Third Battle For Saigon The Big One
The looming third battle for Saigon could be the war’s largest. Intelligence sources say four divisions and many battalions are massed around the capital, aiming to pressure the Paris talks and overwhelm Saigon’s government. More than 20,000 U.S. and 20,000 Vietnamese troops hold a wide ring, with enemy units infiltrating and caches already inside the city.
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John T. Wheeler
Associated Press
Saigon
United States
Paris
U.S
John Hay
Sweet Sue Begins Athens Pilot Chickem Restaurant
Construction starts on a 55000 pilot Sweet Sue unit in Athens on U S 72 bypass. John Day will manage the 48 seat self service restaurant offering chicken and seafood with a piled high ham sandwich. Expansion plans include units in Decatur Huntsville and international markets within 10 days. Beasley says Athens unit will be the Cadillac of the business and nationwide promotion starts next week.
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Athens
Sweet Sue
Decatur
Huntsville
Sweet Sue International
J. E. Beasley Jr
United States
Beasley
John Day
Day
U.S. 72
Inter
Dean Jones to devote six months to singing in Hollywood
Actor Dean Jones returns from Decatur to Hollywood to start a four album and six single project for Dot Records over six months. He plans five television shows and two specials, plus a Sahara Hotel show in Las Vegas later. His work includes ballads with country flavor and songs he wrote or covered.
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Cora Blair
Dean Jones
Hollywood
Walt Disney Star
Dot Records
Jones
Gene Byram
Decatur
Guy Jones
Naval Base
Memphis
Tenn
Rome
Sahara Hotel
Las Vegas
Jim Webb
Hijacked Delta jet lands in Miami after gunman surrenders
A Delta Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Houston was hijacked by a man wielding a gun and forced to land in Miami after the crew persuaded him to surrender. Sen. William Eastland was aboard and questioned by the FBI. The hijacker claimed he was dying of cancer and demanded entry to the cockpit. Police removed the suspect in handcuffs, and the crew disarmed him before landing.
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Miami
Fla
Delta Airlines
Philadelphia
Houston
U.S
William Eastland
D-Miss
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Forest ‘Dines
Chicago
Jureski
Sen. Eastland
Federal grant funds three county problem solving office
A federal grant of $49 099 was approved to establish a three county problem solving office in Morgan Cullman and Lawrence counties by the Applachian Regional Commission via the North Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission. The funds will let the commission hire staff to study local planning zoning and related needs and Gary Voketz calls the service the backbone of the three county office. The article notes post office service cutbacks and Saturday delivery elimination plans.
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Morgan
Cullman
Lawrence
North
Alabama
Applachia
Decatur Candidates to Tell Views at City Rally
Tonight 28 candidates for Decatur city offices will speak at a rally at the Decatur Shopping Center. Sam L Fate McClendon presides as master of ceremonies. Candidates will be asked three questions and city council hopefuls will have three minutes each. There are five council places and a mayoral race with notable contenders.
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Decatur
Decatur Shopping Center
Sam L
Fate) McClendon
Morgan County
Democratic Executive Committee
McClendon
Post Office Plans End to Saturday Home Delivery
The Post Office announced a plan to end Saturday mail delivery in city residential areas. No date set, but the department indicated Saturday and Sunday window service would be affected starting July 27.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Post Office cuts weekend window service in several cities
On July 27 post offices in Decatur Athens Hart selle Moulton and Cullman will discontinue Saturday and Sunday window service by order of the Post Office Department. Saturday mail collection from street boxes will align with Sunday collection. Decatur Postmaster J E Self said he has not yet received the notification but expects it from Memphis regional office next week.
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Decatur
Athens
Hart ‘Selle
Moulton and Cullman
Post Office Department
J. E. Self
Memphis
Bronx gunman surrender ends New York shooting case
Police identify Robert L. Rogers alias Robert Pugh as Bronx gunman who killed three men in a New York night incident. He surrendered to a Burlington sheriff on courthouse steps armed with his brother present, according to Sheriff John Stockard.
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Burlington
N. C
Bronx
John Stockard
Robert L. Rogers
Robert ‘Pugh
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