Florida and Missouri pace Democratic presidential primary scene
Florida voters pick between Anal Stevenson and Sen Estes in a tight Dem race seen as a test of rivalries. Missouri delegates back Sen Symington as a potential contingency candidate if Kefauver Stevenson falter. Ohio Governor Lausche hints at nominating his home, while Eisenhower faces nominal GOP opposition in Florida. The 28 Democratic votes from Florida are split by delegation rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Anal Stevenson
Sen. Estes
Missouri
Stuart Symington
Kefauver
Stevenson
Columbus
Ohio
Frank
Lausche
Symington
Eisenhower
Clements
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Joe B. Bates
Princess The Conqueror and The Killer Is Loose Showings
Amusements listing includes Princess The Conqueror featuring Wayne Susan Hayward with showtimes 3:07 6:12 and 7:20. Roxy presents The Killer Is Loose with multiple daily times and additional feature listings and titles. Starvue Courtland Highwaypon Dae Blues with Jock Webb noted.
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Princess—The Conqueror
Wayne
Susan Hayward
Courtland Highway
Jock Webb
Health for Today Keeping Your Teeth Healthy
Dr W W Bauer outlines dental health for children and adults. He notes high prevalence of dental anomalies and emphasizes early care, spacing of baby teeth, and space maintainers to protect future permanent teeth. The piece advocates regular dental visits to ensure pleasing appearance and overall health.
Decatur Service Station Staying Open After Operator's Death
Decatur service station at Highway 31 and Vine Street remains temporarily operated by Clifton Thomas following the death of operator Tom H. Hamilton. The fire and recap department is run by Mrs. Hazel Hamilton and Ralph Gamble.
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Decatur
Highway 31
Vine Street
Tom H. Hamilton
Clifton Thomas
Hazel Hamilton
Ralph Gamble
Beria’s Arrest Echoes Across Soviet Frontiers
Four laborator of Beria fell a few weeks after his arrest. On July 18 1953 Moscow radio announced his dismissal as premier of Azerbaijan. The public announcement marks the end of his long tenure as Communist party chieftain in the Soviet Republic on the Caspian Sea with Baku as its capital.
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Beria
Moscow Radio
Azerbaijan
Communist Party
Soviet
Caspian Sea
Baku
Anti integration plank looms as delegates seek state posts
The text notes H. R. Batchelor of Anniston and N. L. Horne of Selma vie for a state at large post with 10 district delegates up for grabs Teily. Mott, and many exbdiets pledge to oppose any integration plank. It also cites a 1955 farm labor force reduction of about four percent.
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H. R. Batchelor
Anniston
N. L. Horne
Selma
Mott
Thomas Covey's Rites Thursday
Funeral services for Thomas Covey will be held with a Holy Mass and Holy Rosary. He was a former AT&T foreman and later in wood coal construction and grading. He retired in 1946 due to ill health. Survived by wife Katherine Covey stepson John Broadway daughter Lena Mae Covey Wight sister W M McKerr five grandchildren nine great grandchildren. Interment at City Cemetery by Brown Funeral Co. Pallbearers from St. Ann's Holy Name Society.
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Thomas
Katherine Loring Covey
John Louis Broadway
Waco
Tex
Lena Mae Covey Wight
Miami
Fla
W. M. McKerr
Culleoka
City Cemetery
Brown Funeral Co
Holy Name Society
St. Ann’s Catholic Church
U.K. Senate nominee backs Eisenhower hydro plan ties
The Senate nominee said he favors a policy where local private and public interests join with the federal government in hydroelectric projects. He declined to confirm continuing McKay era Interior policies but praised Eisen power policy aims and noted no hearings are needed on the nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
McKay
Interior Department
Seaton
Eisen
Murray
D-Mont
Interior Committee
Ent
Markets Cotton Prices and Grain Quotes Noted
Market notes list cotton middling at 3.0 and Decstar loan at 35.02 with tin grades 9. A milk price of 3.15 per hundred and a 4 percent milk direct ratio near 6 points above 4 percent. Corn prices show No 2 yellow at 1.47, No 2 white at 1.39, mixed ear at 1.28. Galveston choices quoted 19.50 to 21.50. Hess hemp and weights around 190–240 lb. Mi a.00–16.25.
