Local visitors and events wrap up week at Tennessee Valley State Trade School
A list of visitors from Decatur Huntsville and surrounding towns attended events at the Tennessee Valley State Trade School in the latter part of last week. Also noted Miss Mary Evelyn Yarbrough of Decatur to receive a BA from Asbury College and Rev John Hay to speak at Central Baptist Church.
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Tennessee Valley State Trade School
B. H. Smith
Hartselle
Hersnel
Mary Evelyn Yarbrough
Decatur
Asbury College
Wilmore
Margaret Ann Yarbrough
5Th Ave
Thomas I. Hollard, Jr
Danville Rd
John Hay
Sudan
Nigeria
Central Baptist Church
Hay
All Quiet Today At Scene Of Wild Picket Line Battle
Three pickets watched a gun battle at a construction site in Gunterville where two men died and six were wounded. A court injunction limited pickets to three. victims include John Leroy Ward and Rev. William Clinton Harrison. Gulf States Construction sued the UMW for 250000. Five held in Marshall County Jail. Ed Bonner charged with carrying a concealed weapon. See ALL on Page 2.
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Guntersville
United Mine Workers
L. P. Dickson
Gulf States Const. Co
UMW
Cotton Producers Assn
John Leroy Ward
Parsons, Kans
William Clinton Harrison
Harrison
Marshall County
Ed Bonner
Decatur High School Plans Weekend Graduation Events
DHS to honor 150 seniors with Class Night Friday, Baccalaureate Sunday, and Commencement Monday in the school auditorium. Noel Harris and Carolyn Schaefer to deliver valedictory and salutatory, Rev. E L McFee to preach the baccalaureate sermon. Public invited. DHS on Page 2.
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Decatur High School
Noel Harris
Carolyn Schaefer
E. L. McFee
First Methodist Church
Athens
Birmingham Southern College
North
Alabama
DHS
Morgan Draft Call Lowest In Morgan County Years
Three Morgan County men Joe Ray Laney Harold Dean Bracken and Dewey Lee Hargrove will leave for U S Army induction in Montgomery on June 11 to fill a state quota of 279. Hargrove volunteers and the June call is the smallest in years. On June 12 the local board will send 41 men for pre induction at Montgomery. Other area quotas include Cullman five Lawrence one and Limestone three.
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Morgan
U. S. Army
Montgomery
LaDessa Nash
U. S. Selective Service System
Joe Ray Laney
Lacon
Harold Dean Bracken
Decatur
Dewey Lee Hargrove
Tanner
Decatur 1
Hargrove
Nash
Nashville Boosters Visit Decatur on Two Day State Tour
Eighty members of the Nashville Boosters Club stopped in Decatur for a one and a half hour luncheon at Woodall's Bar-B-Q during a two day goodwill tour through North Alabama and South Tennessee. Mayor Knox L. McRae was named an honorary citizen of Nashville, receiving a city key from Mayor Ben West. Attendees included Decatur officials and chamber leaders, plus Davidson County Judge Beverly Briley and Agriculture Commissioner Buford Ellington representing Gov. Frank Clement. Eddie Lunn presided as master of ceremonies.
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Nashville
Decatur
Knox L. McRae
Tom Turbeville
Nashville Boosters Club
Woodall's
Bar-B-Q
Moulton Rd
Boosters
Alabama
South
Tennessee
Moulton
North
South Tennessee
Ben West
Mayor McRae
Paul Robson
Chamber of Commerce
Joe McCullers
Marie Allgood
Johnnie Aycock
C. E. Poole
Ed Price
Chamber
Pack Self
Johnnie Washburn
Jaycee
George LaBoon
J. S. Edwards
Dick Fleming
Avery Taylor
Redus Collier
C. B. Evans
W. J. Williams
Euel Garrison
James Riggs
Davidson County
Beverly Briley
Buford Ellington
Frank Clements
Eddie Lunn
Lee Nashville
Berserk Sailor Attacks Ship On Treasure Island
A Navy enlistee already under theft sentence fatally wounded a young ensign and injured two others aboard a cargo ship at Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. Jimmy Henderson, a Black sailor, struck first at 6 15 a m with a hammer and seized a public safety item before taking four crew members to the flying bridge for two hours. He remained armed five hours later and spoke with his mother and Cmdr. Schnurr in the wheelhouse.
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San
Jm Henderson
Henderson
Martha Henderson
Herman J. Schnurr
Prosecutor Seeks Record of Confession in Bombing Case
In Montgomery the prosecutor presses to admit a signed confession from Sonny Livingston Jr. as two white defendants, Livingston and Raymond Britt Jr., stand trial for bombing the Hut chinson Street Baptist Church and related attacks on Negro targets. Additional trials set for other white suspects.
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Montgomery
Sonny Kyle Livingston Jr
Livingston
Raymond C. Britt Jr
Hutchinson St. Baptist Church
Britt
James D. York
Henry Alexander
Ralph D. Abernathy
Abernathy
U.S. Supreme Court
William F. Thetford
Ku Klux Klan
John Blue Hill
Hill
President Urges Cabinet to Promote $71.8 Billion Budget
President Eisenhower directs his Cabinet and top officials to actively push the administration's 71.8 billion dollar spending program. A White House official warns the public to expect more aggressive advocacy and publicity in support of the budget battle.
