Alabama Legislature Weighs Separate School Plans Amid Court Action
Segregation debate surges as Alabama lawmakers consider abolishing the public school system, or shifting to private or race-based separate schools. Proposals include local control by pupil placement boards and constitutional amendments to permit separate white and colored schools, with county demographics cited in Macon and Hale counties.
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Alabama
House
Senate
Meadows
Engelhardt
Macon
Tuskegee Institute
Regionald Richardson
Charlies Ramey
Hale County
Gregory Oakley
Wilcox
Oakley
Princess On The Waterfront Showtimes At Marion Dock
On the waterfront Marion hosts Princess with Eva Marie Saint and Brando. Times 3 05 PM 5 15 PM 7 20 PM 9 30 PM. Fire Over Africa screens with Maureen a Macdonald Carey times 1 40 PM 10 05 PM 5 35 PM 7 30 PM 9 30 PM. Sittings Bull features Dale Rob and Mary Murphy at 7 30 PM and 9 30 PM. Courtland Highway at 7 20 PM and 9 30 PM. Mars Miss Sadie Hayworth with Ferrer and Jose at 3 PM.
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Marion Brando
Eva Marie Saint
Joxy
Africa
Maureena
Macdonald Carey
Battles linked to Swanner car on rural road chase
Witness described gunshots as a car turned onto a seldom used road near U. S. 71. He identified the Swanner car by its license tag, noting it was northwest of Athens in an attempt to evade capture. His case was waived to the next grand jury.
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U. S. 71
Battles
Athens
Railway Strike Continues After Page One Recount
Railway workers extend a week long stoppage affecting 196 ships and continuing conditions from page one. Officials seek resolution as services face disruption across ports and transit routes.
Martha Standridge Services Scheduled
Funeral services for Martha L Standridge 76 of Decatur are planned at the Church of God with Holeman. She died Friday at Decatur General Hospital after a week-long illness. The body will lie in state from one until the 2 PM service, with interment in Roselawn Cemetery. She is survived by her husband two sisters a son Horace and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Pallbearers include Walter.
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Martha L. Standridge
Decatur 1
Church of God
Holeman
Clerenea Bast
Standridge
Decatur General Hospital
Roselawn
Brown
Bow
Preachers and services mark Decatur church events
DSGease Charles R. Brewer will preach at Grant Street Church of Christ today. Mrs. Cora Crowe’s funeral draws Houston visitors. services in Houlton and Decatur are noted. Graduation events at Denny Stadium include John Swift Lyle receiving a dentistry degree. Various notices cover district events, extension Day plans, a Flint Game and Conservation Club meeting, traffic court actions, a probation denial, and a school cafeteria break in.
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Charles R. Brewer
Nashville
Grant Street Church of Christ
R. C. Chambers
Houston
Tex
Chambers
Cora Crowe
Crow
Houlton
Cornelian Hotel
Helen J. Lyle
Tustaloosa
Denny Stadium
John Swift Lyle
Lyle
University of Ala School of Dentistry
Southern Baptists
J. J. Moon
Morgan County
Flint Game and Conservation Club
Flint School
Ralph H. Allen, Jr
Partment Gamery
Florida man pleads insanity in first degree murder rapes case
Everett, 20, is charged in the Panama City slaying of Lou Ellen Jones 21 mother of a two year old. Defense argues mental defect and seeks to spare him the electric chair while prosecutors push for the death penalty. Sanity experts testified he knew right from wrong and was legally sane.
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Lou Ellen Jones
el Reno
Okla
Jones
Joseph R. Danas
Panama City
Tyndall Air Force Base
Earl Duncan
J. Fram Adams
Adams
Everett
C. H. Denser
Ervin T. Clark
Florida Mental Hospital
Chattahoochee
Sanity Commission
Alabama Woman First FHA Employee to Win Certificate
Miss Smith of Limestone, Alabama becomes the fourth FHA employee and first woman to win the coveted certificate from the Department of Agriculture. She will receive a $105 cash award from national FHA headquarters, presented by Secretary Benson, with her brother John W. Smith attending from New York. Born in Mt Hope, she is a Mt Hope native and alumnus of local high school, later Birmingham business school. After brief work with Perdue Miller in Moulton she joined the Farm Security Administration and, after six months in the Tuscumbia office, transferred to Athens where she has earned citations and cash awards for improving FHA office procedures.
