Reynolds Eye For Expansion Back On State
The Florence Times reports Gov. James E. Folsom and Reynolds Metals Co officials reached an agreement to build a 16 million dollar expansion at Muscle Shoals in Alabama. Richard B. Reynolds Jr. had warned the project might move out of state over proposed tax laws.
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Florence
Florence Times Today
James E. Folsom
Reynolds Metals Co
Muscle Shoals
Richard B. Reynolds Jr
Alabama
the Times
Folsom and Reynolds
Shef- Cantrell
Folsom
The
Times
Victor News Beats Expose Communist Influence Across Sectors
A veteran reporter outlines pervasive Communist influence in the United States including labor unions on the Pacific Coast and key industries such as mining, smelting, and atomic energy. He details interviews with presidents since Truman and previews exposure of corruption, brainwashing attempts, and coordinated campaigns to curb union power.
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Pacific
United States
Herbert Rerviews
Atc
Truman
Riesel
Services Scheduled For Cullman Resident
Interment planned in Catholic Cemetery Moss Service Home directing. Survivors include one son Amil and one daughter Mrs. Frances.
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Cullman Hospital
Moss Service Home
Amil
Frances
Joppa Resident Dies. Rites Friday Planned
Mr. Gandy died Wednesday at 8 p.m. at his Joppa home. Mass Service Funeral Home will direct interment. He is survived by eight sons and three daughters.
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Tery
Gandy
Joppa
Mass Service Funeral Home
Vaude S st ODA PRINCESS Hell Below Zero
Fragmented theater listing for multiple films with durations and cast names. Includes ROXY showing Three Young Texam with Mitzi Gaynor and Keefe Brasselle and SUNSET Mission Over Korea with John Hodiak.
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Roxy
Young Texam
Mitzi Gaynor
Keefe Brasselle
Korea
John Hodiak
John Derek
Community events and notices across Morgan County run Friday
Preschool clinic at Riverside School starts Friday at 9 a.m. Parents of upcoming kindergartners urged to attend. Morgan County Unit 15 American Legion Auxiliary meeting Friday with 6:30 p.m. supper and 7:30 p.m. business. St. Ann's Church hosts an Evening of Games at 8 p.m. Eugene Glenn and Ethel Ann Biles return from Florence State Teachers College for summer with family. A $100 reward offered for a 1955 Bel Air theft from Marcum Motor Co. Mrs. A. H. Hassell ill at home. Rev. Minar L. Triplett to preach at 10:55 a.m. service, and Rev. Otis E. Kirby will speak at 7 p.m. Billie R. Smith elected member of Ernst & Ernst firm. Grass fire on NE Market St. controlled with no loss. Twelve police court cases queued for today. May carnival at Riverside School 4 p.m. with pet and puppet shows and relay races. Riverside fifth to seventh graders to play Gordon Bibb in softball. Carnival behind Riverside Park.
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Riverside School
Louise Ryan
Riverside
Gordon Bibb
Riverside Park
Births in Decatur and Hartselle Hospitals
A son born to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Eaton at Decatur General Hospital today. A daughter Deborah Kay to Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Story of Hartselle 4 at Black Clinic Tuesday. A son to Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Turrentine of Hartselle 2 at Hartselle Hospital Sunday. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs Claude in Decatur at Hartselle Hospital Sunday.
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J. H. Eaton
Austin St
Decatur
Saturday Services For Spencer Turner
Funeral services for Spencer Turner were scheduled at New Friendship Church in East Morgan County. The body arrived in Decatur and will be taken to brother A. H. Turner’s home in Decatur before the service. Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery. nephews will serve. Survivors include two sisters and ten brothers in multiple states.
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New Friendship Church
Morgan County
Turner
Decatur
A. H. Turner
6Th Ave
Bop Saeen Owas See
Laena Haley
Birmingham
Maik Takoman
Deestur
Cecil
Somerville
Pierce
Huie
Wheeler
Hosey
Redwood City
Calif
J. B. Dallas
Tex
Howard and Ray
Roswell
New Mexico
Tokyo Population Rising in 1955 Report
Tokyo records a 1955 population of 7,784,122, marking a rise from previous counts as officials note continued urban growth and expansion across the metropolis.
