Alabama districts face federal aid deferrals over desegregation
U S Education Commissioner Harold Howe II reported 64 of Alabama 118 school districts had federal aid deferred or terminated for failing to comply with desegregation guidelines. About 150 of 1,800 Southern districts did not meet the guidelines, with some districts deferred despite submitting compliance assurances. Howe cited evidence that dual school systems remain. Meanwhile Alabama is among 11 states expected to gain about $8.3 million annually from a Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp rate cut approved by the Federal Power Commission, due to lower taxes and liberalized depreciation.
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Washington
U.S
Harold Howe II
Alabama
Howe
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp
Federal Power Commission
Transco
Police raid at SNCC meeting place in Philadelphia
Acting Police Commissioner Frank Rizzo said a National Guard–sized unit of 20 heavily armed officers raided a SNCC meeting place in north Philadelphia Saturday, uncovering two and a half sticks of dynamite. Three other squads searched three more sites with nothing found as about 1,000 extra officers policed the area.
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Philadelphia
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Frank Rizzo
Navy doubles midget sub size for quicker crew rescue
The Navy says it will double the capacity of its 50 foot personnel rescue submarine from 12 to 24 crewmen to speed surface returns after disablement. Prototype due by June 1968 with a fleet of six craft by 1970. Also notes comptroller plans bank loan and deposit verification and a Health Education Welfare meeting on advisory committees in the medical assistance program.
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Navy
Washington
Comptroller’s Office
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Plane sinks off Bahamas after ditching in rough seas
International Nassau reports a light plane ditched and sank Friday off the Bahamas coast. One of the four aboard, Frances Lockwood of Glenview Illinois, was rescued and airlifted in fair condition with a broken arm. The search continued for the pilot Captain Thomas E Kirwan his wife Carole and Mrs Lockwoods husband Richard. The trio were en route to a Bahamas vacation before Kirwans transfer to Guam.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Frances Lockwood
Glenview
Ill
U.S. Coast Guard
Miami
Fla
Princess Margaret Hospital
Thomas E. Kirwan
Strategic Air Command
McCoy Air Force Base
Orlando
Carole
Bread poisonings in Zamora injure 600. worker confesses
In Zamora Mexico police report arsenic-contaminated bread affected more than 600 people. Doctor Felipe Velarde notes no deaths due to small arsenic doses causing mainly minor discomfort. The bakery worker Alfonso Medina confessed to adding the poison to the dough.
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Zamora
Mexico
Felipe Velarde
Alfonso Medina
Carrier Oriskany reports intensified Tonkin Gulf flak barrage
Experienced pilots aboard the carrier Oriskany say the flak barrages along the North Viet Nam coast are heavier than in World War II and the Korean War and are growing more effective. The United States has reported 329 planes lost over North Viet Nam, including a record seven in one day last Sunday.
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Oriskany
Gulf of Tonkin
North Viet Nam
United States
Neutral Zone Policing Urged by India and U.S.
Washington welcomed India's suggestions for tighter policing of the demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam. A three man international control commission outpost now oversees the six mile wide strip as per the 1954 Geneva accords. South Vietnam and allies accuse North Vietnam of infiltrations while North Vietnam criticizes U S bombings in the area.
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Washington
United States
India
South Viet Nam
International Control Commission
North Viet Nam
U.S
Republican tilt dominates Alabama GOP meeting
The Alabama GOP gathered 95 of 120 members as Holly Pond chose the third vice chairman and Mrs. Lester Chalkley of Birmingham won the fourth vice chair post. Homer Jackson of Birmingham was named secretary while James Martin of Gadsden campaigned for governor against Lurleen Wallace.
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Holly Pond
Lester Chalkley
Birmingham
Olive Stann
Chapmann
Homer Jackson
Smith
Federa
U. S
Glenn Andrews
Anniston
William Dickinson
Montgomery
Andrews
Dickinson
James Martin
Gadsden
Lurleen Wallace
Decatur Alabama Candidates Spotlight Election Issues
Light continued analysis shows low voter interest as candidates push diverse planks from tourist attractions to switching Decatur from commission to mayor council government. Speakers include William Lindley a Fruehauf superintendent and George Rover advocating government change, while others call for education safety and recreation initiatives and centralized purchasing with merged utilities.
