Weekend thefts and local notices from Limestone area
Harry Maden reported a theft of blue suede shoes from his home on a Friday night. J E McCulloch said six car tons of cigarettes were stolen from his Highway 31 S service station on Saturday night. Limestone County Fair venues and schedules are listed with venues at Limestone’s Veterans Fairgrounds. Johnny's United Shows appear on the Athens midway after Decatur. City court heard cases for disorderly conduct intoxicated on public street speeding no license violation of prohibition law and other minor offenses. Sheriff reports include three public drunks and several other charges. A building permit for a six room house at 504 Betty St costs about 12000. Mr and Mrs Moseley and Ella June returned from Pensacola Beach Florida.
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J. E. McCulloch
Highway 31 S
Wheeler Basin Regional Library
Limestone County Fair
Morgan County Fair
Veterans’ Fairgrounds
Decatur
Athens
Sheriff's Office
Limestone Jail Faces Housing Strain Amid Record Inmates
Athens reports show Limestone County jail fed 47 prisoners in a 32 bed facility as August totals reach 178 detainees. Weekend arrests by the sheriff's office and Highway Patrol include 15 liquor violations, 3 DWI, 5 reckless driving, 6 highway intoxication, 3 speeding, and 1 for abusive language.
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Athens
Limestone County
Fletcher Owens
Owens
Sheriff's Office
Highway Patrol
Pike County Demo Taken By Illness
J Russell Gibson 64 Democratic nominee for Pike County Probate Judge died in a Troy hospital after a brief illness. He served as tax assessor for 24 years before leaving that office. His son J Russell Gibson Jr succeeded him as tax assessor. Funeral arrangements are in
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J. Russell Gibson
Pike County
J. Russell Gibson Jr
Faubus Quiet On Law Of Land As Crisis Deepens
Arkansas Governor Faubus maintains Congress acts are not the law of the land and says he would close Central High if the Supreme Court orders integration. He noted earlier statements were for negotiations with the White House. Virginia districts face massive resistance and possible school closures as federal orders require integration.
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Virginia
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Race Riots Roar Through London Notting Hill Clash
London erupts in violence as more than 500 whites clash with Black residents in Notting Hill shocking the capital. Police arrest 18, three hospitalized, and 30 squad cars with Alsatian dogs deployed to quell the two nights of riots amid heightened immigration tensions.
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Britain
Commonwealth
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Labor Day Calls for Action Against Racketeers
On Labor Day the nation hailed workers while pressing to oust hoodlums and racketeering leaders from unions. Eisenhower urged Congress to pass anti racketeering measures and labor reform while Mitchell lamented inaction and urged continued labor self help.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Newport
R. I
Labor
James Mitchell
Mitchell
Farm Price Dip Dampens GOP Farm Belt Hopes
A 1 percent drop in the farm price average from mid July to mid August leaves prices about 3 percent higher than a year earlier. The third straight monthly decline by the Agriculture Department tempers Republican optimism in the farm belt and could affect Senate chances in Minnesota Indiana and Wisconsin.
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Congress
Agriculture Department
GOP
Senate
Minnesota
Indiana
Wisconsin
Who Are Not Covered by Social Security
One tenth of U S residents lack Social Security coverage. The groups include federal employees both military and civilian state and local government workers and self employed professionals. The new column SECURITY FOR YOU covers retirement pension and Social Security facts and issues.
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U.S
Proctor Offers New Brookhaven Homes by Crawford Homes
Decatur residents can tour Brookhaven subdivision homes between Austinville and Danville Roads featuring 54 ultramodern 3 bedroom units with central air built-in GE kitchens and large lots. Open for inspection Aug 31 to Sept 14 from 2 to 8 pm daily. loans approved quickly with FHA terms and no down payment for veterans.
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Brookhaven
Austinville
Danville
Crawford Homes
J. Howard Proctor
Old Fashioned Labor Day Parade Opens in Decatur
Decatur hosts an old-fashioned Labor Day with 13 floats led by National Guard and Redstone Arsenal units. The parade started at 10 a.m. from the old bank building on Bank Street and moved through Bank Street Lee Street Second Avenue and Gordon Drive to Delano Park for a beauty contest and barbecue lunch followed by speeches by E. J. Barnett Rev Sam Douglass and Father Brian Egan.