Market gains hold early as buying support remains strong
New York AP reports strong buy ing support continuing in early stock market dealings. The market moved up from its lows within minutes of initial strength and held that momentum at the opening.
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New York
U S Markets Close Memorial Day With Broad Gains
U S markets closed for Memorial Day with prices up 1 to 2 points after an initial buying rush. Major sectors led by steels rails oils and chemicals posted gains with Bethlehem Steel Caterpillar in lift and Kennecott Allied Chemicals and Santa Fe Rail among leaders. several stocks showed notable percentage advances amid a high level of overall activity.
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Bethlehem Steel
Chrisyer Caterpillar Tractor
Kennecott Copper
Phelps Dodge
Allied Chemical
Santa Fe Rail
Poultry prices vary with steady demand noted
Poultry ANTA reports broilers or fryers steady with fair demand and off birds mostly 30. Hens bring 39 20 at farms, light weights around 20. Plants quote heavy type hens 20 22, mostly 21.
Unclear Grocery Shipment Details From Fragmented OCR
Fragmented OCR describes a Birmingham delivery of nappies or baby products with mixed colors and quality notes. It references percentages of white and other colors, batch sizes around 33 cases, and a discount or receipt detail of about one percent. The text is garbled and lacks a clear event or date.
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Birmingham
Cotton market slips as December seed oil gains pace
The report notes slow late season movements for cotton and mentions December oil seeds at 32.45, while U.S. farmers used 16 billion gallons of crude oil in 1955 and records show four dental offices aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier Saratoga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.S
U. S
Saratoga
Nike project engineer to speak at Athens Rotary meeting
Marvin Dinsmore, Nike project engineer at Redstone Arsenal, will address the Athens Rotary Club Friday at the Country Club in Athens on the Nike guided missile. Dinsmore, a Birmingham high school and Auburn graduate, has TVA and Navy service and is the son of Mrs. Byaa Brock Dinsmore of Decatur. Meanwhile Anne Vinson has a warrant against James A. Vinson after he allegedly took their eight month old baby to Florence en route to his parents’ home in Montgomery. officers will serve the warrant when found.
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Athens
Marvin
Nike
Redstone Arsenal
United State Navy
Dinsmore
Byaa Brock Dinsmore
5Th Ave
Decatur
James A. Vinson
Anne Vinson
Hospital birth and discharge list across Athens and surrounding areas
A multi-entry notice lists recent births and discharges at Athens limestone hospital Lawrence County hospital and Decatur general hospital. Names include Elree Waddell Silas Raney Cleo Davis Jane Anderson Jane Little Gail Campbell Mildred Morgan Melba Coleman and many others with addresses in Athens Moulton Mt Hope Trinity Hartselle and Leoma.
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Athens Limestone Hospital
Elree Waddell
Athens
Silas Raney
Joe Romine
Rogersville
Dewey Mayfield
Cleo Davis
Dillard Sledge
Mare Clark
Commodore Holt
Lawrence County Hospital
Jane Anderson
Moulton
Jane Little
Gail Campbell
Mt. Hope
Issac Davis
Memorial On Creek
Little Thomas
Linda’ Jolly
Trinity
Elaine Mason
Hartselle
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Wilburn. Dawes
Bank St
John F. Miller
Gladys Amos
Brandon Smith
7Th Ave
Frank Roger
4Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
Charles Bradford
16Th Ave
Mayme Smith
Brookmead
Grady Dumas
Herman Roberts
State Ave
Farm program payments hinge on plowing up crops in doubt
Officials say participation would be small if payments apply only to land not yet planted and farmers would accept larger payments if they can plow up crops already slated for failure. Most farmers may only plow land doomed by bad weather, while price supports rise for grain sorghum to 76 percent of parity and corn outside certain areas to 82 percent.
