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21 Sep 1955
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Decatur Daily in Decatur, Alabama
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1955
Page
1
Local notices and events from Decatur area
Community updates list visiting families, illnesses, and local group meetings. Mrs Woodrow Griffin visits family in Decatur while Mrs Mary Rowe remains seriously ill at 920 4th Ave SE. The Rev T J Chitwood conducts prayer at Central Methodist Church tonight with choir rehearsal later. Public invited to St Ann's Catholic Church social and Rainbow for Girls meeting at Masonic Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Rowe
4Th Ave
St. Ann’s Catholic Church
T. J. Chitwood
Central Methodist Church
Peronists Bow To Rebs In Argentina Power Shift
Rebels seize control as Eduardo Lonardi is named provisional president after a coup that ousted Peron. Lonardi to assume office Sept 22 as junta warns of harsh response to unrest while Peron seeks refuge aboard a Paraguayan gun boat near Buenos Aires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eduardo Lonardi
Lonardi
Peron
Cordoba
Don Dduardo A. Lonardi
Chile
Jose Domingo Molina
Buenos Aires
Bragg Named President of De catur General Hospital Staff
Dr. John C. Bragg was elected president of the staff of De catur General Hospital for a one year term. The executive committee includes Dr. T. M. Guyton as secretary and Drs. Kermit Pitt, A. M. Roan, and James C. Nash. The staff meets monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bragg
John C. Bragg
Decatur General Hospital
T. M. Guyton
Kermit Pitt
A. M. Roan
James C. Nash
Runaway Spies Upset British
Prime Minister Eden and his Cabinet prepared to approve a government White Paper detailing the Burgess Maclean defection. The case has sparked unprecedented press attacks on the Foreign Office after former spy Vladimir Petrov exposed Burgess and Maclean as Soviet agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eden
Burgess-Maclean
Foreign Office
Donald Maclean
Guy Burgess
East
Vladimir Petrov
England
Washington
the Express
Burgess
Maclean
102 year old Negro killed crossing railroad tracks
Richard Everett known as Uncle Dick, a Mt. Vernon resident aged 102, died after being struck by a Southern Railway freight train while crossing the tracks in Mt. Vernon Alabama, and was carried more than 60 feet. Engineer F. S. Looney of Selma drove the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Vernon
Ala
Richard
Uncle Dick) Everett
Southern Railway
Mobile
F. S. Looney
Selma
Joppa 1 Youth Injured In Alabama Crash
A Joppa 1 youth, Wilford Clinton Creel 20, was seriously hurt yesterday at 5 40 p m in Cullman County on Alabama Highway 112 when a 1950 Buick overturned after a tire blowout. He suffered a brain concussion and back abrasions and was admitted to the local hospital. Patrolman W M Brown investigated the one car wreck with $700 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Here
Cullman County
Alabama
Wilford Clinton Creel
Creel
W. M. Brown
Trout Stream Tailor Made For President
President Eisenhower and host Aksel Nielsen supervised a bulldozer and steam shovel as St. Louis Creek on Nielsen’s ranch near Fraser Colorado was modified to ease trout fishing. The swift creek will be tapped to increase Denver’s water supply and piped over the Continental Divide to the eastern slope. Murray Snyder said the President and Nielsen have been fishing for trout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fraser
Colo
Rocky Mountain
Eisenhower
Denver
Aksel Nielsen
St. Louis Creek
Nielsen
Continental Divide
Murray Snyder
White House
Weather and River Update for Decatur Area
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 17.81 feet with a 24 hour drop of 0.05 feet. Sea level reading 552.11. Yesterday’s high 94 at noon and low 67 at 5 30 this morning. Today’s 8 a m temperature 82 with 11 a m reading 9. Forecast calls for sunny hot today and Thursday with fair mild tonight. Highs around 95 today and near 60 tonight and Thursday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Russians Lose Sixth U N Bid To Unseat Chiang
The United Nations General Assembly shelved the question of seating Peiping for a sixth straight year. A U S motion to postpone until 1956 passed 42 to 12 as Russia pressed for the mainland government. Chilean Jose Maza was elected president of the 10th Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
China
Russia
V. M. Molotov
U.S
Chile
Jose Maza
Molotov
Peiping
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
United States
Dulles
Distilleries Gain Nod To Hire Salesmen In Alabama
The Alabama ABC board approved a policy allowing distilleries to employ working salesmen to promote products. Governor Folsom had pledged to end liquor agents and redirect their commission funds. The change aims to help small distilleries compete with larger producers under the state liquor monopoly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama
State Liquor Control Board
James E. Folsom
ABC Board
Harrell Hammonds
