Saigon Troops Reach Citadel Walls in Quang Tri Advance
South Vietnamese paratroopers breached the Quang Tri Citadel walls amid heavy shelling while central coast forces recaptured Tam Quan district town. U.S. jets bombed Hanoi's southern sector as battles raged across Hue and Que Son Valley with multiple casualties and missing soldiers.
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Saigon
Quang Tri Citadel
Hanoi
U.S. Command
Associated Press
Dennis Neeld
Quang Tri
Binh Dinh
Tam Quan
Neal Ulevich
Que Son
da Nang
Textbooks On Sale For Decatur Students Aug 1
Textbooks for grades 9 through 12 in the Decatur City School System go on sale August 1 at the Old Riverside School Building 210 Wilson St NE. The depository opens 8 am to 4 30 pm through August 28, Mondays to Fridays. Prices range from 1.12 to 13.19 with an average around 6 to 7. Students pay for roughly half the texts while the state provides free books for lower grades.
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Decatur City
Old Riverside
Wilson St
Decatur
Curtis Sellers
Quitman Henderson
Fischer Takes Lead With Queen's Gambit in Reykjavik
Bobby Fischer seized the world chess crown battle against Boris Spassky in game six, outplaying the Soviet master to force a resignation. Fischer leads 3½ to 2, with 18 games remaining. a win earns a point, a draw a half.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
Spassky
Fischer
Chamber Membership Campaign Tops 1 000 in Decatur Drive
Decatur Chamber of Commerce reports a record 1 000 members joined as the drive passes the milestone. President Lynn Fowler and manager Dick Ordway praise volunteer efforts led by John Cook and his 80 member committee as 10 000 forms circulated in Sundays paper spur new signups. The campaign totals 232 current members and extends through this week as citizens are urged to join to help Decatur move forward.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Lynn Fowler
Decatur Daily
Dick Ordway
Drive
John Cook
Decatur
Cook
Nixon aims to double narcotics arrests next year
Washington AP reports top drug abuse officials told President Nixon that narcotics violation arrests have doubled over four years and Nixon urged that count to double again in the coming year. In Blacksville West Virginia rescue workers neared completion of a shaft into a burning coal mine where nine miners were trapped with slim chances of survival.
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Washington
Nixon
Blacksville
W. Va
Drive To Reinstate Preacher Illegal
An Athens petition to oust three West Hobbs Street Church elders and reinstate minister Charles Marshall was called illegal during Sunday services. Elders’ representative Hubert Chittam announced it as members began leaving during the reading by Gene Hughes, amid NBC crew presence and a cancelled Sunday school after Jerry Humphries sermon.
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Athens
Charles Marshall
West Hobbs St. Church of Christ
Hubert Chittam
Charlie Sammett
Marshall
Decatur
Gene Hughes
Chittam
Jerry Humphries
International Bible College
Florence
Lammett
Sammett
Hughes
NBC
Julian Brooks
J. C. Dobbs
Man Injures Self After Flat Tire Incident
A Decatur resident was hospitalized with facial cuts and a hand injury after allegedly striking his own car in a rage following a tire puncture. Police report notes he sustained the injuries from the self-inflicted impact and was treated at Decatur General Hospital.
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Decatur
Decatur General Hospital
Musical Instruments for Sale in Today's Wrapup
Quality value advertised for sale. Instruments offered include strings, brass, and percussion. Deals highlight pricing and availability, with emphasis on selection and affordability for shoppers.
Accreditation Revoked For Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital
Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital loses accreditation after June Joint Commission survey cited physical plant deficiencies. Administrator Don Bucher said an Aug 22 hearing in Chicago will hear the appeal. The Decatur facility is the second local hospital to drop accreditation, with Decatur General also not accredited. Pineview Hospital in Hartselle received a two year extension and District One Tuberculosis Hospital in Flint was newly accredited. The hospital, owned by Hospital Affiliates Inc of Nashville, faces major expenditures to fix the building or proceed with a new Beltline Rd facility.
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Baugh-Wiley Smith Hospital
Joint Commission On the Accreditation of
Don Bucher
Bucher
Commission
Chicago
Baugh-Wiley-Smith
Decatur
Decatur General Hospital
Pineview Hospital
Hartselle
Flint
Baugh-Wiley Smith
Beltline Rd
Hospital Affiliates, Inc
Nashville
Apollo astronauts return from historic moon walk
In Today s Daily Comics Editorials E tainment 13 Financial Horoscope Landers Obituaries 13 TV Log Women On This Date in 1969 Apollo is astronauts returned to earth after a historic moon walking mission. To Place A Want Ad Dial 353 4612 Athens 232 1535.
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Apollo
Earth
Athens
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