Deserter Johnson Says He Is Ashamed Of Country
An American deserter and antiwar activist, David B. Johnson, 26, says he is ashamed of his country. He escaped Ft. Leavenworth two years ago, lived undercover in Europe and Canada, and served in Vietnam as a Green Beret sergeant before being wounded.
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Michael Goldsmith
Associated Press
PARIS
David B. Johnson
Johnson
Tacoma
Wash
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Canada
Scandinavia
West Germany
Champs Elysees
Highland College
Kansas
Vietnam
A Shau
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101St Tiger Force
John Birch Society
Free World
Coggin Named Assistant District Attorney Beginning February
Tom Coggin will become assistant district attorney on February 1 replacing Dan Nelson who resigns today. The part time post pays 6900 dollars funded by the state with Coggin allowed private practice. Nelson earned 13000 dollars plus a 6100 supplement from the Solicitor's Fund. Coggin will not receive the supplement due to the part time nature of his job amid a revised circuit court calendar.
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Tom Coggin
Dan Nelson
Dist. Atty
Mike Moebes
Coggin
Moebes
Nelson
Solicitor’s Fund
South Vietnam Action Halted by New Year Cease-fire
In Saigon a 24 hour allied cease-fire across South Vietnam began at 6 p.m. Saigon time amid a 72 hour Viet Cong truce. U S and South Vietnamese forces joined the Viet Cong while air raids on Laos continued after the North Vietnam campaign. One early violation reported in the Central Highlands.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Laos
McCracken Sees Controls Lasting Through Election
Paul McCracken retiring as chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers says wage and price controls will persist beyond Phase 2 and likely through the 1972 election. He foresees Phase 3 as market-friendly yet cost and price controls may continue. Grayson Jr. notes rent increases delayed at least a month for tenants.
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Washington
Paul W. McCracken
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
McCracken
Nixon
Price Commission
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Obsolete Cape Kennedy Launch Pads Put Up For Sale
The U S General Services Administration offers pads 34 and 37 at Cape Kennedy for sale after decades of service. Built for 147 million dollars, pad 34 witnessed the 1967 Apollo fire tragedy and the 1969 flight that sent astronauts aloft from the same site. pad 39 later hosted later Saturn V launches and Skylab work.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
U.S. General Services Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White II
Roger B Chaffee
Walter M. Schirra
Walter Cunningham
Donn Eisele
Auld Lang Syne Tonight Across The World
The AP reports New York hosts a massive Central Park party while Rome throws crockery in the streets and San Francisco offers a gorilla party at the zoo. Festivities include Lombardo at the Waldorf and London’s Horse Guard as 1972 arrives.
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Associated Press
Rome
New York
Central Park
San Francisco
Guy Lombardo
Grand
Waldorf Astoria
Father Time
London
Royal Horse Guard
Scots Guard
Spain
Indianapolis
Jaycees
National Safety Council
Sacramento
Maine Turnpike Authority
Dearborn
Mich
Lake Zurich
Ill
Louisville
Gary Burbank
Israel Expecting U S to Resume Phantom Jet Exports
Premier Golda Meir voiced confidence that the United States will renew Phantom jet deliveries to Israel following January discussions. She cited a Washington dispatch cited by the State Department and noted the Phantom as a key air force asset as tensions rise with Jordan and Egypt.
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Associated Press
Golda Meir
United States
Israel
Middle East
Jordan
Egypt
Year In Review 1971 Morgan County Headlines
A Morgan County centered retrospective of 1971 highlights births deaths education industry and politics in the Tennessee Valley. The Decatur Daily previews a comprehensive tabloid section summarizing major local events and notable figures from the year.
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Decatur Daily
Morgan County
Tennessee Valley
Humphrey to formally seek 1972 Democratic nomination
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota will declare on January 10 that he will seek the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination, a spokesman said. In Michigan, two state troopers were killed after stopping a car and a gun battle erupted, with a passerby alerting police. A Magnavox dealer ad lists Phareomaetg Furniture in Decatur with contact number Jur. 353-2370.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
New Buffalo
Mich
Michigan
Decatur
Magnavox
Second Avenue
Actor Pete Duel Dead in Hollywood Hills Shooting
Actor Pete Duel aged 31, star of Alias Smith and Jones, was found fatally shot at his Hollywood Hills home near a Christmas tree. Police lean toward suicide as the cause, with Diana Ray saying she was invited to watch the new episode and heard a shot after Duel said he would see her later.
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Hollywood
Pete Duel
Retired Minister and Wife Die in Alabama Wreck
A retired Methodist minister Rev. James Dewey Lott 66 and his wife Ola McWain Lott 65 were killed Thursday in a car truck crash on Alabama 69 south of Good Hope. Injured were their daughter Marie Lott 42 and truck occupants Doug Dwayne Goodlett 38 and Calvin McDowell 47. The accident occurred east of an overpass near the Jasper exit.
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Good Hope
Alabama
Here
James Dewey Lott
Ola McWain Lott
Bremen 1
Marie Lott
Bremen
Doug Dwayne Goodlett
Calvin McDowell
Cullman
Cullman Hospital
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