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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1964

Page

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Ardennes Heroes Remember Bastogne Battle 20 Years On

Washington AP reports a small reunion marking the 20th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. Brig. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe attended with veterans from the 101st Airborne and Combat Command B. Belgium envoy Louis Scheyven praised the heroes as true.

Bem Price Washington Belgium Bastogne Anthony C. McAuliffe U.S Ardennes George Washington Association of the United States Army McAuliffe Pentagon Louis Scheyven New York 101St Airborne Combat 10Th Armored Robert P. O'Connell Washington Boston

U.S. to Intensify War Effort in Vietnam and Laos Possibilities

U S officials indicate a Vietnam war escalation plan with South Vietnam including potential bombing of supply lines in Laos. Johnson directs Taylor to push military and civilian measures while seeking political stability in Saigon, with no immediate strikes beyond South Vietnam. See also on Page 2.

John M. Hightower Washington United States South Viet Nam Laos Saigon Maxwell D. Taylor Johnson Taylor North Viet Nam U.S

Reserve Guard Shift Gaining

Secretary of Defense McNamara approved a drastic streamlining to shift 150,000 Army reservists into the National Guard. The Organized Army Reserve would cease to exist with readiness as the keynote, moving to an expanded 550,000-man National Guard for emergencies.

Fred S. Hoffman Washington Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara Jinto National Guard

Return from loss through faith and forgiveness

A reader asks if the unpardonable sin means no hope, and a preacher replies that only unconfessed sins are unforgivable. He urges present repentance and growth, noting many fear the sin but few truly commit it, and affirms God forgives mature contrition.

T.M Se Graham

Markets At A Glance From New York and Chicago

Markets at a glance show easy to moderate trading in stocks with mixed bonds as Treasuries gain. In Chicago wheat is mixed with gains in corn and oats mixed. soybeans rise on late demand. Hogs and cattle edge higher with top quotes noted.

New York Treasuries Chicago

Another Rights Charge Is Out In Mississippi Slaying Case

A U.S. commissioner freed James Edward Jordan 38 after a two minute preliminary hearing in Biloxi at the Justice Department request. Nineteen other white men were freed at Meridian when a commissioner refused to hear a purported confession as hearsay evidence. Government lawyers indicated they would seek a federal grand jury.

Biloxi Miss Justice Department U.S Mississippi Verta Lee Sweatman James Edward Jordan Meridian Esther Carter

Morgan County United Fund Honors Workmen at Victory Dinner

About 55 citations were awarded to individuals and groups at a Crescent Hotel ceremony celebrating a Morgan County United Fund drive that raised a record 213 000 against a 172 000 goal. Paul Robinson and Robert Harris spoke and presented awards while Ira Lay praised the campaign as Morgan County s most successful.

Gan County United Fund Drive Paul Robinson The United Fund Lay Morgan County United Fund Ecampais W Crescent Moitel Robert H. Harris Ira Lay Robinson Harris Morgan County

Hearing on Selma civil rights suit continues against city and officials

A three judge federal panel denied a motion to dismiss the Justice Department suit seeking an injunction against Selma and four Dallas County officials for alleged intimidation of Negroes exercising constitutional rights. Defense plans to argue that actions mirrored procedures used at prosegregation meetings and other incidents required law enforcement responses.

Jim Knight Associated Press Selma Ala Justice Department Dallas Jim Clark James A. Hare Blanchard McLeod Bernard Reynolds McLean Pitts Richard T. Rives 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals Pitts National States Rights Party

Rebel threat revealed at United Nations by Spaak

Belgian Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak told the U.N. Security Council a rescue mission was sent to Stanleyville after rebel Christophe Gbenye threatened to devour white hostages and set gasoline fires to cook them alive. He defended the Congo mission amid charges of bias against blacks and read a message from Gbenye warning of fetishes against the American and Belgian hosts.

Tom Hoge United Nations N.Y Paul-Henri Spaak Stanleyville Christophe Gbenge U.N. Security Council United States Belgium Africa Europe Council Gbenye

College officials named for new junior college

The State Department of Education named Carlton Kelley president and Victor Martin vice president of the new junior college adjoining the Tennessee Valley Vocational Technical School. Construction should start early next year with an opening planned for next fall.

Robert Stansell State Department of Education Tennessee Valley Vocational Technical School Carlton Kelley Junior College and Technical School Victor Martin University Place Huntsville

Sam Cooke Shot Dead by Motel Manager

Police said the singer Sam Cooke was shot and killed early today by a woman motel manager after he kicked in her apartment door in Los Angeles. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.

Los Angeles Sam Cooke

Demonstration Outside UN Marred by Blast as Guevara Speaks

A blast near the United Nations disrupted a noisy anti-Castro protest while Ernesto Guevara denounced the U.S inside. Windows rattled in the U S Secretariat Building but caused no apparent damage. Pierre Salinger resigns his Senate seat effective December 31 with George Murphy set to replace him. In Isangi Congo rebels kill an American nun and two other missionaries, throwing their bodies into the Congo River.

New York United Nations Ernesto Guevara United States U.S Los Angeles Pierre Salinger U.S. Senate George Murphy Leopoldville, the Congo Congo River Isangi

Atlas Centaur test flight lands Centaur stage in Earth orbit

The Atlas Centaur booster and two-ton Centaur second stage achieved a precise circular orbit 103 miles high as a successful test flight. The mission marked a key step toward unmanned lunar missions and future Moon ship tests at Cape Kennedy Florida.

Howard Benedict A.P. Aerospace Cape Kennedy Fla Earth

Used Furniture Buyers and Moving Services Ad

Advertisement listing services from Exchange Furniture Co offering top prices for used furniture and Bekins Worldwide Moving and Storage with Daniel contact, plus a phone number for moving inquiries.

Exchange Furniture Co Bekins Worldwide Moving Call Daniel

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