Community groups hear update on Boy's Club growth
Ed Bowden, vice president of the Boy's Club of Decatur, spoke to the Kiwanis Club and outlined national growth past 400000 members. He invited Kiwanians to dedication days at the former Youth Center building on Second Ave SE and discussed plans for the Decatur unit.
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Ed Bowden
Boy’s Club of
Decatur
Kiwanis Club
Frank McLaughlin
Key Club
Bowden
Formar Youth Center
Second Ave
TVA Chief Says Defense Demand Exceeds Capacity
TVA chairman Herbert D. Vogel told a Washington hearing the agency cannot meet a sudden 20 to 25 percent power increase for defense installations. He said TVA would have only a modest reserve of about 300000 kilowatts by year end and could not supply such a surge. Evins pressed about Oak Ridge Paducah Tulsa Redstone and related defense sites relying on TVA power.
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Hamilton W. Faron
Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Herbert D. Vogel
TVA
Vogel
Rep
Evins
D-Tenn
Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge
Pad
Soviet Union Opens Secret Atom Smashing Lab to Western Scientists
Western scientists including American physicists tour the Soviet cyclotron plant 90 miles from Moscow during an international conference. Dr Louis Alvarez of UC praised the facility as first class and impressive, saying anyone seeing it would be bowled over.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Louis Alvarez
University of California
Demos Balloting In Oregon Today
Oregon Democrats vote today on preferred presidential candidates Adlai Stevenson or Estes Kefauver via write in ballots. The candidate with most write ins wins Oregon 16 delegates at the nominating convention. Stevenson predicts victory and notes improved prospects in the write in primary.
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Demos
Oregon
Associated Press
Adlai Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Stevenson
Kefauver
TVA Revenue Plan Questioned in Hearing Records
Hearing records published today say it is entirely impracticable for the Tennessee Valley Authority to operate solely on its own revenues for the year starting July 1. The remarks come from a statement during the appropriations hearings.
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TVA
Mollet and Pineau Meet Soviet Leaders Without New Accord
Premier Guy Mollet and Foreign Minister Christian Pineau concluded talks with Soviet leaders in Moscow and did not secure new agreements or diverge from France's Western alignment.
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Moscow
Guy Mollet
Christian Pineau
France
Tennessee Valley Authority Finds Technically Feasible Uranium Reserves
The Tennessee Valley Authority reports discovery of a technically feasible uranium reserve. Officials say the find could affect future energy and fuel supply strategies. Further details on location size and production timetable were not released.
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Washington
The
Tennessee Valley Authority
Indictments Expected Today In Poisoning Of 7 In Family
A second mass poisoning case involves a Mobile Grand Jury indicting Mrs. Martin for murdering her mother May Frances Gibbon and two Garret children Emogene and Eliya Elizabeth. Four poisonings occurred, six deaths overall. authorities also allege an attempt on her husband. The investigation began after the Biloxi hospital case.
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Montgomery
Rhonda Kelle
Mobile
Martin
May Frances Gibbon
Emogene Garrett
Eliya Elizabeth Garrett
Biloxi
Miss
Ronald Martin
Local Boys Club Readies Dedication Program
Dedication of the Boys Club of Decatur Inc is set for 2 p m at the club building with Charles Moss of the Nashville Banner as main speaker. An open house for the public follows Sunday from 2 to 4 p m hosted by the Junior Service League. The event coincides with the 1956 Golden Anniversary of Boys Clubs of America and marks the national group’s half century of youth service.
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Jack Smith
Boys’ Club of Decatur, Inc
Boys’ Club
Charles Moss
The
Nashville Banner
Junior Service League
Boy’s Club of Decatur, Inc
Boys’ Clubs of America
League
Robert G. McNelly
Bob Brigham
Decatur Boy’s Club, Inc
Decatur
National
Boy Guidance Organization
Moss
Vanderbilt University
Banner
Oklahoma Governor Tags Harriman as Definite Democratic Candidate
Gov. Raymond Gary of Oklahoma called New York Gov. Averell Harriman a definite candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination after a phone chat from Salt Lake City. He said he would not pledge the 28 Oklahoma votes until he consults all delegation members again.
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Oklahoma City
Raymond Gary
Oklahoma Today
New York
Averell Harriman
Gary
Harriman
Salt Lake City
Oklahoma
Dallas man questioned in boys death at Panama City bayou
Bearded Dallas Withers, 33, is shown during questioning by city police about the drowning of two brothers, David Wilson 7 and Douglas 4, in a bayou near Panama City Florida earlier this month. Withers has been charged with murder.
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Dallas Withers
Arenama City
Fla
David Wilson
David
Douglas
Daffin
Panama City
Withers
Rayburn sees 1956 tax cut as possibility not probability
Speaker Rayburn said a 1956 tax cut is possible but not probable as a $1.828 billion June 30 surplus is announced. Treasury Secretary Humphrey and Budget Director Brundage reported the larger surplus, while Ways and Means members debate applying funds to debt reduction and potential future tax legislation.
