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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1955
Page
7
A fragmented log of radio and TV schedules listing shows and times across stations including WMSL WABT WBRC and others. It catalogs programs like News at various hours, musical variety, The Tonight Hour, morning shows and children's segments, with channel and air time details mixed with partial captions.
Waterman Steamship Corp faces removal to the Southern District of Alabama as Mrs. Elizabeth Model pursues blocked sale to the C. Lee Co. McLean Securities says a dividend restraining order was lifted. deposition plans target Mrs. Model, Richard Weininger, and T. J. Stevenson as court actions unfold in Mobile and New York.
Dozens of officers rounded up a gang near the Las Vegas post office on a tip of a planned mail theft. Five arrested, including a Las Vegas policeman and his wife, with weapons and masks seized. a fake burglary and a deputy call were planned to distract police. Several others questioned. one more suspect at large.
Sunday school attendance at the Baptist church was reported as well attended. Local families and visitors from Jasper Corinth and Chattanooga are cited visiting relatives and friends in the area over the weekend.
At a Blackfeet Nation powwow in Montana an 83-year-old landowner Otter Woman Morning Gun wowed the crowd amid prayer for an oil strike. She secured 55 821 dollars to grant drilling rights and stands to earn 12 12 percent royalty if oil is found. Nearby Kentucky reports a waterworks fund led to a water well drilling 265 feet and hitting oil. A stolen memorial tree in Scranton marks a bishop’s memorial.
Maj. Gen. Robert P. Hollis testifies before the Senate investigations subcommittee, saying the inquiry into military clothing purchases reveals disturbing disclosures. The panel probes irregularities in buying sailor hats and other items costing millions, with a referenced contract tied to 6,823,428 hats and a questionable plant owner.
The text notes fish swim with a motion comparable to an oar stroke used in sculling and adds a fact about a modern door key having 32,768 possible combinations from one key blank.
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