Oklahoma renewal project in Decatur OK approved for federal funds
The U S Department of Housing and Urban Development gave final approval for Decatur’s Oklahoma urban renewal project with a federal grant of 69 540 and a local share of 38 612. The plan calls for acquiring 15 acres, clearing 23 substandard structures, relocating families, and redeveloping the area west of Sumner Ave SE for light industrial use within 30 to 60 days after contract finalization.
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Decatur
Oklahoma
City of
Housing Authority
Department of Housing and Urban Development
U.S
John Sparkman
Lister Hill
Bob Jones
Charles Parker
Decatur Housing Authority
Komment
L&n
Sumner Ave
U S Planes Pound North Viet Nam. Two Lost
American warplanes pressed another heavy attack on targets in North Viet Nam with 109 missions reported. Two MIGs engaged U S F105s near the Nguyen Khe oil storage area ten miles north of Hanoi, but no hits were confirmed and contact was broken. South Vietnamese troops pushed a new drive toward Viet Cong positions near Saigon as terrorism spikes on the outskirts continued.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
Nguyen Khe
Hanoi
Astronaut Rescue System Chances Dim Says Mueller
NASA's Manned Space Flight chief Dr. George E. Mueller says a dependable rescue system for astronauts in space may never be developed due to cost, complexity, and uncertainties. He notes lifeboat concepts and standby rescue vehicles are impractical, urging focus on safer initial flights. The Gemini 8 close call renews talk of rescue limits.
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Mueller
New York Times News Service
Washington
U. S
George E. Mueller
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
National Space Club
National Press Club
Gemini
Radium Capsule Lost in Rail Shipment From Fort Worth
New York report says a small radium capsule, deemed highly dangerous, vanished in a Fort Worth to New York City rail shipment. Physicists urge the public not to touch it and to mark any find and notify police, especially along main routes between the cities.
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Texas
New York
Fort Worth
Tex
New York City
Eikmont Sweeps Limestone Hog Show at County Fair
Eikmont High School youths claimed five of six top awards at Limestone County Hog Show held at the county fair. Grand champions included Curtis Wales, Charles Black, David Black, Gary Daly, and Jim Swanner from Tanner. Swanner is the sole non Elkmont entrant. Assistant County Agent Pat Waldrop praised the hogs as some of the best. Beef cattle show is at 4 p.m. today and dairy show Friday at 4 p.m., with the fair sponsored by the county agent's office and Limestone County veteran organizations.
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Athens
Eikmont High School
Limestone County
Curtis Wales
Hampshire
Charles Black
Yorkshire
David Black
Gary Daly
Berkshire
Jim Swanner
Duroc
Swanner
Tanner
Elkmont
Pat Waldrop
Limestone
Cham
Pion
Waldrop
Wallace Talk Due Tonight
Gov George Wallace speaks to the Alabama Legislature in a special session to defy federal desegregation guidelines proposing state funded reimbursements. The statewide TV address airs at 7 p m CST as the session enters its fourth week.
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Montgomery
Ala
George Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Ardmore City Police Consolidation Official
Ardmore city police on both sides of the border have merged. Ardmore Alabama and Ardmore Tennessee councils swore in Terry Bottom and Elifus Sanders as cross border officers after legal review by lawyers Tom Moore of Pulaski Tennessee and Jim Alexander of Athens Alabama.
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Ardmore
Terry Bottom
Elifus Sanders
Sanders
Alabama
Bottom
Tennessee
Attys
Tom Moore
Pulaski
Tenn
Ardmore, Tenn
Jim Alexander
Athens
Ala
Markets At A Glance Stocks Down Amid Mixed Trade
NEW YORK AP reports moderate losses in stocks with cautious activity across markets. Wheat and corn fall as profit taking appears in Chicago. Hogs rise 25 to 50 cents, top $27.50, while slaughter steers hold steady at $26.50.
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New York
Chicago
Hartselle Space Plant Revived
Eight Hartselle and Decatur businessmen filed incorporation papers with the county probate office to revive a space component plant in Hartselle that had previously filed for bankruptcy.
