Establish Reasonable Water Controls Hearing Sought
Tom Johnson of the North Alabama Industrial Development Association urged the Alabama Water Improvement Commission to set reasonable water quality standards for the Tennessee River Basin in North Alabama. He warned stiff rules could stifle economic growth and reduce local employment and river recreation opportunities.
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Sheffield
Tom Johnson
North Alabama
Alabama Water Improvement
Tennessee River
Decatur
Commission
Johnson
TVA Reveals Valley Water Quality Plan for Tennessee River
TVA outlines a comprehensive water quality management plan for the Tennessee River Basin to seven-state pollution agencies. Dr. O M Derryberry says the watershed scale plan is unique and would attract about $1 billion in riverfront investment over five years while balancing recreation and industrial growth in North Alabama.
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Sheffield
Tennessee River
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Alabama
Alabama Water Improvement Commission
Guntersville
TWA
Tennessee
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
North Carolina
Virginia
O. M. Derryberry
North
Johnson
Mrs. C. D. Cottingham Dies At 58
Florence Cottingham 58 of Brooksville wife of C D Cottingham senior vice president of State National Bank of Alabama died at 7 30 a m in a local hospital Graveside services were at 2 30 p m today at Elmwood Cemetery Birmingham Gunthorp Funeral Home directing Survivors include her mother Florence Stevens Birmingham a brother Frank Stevens Greenwood S C a sister Mrs James Ashton Birmingham and she was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Decatur
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Florence Cottingham
Brooksville
C. D. Cottingham
State National Bank of Alabama
Elmwood Cemetery
Birmingham
Gunthorp Funeral Home
Florence Stevens
Frank Stevens
Greenwood
S.C
James Ashton
Cottingham
First Presbyterian Church
Decatur
Georgia Legislature to Choose Governor After Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that Georgia may have the legislature pick its next governor if no candidate wins a majority. The decision upholds a 142 year old Georgia Constitution provision allowing the legislature to choose between the top two vote-getters, Callaway and Maddox. Justice Black stated the U S Constitution has no provision dictating the method.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Georgia
Howard H. Callaway
Lester G. Maddox
Hugo L. Black
High Court
Supreme
Atlanta
Black
Georgia House
Callaway
Maddox
Bombers Hit Mu Gia Pass North Vietnam
U S B52 Stratoforts bombed the Mu Gia Pass in North Vietnam and the Viet Nam DMZ as U S forces aimed at forces believed readying a drive south. The eight engine bombers carried up to 27 tons of bombs and struck a mile long stretch of the mountain pass.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Mu Gia
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
North
Laos
Markets At A Glance New York Stocks Advance Amid Mixed Grain
Markets at a glance show higher stocks in New York with heavy receipts noted in livestock. Cotton quiet as Chicago wheat rises on demand while corn falters from profit taking. Soybeans and oats mixed with light receipts, hogs heavy at $22.25, slaughter steers topping $25 amid 15,000 head receipts. See Legislature On Page A-10.
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New York
Chicago
Eisenhower Gall Bladder Removed
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower underwent gall bladder removal at Walter Reed Army Hospital. The operation lasted 1 hour 45 minutes and he was awake with a smile as he left the operating room. Surgeons reported normal heart action and good to excellent recovery prospects.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Mamie Eisenhower
John Eisenhower
Milton Eisenhower
Supreme Court Upholds Hoffa Tamper Conviction
The Supreme Court sustains the 1964 jury tampering conviction of James R. Hoffa, noting that secret informers need not be deemed unconstitutional. Justice Stewart writes for a divided court with Warren dissenting. Hoffa's eight-year sentence and $10,000 fine were imposed in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Washington
Supreme Court
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Potter Stewart
Hoffa
Stewart
Earl Warren
Tom C. Clark
William O. Douglas
Byron R. White
Abe Fortas
Teamsters
Chattanooga
Tenn
Survivor recalls bloody end of his platoon in Vietnam
Pfc. Eugene Hicks 20 from Chicago recalls a brutal clash three miles north of a Special Forces camp in War Zone C. His 30 man platoon of C Company 1st Battalion 16th Regiment engaged a Viet Cong force, suffered heavy casualties, and fought for about 12 minutes as artillery pounded the jungle. Hicks, wounded earlier, kept his machine gun firing while officers directed fire and 11 Viet Cong were killed.
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Peter Arnett Sucida
South Vietnam
Eugene Hicks
Hicks
Chicago
C Company
16Th Regiment
Vietnam
Alfred J. Carter Jr
Scranton
Rufus @ Lazze
Spring
U.S
Bernard W. Rogers
Lawrence
Kan
City County Jails Ordered Integrated in Six Months
A three judge federal panel ruled Alabama jails must be desegregated within six months while maximum security state prisons have a year for gradual integration. The court also ordered immediate steps to integrate prison honor farms education youth centers and hospitals.
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Rex Thomas
Associated Press
Montgomery
Alabama
Kilby
Draper
Frank Lee
Draper Correctional Center
Richard T. Rives
Seybourne Lynne
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Wisconsin antitrust immunity for baseball stands after high court decision
The U S Supreme Court declined to review baseball antitrust immunity, leaving in place the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that the immunity bars Wisconsin from enforcing its antitrust laws against baseball. In Dallas Texas the physician overseeing Jack Ruby's care said Riley's cancer is not necessarily a hopeless case.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Dallas, Tex
Jack Ruby
Riley
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