Local notes from Decatur area today
James C Blalock to be moved from Huntsville Hospital to Decatur General. Army commissions set for John Mullican and James Kimbrell at University of Alabama ceremonies. Lee Champion reported improving in Hartsel Hospital from a sprained back. Morgan County Board of Registrars to meet at courthouse Monday. Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church bond drive aims for 75000 to fund new educational building. call EL 3 1830 for buyers. Liz Sivley named Lipscomb College best actress 1959 for Madame Tsai role. Straw Hat Garden Club picnic postponed to June 8 at 7 p.m. Rotary Club to host J Gurley of Cathedral Caverns with slides.
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John T. Mullican
Decatur
James Porter Kimbrell, Jr
Town Creek
Army
University of Alabama
Mullican
Corp of Engineers
Kimbrell
Infantry
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Liz Sivley
W. E. Sivley
Sixth Ave
S.W
David Lipscomb College
Nashville
Tenn
Madame Tsai
Sivley
Lipscomb
Marion
Decatur High School
The
University of Tennessee
Should Parents Force a School Stay or Farm Work for Teens
A reader asks if pulling a fifteen year old from boarding school was right. The respondent notes teens often resist school and cites a daughter who later thanks staying in school. Emphasizes parental focus on the child’s long term welfare, guidance, and prayer for spiritual life.
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E. W
Agricult
Space Monkeys Able and Baker Return Unharmed
Washington AP describes the 1500 mile rocket flight of Able and Baker as unscathed though slightly mad about the mission. Army doctors report the primates endured 38 g during reentry then cheered peanuts and cheese at a news conference.
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Washington
Able
Baker
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Earth
Western powers press bid to ease Berlin crisis amid subversive fears
Secretary of State Herter gains bipartisan support for patience with Geneva talks and a firm stance on progress at Geneva. In Geneva the Big Four discuss Berlin standoff as Gromyko lambasts anti Soviet groups and demands a four power approach while West Berlin is kept under Allied control.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Senate
House
John Foster Dulles
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
United States
Geneva
Mansfield
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Humphrey
Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
West Berlin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Moscow
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Soviet Union
East Germany
Soviet Bloc
DHS Graduates Set Record at Decatur High School
A record class of 213 graduates received diplomas Monday night at 8 p m in Decatur High School. Athens College President Elect Dr Virgil Mc Cain will address the class. Dr Edward V Ram age will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at 8 p m. Photos on page B 5. Greene's University in East Morgan County area is described as thriving on page A 10.
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Decatur
Athens College
Virgil McCain
Edward V. Ramage
Greene's University
Lacey
Morgan County
McRae Appoints Three Deputies in Morgan County
Morgan County Sheriff elect Knox McRae announced three of the five deputies who will serve with him. Pat Patterson will be chief deputy, Loyd Wallace remains as deputy, and Milton Thomas is named to the post. Patterson previously served as Decatur mayor Jimmie Collier’s chief deputy and later worked with McRae’s auto agency.
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Knox McRae
Morgan County
Pat Patterson
McRae
Decatur
Jimmie Collier
Loyd Wallace
Richard Hyde
Milton Thomas
Thomas
Ester Rogers
Patterson
Hyde
Automobile Agency
Alabama Supreme Court
Collier
James Folsom
John Patterson
Folsom
J Apee
Nhc
Two Women Dead in Submerged Car Found Near Clarksburg
A man and boy on a Memorial Day hike spotted a nearly submerged automobile in a stream revealing the bodies of Juanita Ferguson aged 50 and Virginia Conley aged 54. They had vanished after a garden club meeting in April, ending a seven week search.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Juanita Ferguson
Virginia Conley
First Storm Pushes Inland
The season's first tropical storm moved into central Louisiana with 50 mph winds and a center near Lafayette. Gale warnings were lowered along the coast while small craft were advised to stay in port. evacuations increased as residents remembered Hurricane Audrey two years earlier.
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New Orleans
Arlene
Louisiana
Weather Bureau
Lafayette
Gulf of Mexico
Galveston
Tex
Grand Isle
Pensacola
Fla
Huntsville Businessman Declines Civil Rights Advisory Seat
Milton H. Lanier of Huntsville says he cannot serve on Alabama's Civil Rights Advisory Committee due to business pressures that would prevent him from attending meetings. The announcement follows local interest in the panel's activity.
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Huntsville
Ala
Milton H. Lanier
Civil Rights Advisory Committee For
Alabama
Lanier
Cullman Crowned Poultry Queen at County Day
Rain did not stop Cullman County's first Poultry Day at the National Guard Armory as Alice Faye Pesto was crowned Miss Cullman County Poultry Queen. She will represent Cullman in the state contest on June 10 in Birmingham, with Gov. Patterson to crown the winner.
