Local Notes and University Honors Highlight Community News
The latest Dean's List at Florida State University is announced with Paul A. Wright of Decatur among those named. A Mt. Zion Lodge ice cream supper with home baked goods and a community quartet is set for Friday at 6 30. Also, Miss Martha Dawson returns from Europe and teaches in Jacksonville.
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Peron Tightens Grip as State of Siege Considered
President Juan D. Peron moved to tighten control of Argentina urging Congress to approve a state of siege. He warned opposition violence would be met with even stronger force and told a large demonstration he would not resign.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Lee Peron
Young Driver Hurt In Morning Traffic
Billy Thomas Higdon a 23 year old of 1617 North St SE suffered facial cuts and bruises when his 1951 Ford convertible collided with Eunice J Kanady s 1947 Pontiac on Highway 31 at Lakeview Park at 2 10 a m The Kanady vehicle was a total loss and Higdon s car was heavily damaged Police Watson and Collier investigated the crash.
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North St. SE
Lakeview Park
Ponting
Eunice J. Kanady
11Th Ave
Ford
Watson
Collier
Tentative Okeh For Money Bill
Montgomery report notes a tentative conference on the general appropriation bill totaling about 25 million dollars yearly. The House and Senate plan to decide Friday whether to accept the conference version or send it back for further revision. James V. Jordan was asked to draft a compromise bill combining House and Senate features.
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Senate House
James V. Jordan
Senate
House
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Weather and River Update for Decatur Area
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge rose 44 feet in 24 hours to 18.91 feet with sea level at 553.21 feet. Temperatures reached 91 degrees by mid afternoon with a low of 68 earlier. Forecast calls for partly cloudy mild today and Friday, with a cool tonight and highs around 88, overnight 58.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
PHS Okehs Record Vaccine Allocation
The Public Health Service announced a 3 348 000 cubic centimeters shipment of Salk Polio Vaccine for children aged five to nine. It marks the third and largest allotment to states and territories under the voluntary control plan that began July 31.
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Washington
The
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Porter Faces Disbarment Over Campaign Contributions
Alabama lawyer Lee Porter is expected to answer disbarment charges alleging he received 26000 from Phenix City gamblers for pre campaign ads and that he misrepresented funds. The grievance committee accuses him of deception and conduct unbecoming a lawyer while contesting A L Patterson for attorney general.
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Gadsden
Lee
Red
Porter
Scott
Phenix City
Gam- Oya
Pease
Alabama
Patterson
Birmingham
J C Chandler Dies Suddenly
Thomas Carroll Chandler 63 of 504 NE Line St died after a heart attack at Decatur Boat Harbor. Funeral at First Baptist Church with Rev. Stephenson, burial in city cemetery. Survivors include widow Euree Keith Chandler three sisters and one brother plus nieces and nephews. Pallbearers listed.
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Line St
First Baptist Church
W. K. Stephenson
Chandler
Decatur Boat Harbor
Decatur General Hospital
City Cemetery
Brown
Lauderdale County
Decatur
Eli Walker Co
St. Louis
Euree Keith Chandler
J. R. Thomas
Florence
Claire Chandler
Birmingham
Edgar C. Mayo
Columbus
Arthur Chandler
H. R. Sherrow
Hubert May
J. B. Bradford
Frank Stone
Joe Duncan
George LaBoon
Pennsy Railroad Strike Brewing Across 35,000 Workers
The National Mediation Board urged President to appoint an emergency board under the Railway Labor Act to resolve issues in the Pennsylvania Railroad dispute among 35,000 non operating employees. The move typically delays any strike for about 60 days. See PENNY on Page 2.
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Washington
National Mediation Board
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mediation Board
Dairy Show Sees 100 Entries at Tennessee Valley Cattle Show
More than 100 entries expected for the 12th Annual Tennessee Valley Cattle Show at the livestock Coliseum Friday. Events start 8 am with District Dairy Maid election, judging team contest at 9, junior fitting at 9 30, cattle judging at 10, lunch at noon, and judging resumed at 1 pm. Judges include W J Alverson and Robert Basse among others. Over $1,300 in prize money to be distributed.
