Former Nurse Held in Death of Baby Kept in Trunk
A former Army nurse, Rose Powers, 46, is held on murder charges in the death of an infant whose partly decomposed body was packed in a steel foot locker for 11 years. The body was found by Powers’s husband Elburn Powers in a trunk at their home in New Boston, Texas.
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New Boston
Tex
W. J. Watlington
Texarkana
Rose Powers
Augusta
Watlington
Elburn Powers
Powers
Nashville
Tenn
Texas
Vanderbilt Hospital
Decatur group seeks Grand Assembly attendees
Community group Rainbow for Girls must notify the Mother Advisor who plans to attend Grand Assembly by tonight. Cadet Max S Skidmore of Priceville received a merit certificate and F 102 model for air strength work at the University of Alabama on Governor's Day. Gen Turner C Rogers presented the award for Gov Folsom who could not attend. Max, a sophomore preparing for the ministry, was among the honorees.
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Decatur
Order of the Rainbow
Max S. Skidmore
M. L. Skidmore
Priceville
University of Alabama
Turner C. Rogers
Gov. Folsom
Max
Seven Die After Beach Drowning Rescue Attempt
In Rockport Texas a girl named Janice Bailey nine, died after entering a deep hole off a public beach. Seven people perished including an Air Force chaplain, Janice’s mother, and four other children. Rescue efforts by ten divers failed as crowds of over 3,000 watched. Local officials plan warning signs for the eight foot deep hole.
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Tex
Air Force
Janice Bailey
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Janice
Mary Bailey
Wayne Bailey
Foster Air Force Base
Victoria
Jack Baughman
War Dead Head For Rendezvous
Three unnamed WWII and Korea casualties are bound for burial or sea disposal aboard the USS Canberra. The ceremonial gathering off Cape Henry involves the Canberra, Boston, and Blandy to honor the fallen as weather conditions may shift plans.
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Canberra
America
Atlantic
Korea
Arlington National Cemetery
Virginia
Cape Henry
Boston
Blandy
Virginia Capes
Guantanamd
Cuba
Pacific
Hawaii
United States Naval Base
Court Upholds Local Damage Suit Verdict
The Supreme Court split 6 to 2 sustaining state court damage awards to an Alabama electrician and a California worker in labor dispute cases. Paul S. Russell of Decatur sued the United Automobile Workers over picketing that kept him from Calumet & Hecla plant duties July 18 to August 22, 1951, seeking 50000 dollars. jury awarded 10000.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Alabama
California
High Court
Warren
Douglas
Justice Black
Decatur Electrician
United Automobile Workers
Alabama Electrician
Paul S. Russell
Calumet & Hecla, Consolidated Copper Co
Decatur
Russell
Trouble Follows Jerry Sparkman in Tricycle Accident
Eight year old Jerry Sparkman, a muscular dystrophy patient, fell from his tricycle and broke his left arm. Over 400 dollars was raised last week for the Jerry Sparkman Fund to buy a television and arrange installation. Father Anderson Sparkman said he planned to confer with Dr. E D Carpenter at Bank Street Hospital before deciding on possible transfer to Crippled Children's Hospital in Birmingham. The family resides at Oak Ridge with Jerry's grandparents Mr and Mrs Fred Sparkman.
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Jerry Sparkman
Anderson Sparkman
Jerry
E. D. Carpenter
Bank Street Hospital
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Birmingham
Fred Sparkman
Oak Ridge
Freak Wind Damages Decatur Harbor After Flotilla
A sudden wind blast at 4 p.m. during the Decatur Outboard Motor Club Flotilla injures Irene Williams and causes about 8000 dollars in damage to boat houses and equipment. About 3000 spectators witnessed the event as three double-sized boat houses were overturned and others damaged. Williams, 17, suffered minor injuries and a bruise after being blown into the water. her condition was reported stable. The twister moved from the backwater area into the harbor and then across the Tennessee River, with no damage reported inland. See continuation on page 2.
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Decatur Harbor
Decatur Outboard Motor Club
Irene Williams
Williams
John Ledbetter
Tennessee River
Decatur
Autopsy Made In Hanging Case
The coroner ruled strangulation the cause of death for Charlie Lee Johnson a 44 year old man who hanged himself with his belt while in city jail Saturday night. Johnson was picked up on Lafayette Street in a highly intoxicated state and had been jailed after an earlier intoxicated on public street charge. He was placed in a solitary cell after 6 35 p m and jailers checked at 8 p m finding him apparently alright.
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City
Lewis C. Pinky Brown
Charlie Lee Johnson
Pack Self
Johnson
Lafayette St
Self
Decatur Skywatch May 27 Sun and Moon Times
The Sun rises at 5 38 a m and sets at 7 52 p m with Taurus in the background. Moonset is 2 28 a m Wednesday and a Full Moon is noted. Visible planets Jupiter toward the south at 9 53 p m Saturn low southeast at 10 53 p m Mars rises 2 38 a m and Venus low in the east at 4 47 a m.
