Jail Vacated as City Plans Renovation and County Transfer
Police Commissioner Malone announced the city jail will be vacated and a renovation planned to convert the old fire department building into a city jail with new police offices. All prisoners will be housed at Houston County Jail pending other arrangements, with future discussions on county quartering and cost savings cited.
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Nahi
Morris
Malou
Dothan
Houston County
Malone
Yeaterday
John Adbing
Eadie D. Kelley
County Dale
Lst
Adkins
Jimmy Throw
Billy Vrunning
Pathan
Two Judges Assigned For Chilton Trials
State Supreme Court Justice Jon B. Brown has assigned two special judges to preside over the trials of 19 Chilton County men indicted by a grand jury. We J. Hecalsen of Fort Payne and Bow en Simmons of Andalusia will sit because Judge Oakley Melton will be tied to a heavy Elmore County docket. The 10 men indicted last week followed a lengthy Chilton County financial affair probe ranging from embezzlement to false pretenses.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Supreme Court
Jon, B. Brown
Sper
Chilton County
We J. Hecalsen
Fort Payne
Bowsen Simmons
Andalusia
Brown
Oakley Melton
Elmore County
Ed Ilick Tevils
Samson Cottonwood Set For Bowl Battle
Samson and Cottonwood meet in the Pearl Bowl at Wiregrass Stadium at 2 30 p m with Dothan Lions Clubs sponsorship. Both teams claim solid Wiregrass records and feature stars Edwin Knowles and Dwight Crewe as key players in a contest seen as a highlight of the Thanksgiving schedule.
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Reuben Merling
Eagle
Wiregrass
Wiregrass Stadium
Cottonwood Bears
Samton Tigers
Dothan Lions
Whlen
Lionas
Dothan
Cottonwood
Samson
George Layton
Columbia
Brantley
Houston County
Slocomb
Alva Hawke
Geneva Redbirds
Samson Tigers
Wiregrass Prepares for Thanksgiving and Christmas Rush
Thanksgiving will close offices and halt mail while stores stay open to extend shopping time. Church services led by Rev Oland Wilson and Rev Buddy Wheeler mark the holiday, with nationwide events from Blair House to Plymouth Rock. Weather mild with light snow possible around the Great Lakes. cost of a four person Thanksgiving dinner estimated at 5.07 dollars, up from last year.
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Dothan
Poster Street Methodist Church
Oland Wilson
Southside Baptist Church
Buddywheker
Washington
Truman
Blair House
White House
Gettysburg
Edward L. Weichert
Plymouth
Mass
New York
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Mitton Berke
Macy's
Weather Bay
Great Lakes
Labor Department
Dothan Water and Electric Dept Posts Major Profit Figure
A city report shows Dothan Water and Electric Department posting a $496,892.29 pre audit profit for the year ending September 30. Total revenue reached $910,881 with water income $51,688 and electric income $792,180. total operating costs were $404,479.
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ED Priggers
Dothan
Water and Electric Department
Treasury
Five Nations Plan Atlantic Defenses In London
Defense ministers from Britain France Belgium Luxembourg and other Brussels Treaty members met at Lancaster House London to plan integrating their forces into the North Atlantic Pact. They aim to report back by December one to a Paris conference and press for faster conversion from paper to armed defense backed by U S aid.
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London
Fondon
Lancaster House
Britain
France
Belgium
Tua
Netrers Jends
Paris
North Atlantic
Uni
United States
Brahum
Brussels ‘Treaty Defense Organization
Ward, 4 Aides Released, Ordered Out Of Red China
Federal Health Administrator Oscar Ewing announced that compulsory health insurance will be pressed in the next Congress and a new cabinet department of Welfare will be sought. He predicted continued AMA support but noted political opposition. Ewing outlined a European fact-finding tour with aides to study foreign systems and university grants, returning with questions for Congress.
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Joseph L. Myler
Washington
Oscar Ewing
Congress
Department of Welfare
Ewing
American Medical Association
Herbert H. Lehman
John Foster Dukes
New York
AMA
Lehman
Truman
Britain
Ireand
Sweden
Switzerland
Iigly
Ternel
Europe
Brita
National Institutes of Health
Gravitt Sentenced To 12-18 Months In Manslaughter
ATLANTA UP Haga Gravitt taxi driver convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of novelist Margaret Mitchell receives a sentence of one year to 19 months. Superior Judge Walter Hendrix revokes his driver’s licenses. Gravitt, who hit Mitchell on August 11 as she and her husband crossed Potchtree Street to a movie, will begin serving immediately and plans no appeal.
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Atlanta
Haga Grafvitt
Margaret Mitchell
Walter Hendrix
Gravitt
Gravwitt
Miss Mitchell
John R. Marsh
Potchtree St
University Seismograph Detects Slight West Indies Quake
Cleveland AP report: John Car roll University's seismograph recorded a slight earthquake believed off the coast of the Bahamas in the West Indies at 1320 AM. Seismologist Henry F. Blykenhauer said the quake probably caused no damage.
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Cleveland
John Carroll University
Bas ‘Amas
West Indies
Henry F. Blykenhauer
Consul Free to Leave Mukden After Ward Release
Chinese Communists freed U S Consul General Angus Ward and four aides from a Manchurian prison and ordered deportation after a Chinese People's Court convicted them of beating a Chinese employee at the consulate. Ward and staff were jailed since Oct. 24 and told to depart Mukden forthwith. The State Department hopes the move clears a path for future relations with the Beijing regime, though recognition is not considered imminent.