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Tokyo
Twelve Qualify For Road E O In Decatur
Decatur teenagers competed at Pryor Field in the Jaycee Teenage Road E O with 12 qualifiers for the state event at Craig Field Selma on Saturday. Local winners receive cash prizes and a top state prize of 500 dollars plus a Washington D C trip for a national scholarship program totaling 3000 dollars.
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Decatur
Pryor Field
Alabama Highway Patrol
Federal road expansion plan outlines funding shares
The proposal would modernize U S roads nationwide from interstates to farm to market routes. It calls for 12.6 billion dollars in federal grants and 5.4 billion from states, with the first year doubling current outlays and trips in years four and five, financed by Treasury appropriations and raising the federal deficit, a chief administration objection.
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Treasury
Hospital Dismissals and Admissions Listings
Dismissals include Mrs. Comer Lott District One San atorium and Mrs. Charles Cottingham with infant son Hillsboro 2. Also Mrs. Beulah Williams 111 N W Wilson, Martha Clifton 1510 Tower St SE. Admissions list Mrs. T B Britnell 1705 14th Ave SE and Mrs. Elbert McCullough 219 5th Ave SW.
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Bank ST. Hospital
Comer Lott
District One
Charles Cottingham
Infant Son
Hillsboro
Beulah Williams
N.W. Wilson
Martha Clifton
Tower St
T. B. Britnell
14Th Ave
Elbert McCullough
5Th Ave
Local Polio Fund Report Shows 34 000 Spent Since 1952
Morgan County chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reported 34 000 spent on polio care since July 1952 with only 2 60 for an endorsement stamp. The group has raised 18 000 more locally than sent to the national office and holds 2 200 in the bank toward wheelchairs a respirator and hospital bills. Election of officers was postponed.
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Morgan County
National Foundation For
Fred Hunt, Jr
City Electric
R. C. Dobson
Montgomery
National Foundation
Howell Morris
Charles Bradford
Beta Sigma Phi
Harold Michelson
Demos Aim for July Adjournment Tied to Eisenhower agenda
Democratic leaders push for a July 15 adjournment to leave key parts of President Eisenhower's program potentially pending. Senator Johnson avoids a firm date while pressing to pass all regular money bills by June 30. A school aid measure faces timing disputes amid antisegregation provisions and loan grant plans for needy districts.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate
Sen. Magnuson
Dash
Johnson
Senate Labor Committee
Local residents listed in Trinity and nearby towns
A collection of names and addresses appears for residents of Trinity, Moulton, Danville, Athens, Little Nashville, and Huntsville. The list includes Mrs. Thomas Burks, M. Hagood, Mrs. Melvin Dunn, Mrs. John J. Sosa, and others with street addresses and city designations.
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Thomas Burks
Trinity
M. M. Hagood
Town Creek
Melvin Dunn
Three Polio Cases Reported in Alabama Tots Unvaccinated
Three non paralytic polio cases were found in Alabama children who had not received Salk vaccine. Counties involved include Chambers, Lowndes and St. Clair. This week’s total is the highest this year, with 17 polio cases year to date, compared to 55 by this time in 1954.
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Montgomery
Alabama
State Health Department
Chambers
Lowndes
St. Clair
Department
Lake
Libel Reform Debate in Alabama Legislature
Senate committee considers ending newspaper libel fee system and shifting county officials to straight salaries. House Speaker Rankin Fite backs the measure arguing the harm of libel occurs in the victim's home county, while critics point to past defeats of similar proposals. Public figures like Governor James E. Folsom have denounced the press, labeling it as liars in daily newspapers.
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Daily Press
James E. Folsom
Fite
Senate Constitution Committee
House
Rankin Fite
Marion
War Vets First To Wear Poppies On Poppy Day
War veterans will be among the first to wear memorial poppies on Poppy Day in Decatur Saturday. American Legion Commander Tom Harvey says the poppy honors comrades who did not come home. Poppies are made by disabled veterans and will be distributed by the Legion Auxiliary and about 40 Decatur High School students.
