Athens Beauty Is Crowned Miss Spirit of America
Delano Park hosts the Fourth of July pageant for the first Miss Spirit of America title. Jackie Cannon, 17, Athens, defeated five finalists after prompting youth involvement in patriotism. Runner ups were Suzan Rayfield and Eleanor Blankenship. Miss Photogenic was Charlotte Qualls. The event featured Miss Alabama Dellyne Catching presenting a bouquet to the winner.
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Jackie Lynn Cannon
Athens
Delano Park
Suzan Rayfield
Edgewood St
Eleanor Blankenship
Decatur 2
Sarah Wicker
Summerlane SE
Cathy Williams
Lacey
Charlotte Qualls
Vernon St
Birmingham
Juanita Weekly
Birmingham Post-Herald
Hoyt Harwell
Crump
Dellyne Catching
Miss Alabama
Miss Catching
Miss Spirit of America
Miss Cannon
Miss Rodeo
Alabama
Martin
Cannon
Jefferson St
U.S.A
Limestone County
Calhoun Junior College
Miss Rayfield
John Rayfield
University of Alabama
Miss Blankenship
Florence State University
Clayton Blankenship
ALL Smiles
Jackie Cannon
Billy Smith
Spirit of America Festival is a smash hit in Decatur
Decatur celebrates the second annual Spirit of America Festival at Delano Park with thousands attending the all day July 4 observance. The event is hailed as North Alabama's top Fourth of July celebration with praise for the Up With People Sing Out group from Auburn Huntsville and Chattanooga.
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Decatur
Delano Park
North Alabama
Newton Powell
Auburn
Huntsville
Chatta
Spirit of America 1968 Pageant Highlights
Miss Spirit of America 1968 Jackie Cannon of Athens won the event crowned by Dellyne Catching Miss Alabama 1968. O'Hara of the Birmingham News praised wholesome old fashioned values as contestants and participants enjoyed activities like greased pole climbing and greased pig chasing.
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Dellyne Catching
Alabama
Spirit of America
Jackie Cannon
Athens
Miss Catching
Joe Ellen O’hara
The
Birmingham News
Ground breaking held for WMSL TV studios in Huntsville
Ground ceremonies for WMSL new studios in Huntsville are planned with Mayor Hearn and Huntsville Chamber president Jimmy Walker expected to attend. Officials aim to have the station on air from the studios by late September using ABC Television Network programs.
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Huntsville
WMSL
Santo Mountain
Hearn
Huntsville of Commerce
Jimmy Walker
Frank Whisenant
Gene Fen
Studi
Utilizi 1 48
Progr
ABC
Daring Hijack Plot Aboard Trans World Flight
Prisoner John Morris on a U S marshals flight slipped from guards to threaten hijacking with dynamite and guns. He spoke to a stewardess prompting a course change over Nevada before being subdued at McCarran Field. The incident delayed the San Francisco leg and Morris faces federal charges.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Trans World Airlines
John Hamilton Morris
Hermosillo
Mexico
Los Angeles
C. P. Barron
Morris
U.S
Barron
Nevada
McCarran
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Leavenworth
Kan
San Francisco
Traffic deaths top two hundred on Independence Day weekend
The AP reports the traffic death toll over holiday weekend surpassed 200. In London Alabama lawyer Arthur J. Hanes met for about an hour with James Earl Ray at Wandsworth Prison as Ray waits to stand trial for the slaying of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In Auburn Alabama football coach Ralph Friedgen was at University Hospital in Birmingham for cancer treatment and tests.
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London
Alabama
Arthur J. Hanes
Wandsworth
James Earl Ray
Tennessee
Martin Luther King Jr
Auburn
Ala
Bite
Ralph * Feds
Senadite Eer Treversity Hospital
Birmingham
Missiles Firing at B52 Bombers in South Vietnam
Two Soviet made missiles were fired at U S Air Force B52 bombers in the southern panhandle of North Vietnam during a large allied bombing campaign. No bombers were hit as fighter bombers attacked missile sites and additional enemy arms caches were found on the ground.
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Saigon
U.S. Air Force
North Vietnam
Panhandle
U.S. Command
Demilitarized Zone
Real Spirit Inspires North Alabama Audience From Medal of Honor Hero
Air Force Captain Gerald O Young, Medal of Honor winner for Vietnam helicopter rescue, urged about 8 000 locals to support service members via letters and morale. He recalled a wounded soldier’s spirit and described his own burns during the Da Nang rescue. An estimated 20 000 attended the Park program where he spoke about home front support.
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Delano Park
Air Force
Gerald Young
Young
Vietnam
da Nang Air Base
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Capt
Gerald _ Young
Beauty
Joe Walker
First Presbyterian Church of
DIAL
By Alvin Benn
Daily News
Zamora Temple
George Baker
Ralph Longmire
Bob Mileham
Jonas Row
Ray Greenwell
Wno
Wmsl-Tv
Field
Clark County
TWA
Associated Press
George Esper
Dmz
Pilo
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
By Ray Martin
DAILY
Gerald O. Young
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