French Premiers Upheaval Deepens Political Crisis
President Rene Coty faces a growing government crisis as Guy Mollet's austerity plan is rejected by the National Assembly. Mollet resigns after 16 months, with possible successors including Pierre Pflimlin and Rene Pleven. Coalition politics loom over Coty's visit to the United States.
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Paris
Rene Coty
National Assembly
Guy Mollet
France
Coty
United States
New York
Mollet
Wene Bierre Pflimlin
MRP
Popular Republican Movement
Rene Pleven
Assembly
Antoine Pinay
Pinay
Theil
Weather turns mild with brief storms and gusts
The morning brought no forecast tornadoes but winds up to 50 mph knocked down a tree at Grant Street and 10th Ave. A heavy 9:30 am downpour soaked Limestone County while temperatures fluctuated from 64 to 78 degrees before stabilizing. Showers and scattered thundershowers with winds to 18 mph expected later.
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Electric Department
Grant Street
10Th Ave
City Street
Joe Elliott
Elliott
Highway Patrol
Limestone County
Quince Eddens
City Electric Dept
Eddens
Missouri
Kansas
Hale County Boy Killed On Hiway
Greensboro reports four year old Jerry Randall Owens of Moundville was struck and killed on a highway. The brief notice provides no further details about the incident or investigation.
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Hale County
Greensboro
Jerry Randall Owens
Rt. 1
Moundville
Hospital Admissions and Dismissals Listed
Hospital admissions include D. Brock Ardmore Dale Little Moulton Mrs John D Robinson Falkville John Black 1413 7th Ave SE Mrs dred Sentell Elkmont and Miss Lucy Donahoo 905 4th Ave SE Dismissals list C H Miller 1606 Olive St and Mrs W C Skipworth 2003 6th Ave
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D. Brock
Ardmore
Dale Little
Moulton
John D. Robinson
Falkville
John Black
7Th Ave
Dred Sentell
Elkmont
Uacy Donahoo
4Th Ave
S.E
C. H. Miller
Olive St
W. C. Skipworth
6Th Ave
DeKalb Area Births Recorded At Decatur General
Mrs. Robert H. Rivers of 62242 6th Ave SW and Delmer C. Ludge of Athens report newborns Rex Marlin Mooney and Carl Randell Hastings at Decatur General Hospital. Also listed are baby George Wallace Pitts and residents W. C. Hunter and E. W. Pitts with De catur and Tanner connections.
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Robert H. Rivers
6Th Ave
Rex Marlin Mooney
Decatur
Delmer C. Ludge
Athens
Carl Randell Hastings
Tanner
W. C. Hunter
12Th St
Lawrence County Hospital Names Local Residents
Little Anita Kaye Fretwell and Henry Lang of Moulton appear among listed individuals. Ray Stephenson also of Moulton. Mrs Garnet L Hardyman and son of Moulton. Mrs W A Montgomery of Hillsboro. Mrs Ralph Segars and daughter of Danville.
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Anita Kaye Fretwell
Moulton
Henry Lang
Ray Stephenson
Garnet L. Hardyman
Local Social Notes List Names and Residences
Mrs Bobby Evans and son Athens. Mrs Mildred Thompson Madison. Mrs William Dollar Birmingham. Ann Clem Ardmore. Mrs Carlton Garner and son Athens. Connie McConnell Athens. Mrs Howard Smith Capshaw. Mrs Paul Griffin Athens 6 Peasy Lorraine Flannigan Athens 6. Clyde Smith and son Hunts Johnny Ralph Crow Toney 2. Mrs Robert Smith and son Athens. Margaret Rachel Smith Elkmont. Ann Clem Ardmore Tenn 2. Nick Carr Jr Athens 8.
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William Dollar
Birmingham
Ann Clem
Ardmore
Carlton Garner
Athens
Connie McConnell
Howard Smith
Capshaw
Paul Griffin
Peasy
Lorraine Flannigan
Eo Clyde Smith
Hunts
Johnny Ralph Crow
Toney
Robert Smith
Margaret Rachel Smith
Elkmont
Bradford and Cross Families Announce Births in Alabama
Mr and Mrs Robert Bradford Town Creek 3 welcome a girl born Monday at Lawrence County Hospital. Mr and Mrs Floyd Cross Wheeler announce a son born May 21 at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Edmond Golden Huntsville announce a son born May 21 at Decatur General Hospital.
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Robert Bradford
Town Creek
Lawrence County Hospital
Floyd Cross
Wheeler
Decatur General Hospital
Edmond Golden
Huntsville
Graham crusade stirs 605 to seek repentance in seven nights
Billy Graham urged listeners to surrender to Christ as 605 people, led by a blind man, came forward for decisions, bringing seven night total to 4 524. He attacked lies in business, greed, and lust for money saying all lies are black and the economy tempts many toward hell for a better job.
