Regional meetings set for festival and city board
A National Peanut Festival general committee meeting is scheduled for tomorrow at 3 p.m. in city hall council chambers to hear committee chairmen report progress. The City Personnel Board met today with members Ussery Wells and director Wilson, and discussed vacation pay requests but made no firm conclusions. Deputy regional executive Ken Oliver will visit Southeast Alabama Boy Scout Council next week for meetings with local officials. Lt. Gerald Vickers of Headland participates in the Ninth Air Force maneuver at Eglin AFB Florida from Sept. 23 to Nov. 3. Examinations for geographer and research psychologist positions were announced by the U S Civil Service Commission with duties in Washington D C. Applications through Dothan post office. West W Herring, a special investigator, has been removed from the state payroll from Montgomery. He previously worked with LaRue Horn and is seen with him frequently after Horn became state selective service director.
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Ume
City Personnel Board
Arthur Ussery
Ed Wells, Sr
Joseph P. Wilson
Ken Oliver
Southeast Alabama Boy Scout Council
Oliver
R. C. Joiner
Gerald Vickers
Max W. Vickers
Headland
Ninth Air Force
Eglin Air Force Base
Florida
Vickers
Greenville
S. C
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Washington
D. C
Dothan Post Ofce
West W. Herring
James E. Folsom
Montgomery
Dothan
Herting
LaRue Horn
Horn
Georgia Minister's Wife Injured in Auto Wreck
Mrs Pauline Gilbreath wife of Rev J M Gilbreath was seriously injured when the car she rode in overturned seven miles south of Ozark on U S Highway 231. She was pinned under the left side of the vehicle and admitted to a Dothan hospital with possible internal chest and abdomen injuries. Investigators said the right wheels deviated onto the shoulder causing the crash. no charges were filed and two patrolmen assessed roughly 300 dollars in property damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan, Ga
Ozark
U.S. Highway 231
Pauline Gilbreath
J. M. Gilbreath
Dothan
J. D. Wi
Kenson
J. D. Dunaway
Gilbreath
Wilkerson
Powers clash at disputed foreign ministers council meeting
Delegates from France Britain the United States and Russia met for over four hours to decide if they formed a foreign ministers council. Vishinsky refused to concede authority while Douglas and McNeil asserted full power to act. France represented by Schuman. Britain by Hector McNeil. the United States by Lewis W. Douglas. The discussion touched on Italy's peace treaty and colonial issues in Africa with shifting positions from all sides. Russia proposed a trusteeship for Italian colonies. Britain eyed control of territories. France favored the Fozzan area in Libya. United States held alternate plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Britain
United States
Russia
Andrei’ Y. Vishingski
Robert Schuman
Hector McNeil
Lewis W. Douglas
London
McNeil
Douglas
Vishinsky
Ernest Bevin
George C. Marshall Schuman
Council of Foreign Ministers
Foreign Ministers ‘Council
Italy
Ethiopia
Somaliland
Fozzan
Libia
Chenagiea
Libya
Maine Returns Show Republican Sweep In Statewide Vote
In Skowhegan Mrs. Smith led 155,863 to 49,022 for Scolten as 561 of 621 precincts reported. The GOP also won the governor and all three congressional contests while two labor referenda, seen as Republican bills, failed. Democrats had hoped to exceed 35 percent to signal national trends.
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Skowhegan
Smith
Scolten
Maine
Dewey
County board defers rabies control plan and approves other items
The Houston County Board of Revenue deferred for a month a proposal from the County Health Department to establish a county rabies control system using the City of Dothan’s program and pound. City help hinges on county funding a catcher and split truck costs. Other actions included a $200 grant for promoting county agricultural products, a $350 cancer control appropriation, and contracts on fleet insurance and tax exemptions. A horse owner was denied a DDT damage claim after the health officer said the dosage could not have harmed the animal.
