Preliminary Plan For City Hall Released
City officials released tentative layouts for a new eight story city hall. First floor will host city clerk revenue accounts finance and building departments with a 128 by 128 foot main area and vaults. The police building will connect via a vestibule and total project cost is about 2.5 million dollars including land and furnishings.
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City Hall
Revenue Department
Accounts and Finance
Building Department
Hall and Colvard
Police Department
Jim Garner
US Air Strikes Hit North Viet Nam Torpedo Boats
U S fighter bombers attacked oil and rail sites in North Viet Nam near Hai Phong, reporting four torpedo boats sunk or damaged. Two American planes were shot down. one pilot rescued, the other missing. Attacks launched from carriers Constellation and Hancock. third such strike in a week.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
USS
North Viet Nam
U.S. Command
Haiphong
Navy
Constellation
Hancock
U. S
Building permits issued in Decatur illustrate local business
Cox Craft Pools at 2417 Dogwood Lane receives a swimming pool permit for 4 dollars. Sims Sign Service at 21 Johnston St SE and 305 2nd Ave SE gain permits to erect signs for 70 and 250 dollars respectively. The Decatur Jayceettes sponsor a Saturday evening event at 8 p.m. in the Pet Dairy Hospitality Room. public invited. See DIARY on Page 2.
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Cox Craft Pools
Dogwood Lane
Sims Sign Service
Johnston St. SE
2Nd Ave. SE
Decatur Jayceettes
Pet Dairy
Gandhi proposes Geneva conference to end Viet Nam war
Indira Gandhi urged immediate Geneva talks followed by a truce and a settlement with foreign forces withdrawn from Viet Nam Laos and Cambodia. She called for neutral independence for the region and said there is no military solution in Viet Nam. She spoke before leaving for Cairo to meet Nasser and others.
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Lawrence Malkin London
U. S
Indira Gandhi
Viet Nam
Gandhi
Laos
Cambodia
United Arab Republic
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United States
North Viet Nam
Geneva
Nashville Arrests 21 War Demonstrators at Memorial and Station
Nashville police arrested 21 people during an anti-Vietnam War protest on Thursday night. A woman, 23, slit her wrist at police headquarters and was hospitalized in fair condition. Her husband, 26, faced assault charges after allegedly striking an officer. Protes tors included Dr. David Kotchechuk, Vanderbilt faculty. George Dodson Slawson, Fisk professor. Francis Thomas Foley, Lee professor.
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Nashville, Tenn
War Memorial
John W. Myers Jr
David Kotechuch
Vanderbilt University
George Dodson Slawson
Fisk University
Francis Thomas Foley
Lee Nashville
Driver Charged After Fatalities in Madison Crash
Napoleon Mason, 45, of Birmingham faces a single count of second degree manslaughter for a Madison fatal crash that killed seven people, four at the scene and three later. Police say the truck brakes locked and the 1959 Chevrolet struck the truck. Five victims were from Morgan County. Mason posted a $750 bond after arrest on a warrant.
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Madison
Charles Graves
Napoleon Mason
Birmingham
Graves
Mason
Madison County
Morgan County
Dep
Dee Thomas
Frances Phillips
Trinity
Alice Reed
Huntsville
Marketa Guthrie
Jo Ann Reed
Decatur
Louise Phil
France May Allow Air Space Use
Washington AP reports diplomatic sources indicate France may permit continued use of its air space by Allied planes despite breaking from NATO military structure. This could allow ongoing access to NATO radar networks and affect U S and Allied flight routes in ongoing negotiations.
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Washington
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
U.S
Tire Industry Confusion Highlights Motorist Concerns
The New York Times page five examines motorists unsure about tire quality. A visitor to Moscow notes changes after a year away as buildings rise and women appear trimmer. President Sukarno of Indonesia is featured in today’s news.
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Theaire
New York Times
Moscow
Sukarno
Indonesia
Hoffa Re-elected as Teamsters Chief for Five-Year Term
James R. Hoffa secured a new five-year term as Teamsters president at a Miami Beach convention. About 2,000 delegates supported him despite looming prison sentences, praising him as the world’s greatest labor leader and champion of champions. He pledged to return to work in the morning.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Giant
Hoffa
Markets At A Glance Highlights Trading and Commodities
New York AP brief notes markets with higher stocks on slow trading. Cotton up, wheat steady to strong, corn generally higher with new crop months strong. Soybeans mixed with July near limit. Hogs steady at 25.50. Slaughter steers up to 26.75.
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New York
Bekins Worldwide Moving Storage Ad
Bekins Worldwide Moving Storage advertises moving services. Contact Daniel at 4014 and references 353adv for details.
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Bekins Worldwide Moving Storage
Daniel
Major airline strike shuts down flights nationwide
About 35,000 machinists from the AFL CIO International Association of Machinists walked off at 6 am causing five carriers Eastern Northwest National Trans World and United to cancel all originating flights. Picket lines sprang up at major eastern ports and spread westward ending with widespread travel disruption and economic impact.
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Vern Haugland
New York
Washington
United States
Texas
Johnson
Army UH-1 helicopter crash near Elba kills two
An Army UH-1 helicopter exploded in mid air near Elba Alabama killing the two aboard. Identities withheld pending notification of next of kin. The item notes early casualty details but no further facts.
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Elba
Ala
Viet Nam
Strike Curtails Hville Service
Huntsville Madison County Airport cancels all flights for today and Saturday from Eastern and United Airlines due to a strike. About 200 to 225 passengers are affected on Eastern, with 11 daily flights impacted. Southern Airways continues operations as workers at five major U.S. carriers walk out.
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Huntsville-Madison County
Eastern
United Air Lines
Huntsville
Southern Airways
U.S
Dick Hughes
Hughes
Harvey Abbott
United Air
Thunderstorm Causes Minor Damage Across Area
A powerful late Thursday storm brought down electrical poles and tree limbs in Athens and caused scattered outages. Decatur and other towns reported minimal damage while Huntsville weather officials noted most damage occurred in Middle Tennessee. Pryor Field logged winds exceeding 35 mph and rainfall of .41 inches in Decatur.
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Athens
Decatur
Houston Wood
U. S. Weather Bureau
Huntsville
Middle Tennessee
Pryor Field
Two Killed as Storm Sweeps Middle Tennessee
A severe thunderstorm roared through middle Tennessee with up to 90 mph winds, killing two people Sue Carter 11 electrocuted by a fallen line and Raymond J Bergdorf 56 dying while aiding tree clearance in Nashville. Knoxville report noted outages and a 30 minute WKGN outage.
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THE
Associated Press
Nashville, Tenn
Middle Tennessee
Huriday
Raymond J. Bergdorf
Joelson
Nashville
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Argyle
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Dennis Rousseau
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Birmingham News
Hville
WHOS
Kentucky
Rutherford County
Dover
Springfield
Shelbyville
McMinnville
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Sue Carter
High Rids
Knoxville
WKGN
WSM
Quickies
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Junior
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