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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1957
Page
1
Seminar by Liberty agent during week of May 27 in Birmingham
B A Powers longtime Liberty National Life Insurance agent will attend a company seminar the week of May 27 at the Birmingham home office. Other notes include local enrollments at Tennessee Valley State Trade School and upcoming veterans affairs conference in Montgomery. Public events list games at the DAV Home and a county court docket reflecting parking and other charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A. Powers
Liberty National Life Insurance Co
Birmingham
Tennessee Valley State Trade School
J. D. Baker
Cullman
Sue Billions
Decatur
James Brackin
Town Creek
Wiliam Campbell
Somerville
M.L. Cox
Louis Ethridge
Leeds
Eugene Foster
Horton
Jimmy Hale
Scottsboro
Charles E. Hughes
Haleyville
Jimmy J. Johnson
Wetrell Stevens
Marcus Tilley
Vinemont
H. D. Withoite
Clarence Willoughby
Bremen
Asbury Malone
Majorie Reeves
Leonard O. Allen
Russellville
Bruce Dodd
Moulton
Montgomery
State Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Morgan County
DAV Chapter 11
DAV
Railroad St
Recorders Court
Gospel Choir Dazzles Broadway as Graham Crusade Draws 13,000
George Cornell reports the Billy Graham crusade at Madison Square Garden drew 13,000 for the second night. Gospel hymns by a large choir created a striking contrast to nearby bars and juke boxes as Cliff Barrows conducted and Graham urged new believers to come forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Graham
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Christ
Graham
Cliff Barrows
Decatur Chamber backs TVA bill in letter to Rep Jones
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce endorses the Jones-Davis bill for TVA self financing and opposes the U S Chamber of Commerce policy. Manager Joe McCullers argues TVA authority offers value private capital cannot match and notes local belief in the TVA's social and economic benefits for the Tennessee Valley area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Jones-Davis
Robert E. Jones
Eighth
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Rep. Jones
North
Alabama
Chamber of Commerce
TVA
Jones Bulletin
Joe McCullers
Decatur Chamber
Davis
T.V.A
Louis V. Sutton
Carolina Power and Light Co
Tennessee Valley
Fire ants found scattered across Morgan County
County extension agent L T Wagnon and Entomologist W A Ruffin report fire ants found on farms across Morgan County from Hartselle to Talucah after a tour of eastern areas. Several farmers requested checks to determine if ant mounds are fire ants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. T. Wagnon
API
W. A. Ruffin
Wagnon
Hartselle
Talucah
Lawrence Man Charged With Kidnapping in Tennessee Case
Jackie Wadsworth faces kidnapping charges in Giles County Tennessee after refusing extradition. A cousin’s wife and her three children were taken near Courtland. the case filed in Pulaski charges kidnapping children under 16 to conceal them from their father. The Nix family, including Raymond Nix Jr., is connected to the complaint. The children are with Lee Lawrence in Sheffield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Jackie Wadsworth
Giles County
Tenn
Rur
Franklin
Courtland’ Ee
Courtinna
Raymond Nix, Jr
Pulaski
Wadsworth
Lawrence County
Nix
Local bills pass in Cullman County reforms
Cullman County officials to be paid salaries instead of fees under a local bill author Bryce Davis projects an annual saving around 25000. A separate bill by Sen Harlan Allen would let voters decide resuming county road construction control from the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman County
Bryce Davis
Harlan Allen
Cullman
Folsom
Montgomery
Kyser Leonard
Talladega County
Two States Face Mounting Flood Danger
Flood dangers mounted across Oklahoma and Kansas after two days of heavy rain and storms. Thunderstorms, hail and tornadoes lashed wide areas with several funnel clouds reported. Deaths from tornadoes in Texas and drownings in Oklahoma and Kansas rose to 27 since Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Kansas
Plains States
Texas
Mississippi Valley
McKay Asks State Nullify Race Ruling in Alabama Hous
Alabama House approves a sweeping nullification resolution 86 to 1 targeting federal civil rights decisions and school integration. Rep Charles Nice Jr dissenting. Senate moves to allow more time, then adopts a similar pledge to preserve segregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama
House of Representatives
Charles Nice Jr
Jefferson County
U. S. Supreme Court
Senate
Macon County
Sam Engelhardt
Joe Calvin
Stassen reports push for partial arms cutback talks
Harold E. Stassen, from London, says Russia and the Western Powers are pursuing a partial disarmament agreement reducing arms manpower and defense costs with inspection. He plans to brief Dulles midafternoon and expects NSC decisions next week ahead of UN subcommittee talks May 27. London talks suspended to May 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
Harold E. Stassen
London
Russia
Stassen
U.N
State Dulles
Eisenhower
U.S
United States
Britain
Canada
France
Dulles
Arctic
Alaska
Siberia
Europe
National Security Council
United Nations
Senators Expect Restoration of Soil Bank Policy
