Twisters Kill 2 Injure Scores In Central Georgia
Severe tornadoes ripped central Georgia near Atlanta killing at least two and injuring scores. Virtually all of Stockbridge Athens Monroe Winder Conyers suffered damage with hospitals treating dozens of weather related injuries and a nursing home evacuating 60 patients after windows blew out and debris caused cuts.
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Georgia
Associated Press
Atlanta
Athens General Hospital
Athens
Wonderland
Sand City
Stockbridge
Conyers
Monroe
Winder
Loganville
Conyers Hospital
Rockdale General Hospital
Ruth Cochran
Georgia National Guard
Buckey Hayes
Hayes
Upper Smyrna
Walter Wallace
Wallace
Perry Wilson
Nixon Set To Offer Support For Saigon
President Nixon prepares to assure South Vietnamese President Thieu of moral and economic backing in two days of talks. Officials expect a reiteration of U S demands for Communist compliance with the cease fire and a warning to Hanoi of consequences if violated. Thieu seeks a durable peace and gratitude for U S involvement. aides report Thieu pressing for a U S guarantee against North Vietnamese invasion.
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Gaylord Shaw
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
U.S
North Vietnam
United States
Hanoi
Saigon
Vietnam
Pham Duong Hien
Congress
On This Day 1939 Franco Victory Recognized by U S
The page notes that in 1939 Generalissimo Francisco Franco announced the end of the Spanish Civil War and the United States recognized his government. It also lists contact numbers for classifieds and quick weather for the Tennessee Valley with a fair and mild forecast.
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Francisco Franco
United States
Athens
Last Group Of POWs Head For U S Bases
The final group of American POWs freed from Hanoi headed home from Clark Air Base Philippines aided by a medical plane to Saigon for Army Captain Robert T. White. He is expected to be released today by the Viet Cong as crowds cheer.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
Hanoi
U.S
Clark
Saigon
Robert T. White
Newport News
White
Sheppard Air Force Base
Tex
March Air Force Base
Calif
Travis Air Force Base
Lloyd Oppely
Laos
Pathet Lao
Air Force
Keith H. Lewis
Goldsboro
N.C
United States
Church Sets By Laws For Post Rapture Leadership
In North Hollywood First Assembly of God trustees amended by laws to name corporate officers to carry on worship after a predicted rapture. Pastor D Leroy Sanders cites I Thessalonians IV 17 as support for an instantaneous translation of believers. No other congregation reportedly has taken similar steps.
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New York Times
North Hollywood
Calif
Assembly of God
United States
Jesus
D. Leroy Sanders
I Thessalonians
Sanders
Hope
Mule Sells Fast as 49 More Want Ad Respond
Herbert Monroe of Trinity 2 sold his mule in a Decatur Daily Want Ad and received 49 additional responses. The notice promotes daily want ads during International Want Ad Week April 1 30. Ad rates: three lines for 14 days at $4 with contact numbers in Decatur and Athens editions.
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Herbert Monroe
Trinity 2
Decatur Daily
Guntharp Appeals Could Drag On For 2 Years
Former Decatur mayor Charles Guntharp, 47, sentenced to 18 years for second degree murder in the Dec 12 death of James Floyd Davis, is headed to the Alabama Criminal Court of Appeals. Bond posted, case to wind through state and federal courts possibly taking close to two years. new trial requests could delay further. Weaver may face trial later. legislature schedule could push it to late summer or fall.
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Winford Turner
Decatur
Charles Guntharp
Guntharp
James Floyd Davis
Alabama Criminal Court of Appeals
State Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
Dan Nelson
Noble Russell
Robert Straub
Charles Gunthorp
Stewart Weaver
Weaver
Alabama
Ralph Slate
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