U S peace offensive on Viet Nam under way
Washington reports a broad year end push to end fighting could curb renewed combat if successful. Johnson presses peace prospects quietly while noting no Communist response yet. Diplomatic maneuvers swirl with Shelepin’s Moscow role and Hanoi Peking denouncements. See Page 2.
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Washington
U.S
Viet Nam
Johnson
Hanoi
Peking
Alexander Shelepin
Shelepin
Kremlin
North Viet
Decatur Fire Reports Grass Fires and a House Total Loss
Decatur Fire Department logged several calls on Tuesday including three grass fires at 1300 Plaza St SE 2405 Woodland SE and 1500 block Fair Way Dr with no loss. A vacant house south of 8th St SW sustained total loss. Further details available on Page 2.
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Decatur Fire Department
Block
Plaza St
Woodland SE
Fairway Dr
8Th St
Spring and Fall Weather Mark End of Year Outlook
The Huntsville Weather Bureau says the last week of 1965 ends on a pleasant note with a forecast of clear to partly cloudy skies and warm conditions. A high near 60 is expected today with tonight remaining partly cloudy.
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Huntsville Weather Bureau
14th St Overpass Bidding Scheduled
State Highway Department will open bids February 18 for the 14th Street overpass near Austinville in southwest Decatur. The $350,000 project aims to ease crossing delays when trains stop, a promise tied to Governor Wallace’s road bond plan.
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St. Overpass
Winford Turner
State Highway Department
14Th St
Austinville
Albert Brewer
Herman Nelson
Ralph Slate
Southwest Decatur
George Wallace
Decatur
Alabama
Cash Pleads Guilty To Drug Charge
Country singer Johnny Cash pleads guilty in El Paso to possessing illegal depressants and stimulants. U S District Judge D W Suttle defers sentencing indefinitely. Cash, 33, has sold millions of records. Assistant U S Attorney Harry L Hudspeth notes maximum penalty applies.
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Cash
EL Paso
Texas
Johnny Cash
U. S
Asst
Harry L. Hudspeth
Cullman Men Seek 66 Vote
Cullman education leader Dr. Donald L. Horne said he will run in the 1966 Democratic Primary for state superintendent of education. Orlin Buzbee of Bremen announced plans to seek the Cullman County sheriff seat in the same primary.
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Cullman
Donald L. Horne
Orlin Buzbee
Bremen
Horne
Cullman County
Buzbee
New Austin Branch Of First National Bank Opens
The Third, $25, all in savings accounts. The drawing at 8 p.m. winners need not be present. The branch offers vaults, safety deposit boxes and modern equipment. Denton Cole will head the new branch with seven or eight staff. Hours are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays and 3 to 6 p.m. Friday. Heating and cooling by Conditioned Air Corp. and Worthington Corp. supplied the equipment. Hargitt Plumbing and Heating handled electrical work. FIRST on Page 2.
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Cora Blair
Austin
First National Bank
Danville Rd
Carridale St
Decatur
First National
Barr and Tune
Florence
Pearce, DeMoss and King
A. L. Johnson
Johnson
Denton Cole
Conditioned Air Corp
Worthington Corp
Hargitt Plumbing
North Viet Air Moratorium In Its Sixth Day
Truce talk pervaded the Vietnamese theater of war as the United States reaffirmed its South Viet Nam commitment by airlifting another brigade of U.S. troops into the jungle conflict. The six day moratorium on air attacks continued with Hanoi offering no public peace signals, while the South Vietnamese government was reported ready to join the Viet Cong in proclaiming a cease fire.
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Reds
North
Viet Nam
Thomas A. Reedy
Saigon
South Viet Nam
United States
U.S
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh denounces U S war aims in Viet Nam
In a Hanoi radio broadcast, North Viet Nam leader Ho Chi Minh says U S leaders seek war not peace and calls U S negotiations a cover for intensified war. He reiterates conditions for talks, demanding withdrawal of U S troops from South Viet Nam and reiterates Red China backing.
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Tokyo
Ho Chi Minh
North Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Paul VI
Hanoi
South Viet Nam
Red China
Viet Nam truce signals during Tet festival discussed
United States doubts fade as Tet truce talks appear possible while a major airlift adds about 4000 jungle fighters to the central highlands base near Pleiku. The 25th Division’s 3rd Brigade arrives to help pressure North Vietnamese forces in the disputed mountains.
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United States
Washington
Saigon
Hawaii
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Viet Nam
Ammo Plant Strike Threatens Viet Nam Supply
Secretary of Labor Wirtz warned that without a quick settlement of the strike against the Olin Mathieson plant in East Alton Illinois the United States could run short of ammunition for forces in Viet Nam. The AFL CIO machinists have been on strike since December 1 at the only functioning gunpowder plant, per the Pentagon.
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Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
USS
Viet Nam
Former official fined for practicing medicine without license
AP reports Roger C. Morrison, ex Jefferson County Board of Equalization member, fined 500 dollars and sentenced to 90 days in jail for practicing medicine without a license. Also covered U S Ambassador Fay Kohler’s courtesy call meeting with Nikolai Podgorny in Moscow and nine miners killed in a methane gas explosion in a western Colorado coal mine.
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Birmingham
Roger C. Morrison
Jefferson County Board of Equalization
Moscow
U.S
Fay D. Kohler
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Kohler
Redstone
Colo
Colorado
Almon Named Lawrence County Circuit Judge
Governor George Wallace appointed Rene A Almon 28 to a newly created circuit court district in Lawrence County. Almon was in Utah on a hunting trip and unavailable for comment as Wallace announced the decision before leaving for the Orange Bowl.
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Winford Turner
Moulton
Atty
Reneau P. Almon
Lawrence County
George Wallace
Miami
Fla
Utah
Wallace
Ed Ewing
Almon
Markets At A Glance
CHICAGO notes show mixed to weak activity across grains and livestock. Wheat and soybeans fall while corn and oats ease. hogs trade mostly a dollar lower with top at 28.75. Slaughter steer prices hold steady to down 50 cents with a top of 27.25.
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Chicago
Financing and Insurance Ad for Security Mutuel Finance Corp
An advertisement notes Security Mutuel Finance Corp at 714 Bank St with contact 353-0742. The text references Loens financing and insurance services and appears as a single classified promotional listing.
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Security Mutuel Finance Corp
Bank Street
Bank St
Loens,Financing, and Insurance
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