Auburn Lineman Cites Punt Blocks Behind Narrow Win
Auburn surged past No. 2 Alabama 17 to 16 as Bill Newton blocked two Alabama punts and David Langner recovered both balls. Roger Mitchell also blocked Alabama’s extra point. Ken Bernich and Danny Sanspree contributed pressure on punter Greg Gantt.
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Bob Lowry
Birmingham
Auburn
Bill Newton
Tiger
Alabama
David Langner
Newton
Mitchell
Georgia
Bob Newton
Ken Bernich
Tide
Greg Gantt
Bernich
Bill
Danny Sanspree
War Eagles
Legion
Final Peace Pact Awaited This Week
U S and North Vietnam near a final peace settlement after talks in Paris with Kissinger and Tho to initial the agreement this week. A halt to bombing is planned upon signature, with troop withdrawal and prisoner releases to follow in the ensuing months, amid Saigon’s continued objections.
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Craig R. Whitney
New York Times
Saigon
United States
North Vietnam
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Hanoi
Kissinger-Tho
Kissinger
Tho
National Council of Reconciliation and Concord
North
South
Vietnam
Thieu
National Council of Reconciliation
Defcord
Thomas
On This Date 1917 Wilson asks war declaration
In 1917 President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Austria Hungary. Weather notes forecast high in the upper sixties and a 20 percent rain chance today, with lows around the mid forties. River page on D-2. It’s a privilege to live in the Tennessee Valley.
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Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Tennessee Valley
Aeronautics and Space Council
Poochuas For Sale In Decatur Daily Classified Ad
Carver Gordon at 803 Gresham Dr sold Poochu puppies a mix of Poodle and Chihuahua. Nine other responses show demand for 2 male and 2 female pups age seven weeks priced at $10 each. Contact 353-5473 or 303-4612 for ad details and timing. Nights and Sundays dial 353-4739. Athens
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Carver Gordon
Gresham Dr
Decatur Daily Want
Chihuahua
Athens
Dial
Decatur Daily
Guaranteed Frigidaire Service Advert
Robinson Furniture on Second Avenue in Decatur advertises guaranteed Frigidaire service with contact number 353 2370 and the word Adv.
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Robinson Furniture
Ntown Second Avenue
Decatur
Motorist Attacked by Phony Police On Mountain Home Road
Roy Peebles of Falkville says two men in blue police uniforms stopped his car on Mountain Home Rd south of Hillsboro about 6 p.m. Saturday and assaulted him with a shotgun butt after signaling with a blue flashing light. Hillsboro Police Chief Bobby Allen and Investigator Edsel Moore say the sheriff’s department is involved in the probe.
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Hillsboro
Mountain Home Rd
Here
Bobby Allen
Lawrence County
Edsel Moore
Sheriff's Department
Roy Peebles
Falkville
Trinity
Peebles
Trinity Police
Police
Peeble
Fleming Mum On Gas Taxes
Morgan County Commission Chair Dick Fleming refused to comment on the city council request for a larger share of gasoline tax revenues. He said the issue would be discussed at the December 11 meeting if it occurs, noting the city’s population exceeds 50 percent of the county but it receives under 10 percent of state gasoline tax allocations.
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Ben Windham
Morgan County Commission
Dick Fleming
Alabama Association of County Commissioners
Gadsden
Montgomery
Ues
Seaton City
Ramada
Gagarin Flight Spurs Kennedy to Push Moon Goal
The April 1961 Gagarin flight spurred President Kennedy to press for a moon landing. Johnson advised a lunar program amid Bay of Pigs fallout, leading to Kennedy's May 25 Congress speech proposing a manned lunar mission before the decade ends. The Apollo choice reflected Cold War strategy and space leadership aims.
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Richard Witkin
New York Times News Service
Russia
Johnson
Kennedy
Congress
Apollo
Washington
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Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Key Biscayne
Fla
Region
Landers
Pet
Belinda Bryd
Tony Estes
Fleming
Flemit
Iman Bill Levin
Gargarin
Pentagon
National Aeronautics and Spaceministration
NASA
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