cool front moved southeast from the Central Plains and mid Mississippi Valley. Temperatures fell in the eastern Great Lakes and New York Pennsylvania regions while Corpus Christi and Brownsville reported 79. Showers and thunderstorms accompanied the cooling in Oklahoma Arkansas Missouri and western Kentucky and Tennessee.
C ullman high school band performed its annual concert featuring a brass ensemble and solo pieces. Jennie Waters Bill Cole Harwell Holmes and Nancy Dunlap performed Marche and Chorale Orientale and Me Dance. Pat Man played oboe, Rebecca Davis and others performed Swing Low Sweet Chariot and Rose. Mrs J W Arnold accompanied on piano. several students received letters including Billy Cole Wayne Hudson Shirley Sleigh Harwell Holmes John Chandler Ben Padgett Henry Williams Jennie Waters and Pat Ed.
Roy Camp, principal of Cotac oich School, will leave this county July 1 to accept a principalship at Gerald High School in DeKalb County, his home.
Lawrence County deputy and ABC officers destroyed a 1000 gallon still four miles south of Speake and confiscated seven gallons of whiskey. The still contained spent mash. No arrests were reported.
The seniors namely Dieman Louise Hendrix Donna Yates Carolyn Sue Brindley Margaret Hayes Martha Long Jennie Vann Elwin Umphrey Ruth Reese and Albert Lorenz present an engraved baton to band director Bonnie K James. Gifts from the band were given to the seniors.
Two injured in a two car collision on the Fairview to Eva road about 12 miles east of Cullman. Reuben M Carter, 19, and R Trell Brown, 40, Arab 3, and Brown’s son, 11, suffered lacerations. They were taken to Cullman Hospital. Carter pulled from a side road into Browns path. Total damage around 400 dollars. Patrolman W M Brown investigated.
The News Service reports 2,214 Japanese seeds 1965 but many still abroad. Estimates show 1,064 Japanese serving war crimes sentences in Red China with 5,700 civilians remaining. Russia informs Japan that 1,284 Japanese are convicted while 11,000 others on government lists have unknown fates.
The 27,000 Americans killed in home accidents in 1955 totaled about twice the number killed in work accidents, highlighting domestic risk levels versus workplace danger.
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