Soviet Ships Entered U.S. Waters In 1965 66
The State Department disclosed three incidents in which Soviet electronic intelligence ships intruded into American territorial waters and were ordered to depart. Officials said the vessels left without violence and Moscow called the violations innocent. The cases cited Barometer near Puerto Rico and Arban off San Pedro, California, with brief incursions in 1965.
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Hedrick Smith
New York Times
Washington
State Department
Dean Rusk
North Korea
U.S.S. Pueblo
United States
Moscow
Rusk
Puerto Rico
San Pedro
Calif
City Approves 50000 For Hospital Land Purchase
The city commission approved a 50000 appropriation to acquire land for a 400 bed cottage style hospital for the mentally retarded. Plans call for 155 acres near U S 31 with sewer and water to the site and construction to begin in May.
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U.S. 31
Guy Roberts
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Soviet Vessel Briefly Transits U S Waters Off Puerto Rico
In December 1966 the Soviet vessel Teodolit entered U S territorial waters near Puerto Rico for brief incursions as Russian ships monitored American naval exercises. The Navy sent a destroyer or frigate to accost the vessel, with officials linking another intrusion near San Pedro California to the naval station there.
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Teodolit
Puerto Rico
San Pedro
Calif
Voter party registration and Pueblo ship crisis questions
The prompt raises two political questions. First should Alabama require party registration to vote in corresponding primaries. Second should the United States acknowledge the Pueblo’s location in North Korean waters to secure a peaceful crew release.
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U. S
Communists Push Offensive Across Saigon Hue Front
Communist forces launched a major assault into Saigon and Hue as urban fighting intensified. Air power and ground units blasted through shattered streets while tens of thousands of civilians fled to safety. Da Nang and other hubs faced elevated warnings as North Vietnamese units moved along the coast and inland.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Hue
U.S
Bargain Days Hit Decatur With Wide Room of Deals
The two day winter sale sponsored by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce features store wide discounts on clothing household items and more. Shoppers are urged to visit downtown and shopping centers for best selections as the sale runs through tomorrow with many special buys for all family members.
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Decatur
Retail Merchants Committee
The
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
South Carolina's Dorn Warns on Cheap Imports Threat
In Atlanta Dorn links cotton farming to the textile industry and warns that cheap foreign imports threaten both. In Mexico City reports state twelve of twenty nine Jesuit students from a school are dead on a frozen volcano slope per Red Cross radio.
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Atlanta, Ga
America
Williams Jennings Bryan Dorn
D-S. C
Mexico City
Here
Red Cross
Five-Year-Old Madison Boy Among Dead
Two Alabama traffic deaths occurred Monday in separate crashes. Amos Huff Speake and Wendell G. McLemore died when their Jeep collided with a tractor-trailer on U S 43 north of Demopolis. David Blanche, five, of Madison, died when his car ran off Alabama 20 between Madison and Huntsville.
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Madison
Alabama
Highway Patrol
Wendell G. McLemore
Memorial Dr
Decatur
Land
Amos Huff
Moulton
Demopolis
U.S. 43
David Blanche
James Blanche
Alabama 20
Huntsville
McLemore
Big Bob Gibson
Speake
South Alabama
North Alabama
J. D. Shelby
Northport
Shelby
Lacey's Spring Soldier Dies in Vietnam Combat
A young Lacey's Spring soldier Cpl. David L. Turner died Wednesday from gunshot wounds in Vietnam. He was the son of Mrs. Annie M. Turner and was named by the Defense Department along with three other Alabama servicemen. Mrs. Turner awaits further details as an Army spokesman reported to her home.
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Lacey
Vietnam
David L. Turner
Annie M. Turner
Don't Ignore Us Seoul Tells U S
South Korea's National Assembly adopts a strong resolution denouncing U S North Korea negotiations over the Pueblo affair. Lawmakers warn of punitive actions if provoked and suggest military reprisals as a response to North Korean violations.
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Seoul
U.S
South Korea
National Assembly
United States
North Korea
Pueblo
Chung Hee Park
Mili
Markets At A Glance and Cash Prices at Aycock’s Radio Shack
Markets at a glance show New York stocks higher while cotton trades slowly in Chicago. Wheat rises with good late trade, corn and oats mixed, soybeans mixed with liquidation later. Butcher hogs steady to 25 lower, top 19.75. slaughter steers steady with top 27.75. Cash price note mentions Silver Certificates at Aycock’s Radio Shack.
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Chicago
Aycock
Radio Shack
Party Leaders Favor Primary for Republican Nominations
Morgan County Republicans and Democrats align on using primaries for local nominations while Alabama statewide GOP nominations remain tied to the traditional convention system. Morgan County chairman Frank Richerson supports primaries as the people's choice, signaling progress toward a statewide primary.
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Ray Martin
Morgan County
GOP
Alabama
Frank Richerson
Republican Executive Committee
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