Major Cotton Meet Is Scheduled Here
One of the state’s largest cotton gatherings will assemble in Decatur January 25 and 26 at Decatur High School auditorium. More than 300 farmers from 48 percent of Alabama’s $136 million crop will attend the North Alabama Cotton Short Course focusing on modern technology to boost production efficiency and fiber quality. Auburn Extension Service leads the program with exhibits and talks on new cotton programs, insect control, herbicides, irrigation, harvesting and ginning, plus appearances by the 1966 Maid of Cotton Julia England.
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Alabama
Decatur
North Alabama
Decatur High School
Auburn University Extension Service
Decatur Daily
Julia England
Ralph R. Jones
George McMillan
T. B. Hagler
Talmage
Army Man Crash Victim in Limestone County
A young U S Army enlistee from Akron Ohio S Sgt Richard M Oaks 29 a medical corpsman with the 7th Infantry Division was killed when his car hit a bridge abutment on U S 72 near here He was en route to Fort Rucker at the time The coroner noted he was the second traffic fatality in Limestone County this year.
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Athens
Akron
Ohio
U.S. 72
Here
Limestone County
Charlie Sammet
Sammet
Richard M. Oaks
7Th Infantry Division
Ft. Rucker
Civil Service Exams At Redstone Arsenal Three Openings
The Board of U S Civil Service Examiners at Redstone Arsenal announced three job categories including preservation packing specialist with GS9 and GS11 pay grades electronic fire control systems installer and repairer at W8 W11 W12 and electrical line man at W8 and W11 The Decatur High Band Boosters meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in the band room executive committee at 6 30 Decatur Assembly No 26 Order of the Rainbow for Girls meets Thursday at 7 p m at the Masonic Temple Officers will be elected See Diary On Page 2.
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Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Redstone Arsenal
Decatur High
Decatur
Order of the Rainbow
Masonic Temple
City Merchant Seeks Morgan County Sheriff Bid
Decatur merchant Lucian McCulloch, proprietor of McCulloch Appliance Sales and Service, says he will actively enter the race for Morgan County sheriff after the county Democratic Executive Committee fixes the filing date. He plans to announce within days and pursue the campaign thereafter.
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Decatur
Morgan County
Lucian McCulloch
McCulloch
Mediators propose settlement formula during New York transit strike
In New York mediators told Mayor Lindsay their settlement plan for the 12 day subway and bus strike. The report came from a source close to the talks.
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NEW York
John V.lindsay
Klan Recruiter Takes Fifth
Gordon Mims Lackey a Greenwood Mississippi motorcycle repairman identified as the Ku Klux Klan’s chief Mississippi recruiter invoked the fifth amendment when asked if he recruited Byron De La Beckwith into the White Knights. Beckwith was tried twice for slaying civil rights leader Medgar Evers in Jackson with no verdicts.
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Washington
House
Mississippi
Ber
Gordon Mims Lackey
Greenwood
Miss
Byron De_La Beckwith
White Knights
Ku Klux Klan
Beckwith
Medgar Evers
Jackson
Donald T. Appell
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Lackey
Decatur Adopts Ambulance Regulations Under City Oversight
The Decatur city commission adopts ambulance regulations placing ambulance services under direct city oversight starting February 1. The ordinance requires firms to obtain a permit before buying a privilege license, with operators must meet specified requirements to be approved.
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Decatur
City Commission
Revenue Department
Simpson Fine Appealed by Former Police Chief
Former Flint City Police Chief Odis Simpson Jr appealed his guilty verdict of assault and battery to the Alabama Court of Appeals this morning. A Morgan County jury returned the verdict after about 30 minutes of deliberation and fined him 130 dollars plus court costs. Reverend Douglas Johnson of Hartselle testified during the appeal at the trial that Simpson assaulted him.
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Flint City
Odis Simpson — Jr
Alabama Court of Appeals
Morgan County
Douglas Johnson
Hartselle
Simpson
Security Mutual Finance Corp inks St 353 0742 teens
Security Mutual Finance Corp announces financing and insurance offerings for teens through its St 353 0742 location, detailing new advisory services and competitive rates.
Parker High School Hosts Negro Voter Registration Protest
Hosea Williams led about 150 demonstrators into Parker High School in Birmingham to recruit poll volunteers amid a 90 minute rock throwing clash after staff tried to bar students from joining the voter drive. About 400 students later joined two marches on City Hall as white civil rights workers watched.
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Birmingham
Hosea Williams
Parker High School
Jater
City Hall
Parker High
India Ponders Political Future After Shastri Funeral
India’s ruling Congress begins talks on its political path as Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri is cremated beside the Jumna River. More than a million mourners witness the funeral, led by Shastri’s eldest son Hari Kishan lighting the pyre in Hindu rites.
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Conrad Fine
New Delhi
India
Congress Party
Lal
Bahadur Shastri
Jumna
Shastri
Hari Kishan
Markets At A Glance
New York AP markets at a glance list mixed stocks and steady bonds with quiet cotton trading. Chicago notes show some late rally with corn higher on export buying and soybeans stronger in nearby months. Hog prices fall 50 cents to $1, top $29.75, slaughter steers ease up to $27.75.
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New York
Chicago
Massive Iron Triangle Push Continues
U S troops kill 23 Viet Cong and destroy tunnels as Operation Crimp expands along the Iron Triangle edge. The weeklong toll rises to 107 enemy killed and 80 captured. U S and Vietnamese casualties total 43 dead, 202 wounded, two missing. More than 8,000 troops spearhead the drive with combined arms and air support.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
Iron Triangle
U.S
Johnson to address Congress on Viet Nam peace plan
President Johnson will report to Congress in a State of the Union address at 9 p.m. EST on his Viet Nam peace offensive aimed at resuming negotiations with the Communists. A memo on peace objectives showed no clear public rejection, fueling cautious hopes in Congress for a possible breakthrough despite the risk of war escalation. Aides indicated an overall budget total of 110 to 115 billion dollars may be announced.
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Johnson
Congress
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
U.S
Radio
Hanoi
Burundi Removes U.S. Envoy as Airmail Note Delays diplomacy
Donald-A-Dumont, ambassador to Burundi, was expelled from Bujumbura and arrived in Leopoldville with two raiders amid confusion. A Burundi letter to Secretary Rusk via airmail illustrates stalled channels and questions why the envoy was ousted, leaving U.S. diplomats puzzled over the incident and timing.
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State Department
Donald
A—Dumont
Kingdom of
Burundi
Bujumbura
Leopoldville
Congo
Automobile Financing Ad Overview
An advertisment for Security Mutual Finance Corp located at 714 Bank Street offers automobile financing. The ad includes contact number 353-0742 and references Adv.1 as the advertisement identifier.
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Tashkent
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R. Shastri
Bieelie
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Martin Luther King Jr
Georgia
Julian Bond
Donald L. Collins
Steek
Mobile
Dr. S
Klan
Ben Chester
Associated Press
Cootton
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Royal Australian Regiment
Army
Jack
Bell Washington
Lewis Gulick Washington
Little Kingdom
George Barre
Isla
Ken Reynolds
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