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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1968
Page
1
President elect Nixon moved to grant his cabinet unusual freedom in selecting top policy aides, aiming for no surprises and a nonpartisan team. The Associated Press reports Nixon’s plan relaxes constraints on appointments, empowering cabinet members to assemble advisory staffs with broader latitude.
Alabama Court of Appeals Judge George Johnson 62 indicated this week he may resign and return to Athens. He said a decision on resignation will likely be made within two weeks. Johnson has served on the appellate court since May 1962.
A reader asks how to collect hospital confinement expenses. The assistant VP confirms Mrs. Vivian Jackson’s May hospital claim was approved for 124 dollars, forwarded, and payment expected shortly.
Tallulah Bankhead a renowned Southern belle and leading character actress died at 65 in New York after flu complications developed into pneumonia. Her sister Eugenia Bankhead and nephew Billy Bankhead were present. Bankhead known for stage Broadway roles like The Little Foxes and film Lifeboat drew fans with wit and flamboyant persona. She often appeared on television in later years and recalled misnaming friends with Dahling in a bemusing anecdote.
Markets in New York show stocks lower amid active trading while farm items vary. Cotton rises. In Chicago wheat and corn advance with wheat, oats higher on light trade, and soybeans in demand. Hog prices fall 25 to 50 cents with about 5,000 head receipts. Slaughter steer trading stalls due to insufficient supply.
The State Department said North Vietnam authorized captured American pilots to receive postcards and Christmas gifts including nonperishable items medicines and clothes. The Pentagon sought February as the highest monthly quota in eight months. Paris diplomats agreed on new proposals to restart Vietnam peace talks. Special Welding Cutting Diel 355-5242.
The council approved borrowing 2 million dollars from three banks to fund initial construction of Point Mallard Park a 5 million project on 500 acres beside the Tennessee River at Flint Creek. The city will loan the funds to the Point Mallard Authority with repayment after operation begins.
NASA announced no leak exists in the Saturn V first stage after tests on the fueling day. The Dec 21 moon mission remains the target with astronauts Borman Lovell and Anders aboard. Engineers found prior leakage occurred only during drainage operations, not during launch.
Ethel Kennedy gave birth to an eight pound four ounce girl at Ge University Hospital by Caesarean section at 8 40 a.m. She and the child are reported to be well. The birth adds to a family of three daughters and seven sons aged 18 months to 17 years. The family was joined by Sen. Edward Kennedy and others.
U S Marines and North Vietnamese troops battled along the southern DMZ with 12 Marines and 8 enemy killed and 30 Marines wounded. The weekly casualty tally shows U S deaths surpassing 30,000 since 1961, while Viet Cong/North Vietnamese deaths exceed 422,000 through the period.
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