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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1957
Page
4
Outdoor living valued in Decatur area promotes lifestyle
The article extols Decatur as a key asset drawing people to live there and enjoy ten months of outdoor life. It urges readers to visit Gordon Dr between Second and Fourth Avenues in front of Gordon Bible School for a free safety check lane where no purchase is required and guidance is provided to prevent grief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Gordon Dr
Second Ave
Fourth Ave
Gordon Bible School
Technicolor life and color dreams in everyday America
A columnist mocks the push for color in home life and consumer goods, noting society fixates on pastel, true-life color and technicolor ideals. The piece muses on progress and the lingering appeal of black and white, suggesting nostalgia amid modern color trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
These Things Build Communities In Decatur Youth Baseball
More than 400 boys aged 8 to 16 will play in Decatur summer Little League and Babe Ruth League with 22 teams contesting for district state and possibly national playoffs. Fifty volunteers coach manage umpire and scorekeep while 14 sponsors contribute 3500 dollars, an investment in youth and civic spirit. This effort parallels streets schools and hospitals in shaping a progressive community and teaching lasting lessons in sportsmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Life Magazine editorial urges small cotton farmers to quit fields
The Life Magazine piece argues subsidies fail to help distressed growers and pushes marginal farmers to move to town. It notes Southern smallholders have generations of experience producing top cotton and questions where new jobs would come from for thousands of workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Life Magazine
New York
Kuykendall Faces Fire Over Secret Gas Bill Draft
Jerome Kuykendall, reappointed head of the Federal Power Commission, admits meeting with three industry lawyers to draft House Resolution 6790 without consumer input. He says the White House instructed a draft to meet presidential veto conditions while promising secrecy to avoid rumors of another gas bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jerome Kuykendall
Eisenhower
Federal Power Commission
Kuykendall
United States
Torbert Macdonald
Boston
Randall LeBoeuf
Consolidated Edison
New York
William Tarver
Southern Natural Gas
Birmingham
Ala
David Searls
Texas Natural Gas Producers
Southern Gas Producers
Northern Gas Distributors
Congress
Harris-Fullbright
Jerry Morgan
White House
Southern
Mayors’ Association
U.S
Macdonald
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Paul Douglas
Ilinois
Big Gas Boys
Harris
House of Representatives
The Decline of Oratory at Formal Dinners
A columnist criticizes lengthy banquet speeches and professional humorists. He laments recycled jokes and speeches written by public relations firms, noting the disconnect between speakers and real knowledge, and questions the influence of lawyers and advertisers on public discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Eisenhower to Discuss Foreign Aid Budget Tonight
The World Today reports President Eisenhower will outline the need for foreign aid and seek public support for a $3.8 billion request for next year. It notes 58 billion in aid since WWII, mostly grants, and cites the national debt rise to about 273 percent since 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press News
Washington
ABC
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
United Nations
Look Within To Overcome Inner Conflict
The piece urges readers to confront inner struggles rooted in childhood, neglect, insecurity, or loss. It suggests eradicating self-hate, boosting faith and hope, and replacing negative thoughts with constructive effort to regain courage and liveliness.
Senate Rackets Committee Faces Labor Figures
The Senate Rackets Committee weighs anti labor positions while recalling a plan for a three man national commission to probe Communism involving Judge Harold Medina Bernard Baruch and David Dubinsky. The piece notes Ike's aim to influence Egypt through two top Democrats and hints at a Moscow linked Cairo, with Defense Secretary Wilson cited on budget cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
National Commission
Harold Medina
Bernard Baruch
David Dubinsky
Ike
Egypt
Cairo
Moscow
Bill Knowland
Formosa
Defense
Wilson
Bell Syndicate
Mirella Rocco the Bush Huntress of Africa
Mirella Rocco, daughter of an Italian rancher, is a famed safari hunter and cameraman in Kenya. She has led 11 safaris, bagged lions, leopards, buffalo, and antelope, and doubles for Donna Reed in a Columbia Pictures film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocco
Mirella
Tarzan
Jane
Donna Reed
Columbia Pictures
Mombasa
Miss Reed
Miss Rocco
Mirelle
Nairobi
Kenya
Lake
Nivasha
Mirrella
Paree
London
New York
Western Europe receives most military aid while Asia and the Middle East rise
The report notes shifts in U S aid patterns. In 1956 military assistance totaled about 3 billion dollars with Western Europe receiving 1 8 billion and Asia Pacific over 700 million. Nonmilitary aid reached about 1 5 billion with 12 countries including Korea India and Italy receiving two thirds. For 1957 Congress approved about 3 8 billion dollars for aid with roughly 2 1 billion for military and 1 billion for nonmilitary assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
United States
Americas
Asia
Far East
Middle East
Pacific
Near East
Africa
Korea
Pakistan
Viet Nam
India
Formosa
Italy
Turkey
Spain
Brazil
Israel
Iran
Thailand
Congress
Reverend Declines Offer to Enter Drunken Man’s Home
In Columbia Kentucky a minister encountered a drunk on the street who asked to come inside to let his wife see who he had been with. The Reverend Art Feet refused the request at his door, saying no.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Art Feet
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