Four Men Rob Fame Inc. Store in Maple Heights Heist
Four masked men robbed Fame Inc. a suburban Maple Heights discount store for public employees after breaking in through the roof. They forced the manager Irving Mills and four maintenance workers to open a safe and escaped with an estimated 50 000 to 60 000. The gunmen used shotguns from the sports department and left two shotguns behind while taking two automatic pistols. The store serves Federal and Municipal Employees Inc. members, opened recently in a 300 000 building.
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Cleveland
Fame, Inc
Maple Heights
Irving Mills
Mills
Mills’ Auto
Federal
Municipal Employes, Inc
Decatur Hosts Safety Check Lane For Vehicles
Mayor McRae announced a Decatur safety check focusing on brakes lights steering tires exhaust glass windshield wipers rear view mirror and horn. A lane on Gordon Dr between Second and Fourth Aves will run 9 am to 4 pm with volunteer mechanics from local dealers and other volunteers. The event is part of the National Vehicle Safety Check program sponsored with Look Magazine and state safety coordinators.
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McRae
Jane
Gordon Dr
Second Ave
Fourth Ave
Decatur
Inter-Industry Highway Safety Committee
Look Magazine
National Association of State Safety
Open house showcases U S missiles for Communist observers
Police report about 250 000 expected at first of two open house days. Red military attaches from Communist nations toured a large American weapons display. Exhibits included Bomarc Rascal Redstone IRBM and Navy Regulus missiles with ranges from 200 to 1500 miles.
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U.S
Army
Navy
Decatur Captures Epithet Capital of Courage
The Rail Road Journal calls Decatur Alabama the Capital of Courage in its April issue. It notes the city’s return after Civil War losses the 1878 yellow fever epidemic and 1929 downturn. Local editor Eddie Bacon references Trinity. The piece cites the L and N repair yard closure that left about two thousand jobless.
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Decatur
The
Railroad Journal
Eddie Bacon
Trinity
Alabama
Courage
Hunor
Lost: Two Fox Hounds Needing Owner Contact
A notice seeking the return of two black and white fox hounds named Luke Pryor Form contact phone 9258 for reunification with their owner.
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Black and White
Fox Hounds
Luke Pryor
Somerville P T A Installation And Pre School Clinic Notes
Officers will be installed at a Somerville Rd Parent Teacher Association meeting Tuesday at 7 30 in the school auditorium and sixth grade students will present the program. A pre school clinic is set for Monday 9 to 11 a m at Gordon Bibb School for children who will be six on or before Oct 1 and enroll there. Southeast Decatur Girl Scout Neighborhood plans fly up ceremony May 26 with attendance urged. Morgan County Board of Registrars meets Monday at Morgan County Courthouse. Mr and Mrs Bill Martin of Louisville Ky visit Mr and Mrs C J Martin at 611 7th Ave SW.
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Somerville Rd
Gordon-Bibb School
Southeast Decatur
Littlehouse
Hospital Dismissals and Admissions List
Decatur General Hospital lists dismissals including Ada Evans Mary Coulter Peggy McLain Mathew Shaneyfelt Trillman Steele William Evans Edward Baker Emmett Meadows and Roger Travis. Admissions include Buford Givens Elbert Wallace Harold Graham Nancy Gillian Leonora Woodard and Drusella Ashwander among others.
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Decatur General Hospital
Ada
Lou Evans
9Th Ave
Mary Janet Coulter
Cleveland Ave
Peggy Jean McLain
11Th Ave
Mathew D. Shaneyfelt
Haig St
Hartselle
Paula Lynn Hurst
Memorial Drive
Ray Lewis Manor
Trinity
Trillman Steele
Sth
William Evans
14Th Ave
Edward Billy Baker
Emmett A. Meadows
5Th Ave
Roger Travis
Sycamore
Buford Givens
Elbert Lee Wallace
8Th Ave
Thomas D. Craig
Moulton
Leonora J. Woodard
Devil St
Harold E. Graham
6Th Ave
Nancy Louise Gillian
Trin
Baugh Wiley Clinic Directory Snip
Listing fragment shows names and addresses for patients and a clinic contact. Mrs Wesley Jones at Decatur appears with others including Mrs E L Tucker 1020 5th Ave SE and Mrs FE C Stanford with infant son at 1405 5th Ave SE along with Mrs T B Rogers 243 Jackson St.
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FE. C. Stanford
5Th Ave
T. B. Rogers
Jackson
Athens Limestone Hospital Roster Highlights Names
Hospital staff list shows Claud Griffin of Anderson and Rachel Margaret Smith of Flkmont along with Mrs. Bobby Higgins of Athens and another entry for Athens Limestone Hospital.
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Athens-Limestone Hospital
Claud Griffin
Anderson
Rachel Margaret Smith
Flkmont
Bobby Higgins
Athens
Birth announced for Craig family in Moulton
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Craig of Box 504 Moulton at Decatur General Hospital on Saturday.
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Thomas L. Craig
Moulton
Decatur General Hospital
Israelis Insist On Right To Run Ships Through Suez Canal
At the United Nations a spokesman for Israel says the country will not be deterred by Egypt declaring a right of self defense. Israel plans to send a ship through the Suez when needed, and will not seek permission for Monday’s debate.
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United Nations
N.Y
Israel
Suez Canal
Egypt
Ents
Cairo
Abdel Kader Hatem
Robert Young Resigns to Enter Newspaper Reporting
Robert Young, famed star of Father Knows Best and numerous films, resigns his role as a building and loan collector to pursue a career as a newspaper reporter. He moves from acting to journalism, signaling a career shift in the entertainment and media world.
