Judge sets 8000 bond for Mrs. Downs in murder case
Judge McRae set an $8,000 bond for Mrs. Joann Downs a Redstone Arsenal secretary accused of fatally shooting her husband Charles Downs six times with a .22 revolver on December 26. The 33 year old Hartselle woman was bound over after a two day preliminary hearing and to await grand jury action. Attorneys Powell said they would seek bond later today or Thursday.
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C. Bennett.McRae
Joann Downs
Redstone Arsenal
McRae
Hartselle
Handley
West
U S Missile Off Course Overflies Cuba
A U S Air Force unarmed Mace missile launched from Eglin Air Force Base veered off course into the Gulf of Mexico and presumably over Cuba during a research and development test. The weapon carried no warhead and its final location was not confirmed.
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Washington
Air Force
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Cuba
Pentagon
Defense Department
Air Force Proving Ground
Eglin Afb
Fla
Fidel Castro
Markets at a Glance: soybeans and hogs rise
New York stocks fall amid moderate trading. Cotton climbs while Chicago futures show wheat higher and corn mixed. Oats are unchanged with light trade. Soybeans mixed on demand. Hog prices rise 25 to 50 cents to a top of 21.50. Slaughter steer quotes mostly 25 cents higher, top 26.00.
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New York
10th Satellite Circles Saturn Found by Astronomers
Cambridge Massachusetts AP report confirms a 10th Saturnian satellite discovered near the rings. The object, 100 to 200 miles wide, was seen Dec 15 by Dr Audoin Dollfus and reconfirmed Dec 18 by R L Walker. It is Saturn’s first new moon since 1898.
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Cambridge
Mass
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Earth
Saturn
Audoin Dollfus
Paris Observatory
Smithsonian
R.L. Walker
U.S. Naval Observatory
Flagstaff
Ariz
No JP Jury Probe Hundley Says No Grand Jury Inquiry
District Attorney Dick Hundley says no plans for a grand jury investigation of Morgan County justice of the peace system. He adds the grand jury door is always open for meetings and notes no reports of default action or individuals under investigation.
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Ray Martin
Dick Hundley
Justice of the Peace System
Morgan County
New Decatur Sees Annexation Push Anticipated This Year
The Decatur Planning Commission plans an executive session in two weeks to discuss a new annexation effort. City Planner Gary L. Voketz said talks will cover all planning aspects for the year including the previously vetoed annexation bill tied to a westward 4.5 square mile merger. The measure had involved state and local officials and sparked disputes with Rep. Brewer and Sen. Slate amid a shifting legislature.
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Alvin Benn
Planning Commission
Gary L. Voketz
George C. Wallace
Decatur
Albert Brewer
Ralph Slate
Bob Gilchrist
Brewer
Gilchrist
Slate
Bob Harris
Decatur Daily
Leslie Doss
City Commission
Montgomery
Voketz
Kroger Announces Dramatic Food Price Cuts in the South
Kroger Co. Nashville Division cuts prices on 2,487 items across Alabama and Tennessee stores including Decatur Athens and Huntsville. Stores closed at 6 p m and reopened at noon with around the clock work by employees to implement reductions.
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Decatur
Alabama
Tennessee
Kroger Co. Yatest
Kroger’s
Nashville
Kroger
Athens
Huntsville
Paul P. Moore
Moore
Bishop
Old Combat Pilots Recalled Amid Shortage Push
Washington reports 2,300 aging airmen to return to cockpits cut in 1960-61 amid a pilot shortfall. Pentagon denies shortage. Air Force expands to train 3,247 pilots yearly and reactivates Randolph base as ninth pilot training site with staff and cost tagged at 300 million over five years.
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Air Force
Vietnam
Navy hits 200 North Vietnamese barges and Haiphong target
US Navy pilots reported destroying or damaging 111 North Vietnamese barges and junks after raids by three aircraft carriers. Air Force B52s struck two suspected troop concentrations near Saigon and Bong Son. North Vietnam rejected Britain's proposal to start peace talks.Two American civilians and a Filipino held since May 27 and June 24 were released northeast of Saigon.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Britain
United States
North
Hanoi
Popular Force
U. S
Air Force
Guam
Bong Son
Navy
Johnson seeks 12 to 15 billion for Vietnam war costs
Washington sources report President Johnson will ask the new Congress for twelve to fifteen billion dollars in additional funds to cover rising Vietnam War expenses.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Congress
Vietnam War four point demands offered as basis for settlement
Premier Pham Van Dong of North Vietnam said the four point demands are not necessarily conditions for peace talks but form a basis for settling the Vietnam problem. The remarks were reported by the New York Times from Hanoi.
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NEW York
Pham van Dong
North Vietnam
Vietnam
New York Times
Hanoi
Ruby's Body Returned To Hometown For Burial In Chicago
Ruby's body arrived at O'Hare after death in Dallas from a blood clot linked to cancer. He will be buried beside his parents in West Lawn Cemetery. Funeral services set for Friday morning at the Original Weinstein & Sons Chapel.
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Ruby
Chicago
Jack Ruby
West Side
John F. Kennedy
O'Hare International Airport
Dallas
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald
Cer
Earl Rose
Rose
North Side
Earl Ruby
Roit
Eileen Kaminsky
Eva Grant
Hershey Weinstein
Weinstein & Sons Chapel
Weinstein
Westlawn
New York
William F. Kunstler
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