Alabama citizens to probe state court system today
A 180 member jury convenes to assess weaknesses in Alabama courts and propose remedies. The Citizens Conference on State Courts will hear testimony and consider nonpartisan judicial selection like the Missouri Plan to free judges from political campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Biggers
Montgomery
Alabama
Evar-Forne
Citizens’ Conference
Citizens
Alabama State Bar American Judicate Association
Citizens’ Group
Missouri
Viet Threatens Other Nations Warns Vietnam War May Spill Over
In Paris, Soviet Premier Kosygin and French President de Gaulle warned the Vietnam conflict could spill into neighboring countries. They blamed outside intervention and touted Franco Soviet cooperation as a model while offering no clear path to end the war. The joint declaration kept their positions intact on European security and disarmament.
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Paris
France
Soviet Union
Viet Nam
United States
Alexei N. Kosygin
Charles de Gaulle
Kremlin
Europe
Germany
Athens Junior Miss Named Judy Whitt crowns title
A 17 year old Ardmore High School senior Judy Whitt won the Athens Junior Miss title in a Jaycee sponsored event. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs R D Whitt and is a twirler in the marching band. Runner up Nancy Dearman from Athens High School is a drum majorette. Joyce Mitchell of Elkmont High School was named Miss Congeniality.
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Athens
Ardmore High School
Judy Whitt
R. D. Whitt
Nancy Dearman
Athens High School
Miss Dearman
Elkmont High School
Joyce Mitchell
Rifle Fire Hits Saigon River Mine Near Bridge
A Viet Nam mine floating toward a key Saigon River bridge was destroyed by rifle fire from alert militiamen. U S troops and a convoy of about three dozen trucks carrying ammunition passed the area unharmed as B52 strikes hit three Communist positions nearby.
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Bob Gassaway
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Dean Rusk
Binh Loi
Two Dead in Moulton Wreck On Alabama 157
A two car collision near Moulton claimed a second victim. Ernest Brewer, 43, of Moulton died later from injuries at Veterans Hospital in Birmingham. Garland Stephenson, 74, also of Moulton, was killed instantly. Brewer, driver of a 1957 Chevrolet, struck the rear of a 1959 Buick driven by Billie Jean Young, 42, who was stopping to turn off Alabama 157. Funeral services for Brewer set for Sunday at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Burial in Old Beulah Cemetery.
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Moulton
Lawrence — County
Harvey Elliott
Ernest Prewer, Jr
Veterans Hospital
Birmingham
Garland J. Stephenson
Brewer
Billie
Jean Young
Progressives press bid to control GOP Governors Association
Colorado Springs AP report says progressives push to unify for 1968 GOP nomination with Michigan Gov George Romney top choice. Reagan challenges Romney urging repentance, Romney says no fixed plans for candidate. Progressives seek power by offering chair choices to Colorado Gov John A Love and Rhode Island Gov John H Chafee.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Republican Governors Association
Reagan
Romney
John A. Love
Colorado
John H. Chafee
Rhode Island
Association
Jock Ruby Taken To Parkland With Pneumonia
Jock Ruby the strip joint boss who killed Lee Harvey Oswald was admitted to Parkland Hospital in Dallas late Friday with a serious case of pneumonia. Sheriff Bil Decker said Ruby, 55, was examined by Dr. John W. Callahan who described the illness as mainly a nervous cough with no fever. Ruby had been treated for a bad cold in his jail cell for about three weeks and had been seen daily by Dr. Callahan for two weeks. Decker noted Ruby was moved to isolation for tests and X rays, and he declined to reveal the hospital floor. The case marks Ruby’s first illness since the Oswald killing in 1963.
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Dallas
Tex
Jock Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Parkland Hospital
Ruby
Bil Decker
John W. Callahan
Callahan
Decker
Jack
Oswald
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Woman Testifies How Husband Was Murdered
Marjorie Farber testified through tears that after two false starts she helped Dr. Carl Coppolino smother and strangle her husband in 1963. She said hypnosis and brainwashing by Coppolino made her a willing participant in the crime against retired Army Col. William E. Farber.
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Arthur Everett
Freehold
Marjorie Farber
Carl Coppolino
William E. Farber
Cappolino
Carl
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Justices of the Peace
Nasa-Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
NASA
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By Stephens Broening
Saigon River
Nautics and Space Administration
L'rence
Hartselle
Shoals Creek
Njured
Carl Preston Peebles
Decaur
Robert J. Allen
Decatur
Ralph
GOP Governors Eye Body
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Barry Goldwater
Michigan
George Romney
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Ronald Reagan
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