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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1955
Page
1
County teachers to receive equal supplement checks
County Supt. Lester Wooten says mailings go out today for teacher supplements totaling 49.43 after taxes. He also announces 3 500 perfect attendance certificates will be awarded to county students this week. Oak Grove Church to host a Country Store at the Curb Market in Decatur Saturday from 6 am to noon. Girl Scouts Troop Three held a tea at the Girl Scout Littlehouse with help from the West Decatur Sunshine Club. See DIARY on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Wooten
Wooten
Oak Grove Church
Decatur
Girl Scouts
Girl Scout Littlehouse
West Decatur
Tito vows Yugoslavia stays out of blocs
Yugoslavian President Tito says at Pula he will not align with the West or the Soviet bloc. He plans talks in Belgrade with Bulganin Khrushchev and Gromyko and promises no secret deals behind curtains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boris Boskovic
Belgrade
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Andrei Gromyko
Navy Plans Underwater Atomic Test Off California Coast
The United States finishes its longest and most varied atomic test series with 14 blasts in three months and moves to an offshore underwater detonation off California. Navy will conduct the Pacific test hundreds of miles at sea with no apparent AEC scientist present as Dr. Alvin Graves departs to Los Alamos after Yucca Flat’s final blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
U. S
California
Pacific
Navy
Atomic Energy Commission
Alvin C. Graves
AEC
Los Alamos
N.M
Yucca Flat
Big Four Ministers Head Home After Big Weekend
Vienna reports the Big Four foreign ministers returning home to prepare for a summer summit of leaders Eisenhower Bulganin and the British and French premiers. Molotov warned that Germany must follow Austrian neutrality and not allow foreign bases for German reunification to be possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Gavshon
Vienna
Austria
Europe
Stockholm
Eisenhower
Nikolai Bulganin
Russia
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Belvedere Palace
Molotov
Germany
Red MIGs Clash Again With Nats Near Matsus
Communist MIG jets returned near the Matsus for a second straight day clashing with Nationalist propeller planes. The engagement featured three 11 minute passes at 12 000 feet with both sides reported to return to base safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
Matsus
Formosa Strait
Five Cases Slated For June Term In Morgan County Court
Morgan County Circuit Court schedules 95 docketed cases for the four week summer term starting June 6 with Judge S A Lynne presiding and the Grand Jury meeting the same day. The criminal docket includes 10 cases against Leonard Slate former county board member on false pretense and forgery charges involving $1028.41, plus three false pretenses against Roy Wallace Slate’s son-in-law alleging $318.01 gained from county funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County Circuit Court
S. A. Lynne
Leonard Slate
County Board of Revenue and Control
Slate
Roy Wallace
Walia
No Winners Pot Reaches 175 Amid Puzzle Rush
The note urges rapid entry for this week's puzzle with a 175 prize and warns that submissions must arrive by Tuesday afternoon or be postmarked by Tuesday midnight. Katie completed the puzzle, but officials emphasize more winners are needed before Friday Bonanzagram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie
Austria Treaty Peace Lesson Shifts Cold War Tone
Vienna reports Chancellor Julius Raab says Austria’s independence treaty proves world peace possible through negotiation. He calls it a lesson easing cold war and a step toward peace as occupation forces begin withdrawal and some Soviet units pull from villages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard O‘regan
Vienna
Austria
Julius Raab
Raab
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Atlanta Probes Mystery Death
Atlanta detectives investigate the death of 45 year old saleswoman Mrs Louis Fox Jr found unconscious in a basement after showing a house to buyers. She died at Grady Hospital from a head wound. No motive or weapon found. autopsy confirms gunshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Louis Fox Jr
Grady Hospital
I. G. Cowan
O. W. Jordan J. G. Adams
Weatherman Sees More Showers for Several Alabama Counties
The weatherman forecasts more scattered thundershowers in Cullman Lawrence Limestone and Morgan counties within 24 hours after light to moderate rain. Anniston recorded four fifths of an inch the heaviest fall in Alabama today. Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
Lawrence
Limestone
Morgan
Anniston
Alabama
Decatur
Weather and River Summary at Keller Memorial Bridge
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 21.47, rising 14 feet in 24 hours. Sea level reading 555.77. Yesterday high 78 at 8 p m, low 64 at 5 a m. Today's 8 a m temp 68. TVA substation reports .10 inch of rain. Forecast cloudy with mil d showers today tonight and Tuesday. High today 81, low tonight 4, high Tuesday 85.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Holly Pond Rites For C. A. Ellard
Funeral services for Oscar A. Ellard of Holly Pond were set for 2 p.m. at Holly Pond Baptist Church. The 75 year old Cullman County resident and former Board of Revenue chairman died Sunday at Cullman Hospital. Interment in Holly Pond Cemetery with Masonic graveside rites. He is survived by eight sons Dewey Carl W A C A Grady A P and T A of Holly Pond two daughters Minnie Shaw Tessie Duke and two brothers A C and U W El.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
