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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1968
Page
3
Johnson and a top aide continued discussions with Rusk and the ambassador in a brief 10 minute meeting. Present were George W. Ball the U S ambassador to the United Nations and John Leddy assistant secretary of state for European affairs.
FHA Director Red Bamberg and county supervisors welcomed Freeman at the airport as Joe Willie Jefferson of Triana, among the first two recipients, received a loan under the new program signed into law on August 1 by President Johnson.
The Post notes bretylium tosylate may affect heart rhythm in five star General Eisenhower. It cites dramatic results at other centers but cites no hospital comment. A Tuesday bulletin says his condition is essentially unchanged with brief episodes of irregular heart action and family visits.
The Brazilian Ministry of Health with the WHO and PAHO begins a large campaign to eradicate smallpox in Brazil within three years, aiming at wide vaccination and public health measures.
Forty seven students from four area counties will receive degrees at the University of Alabama summer commencement in Tuscaloosa. Approximately 1,182 degrees will be awarded. Methodist Bishop W. Kenneth Goodson will deliver the address. University President Frank A. Rose will confer the degrees. Names listed by county include Cullman, Athens, Decatur, and Cullman area towns with degrees in arts, sciences, business, and home economics.
Funeral services for Mrs. J. Jo Smith aged 83 of 802 4th Ave SE who died today at the local hospital will be announced later by Gunthorp Funeral Home.
Clandestine radio stations in Czechoslovakia urged troops to verify no counterrevolution and to return to work as Soviet and foreign tanks blocked Prague bridges. Citizens showed mixed protests with horns and flags, recalling fears of 1989.
CTK reports fierce clashes in Prague as Soviet troops entered the city center around Vaclavske Namesti. Fire from small arms and artillery accompanied burning vehicles near Prague radio, with ambulances arriving and civilians aiding wounded.
An assortment of classified ads lists houses for rent and sale, furniture for sale, pickup and delivery services with free estimates, a travel trailer equity sale, a brick house with amenities, an old car for sale with a note, and an acreage near a country club. Multiple phone numbers and partial addresses accompany the items.
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