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Bank St
National Guard
Redstone Arsenal
Lee St
Second Ave
Gordon Dr
Delano Park
E. J. Barnett
Alabama Labor Council
Sam Douglass
Alabama Federation of Labor
Brian Egan
St. Bernard College
Cullman
Barnett
Decatur Skies Tuesday Evening Planet View
Daily sky notes show notable celestial events. Jupiter sets at 9:05 p.m. Saturn appears low in the southwest, Mars rises at 11:03 p.m., Venus rises at 5:14 a.m., the Moon at 9:35 p.m. in apogee with Altair high near moonrise.
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Altair
Jupiter
Saturn
Sacape Occa Sore
Mars
Venus
River reading shows drop amid mild Decatur forecast
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge measured 18.61 feet, down 1.19 feet in 48 hours with sea level at 552.91 feet. Forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy and mild today and Tuesday. tonight dew and mild with southwest winds 7 to 12 mph becoming light. Wednesday outlook is generally fair and warm with a high near 93.
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Decatur
Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Red shelling bases but big powers swap barrage of warnings
Communist shelling near Quemoy islands remained light as Amoy area guns fired 366 shells between midnight and 2 p.m. The United States and Soviet Union traded warnings with Army Secretary Wilber Brucker calling Eisenhower and Dulles statements a clear warning. Eisenhower linked defense of Quemoy and Matsu to Formosa's protection, while Dulles warned an attack would threaten regional peace. Rumors from Manila suggested U S defense if Red China invades, but no confirmation.
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Formosa
Naonalist
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Russia
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Quemoy Islands
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Wilber Brucker
Eisenhower
Dulles
United States 7Th Fleet
Quemoy
Matsu
Far East
New York Times
Manila
Philippine Foreign Ministry
Ella Menaces Jamaica Cuba From Caribbean Storm
Hurricane Ella nears Jamaica and southeastern Cuba after sweeping the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Winds 110 mph, located about 85 miles southwest of Port au Prince, moving west northwest at 17 mph, likely to skirt Jamaica and Cuba today and tonight.
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Ella
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Caribbean Sea
Port- Au-Prince
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Lets swap
Robinsons Store on 1st Ave advertises a swap event inviting customers to trade junk for items from their stock. The notice emphasizes a casual exchange and local convenience for residents seeking bargains.
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Robinson's
1St Ave
Ady
British Defy Iceland Ban in Cod War Clash Near Dawn
Icelandic radio reports two gunboats attempted to arrest a British trawler within Iceland’s 12 mile limit as the Palliser, a British frigate, moved in with its guns manned. The Icelandic boats, ordered not to shoot, steamed away and the incident ended without violence.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Britain
Reykjavik Radio
Icelandic Fisheries Service
Palliser
Nationalists Claim Big Guns Sink Red Gunboats
Taipei reports Communist forces attacked Quemoy with a powerful barrage in Amoy Bay. Nationalists say three Red gunboats and eight motorized junks were sunk and five more gunboats damaged during the shelling.
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Formosa
Quemoy
Amoy Bay
Grim Labor Day traffic toll rises beyond forecast
The National Safety Council warned the Labor Day holiday traffic deaths may exceed its 420 estimate as millions travel on the last summer weekend. Deaths averaged about 10 per hour from 3 p.m. yesterday to 1 a.m. today, with heavy late afternoon and night volumes raising concern.
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Associated Press
America
National Safety Council
State Counts Holiday Dead 15 Thus Far
A car plunged from U S Highway 78 into a stream in St. Clair County killing three and injuring one, pushing Alabama’s Labor Day toll to 15 with seven drownings. Victims include London Malone and Julia Denson of Anniston. Felix Henry of Anniston was critically hurt. A triple drowning near Muscle Shoals claimed Dorothy Bradford Gail Lockwell and Wanda Sockwell.
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Alabama
Brompton
Ala
Pell City
London Malone
Julia Denson
Anniston
Felix Henry
Bill Lylerly
Muscle Shoals
Dorothy Bradford
Gail Lockwell
Littleville
Wanda Sockwell
Tuscumbia
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Frances Sockwell
Sockwell
Bradford
Lockwell
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