Why Not owner seeks injunction over Tower House opening
testimony in a special jury case began with John Caddell outlining Brown's claim for a permanent injunction against the Tower House opening plus damages for lost profits and troubles. Britnell argued Mrs. Kiehl had no agreement with Brown and denied any subterfuge while noting Mrs. Kiehl is qualified to operate a cafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britnell
Kiehl
Brown
Caddell
Kiehls
John Kiehl
Tower House
A. G. Jones
Eugene Graves
Jones
Why Not
Graves
Kieh
Ex Decatur Resident R B Keltner Dies In Little Rock
R B Keltner 70 died at his North Little Rock home. Former Decatur resident, he will be buried after services at 2 30 pm Saturday at Presbyterian Church Little Rock. Survivors: widow Ora. son Paul. daughter Dwain Thompson. siblings J B Keltner Birmingham and three sisters in Nashville Monroe La and Decatur. Attending relatives left Little Rock for Decatur this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Keltner
North Little Rock
Ark
Keltner
Decatur
Presbyterian
For Sale and For Rent Notices Near Market Street
Leaving town must sell at once. Modern furniture and equity details available. 1909 10th St. Also for rent a vacant lot at 132 feet by a corner lot at Market Street and St. Read as a distressed property listing. Glenn Keeney listed as contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pies Og House
Equity
10Th St
Market Star St
Ace Kot
Glenn Keeney
Decatur Community Notes On Housing, Events, and Sales
City Animal Shelter in West Decatur lists mixed breeds for redemption by Tuesday and two beagles for sale. Housing official John J. Hader discusses Section 221 relocation housing with officials, Mayor Roy Odom, and others, focusing on displacement due to urban renewal and code actions. Building permits issued for repairs at 802 Jackson St. SE. West Central Decatur Girl Scout dinner and awards ceremony planned. Civitan Ladies Night banquet at the Country Club with Andrew Gainey providing entertainment. Decatur Little Theatre cast told to prepare for You Can’t Take It With You performance. Decatur curb market items include hens berries peas and baked goods. Jack Miller chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sycamore
Tom Veazey
Decatur Little Theatre
American Legion and Auxiliary Home
Jack Preston
Donald
John Kramer
Boris Kolenkhov
John Veitch
Mr. de Pina
Betty Pryor
Penelope
Penny) Sycamore
Betty Setzer
Rheba
Phillis Sidebotham
Nelle Sletcher
Decatur High School
Keith Brooks
John J. Hader
Walter E. Keyes
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Decatur
Hader
Roy Odom
Civitan Club
Andrew Gainey
Birmingham Southern College
South Highlands Presbyterian Church
Birmingham
Louis Armstrong Early Life and Orphaned Start in New Orleans
Louis Armstrong became an orphan at age ten and began his music journey after moving to the Waits Home in New Orleans where he learned to play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trumpet
Louis Armstrong
New Orleans
Patterson and Klan intrigue shadow Alabama politics
The piece ties Patterson to the Ku Klux Klan amid Phenix City corruption discourse while noting the attorney general’s father’s 1954 slaying and Hugh Bentley’s reform efforts. It also covers Wallace’s railroad union endorsement shift, Browder’s withdrawal from the education race runoff, and Stewart’s primary lead with plans for a broader educational program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson
Phenix City
Wallace
Boss Crump
Meanwile
Los Angeles
Alabama
Mobile
Alabama Joint Legislative Council of Railroad Brotherhoods
I. J. Browder
Gadsden
Roy Mayhall
Jasper
Alabama Democratic Executive Committee
Frank R. Stewart
Montgomery
Browder
Stewart
Elmore
North Alabama
Soviet Scientist Says Time Not Ripe For Manned Space Flight
