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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 01, 1955

Page

6

Gloria McMillan Quits TV for Minister's Wife Role

Gloria McMillan known as Harriet Conklin on Our Miss Brooks is leaving acting for a poorer paying life as a minister's wife. She and husband Gilbert Allen plan theological study in September and aim to adopt four children while continuing church work and Bible program ideas.

James Bacon Hollywood Gloria McMillan Harriett Conklin Miss Brooks Gloria Colleen Townsend Miss Townsend 20Th Century-Fox Miss McMillan CBS

Madison OKs Extra Judge for 23rd Circuit

The Alabama Senate approved a bill to authorize an additional circuit judge and deputy circuit solicitor for the 23rd judicial circuit serving Madison County. Sponsored by Rep. Roscoe Roberts and Rep. Luke Reynolds, with Sen. Herman Vann guiding the measure.

Montgomery Alabama Senate 23Rd Judicial Circuit Roscoe Roberts Luke Reynolds Madison County House Herman Vann Senate

Life Insurance Firm Seeks College Trained Applicants

New England Mutual, a historic life insurer, invites college trained applicants aged 23 to 40. Training in estate analysis, business life insurance, and tax related products will be provided. Guaranteed income begins, aptitude tests used, and office space and furniture supplied. Apply with address and phone for an interview.

America New England Mutual

TVA Opens Widows Creek Plant To Public

TVA opens the Widows Creek Steam Plant for public inspection starting today. Visitors may tour daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. CST. The plant sits 52 miles southwest of Chattanooga with access via a road from U S Highway 72 five miles south of Bridgeport Alabama.

TVA Widows Creek Chattanooga Bridgeport Ala

Paul Muni May Lose Sight Of One Eye

Paul Muni, star of Inherit the Wind on Broadway, leaves the play due to an eye ailment. A specialist will diagnose the seriousness, with the New York Post suggesting possible removal of one eye. Understudy Si Oakland covers the defense lawyer Clarence Darrow role as the production continues.

New York Paul Muni Herman Shumlin New York Post Dayton, Tenn Si Oakland Muni Clarence Darrow

TVA Leases Land for Colbert Park on Pickwick Lake

TVA leases 119 acres on Pickwick Lake to Colbert County Alabama for a 19 year period to develop a public park. The Colbert County Park will be the 24th county park on TVA lakes with locations in Tennessee North Carolina Alabama Kentucky and Georgia.

TVA Pickwick Lake Colbert County Alabama Tennessee North Carolina Kentucky Georgia

Fire dispatch confusion prompts mix up of numbers

Jacksonville Beach residents are told to call the fire department 5-2334 for fires while Neptune and Atlantic Beach residents should call the police 5-2331 unless no answer. Fire Chief R D Brunson says the clarification should cut 30 to 40 wrong calls weekly.

Jacksonville Beach Fila R. D. Brunson Fire Department Police Department Neptune Beach Atlantic Beach Brunson

Blackmail Probe Targets US Bases in the Philippines

U S military authorities probe an alleged blackmail racket on U S bases in the Philippines. The American Embassy says reports claim high salaried Filipinos were threatened with dismissal as security risks unless they paid protection money, ranging from 25 to 150 dollars.

Manila Philippines

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