Cattle Taxation Debate Reaches Court in Alabama
The Montgomery Board of Equalization sent notices to adjust ad valorem cattle taxes under a state plan. Cattlemen protest assessing cattle on farms and after Oct 1, arguing they should not be taxed. County officials seek legal opinion as cattlemen critique Revenue Department head counts based on mortgage records rather than census.
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Montgomery Board of Equalization
State Department of Revenue
Alabama
The
Revenue Department
Montgomery Board
Napoleon Trotter
Ramer
Montgomery County
City Council Approves Police Vehicle Replacement
The council authorized the police committee to buy three new sedans to replace a Chevrolet a 1953 Plymouth and a 1955 Ford. Officer Higdon said the old cars are not usable and just sitting. All councilmen and Mayor H R attended. Shanks stood in for City Attorney Caddell.
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10Th Ave
Moulton St
Church St
Harry Higdon
14Th St
Highway 31
Austinville Rd
C. Hutcheson, Jr
Gael Slane
Dennis Jett
12Th Ave
H. R
Phillip T. Shanks, Jr
City Attorr
John A. Caddell
Perry Luallen 49 Dies in Birmingham
Perry Luallen aged 49 dies at University Hospital Birmingham after two weeks as a patient. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 p m at Union Hill Parker Church with ministers Coleman Cooper Troy Ashley and William Guice officiating. Burial is at the family cemetery under Brown Funeral Co supervision. He leaves his father F Luallen Wheeler three brothers Claude Ellis and Earl all of Wheeler and three sisters Lydia Bum Wheeler and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Funeratien
Wheeler
Union Hill
Parker Church
Luallen
University Hospital
Birmingham
Coleman Cooper
Troy Ashley
William Guice
Ae Sualahae
Brown Funeral Co
Congregational Methodist Church
F. Luallen
Claude
Carbon Hill
Ellis
Earl
Lydia Bum- Wheeler
Amusements listings tease an odd cinema schedule
The note lists film titles and showtimes for venues including The Kettles In The Awry Moxy and Howl MNE Carousel with various performers and times. It reads like a fragmented local entertainment page with incomplete names and stray digits.
Community notices and missing airman update page fragment
Local items report Deborah Powell ill with measles at home and Decatur Women of the Moose meeting at 8 p.m. on Moulton Street. Joint meeting of American Legion Ladies Auxiliaries planned at 6:30 p.m. with covered dish supper. No choir practice at First Christian Church. Lack of word on Air Force Capt. Paul Crumley missing after a Pacific jet crash. his wife travels to Albuquerque for family support. Juvenile Judge T. C. Almon to speak at 5:30 p.m. on WHOS.
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Decatur Women of the Moose
Moose
Moulton St
American Legion Ladies
Decatur
Hartselle
Falkville
Legion Home
Air Force
Paul Crumley
A. C. Blankenship
4Th Ave
Pacific
Blankenship
Albuquerque
N. M
Crumley
Mary Blankenship
Farm bill summary shows cotton price supports and acreage rules
The conference committee reached a farm bill agreement enabling price supports for 1957 and 1958 cotton on 1 652 000 acres plus 400 000 acres for cotton. State allotments cannot drop more than one percent. The bill eliminates Senate amendments allowing wheat sales with no penalties and removes certain grains from the soil bank program. It authorizes up to 750 million dollars in payments to farmers with surplus crops. Rep Poage said the bill would be sent to the House soon and hoped for passage without a fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Bank
Poage
D-Tex
Market drifts lower in quiet New York trading
In New York the stock market drifted down again in quiet trading with an active opening and a growing number of losers as pace slowed. Fluctuations were small with some declines around a point and scattered gains, notably Standard Oil California slipping while Houston Oil edged higher and Chrysler shed about a point.
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New York
Standard Oil
California
See Hee
Houston Oil
Chryper
Dulles Holds Firm On Aid Policy And Red China
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States will propose a new or revised foreign aid plan when the foreign aid bill reaches the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He noted a deduction that Russia would cut its manpower and argued Khrushchev had not disclosed such details. He contrasted disclosure with Stassen’s deduction and addressed Egypt’s recognition of Red China and Aswan Dam aid considerations.
