Artifacts From Civil War Ironclad Tecumseh Displayed at Smithsonian
Ninety nine foot anchor and preserved dinnerware from the Tecumseh, sunk in Mobile Bay 103 years ago, are recovered and displayed as divers determine the ship was blown by a Confederate mine. Smithsonian officials discuss raising the hull and fitting the vessel into a National Armed Forces Museum to preserve the sole surviving Monitor class ship.
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Decatur Daily
New York Times
Washington
Mobile Bay
Fort Morgan
Earl Lawrence
Navy
Col
John H. ‘Magruder II
Smithsonian
National Armed Forces Advisory Board
National Armed Forces Museum
Magruder
Willard F. Searles, Jr
General Quarters
Searles
Tecumseh
Adm
David Farragut
Farragut
Smithsonian Institution
Johnson tax plan expected to raise about 10 billion in year
President Johnson's proposed tax increase would lift personal and corporate taxes by roughly 10 billion when in effect for a full year, according to authoritative sources. The plan aims to restrain demand despite a continued NSA deficit, with deficits expected to fall in 1968 as the economy gains momentum.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
National Income Accounts
Nual
N.S.A
N.I.A
Eleven Scientist Astronauts Named by U S Space Agency
NASA selected 11 civilian scientist astronauts to raise the corps to 56. Among them is Dr Anthony W England, MIT geophysics fellow, 25, the youngest ever chosen. Foreign born Dr cl K Chapman and Dr John A Llewellyn become first foreign-born astronauts.
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U.S. Space Agency
Ronald Thompson
Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
Tex
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Anthony W. England
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cl K. Chapman
John A. Llewellyn
U.S
Manned Spacecraft Center
Air Force
Joseph P. Allen
University of _Washington
Seattle
Wash
Crawfordsville
Ind
J. P. Allen III
Greeneas Theceme
US Cigien
May
Lee
Negro Attorneys Charge State Bar Blocks Wives
Two Montgomery lawyers file a 20,000 suit alleging discrimination by the State Bar against Negro attorneys and their wives. The suit accuses officials of excluding Black lawyers from council and professional benefits, prompting the action in Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Strategic Reserve To Fill Viet Troop Order
The administration will draw from the strategic reserve to meet the 525000 troop strength for Vietnam. Pentagon officials said most of the additional 45000 to 50000 troops will come from existing active units of the reserve, including the 191st Airborne, 82nd Airborne, 1st and 2nd Armored, 5th Mechanized, 6th Cavalry, 11th Infantry, and 198th Infantry, totaling about 83000 officers and men.
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Vietnam
Pentagon
Strategic Reserve
Strategic Reserve Force
191St Airborne Division
Kentucky
82Nd Airborne Division
North Carolina
2Nd Armored
Texas
5Th Mechanized Division
Colorado
6Th Armored Calvary Regiment
Maryland
11Th Infantry
Hawaii
198Th
United States
Liberation School observers watch as federal inspector reviews program
In Nashville federal inspectors observe a Liberation School attended by 34 Negro pupils who perform a pre Civil War underground railroad interpretation. Officials including OEO directors dispute charges of teaching hatred while continuing to investigate funding and leadership roles. controversy surrounds Fred Brooks as a volunteer director.
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Jim Luther
Nashville
Tenn
North
Frank W. Sloan
Atlanta
OEO
Sprace
J. Paschall Davis
Metro
Politan Action Commission
Mac
Antipoverty
Fred H. Brooks
Brooks
Ouring
Ti A&i State Unive Nashville
Vident Nonviolent Committee
Limestone County to hire new farm agent by September
Athens Limestone County plans a new farm agent to start by September with expanded programs. The late Sherry Merrow had managed the unit tests and rapid test adult programs, and Waldrop reflects on five years with the H Club as he prepares to depart for Mr. Carter.
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Athens
Limestone County
Co. PR
Sherry
Merrow
Waldrop
Carter
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Harry Carpenter
CEO Inspection Office
Sorace
Bill Davis
L‘stone
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