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Graham
Christ
Walter Hamilton 46 Dies. Funeral Thursday at Spring Hill
Funeral services for Walter Hamilton, 46, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Spring Hill Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Hamilton was found dead in his yard last week and death was due to natural causes.
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Walter Hamilton
Spring Hill Church
Sykes of
Decatur
Hamilton
Valley area pedestrian injured in Hale County crash
A pedestrian was seriously injured yesterday after being struck by a pickup truck on a Hale County road 1.7 miles north of the Valley community. The highway patrol said the incident occurred as the man ran onto the roadway and described the truck driver offense.
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Hale
Parol
Police Urge Safety Check Lane in Decatur
Decatur police urge vehicle owners to use the Community Safety Check Lane on Gordon Dr SE between Second and Fourth Aves this week. Officers direct traffic while experts perform checks. most drivers lack awareness of defects in lights signals and brakes. About half of checked cars showed defects and the Chief urges car owners to display the safety checked sticker.
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Decatur
Gordon Dr. SE
Pack Self
A. B. Lightfoot
State Highway Patrol
Hawkins Aims to Block All Appropriations Till Purchasing Plan Vote
Hawkins vows to block all appropriation bills until the Legislature votes on state purchasing reform. He cites Sen. Joe Calvin's bid to require competitive bidding on most state purchases and ties House action to approving the purchasing measure.
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Hawkins
Montgomery
House
Ways and Means
George Hawkins
Etowah County
Senate Finance Committee
Morgan County
Joe Calvin
Rankin Fite
Marion County
Rules Committee
Fite
James E. Folsom
Calvin
E. L. Roberts
Etowah
Senate
Alabama
League of Women Voters
Robert F. Futrell
Graf
League
Len Roland Cooper
Wilcox County
House Health Committee
Odelle Carmichael
State Department of Pensions and Security
Judiciary Committee
House Ways and Means and Rules
James E Folsom
Four Mississippi women injured in Cullman wreck
Four elderly Mississippi women were hospitalized after a one car crash 18.3 miles south of Cullman on Highway 69 at 12:55 PM. Injuries included back, rib, leg injuries and facial lacerations. all four were from Jackson, Mississippi. Stone, 71, listed as the driver, faced minor damage to the car valued at $200.
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Jackson
Miss
Stone
Democrats rally notes and organizing push in 8th District
Democratic headquarters hosted a brief party gathering with Judges Newton Powell W H Long and T C Almon present. Roberts announced a Young Democrats organizing campaign across the 8th District in June and urged support.
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Democratic
Newton Powell
W. H. Long
T. C. Almon
Eisenhower Defends Aid Program As Senate Debates Size
Eisenhower hails aid program as a saving shield of freedom and warns that cutting or ending it would raise war risk. Senate figures differ with Johnson cautious on a minimum figure while Young and Aiken urge restraint though some Republicans back the full sum. Ives and Purtell pledge support while Case warns against weakening the bulwark against possible Communist aggression.
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Eisenhower
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Sen. Young
R-Nd
Sen
Aiken
R-Vi
Butler
GOP
Ives
R-Ny
Sen. Purtell
Rconn
Clifford Case
RNJ
Military convoy deemed too large for English village streets
A British staff college remark is cited noting that a massive war convoy, claimed to number over 15 wheeled vehicles and including a missile retinue, would fail to fit through narrow English village streets and could not be brought within range of a watchful enemy if roads and railways are targeted.
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Staff College
Lester Smith Named To City Park Recreation Board Post
Lester Smith a drug store employee was approved by the Decatur city council to join the city park and recreation board replacing Milton Norris who served about eight years. Smith lives at 920 6th Ave SE and works as a book keeper and drug clerk. The meeting also discussed sewer connections for Decatur General Hospital and paving plans for Brookside Dr SE along with a proposed town film project and an alley cleanup along L N Railroad property. The council adjourned without action on the alley request and changed meeting dates to the first and third Tuesdays.
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Lester Smith
Dillehay Drug Store
City Park and Recreation Board
Decatur City Council
Smith
Milton Norris
Knox L. McRae
Norris
6Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
Morgan County
Fred Hunt
Somerville Rd
8Th St
Hunt
Johnnie Aycock
Brook
B. Denbo
L & N Railroad
Moulton St
Johnston
Our City
Ferry
Walnut Sts
Railroad St
Senators Back Dulles Plea On Mutual Security Program
Secretary of State Dulles faced a warm Senate Foreign Relations Committee reception as he outlined a 3.8 billion dollar plan to separate military and economic aid and loans for developing nations. Senators Capehart Humphrey Fulbright lauded the program as sound, overdue, and imaginative, while Dulles warned against cuts without Soviet arms reductions and defended the plan’s deterrent value.
