Passage Of School Bill Seen Friday
The presiding officers of the Alabama Legislature predict the passage by Friday of the 44 million school aid package after smooth sailing in the special session.
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Alabama
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1966
Page
1
White Pelt CR Backers In Chicago
More than 3,000 angry white persons shouted white power as they attacked civil rights demonstrators in an all white Chicago neighborhood. Sixty injured including three policemen and a nun. Dozens arrested as clashes marked one of the era’s fiercest urban confrontations. Police fought to keep whites back while demonstrators fled.
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Chicago
Pade
No LBJ Stand On Air Strike Asserts Wirtz
Secretary of Labor Wirtz told the Senate Labor Committee that the Johnson administration takes no stand for or against a congressionally-imposed settlement to the airline strike. The AP report notes the administration’s stance as neutral pending congressional action.
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LBJ
Wirtz
Neil Gilbride
Washington (Ap
Secretary of Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Senate Labor Committee
Johnson
Talks on Viet Nam endgame draw cautious support
Senate leader Mike Mansfield said there is hope Soviet leaders may back negotiations to end the Viet Nam war after British PM Harold Wilson explained the U S position in Moscow. Wilson found few hopeful signs, but stressed neither side wants escalation. Aiken and Mansfield reject widening the war and cite B52 strikes as targeted. Congress returns to end a 25 day airline strike with back to work proposals and immediate wage boosts sought by union leaders.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Harold Wilson
Moscow
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Montana
White House
Wilson
United States
Soviet Union
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
North
Congress
Wirtz
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
Senate Committee
Winion
House Labor Committee
P._L
Roy) Siemiller
House Committee
William J. Curtin
P. L. (Roy) Siemiller
Siemiller
William
B52s Expose VC Arms Cache Near Saigon Base
US B52 bombers strike a Viet Cong base camp near Saigon uncovering a large arms cache as 25th Division infantry sweep the area. They recover 90,000 rounds of ammunition, mines, booby traps and submachine guns with two helicopters hit but repaired. A U.S. F104 Starfighter was shot down north of Hanoi during an escort mission.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet - Nam
U.S
Hanoi
Shopping From UT Tower Terror Ends in Shootout
Police say the University of Texas siege ended with the sniper surrendering around 1:20 p.m. After the attack began at 11:55 a.m., at least 20 people were shot and five killed. Victims included a police officer, an AP reporter, a boy and a girl student.
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Austin, Tex
Bob Miles
Serge
University of Texas
Carrious
Breckenridge Hospital
Ben Tobias
Associated Press
Markets At A Glance New York Stocks Fall
NEW YORK AP Markets at a glance show mixed to lower equities with cotton quiet. Wheat Easier with moderate selling, corn lower on liquidation, oats higher on buying. Soybeans weak on liquidation. Hogs steady to 25 cents lower, top price $26.50. Slaughter steers steady to 90 cents lower at $26.50 per hundredweight.
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New York
Chicago
Seven Injured in Alabama 20 Crash Fatality Reported
A two car wreck on Alabama 20 Sunday left Leonard Atlas Fagan of Trinity dead and seven others hospitalized. State troopers identified the deceased and noted multiple injuries among drivers and passengers.
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Leonard Atlas Fagan
Trinity 1
Alabama
Prayer In Schools Amendment Topic Of Solon Hearings
Senate hearings on a proposed constitutional amendment to allow voluntary prayer in public schools begin with eight days of sessions led by Sen. Birch Bayh. Senate Republican Leader Dirksen cited court decisions triggering protests nationwide. A second article item notes a two-vehicle collision eight miles east of Courtland at 10 a.m. Sunday, involving a 1961 Ford driven by Fagan and a 1999 Cadillac driven by Robert Ed Ricks, with multiple injuries to occupants treated at Decatur General Hospital.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Judiciary Committee
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Dirksen
Fagan
Robert Ed Ricks
Ricks
Town Creek
Decatur General Hospital
Georgia Weaver
Tommy Allen
Calvin Garner
Patricia Sanders
Sally Fitzgerald
Minnie Sanders
Shiann Sanders
Dangerous Morgan Road Near Miss Prompted By Missing Sign
A driver on a misty Morgan highway narrowly avoided a fatal crash after a sharp curve appeared with no warning sign. The out-of-county sedan sped at speed then braked hard, locking wheels on slick pavement and skidding toward a tree. The man, shaken, questioned why no warning sign existed as he resumed his journey. The near collision is part of Morgan County road marking concerns.
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David Knight
DAILY
Morgan Highway
Ford Foundation proposes domestic satellite TV system
The Ford Foundation proposed a domestic communications satellite plan claiming it could make the desert bloom for new television areas. The concept envisions satellites delivering television signals across the United States, expanding access and coverage opportunities.
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New York
The
Ford Foundation
Motors makers skip dividend as earnings plunge
Detroit AP says American Motors directors voted for the fourth straight quarter to omit the dividend due to earnings dropping from the previous year. The decision affects shareholders and reflects ongoing financial challenges at the automaker.
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Detroit
American Motors
Spacecraft fuel low during plane change for rendezvous
Ge mini 10 spacecraft ran low on fuel because it had to perform a large plane change to rendezvous with an Agena target satellite. Command pilot John W. Young reported from the Manned Space Center in Hoyston Texas.
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Manned Space Center
Hoyston, Tex
Agena
John W. Young
Nigerian Army Chief Seizes Government Amid Kidnap Crisis
Lagos AP reports Army Chief of Staff Y. Gowon announced he is taking over government duties after Maj. Gen. Johnson Agunyi Konsi, junta leader, was abducted by rebels.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Y. Gowon
Johnson Agunyi-Konsi
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