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Decatur
Tom Harvey
American Legion
Morgan County Post 15
Legion and Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
Harvey
Deadly Kansas tornado leaves towns in ruins
The Adall twister killed 55 with many feared buried in debris. Blackwell suffered toppled homes and a destroyed roof while Gouda Springs Erick and other towns reported extensive damage. Rescue crews faced debris covered streets and communications outages as factories caught fire and crews aided injured. A separate crash involved a B36 in West Texas with 14 aboard.
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Adall Twister
Kansas
Roy Harris
Sumner County Sheriff's Office
Blackwell
James Willis
Gouda Springs
Erick
Durant
Shattuck
Mayfield
Camargo
Leedy
Taloga
Cheyenne
Deer Creek
Hazel Atlas Glass Co
Texas
Air Force
Goodfellow Air Force Base
West Texas
Walker Air Force Base
Roswell
N. M
Decatur Permanent Academy site to be built north of Colorado Springs
The Decatur Permanent Academy is planned for completion by fall 1957. It will be seven miles north of central Colorado Springs and cover 17 500 acres with a large chapel featuring an accordion-pleated roof. The campus uses a split level layout with athletic areas below and four separate neighborhoods away from the main grounds.
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Academy
Colorado Springs
Meighen divorce recalled in inquiry into death
Solicitor Glenn Manning recalled a divorce the Meighens were considering as witness testimony described the deceased as weighing 95 to 98 pounds. Bluth’s defense argued Sleigh belonged to an Army visiting team sent December 8 to the inquiry after the body was found December 6. He was at Ft. McClellan and later Ft. McPherson, Ga.
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Glenn Manning
Bluth
Markets Update on 190-220 lb Choice Beef Prices
Market notes show 190 to 220 pound Choice beef priced around 17.50 per hundredweight with 16 percent market move indicates slight easing. Traders watch supply and demand signals as prices hover near recent lows.
Egg market report from Birmingham on quality grades
Birmingham notes show egg prices and quality ranges with percentages for extra large and medium grades. The brief lists 364-44 and 33-39 figures amid market notes and quality references.
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Birmingham
New York Cotton Prices Edge Lower In Late Trading
AP reports harrow range trading with late afternoon prices down 25 cents per bale. July price at 34.08, October 4.18 and December 4.23, signaling softer trend for nearby futures.
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New York
Harrow
British vote touring Eden cautions on margin in Midlands
British Prime Minister Eden led an automobile tour of Warwick, his Midlands constituency, saying he cannot gauge the final margin. Herbert Morrison of the Labour Party noted brisk early turnout in some areas but questioned its effect on the election outcome.
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Midlands
Warwick
Eden
Herbert Morrison
Labor Party
Small Plane Crashes Tree. Pilot Unhurt in Grove Hill
A small plane en route from Pom Pano Florida to Carlisle Arkansas struck a tree in Grove Hill Alabama. The pilot escaped serious harm with no injuries reported. The crash halted traffic as authorities investigated the cause.
Luce In Line For Hobby Job
Washington reports dispute over resignation of Mrs Oveta Culp Hobby as secretary of health education and welfare. Press secretary Hagerty said Hobby’s husband is critically ill and resignation unclear. Rumors named Clare Boothe Luce as possible successor, which Luce denied from Rome.
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Washington
White House
Oveta Culp Hobby
James C. Hagarty
William P. Hobby
Clare Boothe Luce
Rome
Mrs. Hobby
Horse Show Stakes and Classes Listed for Fine Horses
Various stakes and classes announced for walking horses three gaited fine harness ponies and roadster events. No entry fee in the model class with ribbons for top five finishers and cash awards to leading entrants.
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Anaes
Swerene
Trinity Funeral for T T Terry Friday at Trinity Methodist
Funeral services are set for Thomas Tiller Terry known as T T Terry, 67, Friday at 1 p.m. at Trinity Methodist Church. He died Wednesday at 3 15 p.m. at home after a long illness. He is survived by his widow Ella Kimbrel Terry and three daughters including Mrs Roy Bolton. Two great grandchildren are also noted. A cemetery plan is mentioned but not directed.
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Thomas Tiller Terry
Trinity Methodist Church
Terry
Ella Kimbrel Terry
Roy Bolton
Trinren
For Rent Three Room Apartment with Options
Advertisement lists a furnished or unfurnished three room end-entrance apartment available at 8 St. James Brooks, 4329. Contact details implied.
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James Brooks
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