Plan to Create Inferior County Court Outlined
State Rep. Leslie Doss said a draft bill would establish a new inferior county court to handle minor criminal cases and reduce the load on county court. State Sen. Bob Harris noted the measure aims to reorganize courthouse operations and improve service to the public while potentially transferring duties from the justice of the peace system. The plan, still under discussion, envisions transferring minor criminal cases and could involve changes pending a May 1969 Legislature session.
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Leslie Doss
Bob Harris
Inferior County Court
Justice of the Peace Courts
Jps
Dess
Ralph
Ralph Slate
Bob
Harris
Doss
Bennett
C. Bennett McRae
Fifth District Court
Soviet Moon Flight Attempt and Orbital Bomb Test
Washington reports the Soviet Union resumed orbital bomb testing and failed an unmanned lunar mission last weekend. Cosmos 218 marked a first in six months, part of a spree of space flights amid maneuvers by new rocket stages and dispersed tracking ships. Former Defense Secretary McNamara cited a possible fractional orbital bombing system targeting the United States.
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Evert Clark
New York Times
Washington
Soviet Union
Moscow
Atlantic
Russia
Robert S. McNamara
United States
Brown and Carmichael Sit At Columbia Amid Sit-In
Black Power leaders H. Rap Brown and Stokely Carmichael joined a Negro students sit-in at Columbia University Hamilton Hall as 27,500 students protested. Police pulled the two adults through campus lines before their entry. Columbia had paused gym construction amid student unrest.
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Tom Kelly
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
H. Rap Brown and
Stokely Carmichael
Columbia University
Hamilton Hall
Brown
Carmi
Columbia
Morningside Heights
Harlem
Morningside Park
Madison County taps Matthew Hall as new superintendent
Matthew Hall 37 of Decatur will become Madison County Schools superintendent July 1 succeeding Nathaniel Almon who retires June 30. Hall currently directs TVEC in Huntsville after three and a half years as Decatur schools assistant superintendent. He will earn 18000 annually for a four year term in a 13 000 student, 600 teacher system with 28 schools.
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Decatur Schools
Matthew Hall
Madison County
Decatur
Tennessee Valley Education Center
Hall
Madison County Board of Education
Nathaniel Almon
TVEC
Tennessee Valley
Unemployment Tax Cut by Alabama Officials
Wael Montgomery reports a state unemployment compensation tax reduction averaging just over ten percent by the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations. In Repton, The Union Bank was robbed by a masked gunman who escaped with an undetermined amount. Near Saigon, U S B52 bombers conducted raids within 26 miles of the capital aiming to disrupt Viet Cong preparations for a second major offensive in 1968.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Department of Industrial Relations
Repton
Little Union Bank
Saigon
U. S
Columbia University controversy over student pressure
A debated topic questions whether Columbia University should bow to student pressure over a policy or action. The phrasing hints at a late day deadline and a reflection on yesterday's question regarding the issue.
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Columbia University
Calumet Hecla Wins Share Approval for UOP Merger
Calumet and Hecla Inc. shareholders approve merging with Universal Oil Pro Corp in Chicago. Exchange valued about 110 million dollars with three fifths of a UOP share per Calumet share. about 2,135,000 C H shares exchanged for 1,280,000 UOP shares. Calumet and Hecla, Evanston HQ, builds copper and metal tubing for air conditioning and industry.
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Calumet and
Hecla, Inc
Decatur
Wolverine
Universal Oil Proare Co
Chicago
Hecla Corp
UOP
Calumet
Hecla
C&h Common
Evanston
Ill
Grant Approved for Lake Park Property Acquisition
A federal grant of 130000 has been approved to acquire property for development as Morgan Lake Park in southwest Decatur. The HUD award was announced by P. Bob Jones and Sons, Lister Hill, and John Sparkman. Total acquisition funds, including local participation, reached about 300000.
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RAY Martin Daily
Morgan Lake Park
Southwest Decatur
U. S. Department of House and Urban Development
P. Bob Jones and Sons
Lister Hill
John Sparkman
South E
Decatur Park
Fred S§t Park
Participa
Ball Replaces Goldberg as U.N. Ambassador
President Johnson named George W. Ball to succeed Arthur Goldberg as ambassador to the United Nations. Ball, 58, an advocate of negotiated Vietnam settlement, will take the post as Johnson pursues an end to the Vietnam war in his final nine months.
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John M. Hightower
Washington (Ap
Johnson
State Department
George W. Ball
Arthur Goldberg
United Nations
Ball
Goldberg
U.S
Washington
Finishing Touches On Report In Cotaco Bus Tragedy
State troopers completed a preliminary probe into the Cotaco school bus wreck that killed four and injured 43. Sgt. R P Sorrells said a formal report would be released late today as the National Safety Council reviewed evidence. Bus was off a embankment and overturned. driver Hayes Wilhoite cited vehicle failure.
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Cotaco
R. P. Sorrells
Decatur
The
Highway Patrol
Sorrells
National Safety Council
Doss
Slate
Ernest Stone
Hayes Wilhoite
Experimental hydrogen bomb blast at Nevada Test Site
An underground hydrogen bomb test at the Nevada Test Site 100 miles north of Las Vegas produced light ground motion felt up to 250 miles away. Officials reported no damage or radiation, despite protests from scientists, as the 3 800 foot deep detonation occurred after a one hour delay.
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Mike Doan
Associated Press
Las Vegas
Nev
United States
Nevada Test Site
Here
Jan Ueer Aioe Tee Tame
Energy Commission
Los Angeles
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