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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1968
Page
1
The 90th Congress reconvened amid snow and war and economic questions. President Johnson seeks tax changes and measures to curb inflation, while leaders anticipate civil rights battles, possible filibusters, and debates over tax reform and dollar stability.
North Alabama schools closed as the region endures the first big snowfall in nearly two years. Four inches had fallen since Friday with two to three more inches since 7 a.m. Sunday. Decatur officials planned to reopen Tuesday while highways like I-65 south of Cullman and Alabama 67 east of Priceville required chains. Roads into Tennessee were affected.
A MIG21 shot down a Thunderchief during a radar attack on Yen Bai airfield in North Vietnam. The F105 was part of a strike on the airfield and storage area 78 miles northwest of Hanoi. one pilot is missing. Weather limited missions to 83, with reports of three U S aircraft shot down.
Gov Lurleen Wallace and former Gov George Wallace fly to Houston for radiation therapy. In Washington the Supreme Court upholds a federal finding allowing the Department of Health Welfare to cut welfare aid to Alabama under the Civil Rights Act. In Mobile Archbishop Toolen’s condition worsens slightly after hospital admission for observation and evaluation following influenza.
In a South End incident during a Sunday snowstorm Rosa Orr aged twenty gave birth at home about 7 p.m. despite ambulance arrival. The mother delivered the baby with help from her own mother as J W Blackwood an ambulance attendant noted bad road conditions kept them at home behind Indian Hills Golf Course.
The five day forecast predicts temperatures 10 to 14 degrees below normal with ice and snow possible midweek. Schools in Morgan Limestone Lawrence Cullman Madison and Lauderdale counties were closed as authorities plan later updates on reopening. The National Audubon Society urged residents to feed birds with fat and bacon drippings mixed with peanut butter. See SOME On Page 2.
Robin Furniture reports nineteen years of service on and Ave with longtime customer support and a local adv notice inviting shoppers to visit the store at 353-2370 for details.
A series of powerful earthquakes struck western Sicily near Montevago killing more than 250 people and injuring hundreds. The disaster affected towns across the region including Palermo Trapani and Marsala prompting a massive Italian relief effort with planes ships and trucks delivering medicine blankets food and tents.
Mike Kasperak, whose transplanted heart is functioning, remains in critical condition after emergency gall bladder removal at Stanford University Medical Center. The one hour operation led by Dr. Norman E. Shumway removed his enlarged gall bladder and cleared the bile duct and common duct from the liver to the small intestine.
Albert Seibold, 21, goes on trial in Opelika for the killings of two sisters and a neighbor tied to a broken romance. Circuit Judge L J Tyner urged fair coverage and warned reporters to avoid sensational detail. He faces three first degree murder indictments in a case linked to an earlier peace bond.
Markets at a glance show stocks mixed with cotton quiet in New York. Chicago wheat higher on late demand, corn and oats up with corn, soybeans rising on good demand. Butcher hogs up 25 to 75 cents with 5,500 receipts, top 20.75. Slaughter steers up 25 to 50 cents with 9,000 receipts, top 28.85.
A short note by Ken Reynold hints at another twist in the ongoing docket. The column teases readers with a provocative angle while preserving the newspaper’s dry tone.
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