Acquittal in Rev James Reeb murder trial in Selma
Three white men Elmer Cook Namon Hogge and William Hogge were acquitted by a Selma jury after four days of trial for first degree murder in the March beating death of Rev James Reeb the Boston minister supporting integrated voting rights The verdicts prompted sharp remarks from Alabama Attorney General Flowers and were greeted by applause from spectators in the courtroom.
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Ala
Boston
James Reeb
Alabama
Flowers
Reed
Go- Ahead Is Given For New Bomber
President Johnson approved a $1.75 billion FB111 program to produce 210 bombers by 1971. McNamara said the aircraft will fly twice as fast as the B52, with equal range and greater payload, capable of nuclear or conventional missions. First planes to be fielded in 1968, with full readiness by 1971, amid congressional debate.
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Congress
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Elmwood Cemetery
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Athens College
Shastri Sets February Visit to United States
Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri announced he will travel to the United States on February 1 to meet President Johnson and seek a closer understanding between the two nations. Johnson welcomed the visit as a sign of improving U S India relations amid a wheat shipment acceleration to India.
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India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
United States
Johnson
America
Texas
Shastri
U.s.-India
White House
Viet Nam
Washington
U.S
Cadet Girl Scout Bake Sale Aids Hurricane Relief
Cadet Girl Scout Troop 236 plans a bake sale at Kwik Chek in Gateway Shipping Center today from 10 a.m. to noon. Proceeds benefit the Southeast Louisiana Girl Scout Council recovering from Hurricane Betsy damage. See DIARY on Page 2.
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Kwik Chek
Gateway Shipping Center
Southeast Louisianna Girl Scout Council
Mil ton Parade Draws Hundreds Before Holiday Season
Several hundred Lawrence county residents packed Moulton streets last night to view the towns Christmas parade the largest in Moulton history. The 20 unit procession began about 5 p m on Alabama 33 and looped through the town twice ending on Alabama 24 in front of Chenault Motor Co. See HUNDREDS on Page 2.
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Moulton
Alabama 33
Alabama
Chenault Motor Co
Bekins Worldwide Moving and Storage Ad
Bekins Worldwide Moving and Storage advertises moving services with contact Daniel at 353 4014 for quotes and bookings.
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Bekins Worldwide
Call Daniel
Great Revival Moves Through Frontier Disciples Gain Ground
Decatur Daily reports on the Great Revival sweeping the frontier with the Disciples forming flourishing congregations and early establishments in North Alabama. Cora Blair profiles the War on Junk campaign and observes Decatur street cleaning under E. C. Gray.
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Decatur
John Knox
North
Alabama
DAILY
Cora Blair
E. C. Gray
Gemini 7 Near Half Way Mark
Gemini 7 nears the halfway point of its 14 day orbital mission as Cmdr Lovell and Lt Col Borman endure stuffy noses and sun glare. Flight surgeons argue over antiallergy pills while Lovell jokes about his brother in law and confirms his wife’s pregnancy.
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John Barbour
Mar Houston
Tex
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
Lovell
Borman
Yanks Sweep Valley For Viet Cong
U S Marines and Vietnamese troops probed a coastal valley south of Da Nang in a slow moving effort to trap a Viet Cong regiment. 80 miles down the coast, 7th Fleet gunners repelled two VC battalions at Duc Pho, with light garrison casualties. VC mortared Hue VOA relay site. no casualty figures yet.
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Peter Arnett
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Duc Pho
Quang Ngai City
Voice of America
Hue
Three Hurt In Head-On Crash Near Mooresville
Three people injured Friday night in a head-on collision between two trucks near Mooresville were taken to Decatur General Hospital. Victims identified include Charles F. Bendall of Russellville 3 and Jeff Anderson Tucker and his wife Kate Tucker of Decatur 1. Bendall, 21, drove a 1963 International one and a half ton truck while Tucker, 52, drove a 1963 Chevrolet pickup with his wife as passenger. Details on conditions unavailable.
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Mooresville
Highway Patrol
Decatur General Hospital
Charles F. Bendall
Russellville 3
Jeff Anderson Tucker
Decatur 1
Bendall
Tucker
Kate
Tokyo Tourists Praise Alabama Social Climate
Two Japanese brothers Hyoe and Hayao Takeuchi praised Alabama for southern hospitality during a three hour stop in Athens as part of a two year 1000 city goodwill tour of the United States. They said the Heart of Dixie state is very different from expectations.
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Athens
Alabama
U. S
Hyoe
Hayao Takeuchi
Heart of Dixie
City Hall
Hayao
Hyoe Takeuchi
Lester Cole
Robert Allen Tinnon
John Crutcher
Women Jurors Asked In Suit In Lowndes County
Montgomery dec 10 ap by attorneys for plaintiffs in a case seeking to add Negroes and women to juries in Lowndes County a brief over 150 pages argues that excluding women and Negroes violates the 14th Amendment Equal Protection and due process The brief proposes remedies including court order to jury commissioners to canvass the county and include all over 21 regardless of race or sex It notes Alabama law bars women from state court juries and alleges systematic Negro exclusion with plan to abolish literacy tests See WOMEN on Page 2
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U. S
U.S
Justice Department
Lowndes County
Alabama
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