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Joe McCullers
W. J. Alverson
State National Bank
Albertville
Robert Basse
Hermitage View Farms, Inc
Hermitage, Tenn
Alan Diseker
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Gunman-Gambler Ends Up In Well
Fort Worth police found the body of gunman gambler Leroy Eggleston age 49 in a shallow well six miles north of Fort Worth. He had been shot in the back of the head leaving only two principals alive in the stay-for-pay murder of oilman William P. Clark. The remaining are Mary Clark and mobster-informer Harry Huggins. Eggleston’s blood-stained sedan had appeared on a parking lot less than a week earlier.
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Tex
Leroy
Tiney) Eggleston
Here
William P. Clark
Clark
Mary
Harry Huggins
Eggleston
Chrysler Strike Ends After Six Hour Standstill
Chrysler Corp and the CIO United Auto Workers reached a settlement six hours after a widespread six state strike began. The pact mirrors Ford and GM layoff plans with 60 to 65 percent pay during idleness up to 26 weeks, six cent yearly raises, pension boosts to about 250 dollars monthly, and improved health coverage. The deal includes legalizing strikes over production standards and sets layoff pay fund contributions to begin today.
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Georgia
Autumn’s Touch Across Regions With Mild Skies
The Associated Press reports a nationwide touch of autumn with cloudy skies in the East and mild temperatures westward. Temperatures stay above normal from the Rockies to the Midwest and plains while cooling approaches the Pacific Northwest. Southern California recorded 101 in Los Angeles as a desert wind dispersed a six day smog episode.
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Midwest
Ohio River Valley
Arkansas
Tennessee
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Los Angeles
Catholics Open New School Here
Decatur's first parochial school opened beside Johnston Street church to serve 66 first graders this year. St Ann's Catholic School begins Friday with acclimation, regular classes start Tuesday, under Rev. John Horgan. Sisters Mary Juliana and Mary Lillian will teach first through fourth grades in a $100000 fireproof masonry building with future expansion.
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St. Ann’s
Mary Lillian
O.S.B
Mary Juliana
Sacred Heart
Cullman
Decatur
Johnston St
St. Ann’s Catholic
John Horgan
St. Ann’s Church
Mary
Juliana
Wolf-Whistle Slaying Of Emmitt Till Goes To Mississippi Grand Jury
The 15-year-old Chicago Negro boy Emmitt Louis Till was found slain near Money Mississippi after being kidnapped from Mose Wright’s tenant home. Two white men Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam are jailed with bond denied as a Tallahatchie County grand jury considers charges. The case prompts reaction from civil rights groups and local segregationist bodies. Till’s mother Mamie Bradley reacts in Chicago as Till’s battered body is recovered from the Tallahatchie River.
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Greenwood, Miss
Chicago
Delta
Louis
Maurice Wright
Till
Wright
Tallahatchie County
Roy Bryant
J. W
Milam
Glendora
Bryant
Mose Wright
Money
Miss
Greenwood
Emmitt
Maurice
Tallahatchie
Association of Citizens Councils
Robert Patterson
Association
Patterson
NAACP
Tallahatchie River
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Roy Wilkins
New York
Mamie Bradley
Israelites Claim Two Israeli Jets Down Egyptian Vampires
Israel says two Israeli jets shot down two Egyptian Vampire fighters during a Gaza front clash near Yad Mordechai. Cairo reports may differ and the incident follows a separate Israeli strike on an Egyptian headquarters in the coastal area. Both sides report casualties, with eyewitnesses describing the engagement as a Southward flight toward Gaza then a swift Israeli counterattack.
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Gaza
Israel
Cairo
Egypt
U.N. Truce Supversivor
Edson L.W. Burns
Foreign Ministry
Foreign Office
Yad Mordechai
Katie Can't Break Deadline Rules Of Contest
Katie explains the deadline cannot be changed despite requests to alter mailed entries. She expresses sympathy for entrants but insists on fairness and notes the five hundred fifty dollar jackpot and the need to keep entries in order. She hopes participants sent the word rabbits rabbits on the first day of the month.
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