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Cullman
Alice Faye Pesto
Cullman County
Dean Levrett
Jaycee
Dorothy Jo Burton
National Guard
Sportsman's Lake
R. C
Red) Bamberg
W. L. Walsh
Alabama Poultry Industry Assn
Alabama
Birmingham
John Patterson
Cullman Civitan Club
Cullman Lions Club
Rebecca Maxcey
Cullman Chamber of Commerce
Ann Meyer
Liquor Referendum Petition Drive Reported in Decatur
Petitions seeking a liquor referendum are circulating in Decatur with about ten copies in circulation. Some residents report seeing and signing them but deny starting the effort. Probate Judge T C Almon cannot recall the required voting percentage, while Rev G Cowell Keenum says many of the 25 to 30 ministers who met May 27 have heard of the petitions.
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Decatur
T. C. Almon
G. Cowell Keenum
Central Methodist Church
School Tax Effort Seen
Montgomery AP report notes Black Belt legislators favor a special session for schools as the general appropriation bill moves forward. Gov Patterson’s plan includes taxes on autos and construction, with reform of exemptions and corporate rates, while leaders seek a compromise and a mid June start for a special session.
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Montgomery
Alabama
House
Senate
John Patterson
Patterson
Black Belt
June sky features Venus Jupiter Saturn and Summer Triangle
In Decatur this June the evening sky will spotlight Venus Jupiter and Saturn. Vega Deneb and Altair form the Summer Triangle as a navigation reference, with Moon phases noted and a New Moon on June 6.
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Venus
Vega
Deneb
Altair
Tennessee River Reading Near Keller Memorial Bridge
The Tennessee River level at Keller Memorial Bridge Saturday morning stood at 721.68 feet, up 0.09 feet in 24 hours, with sea level reading 555.89 feet. Friday’s high reached 80 degrees, low 62, while Saturday morning was 66. Expect considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thundershowers and southeasterly winds 10 to 20 mph. Monday forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and decreasing shower activity with a high near 90.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Athens College to Graduate Its Largest Class Yet
Athens College prepares for its largest graduation in history on June 7 as 68 seniors pursue BA or BS degrees. Dr. Frank W. Oakes, Calumet & Hecla executive, delivers the commencement address at First Methodist Church after a morning program at Founder's Hall and a baccalaureate sermon by Dr. James at the church. Names listed include Aston Huntsville Bailey Baileyton Bean Hartselle Bengston Huntsville Black Elkmont Rhindell Huntsville.
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Athens
Frank W. Oakes
Athens College
Oakes
Calumet & Hecla
Wolverine
Detroit
Decatur
Founder's Hall
Perry B. James
Athens City Hall
James
First Methodist Church
Alabama
Charles James Aston
Huntsville
James Curtis Bailey
Baileyton
John S. Bean
Hartselle
Ann Franklin Bengston
Ruby Yarbrough Black
Elkmont
Mary Ethel Rhindell
Memorial Day Traffic Toll Alarms Officials
Traffic deaths across the nation rose sharply during the 54 hour Memorial Day weekend, with the National Safety Council predicting up to 260 fatalities. The AP survey shows 262 deaths in a 54 hour nonholiday weekend, as Illinois deploys red alert traffic enforcement. Four wrecks accounted for 16 deaths including a head on in North Dakota and a fatal crash near East Livermore Maine involving prom revelers.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Council
Illinois
Towner
N. D
Knoxville
Tenn
Pee Dee
S. C
East Livermore
Maine
State Wrecks Kill Two Me morial Day Weekend Fatal Crash
A South Alabama head on collision on U S 84 near Gosport Clarke County killed two drivers. John Bradley Dubose 59 of Monroeville Louisiana and Ensyn Thacker 33 of Lower Peachtree Alabama died in the Memorial Day weekend accident reported by the State Patrol.
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Associated Press
South Alabama
State Patrol
John Bradley DuBose
Monroeville
Ensyn Thacker
Lower Peachtree
Ala
Gosport
U.S. 84
Clarke County
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James C. Blalock
Huntsville Hospital
Decatur General
Lee R. Champion
Decatur 2
Hartselle Hospital
Morgan County Board of Registrars
Straw Hat Garden Club
Richard Radford
Country Club Rd
J. Gurley
Cathedral Caverns
Grant
Decatur Rotary Club
West
Brack Curry
DHS
Cullman Poultry Queen
Jack Smith
Sunshine
Rex Thomas
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
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