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Washington
Dulles
Advac Pe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
Russia
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
London
Khrushchev
Harold Stassen
Stassen
Egypt
U. N
United States
Aswan
Soviet Union
Morgan County Tax Equalization Highlights and Protests
The Morgan County equalization board discusses assessed values from 5 to 25 percent of market value, with state law pegging ad valorem to 60 percent. Some protests arise but taxpayers are generally cooperative. The board allows farmers to self determine cattle counts for taxation and emphasizes fairness and local retention of taxes.
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White
Young
Montgomery County
Montgomery
Board of. Equalization
Morgan County
Board of Equalization
North Alabama plant prices and demand outlook described
Fragmentary notes report demand for food and plant prices with figures like 21 and 22 FOB. Mentions weak 15-18 year range, light and heavy farm types, and firm fair expectations. Details are incomplete but indicate price points and market mood.
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Y Birmingham
North Alamo Subrlis Angle
Koster and Production Supervisor At DuPont Named
Native of Brooklyn and CCNY alumnus with a bachelor of science degree Konter works with E L du Pont de Nemours Co He is a member of the Amer and lives with his wife Louise in Deatur at 615 Sherman St
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E. L du Pont
Livestock Prices Reported in Rashville Market
In Rashville cattle market activity shows general steady trends with cows weaker. About 92 head shipped with varied classes including utility and commercial cows 1-60.20 and canners and cutters 8.50-10.50. Bulls fetch 11.00-13.00 with common medium stockers in small supply.
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Rashville
Harry S Truman Tours Salerno in Naples Area Visit
President Truman visited Salerno Italy and toured the Naples area. He could not walk far due to a bad ankle and limited his stroll to a few steps outside his waterfront hotel.
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Salerno
Italy
Harry S. Truman
Naples
Truman
Napiss
Hartselle Collision Injures Two Vehicles Totaled Damages
Yesterday at about 11:15 a.m. a collision at the intersection of old and new Highway 31 in Hartselle caused $175 in damage to a 1954 Chevrolet pickup driven by Arthur Joe Roberts and a 1953 Ford driven by Norma Willovene Melson. The Ford sustained $100 damage and the pickup $75 after the car pulled from the cross‑over and hit the pickup’s rear fender.
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Hartselle
Arthur Joe Roberts
Norma Willovene Melson
Abe Parrish
Hospital admissions and dismissals list many names
A long hospital notice lists admissions at HOSPITALS BANK ST and ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL along with patients and relatives such as Mrs. Marshall Adams and baby, Edward McMunn and baby, Mrs. Huston McGraw and baby, Elkmont and Athens residents, and other individuals including Mrs. Beatrice White, Mrs. Pearlie Stewart, and Mrs. J. C. Drake among many entries.
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Herman Borden
West Court Apt
A. E. Oldaker
8Th St
SE. Lawrence County Hospital
Aene Seiior
Edwina Jackson
Moulton
Little Lonnie Gene Bryson
Grayson
Jessie Heaps
Charles V. Hagood
Wilma Bryson
Mattie Lindsey
Danville
Mary Eula Witt
Town Creek
Mary. Dodd
Beulah Pruitt
Paula Compton
Trinity
Beatrice White
Pearlie Stewart
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Kenneth Andrews
Elkmont
Marshall Adams
Athens
Edward McMunn
Huston McGraw
Billy Abernathy
Henry Pendergras
Charles Ludquist
Nella Dean Sandlin
Gerald McNairy
Tanner
Joe Romine
Rogersville
Edward Walker
J. C. Drake
Elvira Searcy
Morris Haney
Thomas Whitten, Jr
George Blankenship
Baugh Wiley Clinic Dismissals Listed
Mrs. Virgil Mason of Somerville and W H Bolton of 706 North Clinton are named in dismissals at the Baugh Wiley Clinic. Other listed names include Mrs H J Carter of Ardmore, Mrs Donald Kelley of Madison, and Mrs Floyd Smith of Ardmore with address notes in Cheatham 808 16th Ave and Ryland Alabama.
