Two Decatur Workers Trapped In Ditch Cave In
Two teenage construction workers Frank Teague 20 and Lee Barker 19 of Decatur were injured when soft earth on the side of a nine foot sewer ditch caved in trapping them for about 40 minutes. They were rushed to Decatur General Hospital in satisfactory condition.
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Decatur
Frank Teague
Lee Barker
Decatur 4
Decatur General Hospital
Teague
Barker
H. G. Arnold Const. Co
Birmingham
Marshman
South End
Cedar Lake Rd
Cantry
Bama Homes Inc
King Hit By Rock In Mob Attack In Chicago Riot
In an all white Southwest Side neighborhood riot 800 Negro demonstrators left in chartered buses as violence erupted. Dr Martin Luther King Jr was struck by a rock and a white youth wounded by a knife. Police and white residents fought with gunfire and rocks as 1,200 officers tried to control the crowd.
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King
Chicago
Martin Luther King Jr
Southwest Side
Chicago Lawn
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Marquette Park
Richard J. Daley
California Avenue
Johnsons prepare for Luci Nugent wedding in Washington
Washington AP report on Luci Baines Johnson and Patrick Nugent set for a noon wedding at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Weather forecast cool with near zero rain. Bridesmaids undergo final preparations at the Georgetown Club with last minute fittings and a prewedding dinner and dancing party hosted by the Nugents.
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Washington
White House
Luci Baines Johnson
Patrick John
Gerard P. Nugent
Georgetown Club
Beatle Burning Draws Small Turnout At Harbor
Curious teens gathered at the Decatur Boat Harbor for a Beatle burning event sparked by a Birmingham disc jockey. Limited records slowed flames as few volunteers added more albums, while one teen declined and a mother urged burning. Flames lit the night as onlookers applauded.
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Decatur Boat Harbor
Athens
Jerry Sharp
Birmingham
Jesus
Sharp
Johnson critiques steel hikes amid space program funding
President Johnson hinted that steel price increases could force deeper cuts in government spending on programs like NASA's space effort. He acknowledged the $2 to $3 per ton boosts on strip and sheet steel, urged business and labor leaders to consider national interests, and warned inflationary pressures could trigger broader price rises. The White House condemned the hikes as inflationary while steel firms called them modest.
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Johnson
White House
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States
LBJ
Space City Trustee Appointed in Amusement Park Case
Federal Judge Clarence W. Allgood appointed George Lewis Bailes Jr. of Birmingham as trustee for Space City U.S.A. Amusement Park. Bailes has six months to craft a reorganization plan as the heavily indebted corporation faces involuntary bankruptcy and lacks operating capital.
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Madison
Clarence W. Allgood
George Lewis Bailes Jr
Birmingham
U.S.A
Allgood
Bailes
Bekins Worldwide Moving and Storage Ad
Bekins Worldwide Moving and Storage advertises relocation services with contact Daniel at 353-4014 for estimates and bookings.
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Bekins Worldwide
Call Daniel
Fighter-Bombers Attack Haiphong Oil Depots and Radar
American fighter bombers attacked oil depots and radar sites around Haiphong Vietnam on Friday and dodged six Soviet missiles. Carrier planes hit the Do Son oil dump 17 miles southeast of Haiphong while Air Force units struck radar sites 10 to 15 miles northwest. No American planes were downed, officials said, as a large U S ground force pressed in the central highlands against North Vietnamese troops.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Haiphong
U. S. Command
Do Son
U.S
Viet Nam
Central Highlands
Wallace security tightened as six youths target governor
A report said six youths were headed to Alabama bent on killing Gov. George Wallace. Montgomery security at the state capitol was increased with two more troopers added to Wallace staff and others alerted to watch for a car with six occupants. No comment from Wallace was available. The FBI notified state police that six unidentified individuals named Wallace were involved.
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Montgomery
Ala
APA
Alabama
George Wallace
Wallace
FBI
Lee Wallace
Peaches at Brown's Fruit Stand
Brown's Fruit Stand on 4th Ave SE offers peaches at a price of 2.50 dollars per bushel.
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Brown's
4Th Ave. S.E
North Vietnamese in Laos widen covert war spillover
Saigon reports about 70,000 North Vietnamese troops operating in Laos with Pathet Lao ties, intensifying U S air raids and nighttime strikes. U S planes drop rice and weapons to Meo tribesmen as covert missions expand. More than 30 U S service members are listed missing or captured in Laos since 1961, with 19 more deaths than previously acknowledged.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam -Ap
Laos
Viet Nam
Say
Pathet Lao
Ho Chi Minh Trail
South Viet Nam
U.S
Laog
Washington
Pentagon
Governor and wife decline to attend Democratic meeting
Birmingham August fifth. Governor George Wallace and his wife Lurleen Wallace decline invitations to address the Alabama Democratic Executive Committee in Birmingham. Wallace says he received only a telegram from party chairman Roy Mayhall inviting them to attend and speak, marking the first official notice about the meeting. Mrs. Wallace is in Missouri.
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Birmingham
Alabama Democratic Executive Committee
George Wallace
Wallace
Roy Mayhall
Mayhall
Lurleen
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