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Washington
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
Capehart
R-Ind
Humphrey
D-Minn
Eisenhower
Sen. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Wiley
R-Wis
Free World
Midwest
New York City
Green
D-Ri
Yugoslavia
Congress
Assault Cases Set for Morgan County Court in July
Two men James Thomas and Carl White were arrested on assault with a weapon charges after an affray at the Dinsmore Cornelius home. Thomas bonded at 500 dollars White at 300 dollars. Warrant sources include Ray Walker and Thomas. Thirteen Compton sheet metal workers have been on strike since April 18.
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Morgan County
James Thomas
5Th Ave
Rowland Compton Refrigeration Co
Carl White
Huntsville
Thomas
White
Ray Walker
Compton
Dinsmore Cornelius
4Th Ave. SE
Thas
the Daily
Cornelius
Tyler McBay
Compton Company
Union Vote Pending At Farm Industries
The National Labor Relations Board will sponsor an election at Farm Industries after a petition from local sources. The union seeking recognition as bargaining agent for about 100 employees is the Retail Butchers and Packers AFL-CIO.
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National Labor Relations Board
Plant Management
Butchers and Packers
Afl-Cio
Alexander Hamilton Born on Nevis Island
Alexander Hamilton, famed drafter of the U.S. Constitution, was born on Nevis in the British West Indies. The text notes the island’s small size, citing an area around 50 square miles.
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Alexander Hamilton
Nevis
Brita Indies
Market notes on cotton milk and cattle prices
Cotton middling at 33.00 with Decatur loan 33.24. Milk Grade A at 6.10 per hundred, manufactured milk 3.25. Mixed Feed Corp 1.21, No 2 Yellow 1.27, No 2 Oats and No 2 Mile around 2.20. Cattle utility cows 12.50-14.50, cutters 9.00-12.50. calves 173. Healers steady. high grade beef 21.50-23.00. Coal and bulk trade showing 75 advancing. No 1-3 190-240 lb 17.75-18.25.
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Decatur
Eat Corp
Stocks Edge Higher as Oil Stocks Lead Early Gains
New York stocks opened narrowly mixed with oils among the best moving sectors. Standard Oil of New Jersey added about a point after a prior gain, Amerada steadied, Texas Co and Sinclair posted fractional gains, steels were mixed, U S Steel and Republic Steel eased, and GM slipped slightly.
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New York
Standard Oil
New Jersey
M. J. Rathbone
Amerada
Texas Co
Sinclair
Youngstown
Bethlehem
U.S. Steel
Republic Steel
General Motors
Poultry Market Reports Mixed Prices Georgia to Atlanta
North Georgia live poultry trading remains active with fairly balanced supply and good demand. Prices vary with sizes steady in some lots. heavy birds listed at farms 17 and FOB plants 13 to 14.
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Atlanta
North Georgia
Birmingham Market Prices For Hours Ending Wednesday
AP reports Birmingham market prices for hours ending 10 30 a m Wednesday with one cent differences across colors. Large and small fully adequate light demand. delivered cases included. extras. Minimum 60 cent for A quality whites. Mixed colors large 30 3144. medium 25 4 26. one lot 28. Standards one lot 28. Jis Ha 5 B42 small.
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Birmingham
Livestock Prices Across Nashville and Thomasville Markets
AP notes cattle and hog movements with prices listed for calves Wealers sows and hogs across Nashville and Thomasville markets. Calf and barrow price ranges are given with weights 190 to 260 pounds and 2200 hogs reported at receiving plants.
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Thomasville
New York Cotton Futures Rise Amid Active Trading
In New York the AP reports cotton futures showing gains in moderately active dealings. Prices climbed with new season highs as trade cover and short-covering pushed values up about 10 cents to 1.40 dollars per bale.
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New York
House predicts early June passage of civil rights bill
House Democratic leader McCormack of Massachusetts says the civil rights bill will pass in early June with little change and should also pass next year. The measure, backed by Eisenhower, cleared a southern hurdle and goes to four days of debate with open amendments.
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Washington
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
House Rules Committee
Rep
Colmer
D-Miss
Judiciary Committee
Celler
D-Ny
Keating
New York
Senate
Billy Graham sermon draws 18 500 in New York crowd
The article notes 18 500 attended Graham's Broadway rally with mixed press reactions. It contrasts Garys of public reaction and cites Walter Winchell and Bob Considine while detailing Graham's remarks on fear and danger in urban life.
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Walter Winchell
Graham
Bob Considine
Billy Graham
Billy Sunday
Oral Roberts
Newbold Morris
Broadway
PTA
Scarsdale
Oyster Bay
Dorothy Kilgalien
Heaven
Chicago
House Proposes Party Unity in Nominee Support
He stated no plan to bypass Republican congressional leaders to pass his program. He said he aims to back all nominees for Congress to keep the White House and legislative branch under the same party.
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Congress
White House
Legislative Branch
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