Bell and Union Agree On Pact In Southern States
More than 55,000 telephone workers in nine southern states will receive wage increases from 32 to under a new agreement reached after a month of negotiations. The pact covers 57,600 non supervisory personnel and merges two contracts into one. The deal adds about nine million dollars annually to Southern Bell production costs and includes higher pay classifications for 37 cities and towns, improved sick leave for new employees, transportation, and a shorter work week for some operators. Ratification by union members is required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
CWA
Southern Bell
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
W. A. Thompson
Albany
Lithonia
Smyrna
Childersburg
Jackson
Decatur
Hartselle
Selma
Ala
Boca Raton
Key Largo
Marathon
Matecumbe
Melbourne
Milton
Stuart
Vero Beach
Eau Gallie
Fla
Boy with Rifle Kills Mother Then Wounds Father in New York Home
A 16-year-old boy used a .22 rifle learned in a Police Athletic League program to shoot his mother as she rushed upstairs. He fired six rounds, killing her, then shot at his father who fled with younger brother Eugene to a neighbor for help. Patrolman OConnor confronted him. the youth surrendered after threats. He was hospitalized for psychiatric observation and charged as a juvenile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Athletic League Rifle Club
Shaediekee
Eugene
Andrew
John O'Connor
Casey
O’connor
O'Connor
Grasslands Hospital
East View
N.Y
Sean
St. Lawrence University
Canton
Rotary District Governors Named in Alabama
An Anniston attorney and a Montgomery educator were elected governors of Rotary International districts in Alabama. Ralph D. Porch of Anniston will lead District 686 in North Alabama, and Charles C. Turner Jr. of Montgomery, executive secretary at Hulingdon College, will head District 668 in South Alabama. They were chosen at the organization’s annual convention in Lucerne Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucerene
Switzerland
Anniston
Montgomery
Rotary International
Alabama
Ralph D. Porch
North Alabama
Charles C. Turner Jr
Hulingdon College
Montgomfriet
South Alabama
Service Club
For Rent and Sale Notices for Decatur Area
Classified fragments list rental and sale items including a 3 bedroom furnished apartment near Decatur and used lumber from Sherman. Also notes a furnished house and a low priced ready made trawler listing with a phone number. Additional lines show a dependent lady wanted for work and a Saturday event reference.
Market Brief Mixed Quotations and Prices
Market notes show No 2 Yellow Core at 1.27 and Ear Corp at 121. No 2 oats tied to Wednesday's limit. Butchers steady 17.75 to 18.00 with sales around 12.08, majority by better than a 2 to 1 margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ear Corp
New York Stocks Slip In Early Harsh Trading Phase
The New York stock market extended a cautious sell off in early trading with few gainers and a subdued opening after a volatile session. Du Pont fell over two points, Lukens Steel dropped about a point, while others held near recent peaks amid profit taking. News of 2200 Frigidaire layoffs and weak machine tool orders tempered sentiment. Rail earnings were soft and natural gas rose modestly to 46.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
du Pont
Lukens Steel
General Motors
Frigidaire
Sinclair and Texas Co
Era Natural Gas
Phelps Didge
Poultry Market Report from Birmingham and Atlanta
AP dispatch reports North Alabama live poultry offerings in good balance with demand. trading fairly active with prices up to 10:30 a.m. Thursday. North Georgia broilers trading active with prices generally one cent higher. heavy type prices steady to one cent higher and light type unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
North Alabama
Atlanta
North
Georgia
F.o.b
Egg market rounds Birmingham prices slip slightly
Wholesale egg grades declined by one cent for mediums large and uncharged. Supplies are adequate and demand ranges from dull to good in spots. Prices delivered per case show variations with quality whites and mixed colors in large sizes running 31 to 38 and 24 to 25 for mediums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Livestock Prices Across Markets Reported
Cattle receipts and bids noted across Nashville and Thomasville markets with generally steady trend. Prices for No 1 through No 5 weights ranged from about 16 to 17 dollars per hundredweight, with mixed lots varying by quality and weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Bany
Moultrie
Aramburu team facing shakeup after military crisis
