George pledges to push peace as NATO ambassador
Retiring Sen. Walter F. George of Georgia pledged to carry on the fight for world peace as President Eisenhower’s personal ambassador to NATO. At a Gainesville appreciation day event, he warned America must be ready to fight to preserve peace and keep NATO intact to prevent isolation and a spread of communism in Europe.
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Sen. George
Ike
NATO
Tom Chase
Gainesville
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
George
Georgia
America
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Europe
William F. Knowland
Rcalif
Senate
Sen
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Richard B. Russell
Gainesville City Park
Atlanta
Russell
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Theodore F. Green
D-Ri
H. Alex
Mrs. Mattie Ellis Passes In Memphis
Former Decatur resident Mrs. Mattie Smith Ellis widow of Homer Ellis died at 89 after a month long illness. Funeral today at 2 in Memphis with burial at Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by three daughters Anne Ellis Eugene Crockett and Robet Blackwell. two sons Homer Tennis and Manchester Tenn.. 14 grandchildren 21 great grandchildren and many nieces nephews. Members of Decatur family attending services include Bobby Ellis Bill Britnell Floyd Harris Paul Blackwell Earl Ellis and Kirk Harris.
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Decatur
Mattie Smith Ellis
Homer Ellis
Memphis
Memorial Park Cemetery
Ellis
Anne Ellis
Eugene Crockett
Baton Rouge
Robert Blackwell
Homer
Manchester
Tenn
Bobby Ellis
Bill Britnell
Floyd Harris
Paul Blackwell
Earl Ellis
Kirk Harris
Corneas From Memphis Child Transplanted to Selma Man
The corneas of a four year old Memphis child who died of leukemia have been transplanted to a Selma Alabama man. The operation marks a pioneering eye tissue donation case announced in Memphis.
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Memphis
Tenn
Selma
Ala
Stevenson Bests Kefauver In Oregon Write-In
In Oregon’s Democratic write-in for the presidential nomination Stevenson leads Kefauver with about 59 percent across 71 percent of precincts. Morse far leads McKay for the Senate while Eisenhower and Nixon dominate the GOP ballot.
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Morrie Landsberg
Portland
Ore
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Oregon
L Eisenhower
Nixon
Wayne Morse
Interior
Douglas McKay
Senate
Stevenson
Kefauver
Multnomah
Tennessee
Florida
California
Morse
Eisenhower
GOP
Memphis Woman Donates Eyes for Corneal Graft
Marilyn Lawson died Wednesday and her parents donated her eyes to the Memphis eye bank. Doctors grafted the corneas to William Tate of Selma, aged 36, and Hattie May Hester of Memphis, 46. Tate had lost sight in one eye from a light bulb accident. Hester had a diseased cornea. Both recipients retained vision in their other eyes. Outcome will be known in about a week.
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Memphis
Marilyn Lawson
Weston G. Lawson Sr
William W. Tate
Selma
Hattie May Hester
Tate
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Washington
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Neil Kirk
Robert G. McNelly
Decatur Junior Service League
Robert H. Brigham, Jr
Decatur Boys’ Club, Inc
SofarSleeper
Innerspring Mattress
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Mrs. Mattie Ellis
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MPRC
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Belk-Bubson CO
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