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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1952
Page
3
The Decatur Negro high school senior class will present its program Hi-Flyers Thursday at 7 30 P M in the high school gym as part of class night activities. Commencement calendar lists events from May 29 to June 4 including senior class night baccalaureate sermon kindergarten exercises commencement address and promotion card issuance.
The Riverside park fund drive added several new contributors announced by Al Shelton chairing the campaign. Donations ranged from one to two hundred dollars with individuals, families and organizations including American Legion Auxiliary, Business and Professional Women’s Club and others. WANT ADS GET RESULTS.
In a rural area near Leesburg Virginia a woman Lillian Hove 34 and two men William Fox 70 and Robert O Connor 34 were found slain. An escaped mental patient Maurice Ray Fox 39 of Arcola Va was arrested and charged with the triple murder. O Connor a Capital Airlines pilot and Miss Hove were friends and had links to Fox through property and gardening.
William A Hall 22 of Manchester Iowa awoke in time to avert disaster after his car veered across four lanes near Joliet Illinois. He drifted off while driving toward Chicago missing a power pole and plunging 100 feet into an abandoned quarry. He walked away uninjured.
Hungarian Communist rulers shorten the wedding ceremony so couples can return to factory work within 30 minutes of being pronounced man and wife. The state press calls it progress, noting previous losses of two days off work.
Small ocean ships gain docking access on the Columbia River reaching Lewiston Idaho enabling riverine traffic to Idaho ports and related activity.
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Los Angeles reports a 34-year-old socialite Patricia Steele was found dead in an alley from an illegal abortion. Autopsy by Victor Cefalu sets the procedure around the prior weekend. Dr Louis Klingball said she was four months pregnant and intended to act. Her father financier Victor H Steele noted a recent Hawaii trip and unrest since her fiancé, a Marine lieutenant, died in the Marshall Islands invasion.
Coast Guardsman Baren C Wimp, 20, boatswain's mate third class, testified at a court martial that he deserted after learing his wife Mary Lou 18 was pregnant and might lose the child. He said he jumped from a cutter off Point Concepcion to reach his wife, who later lost the baby in March, and that Red Cross care was offered.
London reports a petition for divorce filed by Patricia Helen Spence countess Russell from Lord Bertrand Russell famed philosopher and Nobel laureate. The couple wed in 1936 and have a son, Sebastian Robert, born 1937. Russell’s two prior marriages also ended in divorce.
The FTA club at Austinville High School highlighted several projects this year. They promoted American Education Week, helped furnish a club room store, lobbied for a school building tax amendment, and backed a 7.2 mill tax to buy the old grammar school and aid future building plans. Officers led by President Wynelle Hall guided activities.
The government authorized Alabama wholesalers and retailers to raise cigarette prices to meet the state minimum pricing levels. The exact amount allowed will equal the shortfall to the state minimum, plus any markup on the federal excise tax added last November. The move follows a similar Arkansas authorization and is effective immediately.
The National Safety Council warns that 310 Americans may die in traffic accidents during the Memorial Day weekend if drivers do not take extra caution. It forecasts over 35 million vehicles on the roads for a three day period from Thursday 6 pm to Sunday midnight.
Brig Gen Paul Yount, commander of the Pusan Army Base, loses command after his failure to oversee promises that led to Brig Gen Francis T. Dodd’s kidnapping by POWs on Koje Island. Dodd and his successor Brig Gen Charles Colson were both demoted to colonels.
Hadley farmer Alden Mc Queston reported a ruined potato patch after a harrow accident. His hired man, following orders, harrowed over the wrong tract and ruined four acres of newly planted seed potatoes by scraping them along the rows.
Advertisement advises Bellam tablets for indigestion heartburn and gas relief. Claims fastest-acting medicines from doctors, priced at 25 cents.
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