Buenos Aires reports President Pedro Aramburu weighing sweeping changes in army commands after the ouster and arrest of commander in chief General Luis Bussetti. General Victor Jaime Majo, named army minister, may announce more retirements as factions in the forces clash. The navy and air force show a neutral pro-Aramburu stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Pedro Aramburu
Luis Bussetti
Bussetti
Aramburu
Victor Jaime Majo
Majo
Arturo Ossorio Arana
Record-Setting Balloon Flight Aims for 110000 Feet
Airman David G Simons and Joseph Kittinger prepare for a 24 hour high altitude test to break balloon altitude records. Col John P Stapp leads Operation Manhigh with a capsule packed with monitoring devices, cameras, and data gear as a 200 foot polyethylene balloon ascends with three million cubic feet of helium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David G. Simons
Simons
Kittinger
Col
John P. Stapp
Holloman
Aeromed Labs
Winzen Research Co
Last Rites Friday For Limestone Native
Funeral services for Joseph Mc Kinney Riggs 51 a Limestone County native who died May 18 in a Seattle hotel will be held at 2 p m Friday from the Minor Hill Church of Christ. The body lies in state at Brown's Chapel until 12 o'clock Friday followed by the funeral cortege to the church. He died in his sleep of coronary occlusion. Survivors include brother James S. Riggs Huntsville and two sisters Vera Riggs Stanford Decatur and Grafton Buffalo Minor Hill Tenn. Pallbearers are Leamon Goforth E H Turner Henry Phillips Paul Black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph McKinney Riggs
Limestone County
Seattle, Wash
Minor Hill
Tenn
Church of Christ
Billie Davidson
Brown Funeral Co
Decatur
Brown
James S. Riggs
Huntsville
Vera Riggs Stanford
Grafton Buffalo
Leamon Goforth
E. H. Turner
Henry Phillips
Paul Black
Car Skids 570 Feet. Sylacauga Man Killed in Opp Area
A car traveling at high speed departed U S Highway 331 on a curve south of Opp Alabama, skidded 570 feet and burned on a railroad track. The driver Nellie N. Hurt Jr. 38 of Sylacauga died. Passenger Jay Mack Letcher 35 of Sylacauga was critically injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opp
Ala
Highway Patrol
H. E. Ray
Nellie N. Hurt Jr
Sylacauga
Jay Mack Letcher
South Georgia Florida Wednesday Hog Auction Report
Report on barrows and gilts weighing 180 to 240 pounds with price ranges from 17.73 to 18.45 per hundredweight observed at the Florida auction and related weights in South Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Georgia
Florida
Congress Eyeing Small Budget Effects From Appropriation Cuts
Rep Mills on the House Ways and Means Committee says the cuts voted so far will reduce next year spending by no more than 250 million dollars. He adds the cuts will not justify tax cuts and that much spending will come from existing appropriations or be added back in next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mills Dark
House
Mills
Ways and Means
Congress
Senate House
Eisenhower
Rayburn
Dtex
House Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
Birmingham Transit denies alleged conspiracy with city
The Birmingham Transit Co. rejected claims of collusion with the city to strip Negro bus riders of constitutional rights. The firm argued in its answer to a suit by 21 African American plaintiffs that no actual or justiciable controversy exists between them and the complainants. A second item notes John B. Hollister urging Congress to authorize long term foreign aid spending. He said current rules hinder a sustained program. The third brief reports a fire in Tombstone Arizona, sweeping the downtown and destroying three historic buildings including the Tombstone Epitaph and Crystal Palace saloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Birmingham Transit Co
Washington
John B. Hollister
Congress
Hollister
International Cooperation Administration
Tombstone, Ariz
Tombstone
Lawrence County Hospital Discharges and Admissions
The Lawrence County Hospital lists dismissals and admissions. Dismissed include Mrs. William A Franks Mrs. Thomas L Craig and infant son Mrs Jessie S Hornsby Elbert Lee Wallace Miss Yvonne Ruth Rice Mrs James T Slaten Melvin R Johnson Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Isbell and others. Admitted are Miss Charlotte Joyce Smith Robert L Landis Master William Jack Pitt Jr Alfred Terry Robert Edward Johnson Velma Vivian Lott and Mrs John F Cole plus Mrs James Francis. Discharges include Elmer E Owens and son Vernon Roberson Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Franks
Talucah
Thomas L. Craig
Moulton
Jessie S. Hornsby
6Th Ave
Elbert Lee Wallace
8Th Ave
Yvonne Ruth Rice
James T. Slaten
Carridale
Melvin R. Johnson
Danville
Sarah Elizabeth Isbell
5Th Ave
Charlotte Joyce Smith
Prospect
