Alabama Weekend Traffic Death Toll Noted in 4950 Accidents
Report lists 4950 Alabama traffic accidents this weekend with 770 injuries and 22 planned fatalities. Officials urge motorists to practice safe driving and watch for hazards on highways.
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1954
Page
4
Go And Vote Voters in Alabama Counties urged to vote
Voters in Morgan Lawrence Limestone and Cullman counties and across Alabama are urged to vote on May 4 to nominate state and county officials and settle lingering issues. The piece notes Morgan county cast about 14 000 votes on May 4 and June totals are expected lower, asking citizens why they should stay away and urging them to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Lawrence
Limestone
Cullman
Alabama
Morgan County
Valley Stock Yard to Boost Decatur Livestock Market
The Daily lauds farmers and business people in Decatur for forming the Valley Stock Yard Inc. to establish a livestock sales barn. The project aims to complete a four county farm marketing system, offering a daily cash market for local farm products and inviting investment from the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Valley Stock Yard, Inc
Letter to the Constitution on segregation and own children
A Georgia Black writer to the Atlanta Constitution argues against immediate desegregation. He cites his three children and the burden of equality now, fearing harm to their sense of belonging and the disadvantages of forcing integration in schools and public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Constitution
Georgia
Dulles Pursues Indochina Policy Shift in Closed Talks
Secretary of State Dulles holds private talks with Senate leaders on Indochina and possible war. He tones down earlier threats of using troops and seeks permission to reallocate up to 800 million dollars to Siam and the Philippines, aiming to save nearby nations if Southeast Asia allies join the pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dulles
Senate
Indochina
Nixon
Siam
Philippines
Malaya
Burma
McCarthy Aides Turn To Ex-Attorney General For Advice
Roy Cohn Francis Carr and Pvt Dave Schine trooped to the Colony Restaurant seeking counsel from former attorney general Jim McGranery. He had once saved Cohn from removal in New York and later advised on how to handle the Stevens Army witness stand. The trio left praising McGranery as they called to hire him as their counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen. McCarthy
Roy Cohn
Francis Carr
Dave Schine
Plush Colony
Cohn
Jim McGranery
Justice Department
Harry Truman
McGranery
Young Cohn
U. S. Attorney’s Office
New York
United Nations
Crow
McCarthy Committee
Colony
Carr
Schine
Jim
Stevens
The Public Enjoys Subtle Protectors at Work
A fragment hints at unseen guardians shielding the public and maintaining safety without fanfare. The note underlines quiet vigilance by those who safeguard daily life.
Living Today by Arlie B Davidson
The article urges unselfish kindness as core habit for better relations. It notes true kindness benefits the giver and earns genuine reward, and highlights kindness to children, the handicapped, the aged, and others facing inferiority. Davidson emphasizes kindness as religious and practical virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Living Today
Arlie B. Davidson
FPC faces shakeup as rate hikes anger consumer advocates
The Federal Power Commission faces a staff purge as Republican appointees push rate increases. Consumer protectors blamed for delaying hikes may be dropped, with 16 million homeowners set to pay higher gas bills. A Michigan Indiana Illinois rate rise boosts Panhandle Eastern Pipeline revenues by about 12 million annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Power Commission
Power and Gas
FPC
Kuykendall
Michigan
Indiana
Mllinois
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co
Rates Bureau Faces Shakeup at the FPC
The document lists key FPC rate bureau figures targeted for removal. Charles Smith heads accounts and rates with 18 years as a government rate expert. Ed Coffman leads the division of rates and has faced industry hostility and a notable courtroom judgment. Lambert McAllister serves as associate general counsel. The piece frames their departures as a tide against rising consumer costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
FPC
Charles Smith
Bureau of Accounts, Finance and Rates
Smith
M. W. van Scoyoc
Ed Coffman
Division of Rates
Coffman
Bill Marbury
Mississippi River Fuel
Marbury
Lambert McAllister
McAllister
Secret meeting fuels clash of US trucking giants
In a private session at the Teamsters head Dave Beck’s office, trucking leaders Roy Fruehauf Burt Seymour and Walter Carey discussed a looming contest between major transportation groups in the United States. The exact plan remains undisclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Roy Fruehauf
Burt Seymour
Associated Transport
Walter Carey
American Trucking Assen
Wave of the Week Irene Conde Found Dead on Maryland Beach