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H. J. Carter
Ardmore
Cheatham
16Th Ave
W. T.nae
Ryland
Ala
Donald Kelley
Madison
Floyd Smith
Births reported in Lawrence and Decatur areas
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd White of Trinity 1 at Lawrence County Hospital Sunday. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Grady Dumas of 806 7th Ave SE at Decatur General Hospital Monday. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Kenton Jr. of 407 Finley Drive NW at Decatur General Hospital Monday.
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Floyd White
Trinity
Lawrence County Hospital
Grady Dumas
7Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
C. B. Kenton, Jr
Finley Drive
Texas rally tests loyalty as Shivers era reshaped
The gathering weighs whether Democratic leaders who joined Shivers in 1952 will stay with the party or switch to the GOP while Johnson seeks a united Southern Democrats stance with the national party. The Texas delegation fight at the state convention reflects loyalties and aims to align with Johnson against the 1952 split.
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Shivers
GOP
Johnson
Rayburn
National Party
National Party and Erase the Blowup In 1952 Which Was A Factory Dalen der
Texas
Eisenbower
Filipino discovers 70,000 square mile Pacific island claim
Tomas Cloma, former journalist and head of the Philippine Maritime Institute, asserts ownership over about 64,976 square nautical miles of reefs, shoals, and sandbars west of Palawan, renaming 53 features and seeking official Philippine sponsorship. The claim, based on discovery and occupancy, awaits formal action from Manila.
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Manila
South China Sea
China
Tomas Cloma
Philippine Maritime Institute Nautical School
Philippines
Cloma
Philippine
Palawan
National Geographic
Itu Aba
Foreign Office
Carlos P. Garcia
Garcia
Missouri Editors Predict Stevenson Likely Democratic Nominee
Missouri editors view Adlai Stevenson as the likely Democratic nominee to oppose Eisenhower in 1952 style rematch. The survey shows strong support for Missouri Senator Stuart Symington among state editors, with 14 of 17 favoring him for the nomination. The piece notes broader battleground implications for Missouri and Kansas in the presidential race.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Eisenhower
Kansas
Harry S. Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Sen
Stuart Symington
Symington
Phone Contract Rejection Seen By South Union
Birmingham union officials forecast a large majority of the South’s telephone workers will reject Southern Bell’s new contract for 55 000 employees. Henry Bolin president of the Birmingham local CWA made the prediction after Birmingham CWA voted overwhelmingly against the one year agreement offering wage increases up to five dollars per week.
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Birmingham
South
Southern Bell
Henry Bolin
The
Communication Workers of America
CWA
Bolin
Civil rights bill debated with new federal enforcement powers
The proposal would ban discrimination by color race religion or origin and create a federal civil rights division in the Justice Department led by an assistant attorney general. It would allow civil rights cases in federal court without exhausting state remedies and enable voting rights challenges to proceed federally. The majority argued the bill protects constitutional rights nationwide, while seven dissenters warned it could intrude on state authority and trigger sweeping court decisions. The majority members cited Forrester Willis Jones Ashmore Frazier Tuck and Poff as supporters.
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Justice Department
South
United States
America
Civil Rights Commission
U.S. Supreme Court
Forrester
Willis
Woodrow v. Jones
Ashmore
Frazier
Tenn
Tuck
Poff
Senate mull over defense missile debate and air power roles
Senators Chavez and Symington announce inquiries into defense missiles and air power missions. The probes will summon Army Navy and Air Force leaders for testimony on ground to air missiles and naval air roles. General Earle Partridge will testify in open session Thursday on existing defenses.
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Senate
Sen. Chavez
D-Nm
Appropriations
Sen. Symington
D-Mo
Armed Services
Symington
Army
Navy
Air Force
Russia
Earle Partridge
Air Defense Command
Continental Air Command
Partridge
High court shields rail and airline workers from right to work laws
The high court held that Congress may exempt rail and airline workers from state right to work statutes, allowing shop contracts to proceed in about two dozen states including Nebraska Arizona Florida Georgia Iowa Louisiana Mississippi Nevada North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Texas Utah and Virginia.