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William Lindley
Fruehauf Corp
Deca‘tur
Herbert
Hub
River and Sky Notes for Decatur Area Weather
The Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 20.69 with sea level at 554.99. Forecast calls for variable cloudiness and hot humid conditions with scattered showers and thundershowers, 60 percent measurable rainfall today, decreasing tonight. high 89 today, 72 tonight, 90 Monday. The sky features Mercury near the south, with Venus above, then Mars and Jupiter, and Castor and Pollux to the north.
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Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Castor
Pollux
Daily Records Births and Charges Report
Daily Records lists births at Cullman Hospital Decatur General Hospital and Law in the docket at city recorder's court. Entries include Mr and Mrs Edward Oaks a daughter. Mr and Mrs James Pigg a son. Mr and Mrs William Bridgeport a son. Mr and Mrs Jimmie Jacobs a son. Mr and Mrs Neal Wimbs a daughter. Saturday docket shows charges: dis orderly conduct disregarding a traffic light parking in a prohibited zone speeding improper mufflers double parking. Morgan County Sheriff's Department adds: highway intoxication assault and battery violation of the prohibition law.
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William Bridgeport
Decatur
Decatur General Hospital
Jimmie E. Jacobs
City Recorder’s Court
Morgan County Sheriff’s Department
Massey Named to Direct Production at Local Mills
Massey continues from page 1 to oversee all production operations at the flour and feed mills in town. He previously served as assistant to the vice president for operations for the feed division based in Omaha and before that was plant manager at Nebraska Consolidated's poultry processing plant in Athens.
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Massey
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska Consolidated
Athens
Airlines face wage dispute over 84 to 94 million package
Wirtz and Reynolds report a proposed settlement of about 84 million over three years, while the unions insist on 94 million. Siemiller accuses airlines of using wage-price guidelines to shield profits. White House contact denied. Hope for voluntary settlement fades as Congress considers forced return.
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Wirtz
James J. Reynolds
Reynolds
IAM
International Association of Machinists
Siemiller
Labor Department
White House
Airlines
London Seethes Over Police Killings
Anger sweeps a sunny weekend as three detectives are killed near Wormwood Scrubs. Officers grant 38 caliber revolvers and tear gas to the dragnet force, while Queen Elizabeth II phones Scotland Yard to express sympathy for the victims and their families.
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Elizabeth II
Scotland Yard
Scotland
Chicago rights movement tests a new strategy
A strategy meeting proposed a triple demonstration after a relatively tame march by about 500 white residents and Negroes in Chicago. The Friday march into the all white Bogan area drew mainly jeers and light stone throwing, with 600 police keeping 1,000 onlookers under control as demonstrators continued three weeks of marches under protection into all white neighborhoods including Chicago Lawn Belmont Cragin and Bogan.
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Bogan
Chicago Lawn
Belmont-Cragin
Chicago
Decatur Bank Names Moody Trust Chief and VP
Decatur based State National Bank of Alabama names William J. Moody as officer in charge of the trust department and new vice president. Moody comes from Florida Bank St. Petersburg where he was VP and trust officer since 1962. He studied at University of Denver Wilmington College and University of Cincinnati Law School and has taught at banking institutes. He and wife Virginia and son Bill Jr. have moved to Decatur.
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William J. Moody
Trust Department of State National Bank of Alabama
C. W. Nelson
Moody
State National
Florida National Bank
St. Petersburg
University of Denver
Wilmington
Ohio
University of Cincinnati School of Law
American Institute of Banking
Virginia
Bill Jr
Decatur
Mt Zion Missionary Baptist Revival Hosts Bailey Evangelist
A revival begins at Mt Zion Missionary Baptist Church southeast of Hartsville at 7 p.m. today and runs through Friday. Guest evangelist Rev Billy Gene Ryan of Bailey Texas will lead services each night.
