Spirit of America Festival Preps Amid Weather Watch
Spirit planners in Point Mallard finalize arrangements for the sixth Spirit of America Independence Day festival. A 50 percent chance of thundershowers looms Tuesday with contingency to move evening events to the T C Almon Center. main activities run from 9 a.m. to fireworks at 9:45 p.m. Audie Murphy duties and the 36 contestant Beauty Pageant mark the day, with dignitaries including Acting Gov Beasley and Winton Blount attending. Traffic control will direct festival flows, gates closing early.
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T.C. Almon Center
James O'Hara
Army
Thomas Martin
Redstone Arsenal
Bill Harrison
Audie Murphy
California
Johnny Cash
Jayceettes
Spirit of America
Alabama
Kathy McDaniel
Alexander City
Freedoms Foundation
Jere Beasley
Winton Blount
Tazewell Shepard
Joint
Continental Defense Systems Integration Planning
Washington
Decatur Police Department
C.W. Tutwiler
Flint Rescue Squad
Tutwiler
Hue under 130-MM shelling as Saigon presses north
South Vietnamese troops push toward Quang Tri as North Vietnamese shells pound Hue for the first time with 130-MM guns. Citadel attacked, civilian casualties rise, while Saigon expects to retake Quang Tri by mid July.
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Malcolm W. Browne
New York Times
Saigon
Quang Tri Province
Hue
Indochina
North
South Vietnam
Guang Tri
Old City
Phu Bai
My Chanh
Bastogne
Raid Suspect Said In Europe
Washington report says E Howard Hunt Jr. the ex CIA official sought after the DNC raid is believed to be in Europe possibly Spain. FBI agents have been scouring the United States since early last week. Spanish Embassy officials report Hunt's wife Dorothy said he was still working for the White House as late May.
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New York Times News Service
Washington
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Central Intelligence Agency
Democratic National Committee
Europe
Spain
Hunt
FBI
United States
Dorothy
White House
Hunt ties to Watergate raid linked consultant status
Exclusive report notes Hunt was said to have completed consultant status in March amid ties to the June 17 Watergate break-in. Mrs Hunt, a part time Spanish Embassy worker, told officials in May her husband works for the White House and travels often. The embassy terminated her employment effective Saturday with severance. Ilust associated with CIA Bay of Pigs planning and linked to the raid coverage.
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Watergate
Hunt
Ilust
Org
CIA
Cuba
Page
Decatur makes it happen in the Daily Calendar
A compact daily calendar note highlights Decatur as a friendly shopping area with brief entries on weather and a historical date. It recalls George Washington assuming command of the Continental Army in 1775 and provides quick regional weather for today and the next two days.
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George Washington
Cambridge
Mass
Inexperience Likely Cause Of Hillsboro Plane Crash
A preliminary NTSB statement indicates pilot Edmund Prater 24 lacked experience in the plane type to handle severe weather. His single engine craft disintegrated in a thunderstorm en route to a Kansas military station, crashing in a field near Mallard Creek in northeast Lawrence County.
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Lee Sentell
Hillsboro
National Transportation Safety Board
Edmund Dale Prater
Kansas
Mallard Creek
Lawrence County
Robert L
McGovern Loses California Delegates Suit in Court
Federal Judge questions if a constitutional issue underpins the Democratic Credentials Committee action that stripped California of half its McGovern delegates. The case, brought by McGovern supporters, seeks an injunction before the Miami Beach convention.
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Washington
Democratic Credentials Committee
George 5. McGovern
California
McGovern
Miami Beach
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Democratic National Committee
Credentials Committee
Hubert H. Humphrey
George C. Wallace
Rainmakers Making Life Rough For Reds
Washington reports that the United States secretly seeded clouds over Indochina to influence rainfall for military aims. Air Force operations sought to hinder North Vietnamese troop movement and suppress antiaircraft fire, with officials warning of ecological risks and noting this as the first confirmed case of meteorological warfare.
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Seymour M. Hersh
New York Times
Washington
Unites States
North Vietnam
Laos
South Vietnam
Air Force
Southeast Asia
United States
Indochina
State Department
Truman Hospital Checkup For Lower GI Issue
Former President Harry S. Truman is in satisfactory condition at Research Medical Center following admission for routine examinations of a lower gastrointestinal problem. In Reykjavik, the world chess championship nears a deadline as Bobby Fischer risks forfeiting the match with Boris Spassky after failing to show.
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Kansas City, Mo
Harry S. Truman
Research Medical Center Hospital
Reykjavik
Iceland
Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
Russia
Motel Robbers Take 91.81 At Starlite Motel
Two armed men robbed the Starlite Motel early today, getting 91.81 from a cash drawer and wallet contents from night clerk Carl Loeiser. The robbers fled in a dark Chevrolet, in their 20s, unprofessional in manner. owner James E. Wall offers a $100 reward as police investigate.
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Starlite
Carl Loeiser
Looiser
U.S. Li
James E. Wall
Wall
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