Local Meetings and City Updates Highlight Busy Week
The Executive Committee of Gordon-Bibb PTA meets Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the school library. W C T U gathers with Mrs. J. R. Huie at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Huntsville Chapter of the American Society for Quality Control meets September 24 at 6 30 p.m. at the Elks Club with a Geoffrey L Cockhill talk. Football game receipts total 5148 from 5089 attendees. Fire calls include a bathroom blaze 1409 10th Ave SE and a curb market parking lot truck fire with no loss. Building permits issued to Tri-State Construction Co Kitty Walls etc. A 1956 Chevrolet stolen in Huntsville reported. Traffic crash on Church St injures two. Driver tests show 20 passed 20 learners permits 14 failed. 10 reports incomplete. See DIARY on Page 2.
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Huntsville
American Society For Quality Control
Elks Club
Huntsvile
Geoffrey L. Cockhill
Decatur Fire Department
10Th Ave
H. L. Hester
Third Million Dollar Building Month Assured
The third million dollar month for Decatur is assured as A B Newton and Co of Vidalia Ga received a 1 071 878 permit for East Acres Housing with 124 dwelling units including 53 two unit and six three unit buildings. The project adds a recreation building with a clinic ready space.
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Decatur
A. B. Newton and Co
Vidalia
East Acres
Charles Parker
Housing Authority
Forgiven Sins and Moving Past Past Failures
A pastor counsels a reader tormented by past sins to trust God's forgiveness. He cites Jeremiah 31 34 and Hebrews 8 12 noting God remembers sins no more. The message urges turning outward to help others, accepting forgiveness by faith and seeking to remove obsessive thoughts.
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Christ
Cotton Ginning Surges Ahead in Alabama District 1958
Early 1958 ginning figures from the U S Department of Commerce show Alabama harvests well ahead of last year with 70 645 bales ginned by Sept 1 compared with 50 189 a year earlier Lawrence leads local ginning with 2 111 bales surpassing 66 last year Morgan 724 Cullman 215 Limestone 984 bales prior to Sept 1. National total 1 045 264 bales.
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U.S. Department of Commerce
Alabama
Lawrence
Morgan
Cullman
Horse Meat in Sausage Destroyed by Health Ministry
Mexico City Health Ministry destroyed seven hundred pounds of purported pork sausage after confirming it contained more than 70 percent horse meat. Officials said the product was unsafe for consumption and ordered cleanup.
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Mexico City
Decatur Couple Held in Georgia Kidnapping Case
An Alabama man Lucious McLain Thompson 26 of Decatur and Marie Griffin 25 of Birmingham were jailed in Tifton Georgia after police said Thompson confessed to kidnapping Airman Royce J. Kennedy 22 of Turner AFB. Kennedy reported being abducted beaten and kept on a country road after being lured from an Albany night spot.
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Albany, Ga
Alabama
Lucious McLain Thompson
Decatur
Opelika
Marie Griffin
Birmingham
T. J. Renew
Tifton
Thompson
Royce J. Kennedy
Turner Afb
Kennedy
Albany
Governor’s leverage in loan law shaping on Montana plan
Governor Patterson can rewrite or veto small loan legislation through executive amendments or conference actions. He could compel House and Senate concessions via a special session threat, or force a bill to his own form if the Montana Plan falls short, while lenders face potential business disruption from a new law and court action.
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Senate Banking Committee
Patterson
Senate
House
Charles C. Adams
Montana
Gilchrist
Capitol
MacDonald Gallion
Gilchrist and Dodd Back Small Loan Bill Confidence Grows
Two area lawmakers expressed strong belief the Gilchrist small loan bill has an excellent chance to pass the Senate. Rep. Bob Gilchrist said he is confident, while Rep. Bruce Dodd expects Senate passage with no major changes. A public hearing before the Alabama Senate Banking Committee is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, with a vote likely a week Tuesday. The bill, backed by Gov. Patterson, would set tiered interest rates and ban credit insurance tied to loans.
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Gilchrist
Senate
Bob Gilchrist
Hartselle
Bruce Dodd
Lawrence County
Banking Committee
Alabama Senate
Ryan deGraffenried
Tuscaloosa
John Patterson
House
Dennis Porter
Chatom
Khrushchev Grumbles Over Hollywood Security At Luncheon
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev lashed at tight security during a 20th Century Fox luncheon visit. He complained about the closed limousine ride and denied Disneyland access, while host Spyros Skouras and guests watched with mixed amusement.
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20Th Century-Fox
West
20Th Century- Fox
Khrushchev
Hollywood Movie Colony
Disneyland
World Fame
Henry Cabot Lodge
Moscow
Spyros Skouras
Skouras
Night Sky Update For Decatur Monday
The entry lists sunset at 5:47 p.m. and sunrise at 5:35 a.m. Moonrise is at 8:43 p.m. with Last Quarter on Sept. 24. Prominent star Altair appears high in the south at 7:33 p.m. Visible planets Jupiter sets at 8:11 p.m. Saturn at 8:58 p.m. Venus rises at 4:15 a.m.
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Altair
Jupiter
Saturn
Venus
Weather and River Readings for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge shows 19.16 feet Saturday morning, up 0.01 in 24 hours, sea level reading 553.46 feet. TVA lake levels Guntersville 593 Wilson 505. High Friday 86 at 3 pm, low 64 at 5 am Saturday, 11:45 am Saturday 78. Forecast fair and mild tonight, today mostly sunny and warmer with easterly winds 8 to 15 mph diminishing at night. Monday outlook partly cloudy and warmer, today’s high around 83.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Guntersville
Wilson
Alabama Bonded Indebtedness More Than Tripled Since 1951
Alabama’s bonded debt has more than tripled since 1951 and will near 300 million dollars when all legislature approved bonds are issued. The rise reflects extensive highway and school financing, with current debt around 135 million and more bonds authorized but not yet issued.
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Lynne Brannen Montgomery
Alabama
Gordon Persons
Sparks
James E. Folsom
Gov. Persons
Japanese Women Outliving Men
Tokyo AP report from the Welfare Ministry shows average life expectancy for Japanese men at 65 and women at 69.9 years. The note appears amid unrelated advertising for Robinson's Used Store on First Avenue.
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Tokyo
Welfare Ministry
Robinson’s
First Avenue
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Betty St
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Renew
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Los Angeles
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Hollywood
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Brown's
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Alabama State Bridge Corp
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Alabama Bridge Corp
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