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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1968
Page
1
City leaders must choose the path for a proposed redevelopment project in the downtown district. Officials weigh economic benefits against community impact and funding options as negotiations continue.
U S Ambassador W Averell Harriman accused North Vietnamese leaders of ruling by terror and butchery and urged them to grant more freedom. He criticized Hanoi for not honoring the 1962 Laos agreement and called for North Vietnam to leave its neighbors alone. Xuan Thuy was absent from the session.
Allied forces including armored gunboats helicopter gun ships and South Vietnam Marines moved into the Mekong Delta near Cai Lon River 92 miles southwest of Saigon. Reports say at least 90 Viet Cong were killed and an arsenal with 62 weapons 423 mortar rounds and 12 000 rounds of small arms was seized. Two South Vietnamese soldiers were wounded. The assault began Tuesday in the southern Mekong Delta area long controlled by the Viet Cong.
The Atomic Energy Commission approved a permit for a third reactor at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant in South Limestone County. The unit, costing about 125 million dollars, will add 1,098000 kilowatts of capacity and push TVA total investment to around 400 million dollars with about 400 workers once online. Construction workers at the site number roughly 1,300.
Brezhnev fell ill during the Soviet Czechoslovak talks on liberalization in Cierna and did not attend the session. Dubcek visited Brezhnev on the Soviet train. no word on ending the talks. The three day meeting extended as Soviets pressed for dissident views from the 114 member Presidium.
California Governor Ronald Reagan told North Carolinians during a Tuesday night speech that their votes would be wasted in a futile effort if they supported third party presidential candidate George C. Wallace.
In Selma Alabama an early morning blaze destroyed WSLA TV with authorities investigating a bomb threat from a disgruntled viewer. Sheriff Wilson Baker said station official Billy Morgan and an unidentified man called the studio Tuesday to complain about a program. See FIRE on Page 10.
In a speech before about seven thousand at a Republican rally Reagan warned that votes for Wallace would neutralize the South and aid Democrats. He spoke to delegates and later planned a GOP platform committee appearance in Miami Beach. See WALLACE on Page 10.
Richard Nixon called for a militant crusade against crime to restore freedom from fear to the American people. In Pittsburgh, the steel industry leaders announced price increases less than a day after the United Steelworkers Union scored a historic billion dollar labor win.
Advertising notice for window air conditioner cleaning and servicing by Davidso Heating Service with contact number 353-4623adv.
George C. Wallace told more than 2,000 county officers at the National Association of Counties convention that people are sick of law and order breakdown and federal dictation. He criticized Supreme Court authority and party leadership, urged decentralization, and urged harsher treatment of criminals. He also commented on Vietnam and the Paris talks.
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