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Houston County Board of Revenue
County Health D
Dothan
W. T. Burkett
Hugh D. Johnston
Burkett
Albert Logue
Alabama Military District
Birmingham
Montgomery
Mobile District Engineers’ Office
Army
Pnir
Alto V. Lee
National Peanut Festival Executive Committee
State Board of Health
Ussery Insurance Agency
J. L. Adams
Napier Field
Indian River Textile Corporation
Grand Jury
Ben Wofford
H. C. Adams
Albert L. Woods
Newro
Ashford
Route One
County Health Department
Ballot reform eyed to include Truman Dewey Thurmond races
A legislative panel endorses a revised ballot plan stating each of the three presidential candidates will be listed with a circle for a full vote. Electors pledged to Wallace or other candidates may be written in, or printed if a petition of about 1 percent is filed by October. The straight ticket method would be abolished to allow direct votes for the top three or for individual electors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
J. Strom Thurmond
Thurmond
Truman
Dewey
Anice Truman
Wallace
House
Pete Ostaad
Pronh Granger
Cates
District Agent Wins National Scholarship for Alabama
Lucile Mallette district agent in central Alabama received a nine month leave to study home economics at the University of Minnesota. She earned one of six annual scholarships for extension service workers, the first in Alabama, after serving as district agent since 1940 and previously as home demonstration agent in Randolph County. Her sister Fran Mallette is home demonstration agent for Houston County. their home is Dozier, Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Lucile Mallette
API Extension Service
Alabama
University of Minnesota
Extension Service
P. C. Davis
Mallette
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Randolph County
Pike County
Fran Mallette
Houston County
Dozier
Ala
Berlin winter and airlift negotiations pause
U S Army official Clark Clay says talks among military governors are suspended to resume on call. He notes Soviet hints to disrupt the airlift may occur but offers no evacuation plans for American children. Cal Howley reports the airlift has defeated a major blockade, with Russians cutting food, fuels, and medicines as population tensions rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay
Moscow
U. S
Airatt
Claiy
Berlin
Cal
Frank L. Howley
Recreation and warm-up rooms in new fire station
Description of a new fire station feature set includes a warm-up room with a stove chairs and benches for firemen to warm up after calls. Top floor holds living quarters baths recreation and dressing rooms with steel lockers automatic pole doors and a well lighted recreation area for games and writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tex Dave
Ccu
Births Surpass Deaths In Houston County In August
August birth records show 173 births to 31 deaths in Houston County. Among the 178 births, 41 were non residents with 100 white and three Negro babies born in hospitals. Deaths list diseases of kidneys, cerebral hemorrhage, heart disease, cancer and infant deaths among others.
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Houston County
County Health Department
Irregular highway practices cited by investigating committee
Senator Hardwick denounced past irregularities in highway department contracting under previous administrations, criticizing paving driven by political promises and lack of a unified program. He contrasted rising gasoline costs with tax proposals, defended long-term department employees, and accused anti Folsom critics of “whitewashing” the agency while urging scrutiny of oil interests and tax impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Department
Fesom
Hardwick
Bruce Henderson
Senate
Charles Brantley
Brantley
Gallan Moore
Henderson
Alabama
Unis
Yankee Ab- Sentee
Livestock Market Report from Montgomery
Estimated receipts 1300 cattle with active early trade and mostly steady prices. Slaughter cattle and calves show broad ranges with good demand for high grades. Hogs at 180 to 500 pounds steady to firm with sow and pig lots priced around 18 to 22 dollars.
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Montgomery ‘Ap
Fed- State
Mkt News
SVC
Union Stock Yards
Ingenuity Makes Mowing Job Easy
INDEPENDENCE MO. UP Mä M B Hansell devises a yard chore hack using an electric lawnmower tethered by buried ron pipes. The mower starts and autonomously carves 58 foot circles around six tether stations, leaving only small triangular patches for manual work. He mostly sits under a shade tree watching the system operate.
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Independence
M. B. Hansell
Hansell
School seeks instructors for trades program
The director announced openings for instructors based on training and experience. Applications are being received as the school aims to fill posts soon. Contractors should finish building conditioning by mid October and repair several shops by late November, with classes starting by late November or early December.
