Kidnap Victim Freed After Ransom Paid
Barbara Jane Mackle, a 20 year old Emory College junior, is found alive in a buried box near Atlanta after her parents paid 500000 in ransom. FBI Director J Edgar Hoover identifies the suspects as Gary Steven Krist and Ruth Eisemann Schier and notes the recovered air pumped box held basic survival gear.
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Miami
Barbara Jane Mackle
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Emory College
Hoover
Barbara
Atlanta
Robert F. Mackle
Gary Steven Krist
Ruth Eisemann Schier
Massachusetts
Biscayne Bay
George D. Deacon
Krist
Washington
Deuel Correctional Institution
Tra- Lee
Milk price limits lowered by state board vote
The State Milk Control Board on a 5-2 vote set the minimum retail price at 57 cents per half gallon and the maximum at 60 cents for milk sold in stores, effective January 1. The action followed talks with Gov. Albert Brewer after prior price adjustments and protests. The board also raised producers' price by three cents per hundred pounds to $6.93, despite Brewer saying he did not demand specific outcomes.
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Albert Brewer
Brewer
Wallace Miller
Enterprise
Athens Man Killed in Huntsville Car Truck Crash
Albert D. Barksdale 46 of Athens died after a west Huntsville crash Friday. James Draper 21 of Athens was seriously injured as two westbound vehicles collided rear to rear. Funeral services to be announced by McConnell Funeral Home Athens.
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Huntsville
Athens
Albert D. Barksdale
Barksdale
James Draper
McConnell Funeral Home
Oust Saigon Chiefs: Hanoi demands new peace government
North Vietnamese diplomats urged replacing the Saigon government to advance peace talks. They warned an attack on Saigon would jeopardize Paris negotiations as allied envoys prepared to return home. Le Duc Tho called for a peace government to replace Saigon.
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Paris
Saigon
U. S
Vietnam
le Duc Tho
Hanoi
Winter Debut Brings Drizzle and Shortest Day
Winter arrives in the Tennessee Valley at 1 p.m. as the North Pole tilts away from the sun making this the year's shortest day. Warmer than last weekend with a 50 percent chance of rain tonight, a weak Southeast high clears to bring southerly winds and rising daytime temperatures. The article notes longer days ahead through mid June.
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Tennessee Valley
North Pole
Atlantic
Five New Directors Named to Decatur Chamber Board
Decatur Chamber of Commerce announced five directors elected by mail ballot from ten candidates. Winners are Charlie Sears Frank Chenault Allen Hamilton Bill Collins and Barrett Shelton Jr. The 19 member board will choose two more Jan 10 and announce them at the annual banquet Jan 17. Dr. Pierce Harris will speak.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Charles A. Sears
Frank L. Chenault Jr
W. R. Collins
A. Allen Hamilton
Barrett C. Shelton Jr
Mike Roberts
Charlie Sears
Decatur Sand and Gravel Co
Frank Chenault
Decatur Electric Dept
Allen Hamilton
Earl Glenn
Bill Collins
State National Bank
Barrett Shelton Jr
Decatur Daily
Chamber
Roberts
Pierce Harris
Atlanta
First Methodist Church
John Eyster
Austin High School
Eyster
Pupil Held In Robbery At Tuskegee Savings Bank
The FBI arrested Herbert Lee Pitts 19 of Baltimore Md on charges of robbing the Tuskegee Federal Savings and Loan Association of 758 dollars. Ronald Reed 19 of Dallas Texas is charged as a co suspect. Pitts to be arraigned in Montgomery with bond set at 25000. A second Tuskegee Institute student is sought.
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Mobile
FBI
Tuskegee Institute
Savings and Loan Association
Tuskegee
W. M. Alexander
Herbert
Lee Pitts
Baltimore
Tuskegee Federal Savings and Loan Association
Alexander
Tuskegee Police
Eugene Harrison
Macon County
Lucius D. Amerson
Apollo 8 astronauts cleared for Christmas moon flight
Apollo 8 crews report go for liftoff at 7 51 a m EST after weather and fuel checks. Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders prepare for a historic Saturn V launch to circle the moon with a TV camera flag and mementoes.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Administration
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
William C. Schneider
Schneider
Air Force
Borman
Navy
Lovell
Anders
Denis J. Barry
St. Martin's Catholic Church
la Mesa
Calif
Columbus
Magellan
Earth
Moon
America
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Southern Airlines
Huntsville-Decatur
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Tompkins
Jean Allison
Billy Smith
Arthur L. Gavshon
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Alden Whitman
New York Times News Service
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John Steinbeck
East 72d Street
Sag Harbor
N. Y
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Thom
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Pacific Grove
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Watsonville
Saint James Episcopal Church
Salinas
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