City permits and police blotter items dominate Cullman notice
City clerk issues building permits for Theo M Compton 1727 Pennylane SE valued 26000 D F McMillan 1613 6th Ave SE 8000 W R LeMay Jr new electric service 110 4th Ave NW E N Owens Jr car port 1401 South Ave SE 500 Recorder docket lists charges including speeding disorderly conduct public drunkenness no license 3 U turn 1 DWI 2 license revoked 2 defective lights 1 firearms discharge 1 improper passing 3 improper turn 1 reverse parking 1 over parking 11 double parking 1 red light disregard 7 loading zone 1 stop sign disregard 3 Cullman police notify Decatur at 925 am about a white gray 1951 Chevrolet theft in Cullman Patrolman Hes ter reports percent passed drivers license tests last week 19 earned learner permits thirteen failed tests four cars failed inspection Sheriff forces notified of missing 14 year old Falkville boy Mack Lee Dunlap description Altrusa Club meets Tuesday 730 pm at 227 Church St NE Two traffic mishaps at 6th Ave and Prospect Dr intersection 1125 am Cecil McNeese 24 Lynnville Tenn and Gladys Price 50 Vero Beach Fla collided 1230 pm D B Day 34 Walhmuoso Spring and J C Roberts 54 1027 6th Ave SE collided The Price car rear ended McNeese car Roberts rear ended Day car Mr and Mrs Jim Jones Decatur and Mr and Mrs Truman Praytor Moulton will fly to San Juan Puerto Rico on all expense paid Western Auto Supply Co contest prize Jones operates the Western Auto Associate Store 221 East Moulton St Decatur Praytor is dealer in Moulton See Diary on Page 2
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Recorder
6Th Ave
Prospect Dr
Cecil McNeese
Lynnville
Tenn
Gladys Price
Vero Beach
Fla
B. Day
Walhermoso*Spring
J. C. Roberts
6Th Ave. SE
Price
McNeese
Roberts
Jim Jones
Decatur
Truman Praytor
Moulton
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Western Auto Supply Co
Jones
Western Auto
East
Moulton St
Praytor
Retired minister urged to serve as helper in church work
The speaker welcomes retired ministers to continue serving the Lord, noting many Christian duties beyond preaching. He urges offering oneself to visitation, counseling the distressed, and supporting leadership as followers are needed. Gratitude is expressed for lifelong ministry.
Daily adds Saturday morning edition in Decatur
The Oct 1 notice announces seven weekly issues of The Daily with a Saturday edition to be delivered Friday night sports, world events, local items, church pages, and ads. Subscribers face a five cent weekly price increase to 45 cents plus tax, with rural carriers delivering Saturday copies.
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Alabama
Decatur
Central Methodist to Build 152900 Educational Building
Ground breaking for a 152900 educational building at Central Methodist Church will occur after morning worship with Stone Construction Co. as contractor. The two story brick structure of 12000 square feet will sit east of the church parsonage, housing all departments except children and nurseries. Reverend Wallace W. Lovett notes completion in about seven months and a dedication speech on United We Stand Forward We Go. Mrs. Jessie Lewis Smith, widow of William R. Smith, will participate, marking her as possibly the church’s oldest ground breaker. Membership at Central Methodist now about 1700, up 50 percent in five years.
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Central Methodist Church
Stone Construction Co
Decatur
Wallace W. Lovett
Lovett
Charles C. Moore
Decatur Methodist
Jessie Lewis Smith
William Robert Smith
Central Methodist
Partial Solar Eclipse Visible Briefly Tomorrow
The Sun will be partly eclipsed by the Moon tomorrow afternoon, with a small portion of the Sun’s disc obscured before sunset. Observers in Decatur may see a brief eclipse during the anticipated event on September 20.
