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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1967
Page
1
A AAAS symposium in New York weighs ABM defense. Bethe warns of arms races and misfire risks while Dyson argues ABM could ease tensions. Fink outlines Sentinel plan to intercept Chinese missiles, acknowledging limits but targeting the critical post-launch window.
A four room brick structure on the Hazlewood Elementary School grounds was burned last night. It served as a former vocational building and was used as a film room art and physical education space. Superintendent Silas Cross said the loss is definite but unknown in value.
Divers seal a hole in the left stern of the Arrow Transportation Co tug Robin as salvage teams continue efforts after the river hauler partially sank seven miles west of Decatur Friday. A company spokesman said divers worked this morning to stop the leak and pumping would start once the seal is complete.
Ed ward Seibold, a former Auburn student, faced arraignment on three murder charges and his lawyers entered pleas of innocent and innocent by reason of insanity. In Massachusetts, a fire and explosion at Atlantic Research Corp. killed one and injured at least 14.
The Man Says Snow reports a two inch snow is likely tonight in Decatur. Huntsville Weather Bureau predicts a cold afternoon with occasional light rain sleet turning to snow tonight and Thursday morning. Hazardous driving warnings are possible as snow nears two inches with slow clearing and temperatures to 36 degrees Thursday. Tonight’s low around 28. See THE on Page B-6.
Biologist Barry Commoner warned possible excess nitrogen in farm fertilizers could reach store bought baby foods. He did not confirm the effect but urged study during AAAS session on nuclear fallout hazards.
The American Federation of Government Employees plans to file a suit in Washington today to stop NASA from implementing a job reduction plan at Marshall Space Flight Center. AFGE Fifth District Vice President Dennis Garrison says the action alleges NASA Administrator James Webb and the Civil Service Commission violated commission rules by cutting government personnel while retaining contractor staff at the center.
New York reports higher stock activity with heavy trading. Cotton shows mixed results while Chicago futures move lower on liquidation. Wheat and corn fall in light trade, oats slip with corn, soybeans mixed. Hog prices fall 25 to 100 cents with 7,000 receipts. top hog price around 20.00. Slaughter steers steady to 50 cents lower with 8,500 receipts and top at 27.50.
Hartselle novelist Huie reports selling screen rights to The Klansman for next year and hopes filming occurs in Alabama but doubts state cooperation. Production, valued at 100000, may shoot in Louisiana or Florida with Huie retaining limited supervision while money dictates decisions.
Nuclear Research Associates launches the Cytec Sputum Collection Kit to detect lung cancer early, likened to a Pap test for cervical cancer. The American Cancer Society cautions that true early detection efficacy is unproven, with the kit designed for sputum samples collected by coughing and analyzed at laboratories in New Hyde Park, N Y.
South Vietnamese troops and U S helicopters clashed with a Communist force near Quang Tri. The Red battalion suffered about 203 enemy fatalities as U S aircraft and Vietnamese units fought through the cease-fire period with several U S and Australian advisers wounded.
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