Folsom
Hammonds
Eight Die In N Y Flames Near Coney Island
Wind fanned a four building fire near Coney Island killing eight people and injuring fifteen as firemen rescued others. The blaze at Mermaid Avenue and 15th Street broke out two hours after a bath house blaze nearby. The fire chief described trapped residents in shock and a priest gave last rites to victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coney Island
Mermaid Avenue
15Th Street
New York
Jone
Brooklyn
Charles Burns
Father Lahey
Katie's Fans Keep Mailman On The Run
Katie's fans sign varied phrases like Gotcha and Motcha-Dotcha while many are described as west of the lake. Readers guess at time moods and cheer for the first signature, hoping for a lucky outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie
Ione and Hilda Kill in North Carolina and Tampico
The Associated Press reports Hurricane Ione caused five deaths in North Carolina and extensive damage as it veered away from the U.S. coast. In Mexico, Hurricane Hilda left at least 166 dead and 100 missing in Tampico, with floods and ruined infrastructure threatening further losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ione
Atlantic
North Carolina
Mexico
Hilda
Gulf
Tampico
Lone
New England
Diane
Washington Weather Bureau
Halifax
N.S
Weather Bureau
Panuco River
Till's Kin Finger Identification in Till Case
Mose Wright testifies he identified J. W. Milam and Roy Bryant as the two men who abducted Emmett Louis Till in the early morning hours of August 28. Wright recounts Milam with a pistol and Bryant on the front porch, and notes warning to avoid trouble or “you'll never live to be 65.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Bradley
Chicago
Sumner
Miss
Roy Bryant
J. W. Milam
Emmett Till
H. C. Strider
Young Till
Bryant
Chatham
Wright
Mose
Milam
Till
Wheeler Parker
Young Parker
Cottonfield Shack
Wedding Of Year Unites Princes In Venice Ceremony
Princess Virginia Ira Fuerstenberg married Prince Alfonso Hohenlohe Langeburg in St Sebastian's church Venice. After vows the couple rode in a gold trimmed gondola to a large reception as crowds cheered. They plan a honeymoon to Niagara Falls after a Paris motor tour and met a year ago at a wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Italy
Virginia Ira Fuerstenberg
Alfonso Hohenlohe-Langeburg
Hapsburgs
Hohenzollerns
Niagara Falls
Paris
Freed American Spy Says He Was Set Free
Walter A. Rickett a 34 year old ex Marine language officer told reporters U S naval officers warned him to keep eyes open before leaving for Communist China on a Fulbright. He spent more than four years in Red Chinese prisons on espionage charges and says he was guilty. He claimed he spied for the United States and aided the American consul in Peiping. His wife Adele was arrested as an accessory and later released in Yonkers N Y she appeared brainwashed and admitted spying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Walter A. Rickett
U.S
China
Seattle
13Th Naval District
Marine Corps and Intelligence
Rickett
Hong Kong
United States
Peiping
Adele
Red China
Yonkers
N.Y
Lawrence County votes to keep present government system
In a special election Lawrence County Alabama voters backed the current board of revenue form 2 101 to 1 619 over a return to a court of commissioners with a probate judge. If the old system had prevailed C C Mc Whorter would have lost his seat and a purchasing agent would be appointed under the new layout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
County Board of Revenue and Control
Lawrence County
North Alabama
Court of Commissioners
C. C. McWhorter
Board of Revenue
Isaac Johnson
McWhorter
Lawrence
Aura
House Probes AF-Phone Pact Contract worth billions under scrutiny
The House Appropriations Committee opened an inquiry into a 2.4 billion dollar Air Force private telephone pact led by AT and T and Western Electric. The Air Force says plans were reported earlier and cancellation could incur a 2.2 billion dollar penalty. engineering is underway and the lease would run 110 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Arbogast
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Air Force
Congress
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Western Electric Co
Cannon
D-Mo
Appropriations Committee
McCormack
Joseph Campbell
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J. ©. Pickett
Jesse Pickett
North St
Eringer Hospital
Chattanooga
Tenn
James L. Stone
Haleyville
Ben T. Rose
Madison
State Vocational Trade School
Order of the Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Men’s Club of
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Recorder's Court
Decatur Fire Department
15Th Ave
14Th Ave
Oak Ridge Methodist Church
John Hardin
Decatur Business and Professional Women’s Club
Veterans Administration Building
Peronists
Rebs
Sam Summerlin
Juan D. Peron
Buckley
Rewer Earw Ser
Joppa
Trout Stream
U.N
Chiang
Maza
By Tom Hoge
Coney Island Amusement Park
Till's
Demo Spokesman Labels
Bonanza
By Ken Reynolds
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