Senate Okays Bill For 3 Million City Convention Center
The U S Senate approved an urban renewal bill that could fund a 3.3 million Decatur convention center as early as 1969, with 3.3 million in urban renewal credit and 62 million total for five cities. Sparkman leads the bill under HUD act 1966, waiving some renewal rules to let cities use credit instead of cash, enabling faster projects in Decatur Birmingham Ozark Huntsville Mobile. The Decatur convention center would be part of the Wells Street civic center plan, with three buildings including an auditorium.
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Cora Blair
U.S. Senate
House of Representatives
Decatur
Sen
John Sparkman
Birmingham
Mobile
Huntsville
Ozark
Sparkman
Alabama
University of Alabama Medical Center
Convention Center
Civic Center
Wells Street
City Hall
Senate
U S forces in Vietnam grow as 196th Brigade arrives
More than 3,000 fresh American troops, the 196th Light Infantry Brigade, disembarked at Vung Tau near Saigon. Total U S troops in Vietnam rises to 291,000 with a buildup planned to 400,000 by year end. Unit activated at Fort Devens in 1965.
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Saigon
U.S. Light Infantry
Vung Tau
Viet Nam
U.S
Fort Devens
Massey Named Plant Manager at Decatur Flour Mills
Shelby D. Massey was named plant manager of Decatur Flour Mills effective Sept. 15. He succeeds Tom White who moves to oversee grocery products brands in the Southeast and Southwest. Massey will be based at the Alabama Flour Mills headquarters.
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Shelby D. Massey
Decatur Flour Mills
Claude S. Carter
Nebraska Consolidated Mills
Massey
Tom White
Alabama Flour Mills
Johnson Given Assurance On Chinese Purge
President Johnson received swift assurances that Red China is trying to counter indications of disarray rather than seek new policy ground. Washington described the Peking Central Committee communique as breaking no new ground. The White House noted four diplomatic postings filled, including Carol C. Laise named ambassador to Nepal.
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Douglas B. Cornell
San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
Red
Lbj Ranch
Johnson City
Foreign Service
Carol C. Laise
Nepal
Little Lord
India
Red China
Mao Tze-tung
Mao
Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Lee Johnson
Airline Settlement On Then Off Again
Secretary of Labor Wirtz said a 36 day airline strike appeared settled Friday with a package costing airlines about 84 million dollars over three years, but union negotiators later backed out. A Saturday joint meeting was halted after Roy Siemiller withdrew with his bargaining committee over ungrounded integrity accusations by a carrier representative.
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Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Roy) Siemiller
Alabama GOPers Pick New Chief In Birmingham
The Alabama Republican Executive Committee elected Charles O. Smith, a genial 43-year-old Russellville insurance executive, as party chairman. Smith defeated George Howard Young of Bibb County for the $12,000-a-year post, succeeding State Rep. Alfred Goldthwaite who did not seek re-election. The committee also named Jack Calloway for secretary of state but could not fill lieutenant governor or auditor.
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Jan K. Walker
Associated Press
Birmingham
Alabama Republican Executive Committee
Charles O. Smith
Russellville Insurance
Smith
George Howard Young
Bibb County
Alfred Goldthwaite
Montgomery
Goldthwaite
Jack Calloway
Tandy Little
Sam Pointer Jr
Wallace Stanfield
Florence
Stanfield
Cullman County
Guy Hunt Lee
Alabama
Guideline dispute taps modest federal education funds
Alabama’s clash with the U S Office of Education over desegregation guidelines centers on about 38 million dollars from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act available last year, with similar prospects this year. The larger backdrop remains Alabama’s 283 million dollar education appropriation next year, though the fight could influence broader funding decisions if the State Board of Education leads the desegregation action.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Alabama
U.S. Office of Education
State Board of Education
State Department of Education
Light Balloting Seen Tuesday in Decatur City Race
Seven candidates compete for three-year Decatur City Commission seat as voters decide on Tuesday. If no clear winner, runoff set for Sept. 6. Incumbent Wilson Morgan did not seek reelection, paving a contested but compact race amid mild winds and possible late thunderstorms.
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Decatur
William Lindley
Eugene Shelton
Melvin Ozier
Herbert Gardner
George Royer
Charles Martin
Bill Landers
Wilson Morgan
Morgan
Chicago Rights Leaders Plan Three Simultaneous Marches
Civil rights leaders announce demonstrations Sunday in three all white Chicago neighborhoods Bogan Gage Park Chicago Lawn and Jefferson Park to protest alleged real estate discrimination against African Americans.
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Chicago
Moon Hope Baptist Church
Bogan
Gage Park
Chicago Lawn
Jefferson Park
Showers To Fall In Valley Area
Intermittent showers and thundershowers expected in North Alabama today. Huntsville Weather Bureau reports about 60 percent chance of rain this afternoon and early tonight. Monday outlook mentions lingering precipitation and unsettled conditions.
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North Alabama
Huntsville Weather Bureau
London Police Search For Slayers Of Unarmed Police
London sees the largest manhunt in history as hundreds of armed officers hunt the killers of three unarmed policemen. Scotland Yard orders officers to catch the suspects at all costs and appeals to Londoners to aid by spotting a pale blue getaway car. Home Secretary Roy Jenkins also returns from vacation to oversee the response.
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London
Scotland Yard
Home
Roy Jenkins
Britain
Bekins Worldwide Moving and Storage Ad
Cell Denier eat 353. 4014, (edv.)
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Bekins Worldwide
Cell Denier Eat
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