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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1968
Page
1
Viet Cong shelled Saigon early Wednesday following strikes on eight major cities. Reports say shells landed near Independence Palace and other government buildings, with small arms fire heard in the streets and near the U S Embassy.
Viet Cong forces strike seven provincial capitals including Da Nang and five American airfields as the lunar new year truce collapses. General Westmoreland calls the Tet ceasefire a hoax, while allied forces renew bombing to hit North Vietnamese supply lines.
The federal minimum wage increases Thursday from 1.40 to 1.60 an hour for most workers with a remaining group at 1.15. Morgan County shows a historical pattern: more establishments and higher salaries, but employment fell in the three months after past increases, with 299 businesses and 3,152 workers in 1967 versus 282 and 3,226 in 1966.
The White House reported the USS Pueblo crew is being properly treated and the wounded given medical care while the Red Cross seeks access. President Johnson was briefed on Vietnam and Korea. lawmakers split over how to respond as diplomacy stalled.
Daniel Williams, 26, of Denver, led officers on a 250 mile pursuit after threatening to shoot seven hostages. He surrendered to a police sergeant when the commandeered hospital van ran dry. Williams faces multiple charges including armed robbery, kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon. His roommate Louis Maple, 23, was arrested at the scene of a supermarket burglary linked to the case.
President Johnson asks Congress to earmark 88.8 million for the Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant under construction in Limestone County. The project totals nearly 400 million with first generating unit due by late 1970.
New York stocks traded lower as cotton rose and grains moved mixed in light trade. Chicago wheat fell on liquidation while soybeans and hogs posted gains. slaughter steers held steady with receipts around 1,200 to 3,000 head and top prices near 28 dollars.
Austin High School becomes headquarters for a program to improve elementary science teachers in Decatur Cullman and Limestone County schools after a 13620 grant from the National Science Foundation to Alabama A&M College. Three systems add 5000, total 18620, with Huntsville administration by University of Alabama in Huntsville and Alabama A&M releasing the announcement.
Alabama President Dr. Frank Rose denies considering the University of Florida chancellorship and plans to stay at Alabama. He says Florida officials asked if they might present his name, despite contact from regents and a selection committee.
Readers offered top cash for silver certificates at Aycock Radio Shack Ady. The notice invites owners to bring certificates for immediate payment and appraisal by staff, with details on acceptable notes and redemption steps.
Washington AP report states Justice Hugo L Black directs Alabama to restore 15 000 to 20 000 children to welfare rolls while the court reviews the states substitute father regulation. Pittsburgh AP: an explosion injures several in Ingram suburb. Washington AP: Clark Clifford unanimously confirmed as secretary of defense with praise from Dirksen.
Rueben Johnson a 59 year old inmate says he helped bury ten to twelve inmates on the Cummins prison grounds in the 1940s and believes about two thousand are buried there. Dr Edwin Barron Jr notes three skeletons found and police take charge while an inquiry continues with possible hundreds more bodies.
Ken Reynolds notes Robinson Furn on Second Ave as Decatur’s Magnavox dealer for 11 years with the local ad listing contact at 353-2370.
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