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Robert Young
Japs Build Case Against U.S. GIs Over Fatal Range Incident
Tokyo reports Japan building its case in the Somagahara shooting of a Japanese woman by a grenade launcher on a U S firing range. The Maebashi district attorney indicted S C William S Girard of Ottawa Ill on bodily injury causing death. The victim, Mrs Naka Sakai aged 46, was killed as trespassers sought scrap on the range during a firing lull. The trial date is to be set while the US Far East Command delays surrender per Secretary Wilson.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Somagahara
U.S
Maebashi Procurator
S.3c
William S. Girard
Ottawa
Ill
Naka Sakai
Kakuichi Fujimoto
Girard
Wilson
U.S. Far East Command
Washington
Graham Crusade Opens in New York Garden
James Graham delivers a strong call to accept Christ as crowds of all ages move to the front of the flowered platform. Critics split on impact with some praising earnest preaching and others deeming the evening just a show.
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Billy Graham
Daily News
Graham
Daily Mirror
Christ
The
Herald Tribune
Billy Sunday
John Wesley
New York
Madison Square Garden
Heroic tunnel rescue saves boy after rock collapse
Gov. Harriman sent telegrams praising the rescue team led by Woodson and other fire and police units. An exhausted father and grateful mother waited at the hospital as Brookhaven atomic workers used gamma shield rings to reach the boy trapped underground. Woodson pulled the child to safety and visited him and his mother in the hospital.
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Averell Harriman
Woodson
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Doctor Stays At Site After Rescue Mishap On Long Island
Dr Kris spent nearly 24 hours at the accident site and hours afterward in a hospital, caring for a rescued child and comforting anxious relatives. The gray haired physician works across Long Island hospitals in anesthesia and emergency care.
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Kris
Long Island
Pisgah High hears Chemstrand supervisor at graduation
John Hard, personnel supervisor of the Acrilan plant, spoke at Pisgah Alabama High School commencement Friday evening. He urged graduates as they prepare for a drama opening at Madison Square Garden. Hard described an actor taking tranquilizers before an opening night of a $900,000 production where he stars and is the sole attraction.
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Chemstrander
Pisgah
John
Hard
Chemstrand Corp. Acrilan
Ala
Madison Square Garden
Counselling Room Records 704 Decisions First Crusade Night
The Counselling Room logged 704 decisions on the crusade's opening night. On Thursday 13,000 gathered at Madison Square Garden with about 400 decisions recorded.
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P. S
Madison Square Garden
Moses Promised Land Metaphor Inspires Southern Tech Growth
A speaker urged students to pursue technical studies as the South experiences a surge in industrial growth driven by science, technology, and Southern resources. He likened progress to Moses viewing The Promised Land from Mount Pisgah, highlighting opportunities ahead.
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Iors
Hard
South
Moses
Mount Pisgah
Promised Land
First mainland cathedral raised in Panama in 1510
The first mainland cathedral in the Americas was erected in 1510 at Santa Maria de la Antigua in Panama, marking a milestone in colonial church construction.
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Americas
Santa Maria de la Antigua
Panama
Bus and car collide on bridge. two killed
A Greyhound bus and an automobile collided on a Swift Creek bridge near Colonial Heights Virginia. Two occupants of the car died while the bus carried 16 passengers with no serious injuries reported. A natural gas industry note follows.
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Colonial Heights
Greyhound
Swift Creek
Markets Report From Decatur: Grains and Livestock Prices
Decatur markets show cotton middling 33.00 loan 33.24, cottonseed 40 per ton. Milk Grade A 6.10 per hundred, manufactured milk 3.25, four percent milk ratio below 6o a point above 4 percent. No 2 oats 0.80, mixed ear corn 1.21, No 2 yellow corn 1.27, No 2 mile 2.20, No 1 soybeans 2.30. Cattle 25 head, choice 935 lb heifers 16.50, utility calves 35, hogs 100 head barrows and gilts mostly 17.53.
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Decatur
Gomulka Faces Stalinist Bid as Central Committee Ends Session
Polish Communist chief Wladyslaw Gomulka addressed the Central Committee amid a clash with Kazimerz Mijal over a Stalinist power bid. Informants said Mijal denounced Gomulka’s middle-of-the-road line as capitalistic and capitulatory to the Church. Gomulka delivered a second speech defending anti dogmatism and then won a temporary victory as Mijal withdrew charges and urged unity.
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Warsaw
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Party
Kazimerz Mijal
Gomulka
Mijal
Wheat crop damage cited by rust and heat in Cullman area
Officials note serious tems have not developed. wheat suffers most from rust with yields possibly cut by one third to one half. Lawrence farms 10,000 to 12,000 acres. Pastures and cattle are in good condition. Cotton stands fair, corn fair, truck crops no great problem. Rain mostly not an issue. moisture generally good though some areas had heavy rain last week. Tomato stands not strong due to weather. flea beetle infestations under control.
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Price
Lawrence
Cullman County
H. G. Pinkston
Pinkston
Jupiter cutback risks funding Jupiter program under debate
Gavin says Jupiter represents an R D cutback funding concerns loom as 1 500 mile IRBM competes with Thor. Jupiter development continues at Redstone Arsenal Alabama while Defense Sec Wilson shifts control to the Air Force. Flood warns about money for Jupiter amid production questions. The passage notes a rise in the world fish catch since 1948 with Japan leading.
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Gavin
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
Army
Defense
Sec. Wilson
Air Force
Flood
D-Pa
Wilson
Jupiter
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Morgan County Board of Registrars
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Louisville, Ky
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Jth Ave
Ity
William H. Isbell
Drusella Ashwander
Canal
U.S. Gl
Benjamin Hooper, Jr
Mansville
Texas
Lampasas
Decatur Markets
Kinsington
Kenny Hoover
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