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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1964
Page
1
In an exclusive interview the new South Vietnamese ambassador to Washington provides infiltration figures for Communist support in South Vietnam. He also shares views on the military and political situation in his war torn homeland.
Police said father James Bergen killed his wife Joyce 22 and six of their children in a Detroit East Side home then shot himself. A teenage girl, about 17, was found shot upstairs. another child, Kathy 3, was in critical condition. The weapon was a 22 caliber rifle.
Decatur’s 1964 Christmas Parade, the largest yet, will be held Friday night with 63 units from city and North Alabama groups. The route starts Bank Street at Wilson, along Bank to Lee, then Second Ave ending at Gordon-Bibb School, featuring city leaders, school bands, Jr. activities and a float lineup including Miss Decatur and other titleholders.
The Baker hearings erupted into a shouting match as Lennox P. McLendon accused Sen. John J. Williams of lying over claims about information on government contracts. Curtis demanded McLendon step down, while Williams denied making the disputed statement. See HEARING On Page 2.
A reader argues against corporal punishment while recognizing risks of over or under discipline. The discussion notes that some children respond to words alone while others require firmer guidance and warns physical injury may occur if bounds are crossed.
Republican governors gather in Denver for a session to discuss the party's future amid deep splits. Tim M. Babcock of Montana, a Goldwater supporter, attends as a contrast to progressive Republicans including three Rockefellers.
A 22 year old white man J W Rich was convicted of manslaughter in the killing of a Negro woman Mrs Johnnie M Chappell 35 mother of 11 children during a street search for a lost pocketbook The incident occurred last March in Jacksonville Florida.
Juan D. Peron resumed exile in Spain after a failed bid to reestablish in South America and return to Argentina. The Iberia DC8 diverted to Sevilla to keep him away from reporters as Spain temporarily shields him while a definite decision is reached.
More than 200 officers arrested and moved over 500 demonstrators from Sproul Hall at UC Berkeley after a six hour operation ordered by Gov. Edmund G. Brown to end the Free Speech Movement sit in led by Mario Savio demanding full political rights and relief from disciplinary actions.
Ambassador Tran Thien Khiem states 30 000 to 40 000 infiltrators entered South Vietnam in the past three years with the Ho Chi Minh Trail as the main route through Laos. He notes terrain and limited forces hinder countermeasures while stressing slowing infiltration could shift the war. The White House cites accumulating evidence of North Vietnamese support and transit through Laos in violation of Geneva accords.
Mobile based Black Warrior Petroleum Co reports a well in Marion County’s Whitehouse field flowing 500000 cubic feet of gas daily from the Bangor Lime. Donald G. Ferrell, company president, announced the discovery marking the first new gas find in the state in more than eight years.
Markets at a glance show higher stocks in New York with moderate trading while bonds are mixed. Wheat and corn rise on weather and demand, soybeans surge on speculative demand, hogs climb, cattle hold steady with a top price around 24 dollars and 25 cents.
Washington AP reports Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor after a second meeting with President Johnson says there is no requirement to raise U S manpower in South Vietnam.
Washington AP reports two small wart like growths were removed from President Johnson's right hand. A local anesthetic was given and the growths were removed by an electric needle. Johnson told newsmen it was nothing and he had had a dozen similar growths removed in past years.
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