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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1968
Page
1
The Defense Department refutes reports that a shift to targeting Soviet cities with MIRV missiles signals a new anticities strategy. It says MIRV warheads will be individually aimed and far more accurate than earlier warheads.
Two Alabama truck drivers died in a fog shrouded crash on Interstate 65 about 19 miles south of Cullman. James McDonald and Marvin Davidson perished as their petroleum and concrete pipe trucks collided and burned, with McDonald trapped in his cab as flames engulfed the scene.
Morgan County anti poverty agency director G W Pete James defends the Office of Economic Opportunity program. He spoke Tuesday before taking the director post here and admitted his prior OEO knowledge was mostly negative newspaper coverage.
Campaigning Gov George Romney urged a president to appoint stronger justices to curb legislative overreach. In New York 27 men including 26 IRS agents were arrested for allegedly paying bribes to an inspector. Roy Jenkins warned Britain faces tough steps toward solvency. Industrial heating services advertised by Dev Heating Service.
Decatur attorney Jon Moores, 34, named Decatur's Outstanding Young Man of 1967 at the Distinished Service Award banquet by the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce at Decatur Inn. Moores came to Decatur in 1958 to work at Redstone Arsenal and joined the local law firm in 1959. He is a Vanderbilt Law School alumnus and active in civic clubs including the Decatur Rotary.
Prosecution shows Edward Seibold bought a 12-gauge shotgun matching a gun linked to the Auburn slayings. John M. Galloway testified he sold the bolt action weapon to Seibold on Sept. 5, the day before the killings, and he also sold eight boxes of shells. A toxicologist earlier testified about shells found in a Sinclair home sack.
A safe believed to hold up to $1000 was found abandoned on a dirt road 1.5 miles south of East Limestone High School. Limestone County Sheriff M W Evans said the item is traced to a theft at Alabama Oil Co in Athens the previous night. Harold Melson reported the discovery at about 6:30 am as he headed to work, noting the safe was not present when he returned home Tuesday night. Authorities found tire marks at the seldom traveled scene.
Bayne Vaughan was elected executive vice president of First National Bank of Decatur at a board meeting after the 73rd annual shareholders meeting. Tom Shaw was named assistant cashier as the bank raised capital stock by a 20 percent stock dividend, increasing authorized capital from 440000 to 528480.
In Anniston Alabama a dispute over a $1 parking ticket led to gunfire inside the police station. Police Chief Cecil Montgomery and three officers were wounded, with Sergeant James Reed gravely injured. Leonard Arnold and Ralph Arnold were involved. both suspects were questioned as the case unfolded.
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