Robert L. Landis
Johnston St
William Jack Pitt, Jr
Decature
Alfred Terry
Wheeler
Robert Edward Johnson
Velma Vivian Lott
Beech St
John F. Cole
9Th St
James’ Francis
15Th Ave
Lawrence County Hospital
J. W. Long
Recatur
Floyd Legg
Hartselle
Birth Announced for Jones Family in Decatur
Mr and Mrs J A Jones 1413 9th Ave SE announce the birth of a son on May 23 at Decatur General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Jones
9Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
Ellis A Brown 64 Dies in Kentucky
Ellis A Brown 64 Danville 3 died in Louisville Kentucky at 3 30 pm Wednesday Funeral services scheduled Friday at 2 30 pm from Johnson Church Rev Addie Wallace and Rev Eaton Stephenson to conduct rites with interment in the adjoining Peck di cemetery Survivors include wife Mamie Brown Danville 3 one daughter Mrs Olan Drake Wes lace Tex one son Ellis E Brown Danville 8 two sisters Mrs Rosella Layton Decatur and Mrs Minnie Roberts Decatur one brother Jim Brown Danville four grandchildren nephews to serve as pallbearers He was a member of Austinville Methodist Church and a World War 1 veteran Body scheduled to arrive in Decatur this afternoon at 5 58
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis A. Brown
Danville
Louisville
Johnson Church
Addie Wallace
Eaton Stephenson
Peck
Mamie Brown
Olan Drake
Weslace
Tex
Ellis E. Brown
Dan
Trade School Move Forged By Judge Wallace Leadershi p
Judge Wallace hailed as Father of the Trade School Movement and author of the 1947 Trade School Bill. Alumni Association plans 9 o'clock meeting and officer elections. Ladies Auxiliary hosts a 11 o'clock reception for graduates in the cafeteria. Open house in shops 8 to 10. Director Carlton Kelley will award diplomas to Morgan County and other county graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Wallace
Alumni Assn
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Ole
Carlton Kelley
Morgan County
James F. Davis
Leon Isom, Jr
Edward Nelson
Billy van Smith
Robert R. West
Jack D. Lakey
W. F. Robinson
Benson Smith
W. B. Cantrell
Harlan Beddingfield
Leroy L. Leach
Robert Lovelady
Verdon Ray Hill
Limestone County
William F. Robinson
James Self
Don E. Hill
Lawrence L. Baker
Richard W. Chambers
Joseph W. Garlen
Arlie M. Jackson
Peter Penley
Lynn R. Wright
Catherine Darmer
Horace P. Johnson
Ruby Iree Allen
J. D. Bennett
Kidnap Charges Dropped Against Lawrence Man
A 24 year old man released from Lawrence County jail after Pulaski authorities dropped kidnaping charges. Jackie Wadsworth, arrested near Courtland with a cousin’s wife and three children, had a warrant from Giles County charging kidnapping and detaining children from their father. Court costs were paid by Raymod Nix Jr and Wadsworth paid a $52.51 fine on concealed weapon charges in Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Courtland 1
Lawrence County
Pulaski
Tenn
Jackie Wadsworth
Courtland
Giles County
Raymond Nix, Jr
Tennessee
Franklin Smith
Nix
Wadsworth
Lawrence
Man to Die in Gas Chamber Slays Self at San Quentin
Oscar Hugo Brust 47 scheduled for execution tomorrow at San Quentin for the 1954 Lancaster murder of his wife and stepson died by suicide early today. He slashed his throat with a mirror piece in his San Quentin cell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Quentin
Calif
Oscar Hugo Brust
Lancaster
Robert Young quits loan job to become newspaper reporter
Robert Young, known for Father Knows Best and a string of films, resigns as a building and loan collector to pursue a career as a newspaper reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Young
Modern Republicans Form Loose Support for Eisenhower Plan
A small group of Senate Republicans informally backs President Eisenhower's program without White House direction. They aim to drum up support while avoiding clashes with GOP critics. Morse attacks Eisenhower, prompting calls for censure or apologies amid bipartisan defense of the presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
White House
Sen. Cooper (Ray
Cooper
Sen
Javits
RNY
Clifford Case
R-Nj
Sens. Aiken
Allott
Cole
Bush
Conn
Carlson
Kaw
Cotton
Ives
H. Alexander Smith
Thye
Minn
Watkins
Utah
Wiley
Wis
Bridges
GOP
Morse
Oregon
Detroit
Sen. Capehart
R-Ind
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Idaho Power Co
Idaho Power
Hells Canyon
Legal fight over child custody and faith
The natural mother Mrs Marjorie McCoy Doherty gave Hildy up for adoption ten days after birth. Doherty learned the Ellises were Jewish and sought return under a Massachusetts law aimed at placing children with same faith parents when possible. Courts ruled for Doherty but the Ellises vanished with the child, later found in Miami in March via auto registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie McCoy Doherty
