Decatur Man Charged With Second Degree Murder
A Decatur man Harry Madden 303 Vine St NW is charged with second degree murder in the Sunday shooting of his business partner James Wright 49 of the same address. Madden turned himself in to police about 530 PM after the fatal argument over money. Wright died after being shot in the kitchen area and later at Reynolds Funeral Home services will be announced.
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Decatur
Harry Madden
Vine St. NW
Morgan County
James ‘Wright
Madden
C. Bennett McRae
Wright
Lewis C. Brown
Bedoom
Davidmith
Smith
Brown
South End
Reynolds Funeral Home
18 Killed In Bogota Crash
An Aerocondor Air Lines jet crashed short of the Bogota runway in heavy fog killing 18 people and injuring 10. The victims include nine Americans from Florida and five Colombians living in the United States.
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Bogota
Colombia
Aerocondor Air Lines
Florida
United
Geneva Dentist Helped Build The Wright Brothers' Plane
Geneva dentist Dr. Thomas Wesley Patton recalls his 63 year memory of the Wright brothers flight. He says he believed in them and helped around their Dayton bicycle shop where Wilbur and Orville worked on the first airplane.
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Karol Fleming
Birmingham
Geneva
Ala
Thomas Wesley Patton
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Patton
Uo We
Wee Patton
Liberty
Ohio
Dayton
Wright Brothers
Wrights
Kitty Hawk
N.C
Tommy
Wilbur
Wright Boys
Mor gan JPs Fail to File Remittance Reports Under State Code
Mor gan County JPs are not filing monthly remittance and collection reports as required by Title 13 of the Alabama Code. Judge Joe Thomas has not filed in four months, while Jere Trent says he will investigate responsibilities after being appointed deputy solicitor, with the county solicitor previously handling filings. The issue follows changes creating a deputy solicitor last summer.
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Alabama
Justices of the Peace
Morgan County
Joe Thomas
Thomas
Board of Revenue
Trent
Justice of the Peace
Leslie Doss
U.S. Asks U Thant to Press Vietnam Cease Fire
The United States asked UN Secretary General U Thant to take necessary steps to arrange talks on a Vietnam cease-fire. A U.S. letter stressed President Johnson’s desire for an end to the conflict and a peace conference aiming for an honorable settlement based on Geneva accords.
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Max Harrelson
United Nations
N.Y
United States
U.N
U Thant
Vietnam
Thant
U.S
Johnson
Goldberg
Canada and Ireland lose bid for immediate UN vote on peacekeeping resolution
Canada and Ireland failed to obtain an immediate General Assembly vote on a UN peacekeeping resolution drawing fire from the Soviet Union and France. In New York, The New York Times reported that William Manchester's JFK assassination book alleges neglect or incompetence by the FBI Secret Service and Dallas police.
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United Nations, N. Y
Canada
Ireland
General Assembly
U. N
Soviet Union
France
New York
New York Times
William Manchester
John F. Kennedy
FBI
Secret Service
Dallas
Planes Return To Hanoi Area Amid Fresh US Raids
U S warplanes returned to the Hanoi area as clearing weather allowed a strike on the Ha Gia fuel storage area 14.5 miles north of Hanoi. Ground fighting in South Vietnam eased to small skirmishes as a guerrilla trained brigade of the 9th Infantry Division arrived, greeted by Gen. Westmoreland. Initial pilot reports claimed all ordnance hit the target, while no air-to-air exchanges were confirmed. The raids followed earlier reports of bombing around Hanoi with disputed casualties.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Red River Valley
Ha Gia
Aus
U.S
North Vietnam
Panhandle
United States
9Th Infantry
William C. Westmoreland
U. S
LBJ Weighs Space and Agriculture Budgets at Texas Ranch
President Johnson faces major budget decisions on agriculture and NASA as he holds meetings at his Texas ranch. Key aides Budget Director Schultze Agriculture Secretary Freeman and NASA chief Webb attend. The current year draft includes about 7 billion for agriculture and 5.1 billion for NASA.
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Austin
Tex
Johnson
Texas
Johnson City
Here
Charles L. Schultze
Orville L. Freeman
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Congress
Stocks Dip Amid Moderate Trade on Cotton and Grains
New York stocks moved lower with subdued activity while cotton stayed quiet. Chicago wheat and corn declined with limited demand as soybeans fell, and hogs and cattle rose, with hogs at 22.85 and slaughter steers up to 25.25.
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New York
Chicago
Five Injured In Accidents In Dense Morning Fog
Early today a rash of highway crashes in a three county area left five people hospitalized. Between 6 30 and 8 30 a m eight accidents were reported due to hazardous driving conditions from heavy fog. At least two injuries occurred on US 31 north of Decatur where a late-model Mustang was struck by a tractor trailer truck at Swan Creek Road.
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Highway Patrol
Three County
U.S. 31
Decatur
Tommy Furry
Wesley Slav
Sheffield
Swan Creek Rd
US. 31
Walter Ashworth
Nashville
Mustang
Bob Bates
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David Smith
James Wright
Wee
Jim Rner
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Ray Martin
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Jere Trent
Paul VI
Robert Tuckman
Tela
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Ken Reynolds
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