Desegregation Plans Remain In Alabama Schools
Three federal judges refused to order abandoning the desegregation formula for 76 Alabama school systems including Athens Decatur Limestone County and Morgan County. The order directs extensive faculty desegregation steps for the 1968-69 year and requires superintendents to report progress within 15 days after schools open.
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Decatur Area
Freedom of Choice
Alabama
Athens
Decatur
Limestone County
Morgan County
Ernest Stone
Czechoslovakia Demands Clear Soviet Troop Withdrawal Deadline
The Czechoslovak National Assembly adopts a resolution calling for a firm deadline to end the Soviet led occupation and denounces the move as illegal. Opposition to the Moscow accord grows whispered the party's Central Committee may split with reformists.
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Czechoslovak National Assembly
National Assembly
Moscow
Communist Party Central Committee
Alexander Dubcek
Ludvik Svoboda
Dubcek
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Decatur Police Chief Sees No Alarm in Crime Rise
Decatur Police Chief Pack Self said FBI crime figures show a 29 percent rise is not alarmist. He cited 504 serious crimes in 1967, up from 390 in 1966, noting many increases reflect reported rather than verified events. He highlighted aggravated assault at 50, thefts under 50 dollars rising to 356, and burglaries at 266.
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Decatur
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FBI
Self
Chief Self
Truck Fatally Strikes Youth In Limestone County
A 17 year old Tri nity High School senior Roosevelt Moore Jr was struck and killed by a gravel truck after stepping from a school bus The accident occurred at 350 PM on US 72 about 85 miles east of Athens Limestone County Coroner Charlie Sammet said The obituary mentions the victim and the driver unidentified
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Trinity High School
Roosevelt Moore
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Limestone County
Charlie Sammet
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Here
U. S. 72
Moore
Alabama Delegation Back Hum phrey After Victory
The Alabama delegation expects to give Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey a majority of its votes in tonight's Democratic presidential nominating balloting following a seating challenge win.
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Hoyt Harwell
Associated Press
Chicago
Alabama
Hubert H. Humphrey
Hubert Humphrey
Kennedy's Kennedy Two Sons Aid Humphrey Bid
At the Democratic National Convention Hubert Humphrey gains momentum as Edward Kennedy endorses him. Kennedy’s action followed two favorite son withdrawals by Louisiana and Virginia governors, pushing Humphrey toward the needed delegate tally while Alabama Republicans reject a rival party motion. Delegates from Alabama back the loyalist delegation.
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Edward M. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Yee Ion
Associated Press
Humphrey
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennedy Brothers
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
John J. McKeithen
Louisiana
Mills E. Goodwin Jr
Virginia
Alabama
Huntsville
John Cashin
Cashin
National Democratic Party of Alabama
Volice
Bob Vance
Birmingham
Bank hold up in Opp yields over 26700 dollars
State Troopers say two Black men robbed a bank employe in Opp and fled with more than 26 700 dollars. In Paris the United States accused North Vietnam of meddling in American politics and demanded it quit. Ha Noi's ambassador rejected the demand and accused the Johnson administration of suppressing opposition to the Vietnam War.
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Ala
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Johnson
Maddox Ends Bid for Democratic Presidential Nomination
Georgia governor Les ter Maddox quit his brief bid for the Democratic presidential nomination and said he would campaign against the party's nominee in the fall.
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Chicago
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Wallace Sweats Major Parties on West Campaign Swing
George C. Wallace told crowds in Window Rock and Phoenix that his American Independent bid has major parties sweating. He drew about 6 000 at a rally and 300 at a $25 dinner, with 200 at the Navajo reservation event. He urged repeal of open housing rules and warned against gun restrictions, while soliciting funds and petitions.
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Tom Aden
Associated Press
Phoenix, Ariz
George C. Wallace
American Independent Party
Window Rock
Phoenix
West
Wallace
Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Potomac River
Congress
Chicago Police Brutal Mulish Says Churchill
Winston Churchill described Chicago police as brutal and mulish in mentality during the Democratic National Convention. He recounted being stopped at his hotel, asked for identification, frog marched to the desk, and frisked by aggressive officers amid calls for a key to his room. He noted officers demanded an identity card and questioned his registration status.
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New York Times News
London
Winston S. Churchill
Chicago
Churchill
London Evening News
Décatur's Magnavox Dealer for 51 Years
Robinson Furniture advertises on Sec Land Ave offering Magnavox products and mentions a 51 year tenure with a contact number 353-2370.
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Magnavox Deeler
Robinson Furniture
Secland Ave
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