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Benson
Hatton Native Jesse Hagood Dies at 71
Jesse Hagood, a long time Hatton resident and deacon at Okalona Baptist Church for 50 years, died Monday at 7:35 a.m. in Mitchell Hollingsworth Annex of Coffee Memorial Hospital Florence after a three month illness. Funeral services were set for 2 p.m. at Okalona Baptist Church with Rev. Walker Myhan and Rev. Jack Carroll officiating and burial in Ferguson Cemetery. He is survived by two brothers T A Hagood Town Creek and M M Hagood Town Creek.
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Pegg
Jesse Hagood
Town Creek
Okalona Baptist Church
Hatton
Hagood
Mitchell
Hollingsworth
Coffee Memorial Hospital
Florence
Walker Myhan
Jack Carroll
Ferguson Cemetery
Brown
Moulton
T. A .Hagood
M. M. Hagood
Rites For Former Mt. Hope Resident In Town Creek
Funeral services for Mrs. Sue LeMay 90 a Nashville former Mt. Hope resident were set for 2 30 this afternoon at Town Creek Church of Christ. She died Monday at 4 30 am at 819 Fatherland St following a long illness. Survivors include two daughters Mrs E W Bishop and Alma LeMay both of Nashville two sons Joe and Claude LeMay of Town Creek three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Interment in Blackground Cemetery.
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Sue LeMay
Nashville
Mt. Hope
Town Creek Church of Christ
LeMay
Fatherland St
E. W. Bishop
Alma LeMay
Joe
Claude LeMay
Town Creek
Hodgeses Welcome Son in Town Birth
Mr and Mrs Walter Hodges of Town announce the birth of a son this morning at Bank Street Hospital.
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Walter Hodges
Town
Bank St. Hospital
Cattle Tax Battle Seems Court Bound
Montgomery court challenge looms over a State Revenue Department plan to tax cattle ad valorem. The Montgomery County Board of Equalization backs the plan despite protests from cattlemen and the Alabama Cattlemen's Association. The board rejected County Attorney Kohn's opinion that only cattle held a year are taxable, choosing the Oct 1 held basis with a department census, a move likely to prompt legal action to enforce the attorney's view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
State Revenue Department
Montgomery County Board of Equalization
Alabama’ Cattlemen’s Assn
John P. Kohn
Montgomery County
Kohn
Gunman Slays Three Cypriots at Funeral Crowd
A gunman killed three Greek Cypriots among mourners at a Turk ish policeman’s funeral in a village near an oxygen bottling factory owned by Greeks. The assailant, lurking in the crowd, also set the factory on fire. two factory employees were injured. Police reported the incident occurred earlier today as a Greek truck was involved.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Louisiana Accepts Interposition Idea
The Louisiana legislature, in a rare unified vote, passes a measure claiming interposition against federal actions. The bill advances through both Senate and House without any opposition, marking a bold assertion of state sovereignty amid constitutional conflict.
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Baton Dae Eee Ana
Spreme Court Au Catellica
Senate
House
China Uses Egypt Move to Boost Africa Influence
A Sudanese delegation reports Chou En-lai claimed Egypt’s recognition shows independence from the West and a springboard for China to expand influence into central Africa.
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China
Africa
Moscow
Egypt
mid-Africa
Peiping
Chou En-lai
Land values around Mackinac bridge route jump in year
Land along U S 2 leading to the new Straits of Mackinac bridge has seen price spikes from five dollars to as much as two hundred per foot. Analyst Frank A Wood notes sales have risen about one third in the past year as the 1957 completion date approaches.
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Bridgetage
Straits of Mackinac
Frank A. Wood
U.S. 2
Trio Of Prominent Citizens Jailed In Montgomery
Three prominent Montgomery businessmen were jailed for contacting prospective jurors in Dr. Louis Gayden’s narcotics trial. Joe Hedrick and Joel W. Wells Jr. with Truxton A. Northcutt received two days each on multiple charges, while Gayden’s trial went on hold. Prosecutors said the men sought jurors’ opinions to gauge bias, a claim the defense rejected as insufficient for tampering.