Oscar A. Ellard
Holly Pond
Cullman County
Seals
Ellard
Dewey
Carl
G. A. Grady
A. P
T. A
Minnie Shaw
Tessie Duke
A. C
U. W. el
Weekend Traffic Toll Reaches Nine Dead in Alabama
The Associated Press reports nine people killed in Alabama weekend crashes. In Mobile County a car overturned injuring seven. Sonny Rhodes 25 and his 4 month old nephew David Rhodes died. Graceville driver Wesley Ray Smith 22 perished in a separate crash near the Florida line. A father drowned rescuing his daughter in Chickasabogue Creek. Other fatalities include Will ie Hopkins in Wetumpka, Lowena Truck near Sylacauga, Carmichael in Birmingham, Woodrow Amerson in Frisco City, Elie Farmer in Pike County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Mobile
Highway Patrol
Sonny Rhodes
David Rhodes
Prichard
Graceville
Fla
Wesley Ray Smith
Chickasabogue Creek
David H. Morrison
Chickasaw
Brenda
Morrison
Willie Hopkins
Wetumpka
Coosa
Lowena Marie Truck
Birmingham
Sylacauga
Delafes
Carmichael
Woodrow Amerson
Frisco City
Elie Farmer
Troy
Pike County
Hoover Group Seeks TVA Chemical Research Shutdown
The Hoover Commission urged eliminating over 1,000 federal enterprises and called for stopping the TVA chemical research at Muscle Shoals. It urged government stores repair shops and factories be shut and the postal savings system liquidated as part of broader privatization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling F. Green
Washington
Hoover Commission
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
Muscle Shoals
Postal Savings
TVA
Hoover
Gore road bill promises $240 million to Alabama
The Gore bill would funnel about 12.0 billion dollars in federal road aid over five years, with Alabama receiving roughly $254 million for new highway construction. Total road spending would reach 17.941 billion over five years, as opponents criticize the plan amid debate over Ike's ten year program and bond funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alabama
Senate
Eisenhower
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
Youth Charged After Bluff City Shooting Incident
Bobby Lee Carter, 24, is jailed in Morgan County charged with assault with attempt to murder and assault and battery after a shooting spree in Bluff City near Somerville. A warrant alleged he fired through a window and into a house. no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Lee Carter
Morgan County
Bluff City
Somerville
Tassie Parker
Carter
Jimmie Collier
Collier
Cora Parker
Cave Spring
Alabama Women Face Jury Duty Debate in Legislature
Alabama lawmakers weigh a bill to allow women to serve on juries with Gov. Folsom backing the proposal. Supporters argue modern women are open minded and informed by media, while opponents fear harsh trial testimony and insistence on shielding women from crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynne Brannen
Alabama
House of Representatives
James E. Folsom
North Alabama
E. A
Bud) Grouby
Autauga County
House
Senate
Rep
Grouchy
Roberts Brown
Lee
Judiciary Committee
Aan? Brewer
Morgan
Albert Davis
Aliceville
Town Creek tragedy: one dead after party brawl
In Lawrence County near Town Creek a drinking party ended in violence. Alvis Sanders died at Decatur General Hospital after being wounded in a knife fight with James Penchton and Roy Langham, who fired a shotgun during the clash. Langham is jailed on murder charges with Penchton detained for questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Creek
Lawrence County
Alvis
Sanders
Decatur General Hospital
Roy Langham
James
Willie) Penchton
Langham
Highway 101
Penchion
Penchton
Program Aimed At Giving Needy Polio Protection
Washington The Eisenhower administration proposed a 28 million dollar federal fund to help states vaccinate children in low income families. The plan would extend immunization beyond the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis program and reach all Americans to age 19. An extra two million dollars was requested for Public Health Service inspectors and technicians to ensure vaccine safety and testing. Mrs Hobby urged voluntary cooperation within existing law, saying rapid mobilization is not possible. See PROGRAM on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Hobby
Eisen
Hower
White House
National Foundation For
Foundation
Public Health Service
Mrs. Hobby
Union And Bell Keep In Touch In Strike Talks
ATLANTA Both sides in the 63 day old Southern Bell Telephone strike kept in touch today through the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Meetings are subject to the mediator's call and are expected to continue tomorrow as proposals and counterproposals are studied. The company says current proposals offer a fair basis for settlement and the weekend brought the quietest period of damage with only sporadic cable cuttings reported in Georgia Louisiana and Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Georgia
Louisiana
Kentucky
Joseph A. Beirne
CIO Communications Workers of America
Porter perjury charges dismissed after grand jury testimony
Montgomery May 16. Perjury charges against Lee Red Porter of Gadsden, defeated candidate for attorney general last year, were dismissed today because Porter testified before the grand jury that indicted him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Lee
Red) Porter
Gadsden
Porter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tito
U.S
West Coast
Buckley
Big
Red
Nats
Duon H. Miller
Miami
C. A. Ellard
THE
Associated Press
Hoover Group
TVA Research
Richard Kluckhohn
Evanston
Ill
Bob Goodwin
Kluckhohn
Bernice Seawell
Arlington
Miss Seawell
Raleigh
N.C
Goodwin
North Carolina
Union and
Bell
By Ken Reynolds
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