Heavy DMZ fighting renews as planes clash over Vietnam
U.S. command reports renewed heavy fighting below the DMZ and over North Vietnam. Three American aircraft and a MIG fallen, two F4 Phantoms lost with pilots missing. Viet Cong attacks kill 18 and wound 38 in Mekong Delta market blast. Monsoon conditions briefly ease for raids near Hanoi.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Mekong Delta
Ner Vietnam
Should the Vice President be elected independently of the President
A political question about constitutional design. It discusses whether the vice presidency should be elected separately from the president, considering historical norms and potential implications for governance and balance of power.
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United States
Alabama agrees to comply with Civil Rights Act constraints
Alabama welfare officials reach a conditional agreement to comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to maintain roughly 96 million dollars yearly federal aid. Commissioner Ruben King says the deal avoids agency enforcement of desegregation and preserves more flexible persuasion of health care providers.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Ruben King
State Pensions and Security Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Aabama
HEW
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
King
Circuit Court
New Orleans
Pensions and Security Department
Appeals
Circuit Court of Appeals
Gardner
State of Alabama
State Welfare
Mother Of Seibold Says He Struck Her
In Opelia Alla AP report Edward Seibold's mother testified he threw something at her struck her eye and then drove at her as she walked away. She said the 21-year-old vowed to kill members of the family of Auburn widow Juanita Sinclair after they rejected his amorous advances. He faces trial for the killing of 9-year-old Mary Lynn Sinclair and others.
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Opelika
Alla
Edward Seibold
Herman R. Seibold
Auburn
Auburn University
Juanita Sinclair
Seibold
Sinclair
Mary Lynn
The
Wallace Denies Senate Run Amid Presidential Speculation
Former Gov. George C. Wallace travels to Lexington Kentucky for a Kentucky Press Association speech while denying he will run for the U S Senate, amid ongoing talk of a third party bid for president.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Lexington
Kentucky Press Association
U.S
Senate
Wallace
U.S. Senate
Alabama
Lister Hill
Kentucky
Lurleen Wallace
Houston
Tex
M. D. Ander
Wallace faces Wisconsin primary law test for third party bid
Madison Wisconsin AP George Wallace former Alabama governor may need to disavow or refile as a Republican or Democrat under Wisconsin new preferential primary law. Attorney General Bronson C la Follette a Democrat said he did not know if Wallace could withdraw from Wisconsin race for not wanting to run as either major party. Wallace recently qualified as See PROBLEMS On Page A-81.
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Madison, Wis
George Wallace
Alabama
California
Wisconsin
Atty
Bronson C. la Follette
Wallace
Thornton DCBDA elects Pat Thornton president and outlines downtown plan
The Decatur Central Business District Association elected Pat Thornton as president, with Leo nard Hudson and Joe Perrin named to key posts. Fred Reid was reelected executive director as the group prioritized off street parking and traffic improvements in the downtown area.
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Cora Blair
Decatur Central Business District Association
Pat Thornton
First State Bank
A. L. Johnson
Thornton
Leonard Hudson
Nungester Drugs
Joe Perrin
First National Bank
Fred Reid
Reid
Bank Street
Decatur Transit
2Nd Ave
U.S. 31
DCBDA
First Federal Assets Show Gains at Decatur Meeting
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Decatur reported a 2.49 percent rise in assets for 1967 at its annual shareholders meeting. President Oscar L. Napps released figures showing assets of 35,562,244 versus 34,697,828 in 1966, with savings balances growing to 32,846,025 from 32,044,000.
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First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Decatur
Oscar L. Napps
Napps
Woman’s body found near Gorgas Plant in Alabama
The body of a woman tentatively identified as Margie Johnson, 39, was found Friday a mile and a half below the Gorgas Steam Plant after being spotted by a fisherman. Sheriff says missing details hinder immediate identification.
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Jasper
Ala
Margie Johnson
Gorgas
Walker County
Wooten to Be Principal at Cotaco High School
Lester E. Wooten, former Decatur High assistant principal, will resign January 31 to become principal of Cotaco High School, a post she held in the late 1940s. She will replace Delme Bagwell, who moves to supervise federal projects for Morgan County schools. Cecil Armstrong will become Decatur High’s new principal.
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Cora Blair
Lester E. Wooten
Decatur High School
Cotaco High School
Wooten
Delme Bagwell
Morgan County
Decatur High
Cecil Armstrong
Decatur City
Ray Jones
ETV
Troy
Jones
Decatur
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