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Montgomery
Louis R. Gayden
Joe Hedrick
Sportsman and
Joel W. Wells Jr
Truxton A. Northcutt
A Lumber Co
Gayden
Northcutt
Kilby
Gene Carter
Hedrick
Wells
Ee See Eee
J. W
Moderates Lead Leftists In Italy Provincial and Municipal Returns
Italy's moderate center parties maintain a strong provincial lead while Leftists surge in late reports from northern industrial centers affecting municipal results. Communist allied Socialists gain ground in Milan Genoa and other large cities as center coalition led by Prime Minister Antonio Segni edges the extreme Left and Right by over a million votes in provincial contests.
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Rome
Italy
Pietro Nenni
Milan
Genoa
Center
Antonio Segni
Christian Democrats
Retired Merchant Claude C Morell Dies in Athens
Claude C Morell 69 of 301 E Pryor St Athens died at 3 50 am today at Athens Limestone Hospital Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 pm at McConnell Service Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Frank Davis officiating He operated an upholstery shop in Athens for years then retired About seven years ago He was a World War I veteran member of V F W D A V American Legion survived by wife Berdie Morell one sister Eva Todd Athens and many nieces and nephews Pallbearers are Hayden Abernathy Arthur Thorn Walter Gordon John Tennison Luke Davis Milton Andrews directed by McConnell Funeral Home
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Athens
Claude C. Morell
E. Pryor St
McConnell Service
Funeral Home
Frank Davis
Morell
Athens-Limestone Hospital
First Christian Church
V.F.W
D.A.V
American Legion
Berdie Morell
Eva Todd
City Cemetery
McConnell Funeral Home
Hayden Abernathy
Arthur Thorn
Walter Gordon
John Tennison
Luke Davis
Milton Andrews
Hartselle Moves to New Municipal Building
Hartselle set to open the new $120000 municipal building office tomorrow at 8 am if moving is completed this afternoon. Mayor John Burleson says the holdup is connecting telephones and moving desks chairs safes from the old office, with about two and a half hours needed to clear the old building.
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Hartselle
John Burleson
Young Peacemaker Stabbed To Death In Fist Fight
Ronald Lindley a 17 year old janitor was stabbed to death after stepping between two fighting teens. George Farrell 17 identified Joseph Delk 24 as the attacker saying Delk struck Lindley with a knife. Delk and his wife arrived from Mayfield Kentucky two weeks ago.
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Cago W
Ronald Lindley
George Farrell
Joseph Delk
Farrell
Hger
George
Lindley
Delk
Carey
Chicago
Mayfield
Delk Brothers
Four Indians Killed In A Strike At Kalka
Four railway workers were killed and seven injured in a clash with police at Kalka near New Delhi as workers pressed a high rally. The incident occurred during protests by railway staff seeking action on wage and working conditions.
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New Delhi
India
Kalka
Want Ads Get Results Too Late to Classify
Classified fragment indicates late results from want ads, noting delays in classification. Readers may have missed timely postings as notices arrive after standard processing windows.
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Ostena
the Birds
George Gobel
Mitzi Gayen Ewree
W. W. Bauer
American Medical Association
Thomas Covey
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Acme Steel
Baker
T&t
Leckh Air
Loew's
Lorillard
Armour
Lou& Nash
Armst Ck
Sen Co
Texas Co
East Air
Texas
Erie UN Bag &P
Westy A Bk
York
Anet Delashaw
Mable Gordon
Mildred Morgan
Melba Faye Coleman
Wee Irvin
Plemons
Leoma
Ving Lvey
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College St
J. P. Waters
Market St
Nonnie Stovall
Somerbow
Eddie Tapscott
Gladys Belew
Enolam Blvd
Jesse Ha
Louisiana
Young
Cera ST
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