Nixon Forges To Brink Of Victory
Republican delegates back a platform pledging national leadership under GOP cooperation for peace in world progress for all and unity at home Dirksen led the drive as platform chair Nixon Rockefeller and Romney addressed concerns as Ford ruled a late floor bid improper Hood proposed a plank but was ruled out early in the vote.
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Lewis Gulick
Associated Press
Miami Beach
Fla
Sen
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Vietnam
Michigan
George Romney
Kinston
N.C
R. T. Hood Jr
Gerald Ford
Hood
Hood S
Dirksen
Delta Sweep Nets Allies 219 Victims
A U S South Vietnamese task force invaded a major Viet Cong depot in the Mekong Delta and killed 219 enemy soldiers in a week of clashes. Allied fatalities were none, with six U S infantrymen and three others wounded. Army spokesmen described deep incursions into the delta. Page 10.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Mekong Delta
U.S
Decatur mayoral candidates pledge bold city vows
Guntharp and Odom, speaking at a Decatur Jaycees meeting, promised a “happy” city within a year after election. Guntharp vows a coliseum at the fairgrounds, repeal of the garbage tax, and road and harbor development. Odom stresses fiscal knowhow and citizen input while urging devotion and time to duties.
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Ray Martin
Decatur
Charles Guntharp
Decatur Jaycees
Guntharp
Roy Odom
Jaycee
Gunthorp
De‘eatur
Buckling Signs Within Favorite Son Camps Seen
Nixon tightens drive toward the Republican nomination as favorite son campaigns show strain. A GOP official predicts Hatfield as running mate while Rockefeller and Reagan press delegates, arguing Nixon cannot win in November and aiming to prolong their own candidacies through early ballots.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Mark O. Hatfield
Oregon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Soviet Union
Johnson
Rockefeller
Ground Broken For First State Branch At Gateway
Ground breaking ceremonies were held Tuesday afternoon for First State Bank of Decatur's $46,000 branch in the Gateway Shopping Center. The colonial structure is expected to be completed November 15, President W. R. House said. Attendees included House, Contractor Dick Bryson and Architect Walter Hall. House said the facility would echo the bank's Johnston Street headquarters.
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First State Bank of Decatur
Gateway Shopping Center
W. R. House
House
Dick Bryson
Walter Hall
Johnston St
Decatur
North
Major Attack Says Doctors On Eisenhower Condition
Army physicians at Walter Reed said Eisenhower suffered a major heart attack equal in severity to his earlier ones. They described the outlook as guarded, noted he slept well, and that oxygen is continued. they did not discuss a heart transplant.
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Washington
Dwight —‘D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Zeus
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Dirksen
Philadelphia
Russia
U S Says Release Planned for 14 North Vietnamese Seamen
At Paris peace talks the United States announced it will release 14 captured North Vietnamese seamen. This follows last week’s release of three U S fliers by Hanoi.
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Paris
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Brewer to seek youth pornography curb through new law
Gov. Albert Brewer said he will introduce legislation aimed at keeping pornographic literature out of the hands of those under 18. The AP report notes Pittsburgh steel pricing moves from Bethlehem Steel to stay competitive with U.S. Steel. An advertisement for Robinson's Warehouse lists used refrigerators and appliances with a contact number.
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Montgomery
Ala
Albert Brewer
Pittsburgh
Bethlehem Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Wallace warns Southerners on ticket choices in Houston
George Wallace warned that any Southern candidate accepting a Republican or Democratic vice presidential nomination would ruin their political career in their state. He spoke to a 12,500 crowd at a Houston high school stadium after an overflow fund dinner, predicting Miami Beach and Chicago would tremble if his message spread.
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Houston, Tex
George €. Wallace
Wallace
Houston
Miami Beach
Chicago
Texas
Massachusetts
South
Monroe
Senate
Russell B. Long
Disturbance in Illinois Wounds Policemen
Seven Harve y police officers were wounded by shotgun pellets during a disturbance by Negro youths in Harvey Illinois late Tuesday night. The city imposed a curfew as state and local police restored order and the coroner ruled the previous fatal shooting justifiable homicide.
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Chicago
Haines
Dirksen Shakes Up Miami Beach Nominating Convention
AP Special Correspondent Saul Pett writes Dirksen at the GOP convention in Miami Beach roars as he accepts the nomination and reshapes the mood with sharp rhetoric and brisk jests. He directs delegates, guards debate, and jokes about tossing speeches as he dominates the platform moment.
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Miami Beach
Fla
John Wayne
Everett McKinley
Dirksen
United States
Senate
Marigold Musketeer
Pekin
Elizabeth I
Three Hurt In Accident At 4th Ave And Grant St
Three people were injured in a two car crash at the 4th Ave Grant St intersection. Benson McCutcheon 50 and Willie Pearl 47 of Somerville and Dewit Davis 22 of Hillsboro were treated at Decatur General Hospital. Davis was discharged.
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4Th Ave
Grant St. SE
Benson McCutcheon
Willie Pearl
Somerville
Dewit Davis
Hillsboro
Mrs. McCutcheon
Decatur Daily
Decatur General Hospital
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Sue Eisenhower
Gen
Dwight Eisenhower
Phoenixville
Robinson’ S Warehouse
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Jim Allen
Limestone County
Ann Holland
Susan Allfrey
Pattye Smith
Patricia Carwile
Wanda Gunter
Lynwood Varnell
Carol Brackeen
Marjorie Ulrich
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