More Than 1 000 GIs Join South Viet Troops
More than 1,000 American troops joined Vietnamese and Australian forces in the second joint operation against the Viet Cong in Pleiku Province. About 2,500 troops participated, including two U S paratroop battalions from the 173rd Airborne Brigade and Australian and Vietnamese units. Despite helicopter insertions and air bombardment, the day reported no enemy contact or American casualties, with two American and 26 Vietnamese soldiers missing and four Vietnamese killed in Pleiku. B52 bombers also struck the D Zone near Saigon prior to the operation.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Pleiku Province
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Royal Australian Regiment
Strategic Air Command
Guam
Pleiku
Decatur boards create full time administrative assistant post
The Decatur three member city board authorized a full time administrative assistant to coordinate city affairs. They appointed Larkin W. Yates as the new chief administrative officer, effective July 15, with a salary of 11400 dollars and 100 dollars monthly auto allowance. Yates will liaise between the commission and departments, oversee budget preparation, purchases, and city properties, and report to the board.
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Decatur
Board of Commissioners
Larkin W. Yates
Austin High School
Yates
J. Gilmer Blackburn
New York
Wilson Morgan
City Commission
Morgan
Commission
Blackburn
S. Hunt Jr
Hit and Run Café Probe and Local Permits Listed
A hit and run near a café at 412 Memorial Dr. SW involved a 1964 Chevrolet owned by George Matzkan of Chicago. City permits were issued to Hudson Construction at 14th St. and Austinville Rd. and to Phillips 66 Service Station for 37,000 dollars.
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Memorial Dr. SW
George Matzkanin
Chicago, Ill
Hudson Construction Co
14Th St
Austinville Rd
Phillips 66
Army seeks five new helicopter companies in Vietnam buildup
The Army proposes to Defense Department the creation of five additional helicopter units in the United States to fill gaps as chopper outfits deploy to Vietnam. The plan calls for 125 more helicopters and over 1,000 additional troops, increasing total U.S. helicopter companies to support airlift operations for South Vietnamese forces.
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South Viet Nam
Defense Department
United States
Army
Tough Stand On Rioting Is Urged
Officials urged a tougher stand with harsher penalties after rioting and disturbances by beer drinking youths in five resort communities. The Associated Press reports officials called for firmness and decisive action to curb social unrest.
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Associated Press
Markets At A Glance
New York stocks slide in slow trading as investors reel from mixed signals. Wheat holds firm in Chicago with steady general demand, while corn softens on weak new crop months. Soybeans drop sharply on old crop losses. hogs steady to 25 cents higher, top $25.50, and slaughter steers hold steady to 25 cents lower, top $29.25.
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Chicago
Man Shot By Cullman Officer
Cullman County Sheriff reports George Isbell of Alabama City was shot in the side by Chief Deputy Bill Tucker at the residence of Robert Gilley near Holly Pond. Isbell, 2610 Railroad Ave, Alabama City, was treated and jailed after allegedly attempting to throw a bar at Tucker with a 12 gauge shotgun.
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Cullman
Alabama
Bill Tucker
Holly Pond
Robert Gilley
W. C. Waldrop
Waldrop
George Isbell
Railroad Ave
Alabama City
Tucker
Isbell
Senate Opens Debate On Medicare Today
The Senate begins debate on a historic Medicare bill to provide broad health programs for 19 million Americans age 65 and older, funded mainly by higher Social Security taxes. The measure seeks passage by week’s end with up to 80 possible votes in the 100-member chamber.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress Eyes Final Action on Presidential Disability Amendment
Washington leaders planned swift congressional action on a constitutional amendment addressing presidential disability and VP vacancy. Two hours were allotted for debate after a House approval of a compromise version, with Senate expectations for rapid action halted by a snag involving Senator Albert Gore and others.
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Washington
House
Senate
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
British Air Crash Kills 41 Soldiers
A Royal Air Force four engine transport plane on a training flight exploded in midair and crashed in a farmer’s field near Dorchester in Oxfordshire. All 41 aboard are reported killed including RAF airmen in training. Fire officials say the bomber disintegrated in a ball of fire with no survivors.
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London
Royal Air Force
RAF
Oxfordshire
Defense Ministry
Oxfordshire Fire Brigade
RAF Transort Command
Dorchester
City approves partial pay hikes for city staff
The City Commission approved a broad pay hike for most city employees effective July 14 with a 5 to 20 percent range by position. Police and fire fighters get adjustments from April 26. A $50 monthly bump for City Planner Gary Voketz was approved retroactive to June 1. The changes stem from a State Personnel Board study for Decatur.
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Cora Blair
City Commission Today
F. S. Hunt
Hunt
Gary Voketz
State Personnel Board
Decatur
John Moores
Critically Burned Woman Survives Village Ordeal
A Mexican mother burned over 70 percent of her body survived two months in a mud hut after a stove fire. Five doctors flew mercy missions to remote villages over Independence Day weekend to bring aid. Ramona Franco de Portola, upright for two months in 115 degree heat, now at White Lawson Memorial Hospital faces a 50 50 chance, with doctors calling it a miracle.
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Los Angeles
Ramona’'Franco de Portola
White Lawson Memorial Hospital
Civil rights leader Reese arrested for embezzlement
In Selma, Frederick D. Reese, head of the Dallas County Voters League, was arrested on embezzlement charges. In Birmingham, Circuit Judge William C. Barber voided the 1964 Homewood Birmingham merger election citing insufficient notice to voters.
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Selma, Ala
Frederick D. Reese
Dallas County Voters League
Birmingham
William C. Barber
Homewood-Birmingham
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U.S. Marine Corps
Namese
Eddie Adams
Larkin Yates
James L. Horton
4Th Ave
R. E. Kennedy
Lth Ave
Decatur Fire Department
Bowline Drive In
Webster’s Trailer Ct
Moulton St
Hawthorne
Morgan County Sheriff's Department
By Fred S. Hoffman
Viet Nam
1St Infantry Division
Ft. Riley
Kan
101St Airborne Division
Ft. Campbell
82Nd Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Senate Finance Committee
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Janet Green
Ocean Springs
Miss
Pat Ward
Baton Rouge
Mooney
el Cajon
Calif
Robert Lawson
Upland
Critcally
Sele
Jack Reeves Fruit Stand
Hartselle
Iale
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
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