Community Chest Evening Features Dr Lyons On Chest Diseases
Dr Champ Lyons head of surgery at University of Alabama will moderate a District One Tuberculosis Sanatorium talk on Diseases Of The Chest. Local and North Alabama physicians will present chest problem cases and Lyons staff will discuss recent chest cases. A Southern Baptist Convention crowd in Miami includes Rev Behea Stedham Rev George Brown and Rev Wilbur Smallwood from Morgan County.
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Champ Lyons
University of Alabama School of Medicine
District One
North
Alabama
Lyons
Behea Stedham
Westside Baptist Church
George Brown
Ryan Baptist Church
Wilbur Smallwood
Union Grove Baptist Church
Morgan County
Miami, Fla
Southern Baptist Convention
Nannie Doss Pleads Guilty to Fifth Husband Poisoning
In Tulsa Oklahoma Grandma Nannie Doss smilingly pleaded guilty to poisoning her fifth husband Samuel Doss 59 last October. Sentencing set for May 31 with possible life term or death in the electric chair. She faces murder charges in three other husband deaths and her mother Louisa Hazel 75 across three states.
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Tulsa
Okla
Nannie Doss
Samuel Doss
Nannie
Louisa Hazel
Eisenhower sees Big Four talks as path to peace
President Eisenhower told a news conference he doubts any Big Four summit with Britain France and Russia will lead to appeasement. He spoke after a nationwide TV address and said he would not surrender rights and favored using the summit to outline how foreign ministers can seek agreements. He noted Austria's neutrality under its independence treaty would include armed forces, contrasting it with a purely military neutral stance. See IKE on Page 2.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Eisenhower
Britain
France
Russia
Georgi Zhukov
Secretary
State Dulles
Congress
Sen
Knowland
California
Bridges
Senate Gop Policy Committee
Europe
Austria
Switzerland
Ike
Chou
Far East
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Right To Work Law Repeal Faces House Hurdle
Alabama lawmakers hear debate as House Judiciary Committee advances a measure to repeal the right to work law. Rep. T K Selman asks for favorable report while Rep. Vernon Summerlin defends the bill as protecting human rights. Business groups and unions watch as the proposal moves toward a House vote next Tuesday.
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Montgomery
House Judiciary Committee
T. K. Selman
Walker County
House
Vernon Summerlin
Crenshaw County
Summerlin
Jim Battles
Birmingham
Jaycees Plan Second Teen Age Road-e-o in Decatur
Decatur junior chamber plans a written test and driving skill exam for teens as the second Teen Age Road-e-o. Local winner advances to state level next month with state winners vying for three thousand dollars in scholarships at the national event in Washington DC July 25 to 29.
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U. S. Jaycees
Liberty Mutual Insurance Companies
American Trucking Associations, Inc
Athens Carpenter Falls Three Stories at Huntsville Arsenal
Athens man Paul Johnson, about 40, of 401 N Houston St, is hospitalized in Huntsville with a fractured skull and other injuries after falling three stories down a stairwell in a barracks under construction at Huntsville Arsenal. He struck reinforcing steel as he fell, and police say the steel may have broken his fall. He was taken to Huntsville Hospital.
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Athens
Paul Johnson
Houston St
Huntsville Hospital
Johnson
Limestone County
Floyd Johnson
Huntsville Arsenal
Huntville Hospital
Limestone Soldier Dies In Morocco
Argel Glenn Leopard, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. David A. Leopard of Athens 4, drowned north of Port Lyautey Rabat Morocco while swimming with Army companions near Sidi Slimane. He had been overseas since September 1954 and attended East Limestone High School. Body to be shipped home for burial. survived by parents three sisters and two brothers.
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Athens
David A. Leopard
Athens 4
Argel Glenn Leopard
Port Lyautey
Rabat
French Morocco
Leopard
Curtis H. Pamplin
New Orleans
U. S. Army
Sidi Slimane
Corinth
East Limestone High School
Joe Murphy
Tanner
Janice
Joy Leopard
Joe
Roger Leopard
Charles Smith Again To Manage City Pools
Charles Smith at 623 Clara Ave in Austinville is named city pools manager for the season. Smith previously managed pools last year and serves as instructor in charge of Junior High Se Education at Decatur High School. T. B. Hudson leases the Haven Pool concession stand. Wiley Cox Jr is elected Park and Recreation Board chairman with Charles Norman as vice chairman. The board met the city council in a roundtable discussion with no formal action.
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Charles Smith
Clara Ave
Austinville
Russell Johnson
Park and Recreation Board
Smith
Decatur High School
T. B. Hudson
9Th Ave
Haven Pool
Wiley Cox, Jr
Charles Norman
President backs Hobby vaccine program amid criticism
President Eisenhower defended Secretary Hobby's handling of the Salk polio vaccine program at a news conference. He rejected Sen. Morse's call for her removal, praising her cabinet performance and noting past war leadership as a symbol of capable women. He said Hobby had warned of possible resignation for personal reasons.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Hobby
Sen
Morse
D-Ore
WAC
Integration Due Slowly Carter Says in Mississippi
Carter, editor of the Greenville Delta Democrat-Times, predicts integration will come gradually and foresees only token integration in the South. He criticized citizens councils and called for national tolerance as the nation adjusts to the Supreme Court ruling banning public school segregation.
