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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1956
Page
2
Pierre Mendes-France resigns as premier but urges 13 cabinet members from his party to stay in the government. French cries of alarm focus on whether his move will force concessions to nationalist rebels in Algeria and shake Prime Minister Mol's administration.
Alabama cotton acreage in 1957 increases about 125,000 acres due to the new bill, lifting allotment from an expected 905,000 to around 1,030,000 acres. The measure also proposes an extra 100,000 acres annually to the national allotment with a minimum allotment tied to state production.
Seven cases appeared in city recorder court this morning with charges including license violations, driving the wrong way on a one way street, careless parking, disorderly conduct, prohibition law violations and drunken driving. William H. Rice escaped yesterday from the city jail street crew while serving sentences for driving while intoxicated and license violations. Building permits issued to Hector Ravis, Hubert Cheatham, and F. H. Hughes. A 1955 pickup truck stolen May 9 was recovered. Morgan County Board of Education meeting scheduled. Local junior high class visited industries. Priceville fifth grade visited Wheeler Wildlife Refuge.
U S scientists view red physicists with greater interest than A bomb makers, noting prestige and unusual rewards offered by the Soviet Union. The piece hints at motives guiding scientific attention amid Cold War tensions and propaganda.
Listings show showings for Us with Jeff Morrow and Rex with Joe MacBeth and Paul Doug an. Also Bowline The Yearling with Greg Jane Wyman and Athens Wichita and McCrea, plus Forever Darling with Lucille Desi Arnaz. Times vary across venues.
Mr. Stone entered the lumber business at age 20 and remained active until 1947 when he retired at age 81 from the local industry.
Admissions include Mrs. James Owen of Athens and Mrs. W N Sandlin Sr of Athens. Names also cover J Fee See at 20 EA Avenue, Mrs J W Hayes Sr at 430 Graham Avenue, David E Summerford in Hartsville, and William W Johnson Jr at 1203 6th Ave SE.
Terry Bryant of 1824 6th Ave. SE and Mrs V W Quattlebaum of 1321 are named in this fragmented public notice brief.
Dismissals listed for Mrs. Carl Cechie Mrs. Barney Collins and baby Mrs. Charles Lundquist and baby Mrs. Russell Guess all of Athens with associated references. The fragment mentions names and family status without full context or dates.
A daughter was born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Thom as Blaxton of Courtland at Decatur General Hospital.
Birmingham poll indicates Senator John Sparkman would head Alabama Democrats at Chicago 1960 convention. Of 52 delegates 41 elected. 11 require runoff next Tuesday. Among the 51 hearing delegates, 3 favored Laurie Battle, 5 undecided, 14 departed as delegates, and organizational meetings were set for Montgomery June 1.
An inquiry at the Russian embassy drew a response that Marshal Sokolovsky invited Gen Nathan F Twining to send a small high level delegation to Aviation Day in Russia on June 24. No invitation has been issued yet by officials, and talks may simply be preliminary.
The group plans to travel to San Francisco for the convention duties and voting. Vardaman will join national leaders Marvin Mostellar Oscar Drake and Milton Lanier from Huntsville to lead as Lanier is slated as tomorrow's keynoter. The state committee will meet to verify credentials and form a temporary roll of about 565 county delegates for the convention. Lanier may be named vice chairman to replace William L. Shore who became U.S. district attorney at Birmingham.
Thought he referred to an Armed Services subcommittee led by Senator Symington, its inquiry into air strength of U S versus Russia may broaden to interservice disputes and mission fixes. President Eisenhower warned that loss of discipline would end forces and leaves no reason to fund them.
Washington proposes a three year extension of the GI home loan program as an amendment to a large housing bill. Senator Lehman with Senators Hill and Sparkman of Alabama leads the push to extend both VA loan guarantees and direct loans. VA underwrites hundreds of thousands of GI home loans totaling billions. debate over housing authorization and unit targets looms.
Markets show cotton at 4.00 with Decatur price 35.03 and 43.09 per ton. Grain terms include yellow ear corn No 3 at 1.47 and white ear corn No 3 at 1.38, mixed 1.28, No 2 mire at 2.20. Milk products list 3.15 per hundred and yields 4 percent direct ratio. Calves valued 12.50–15.50, cows 10.50–11.50, hogs 190–240 lb butcher price 16.50–17.00.
In early trading the stock market showed a price pattern with most key issues drifting under a point in either direction. Strength appeared in steels oils rails rubbers chemicals and aircrafts while motors utilities and metals eased. The Associated Press average fell to 180.10 after a sharp yesterday decline and Georgia Pacific jumped more than two points amid volatile moves.
An AP report notes heavy conditions with related disruptions. references current Giotto as a monitored factor amid unsettled fryers and widespread impact on activities.
AP report notes a steady market for a 24 hour period ending 10 30 a Thursday with ample demand across grades. Prices range from 60 cents for A quality to 38 cents for large, with mixed mediums at 40 to 41 percent and small at 30 to 32 cents. Current receipts include one lot at 32 cents and multiple cases.
Five more Florida Democratic congressmen endorse Stevenson, bringing his count to six of seven in Congress. Kefauver criticizes Republican distortions over 1951 ta and vetoed bills while Sikes accuses Kefauver of misrepresentation. Ree Rogers undecided. Local notices include a stray horse and lost items among scattered classified blurbs.
Senator Byrd from Virginia opposed the idea that pay-as-build amendments would slow highway construction. He warned the new taxes tied to gas tires trucks could raise more money than current estimates and boost road use as the multibillion-dollar program progresses.
A health official says patients with TB who are not hospitalized pass disease to at least 80 000 people yearly, making them the major problem in tuberculosis control. Dr Edward X Mikel of the New York State Department of Health notes hospitals are not the key issue.
The Associated Press reports overcoat weather across the Midwest to New England as cool Canadian air sweeps the region. Temperatures fall up to 25 degrees from the previous day with 30s and 40s widespread and subfreezing readings along the northern border. Pellston and Grand Marais Michigan hit 19 degrees.
U S polio toll for the latest week reached 385 new cases, a bit more than one third of the 245 recorded in the same week last year and the lowest figure for the period since 1951.
A note states Bermuda’s geography keeps every inland area within a short distance of the coast, emphasizing the compact island landscape and proximity to ocean shores.
A narrative recalls a child visiting a big store with Ma. The memory centers on a bored coin operated change machine and the rapid flow of money as coins travel in cars along cables, then return as fascination grows. Ma sighs at leftover coins while the child jokes the mechanism speeds money along.
The National Geogram Society reports fossil flowering plants uncovered in Colorado originated about 165 million years ago. This suggests a richly diverse early plant life in the region during the mid Jurassic period.
Turkish Cypriots rioted in Nicosia to avenge the killing of a Turkish Cypriot police sergeant. Bullets shot from a taxi window at the Greek shopping center while youths stoned Greek Cypriots and shops. British troops used tear gas and erected barbed wire barriers to separate communities.
A daughter, Miss Mary Camblin, faces a voluntary recognizance bond on manslaughter charges tied to her mother Mary Camblin 93 who died after a fall and three days without care. Coroner's jury ruled natural causes May 17 but cited willful neglect by the daughter.
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