Recital and community notices brighten Decatur area
Mrs. Joe Burt will present her piano class in a recital at Moulton Heights school tonight at 7 30. Cub Scouts Den 1 and 2 visited Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Tuesday May 27 with 14 youngsters learning about trees and shrubs. Mrs. Henry Hokett is improved after illness at 812 3rd Ave. M. Posey Horton, charged with murder, released on 3500 bond after a county jail hearing. Rocket Club meets tonight at 7 30 in City Electric Auditorium. Memorial service for veterans of Morgan on Friday at 8 30 with Elbert Chandler to give memorial address. Police seek a 1955 green Chevrolet stolen from Russellville. Two cars damaged in a collision at Fourth Ave SE and Gordon Dr with no injuries. Roy Woodard charged with failure to yield after collision with Samuel Schooley. City court cases include stop sign, reckless driving, muffler issues, disorderly conduct, and yield violations. Building permits issued for six to seven rooms with values up to 17 000. Decatur High Senior Class Night Friday at 8. Family reunion for Andrew Turner clan Sunday at Wright Springs near Priceville starting 12 30 with picnic lunch. See Diary On Page 2.
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Decatur
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
F. P. Bailey
R. E. Barnett
C. G. Hudson
Wallace criticizes docks deficit and pledges reform
Circuit Judge George Wallace assails state docks operation amid a $50,000 deficit and withholds information from newsmen. He forecasts a January 1959 shift in administration, pledging openness and replacing Dock Director Knox McRae if elected governor. Patterson trails in the governor runoff bid.
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State Docks
George Wallace
Clayton
John Patterson
Patterson
Cullman
Wallace
Knox McRae
McRae
James E. Folsom
Mobile
Folsom
Sulligent
Vernon
Fayette
Northport
Tuscaloosa
Roy Mayhall
Jasper
State Democratic Executive Committee
Memorial Day traffic warning from Decatur patrol captain
Captain W F Dyar of the Decatur Highway Patrol urges motorists to obey traffic laws for Memorial Day weekend. He notes many drivers will be on the highways and warns that self discipline is essential. The article mentions store closings and a DAV chapter appeal for flags and prayers for peace.
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W. F. Dyar
Decatur Highway Patrol Post
Comer Ezell
Retail Merchants Division
Chamber of Commerce
Melvin W. Owens
Decatur
Dyar
State Highway Patrol
Nobody Sei Furni So Acura Ox Avenue Ady
A fragmented notice presents an ad like line about a street and address with unclear wording. Readable elements include a place name and generic descriptor but no concrete event or action.
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Furni
Ady
Reuther Faces Tough Decision in GM Talks
Walter P. Reuther weighs accepting GM's two year contract extension or operating without a contract as midnight nears. GM outlined terms to keep U.S. plants open, including end of union shop and dues check off amid tense negotiations with UAW IEW. Ford and Chrysler expected to adopt similar terms if no settlement by Sunday.
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United Auto Workers
General Motors
Reuther
United States
UAW
International Union of Electrical Workers
IEU
James B
NAACP condemns execution of Negro rapist in Mississippi
The Mississippi NAACP says the execution of J. C. Cameron, 23, a Brookhaven Black man, for raping a white woman shows one sided law application by race. Medgar Evers calls it a mental patient case and notes no white man has been executed for raping a Black woman.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Medgar Evers
J. C. Cameron
Brookhaven
NAACP
Memorial Day Holiday Driving Expected to Claim 350 Lives
Chicago AP reports the first long weekend of 1958 will flood highways with travelers by car and camper. The National Safety Council estimates 350 fatalities from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight, about 50 more than a usual weekend.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Nameless Dead Lie In State In Capitol Rotunda
In a solemn Capitol ceremony two unknown soldiers from World War II and Korea lay in state beside the Unknown Soldier of World War I. Citizens and organizations sent flowers as they passed the bronze caskets, paying respects while debate on new defenses continued in Congress.
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Washington
Rotunda
Korea
Congress
Direct Distance Dialing Comes To Decatur Aug 17
Direct distance dialing will reach Decatur on August 17 making cross country calls easy. Avery Taylor of Southern Bell says Decatur will be among the first Alabama cities with DDD and subscribers can dial direct to 460 cities as testing and installation proceed.
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Decatur
Avery Taylor
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Alabama
Southern Bell
Taylor
Decatur Seeks Expedited Airline Service Amid CAB Review
Civil Aeronautics Board examiner Paul N. Pfeiffer suggested new routes for Huntsville Anniston Melbourne and Eglin while Decatur urged to join as stop or alternate stop due to Redstone Arsenal defense work. Decision pending months with hearings and final ruling in Washington.
