Chinese Army Firmly Placed Into Government Power Slot
AP reporter Wes Gallagher visits the 196th Division near Peking to show the army's dual civilian military role. The division operates farms, factories, and local committees while training for defense against Taiwan, illustrating Mao’s May 7 directives embedding the PLA in government.
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Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
China
Hsinhua
Peking
196Th
People’s Liberation Army
Russia
Mao Tsetung
People’s Liberation
Army
Keng Yu-chi
Taiwan
Keng
Clark To Elaborate On North Viet Visit
Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark says North Vietnamese leaders promised POWs will be released once bombing ends and peace begins. He disclosed the assurances after meetings with officials including the North Vietnamese foreign minister. Clark planned a more detailed speech at a news conference today in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
U.S
Ramsey Clark
Clark
Honolulu
North Vietnam
Ford unveils armored Lincoln Continental for President
Ford Motor Co and the Secret Service announced delivery of a specially built armor plated Lincoln Continental for the President. The car includes an aerospace style control panel twin radio and PA systems separate climate units and explosion resistant fuel tanks with a 460 cubic inch 214 horsepower V8 engine.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Secret Service
Ford
PPG Industries
Bombers Clash Near Kompong Rau in Cambodia
In Cambodia, 50 miles west of Saigon, South Vietnamese forces fought a day long battle with the enemy near Kompong Rau, as bombers continued operations on page 1.
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Cambodia
Saigon
Kompong Rau
Calendar Of Events Morgan County Citizens Band Meeting
Calendar of events lists a 6 p m meeting at Hartsette City Auditorium with participants from the Church of Christ and Primitive Baptist Church. The program includes religious fellowship, youth activities, and deities sessions, followed by a senior high age group activity and a vocational prayer session. Further items include city hall meetings, an auction contact, and a Decatur Chapter National Secretaries Association gathering at City Mall with note of business.
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Morgan County Citizens Band
Redio Cat
Hartsette City Auditorium
Decatur
National Secretaries Association
Requier
City Mall
Nixon and Johnson clash over Paris peace signal remark
Rogers says Harriman Shriver and Cyrus Vance would have handled the signal issue if timely. Shriver defends stance amid political storm and campaigns in Wheeling West Virginia accusing the Nixon administration of ignoring the working man.
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Johnson
Nixon
Rogers
Harriman
Shriver
Cyrus R. Vance
Paris
Wheeling
W. Va
Waldheim Warns Big Powers On Global Role
UN secretary general Kurt Waldheim in his first annual report warns major powers against running the world without the UN. He speaks on life or death issues amid Nixon’s Peking Moscow talks and Hanoi bombing remarks. Waldheim asserts the secretary general must voice concerns.
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United Nations. N.Y
United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
World Organization
Walkheim
China
Nixon
Peking
Moscow
Hanoi
Palsy Drive Opens Today Campaign for Cerebral Palsy Fundraiser
A week long drive to raise funds for United Cerebral Palsy of North Central Alabama begins with Coffee Day. About 600 volunteers are expected to conduct a door to door appeal in Decatur Priceville Flint and Trinity with youth groups and Boy Scouts assisting. Directors aim to raise 3000 to 3500 dollars during the four to nine p.m. drive. A weekend cable event will provide twelve hours of entertainment from six to twelve p.m. Saturday and one to seven p.m. Sunday.
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Decatur General Hospital
Badgley
Guy Hollaway
Huntsville
Birmingham
Edward Badgley
Spry Funeral Home
Alabama
Escambia
Benny Conway
Atmore
Chcinda Lambert
Huxford
Randall Hanie
Marvell
Shelby County
Montevallo
Town Creek
Roger L. Randolph
Lawrence County
Limestone County
Athens
Inez Tucker
Eldridge
U. S. 78
Walker County
Jasper
Georgia
Betty Holcomb
Temple
Calhoun County
Anniston
Forrest City
Ark
United Cerebral Palsy
Sandra Moore
Morgan County
Peggy Winton
Women’s Committee of
Cerebral Palsy
Decatur
Priceville
Flint
Trinity
Controversy Over Sunday Blue Law Closings In Local Stores
Store owners accuse Giant Foods and others of exploiting Sunday openings while opposing the blue law. Eads Malone and McAbee discuss constitutional issues, planning court fights or strategic openings. Moebes plans meetings with Big Bear and Malone’s to resolve the dispute.
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McAbee
Moebes
Eads
Ed Eads
Big Bear
Malone
Kentucky
United States
Lewis West
Prompted U.S. Officials Seek Assurance on Thien’s Region
U.S. officials pressed for a mechanism to guarantee Hanoi’s acceptance of the South Vietnamese region linked to Prt Nguyen Van Thien. The effort aimed to secure assurance and stability amid ongoing regional tensions and negotiations.
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U.S
Hanoi
Prt
Nguyen van Thien
Camp Shelby to Host Decatur Signal Team for Summer Camp
Lt Col Jack Quarles leads a 12 man Decatur unit contingent from the 42nd Signal Group at Camp Shelby Mississippi for a summer encampment. M Sgt Benny Eaton is regular Army advisor for the 115th Signal Battalion based in Florence. The encampment ends Saturday with Maj Donald Crutcher Lt Arthur Burnett Lt James Sullivan Lt Carl Whitten Jr Warrant Officers Robert Nash Fred Schuster Sgt Maj Billy Sandlin M Sgt Kenneth Barker St 1C James Howards S Sgt Nolan Hamlin Spec 5 Cecil Endsley also attending.
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Jack Quarles
Benny Eaton
Camp Shelby
Miss
Quarles
42Nd Signal Group
Decatur
Eaton
115Th Signal Battalion
Florence
Donald Crutcher
Arthur Burnett
James Sullivan
Carl Whitten Jr
Robert Nash
Fred Schuster
Billy Sandlin
Kenneth Barker
James Howards
Nolan Hamlin
Cecil Endsley
Registration Change Car Before October
Morgan County residents with out-of-county cars should transfer registrations before Oct 1 to avoid last minute rush. Yates notes tags will be sold in Hartselle and at the county courthouse, and owners must bring tag receipts or a bill of sale.
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Morgan County
Hartselle
Yates
Commissioner of Licenses
Nixon era pledge to pursue National Convention
Secretary of State William P. Rogers pledged the administration would strive for a National Convention. He praised Nixon’s peace moves and said U.S. involvement in Vietnam would wind down while continuing to supply South Vietnam with economic aid and military equipment to prevent a North Vietnamese takeover.
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Miami Beach
Fila
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Nixon
Vietnam
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Republicans Eye Change in Miami Beach
Republicans debated future party direction offering conflicting counsel on how to run party affairs in an orderly manner during a Miami Beach gathering.
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Miami Beach
Fila
Police Force Demonstrators From Flamingo Park Camp
About 50 demonstrators were ordered to abandon a makeshift campsite in Flamingo Park Miami Beach as police moved to clear the area ahead of the Republican National Convention. The youths left peacefully before dawn and could return at sunrise when the park opens. The City Council will decide whether camping permits will be allowed.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Flamingo Park
Punctuation and ballots through the years
In a Bernstein column Betsy Wade recalls how punctuation changes meaning and gives examples from historic grammar. The piece notes misplacements like placing over her head after bar bell and discusses the evolution of voting from balls in an urn to modern machines.
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Betsy Wade
New York
Siberia
Czarina
Israel
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Mama
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