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Congress
Nebraska
Arizona
Florida
Gia
Iowa
Louisiana
Missi
Nevada
Carolina
Tenecapes
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Folsom and the Freedom of Choice Debate
The text references Folsom and the Freedom of Choice bill described as not a force bill, indicating a political clarification or defense within a legislative discussion. No further context or outcomes are provided in the fragment.
TVA Financing Heads For New Airing In House
Washington Tennessee Valley Authority financing heads for another airing in the House today. A 5,357,000 appropriation for TVA is first item in the Public Works appropriation bill under debate. The bill also funds Army civet for reclamation and all funds for the Bonneville Western and Southeastern administrations. The TVA funding dispute divides appropriations committee and centers on whether TVA may finance additions to existing plants with its own money without congressional approval.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Big Power Agency
House
Bonneville
Western
TVA
Appropriations Committee
Talote
Corportions Control
Congress
Nehru Proposes Five Point Plan On Algeria Conflict
In New Delhi Nehru outlines a five point plan to end violence in Algeria speaking in Parliament. He expressed deep concern over the grave disturbances enlarging into a large scale conflict and urged steps toward a ceasefire and orderly progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
Prit
Nehru
Algeria
Guy Mollet
Auto hits cow on Highway 20 near Decatur
Damages estimated at 400 dollars were done when a 1955 Chevrolet driven by James W. Shaw of 1912 8th St. struck a cow on Highway 20 about four and a half miles west of Decatur at 9:50 p.m. There were no injuries. The cow walked onto the highway from an open gate as Shaw was meeting another car, according to Highway Patrolman L. M. liams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Shaw
8Th St
Highway 20
Decatur
L. M .Liams
Shaw
Bishop Carpenter to visit Decatur and Athens churches
The Rt. Rev. C. C. J. Carpenter will visit St. John's Ep Church Decatur and St. Episcopal Athens for confirmation on Thursday. Services at St. John's start 5 15 p m and at St. Timothy s 7 30 p m plus a parish house fusion. First Communion for both parishes set for 7 30 am at St John s on May 27 with a family corporate breakfast sponsored by the John s Church Men s Club.
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C. C. J. Carpenter
Episcopal Diocese of
Alabama
St. John’s Ep
Decatur
St. Episcopal Church
Athens
St. John’s
St. Timothy’s
of John's
St. Timothy's
St. John's
John’s Church
For Rent Air Conditioned Solalecte Phone Ad
A short rental notice listing an air conditioned phone unit described as one week old. Includes minimal details and limited usable text for listing purposes.
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Moxy
Maria
Kathleen H Hughes
Gordon Me
Shirley Jones
Victor Ken Cu Madison
Ie Toe Oe
Ann Shera Bey
Ascaturs
Silimale
Deborah Powell
Robert Powell
8Th Ave
Earl Tucker
Thom
First Christian Church
Waldermosa Springs
T.C. Almon
Ellender
Acme Steel
Goodyear
Alleg. L. Ml
Allis Chal
Am Baker
Am Can
T&t
Loew's
Anac Cop
Lou & Nash Armst Ck
Monsan Chem
All C Line
Ward
Ad Refin
Balt & Ohio
Calum & H
Cater Trac
Ga & Ohio
Coca Cola
Fox Texas PC & O
Bag & P
Fla Pw Carbide
Fla P&l
Dynam Foremost Cal
Elec US Steel
Warner
Morgan
Eax
Koster
Harry
Bank ST. Hospital
W. G. Roberts
Ave
Howard Hobbs
Oneal Springer
Annie McGhee
Robin Bowers
A Admissions
Cushman- Robinson
W. A. Cramer
Jackson St
Little
Nancy Beindorff
Enolam Blvd
Pacific Empire
Folsom
IVA Financing
Bishop Carpenter
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