Aid Cut Demands Persist Despite New Ike Warning
President Eisenhower urged continued support for the $3.865 billion mutual security program while warning economy advocates risk free world disaster. Congress committees opened hearings as lawmakers debated foreign aid cuts and the broader budget amid party divisions. the president warned against reckless economy that could threaten peace and freedom.
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Apes Club to Host Covered Dish Supper at Masonic Temple
Community notes report the Apes Club will hold a covered dish supper at the Decatur Masonic Temple dining room Friday at 7 p.m. The article includes local updates on arrests, hospital visits, and social visits among Decatur and Morgan County residents.
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Area Legislators Propose Two Welfare Funding Measures
Limestone and Morgan legislators introduced two bills in the state senate session. Rep. Bob Gilchrist seeks broad funding for all phases of the welfare program by removing current earmarks. Rep. James Dement proposes a $1 annual consumer liquor license with revenue split between mental and tuberculosis hospitals.
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Tornado Outbreak Leaves Missouri in Destruction
The Midwest counts 50 dead and hundreds injured after two days of violent storms across Missouri and neighboring states. Destructive twisters leveled Fremont and Desloge area towns, with 156 hospitalizations in Kansas City region and thousands homeless or affected by widespread damage.
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AFL-CIO delays Ethics panel on Teamsters corruption charges
The AFL-CIO postponed indefinitely a meeting of its Ethical Practices Committee to review charges against the Teamsters led by Dave Beck. John F. English, newly named AFL-CIO vice president, pushes for Beck's ouster aided by a majority Teamsters board majority.
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Weather front brings big rain in North Alabama
The Weather Bureau warned of severe thunderstorms in North Alabama through 6 p.m. with hail and isolated damaging winds. Heavy winds caused slight damage in Sheffield and Huntsville. Dense clouds over Decatur prompted drivers to use headlights this morning as the weather front moved in.
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Athens REA Approves 950000 for Rural System Upgrade
The Rural Electrification Administration approved a 950000 loan package for Athens Electric Dept to expand and improve the rural system. City officials were told by Washington congressmen. Funds will be borrowed as needed over five to six years, with a 50000 project along Highway 72 as the first draw.
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Weather and River Update for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 21.56 feet up .11 feet in 24 hours. Sea level reading 555.86 feet. Yesterday’s high 91 at 2:30 pm and low 73 at 6 am. Today’s 11 am temperature 66. Forecast calls for partly cloudy to cloudy with showers and winds 12 to 18 mph. High today 87, low tonight 69, high Thursday 88.
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Disease Threatens Dove Population Across Area
The area faces a deadly dove sickness harming flocks. Hunters faced with a promising season last year may see fewer birds as farmers report doves dying rapidly. Little is known about the illness beyond its rapid spread and high fatality.
British Writer Ridicules Cumbersome U S Missile
London The military expert David Willis of the London News Chronicle ridicules America's Corporal guided missile as a cumbersome expensive weapon unlikely to be used in future war. He describes the 50 mile range device unveiled at the army artillery school as grotesque in appearance and operation. Willis notes Britain paid 84000 dollars per missile to aid its postwar defense program.
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Palmer Named Ingalls Executive Vice President
Birmingham report states Robert C. Palmer long time Ingalls Industries executive was promoted to executive vice president of Ingalls Iron Works Co at a board meeting. Palmer, a Cornell graduate, has held an executive post since 1934 and became vice president in 1951.
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Graham says New York is too busy for God at Madison Square Garden
Billy Graham told 17 500 people in Madison Square Garden that New York's moral ills include double lives and money obsession. He urged the crowd that being too busy for God is the city’s core fault.
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Dodgers Draw 40000 as Graham Appears in Brooklyn
In New York City a Billy Graham appearance drew about 40,000 Dodgers fans in Brooklyn. Many heard a message in plain talk leading to decisions to follow Christ while a water-pitcher dispute stirred Stage-Hand Union protests over pay.
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Democrats Rally At Decatur High
An estimated 83 Morgan County Democrats paid $5 for a Decatur High School dinner to hear Centerville Judge G Harper Stacy Sr discuss party achievements for the South. Stacy noted Republican inaction, with Mrs Lucille W Lindsey introducing him and Quinton Hightower emceeing. Proceeds go to state and national Democrats.
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Duncan Is Fined For Mail Fraud
W. J. Duncan Jr., already on probation for a Decatur cotton warehouse shortage, was fined 2000 dollars and placed on three years probation in Birmingham after pleading guilty to federal mail fraud. He allegedly devised a scheme to defraud Chase Manhattan Bank of New York while operating Duncan Cotton Co Inc. Judge H. H. Grooms delivered the sentence.
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Eisenhower Warns Over Defense Cuts Impact on Missile Programs
President Eisenhower warned that about half of a 2 percent trillion dollar defense cut approved by a House committee would strike directly at defense programs in aircraft and guided missiles. He urged the Senate to restore the cut and stressed the budget in balance is not to be reduced by tax cuts.
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Suez Issue Returns to Shelf at United Nations
The Suez Canal issue resurfaced at the United Nations after a two day Security Council debate sparked by France calling for new negotiations on Egypt unilateral control. The only concrete result was a request from Council President Henry Cabot Lodge for Egypt to clarify its canal rules.
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Klan incident witnesses back self defense claim in Evans trial
In Birmingham two Ku Klux Klan members testified for Ira N. Evans, contending he fired in self defense at a January 22 Klan meeting where James Tillery was wounded. Evans faces assault with intent to murder charges, with three others facing similar counts in the same case. Mobile reports a $138,419 contract for river dock facilities awarded to Ballew & Roberts Construction Co.
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