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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1956
Page
3
HAL BOYLE visits Connley’s Creek North Carolina to test two famed South traits grits and Southern womanhood. The piece blends local views on grits origin cooks and memories of Southern romance with a Georgia style humor.
Sixty seven Morgan County High School seniors will receive diplomas in Riddle Auditorium Hartselle tonight at 8. Dr. Willie Sutton will speak, Robert Parker class president will give the welcome, and J C Pettey will present diplomas and awards.
A brief spell of summerlike weather ended as cool air from Canada moved into the plains and Great Lakes region after showers and severe storms. Chicago cooled from 92 to the 50s after a brief shower, with temperatures dropping about 35 degrees in Minnesota and Wisconsin and in the low 30s in far northern areas.
Dr. Frank C. Baxter told a press conference that America is afraid to death of eggheads and warned the nation risks losing world leadership. He condemned mass education methods that throttle gifted students while insisting some people are born to higher roles. He named Winston Churchill as once a leader but claimed he is through.
Public legal notice concerning Dorothy J Slaton in Morgan County Alabama. Case details indicate equity action in a circuit court with dates and party names referenced in the readable fragments.
A dormitory named Grayson Hall at Huntsville Negro School burned last night, the third men’s dorm destroyed in recent years. No injuries were reported as firemen battled low water pressure and strong winds for over two hours. Student Roosevelt Noble and business manager L R Patton helped move items from the upper floors as flames raged.
The Chemstrand Corp Acrilan technical department named four new appointees. Dr. Kenneth Johnson, plant manager, disclosed the selections of T. D. Griffin M. J. Jones W. L. Matthews and D. K. Wilson as new department staff.
Larry DeWitt 39 of Albertville is jailed on a first degree murder charge in the weekend stabbing of Otis C. Roden in Horton Alabama. Roden was attacked at the home of Mrs Alice Centers. both men worked for a poultry company in Albertville.
Republicans criticize the Kefauver Stevenson joint TV appearance in Miami calling it the biggest flop of the year while still demanding equal air time. The Florida primary looms as both men press for the 28 Democratic votes and prompt a party shakeup in California and Texas as Eisenhower and Nixon supporters stay united.
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