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Washington
House
Rayburn
D-Tex
Treasury
Humphrey
Ways and Means
Eisenhower
Percival Brundage
Capitol Hill
Tighter Aid Bill Goes To House
Washington reports a tightened foreign aid bill moving to House action. The House Foreign Affairs Committee revised the 4.9 billion dollar authorization and aims to finish soon. A separate vote on three billion in new arms aid requested by President Eisenhower awaits action.
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Washington
House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Richards
D-Sc
Eisenhower
Congress
Open House on Armed Forces Day by Army NG Units
Armed Forces Day will be observed in Decatur with Battery C 279th AAA Bn AW Mbl and Co A 1343rd Engr Bn C Army Alabama National Guard. Open house at National Guard communications equipment and mess areas 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Army Reserve unit at 447 E Moulton St also hosts open house during these hours. Public invited to visit both units.
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Armed Forces
Decatur
279Th Aaa Bn
Mbl
Army
Alabama National Guard
National Guard
Army Reserve
E. Moulton St
Folsom Turns Up On Caribbean Isle
Governor James Folsom showed up on a Caribbean Island yesterday on state business, according to his office. He had been the subject of statewide rumors about a Cuba trip two weeks earlier.
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John Thomas Brown
Decatur
Folsom
Caribbean Isle
Montgomery
James £. Folsom
Cuba
Caribbean
Mobile
Blinded Riesel Calls for Labor Racketeering Probe
Victor Riesel, blinded in an acid attack, urged a congressional probe into labor racketeering from a hospital news conference six weeks after the assault. He named Senators Deneen, Ives, and Bridges as possible backers and vowed to return to his column after leaving the hospital.
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Victor Riesel
St. Clare’s Hospital
New York
Riesel
Labor
Paul Deniase
D-Ill
Irving Ives
R-Ny
Styles Bridges
Congress
Risen
Limestone Crash Injures 5 Year Old in Elk River Area
A five year old girl sustained head lacerations after a car driven by Oscar John Mead Jr. ran off U S highway 72 and struck an air compressor near Elk River Bridge. The injured child was treated at Athens Limestone Hospital and released. Mead, 35, of Falls Church Virginia, may have fallen asleep at the wheel. The Pontiac suffered about 800 dollars in damage and was investigated by Patrolman Earl Bradford.
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Elk River Bridge
Linda Mead
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Sprv
Highway Patrol
Oscar John Mead, Jr
Falls Church
U.S. Highway 72
Elk River
Mead
Earl Bradford
Weather and river reading near Decatur in Tennessee River
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge stood at 21.18 feet down 0.07 in 24 hours. Sea level 555.48 with yesterday’s high 83 and low 59. Morning readings 75 and 76, forecast sunny and warm today, clear tonight, high near 57 to possibly high on Saturday.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller’ Memorial Bridge
Arab Family Finds New Home in Sylacauga Alabama
An Arab family driven from Israel by war arrived in Sylacauga and moved into a furnished three bedroom house donated by Rev. Dan Whitsett of the First Methodist Church. The Zabalaoui family includes Nash 23 a UA aeronautical engineering student Leila 21 Rifat 14 Selma 10 Abla 10 and a four year old son. Beirut Lebanese family refugee seeks new life in Alabama.
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Sylacauga
Ala
Israel
Sat Sadi Zabalaoui
Alabama
Nash Zabalaoui
University of Alabama School of Aeronautical Engineering
Dan Whitsett
Sylacauga First Methodist Church
Beirut
Lebanon
Alabama Delegates Set Pre Chicago Session in Montgomery
Alabama's 41 Democratic delegates plan a June 1 meeting in Montgomery to organize a southern strategy prior to the Chicago convention. T. Russell said about half have agreed to attend. remaining invitations depend on May 29 runoff results. Governor Griffin supports a wider southwide conference with Georgia and delegates will attend Chicago.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Chicago
T. T. Russell
Russell
Birmingham
Battle
Montgomery Cattleman
John Sparkman
D—Ala
Marvin Griffin
Georgia
Griffin
Carl Griffin
Lawrence County Farmers Report Record Crops in 1930s
County agent Sam McClendon said Lawrence County crops look strong with 38 000 acres planted in cotton and good stands. Much cotton has been chopped and replants nearly finished while corn planting nears completion. Wheat acreage reaches about 8000 acres doubling last year as infestations stay light and armyworms scarce.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
Sam Ns
McClendon
Adenauer to Visit Bonn and United States Next Month
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer will undertake a state visit to Bonn with an official stop in the United States next month, a government spokesman announced today.
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Adenauer
Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
United States
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Hartselle
Decatur Girls Littlehouse
Rex Rankin
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