03 Nov 1957
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1957
Page
1
A compact note offers brief observations on Dutmale life, highlighting local routines and small daily moments. It sketches ordinary scenes and offers a gentle sense of place without sensational detail.
Movements include Commercial Credit Corp offices moving to 14 See St Paul Sam Peete family settling in Peete's Corner Limestone County from Decatur. Birth notice corrected. Charles William King born weighing 7 pounds 7 ounces at Decatur General Hospital. Various local visits, PTA events, and WAF recruiter plans noted.
Union Hill school district in Morgan County votes on a 30 year 5 percent ad valorem tax to finance expansion. Ballots at the school and a second box will determine if funds will cover a new two story wing with lunchroom and classrooms. Estimated tax value about 200000 producing roughly 1000 annually. bond sales planned if approved.
The note lists moonrise and moonset times for Monday and Tuesday with a full moon, and places Mars rising at 5 25 a m. It describes Mars moving eastward along the ecliptic through Virgo and later Libra this month.
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge Saturday morning was 18.84 feet, down 0.96 feet in 24 hours. Sea level reading 553.14 feet. Friday high 66 at 4 p.m. and low 446 at 4:30 a.m. Saturday. 11 a.m. Saturday temperature 64. Forecast cloudy and cooler with occasional rain, high today 63.
Mrs. Price Knight of Old Moulton Road near Five Points suffered serious head injuries from a claw hammer wielded by her husband Price Knight. She was rushed to a Birmingham hospital by Brown's ambulance around 9 p.m. Friday. Knight was later admitted to Bryce Mental Hospital.
The Defense Department considers creating a coordinating czar to oversee AMM efforts amid Army Zeus and Air Force Wizard programs. With about 30 related projects active, officials warn rivalry could derail development of counterballistic missiles.
A collision Saturday at 4 p m on U S Highway 31, 1 7 miles south of Athens, involved a 1951 GMC pickup driven by William Vernon at and a 1956 Ford driven by Harold Ralph Michael of Indianapolis. Michael's wife Ada Michael sustained a broken leg and bruises. Total property damage was about 375.
London reports say at the NATO summit in Paris the pledge against German atomic weapons may be re examined. Informants cite interdependence against Soviet arms and Sputnik as motives, with British papers signaling possible German rearmament and V2 rocket revival.
Anthony Valente resigns as president of the United Textile Workers Union after Senate Rackets hearing accusations of misused funds. UTW Executive Board approves audit, voids agreements with resigned officers, tightens ethics rules, and plans a convention to elect new officers. A seven member AFL-CIO advisory panel will coordinate with George Meany on further steps.
Falkville Morgan County loses Uncle Buck Wilhite 106 a longtime Round Top resident. Funeral at 2 pm Round Top Church with Peck Funeral Home in charge. Survived by daughter Jennie and two sons J E and Rube plus 15 grandchildren. Burial Round Top cemetery.
Bridge authority and All American champion offers a new column “Goren on Bridge” accessible nationwide. The feature appears on the woman’s page starting Monday, promising keen insights and entertaining game commentary for readers.
The United States called Zhukov’s removal from power evidence of stresses in the Soviet bloc and questioned the party line blaming adventurism on him. Washington noted Khrushchev’s high regard for Zhukov amid a potentially costly political triumph.
J S Hambrick owner of I and Forwarding Co says his firm is the first to operate in the Southeast, arranging barge shipments of steel from Pittsburgh for small shippers. The S S Forwarding Co serves West Florida Georgia Alabama southeastern Tennessee and eastern Mississippi with barges to Decatur and Isville.
Britain's Home Office reports more drunken arrests in early evening hours. Officials say the rise is due to workers stopping for a jolly few after work, signaling a shift in public behavior in urban areas.
Morgan County United Fund nearing its 117 400 target as the fundraiser enters its final stretch. Campaign leaders L. E. Stone and Alvis Briscoe urged workers to complete calls, with about 114 000 raised by midweek and over 500 volunteers extending outreach in Decatur and Morgan.
On opening day at a Russian atoms-for-peace exhibit in Cairo a Sputnik model failed to operate. A Soviet Embassy spokesman cited insufficient time to fix it and missing right equipment as the cause.
Soviet Pravda reports Marshal Georgi Zhukov was expelled from the Communist Party ruling bodies for allegedly opposing party control of the armed forces. Zhukov reportedly admitted the charges and expressed regret while pledging to eliminate his past shortcomings and follow party leadership on military matters.
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