Academician L. I. Sedov, writing in Pravda, says the time is not yet ripe to launch a man into space. He notes Sputnik II at 12 tons could carry a man with equipment, but emphasizes extending knowledge of human existence in space and focusing on how to return a crew member to Earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
L. I. Sedov
Communist Party
Pravda
Earth
Entrance Exams At St Bernard Set May 17 24
St Bernard prep school in Cullman will hold entrance examinations on May 17 and May 24. Tests start at 10 a.m. in the administration building and conclude by noon. C S B, president, says exams are required due to the school’s strengthened college preparatory emphasis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bernard
Cullman
St. Bernard Prep
C.S.B
Youth Accused Of Killing Uncle And Kidnapping Three
Billy Glenn Newhouse 21 surrendered after a spree that included the fatal shooting of his uncle James Huskey 58 and the kidnapping of Linda Rawlins 22 and Archie Moore Jr. 25 along with two other victims. A victim was stabbed and Rawlins said she was raped during the car ride from Flat River to Memphis and Clarksdale. Moore aided in the drive to Missouri before FBI questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmington
Billy Glenn Newhouse
Newhouse
James Huskey
Desloge
Linda Reid Rawlins
Archie Moore Jr
Huskey
Missouri
Moore
Austinville School's County Control Next Steps Planned
Austinville will shift toward county operation with 55 percent equity by the county, keeping state-aid allocations based on attendance. The agreement runs through June 30 1958 and may be renewed. A new county high school is planned for fall 1959, with the current Trinity site to house elementary grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austinville
Supt
Leeman
Decatur
West Decatur
Lester Wooten
Trinity
Wooten
State Dept. of Education
Markets Report Show Mixed Ag Prices Across Commodities
Cotton prices inch middling at 34.50 with Decatur Yoana 32.79. cottonseed at 2500 per ton. Milk Grade A 633 per hundred, manufactured milk 3.00 per hundred for four percent. Wood at 65.40 and 30. Pulpwood 12.50 per cord. Poultry 8 at farm 19 cents at plant. Wheat 150. Corn No 2 Yellow Ear 1.38. No 2 White Ear 1.45. No 2 White Shelled 1.53. No 2 Yellow Shelled 1.44. No 2 Mixed Ear 1.34. No 2 Mixed Shelled 1.40. No 1 Soybeans 2.20. No 2 Oats Me No 1 Mile 2.00. No 2 Milling Wheat 2.10. Cattle supply tight. calves 25. Good demand for small lots. Dealers 29.00-31.00. Standard 25.00-29.00. Hogs 125. Slow and 25-50 lower. 190-235 lb 22.50. Sheep 150. Demand good. mixed grade 23.00-24.50. utility 18.00-18.50. Wool lambs 20.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Yoana
U.S
Wall Street Mixed as Dow Managers Slightly Turn
Stocks held a sluggish session with 2 million shares traded. Kennecott's $1.50 dividend caused a two point rise while Bell Aircraft fell after reducing its dividend. Major sectors showed small moves with rails soft and several names advancing or declining modestly. Government bonds edged higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kennecott
Bell Aircraft
Motors
United Aircraft
Allied Chemical
Youngstown Sheet
Zenith
Anaconda
Polaroid
Standard Oil
New Jersey
American Motors
Solar Aircraft
Fairchild Engine
U.S. Industries
USS. Steel
Bethlehem
International Harvester
Commonwealth Edison
Union Carbide
American Tobacco
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
U.S
Stocks Shakeout Paints Mixed Picture Across Markets
The New York AP stock roundup lists numerous firms with varied moves. Names include Lorillard, American Cyanamid, Pepsi, Coca Cola, Ford Motor, General Electric, Exxon, DuPont, Boeing, Lockheed, and Westinghouse among many others with ranges from gains of single digits to double digits.