GOP leaders Aiken and Young expect the Senate to reject the House plan to cut soil bank funding. The House vote of 192 to 187 barred acreage reserve payments after this year, while senators argue for a modified program through 1958 and beyond, preserving conservation reserve ideas for up to ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aiken
Young
Senate
House
Soil Bank
Sen
Russell
Administration
Ben
Son
Republicans
Democrats
Congress
Fifth Amendment Testimony in Beck Case
Norman Gessert, cousin of Dave Beck’s wife, invokes the Fifth 40 times in under 10 minutes when questioned by Robert F. Kennedy of the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee. Kennedy asserts Gessert earned more than $100,000 from the Teamsters Union between 1954 and 1957, mainly for duties for Beck. prior to that he worked for a Retail Clerks Union local based in the Teamsters Building in Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Norman Gessert
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Gessert
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
Kennedy
Beck
Retail Clerks Union
Teamsters
Seattle
Dr Curtis resigns from TVA post after nine years
Dr Harry A Curtis a chemical engineer by training and 73 retires from the Tennessee Valley Authority after a lengthy career in engineering education and public administration He plans an East trip to visit family and former students then semi retirement in Knoxville He says he might do consulting work but would not take a job for salary alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis
Knoxville
RC Bloodmobile Visits Decatur Today
The Red Cross Bloodmobile is at Episcopal Parish Home in Decatur today until 6 p.m. Donors are urged to give blood to help families and communities during emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RC Bloodmobile
Decatur
Red Cross
Episcopal Parish
River water, heat steady in Decatur area forecast
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning 21.81 feet with no change from yesterday. Sea level reading 556.11 feet. High yesterday 92 degrees at 2 p.m., low 65 at 6 a.m. today. By 10:45 a.m. today 90 degrees. Forecast for warm, sunny today and Saturday with a chance of afternoon thundershowers. Tonight generally fair and warm. Today’s high around 90, low 64, Saturday high 90.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Briscoe Named School Principal at Riverside
Decatur city board of education approved Floyd Briscoe as principal of Riverside school to replace retiree Mary Royer. Briscoe, a National Education Assn. lifetime member, holds a BS in elementary education and will finish an MA in school administration at Peabody this summer. He has coached and taught at Trinity Falkville Austinville Decatur Junior High and was principal at Priceville High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur City Board of Education
Floyd Briscoe
Riverside School
Mary Royer
Briscoe
National Education Assn
Florence State Teachers College
Peabody
Trinity
Falkville
Austinville
Decatur
Priceville High
Graduating class of Decatur High set to exceed 150
About 150 seniors are expected to graduate from Decatur High School on June 3 in the high school auditorium, the largest class in local history. Eighty-five will attend 22 colleges nationwide, with many entering Auburn Florence State and the University of Alabama. Noel Harris is valedictorian and Carolyn Schaefer salutatorian. Class Night on May 31 features Dwight Coffey as president and other officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur High School
Auburn
Florence State
University of Alabama
Noel Harris
Julian Harris
Carolyn Scheafer
Rodger L. Schaefer
Dwight Coffey
Ee Noel Harris
Judy Tuck
Lizabeth Norris
Youth Trapped 16 Hours In Deep Well Near Manorville
Benjamin Hooper, seven, lay at the bottom of a 24 foot dry shaft in New York after more than a half day trapped. Firefighters battled sand slides and rock to reach him, digging a horizontal tunnel while parallel shafts were clogged by reloosened sand. Doctors monitored oxygen as hopes faded for a rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manorville
N.Y
J. H. Warner
Eastport
Warner
Benjamin Hooper
J. H. Kris
Wildcatters Tap Tri Cities Oil Beds Near Spring Valley
Wildcatting efforts in the Tri Cities area report Allen W. T. Davis and associates drilling Davis No 1 to 800 feet eight miles southeast of Tuscumbia in Spring Valley with a strong gas show at 692 feet. A second well on the O H Aycock farm near Russellville is at 400 feet and just starting with no clear indications yet. The Davis well, drilled by Miller Co of Lawrenceburg Tennessee, halted briefly earlier this week due to gas pressure and sits within about 1500 feet of a 33 year old well that yielded oil sands before nitro breaking, which failed to produce oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscumbia
Allen W. T. Davis and Associates
Davis No. 1
Spring Valley
O. H. Aycock
Russellville 2
Davis
Miller Co
Lawrenceburg
Colbert County
Wildcatters
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Ana
Bert
Jess Margrave
Gleason
B. H. Taylor
Trenton, Tenn
Robert Kirkle
Finley Island
W. V. Lovelady
Pleasant
Mary
Jennie Lovelady
Ora Graham
New Salem
Buckley
Broadway
George Cornell
New York
McCullers
Jones
Lawrence Man
Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Southeastern
Lincoln Memorial
Supreme Court
House Rules Committee
McKay
Calvin
Lee McKay
GOP
Concerto
Beck Kin
Dr. Curtis
Public Power Plans
Harry A. Curtis
Tennessee Valley Authority
By Phillip Kyle
DHS
Aera
Tri-Cities Area
By Ken Reynolds
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