Motorist Kills Negro Officer in Atlanta Area
In East Point Georgia officer George Burnett a 26 year old patrolman was fatally shot by a white motorist after a confrontation with Burnett and partner Leonard Tench both Black The assailant fled the scene and was heard muttering about N word police and being tired of Negro police during the incident that also marked a second officer death in the Atlanta region that weekend.
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Atlanta
East Point
George Burnett
Burnett
Leonard Tench
Tench
Sieewalk
Bombers Hit Baden Oil Depot In North Viet Nam Drive
Fifteen waves of American bombers hit the Baden oil depot 20 miles northwest of Dong Hoi and another storage site east of Baden, sparking 35 fires and 51 explosions. In South Viet Nam fighting eased as Marines and South Vietnamese forces pressed a 2,000-strong enemy group near the DMZ.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
Tary Command
Baden
Dong Hoi
Hanoi Appeals to Red Allies in Wartime Plea
North Viet Nam issued a Fatherland Front appeal for material and moral support from communist allies and others describing the war as extremely serious. China signaled no troop deployment while Ho Chi Minh ordered partial mobilization. U.S. Marines and South Vietnamese forces reported 167 enemy killed as the fight near the 17th Parallel continued.
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John Roderick Tokyo
North
Viet Nam
Red China
North Viet Nam
Fatherland
Johnson
Ho Chi Minh
South
South Viet Nam
U.S
17Th Parallel
Hanoi
Decatur Man Held In Sunday Murder
Morgan County deputies hold 51 year old Decatur man Robert Boykin in the county jail on first degree murder charges for the Sunday morning death of Louisel Elliott, 27. He allegedly fatally wounded Elliott with a shotgun at her Alabama 20 ten ant home six miles west of Decatur around 1 a.m. Boykin, living with Elliott, fled after the shooting and was brought to jail by his son. He then led officers to where the murder weapon was tossed.
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Morgan County
Decatur Area
Robert Boykin
Denbo Iron & Metal Co
Louisel Elliott
Decatur 1
Boykin
Alabama 20
Decatur
James Collins
Showers Return to North Alabama Weather Forecast
Isolated thundershowers return to the Decatur area and across northern Alabama today through Tuesday. Measurable rainfall expected for 10 to 20 percent of the region with temperatures in the lower and mid nineties and overnight lows in the mid seventies. Southerly winds 3 to 12 mph.
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Decatur
North Alabama
Huntsville
Decatur Court Docket Lists Multiple Traffic and Conduct Charges
On the docket at city recorder's court the charges include disorderly conduct driving while intoxicated speeding driving without a license and other traffic related offenses. The Decatur Altrusa Club meets at 7 30 p m Tuesday at Mrs Noel Callahan's home on Old Moulton Road. See diary on page 2.
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City Recorder’s Court
Decatur Altrusa Club
Noel Callahan
Old Moulton Rd
Markets At A Glance
New York AP reports stocks lower amid moderate trading. Cotton higher, wheat firm, corn and oats strong. Soybeans up sharply with late buying. Hogs steady at 25.60 dollars. Slaughter steers firm to 50 cents higher topping at 27 dollars.
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New York
Nurse Visits Jail Hospital In Speck Murder Case
A survivor nurse Corazon Amara 23 visited the jail hospital where Richard Speck 24 is treated for safety cuts after the mass slayings. Doctors say she did not view Speck and warned against confrontations that could affect his condition.
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Earl Aykroid
Joe Dill
Chicago
ITM
Corazon Amara
Richard Speck
Police praise Speck case work in Nurse killings
Chicago an AP report lauds the Speck investigation as exceptionally well executed. Detectives tracked the prime suspect while the eight student nurses were still being removed, highlighting the efficiency of the probe.
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Chicago
Richard Speck
Countdown For Atlas Titan On Schedule
Gemi ni 10 astronauts awaken after rest and prep for a dual rendezvous space walk. Navy Cmdr John W Young and Air Force Maj Michael Collins are slated for late afternoon Atlas and Titan launches to chase Agena in orbit, with favorable Cape Kennedy weather and a fishing day off before countdown.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Navy
John W. Young
Air Force
Michael Collins
Agena
British leader fails to break Vietnam war stalemate in talks
In Moscow Harold Wilson and Premier Kosygin spent six hours seeking a settlement on Vietnam without progress. In Washington the Senate began debate on foreign aid amid arguments over its role in drawing American troops into the Vietnam conflict.
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Moscow
Harold Wilson
Alexei N. Kosygin
Washington
Senate
Police arrest theater manager over Virginia Woolf film
Nashville police sergeant and deacon arrested theater manager Lawrence Kerrigan after confiscating one reel of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. The officer cited a city ordinance banning profanity on screen and addressed about 700 moviegoers to justify the halt, offering refunds. Kerrigan posted a $50 bond and was to appear in city court.
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Nashville, Tenn
Virginia Woolf
Nashville
Fred Cobb
Cobb
Lawrence Martin Kerrigan
Kerrigan
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Billy Graham
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Miami Beach
Sweden
William Norcorss
Speck
Atlas
Titan
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Young
Collins
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