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Farmers Home Administration
Alabama
Eecreneee of Agriculture
Wth
Benson
Miss Smith
FHA
John W. Smith
Washington
New York
Mt. Hope
W. R. Smith
Birmingham Business School
Moulton Law Firm
Perdue & Miller
Old Farm Security Administration
Tuscumbia
Athens
Menon to report on Peiping talks from New Delhi
India's roving ambassador V. K. Krishna Menon is due to present his first public report on Formosan issues in New Delhi next Monday. He has already briefed Prime Minister Nehru after meetings with Red China leaders Premier and Foreign Minister Chou En-lai and returned two days ago from Peiping.
No Name Given After Collision Says Police
St Man driving the other car would not give Mrs Robson his name. Police were notified Saturday by Robson. No further investigation is planned. City firemen were called out twice Saturday afternoon once at Reeded Cane on fire at 412 10th Ave and also at 1 47 p m when beans on a stove at 1408 6th Ave SE caught fire. No property loss reported. Alumni meeting Morgan County Auburn Club Tuesday 6 p.m. Chambers Camp Elk River. A free fish supper served and coaches Shug Jordan Jeff Beard and Joe to appear as guest speakers.
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Mrs. Robson
Robson
10Th Ave
6Th Ave
Morgan County Auburn Club
Chambers Camp
Elk River
Shug Jordan
Jeff Beard
Joe
Hospital Dismissals And Admissions List
Hospital dismissals include Mrs. waine McCullough of 219 South Avenue SW Frank Roberts of 819 Sycamore Street and Wayne Britnell of 1705 14th Avenue Admissions note Beulah Williams of 111 Wilson Avenue
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Waine McCullough
Sth Ave
Frank Roberts
Sycamore St
Wayne Britnell
14Th Ave
Beulah Williams
Wilson Ave
Athens Limestone Hospital Births and Residency Notes
Mrs. James Maddox and infant son Elkmont welcome Cynthia Jane Pepper in Athens. Mrs. L M Mears, Athens, announces a birth on the seventh. Miss Annette Senn, Athens, is listed in the society notes.
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James Maddox
Elkmont
Cynthia Jane Pepper
Athens
L. M. Mears
Annette Senn
Baugh-Wiley Clinic Faces Mrs. J W Latham and Infant Eva
A civil suit lists the Baugh Wiley Clinic as plaintiff against Mrs. J W Latham and her infant son Eva 1 seeking unspecified relief. The case appears in local court records with limited detail in this fragment.
Decatur General Hospital and Neighborhood Residences Listed
A Decatur General Hospital segment lists addresses including E. W. Strother at 651 Grant St, Mrs. George Dawson at 716 Ferry St, Eugene Cross at 1808 7th St, Mrs. Carl F. Royer at 203 4th Ave SW, Mrs. Jimmy Parnell at 818 6th Ave SE, Mrs. Pearl Estes at 403 4th Ave SW, and William E. Vernell at 106 8th Ave. The notice appears as a directory or public listing.
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Decatur General Hospital
E. W. Strother
Grant St
George Dawson
Ferry St
Births in Trinity and Tuscumbia announce two new arrivals
A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Dunn at Baugh Wiley Clinic in Trinity. A son, John Steven, to Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Tuten in Colbert County Hospital May 25. Mrs. Tuten is Doris Nixon, daughter of Mrs. R. H. Nixon of Decatur. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Tuten of Huntsville.
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Melvin Dunn
Trinity 1
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
John Steven
J. R. Tuten
Tuscumbia
Colbert County Hospital
Tuten
Doris Nixon
R. H. Nixon
Decatur
Alfred Tuten
Huntsville
Richard Bowden's Rites Set Today
Funeral services for Richard Bowden of Cullman, 81, are planned today with Rev. J. T. Schuts officiating. Bowden, a retired farmer, died Friday at 10:35 a.m. at his home. Interment will be in Bethel Cemetery. Survivors include his widow, three sons Truman Troy and Ossie, one daughter in law, and several great grandchildren.