Hildy
Ellises
Massachusetts
Doherty
Miami
Ellis
Collins
Eisenhower and Humphrey Call for Open Minded Disarmament Talks
Eisenhower urged an open mind to reach halfway agreements with reasonable negotiators. Humphrey announced a briefing for the disarmament subcommittee and Senate leaders on London conference proposals before Stassen's return. He said ongoing Cold War arms buildup explains the push to negotiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Humphrey
Senate
London
Stassen
City court hits Everson for prohibition violation in morn session
City court this morning tried Julia Everson on a prohibition violation charge. Five city recorder court cases were docketed including charges of disorderly conduct and speeding. Building permits issued to Hubert Lynch and E W McAnally. thefts reported at Decatur Ready Mixed and a tire theft at 101 Bell Ave. A Huntsville man, John Jammar Jr., is missing after leaving Decatur for a wrestling match. Police detained three boys for tampering with meters and car lookers on Sec on Avenue. Florence Adams recovering from surgery. Robert Ed Johnson injured at work when a pulley fell at the Wolverine plant. The Stedham family and Mrs Stedham called to Palatka Fla for a ill relative. Jeff Dutton injured falling from a tree during city work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Recorder’s
Huntsville
John Jammar, Jr
Decatur
Jammar
Truck Cycle Crash Claims Madison Youth
Highway Patrol says a truck and motorcycle collided head on on a Madison County dirt road 46 miles south of Huntsville. The cyclist Alton Wayne Byrd, 17, of Owens Cross Roads, Ala., died. both drivers were speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Highway Patrol
Alton Wayne Byrd
Owens Cross Roads
Ala
Madison County
Segregationists Picket Elinor in Houston Rally Scene
Seven segregationists picketed outside a Houston hotel as Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke at a Bonds for Israel rally of about 500. Roosevelt said she knew of the pickets but offered no comment. She criticized Eisenhower as meek on civil rights and urged obeying the law in response to a Houston segregation suit. A telegram to Mrs Roosevelt signed The Texas Citizens' Council read Goodbye Elinor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senate Finance Panel Backs Calvin State Purchase Bill
The Senate finance committee endorsed Calvin's state purchasing bill and sent it to a subcommittee for study along with a county purchasing bill by Sen. Roland Cooper. Critics questioned the 10 percent negotiating loophole and urged more review as administration pushback and county coverage were debated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Finance Committee
Calvin
Roland Cooper
Wilcox
Senate
Fuller Kimbrell
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Cooper
Winston Stewart
The
Assn. of
House Judiciary Committee
House Health Committee
State Licensing Board of
Barbers
Thompson dies at 75. funeral set in Vinemont
Johnny W. Thompson, 75, Vinemont 3, dies Wednesday at Cullman Hospital. Funeral services are Friday at 2 p.m. from Blair Methodist Church. Burial at adjoining cemetery. Survived by wife, seven sons, one daughter, one sister, 31 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
Johnny W. Thompson
Vinemont
Blair Methodist Church
Cullman Hospital
J. W. Thompson
J G Nix Succumbs Services Set Today
Cullman funeral for James Grady Nix 61 died Tuesday evening at his home in Cullman 4. Services are at Logan Methodist Church today at 2 pm with burial in City Cemetery. He was a retired farmer. Survived by wife Mrs J G Nix daughter Mrs Harold Christopher and six siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
James Grady Nix
Cullman 4
Logan Methodist Church
City Cemetery
J. G. Nix
Harold Christopher
Dailis
Wesley
Talmadge
Velma Hale
Nellie Judkins
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Our
Se Pham
Sherman
Dependable Lady
Pade Bam Wes Pn
UN Pac
Fruit US Steel Warner
Pic West UN Tel Westg
Elec Woolworth Worth
Nashville
Ape. Ie
L’stone Native
Uae
Congressman
By Jack Bell
Decaturite
Tom White
Alabama Flour Mills
National Soft Wheat Assn
Roanoke
White
Self-Rising Flour Institute
Arkansas
Missouri
Nebraska Consolidated Mills Co
Ecators Diary
Julia Everson
Hubert Lynch
Buena Vista Circle SE
E. W. McAnally
Olive St
C. A. Sears
Goodyear
Decatur Ready Mixed Concrete Co., Inc
Market St. NE
Nea
Montgomery- Ward
L. C. Nethery
Bell Ave
Second Ave
Florence Adams
McNeil Apts
Baugh & Wiley Clinic
Robert Ed Johnson
Wolverine
W. H. Stedham
J. S. Stedham
Palatka
Jeff Dutton
City Electric Dept
Walnut St
Madison
Elinor
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