Central data banks spark privacy clash in Washington
A U S study notes how federal agencies collect and store vast personal data from social security to police records. Proposals for a National Data Center aim to pool statistics across 20 agencies and share access with scholars and government, but opposition led by Rep Gallagher blocks progress amid fears of an Orwellian invasion of privacy.
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Nan Robertson
New York Times News
Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Alan F. Westin
Columbia University
The
F.H.A
U.S
Defense Department
Civil Service
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Budget Bureau
National Data Center
Census
Internal Revenue
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Office of Business Economics
Federal Reserve Board
Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance
Cornelius E. Gallagher
D.N.J
Congress
White House
Statistical Bank
Center
Wild Party raid nets 10 arrests at Decatur trailer park
Police crack down on a party scene at a Decatur trailer park charging Larry Lasman 23 and William Speakman 17 with amphetamine possession and Prohibition violations. Four girls two other men faced vagrancy counts while a 12 year old was detained for delinquency after drinking alcohol. bonds set at 1500 for amphetamine charges and 500 for Prohibition violations.
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Larry William Lasman
William Speakman
Martha Francis Sullivan
14Th Ave
Patricia K. Hyde
5Th Ave
Linda Faye Osborn
Decatur
Paula_ Victoria
Morgan County
C. Bennett McRae
Lasman and
Speakman
Two Athens Men Struck Killed In Traffic Tragedy
Two Athens men Wendall Robinson 20 and Franklin Moss 23 were struck and killed while walking on Haysmill Road north of Athens Saturday evening. Coroner Charlie Lammett called the crash unavoidable. Autopsy cited head injuries and leg fractures. Moss’s funeral arrangements are handled by Spry Funeral Home and Robinson’s by McConnell Funeral Home.
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Athens
Haysmill ‘Rd
Limestone County
Charlie Lammett
Wendall Robinson
Jefferson St
Franklin Moss
Sammett
Sam Adams Jr
Athens 9
Lammett
Moss
Gutherie
Marvin Moss
Robinson
James’ Robinson
North
Dr. Pepper Co
McConnell Funeral Home
Spry Funeral Home
Manners from Chicago Teddy Dolls and Duplicates
Question about a missing order from Marco Sales Co of Chicago after paying $15 for two teddy bears and a doll. The company reports warehouse fire and promises contact with the customer shortly.
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Marco Sales Co
Chicago
William Owens
Hartselle
Decatur
Morgan County
Sarah Kesseker
Beauty Trade Wig Co
New York
Rockville
N.Y
Cook's Pest Control expands home office in Decatur
Cook's Pest Control Inc expands its two state operation by adding two new buildings at the Decatur home office off 4th Ave near 13th St SE. The plan includes a brick veneer office 42 by 95 feet with radio equipment and pest control divisions. About 50 parking spaces plus 30 for service trucks are planned. Construction should finish next April with 30 current Moulton St employees moving to the new site.
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Cook’s Pest Control Inc
Decatur
John Cook
Cook’s
4Th Ave
13Th St
Cook
Moulton St
Con- See
Page Ags
Nuns wounded by sniper in Columbus convent attack
Police report a young woman sniper fired from a third floor apartment, seriously wounding two nuns in a Roman Catholic convent courtyard in Columbus. The shooter, Janet Marie LaZarrus, 20, a former mental patient at Columbus State Hospital, faced no immediate charges.
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Columbus, Ohio
Janet Marie LaZarrus
Columbus State Hospital
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Johnson Assassin Threats Skyrocket Since Kennedy
The Secret Service reports a dramatic rise in arrests for threats against the President. The count grew from about 80 in Kennedy’s last year to roughly 425 in fiscal 1967 under Johnson with similar increases in 1966 and 1967. The federal statute remains broad in criminalizing threats to the President.
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Kennedy
Johnson
Secret Service
Reds Overrun Village Near Saigon Base
In a dawn counterattack by U S forces after a five hour clash, a mixed North Vietnamese and Viet Cong force overran a village on the fringe of a major Saigon area base 23 miles north. The assault included burning and terror before Americans drove them off.
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Saigon
U.S
Rise in Presidential Threats Tied to Kennedy Assassination
Officials note more arrests for threats against the President, reflecting a stronger Secret Service and heightened sensitivity since the Kennedy assassination. After about 80 arrests in the Kennedy era, totals rose to just over 100 from 1963 to 1964, with Fiscal 1965 continuing the trend.
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Kennedy
Secret Service
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DAILY
Pack Self
Ed Bruchac
Ray Martin
Hollis Gutherie
Elkmont 1
Fred P. Graham
New York Times News Service
Edwin Q
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Associated Press
DIAL
Stokley Carmichael
H. Rap Brown
Morgan, Limestone
Lawrence Counties
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