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Biloxi
Miss
Mississippi
Hodding Carter
Greenville Delta Democrat-Times
Mississippi Bankers Assn
South
Carter
State House of Representatives
U.S. Supreme Court
Two Officers Quit State Young Democrats over Folsom ties
In Birmingham two Alabama Young Democrats officers resigned claiming the group had become a farm system for the Folsom administration. Secretary George Briggs and Vic Gold said the one party state nature of the organization undermined its purpose. Gold cited shift from a Hill-Sparkman clique to the Folsom influence as a key factor.
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State Young Democrats
Folsom Farm System
Birmingham
Alabama Young Democrats
George Briggs
Vic Gold
Rowan Bone
Gadsden
Young Democrats
Folsom
Montgomery
Gary James E. Folsom
Gold
Hill-Sparkman
Weather and River Report for Decatur Area
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning 21.54 feet, up 0.4 feet in 24 hours. Sea level 555.84. Yesterday's high 84 at 4 PM and low 64 at 5 AM. At 8 AM today 72. Forecast partly cloudy and mild today and tonight with widely scattered thunderstorms Thursday afternoon. High today 81, low 56, high Thursday 84.
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Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Twelve Year Old Genius Outgrows Standard Tests
John Francis Schivell a 12 year old maps his future as a research scientist while his scores exceed standard tests. At Maple Heights High School he maintains straight A grades and engages with physics languages and biographies of Einstein. Doctors report a 190 IQ and say public schools cannot challenge him. His father seeks private academy funding but cannot afford 800 a year.
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Cleveland
John Francis Schivell
John
Maple Heights
Kent State University
Stanford-Binet
Department of of Western Reserve University
Corinne F. Baker
Albert Einstein
Baker
Close Decision on Rigid Price Supports Edges Forward
The Senate Agriculture Committee narrowly defeated a move for early action on a House-passed bill to restore rigid high-level price supports for basic farm crops. The panel voted 8-7 to hold public hearings on the House measure and the overall price support program, with hearings possibly extending beyond this session.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Ellender
Dla
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Anderson
D-Nm
Just Isn't True Beds Control Air Asserts President
President Eisenhower rejected Sen Symingtons claim that the Soviets have gained air power ascendency. He called air power relative noting Germans did similar in 1945 while Allies held overall air superiority. He cited US Air Force science built on 1948 B36 bomber developments.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Sen. Symington
DMO
U.S
New Hope Seen For Strike End
Senator Kefauver reports optimism over a two month old Southern Bell strike based on a letter from Atlanta president Fred J. Turner. The letter suggests the firm will arbitrate disputes over suspensions demotions and discharges, signaling progress toward settlement.
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Atlanta
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Senate
Fred J. Turner
Southern Bell
Ate
Youth Admits Hatchet Murder In Oakland
In Oakland California police say 14 year old David Drew admitted bludgeoning and stabbing to death 17 year old playmate Stanley R Frank Jr The boys argued while building a fort two blocks from Stanley's home David led police to the body after directing his parents to the location He described the beating as accidental but said he sometimes gets an urge.
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Oakland
Calif
David Drew
David
Stanley R. Frank Jr
Stanley
Bruce Cunningham
Cunningham
Ben Britnell Named To District Office With Alabama Lions
Alabama Lions clubs closed their convention with nearly 900 delegates returning home. New district officers elected include Ben Britnell of Decatur District A Mort L Weil Jr Huntsville District B Paul M Young Birmingham District C Edwin A Tuck Eutaw District D Richard B Stone Union Springs District E Aubrey D Green York nominated for international director for next year’s national convention in Miami W H Morgan Birmingham named business manager of Alabama Light Conservation Assn.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Lions Clubs
Ben Britnell
Decatur
Mort L. Weil Jr
Huntsville
Paul M. Young
Edwin A. Tuck
Eutaw
Richard B. Stone
Union Springs
Aubrey D. Green
York
Lions’ International
Miami
W. H. Morgan
Ala‘bama Light Conservation Assa
Eisenhower defends TVA against Hoover Commission split plan
President Eisenhower told a Washington news conference that TVA will not be wrecked and remains a going concern serving a useful purpose. Reports said a Hoover Commission task force proposed selling or leasing TVA hydro facilities, inviting bids and auctioning facilities not needed by AEC, with broad bidder inclusion, possibly within two weeks.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Hoover Commission
TVA
Nashville Tennessean
Atomic Energy Commission
Oeene Group
Congress
Oll
Fedeeriver
Tennessean
Commission
White House
Hoover
Bonantagram Answers and a Mysterious Word Debate
A reader dispute about a Bonan tagram puzzle emerges with a $175 prize lure and a claim from Mrs. Turney that the word might be "mat" rather than "man" as previously suggested. The host denies assigning correct letters and invites readers to guess.
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