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Turner
Texas Democrats weigh Johnson Stevenson race at state convention
In Texas the Democratic state convention faces a decision on United States Senator as delegates consider backing Lyndon Johnson or Coke Stevenson. The party’s executive committee narrowly named Johnson winner of the runoff, while Dewey tours and plans a St Paul keynote and calls for Ball’s renomination amid Minnesota primary battles with Humphrey and Shields.
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States Rights
J. Strom Thurmond
States Rights Group
Texas
Truman-Barkley
Texas States Rights Party
Lyndon S. Johnson
Coke Stevenson
United States
Johnson
Stevenson
Senate
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
GOP
Republican National Committee
Dewey
National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs
St. Paul
Albany
Des Moines
Joseph Ball
Roosevelt
Ball
Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
Minneapolis
James M. Shields
Henry Wallace
City approves Burdeshaw street parking ban for new fire station
The City Commission approved removing parking on Burdeshaw Street from Apple Tree to Oates to aid access for a new fire station. An ordinance will be drawn for formal approval at the next meeting. The panel also exempted Kiwanis from license fees and gum vending proceeds, set bus stopping rules, empowered police to designate parking spots, and exempted the Napier Field state trade school from utility deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Harris
Burdeshaw Street
Appletree
Oates
John. D. Ayres
J. L. Vaughn
Harris
Kiwanis Club
Eddie D. Kelley
Napier Field
Alabama inquiry proposes non political penal commission
Board Chairman Howell Turner says no close working arrangement with convict department and urges a completely non political penal commission to supervise both prison and parole. The committee seeks help from University of Alabama civic clubs and bar association to study court fees, arrests, and county jails. They plan Kilby Draper prison mill reviews and Kilby relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell Turner
Penal Commission
Parole Board
University of Alabama
Bar Association
University
Paul Meeks
Jefferson County
Kilby
Draper
Frison
Boswell
Deaths Mrs J T Reel eighty five ashford elder
Mrs J T Reel a longtime resident of Houston County died at her Ashford home after a brief illness. She was 85 and a Bluff Springs Baptist member. Funeral services set for 10 a m Wednesday at Ashford Baptist Church with Rev C M Agee and Rev Oland Wilson officiating. Interment in local cemetery under Ward Wilson. Survived by four daughters Mrs A L Roney Mrs H R Redding Mrs L B Roney and Mrs Lee McMichael, a son B F Keel, Panama City, 11 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Active pallbearers include Jim Kay Hugh Ross John Singletary Will Roney D B Bell John Henry Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Reel
A. L. Roney
H.R. Redding
Ashford
L. B. Roney
Lee Mc. Michael
Dothan
B. F. Keel
Panama City
Jim Kay
Hugh Ross
John Singletary
Will Roney
D. B. Bell
John Henry Davis
Doak Patriarch W. E. K. Doak Dies in Nashville
W. E. K. Doak ninety one father of F. Z. Doak of Dothan died yesterday in Nashville at his son S. G. Doak's home. He worked with the Methodist Publishing House for years before retirement. Funeral services set for Wednesday in Nashville. Survivors: three sons F. Z. Doak Dothan S. G. Doak Nashville H. M. Doak Jackson Miss a daughter Mrs Darion Hindman Columbus Mo five grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. K. Doak
F. Z. Doak
Dothan
Nashville
S. G. Doak
Funeral services for J. S. Sasser at Graceville Baptist Church
Funeral services for J. S. Sasser who died September 7 were held at the Baptist church in Graceville with Rev. C. C. Balcom officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Sasser, formerly of Cottonwood, had moved to Graceville about six years ago, with Ward Wilson of Dothan directing.
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Graceville
J. S. Sasser
Baptist Church
C. C. Balcom
Ward Wilson
Dothan
Mr. Sasser
Cottonwood
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Board of Reverse Control of Rabies
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Houston
Bassemier
Harry Hall Company
S. Fester
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Sasser
United Warehouse Company, Inc
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