City Takes Giant Step With Recreation Plans
Decatur has moved from extremely deficient to adequate recreation facilities. Two centers Aqua dome Park on 5th Ave SW and Carrie Matthews Recreation Center are under construction with bonds from a 1.5 million issue. A third Southeast center for Point Mallard Park is proposed. 1967 spending was 90000. current budget 175000. next year projected 300000 for bonds and operations, awaiting the new council to decide.
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Decatur
Aquadome
Recreation Department
5Th Ave
Carrie Matthews
Point Mallard Park
Tennessee River
Southeast
Brewer faults Alabama education system as wasteful
Gov Albert Brewer criticized Alabama’s educational system as a cumbersome bureaucracy wasting 400 million dollars annually in federal, state, and local funds. He urged reforms to use funds and tools more effectively, including abolishing tenure to hire better teachers.
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Albert Brewler
Alabama State Association of Secondary School Principals
Brewer
Eisenhower urges clear GOP stand on Vietnam policy
Former President Eisenhower pressed both parties to send a firm signal to North Vietnam rejecting a camouflage surrender in Southeast Asia. His message, delivered to GOP platform writers, backs a broad statement allowing the candidate to shape policy during the campaign while opposing both withdrawal and massive escalation.
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Edmond Lebreton
Associated Press
Miami Beach
Fla
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Vietnam
America
Southeast Asia
Eisenhower
Chicago
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Markets News Roundup From New York and Chicago
Stocks show irregular trading while cotton and grains move with liquidations and demand shifts. Wheat and corn fall on heavy selling. soybeans trade irregularly as hogs, cattle receipts and prices outline daily market activity with top figures noted.
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New York
Chicago
Magnavox Dealer in Decatur for 11 Years
Robinson Furniture on 2nd Avenue, Decatur, announced as Magnavox dealer for 11 years with contact at 353-2370 Adv.i
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Decatur
Magnavox
Robinson Furniture
2Nd Avenue
Candidates Speak At King's Memorial
Decatur voters heard 24 of 28 mayor city council candidates speak at a King's Memorial Methodist Church rally. Attendees criticized a 2 monthly garbage fee while many called for progress in education industry and sewer services. Several candidates urged repeal or study of the fee and turnout emphasized voting.
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Winford Turner
Decatur
King’s Memorial ‘Methodist Church
Lonnie G. Boutwell
Wallace Meadows
G. L. Russell
King’s Memorial Methodist
Maury Farrell Named To WMSL Managerial Post
Maury Farrell, a 30 year radio and television veteran, named station manager and general sales manager at WMSL TV. Effective Monday, he comes from WAAY TV Huntsville where he was GM and sales manager for five years. The FCC approved power increase to 1.8 million watts and move to Huntsville channel 48. Farrell aims to serve rural and urban communities as the station moves to Monte Sano Mountain and plans ABC affiliation.
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Maury Farrell
Wmsl-Tv
Farrell
Waay-Tv
Huntsville
WMSL
North
Alabama
Federal Communications Commission
Frank Whisenant
Setbacks For U S In Ground Fights
U S forces suffered losses in two ground battles, with 24 Americans killed and only five enemy bodies found. Marines from the 7th Regiment faced a day-long clash near Da Nang as about 200 North Vietnamese troops attacked, leaving 20 Marines dead and 40 wounded. An air victory saw a Navy pilot down a MIG 17 in a five-minute dogfight over North Vietnam.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
7Th
da Nang
Night of racial violence leaves officers wounded across cities
The Associated Press reports policemen wounded in Peoria Illinois Seattle Washington during the night. In Gary Indiana police silenced snipers with return fire and arrested 64 persons.
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Associated Press
Peoria
Hll
Seattle
Wash
Gary
Ind
Mexico City Police Disperse Students in Major Mutinies
A bazooka shell blast and bayonet charges by steel helmeted police and paratroopers rout hundreds of demonstrators at the National University No 1 preparatory school. The clash marks Mexico City's worst student disorders in two decades.
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Mexico City
National University
No. 1
Budget deficit hits 25.4 billion for year ending June 30
Washington officials reported the fiscal year closed June 30 with a budget deficit of 25.4 billion dollars, 5.6 billion more than the January estimate and 3.1 billion more than the March revised forecast.
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Washington
Smoking boosts risk of lung disease linked to pollution
A new American Cancer Society study suggests cigarette smoking multiplies a person’s susceptibility to a crippling lung disease associated with air pollution. The report highlights the combined harm of smoking and polluted air on respiratory health.
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Washington
American Cancer Society
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