Fatal Weekend Fires and Wreck Claim Two Area Residents
A Moulton Heights child dies in a house fire that destroyed a four room home off 8th St SW. Clara Annette Swopes, six, perishes. Lena Mae Swopes and a brother escape. In Decatur General Hospital, Ruby Dotson, 42, dies after a one car crash near Compton’s. State police cite slick pavement and a dog reportedly in the road as possible factors.
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Moulton Heights
Trinity 1
Ruby Dotson
Decatur General Hospital
Compton’s
Clara Annette Swopes
Charles Owens
Owens
Dotson
Caddo Fire Department
Lena Mae Swopes
Garth
8Th St
Guy Holloway
James Curtis Wallace
McCartney Sr
Wallace
Holloway
Lena Swopes
Della Mae Swopesys
Ecome
Lewis
Joann
Clara
Della Swopes
Kissinger Meets Hanoi Envoys Near Paris for Final Vietnam Talks
Henry Kissinger met twice with North Vietnamese negotiators near Paris as they sought a final agreement to end the Vietnam War. The sessions at Choisy le Roi and Gemme involved Xuan Thuy and Le Duc Tho with Nixon aides tracking progress for a White House resumption.
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John Vinocur
PARIS
Henry A. Kissinger
Choisy le Roi
Te Gemme
Max
Rissinge Alexander
Xuan Thuy
Kissinger
Nixon
Anay
Gen.laig Jr
le Duc Tho
Hanoi
Tho
Washington
Bright Future Seen For South By Carter
Claude Carter of ConAgra told Decatur Rotarians the Southeast will lead the nation in per capita income growth over the next decade. He forecast Alabama to top chicken and egg output in 10 years and Southeast feeder calf production to drive beef expansion, with ConAgra stock to list on the NYSE in January.
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Southeast
Claude Carter
ConAgra
U.S
Decatur
Alabama
Decatur Inn
Red Hat
Carter
ConAgra’s
New York Stock Exchange
Southwest
Midwest
Decatur Makes It Happen In A Local Spotlight
In this edition Decatur is highlighted for community initiatives and action. The issue references a calendar and classified sections along with obituaries and sports. Weather outlook shows highs in the mid 60s and chances of rain.
Earthquake Hits Tokyo Area Disrupts Roads and Phones
A powerful quake shook Japanese islands and Tokyo causing road damage and telephone outages with no casualties reported. In other dispatches, Allende accuses ITT of inciting civil war, Nixon nominates Rumsfeld to NATO, Laird pledges Pentagon budget rise, and Honduras installs armed forces commander as president after a dawn coup.
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Tokyo
Pacific
United Nations, N. Y
Chile
Salvador Allende
International Telephone and Telegraph Co
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Ramon E. Cruz
Scottsboro Man Critical After Car Bombed
Scottsboro attorney and former state legislator Loy Campbell, 47, was critically injured when a dynamite bomb exploded as he tried to start his car in his driveway about 9 am. Five or six sticks were used, wired to the ignition, shaking Caldwell Elementary School and rattling nearby homes. Sheriff Bob Collins said he had no clue about the perpetrator.
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Scottsboro
Ala
Loy Campbell
Porter Dawson
Campbell
Caldwell
Bob Collins
Jackson County
Chandler Bramlett
Christmas Birthday Names Wanted by The Becatur Daily
The Becatur Daily seeks area residents born on December 25 to submit name and address for publication. Send details to Christmas Birthday, P.O. Box 1527, or call 353 4612 to have your name published on Christmas Day.
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Becatur
P.O
Apollo Strike Threat Voids Delay for Moon Launch
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP a strike threat to the last Apollo flight was resolved with no walkout. Astronauts Cernan Evans and Schmitt rehearse abort procedures and mock lunar lander while Evans remains aboard the command craft America. Challenger lands on the moon next Monday with Cernan and Schmitt.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Bernard Mamet
I’m
Eugene A. Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Harrison N. Schmitt
Cernan
Schmitt
Evans
America
Boeing
Apollo
Show Biz News Debuts Today
Marilyn Beck begins a daily entertainment column for THE DECATUR DAILY after 16 years covering show business in Hollywood and New York. The first column appears on page 10 and a three part series on Rise and Decline of the Richard Wartons starts in the Sunday issue.
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Hollywood
New York
Marilyn Beck
Decatur Daily
Richard Wartons
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Swopes
Bobby Herbert
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Nguyen Phu Duc
North Vietnam
South
Obama
Landers
James Monroe
United States
Athens
Tennessee Valley
Key Biscayne, Fla
Florida White House
Donald Rumsfeld
Cost of Living Council
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
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