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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1957
Page
1
An important De catur Little League meeting is set for Thursday at 7 30 p.m. in City Electric Auditorium. Major and minor league managers and assistants, board members, head score keepers, player agents, general manager and assistant to the general manager are urged to attend.
Athens city council approved bidding for a half million dollar water expansion after engineers said plans were nearly finished. They also authorized up to 50 thousand dollars to relocate and rebuild the rural electric distribution to the county line along Highway 72 E. Bids for the water project will be opened June 20 at City Hall. An Ed Shelton fishing camp lease site request near Big Creek was filed for potential TVA land lease.
A Birmingham testimony details Ku Klux Klan figures including Asa E. Carter in gaudy robes. The witness Tillery claims Carter asserted control, claimed ownership of the KKK, and urged followers to act as he described tensions within the organization.
At Madison Square Garden 16 000 attendees filled the arena last night as Billy Graham continued his six day New York crusade. Attendance nears 100 000 with 3 946 responding to his call to accept Christ. He urged listeners to commit and abandon old ways for a new life in Jesus Christ.
Pratt. Southern Natural Gas Co. president said the company is negotiating a commercial test from a promising Marion County gas well. The Warrior Basin already has one commercial field at Hamilton and several shut-in wells seen as potential for larger production in the region.
A three vehicle crash 15 miles east of Florence left Bobby Gene Thornton 16 of Lexington Alabama dead from burns and truck driver Dewey Seaton Brown in fair condition at a Florence hospital. State Patrol said Thornton’s tractor was struck after the oil truck collided with a car and the truck caught fire.
Circuit Judge Newton Powell has suspended an earlier order denying probation for Wesley M. Patterson, a Morgan County election official found guilty of tampering with ballots in last year’s Democratic primary. Patterson was sentenced April 5 to two years and two days in the state penitentiary. the judge cited a radiology opinion noting Patterson’s past cancer but no current recurrence. The case involved violation of election laws and the court indicates further action may follow.
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 21.45, down 0.8 feet in 24 hours. Sea level reading 555.75. Yesterday’s high 81 and low 60. At 10:30 am today 84 degrees. Forecast for today to Wednesday shows mostly warm, partly cloudy skies with widely scattered thundershowers. High today 88, low 66, high Wednesday.
President Eisenhower asks Congress to approve 3.865 billion dollars for foreign aid, arguing peace success is essential for tax cuts. He notes the request is 535 million below January estimates and urges continued aid to world security, warning against cutting military expenditures amid current global conditions. He plans a radio appeal tonight.
Eddy Gilmore of the Associated Press told Alabama lawmakers that the United Nations as a political entity is about dead yet the need for international cooperation remains vital. He urged revival or a more effective system, warned Russia would not yield to moral pressure, and noted Moscow’s readiness to threaten war.
Underworld threats to key witnesses endanger the government case against racketeer Johnny Dio in the acid blinding of labor columnist Victor Riesel. A potential witness received a five year contempt sentence to compel testimony. U S Attorney Paul Williams said main witnesses have been threatened and advised not to testify.
At McGuire Air Force Base New Jersey the Spirit of St Louis II a F100F Super Saber Jet lifts to attempt a transatlantic record. Maj Robinson Risner 32 year old Korean War ace pilots the jet aiming for 5680 nautical miles to Le Bourget near Paris in about 6 1 2 hours.
The House Appropriations Committee voted a $2.587 billion cut in new defense funds while proposing $33.541 billion for Army Navy and Air Force for the next fiscal year. President Eisenhower had asked for $36.128 billion. the current year total was $34.699 billion. The cut included a $1.296 billion so called phony reduction, leaving a net cut under four percent.
In Lykens Pennsylvania after about 48 hours of digging eight rescue teams found 34 year old David Snyder trapped 400 feet underground since Friday. He left behind three children. Snyder and his partners LeRoy Snyder and Mark Sponk owned the mine. Death caused by suffocation.
MANORVILLE New York Benny Hooper Jr 7 came out of his oxygen tent today Dr Joseph H Kris said a check showed the pneumonia on his right lung had vanished and only bronchial inflammation remained after a normal 24 hours
Brig. Gen. Leon Cantave with army support took over Haiti promising to steer the nation from anarchy and economic ruin. He dissolved a seven man Executive Council and imposed curfew censorship while declaring a provisional government and military rule until elections.
The Textile Workers Union asks the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee to examine reports that local public officials have been used by employers to hamper organizing drives, with incidents of alleged beatings and threats cited in a letter signed by John W. Edelman. McClellan said he would comment after reviewing the complaint.
Redstone Arsenal accounts for about 750 million dollars yearly in U S Army rocket and guided missile work. Col Eugene J Sweeney lists California North Carolina and New York as leading states with Redstone Arsenal hosting about a dozen announced rocket and missile programs. He notes the Army Ballistic Missile Agency handles Redstone and the Jupiter project and describes a nationwide depot system supporting missile production and supply.
A violent tornado struck the south edge of Kansas City causing extensive destruction in Ruskin Heights and Hickman Mills. Rescue workers report many dead and hundreds hospitalized across nearby Kansas and Missouri as officials mobilize National Guard engineers for relief.
Washington Foreign Aid Administrator John B. Hollister plans to exit the administration soon as the cabinet shakeup reduces Taft era influence in Eisenhower high counsels. Hollister, Taft's former law partner, is expected to leave after presenting the 3.88 billion dollar foreign aid program. he had no comment.
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