Poultry Prices Reported From Birmingham and Atlanta Markets
Alabama live poultry trading stayed active with strong demand and ample but uneven supplies. Prices at farms and processing plants show broilers and fryers mostly 18 to 19 cents per pound fob with some weights up to 2 to 4 pounds. Georgia markets report very heavy demand with ample offerings and prices for broilers and fryers around 22 cents at farms and 23 to 44 cents at plants, weights mostly 2 to 4 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Alabama
f.C.b
Atlanta
Georgia
Birmingham Eggs Prices Reported for 10:30 Am Friday
Birmingham writes about wholesale egg prices for a 24 hour period ending at 10:30 am Friday. Receipts from nearby area ample for slow demand with large eggs mostly one cent lower, small eggs down one cent, mediums varied due to irregular demand. Prices delivered in Birmingham include 60 percent A quality. Nearby locally produced whites range 38 to 41 cents per dozen, mediums 26 to 37 cents, small 24 to 30 cents, mostly mid 20s to low 30s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Livestock Market Reports From Nashville and Thomasville
Cattle supply is tight with demand good across all classes and prices steady. Mixed grades fetch 523.00 to 24.50 for beef, while hog prices hold 160 to 180 pounds at 20.75 to 21.75 and lighter 140 to 160 pounds at 19.75 to 20.75. sows 16.00 to 19.00 with some 200 to 240 pounds above.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
House Group Cuts Commerce Dept Budget Significantly
The House Appropriations Committee cut 65.6 million dollars from the Commerce Department request, leaving 917.14 million for the next fiscal year. Increases went to the Census Bureau, Civil Aeronautics Administration, and other agencies, with notable funding for the 1960 census and air traffic control improvements. The Maritime Administration received continued subsidies and shipbuilding funds, while weather services were adjusted to aid farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Arbogast
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Commerce Department
House
Census Bureau
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Civil Aeronautics Board
Public Roads Bureau
Bureau of Standards
The
Maritime Administration
Great Lakes
Lakes
St. Lawrence Seaway
Weather Bureau
French government moves to curb protests with emergency powers
Pflimlin would call strikes and demonstrations to bar any attempt at personal power. The government rushed troops into the capital to bolster security as National Assembly members guarded Palais Bourbon. Cabinet seeks wide emergency powers under the 1955 law to control public meetings and close venues, expel troublemakers, impose curfews, and censor media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Assembly
Palais Bourbon
Pflimlin
France
Algeria
Births in Hillsboro and Decatur communities
Mr and Mrs Silas Payne of Hillsboro 1 welcome a daughter born at Lawrence County Hospital on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Hollis Waters of 622 6th Ave SE announce the birth of a son at Decatur General Hospital today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Payne
Hillsboro 1
Lawrence County Hospital
Hollis Waters
6Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
Mrs Mary Brown Death Notices at Courtland 2
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Brown of Courtland 2 will be announced by Reynolds Funeral Home of Decatur. She died at Bank Street Hospital last night around midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Brown
Courtland 2
Bank Street Hospital
Reynolds Funeral Home
Decatur
Geological Survey Announces Changes in Alabama Office
The U S Geological Survey at the University of Alabama announces ten personnel changes. William J Powell is acting U S District Geologist of the Ground Water Branch in April replacing Phillip La Moreaux who becomes Division Hydrologist for the Mid-Continental Area in February. Powell previously supervised Ground Water Investigation in North Alabama and has worked for the USGS since 1943. In his new role La Moreaux will program Ground Water General Hydrology Surface Water and Water Quality Branches across a 14 state area from Minnesota to Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Powell
U.S
Phillip
la Moreaux
Alabama
Ares
Powell
North
US Geological Survey
Minn
Navy Vessels Donated to Free China Navy
Eleven U S Navy ships were donated to the Free China navy last February 26. The vessels include three rocket-launchers five small landing craft and three infantry landing craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Navy
Free China Navy
Hospitals List of Dismissals and Admissions by Names
A long list of hospital discharges and admissions follows, naming numerous individuals with street addresses and cities such as Decatur, Moulton, Trinity, Athens, Danville, Hartselle, and Decatur. The entries include multiple babies and couples, plus clinics and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Long
