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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1958
Page
1
Local items include Mrs Horace Fielding's automobile accident recovery, Grace Baptist Church Open House and Christian Science Sunday lessons. Birth announced for Cathey Lynn Nance in Flint Michigan, fire on Lee Street with minor damage, and driver license inspection notes. Atty Gen John Patterson criticized in Wallace campaign speech about integration in Alabama.
National Guard troops controlled Panama City as President de la Guardia faced a general strike led by rebellious students. Riots left eight dead, including three students, and 61 wounded after gunfire and clashes near the National University. Guardsmen used tear gas as student mobs roamed the city.
A hospital on the Anaham Indian reserve in British Columbia was destroyed by two explosions and a subsequent blaze. Twelve children aged under five died, and the Catholic hospital supervisor Sister Mary of the Cross was seriously burned. Several others were injured and flown to Williams Lake for care. The Missionary Sisters of Christ the King ran the hospital amid limited local fire protection.
Lebanon pressed for an urgent Security Council session to discuss alleged United Arab Republic interference in its civil strife. Beirut cited UAR citizens in Lebanon, arms supplies to rebels, and hostile broadcasts from Cairo and Damascus as basis for the complaint.
A middle aged woman in a bandana robbed the Homewood branch of Jefferson Federal Savings and Loan yesterday about 1 30 pm. She passed a note and fled with about 1300. Police and FBI consider her possibly the same suspect who held up City Federal and Loan Assn last February 28. Local sites include Homewood City Hall and the police station across the street.
Montgomery Advertiser reporter Don Mc Kee found evidence suggesting gambling operations paused in Phenix City have resumed. Mayor Leon ard Coulter denies the report and cites past cleanups after the 1954 shooting of Albert Patterson. Patterson later became Alabama attorney general and governor candidate.
Probate Judge T C Alman says election workers from the May 6 Democratic Primary will handle duties again for the June 3 runoff. No new officials have been notified and those who served before will not be replaced. Ballot boxes and hours remain the same 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. DST or 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. CST.
Thirty four Trinity High School students were hospitalized in Athens Limestone Hospital after eating in the school lunchroom. Two pupils remained in fair condition, while the rest were discharged. health officials planned to test the food.
Investigators probed a Nike base near Middletown New Jersey after an Ajax missile explosion set off a chain reaction destroying the area. Ten dead include six soldiers and four civilians with three more injured.
Donations to the Jerry Sparkman Fund continued at The Decatur Daily, reaching 356.85. Eight year old Jerry Sparkman, son of Mr and Mrs Anderson Sparkman, battles muscular cerebellum disease and is unable to romp like other children. He lives with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Fred Sparkman in Oak Ridge while his father seeks work to buy a television he enjoys watching to pass long hours.
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 21.61 feet, rising 25 feet in 24 hours. Sea level reading 555.91. High temperature around 1 PM, 86 today, 60 at 5 AM. Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers today, mild tonight, more clouds and possible showers Saturday. Winds light and variable.
Washington federal agencies move to implement emergency rules to prevent jet trainer and civilian aircraft collisions. President Eisenhower ordered a five point safety plan with a long term air safety fix due in about three months. The plan directs Lt Gen Elwood R Quesada to lead the Air Coordinating Committee. Details released after a White House meeting with Rep Prince Preston.
President Eisenhower's foreign aid program faces possible Senate trimming as the Foreign Relations Committee weighs an authorization bill of 3.9 billion dollars. The committee has tentatively raised military assistance to 1.8 billion, above the House figure of 1.64 billion, and approved 835 million for defense economic supports. House subcommittee members paused further hearings amid administration pressure, delaying final funding decisions.
In Algiers a civilian military committee proclaimed a revolutionary government to back Gen. Charles De Gaulle and demanded his return to power in Paris. The Committee of Public Safety for Algeria and the Sahara includes Brig. Gen. Jacques Massu and Cherif Sidcara, with Salan as nominal supreme authority.
Washington says limited measures aim to deter spillover into Tunisia and Morocco. Officials note Paris and Algiers are channels for U.S. views as clashes flare in Gafsa and Remada while Tunisia calls for French troop withdrawal and Morocco seeks evacuation talks.
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