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James 5
Roper Washington
Angus Ward
State Department
Mukden
Ward
U.S
Rand Acheson
Kkle
American Legion
United States
Committee Sets Monopoly Probe
ARMY officials are to testify next week over alleged favoritism in a $100,000 Quartermaster Corps contract for electric water coolers. A Philadelphia manufacturer claimed Westinghouse Electric Co. steered specs to fit its product, freezing out small bidders. The House Judiciary subcommittee urged a Justice Dept. and military authorization study.
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Arney Livingstone Washington
Army
Army Desia
Quartermaster Corps
House Judiciary
Philadelphia
Chicago
Westinghouse
Orville Morrison
Sunree Refrigerator Co
Morrison
Department of Justice
Celler
D-Ny
Ian
Court Will Review Taylor Conviction
Senator Glen Taylor of Idaho faces review of his 1948 disorderly conduct conviction in Birmingham. Judge Oliver Hall sentenced him to a $50 fine, 180 days suspended jail, and probation for attempting to use a restricted door at a Southern Negro Youth Congress meeting. The appeal to the State Court of Appeals will be submitted on briefs.
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Montgomery
Ala
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Birmingham
State Court of Appeals
Jefferson County
Oliver Hall
Supreme Court
Taylor
Hall
Southern Negro Youth Congress
Arthur Shores
Court of Appeals
Water Sewer Costs For Hospital Site Estimated At $25 000
Dothan weighs city water and six inch sewer main for hospital site proposed by Board Member W E Holland with an estimate between $20 000 and $25 000 as mandated by the State Health Department. City Engineer Ford presented the figure as Mayor Adington questioned funding, while Holland denies favoritism and cites population figures in Gordon area. He declined to comment on buying 10 acres from the Alexanders near Ashford highway. A state hospital engineers team earlier rejected a cemetery-adjacent site offered by Radford Robinson. Turn To News On Page 7.
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George Whittington
Dothan
W. E. Holland
State Health Department
B. 3. Ford
John Aditing
Holland
Gordon
Houston County
Columbia
Ashford-Gordor
W. R. Alexander
Ashford Highway
Berle Notes Enter Hiss Trial
Berle notes from an interview with Whittaker Chambers were introduced in the Alger Hiss perjury trial. Chambers testified he received official secret documents from Hiss through a courier in prewar Washington. Hiss seeks to show the papers came from Wadleigh, not himself, while the judge reviews the Berle notes for Chambers credibility.
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Charles Mercer
New York
A. A. Berle, Jr
Whittaker Chambers
Algeriss
Chambers
Hiss
Berle
Fenty Dutian Wadleigh
State Department
Wadleigh
Metime
Page
IR Kiddie Parada
Heavy Fog Snarls Los Angeles Traffic
Dense fog crippled Los Angeles area traffic with visibility near zero. At Long Beach fog tops hit 1400 feet and several police cars were stranded. All air travel was halted at LAX though planes landed at Lockheed Air Terminal in Burbank as US 101 traffic jammed.
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Los Angeles
Long Beach
Los Angeles International Airport
Lockheed’ Air Terminal
Burbank
Land Santo Ang Bio
Wiregrass Kiddies Parade Promises Cash Prizes
Wiregrass Spotlight announces Saturday parade for 21 children with $300 in prizes. Children urged to participate with homemade costumes or pet outfits in three divisions including boy and girl costumes and a toy vision. Entries to be mailed to The Eagle after prep. parade lineup set for downtown route.
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Mal
Trey
Reds Disregard Chiang Regime As UN Member
New York AP reports Russia no longer recognizes the Chinese Nationalist delegation as China's representative at the United Nations. Soviet officials say Chiang Kai Shek’s Kuomintang will not speak for China in the Security Council as Yugoslavia gains a council seat. Vishinsky states support for Peiping’s Communist regime and rejects the KMT delegation as legitimate. The move could affect Big Power consultations and broader world affairs.
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New York
Russia
Andrei
Vieninses
China
United Nations
Une Fou
Chiang Kai Shek
Security Council
Spete
Basan
United States
Britain
France
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Chiatg
St Peiping
Vishinsky
United Nations Assembly
Assembly
Canada
Contempt Sentence Shocks Bridges Case at San Francisco Court
Attorney Vincent Hallinan drew six months for contempt as the longshore perjury trial unfolded. Judge George B. Hartin ordered his arrest but then stayed the jail term to allow continued representation for Bridges. Hallinan’s conduct was rebuked as improper and inflammatory during the trial’s first week. Bridges and two aides face federal fraud-related charges tied to naturalization proceedings.
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Katherine Pinkham
SAN Ebrancisco
Hadry Bridges
Longshare
George B. Hartin
Vincent Hallinan
Grant Eee
Bridite
C0 Longshore
Union
J. B. Robertson
Henry Schmidt
Hallinan
Geneties
Harris
Satopen
James Macinnis
Bridges
Marine Major Plans to Enter Politics
Sioux Falls SD AP Major Joe Foss famed Marine ace of World War II plans a political bid for South Dakota governor as a Republican candidate in the 1980 primary on June 6. Foss, 34, who matched Eddie Rickenbacker’s World War I tally of 75 confirmed aerial victories, seeks state leadership.
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Sioux Falls
Joe Foss
South Dakota
Ade Tnld
Jace 6 Foss
South Pacific
Eddie Rickesbacker
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Lawrence
Chilton Trials
Five Nations
iAtlantic
Red China
FSA
Muriel Beal
Whitman
Mas
Brockton
Robert Lundin
Joe Campbell
Hayle
Chiang
Ching
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