05 Dec 1965
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1965
Page
1
Johnson City report by Karl R. Bauman notes a planned briefing on the Northeast blackout with officials expected to present findings and potential causes. The timeline remains unfolding as authorities prepare further statements.
A 60 page Federal Power Commission report on the November Northeast power blackout is headed to President Johnson for review before a Monday public release. Swidler led the investigation and will discuss findings with Johnson at the LBJ Ranch as officials continue probing a Southwest outage.
Gemini 7 astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell entered space for their first time, flying in formation with the spent Titan 2 stage and solving a fuel cell indicator issue as they pressed toward a probable 14 day orbital mission. Mission control reported the problem was with the light, not the fuel cell, and emphasized confidence in completing the 5.1 million mile objective.
Huntsville group conducts its December 14 gathering in Conference Room A at Boeing’s information center. A film about veteran flyer and former test pilot Robert Hoover will be shown during the session.
Local finance firm at 714 Bank St advertises loans financing and insurance services with contact number 353-0742 and reference Adv.7.
The 36 nation OAU drew up a secret plan to topple Ian Smith's Rhodesian regime. A five nation committee Ghana Egypt Tanzania Zambia and Kenya may use force to end the Southern Rhodesia crisis. The two day conference issued a communique promising concrete measures to end the illegal regime.
Defendant Clifton Brown pleads not guilty in a crowded non jury session after a mass liquor raid. An ATU infiltrator testified Brown bought bootlegged whisky before the raid, while Brown claimed he could not have sold liquor because he was in Morgan County Jail.
North Alabama's first savings and loan association seminar at the First Federal building in Decatur drew praise from Alabama Savings and Loan League president E. W. Dickey Jr. He called the event well received after a Crescent Motel dinner meeting and said another seminar will be planned for next spring, involving all North Alabama savings and loan personnel.
The De Batur area will see a pattern of mild days and rather cold nights through Tuesday. Tonight's low forecast to dip below freezing with 26 degrees expected, and Saturday night may reach 28 degrees.
New York AP reports Bay side High School screened a pro Viet Cong film to spur student discussion, triggering a Saturday protest by parents. A father questioned sponsors' motives amid cited war crimes, while the school defended the film as appropriate for its purpose.
U S fears a Viet Cong terror campaign after the Metropole Hotel bombing in Saigon. The attack killed 8, including an American and a New Zealander, with about 172 others injured. U S Ambassador Lodge denounced the act as diabolical while Seabees cleared rubble in Saigon.
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