Weather and river readings for Decatur area
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge Saturday morning stood at 19.58 feet with a 0.64 foot rise in 24 hours. Sea level reading was 53.88 feet. TVA lake stages listed include Pickwick 411.2 Guntersville 593.1 Whitesburg 555.1 Wilson 506.3. High Friday reached 72 at 9 am and 71 by 10:30 am Saturday. Rain totaled 2.97 inches in 24 hours to 6:30 am Saturday. Forecast calls for mostly sun, partly cloudy and mild with southerly winds 5 to 12 mph. Monday may bring scattered showers. High today about 85. Ad inserted: New Magnevox Stereo and TV models at Robinson’s.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Suna
Cuba Steps Against U S Forces In Havana Assault
Fidel Castro's government moved to nationalize all American banks in Cuba and restrict U S Ambassador Bonsal to a 10 square mile Havana area. It expelled four Embassy staff and detained three other Americans linked to espionage amid a wider crackdown as U S-Cuba tensions escalate.
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Harold K. Miles
Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Cuba
U.S
Philip Bonsal
Castro
Osvaldo Dortices
First National City Bank of
New York
First National Bank of Boston
Chase Manhattan Bank
Raul Roa
Vedado Sec
Marjorie Lennox
San Francisco
Robert L. Neet
Bonsal
Mario Nordio
Mary
Eustace Dan Brunet
Edmundo K. Taranske
Daniel L. Carswell
Worthington To Increase Size Of Plant Here
Worthington Corp. plans a 90 thousand square foot expansion at its Decatur air conditioning plant with completion in 1961. Construction starts in November and will add over 50 percent to the current 17 thousand square feet. The upgrade aims to meet rising demand and future product introductions. No cost estimate or hiring numbers were released.
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Worthington Corp
Decatur
Edward R. Maddock
Worthington
Maddock
Murdock
Etannerabee
Worthington Corporation
Savings Firm Ordered To Halt State Sales
MONTGOMERY AP First Western Savings and Loan Association of Las Vegas Nev was ordered Saturday to stop selling its savings certificates and other securities in Alabama. Atty Gen MacDonald Gallion, acting as securities commissioner, said the firm is not registered to operate in Alabama.
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Montgomery
First Western Savings and Loan Association of Las Vegas
Nev
Alabama
Atty
MacDonald Gallion
Lumumba Death Reported Amid Congo Crisis
In Leopoldville the Congo AP Soviet officials retreat after failed bid to penetrate the new central African nations. Col Joseph Mobutu seized power Wednesday, expelling Lumumba who had allowed Russian influence briefly to take root.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Congo
Saturniay
Central Africa
Col
Joseph Mobutu
Patrice Lumumba
United States urges UN to curb Soviet Congo interference
United States chief delegate James J. Wadsworth appealed to the emergency UN General Assembly to act without delay to prevent alleged Soviet attempts to subvert the Congo and thwart the United Nations. The move followed a wrangle over adding 158 new member states, 14 of them African.
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United Nations, N
Icy Welcome Seen For Khrushchev Amid Cold Reception
A blue coated police surge girds New York as Nikita Khrushchev and 16 foreign chiefs head to the UN while Fidel Castro faces a harsher anticipated welcome. The State Department arranges Castro hotel accommodations, with Cuba’s ambassador appealing for a Manhattan stay. Khrushchev’s security chief vents discontent over city conditions as Lumumba’s fate looms amid Congo turmoil and UN maneuvers.
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John Scal
New York
Nikita Khrushchev
Havana
Khrushchev
Castro
United Nations General Assembly
U.S. State Department
Cuba
State Department
Washington
East Side
Manhattan
Edward Spatz
Shelburne
Spatz
Nicolai Zhakarov
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Theo M. Compton
Pennylane SE
D. F. McMillan
W. R. LeMay Jr
4Th Ave
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Sth Ave
Cullman
H. L. Hester
Sheriff's Forces
Falkville
Mack Lee Dunlap
Altrusa Club
Edna Johnson
Church St. NE
Shaham
Tennessee Valley
Educational Unit
Central
Magnevox
Robinson’s
Edv
Tion
Roa
Manhattan Island
U.N. General Assembly
Lennox
Douglas Petrie
Chaka
Pinewood Movie Studios
Iver
Buckinghamshire
England
Elizabeth Taylor
Cleopatra
Lumumba
By Andrew Borowiec
U.N
Ghana
Stanleyville
Luimumba
Camp
Leopold II
North Caroline
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