Decatur Aims for Elementary School Accreditation by 1968
Decatur plans accreditation for all ten elementary schools with the Southern Association by spring 1968 after a self study by the school system. The move follows prior accreditation of four junior and senior high schools and aligns with new state standards for elementary schools. Superintendent H R Leeman says accreditation means better schools.
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Cora Blair
DAILY
Decatur
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary
Southern Association
Decatur School Board
Southern Association of <Leges
Cullman
State Board of Education
H. R. Leeman
Improvement of education through self study prior to accreditation
Leeman says self study precedes accreditation and improvement stems from visiting committee recommendations and increased funding. Superintendent notes prestige grows among teachers parents and others, boosting effort to maintain standards. Improvements already implemented in Decatur elementary schools include librarians at each school and library funding rising from $1 to $2.50 per pupil per year.
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Leeman
Decatur
Viet Cong Mortar Attacks Hit Saigon Air Base and Billet
Viet Cong fired a mortar and small arms salvo at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon and later hit a U.S. billet in downtown. U.S. officials reported a record eight planes shot down in raids over North Vietnam and nine soldiers wounded in the Saigon blast as aircraft damage was described as light.
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John Lengel
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Cong
Tan Son Nhut
U.S
North
Viet Nam
U.S. Army
Hanoi
U'S
Christmas for 5-Year-Old Cancer Patient in West Chester
Five year old Lance Cummings, bedridden with stomach cancer at Chester County Hospital, has an early Christmas party planned by his mother Mrs Walter Cummings of Downingtown. Doctors offer little prognosis while the family holds on to hope and says prayers for more time together.
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Westchester
Lance Cummings
Lance
Walter Cummings
Downingtown
Reds may contribute to UN debt before Assembly adjourns
United Nations diplomats say the Soviet Union and France plan voluntary gifts of five to seven million dollars each to help erase a nearly thirty million dollar U N peacekeeping deficit. Officials caution timing remains unsettled and a trip to Southeast Asia by U Thant is not ruled out.
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William N. Oatis
United Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
France
U.N
General Assembly
U Thant
Southeast Asia
Viet Nam
Shooting May Be Linked To Armed Bandits
Morgan County Sheriff Department officials said two Black men who fired on Sgt. Bobby Kennedy Friday night may be the same pair tied to several Madison County armed robberies. Kennedy was responding to a call at Wheeler Wildlife Refuge when shots hit the windshield and hood of his car. he was uninjured. One assailant shot through the rear window as the deputy tailed the red 1960 Ford with a Madison County plate.
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Morgan County
Bobby Kennedy
Madison County
Kennedy
Wheeler Wildlife Refuge
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Lodge Worried By Idle Troops
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge worries about a tarnished image of off duty American soldiers linked to bars brothels and brawling. A source says Lodge sent a memo in mid November to Gen William C Westmoreland asking that regulations for off duty GIs be tightened.
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Kenneth Lt
Whiting
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Heny Cabot Lodge
Lodge
William C. Westmoreland
Viet Nam
Sneak Atomic Test Stirs Debate On Decoupling Theory
An AP report from Hattiesburg Mississippi details a Saturday underground nuclear test aimed at probing decoupling theory. The 350 ton device was detonated 1/2 mile beneath the Tatum Salt Dome to mask yield, with seismographs tracking readings across up to 1200 miles, sparking early public concern about test ban implications.
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Great
Tatum Salt Dome
Hattiesburg
Montana
Morgan County United Fund hits goal and surpasses target
Ira Lay executive director says Morgan County United Fund campaign not only met but exceeded its goal. The total pledged 252,624 dollars, about 1 350 dollars over the year's target. The fund covers more than 22 agencies including the Boys Club and Salvation Army.
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Ira Lay
United Fund
Lay
Morgan County
Morgan County United Fund
Boys’ Club
Salvation Army
One Killed In Limestone Crash Near Elk River Bridge
A two car collision near Elk River Bridge Saturday night killed O. B. Blakenship, 59, of Athens and sent two others to area hospitals in satisfactory condition. Allen Preston Lovell, 23, also of Athens, and Harold Hammonds, 17, of Rogersville, were treated for injuries. Authorities noted the weekend’s first fatality toll rise statewide to five.
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Athens
Elk River Bridge
Athens-Limestone Hospital
O. B. Blakenship
Allen Preston
Lovell
Harold Hammonds
Rogersville
Decatur General Hospital
Powell Faces Possible Ban By Congress
Washington AP Powell faces a possible House vote to bar Rep. Adam Clayton Powell from the 90th Congress as Jan 10 approaches. Supporters weigh action if Powell remains in contempt of court, while Rep. Lionel Van Deerlin plans to challenge seating.
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Washington
Adam
Clayton Powell
House
New York Democrat
Congress
Lionel van Deerlin
Dcalif
Powell
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