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Battle of
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Eisenhower unhappy as GOP fights over 350 million in 212 billion defense cut
President Eisenhower appeared not happy as House Republican leaders argued to restore only about 350 million of a 212 billion defense appropriations cut. GOP Leader Martin described Eisenhower's mood after the weekly meeting with the President.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
GOP
Martin
Mass
Eisenhower aides say budget-cutting tide steadies
The article reports Eisenhower aides claiming the drive to cut the budget has been stemmed for now, with the president still seen as determined to maintain a cautious fiscal course.
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Congress
Eisenhower
House Unit 24 6 for Alaska Statehood Approved
The House Insular Affairs Committee approved an Alaska statehood bill by 24-6. It removed a proposed referendum on statehood before admission machinery starts and delayed transfer of fish and wildlife jurisdiction for five years after statehood. A subcommittee had earlier approved the provisions 17-5.
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Washington
House Insular Affairs Committee
Alaska
Global leaders push for limited disarmament accord
President Eisenhower and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer urged a limited disarmament pact with Russia under international control. They announced the stance after three days of talks on urgent world issues in a communique. In Alabama, State Senator Albert Davis stalled a judicial reform bill by demanding full first reading of all measures, slowing passage in the Senate.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
Russia
Montgomery
State Senate
Albert Davis
Pickens County
Senate
State to introduce signed confession in church bombing case
Circuit Judge Eugene Carter overruled defense objections and allowed the state to present a signed confession in the trial of two young white men charged with bombing a Negro church.
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Montgomery
Eugene Carter
Insurance firms oppose tag liability proof bill in Montgomery
Spokesmen for automobile insurers opposed a bill in Montgomery requiring proof of financial responsibility before license tags can be issued. The proposal would mandate liability insurance or an equivalent backing to obtain vehicle registration.
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Montgomery
Four Arrests In Atlanta Lottery Conspiracy Ring
In Atlanta area, four persons have been arrested on charges of conspiring in a multimillion dollar lottery racket. Seventeen more suspects are expected to be picked up today as part of the investigation.
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Atlanta W
Atlanta
Hungarians Win Concessions From Red Masters
London and Moscow radio report a new Hungary Soviet pact allowing troop movements outside bases only with Hungarian approval. The treaty signed yesterday in Budapest also lets Hungarian courts handle crimes by Soviet troops or their families.
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London
Moscow Radio
Hungary
Soviet Union
Budapest
Decatur Firm Low On Winton Road Job
Low bids totaling $2,651,763 were opened at the State Highway Department for road construction projects. Morgan-5,574 miles of grading drainage and bituminous treatments from Asa 36 north through Summerville to the Decatur Winton Road. Collier Grading Co. of Decatur bid $12,966.
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Montgomery
State Highway Department
Morgan
Asa
Summerville
Decatur-Winton Road
Collier Grading Co
Decatur
Peiping Urges Nats to Oust U.S. From Formosa
Peiping radio urged the Nationalists to eject the United States from Formosa amid anti American riots sparked by a U S Army court martial acquittal in the Reynolds killing case. The broadcast attacked U S imperialists for meddling in Taiwan and described U S soldiers as aggressors.
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Hong Kong
Peiping People’s Daily
United States
Red Radio
U. S
Taiwan
Formosa
U.S
Athens Lion Named District Governor
Five district governors were elected today by Alabama Lions Club delegates at the 34th annual convention. Glenn Ragan of Athens was chosen as District 34A governor.
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Biloxi
Miss
Alabama Lions Club
Glenn Ragan
Athens
Tennessee River Readings and Mild Midweek Forecast
The Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge sits at 21.58 feet with a 0.17 foot drop in the last 24 hours and sea level at 555.88 feet. Yesterday’s high was 79 degrees, low 59, today’s noon 71. Weather remains mostly sunny and mild with variable clouds tonight and Wednesday, winds NW 10 to 12 mph, cooler tonight. Highs near 82, low around 54, Wednesday’s high 82.
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Keller Memorial Bridge
Ledlow Death Sparks First Degree Murder Charge
Danville man J B Gay, 23, is jailed on a first degree murder charge in the death of his father in law Jake L Ledlow 60 a Decatur county farmer and father of 10. Ledlow died after an incident near Rice s Store on Old Moulton Rd with an autopsy pending and witnesses reporting a bottle and blows during a drunken argument.
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J. B. Gay
Danville
Morgan County
J. L. Ledlow
Decatur
Decatur General Hospital
Gay
Alvie H. Snow
Curley Roberts
Cullene Morgan
Jake L. Ledlow
Ledlow
Rice’s
Moulton
Hollis Ledlow
W. H. Long
Chester A. Hogan
T. A. Patterson
Rice
Vis C. Brown
Richard J. Hyde
Matthew Childers
Jake
Klein Joins Morgan County Hospital Board
In a regular meeting the Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control authorized buying two way radios and two one ton air coach units for the county engineer. It approved the hospital board proposal to fill the vacancy from Arthur Lucas’s resignation with Karl Klein, Chemstrand employee. The board also opposed three state legislature bills.
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Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Hospital Board
Arthur Lucas
Hospital
Karl Klein
Chemstrand
Lucas
She Klein
Seattle Grand Jury Subpoenas Dave Beck
Seattle King County grand jury subpoenas Dave Beck, president of the Teamsters, to appear as part of an inquiry into possible misuse of union funds following Senate committee testimony last March.
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Seattle
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
King County
Senate
Teamster
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