Preliminary Hearing Set For Jo Ann Downs In Husband's Death
Mrs Jo Ann Downs 33 of Hartselle faces first degree murder charges in the death of her husband Charles. A preliminary hearing was set for 2 p m today in Morgan County Court before Judge C Bennett McRae to determine bond eligibility. Six defendants appeared with counsel for advised rights. Downs may seek bond via preliminary hearing.
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Jo Ann Downs
Hartselle
Charles
Morgan County Court
C. Bennett McRae
Downs
J. N. Powell
James N. Bloodworth
Bloodworth
A. J. Hallman
Jasper N. Powell
Ed Bruchac
Two Buses Collide Near Salanca Killing 23
A head on bus crash on the Pan American Highway north of Mexico City near Salanca at dusk Wednesday kills 23. One bus tried to pass a car during the collision.
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Mexico City
Salanca
Rivers Says Flatten Peking If Necessary
Washington AP reports House Armed Services Chair L D Rivers of South Carolina calls to flatten Hanoi if needed and mocks world opinion while highlighting air power. Senate Chair Richard B Russell argues force is needed to push Communists to negotiations. Rivers criticizes civilian casualty reports and asserts full use of air power.
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Rivers
Peking
Washington
L. Dendel Rivers
House Armed Services Committee
United States
Hanoi
Senate
Richard B. Rus
Sell
Armed Services
South Carolina
Charleston
S.C
North Vietnam
River
Markets At A Glance: Grain Losses and Hog Prices Soar
New York reports stocks down in moderate trading while Chicago grains fall on liquidation. Cotton stays quiet as wheat and corn slide and soybeans dip. Hog receipts reach 4,500 with top at 22.85, slaughter steers about 500 head with top 24.75.
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New York
Chicago
U S Citizens Leave Cuba Airlift Starts From Merida
An airlift to move 880 Americans and 1 820 relatives from Cuba to the United States began via Mexico. The first 89 people arrived in Merida on a Mexican DC6 and would fly to New Orleans, with two more planeloads from Havana expected today. Many are long time Latin descent residents who remained as U S Cuban relations worsened.
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Merida
Mexico
Cuba
United States
New Orleans
Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
U.S
Vinemont Man Dies In Blount Collision
A Vinemont man was killed in a Blount County traffic crash on Wednesday. Gordon Hardie, 54, died when a car skidded on wet pavement and struck him. Walter Junious, 30, of Birmingham, also died. Three others were injured in a two car crash on county road 55 near Falkville with vehicles owned by Robert Troy Rayburn and Ross W Feltman. A. G. Rayburn, 39, of Cullman, was injured as a passenger.
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Vinemont
Blount County
Gordon Hardie
Walter Junious
Birmingham
Falkville
Robert Troy
Rayburn
Cullman
Ford
Ross W. Feltman
Eva
A. G. Rayburn
Federal Court Orders Desegregation By Fall 1967
A federal appeals court approved desegregation guidelines and decreed that virtually all public school segregation in the South must end by the 1967 fall term. The 5th Circuit said HEW standards align with its own, while noting the need uniform rules for funding tied to integration.
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New Orleans
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
HEW
South
U.S
Athens
Rome
Task Force One in Tonkin Gulf Forms Off Vietnam
The U S Navy reports Task Force One, built around nuclear powered surface ships, is in action in the Tonkin Gulf off North Vietnam. The Bainbridge joined Enterprise and Long Beach at Yankee Station about 100 miles from the Vietnamese coast. Enterprise, the world’s largest warship at 85,000 tons, arrived December 17 for a second Viet Nam tour. Long Beach had preceded.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnam
Bainbridge
Enterprise
Long Beach
Yankee Station
North Vietnamese
7Th Fleet
Vietnam
Moon expeditions to Earth by 16 to 15 years predicted
Harvard astronomer Dr. Donald Menzel told AAAS meeting that manned lunar expeditions could occur in 16 to 15 years with lunar gardens and drinking water sourced from moon rocks. He described extreme day temperatures and 240 degree below zero nights, and noted possible diet from moon plants and a shrimp-like sand flea.
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Washington
Harvard
Donald Menzel
Harvard Observatory
American Association For the
Advancement of Science
Army Quartermaster Corps
Moon
Menzel
Navy Disclosure Amid New Year Truce In South Vietnam
The Navy’s disclosure came as ground fighting slackened and a 48 hour New Year truce neared. Only one significant clash was reported as US 1st Cavalry Airmobile Division troops fought North Vietnamese forces in mountain surrounded rice fields 280 miles northeast of Saigon.
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Navy
South Vietnam
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Saigon
Fragmen
Pilot Shortage Probed by Senate Readiness Subcommittee
Senate Preparedness subcommittee under Sen. John C. Stennis will launch a detailed investigation next year into pilot shortages in the armed services. A source says a special hearing may be held or the issue folded into the annual readiness probe. The shortage is described as severe and worsening with ongoing losses. About 300 planes have been lost or sidelined.
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Seymour M. Hersh Washington
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Armed Services
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
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Mara Hunter
A. B. VanArsdale
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Rickey Thompson
Troy
Jim Garner
Blount
Department of Health
Education and Welfare
Tonkin Gulf
By Robert Tuckman
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Fred Bustillos
Williams, Ariz
Fred
173Rd Airborne Brigade
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