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Jupiter
Saturn
Dee Ie Wis
Mars
Venus
Tennessee River readings and forecast for Keller Bridge area
River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 21.59 with a 48 hour rise of 0.05. Sea level reading 555.89. Sunday high 94 at 10:30 a.m. and low 64 at 6 a.m. Today 11 a.m. temperature 80. Weather: partly cloudy and warm today and Tuesday, tonight fair and mild, northerly winds 8 to 15 mph. High today 9, low tonight 62, high Tuesday 87.
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Decatur
Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
One Hurt In Area Wrecks Near Decatur Alabama
An automobile wreck on Alabama Highway 20 west of Decatur injured Edna Puckett, 48, of Decatur. Two cars collided about 7:45 p.m. near 1910 Olive Street. The Fruehaus plant entrance collision involved a trailer truck and a Cadillac, with driver William H. Davis and truck operator James E. Roycroft. Davis apparently failed to stop. Neither injury required hospitalization. Damage: car total loss, truck valued at 400 dollars.
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Alabama
Here
Edna Puckett
Olive St
Decatur
James R. Gilchrest
Short St
Hartselle
James L. Caton
Cherokee
Ala
Highway Patrol
Cadillac
Fruehaus Plant
J. C. Acton
William H. Davis
Elkmont 1
Acton
Davis
James E. Roycroft
Martin St
Ferrell Put In Mental Hospital
Arch Ferrell a disbarred Phenix City lawyer and former Russell Circuit solicitor has been committed to the State Mental Hospital at Tuscaloosa. Probate Judge Shannon Burch ordered the commitment from his Birmingham court with Ferrell’s family requesting it. Officers confirmed he was taken to Bryce Hospital Saturday after an assault and battery arrest involving Samuel Bridges of Atlanta and prior illegal pistol charges. Governor Folson said Ferrell was appointed Russell Circuit solicitor on the recommendation of the man he later was accused of killing.
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Birmingham
Arch Ferrell
Phenix
Russell Circuit
Tuscaloosa
Shannon Burch
Ferrell
Russell County
Bryce Hospital
Samuel Bridges
Atlanta
James E. Folsom
Third Pacific nuclear detonation reported by defense officials
The Defense Department and Atomic Energy Commission announced the third nuclear test of the year in the Pacific at 9 00 p m Sunday with no further details given. Earlier tests were publicly disclosed on May 11 and the following day. A Beirut street car bombing killed six and wounded 20 amid ongoing general strikes.
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Washington
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Charles C. Porter
D-Ore
Beirut
Lebanon
Editor says cross burned at Greensboro home amid Patterson feud
Hamner Cobbs editor of Greensboro Watchman, backing Circuit Judge George Wallace, reports a five foot high gasoline soaked cross burned at his home at 2 a.m. He cites possible Klansman voices and accuses Patterson of Klan backing. Patterson denies knowing Klan leaders. Local sheriff investigates amid heated runoff atmosphere.
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Atty
John Patterson
Greensboro
Ala
Hamner Cobbs
George Wallace
Cobbs
Dobbs
Patterson
Calls On France To Defend Its Basic Liberty
Premier Pierre Pflimlin warned an emergency Parliament session that civil war looms and urged French citizens to defend basic liberties as insurgent moves widen from Algeria to Corsica and beyond. The De Gaulle crisis grows with militant labor mobilizations and possible Paris meeting plans.
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Paris
Pierre Pflimlin
Charles de Gaulle
France
Algeria
Corsica
de Gaulle
French Equatorial
West Africa
New Caledonia
Tahiti
Pacific
Tunisia
Security Council
Bizerte
Confederation of Labor
Pflimlin
Eleven Die in Alabama Weekend Traffic and Other Accidents
Eleven people died in Alabama weekend crashes with additional fatalities in Georgia and elsewhere. Notable victims include Leon Cummings, 14, of Warrior, drowned while trying to raise a sunken boat on Mullberry Branch, and Jessee Fox, 35, of Prichard, in a crash on a dead end street. Kenneth Mullins, 21, of Carbon Hill died in a rainstorm head on collision near Jasper. others killed near Russellville and Mobile in separate incidents.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Georgia
Leon Cummings
Warrior
Mullberry
Warrior River
Cummings
Jessee C. Fox
Prichard
Jasper
Kenneth Ray Mullins
Carbon Hill
Bobby Alexander
C. V. Coggin
Albert O'Dell Parrish
Spruce Pine
Russellville
Phillip G. Stringer
Mobile-Baldwin County
Claude P. Alsup
Mobile
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