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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1958
Page
1
Decatur High School Key Club plans an all day car wash starting at 8 A M Saturday in Kroger parking lot on 6th Ave. Twenty five Key Clubbers will wash cars for one dollar each to raise funds for the club.
The Tennessee House of Representatives impeached Ita nooga Judge Raulson Schoolfield by an 89 to 7 vote amid 25 charges. He is suspended until the Senate conducts a trial, with the panel's 25 charges to be considered one by one later today. No trial date is set.
The administration run five year extension of reciprocal trade law nears House action after Ways and Means Committee approval. A later Senate hurdle looms with a split in support over tariff lowering authority and congressional review provisions.
Testimony in Frank Brown and Kiehl case continues in Judge Powell's court over enjoining the Kiehl marriage from operating the Tower House Restaurant at 441 Grant St. Brown, owner of Why Not Eat Here and two other cafes, seeks to enforce a five year non compete within ten miles. Attorneys argue conspiracy claims vs Mrs Kiehl financing and remodeling for the new business.
Premier Pflimlin's bid for emergency powers passes a parliamentary committee 33-6 as urgent session opens in Paris. Bombs found at his Henayde villa and at interior ministry buildings were disarmed. Algeria turmoil and De Gaulle's return intensify fears of a power grab across France.
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge reports 21.51 feet, down 0.4 feet in 24 hours with a sea level reading of 555.81. Temperatures reached a high of 94 and low of 64, with 88 degrees at 11 am under fair, warm skies and a slight chance of storms later. Light W winds today, shifting to southerly by Saturday. highs near 88 today and 89 on Saturday.
London radio quoted a Moscow commentator labeling the demonstrations against Vice President Nixon in Venezuela as spontaneous. He blamed U S corporations for colonial plunder and said Latin Americans oppose U S trade policy causing losses and growing economic hardship.
Smithsonian Moonwatch teams sighted Sputnik III from Florida to California while clear weather aided tracking in the South and West. Elsewhere cloudy conditions hindered visibility as Russia’s satellite crossed the Northeast and Midwest.
Soviet scientist Prof Eugene Fyedorov stated Sputnik III carried no animals or humans. He said it may outlast Sputnik II but will disintegrate before returning to earth. No dogs aboard, and future flights may include biological research in later satellites.
A DeKalb area public notice from The Decatur Daily urges Hon. George C. Wallace and Hon. John Patterson to respond to a May 8 1958 questionnaire on reapportionment. The publisher Barrett C. Shelton stresses the delay and the issue’s importance to north Alabama and other regions.
Dr. Wernher von Braun and Dr. Edward Teller urged a strong American space program. Von Braun warned failure would risk Earth’s peoples to totalitarian aims and linked space mastery to freedom against Soviet domination and global communism.
Bids will be opened May 30 on 12 Alabama road and bridge projects with an estimated total cost of 4 million dollars. The Lawrence County work calls for a four lane highway along 16 miles between Decatur and Courtland. Other projects relocate a large segment of U S Highway 78 and pavement improvements on U S routes 31 431 and Huntsville Parkway.
Decatur and Morgan County boards agreed Austinville School will continue under county operation for 1958-59 while plans unfold. The city would pay $107,293 to the county for equity in the site and buildings, funding a possible new western Morgan high school. Ownership and asset divisions are set with 45 percent city and 55 percent county for equipment and teaching units, with title to the principal’s home and a school bus retained by the county. The site’s title transfer to the city will occur after payment, and possession is to be relinquished by June 30, 1959.
Bruce Dodd of Rt. 3 Moulton has won the Democratic nomination for the House of Representatives from Lawrence County. Malcolm Graham of Rt. 1 Courtland, the runnerup in the May 6 primary, has withdrawn per notice to the secretary of state.
A terse item from the Daily Want Ads by Ken Reynolds outlines local odd jobs listings and brief market notices. The piece hints at humorous hyperbole and social commentary typical of the column.
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