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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1952
Page
3
First Japanese ambassador to the United States since Pearl Harbor departs for Washington. Araki says his mission is to promote good will and friendship between the two nations as his first and last job.
Faculty and students invite the public to commencement at the Cotaco High School Sunday at 2 30 PM with a full program including hymns, solos, an invocation, and a baccalaureate sermon by Rev Esra Vornholt. Graduation exercises follow Wednesday night at 8 PM with speeches, awards, diploma presentations, and the Alma Mater.
Camden Alabama mayor identifies the pilot as Paul B. Root of Craig Air Force Base Selma. He was found half conscious in dense woods by a farmer on horseback about 6 am near the wrecked F-51, parachuted from the spin and injured neck taken to Craig AFB Hospital. The plane exploded on impact and a night search was suspended until morning.
About 200 public utility projects are under way as part of the Eastern Kivu ten year plan for Belgian Congo development. The program includes road construction and improvement and the building of new port installations on Lake Kivu.
Boony Carden 18 year old son of Mr and Mrs R E Carden will attend a baseball game Monday in an ambulance arranged after Dr T J Chitwood and Joe Morrison arranged the plan. Boony has listened to games for years and never attended due to his condition. He will be taken to see his heroes in person.
The article reports the dedication of a Blue Star highway plaque near Athens honoring World War II service dead. It cites remarks by Joe Starnes and local officials, color guards by Legion and VFW, and mentions induction into the Athens High School National Honor Society. It also covers blood typing efforts at Athens Limestone hospital, a poultry company employee outing, and a JCs fishing rodeo with prize winners.
Athens' Park and Recreation Board hires Larry Striplin a Birmingham-Southern graduate to lead the youths summer recreational program starting June 2. Striplin, Parrish native with Birmingham and Selma board experience, will be accompanied by his wife Mrs. Striplin, a 1952 May Queen honoree. Also note Athens College students stage a musical pageant depicting valley life in the late 1800s at McCandless Hall with curtain at 8 p.m. The libretto is by Kurt Weill and James Warren directs Down In The Valley.
Local note records that a member of the Athens VFW post attended last night and noted blood types among participants. No further details provided.
Ernest and Kathleen Woods and Willie Harmon were released from Morgan County jail on 756 bond each after being charged with multiple cabin burglaries on Trinity Mountain. The trio had been held in Decatur to Birmingham aboard a Mutual Service ambulance and could attend a Birmingham game with tickets secured by Dr. Chitwood and Johnny Aycock. Additional suspects and stolen items tied to the April 18 break-ins were later recovered in Decatur and near the Morgan-Lawrence county line.
A knife wielding robber bound 20 year old Anita Laken with picture wire and stole her $6,000 ring. He returned, bound her again, then fed her ill 18 month old Lane his bottle before fleeing claiming the baby needed medicine and milk.
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