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Cullman
Richard
Dick) Bowden
J. T. Schuts
Bowden
Bethel Cemetery
Moss Service
Truman
Hartselle Resident Passes Rites Today
HARTSELLE The Rev. W. K. Stephenson conducts funeral at Hartselle Methodist Church at 4 p.m. for Mrs. C. S. Murray 65 a Hartselle resident died Saturday at 9 45 a.m. at Decatur General Hospi
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Hartselle
W. K. Stephenson
Hartselle Methodist Church
C. S. Murray
Markets Report Indicates Mixed Livestock Prices
Market notes show cattle with varying values including feeder and commercial steers in the mid range. Hog quotes for 180 to 290 pounds sit around 17.30 with current farm meat values noted.
Adenauer to Visit Washington and Harvard
The White House announced West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer will lunch with President Eisenhower on June 14 and confer with the President and Secretary Dulles. The visit coincides with his trip to attend Harvard University commencement on June 16 where he will receive an honorary degree.
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Washington
White House
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Eisenhower
Murray. Snyder
Adenauer
Dulles
United States
Harvard University
Damages Tallied After Courtland Area Crash
Highway Patrolmen report $660 in damages from a Friday crash one half mile west of Courtland on the overhead bridge in Lawrence County. A 1951 Ford driven by Warren Grady Newman of Hartselle collided with a 1955 auto transit truck driven by Jack Davidson of Canton Georgia. Ford headed west and the truck east when they met on the bridge. Car damage $625. truck $25.
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Courtland
Ford
Warren Grady Newman
Hartselle
Jack Davidson
Canton
UAW Ford Talks Extend With Strike Authorization Sought
The bargaining table holds as CI0 resumes with a vege offer from General Motors reportedly rejected. Reuther says Ford proposal was reviewed section by section by council members. The union set June 2 as strike authorization to avoid legal timing issues though no precise deadline hour was named.
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General Motors
Reuther
Henry Ford
Muddled Account Of Jailer Investigator In Sleepy Yard Death
Early reports leave unclear why officers went to the scene as Wooten the head jailer and lead investigator for the sheriff’s office appeared. The sequence shows Youngblood dying in the yard near the street while officers reported shots with the couple present.
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Wooten
Youngblood
Sheriff's Office
Welfare Department expands miners fund program due to unemployment
Dr Snoddy noted increased unemployment among miners pushed welfare officials to continue the program after miners welfare payments stopped last year. He cited deteriorating conditions and mining decline as factors and said supervision was provided only with local governments covering other distribution costs voluntarily.
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Welfare Department
Miners Welfare Fund
Snoddy
Ee Progrem Bg
Tatar Nek Ot
Birth rate climbs to record 28.6 per thousand in 1947
The U.S. birth rate rose from a thousand in 1933 to 28.6 per thousand in 1947, marking a record high for recent years.
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U.S
Power outage hits Athens area from storm claims
Electric John of Athens reported Lightning disrupted automatic substations in Limestone and near Athens cutting city power for about 30 minutes. He cited down lines between Athens and Ardmore and said crews were patching. No major property damage reported. Quince Eddens of Decatur Electric said Morgan County had no trouble and disturbance appeared north of the area.
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John 1
Athens
Limestone
Ardmore
Patee O
Quince Eddens
Decatur Electric Department
Morgan County
Fragmented 1960s remarks on segregation and race literature
A telegram quoted Kern accusing Dr. Sims of staging plans that would drive Negro women to marry white men. The message asserts segregation is illegal and praises Negro contributions to literature and music, reflecting racial tension and propaganda themes.
Board suspends stamp firm licenses amid probe
The board kept five firms suspended during an ongoing investigation. The Advertiser hinted at a counterfeit ring in ABC decals and suggested the red whisky stamps Gov. Folsom flagged may be fakes, with the paper claiming evidence supports counterfeiting.
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Hammonds
Advertiser
ABC
Gov. Folsom
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