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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1968
Page
1
Early today two smudge pots were set on the roof of the south end dressing rooms at Decatur High School stadium. The blaze damaged the visitors top and home dressing rooms with the roof burned through though no equipment was in use. Officials expect repairs before fall practice. Thousands attend Spirit of America festival in Decatur.
President Johnson leads a large July 4 celebration in San Antonio with 40 Central American ambassadors visiting. An afternoon program features old fashioned events in Delano Park, Miss Spirit of America contest, and a speech by Capt. Gerald O Young. Evening activities include music, exhibits, games, a bicycle decoration parade, and a huge fireworks finale.
Gov. Albert Brewer announced an executive order establishing a point system to reduce senseless traffic deaths. Drivers accumulate points for offenses such as leaving the scene, excessive speeding, failure to yield, and other violations with suspensions starting at 60 days for 12 points and up to a year for 24 or more.
Detectives found Adolf Hitler Hermann Goering and Joseph Goebbels photographs in the sparsely furnished tenement apartment of the Central Park sniper. A bankbook reading Angel Angelos appeared only partly his name, as police identified the gunman who fired from a rooftop in the 85th Street and Fifth Avenue area causing panic before police gunfire ended the rampage. President Johnson and Gov. Rockefeller urged gun control as the nation debated security and violence in New York.
Harold Fleit, president of Worthington Air Conditioning Co , announces Joseph E. Murnane as operations manager for the Decatur plant effective immediately. Murnane, a St Paul native with a BA in economics, previously worked as a tariff analyst and supervisor at Northwest Airlines.
U S troops found a cache of five rockets and 33 fuses 500 yards from a larger cache near a U S camp 40 miles northwest of Saigon. The clash near Saigon left 10 enemy and three Americans dead and 50 wounded. Another skirmish 18 miles southwest left an estimated 40 Viet Cong killed. The week ended with 187 American deaths in Vietnam, the second lowest weekly toll of the year.
George C. Wallace campaigned in Minnesota as a third party candidate amid a confrontation with demonstrators that sparked fistfights. Police cleared about 50 protesters, six people were treated for minor injuries, and five were arrested for breach of the peace as Wallace spoke to a crowd of about 6,000.
The United States cautions France that new import limits and export subsidies could trigger retaliation by trade partners. The warning was issued amid broader debate on international commerce and policy.
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