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Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Hartselle
Billy Gene Ryan
Bailey, Texas
Austinville revival opens with veteran minister this evening
A week-long revival starts at 7 30 tonight at Austinville Church of Christ with G K Wallace as guest minister. Wallace, active for over 40 years, served seven years as executive assistant to Freed-Hardeman College's president and now leads the National Booster Club and Lions Club.
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Austinville Church
Wallace
Freed-Hardeman College
National Booster Club
The
Lions Club
Police chase ends with abandonment of 1965 Oldsmobile
A 1965 Oldsmobile with a Morgan County tag was abandoned after a pursuit that started on Somerville Road SE and ended when the vehicle drove onto a front lawn on Brookmeade Road SE and crashed. Occupants fled on foot. however, they were not stopped. The car was towed to Hicks Chevrolet.
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Brookmeade Rd
Somerville Rd
Brookmeade St
Hicks Chevrolet
Challenger Billy Dukes Faces Local Commission Race
The article notes challenger Billy Dukes enters a city commission race while incumbent mayor Gilmer Blackburn, unopposed last year, remains on the three member board with new terms beginning October 1 each year.
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Billy Dukes
Gilmer Blackburn
Johnson reaffirmation of party policy lines
The text portrays a reaffirmation of domestic and foreign policy lines, presented as unity under Mao. It critiques perceived disarray in foreign policy and endorses existing and planned measures on Chinese aid to Vietnam, while accusing the Soviet Union of sham support to Hanoi and collaboration with the United States.
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Mao
Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Hanoi
United States
Congress passes Social Security Act in 1935
In 1935 Congress enacted the Social Security Act establishing a nationwide program of old age insurance and unemployment assistance. The law created a framework for federal grants and social welfare that reshaped American social policy in the Depression era.
Decatur School Registration Opens For New Students
Registration for the De catur city schools opens Aug 31 with a two week reporting period for unregistered first graders and new movers. Supt H R Leeman requires six year olds by Oct 2 and mandates a choice form for enrollment.
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Decatur
H. R. Leemany
Leeman
Riverside
Supt
Picnic rescheduled for Delano Park by church group
The Westside Presbyterian Church picnic moved from Chemstrand park to Delano Park. The Morgan County Coordinating Association will meet Monday at 7 30 p.m. at the Macedonia Presbyterian Church Walnut St NW. Candidates for city commission and the public are invited.
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Westside Presbyterian Church
Chemstrand Park
Delano Park
Morgan County Coordinating Association
Macedonia Presbyterian Church
Walnut St. NW
Decatur Woman Reports Stalking Man In Front Yard
A Decatur woman told police at about 11 p.m. Friday a man stood in her front yard and fled when she yelled. Mrs. I. A. Herchenhahn, 217 Memorial Dr. NW, said this is the third such incident in two months. Police could not locate the man.
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Decatur
I. A. Herchenhahn
Memorial Dr. NW
Viet Nam War Update From Saigon to Ca Mau Battles
Vietnamese Marines fought near Que Sen in Quang Tin Province as operation Colorado stretched eight days with heavy enemy losses, while air actions over North Vietnam produced record plane losses. In Ca Mau, Viet Cong engagements killed 25 militiamen, and Ky warned Hanoi could be defeated within two to three years with possible U.S. troop withdrawals.
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Saigon
Que Sen
Quang Tin Province
U.S
Colorado
Que Son
North
Viet Nam
Mekong
South Viet Nam
Ca Mau
An Xuyen
Air Force
Navy
Philippines
Hanoi
Manila
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SNCC
Jose Tijero
Tijero
North Viet
Tion. Smith
Democrats
Eugene Shelton
Chemstrand
Charles Martin
Bill, Sanders
Tennessee River Reading
Edward Oaks
Cullman Hospital
James Pigg
Cullman Hospitl
Rence County Hospital
Neal Wimbs
Mr. Hope
Congress
London
Wormwood Scrubs
William Moody
Austinville
Decatur Jaycee
C. Bennett McRae
Jaycee
Lyons Hotel
Morgan County Fair
Jerry Lindsey
Jerry Doyal
Peggy Benfield
Johnson
Nguyen Cao Ky
Grant
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