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Decatur
Huntsville
Anniston
Civil Aeronautics Board
Paul N. Pfeiffer
Eglin Air Force Base
Melbourne
Fla
Southern Airways Inc
Atlanta
Memphis
Southern Airways
Gadsden
Southern
New Orleans
Tampa
Eastern Air Lines Inc
Defense Dept
Redstone Arsenal
CAB
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Florida
Hunstsville
Chemstrand Corp
Navy
Decatur Iron and Steel
Decatur Tool and Machine Co
Automatic Screw Machine Products Co
James N. Bloodworth
Defense Dept. Expeditions
Pryor Field
Redstone
Arsenal
Deneb Bright Star Distant 1600 Light Years Away
Deneb peaks in the northeast in the early evening sky as a prominent but distant star. Astronomers estimate Deneb lies about 1600 light years from Earth, underscoring its remoteness among bright celestial bodies.
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Mneres Enve
Deneb
Weather and River Readings for Decatur Area
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 21.56 feet, down 0.04 feet in 24 hours, sea level reading 555.86. High temperature 91 at 11 a.m., low 56 at 6 a.m. Today 10:45 a.m. 73 degrees. Forecast mostly sunny and less humid today and Friday, tonight fair and a little cooler. Winds northerly 8 to 12 mph diminishing at night. High today 85, low tonight 53, high Friday around 85.
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Decatur
Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Victory Seen For State In Oil Fight
Alabama officials claim potential offshore oil and gas revenues from Gulf tidelands as the federal government concedes ownership of lands to Alabama Louisiana and Mississippi. Attorneys dispute that the states own tidelands plus three miles seaward as the case heads to the Supreme Court. Boswell warned against international boundary arguments and expressed confidence in a favorable ruling.
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Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Gulf of Mexico
E. C. Bud Boswell
Atty
Jack Gremillion
Louisiana
Mississippi
U. S. Supreme Court
Gremillion
Supreme Court
Boswell
Union Protest Over Lawyers' Fees in Hoffa Case
The Teamsters protested a $350,000 legal fee claim by three attorneys who represented in a suit to block James R. Hoffa from becoming president. The suit ended with Hoffa in office and court monitors overseeing union affairs. Schmidt sought $20,000 for himself and his firm.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Teamsters
Godfrey P. Schmidt
Thomas Dodd
M. J. Blumenfeld
Linden Candidate Quits Runoff Narrowly Shifts Nomination
Arthur H. Perry of Linden withdrew as a runoff candidate for House Place No. 2 in Marengo County. The withdrawal gave the Democratic nomination to Charles B. Grant Jr. who will face the next Tuesday runoff, per State Democratic Chairman Roy Mayhall.
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Montgomery
Arthur H. Perry
Linden
House of Representatives
Marengo County
Charles B. Grant Jr
Roy Mayhall
Secretary of State
Perry
Coty says he will resign if Assembly rejects De Gaulle
President Rene Coty urged Parliament to accept Charles de Gaulle as premier and warned he would resign and transfer the presidency to Andre Le Troquer if the Assembly refuses. De Gaulle left his country home for Paris amid tense Assembly sessions and clashes between Gaullists and Communists.
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George MacArthur
PARIS
Rene Coty
Charles de Gaulle
France
National Assembly
de Gaulle
Coty
de Gaullists
Assembly
Andre le Troquer
Elysee Palace
White House
Socialist Party
Will
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Henry Hokett
3Rd Ave. M
Posey Horton
Arthur Stewart
Summer Ave
W. H. Long
Decatur Rocket Club
City Electric Auditorium
Veterans Organizations of Morgan
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Elbert Chandler
Veterans Administration
Veterans Organizations of
Russellville
Fred Walker
Tanner
Branton D. Bryan
Eleventh Ave. SE
Fourth Ave. SE
Gordon Dr
Roy Craig Woodard
Moulton
Samuel C. Schooley
Fifth Ave
Eighth St
B. D. Cagle
Carolyn St
Thomas M. Sheats
Thirteenth St
J. M. Baker
Eleventh Ave
R. E. Carden
21St Ave
Decatur High School
Andrew Turner
Wright Springs
Priceville
Buckley
Associated Press
Frank Mizell
Mizell
National Party
By Dwight Pitkin
Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
Myra
London
Lewis
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Pfeiffer
Trans-Texas Airways
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Birmingham
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