Bests to attend son's Memphis State graduation
The Rev and Mrs Clarence L Best of the Austinville Church of God travel to Memphis Wednesday for their son Clarence Jerrell Best to receive his BS degree from Memphis State College. St Johns Mens Club urged to attend a 730 pm church meeting. Three traffic and two disorderly conduct cases appear on the city court docket this morning. Building permits total 25000 for three projects. Ex convicts Hopson and Dye jailed after driving stolen car to Detroit and back. James B Kelly Jr graduates Marion Military Institute.
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Gunman Kills Deputy Sheriff and Kills Woman in Getaway
A gunman killed Deputy Sheriff Ray Westover in Toledo after a traffic stop. John Bowens and two accomplices fled, hitting a blind man and a 19 year old student named Ann Marie Martin near St Charles Hospital before Bowens was disarmed at a roadblock. The other suspects Walter Bryant and Phillip Powell were taken to police HQ.
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New York City
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Philadelphia
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Four Buddies Of Dead Beria Executed In Soviet Treason Trial
Four officials from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic were executed for treason and counterrevolution after being accused of being accomplices of Lavrenty Beria. The Baku Worker reported their charges as terrorist acts and their trial as part of post Stalin power shifts.
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Tallahassee Bus Boycott Expands From University
In Tallahassee Florida Florida A and M University students joined a bus boycott protesting segregated seating after the arrest of two Negro girl students. NAACP leader Rev C K Steele says the boycott will continue beyond campus while transit officials report no broad impact.
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Florida A&m University
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Workers Must Pay U S Income Taxes On SUB Payments
Government rules idle workers must pay federal income tax on benefits from auto producers. Benefits are not wages for withholding or social security taxes.
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U.S
Washington
Weather Update and River Reading at Keller Memorial Bridge
Tennessee River reading this morning shows 21.50 feet, down 16 feet in 24 hours, sea level 555.80. Yesterday’s high 89 and low 63. This morning at 8:15 a.m. 83 and 64 at 10:30 a.m. Forecast calls for partly cloudy warm weather with scattered thundershowers today tonight and Wednesday. highs around 87, tonight 63, and a high Wednesday.
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Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
State Employment Still Rides Peak
Alabama non agricultural employment remained near a record pace in April 1955. Total state employment rose by about 25 700 from March and April figures surpassed March levels in several sectors. Lumber and wood products showed a loss while textile mills dipped to 67 500.
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Alabama
Eugene M. Wells
Seeaten Hs
Ce Oe Ae Ee
Wells
Seaton Seen Likely to Be Interior Secretary Pick
President Eisenhower appears poised to nominate Fred A. Seaton of Nebraska as secretary of the interior. Seaton, 46, a newspaper and radio executive, has served on the White House staff as deputy assistant to Eisenhower on administrative affairs. The White House announced the selection late yesterday, drawing some surprise from Western Republican colleagues.
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Swift
Senate
Fred A. Seaton
Eisenhower
Seaton
Nebraska
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C Clears Way For New Industry
The South Carolina General Assembly will hold extraordinary sessions next Monday to pave the way for a 100 million dollar new industry. Gov. George Bell Timmerman announced at a news conference that the sessions will amend the 1896 land ownership law limiting ownership by aliens to 500 acres. The Bowaters Southern Paper Corp. and English interests had Ames assured the governor it will build a major facility on the Catawba River in Columbia.
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South Carolina General Assembly
George Bell Timmerman
Bowaters
Southern Paper Corp
Ames
Catawba
Senate advances highway bill to voting stage in 40 000 mile plan
The Senate moves toward a final vote on a vast highway program to create a 40,000 mile interstate system over 13 years. The measure outlines federal state outlays, taxes, and a pay as you build approach while sending the bill to conference with the House.
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Senate
House
Sam
Bureau of Public Roads
Missing Air Force Captain Crumley Still Not Found
No new information on Air Force Captain Paul Crumley who vanished two weeks ago after his weather jet reportedly was struck by lightning at 27 000 feet over the Pacific. The co pilot survived after six hours and said Crumley’s parachute opened. Crumley’s wife Mary Blankenship of Decatur confirms the lack of fresh word.
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Decatur
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Pacific
Ex Cullman Educator Lands Tuscumbia Post
R. E. Moore, a former Cullman educator, has been appointed to a teaching post in Tuscumbia. Details indicate appointment to a school position with duties in the district.
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CuLlman
Tuscumbia
Voter Turnout So Far Lighter Than May Primary in Decatur
Reports from five city boxes show 96 ballots cast by mid morning versus 127 at the same hour in the first primary. At the city electric department 16 of 375 voted, Walter Jackson school 19 of 277, Lane Grocery 25 of 300, Namie's 18 of 123, and city hall 18 of 312, with expected midday activity flagging.
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Walter Jackson School
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City Hall
House Passes Compromise Agriculture Funding Bill
The House approved by voice vote a compromise bill appropriating 1.9937 billion dollars for the Agriculture Department for the coming fiscal year. The Senate and House had approved different sums. the conference committee resolved the difference between 2.0183 billion and 1.9835 billion.
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House
Senate
Agriculture Department
May 2 primary vote sees light turnout amid local races
In Alabama, polls open 8 a.m. close 5 p.m. rural areas 6 p.m. cities 7 p.m. Jefferson County. Incumbent Co C Gack Owen and Billy Tucker face questions over segregation and the so called Negro bloc vote after May 1 results and a challenge to Owen’s eligibility.
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APSC
Co. C
Gack Owen
Biringham
Billy Tucker
Tucker
John Drinkard
Cullman
Negrtoes
Nee Owen
Alabama
Adlai Seeks to Avert Economic Trouble in 1952 Campaign
Adlai E. Stevenson, campaigning in California for the Democratic presidential nomination, warned the nation may be on the verge of a serious business downturn. He cited nearly 200,000 unemployed in the auto industry and urged government action to prevent worse conditions amid a farm mood hurt by the economy.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
California
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eisenhower Signs Farm Law Ending Long Debate
The administration moves to implement the new farm law though details of benefits are unclear. President Eisenhower signed it, noting some shortcomings but greater advantages, ending over a year of negotiations. The law allows soil bank funds for removing land from production, with uptake depending on future decisions by Benson and industry needs.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Benson
FHA Bill Extends Mortgage Insurance to Civilian Housin
The House passed a bill granting FHA authority to insured mortgage housing for essential civilian employees at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville Alabama and other similar installations. The measure, previously approved by the Senate, moves to concurrence on amendments.
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House
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
Senate
Mills reject new company compromise in Iron Division
Iron Division mills today rejected a proposed company compromise as unacceptable, ending discussions after 32 days of negotiation.
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Iron Division Mills
Oie
Soviet Embassy Says Russia Open to Courtesy Naval Calls
The Soviet Embassy announced Russia is interested in exchanging courtesy call visits between U S and Soviet warships indicating a possible easing of naval exchanges and maritime diplomacy.
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Washington
Russia
U. S
Mobile tuberculosis hospital opening delayed again
Montgomery reports the long awaited Mobile state tuberculosis hospital faces further delays. Officials attributed the setback to funding and construction hurdles. Local health advocates urged a faster timeline to expand patient care capacity in the region.
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