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Hartselle
Decatur
County Probate
Death of J L Roberts of Hartselle
J Lyle Roberts 73 father of Guy D Roberts and longtime Hartselle merchant died at Decatur General Hospital after a week in care from pneumonia and complications. Services 2 p m Friday at First Baptist Church Hartselle with burial in city cemetery. Peck Funeral Home directing. Roberts founded J L Roberts Store later run by son as Roberts Brothers Store. He was active in First Baptist Church. In other local filing, Scientific Electrical Components Inc. reincorporated with $200 000 authorized shares and $75 000 paid in capital. Incorporators include Harold Johnson R C Yarbrough B M Shull A D Plemons Joe Bennich Dr Claude Lavender James P Slaten Esco Olinger. The firm aims to manufacture and trade electrical components domestically and abroad.
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Hartselle
J. Lyle Roberts
Morgan County Board of-Revenue and Control
Guy D. Roberts
Decatur General Hospital
Roberts
First Baptist Church of
Peck Funeral Home
Danville
Hartsselle
J. L. Roberts
Roberts Brothers Store
First Baptist Church
T. C. Almon
Scientific Engineering Co. Inc
Scientific Electrical Components Inc
U.S. 31
Vaughn Bridge Rd
Harold Johnson
R. C. Yarbrough
B. M. Shull
A. D. Plemons
Joe Bennich
Claude Lavender
James P. Slaten
Esco Olinger
Decatur
W. C. Swanson
Drive-in riot ends with patrolman shot in arm
Negro teenagers hurled bottles at police cars and smashed shop windows after officers dispersed a rowdy crowd at a Fort Lauderdale drive-in restaurant. A patrolman was wounded in the arm by a sniper during the incident early today.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Bus and truck crash in Altavista kills nine
Altavista Virginia AP reports a passenger bus and a tractor trailer collided head on today near the town, killing nine people and wounding 32. Rescue crews arrived as authorities opened an investigation into the cause of the deadly crash.
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Altavista
ceHided
Virginia
Atlanta Induction Center Clash Sparks Police Confrontation
In Atlanta a confrontation between protesters and police at an Army induction center escalated briefly with a protester injuring an officer and officers subduing demonstrators amid a Viet Nam war protest in the city.
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Atlanta, Ga
Reserve Callup Vote Shapes Vietnam Mobilization Debate
The Senate, overruling White House and Pentagon objections, authorized President Johnson to call up thousands of reserves for potential active duty in Vietnam. In a 66 to 21 vote linked to the $58.2 billion defense bill, supporters argued it would close loopholes enabling draft dodging via reserve training.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Pentagon
Johnson
Viet Nam
Army Reserve
National Guard
House Witnesses To Represent Themselves
AP report from Washington. Witnesses called by the House Un American Activities Committee said they will act as their own lawyers amid a stormy hearing. Jerry Rubin of Berkeley told the panel he would represent himself as of now. The committee delayed a decision on representation to the afternoon session as it prepared to hear further testimony on anti war activities. Edwin Meese, Alameda County assistant district attorney, led the morning testimony.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Washington
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Jerry C. Rubin
Berkeley
Calif
Alfred M. Nittle
Edwin Meese
Alameda
Lin Piao Named Second In Command Behind Mao In China
Peking officially indicated that Defense Minister Lin Piao has become China’s No 2 figure, possibly on par with Mao Zedong. Lin stood with Mao at a massive rally, was listed immediately after Mao, and Mao appeared in military uniform for the first time in years signaling strong army influence. Premier Chou En-lai urged followers to study Mao’s works and Lin asserted anti capitalist and anti bourgeois lines.
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Tokyo
Red China
Lin Piao
Mao Tzetung
New China News Agency
Lin
Mao
Peking
Central Committee
Chinese Communist Party
Liu Shao-chi
Liu
Gate of Heavenly Peace Square
Peking Radio
NCNA
Sun Yat-sen
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Richard B. Russell
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Senate Armed Services Committee
Leverett Saltonstall
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