The battered body of Irene Marion Conde age 26 known as Wave of the Week was found on a Chesapeake Bay beach in Point Lookout Maryland. Sheriff Willard Long called it murder and an autopsy was ordered to decide if death was from beating or drowning. A broken bottle served as a possible murder weapon and rape was being investigated. Conde left Patuxent Naval Air Base on weekend liberty en route to marriage plans to Frank H. Gilbreath while awaiting to leave the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Lookout
Irene Marion Conde
Brunnette
Willard Long
Waldo Pickett
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Patuxent Naval Air Base
Frank H. Gilbreath
Henry
James
James E. Conde
Rochester
N.Y
Off-Duty Officer Chases Teener Robber in Saloon Heist
Chicago May 29 Michael Mulvihill 54 an off duty policeman wounded a robber after the man stole his false teeth during a salon robbery. Mulvihill pursued into an alley and shot the holdup man in the knee. Norman Soper 41 identified by police as the robber. Mulvihill recovered his choppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Michael Mulvihill
Norman Soper
Mulvihhill
Railroad lobbying sparks two year battle and propaganda clash
The excerpt depicts a heated struggle between railroad interests and opposing factions driven by Eastern railroads propaganda campaigns. It mentions private security at a hotel during Joe McCarthy’s wedding and a candid remark by Roy Cohn about a major American figure. It also notes Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves’ possible appointment to the Atomic Energy Commission and Benson approving a large dried milk shipment to Hong Kong signaling policy shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern
Joe McCarthy
Roy Cohn
Jefferson Hotel
America
McCarthy
Ske
Leslie Groves
Atomic Energy Commission
Gene Zuckert
Benson
Hong Kong
Red China
Danville Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Appointments
Morgan County Danville briefs report multiple local visits from residents and relatives to Nashville Birmingham Lynchburg Town Creek and Austinville. Acting postmaster Robert Pope serves in Danville as churches plan Youth Sunday with 4H club sponsors. River of small life updates reflects area across 7 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancel Glover
Nashville
Lawrence Kelso
Paul Terry
Decatur
James Tomlinson
Danville
Birmingham
San Antonio
Texas
Arthur Lee Jr
Add Randolph
Walter Moore
W. M. Randolph
Hartselle
Paul Davis
Charles
Ruth Peek
J. B. Lee
Glenn Pennington
Tedford Adams
Loretta
Tennessee
Porter
Lexington
Farris Pickens
A. H. McCord and
S. A. Irving
Lynchburg
Emma Armstrong
Town Creek
Herman Myers
Myers
C. G. Hardwick
Burl Hardwick
Sandra
W. B. Benson
Sheffield
Helen Legg
Dora Teague
Robert
Bob) Pope
James Teague
Robert Slack
Bowser the old fashioned dog who won't save the day
Hal Boyle laments the dream of a sourpuss old fashioned dog who minds its own business. He laughs at ambitious rescue dogs and ponders a world where dogs seek fame with canned food incentives and government prizes, preferring a quiet, untelegraphed mutt over heroic hype.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Wren
Old Bowser
Bowser
Windy City
Chicago
Dad
North Alabama Accountants Admit 8 New Members
The North Alabama chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants added eight new members after a December board meeting in Decatur. New members include Floyd A. Landers of Landers Office Supply Co. in Sheffield and Claude L. Duplissey Jr. of Friden Calculating Machine Co. in Florence, among others from Reynolds Metals Co. Sheffield, Muscle Shoals City, Huntsville Manufacturing Co., Huntsville, and Chemstrand Corp. Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Alabam
National Assn. of Cost Accountants
Board of Directors
Decatur
Floyd A. Landers
Landers Office Supply Co
Sheffield
Claude L. Duplissey, Jr
Friden Calculating Machine Co
Florence
Oscar Dean Jr
Law Lamar
Thomas F. Green
Reynolds Metals Co
Aaron D. Wilson
Muscle Shoals City
Sarah H. Fisk
Huntsville Manufacturing Co
Huntsville
James W
Journey of the Chemstrand Corp
U S Army Establishes Retreat House at Berchtesgaden
The U S Army creates a religious retreat center in Berchtesgaden, the Bavarian town of Hitler's Eagle's Nest, to serve European personnel. The facility will host 100 guests and include a 500 volume religious library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Heidelberg
Germany
U.S
Berchtesgaden
Europe
Scientists Estimate Oxygen Forges Half Earth’s Crust Weight
Scientists estimate oxygen accounts for about half of the crust’s weight, highlighting its abundant presence in minerals. The figure emphasizes oxygen's central role in Earth's composition and geochemical makeup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
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Jesus
Christ
Carl Heath Kopf
Washington, D. C
First Congregational Church
National Council of Churches
Pearson
DAV
DSON
Jesus Christ
Panhandle
Washington Pipeline
Wave
Rod Randolph
Hal
Will Wright
Falkville
Accountants
Ohevestors Mutual Dnvestors Selective Fund
Truc
IOS Stock Fund
Co7s Syndicate OF America
Devestors Diversified Services
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Melvin L. Hyatt P
Athens, Ala
NED
Frazier Brothers
Dix Company
Ned Frazier
Bank ST
W. F. Frazier
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