Danville
Ricky Waldrep
Trinity
Early Britt
Hartselle
Ben Compton
Six Million Sought for Tombigbee Improvements
Senators heard requests for six million dollars to continue the Jackson Lock and Dam on the Tombigbee River in Alabama. Also sought were 150 thousand for Miller's Ferry Dam advance planning and 65 thousand for a Choctawhatchee Pea River basin survey. Local officials cited regional industrial needs and growing river traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Graham
Washington
Jackson
Alabama
Tombigbee River
Senate
Miller's Ferry
Alabama River
Choctawhatchee Pea River
Lister Hill
John Sparkman
House
Hill
Warrior-Jombigbee
South
Mobile
Birmingham
Gulf Coast
Alabama-Coosa
Georgia
Southeast
Sparkman
Jack W. Warner
Tuscaloosa
Jackson Lock
Robert F. Henry
Montgomery
Coosa
J. Clyde Lewis
Geneva
Army Engineers
Choctawhatchee - Pea River
House panel approves defense reorganization bill
The House Armed Services Committee unanimously approved a compromise bill to reorganize the Defense Department. President Eisenhower objected to two key features, while the bill largely follows his recommendations for clear command from the president to the secretary of defense and the field forces. Paris Assembly votes emergency powers for Pfliml to combat a plot against the republic under de Gaulle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Eisenhower
Secretary of Defense
Paris
French National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
Pierre Pfliml
Walker backs Wallace after defeat in Alabama race
Former gubernatorial candidate Reverend Billy Walker endorsed Circuit Judge George Wallace and accused Attorney General John Patterson of delaying accusations of wasteful state spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Billy Walker
George Wallace
John Patterson
Earnest Zills Rites Scheduled in Wheeler
Earnest L. Bert Zills 76 of Wheeler Alabama died at home Thursday at 1 55 pm after a heart attack Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 30 pm at Wheeler Grove Baptist Church Burial Smyrna Cemetery DeKalb Funeral Co of Decatur directing He is survived by his widow Ida Zills three daughters four sons three brothers one sister 14 grandchildren and five great grandchildren Pallbearers named and ministers to officiate include Rev Vernon Rich Huie Turner and Willie Parker He was a member of the Pap t Church and had lived in Wheeler 30 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earnest L
Bert) Zills
Wheeler
Ala
Wheeler Grove Baptist Church
Smyrna
Brown Funeral Co
Decatur
Zills
Ida Zills
Annie L. Zills
Lissie King
Gladys ‘Richardson
Courtland 1
Frank
Seldon
Oath
Howard
Trinity
O'Neal Hills
Pensacola
Fla
Roy Coffey
Frank “Wells
Praytor Morris
Shorty Terry
Roy King
Claudie Lee Terry
Vernon Rich
Huie Turner
Art Willie Parker
Pap T Church
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Little Rock
Srlimale
City Animal Shelter
George Collier
Poundmaster
Paul Brown
Jackson St. SE
West Central Decatur
Gordon-Bibb
Richard F. Rouquie
First Presbyterian Church
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Decatur Curb Market
Grant St
Jack Miller
Decatur Markets
Wall Street
Lou & Nash Allied
Pa RR
Pepsi Borden
Phill Pet Canad Pac
Pitt Plate G Carrier
Pullman Celanese
Ches & Ohio
Repub
Chrysler
Reyn Met
Coca Cola
Reyn
Rohm & H
Wright
Sears G Aire
Sinclair du Pont
Socony
Sou Co
Ford Mtrs
Gen Foods
Sperry
Sterchih
Stude Pack
Goodyear
Swift Greyhound
U S Ind
U. S. Steel
Warner Bric Kennecott
West
UN Tel Lockheed
Eric Loew
1658
Woolworth
Livestock Nashville
Goss
House Group
Commerce Dept
Geological Survey
Moulton
Patsy Harris
Lawrence County High School
Northwest
Future Homemakers of America
Patsy
Florence
Leamon Harris
William Hubbard
5Th Ave
Pat Palladino
9Th St
Robert Cottingham
Hillsboro
Rayburn Johnson
7Th St
Hattie Roper
Vine St
John Snider
3Rd Ave
Coy McKee
Memorial Dr
John Thomas Burch
Charles C. Lambert
Decature
Donald E. Johnson
William Aaron Bridwell
David P. Gilstrap
Lamar
Frank Magliato
Webster Trailer Court
Audry Nelson
Jackson St
J. S. Shikles
Vinemont
Artie Anders
4Th Ave
Zazie Mae Jones
11Th Ave
Zola Crutchfield
8Th Ave
E. M. Terry
Vicky Sue Shaddrix
Marty Phillips
Inez Taylor
Tower St
T. E. Campbell
Decatur 2
LeRoy McEntire, Jr
Canal St
J. B. Pirkle
9Th Ave
Dianne Anderson
Willard Smith
Lonnie T. Maner
Little Tharrel Latham
Anna Owens
David L. Hollis
Bill Graham
Courtland
Little Judy Latham
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Mabry Elders
Athens
Thomas Abernathy
Mitchell Wallace
Roy Hasting
Pontiac
Mich
Eugene Cagle
Richard T. Wood
Granville Turner
Toney
Floyd George
Edith Adcock
Harvest
Bobby Chillam
James Legg
Donald Miller
Tanner
Samuel Rigel
Paul Sims
Kee Louise Malone
Katherine Denny
Milton R. Griffin
John Wayne Sewell
Lexington
Ermon B. Harwell
James Dougherty
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