Night break in at Taylor's Standard Service Station in Decatur
J D Taylor reported a nighttime entry at Taylors Standard Service Station 1202 4th Ave SE with only a few cigarette packs missing. Entrance gained through a rear window per police. Tom Roberts reported four hubcaps stolen from his 1956 Studebaker on Greenwood Dr SE. Police logged several traffic accidents and a docket list of city offenses. Wrendy Jones recovering from eye surgery at University Hospital. See DIARY On Page 2.
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World Watches Gemini Launch Progress In Space Walk
West European papers led with Gemini flight as millions tracked American astronauts on TV and radio. Edward H. White II reportedly walked in space longer than Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, with Sun calling him the space walk champ. Sir Bernard Lovell commented on the rapid American achievement.
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Bernard Lovell
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Space Walk Dialogue Echoes Baseball News During Gemini 4 Flight
Gemini 4 astronaut Edward White II chatted with Virgil Grissom while circling Earth on the second day of a four day mission. Grissom relayed a baseball score from a Pee Wee game: the Hawks defeated the Falcons 3 to 2.
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Completion of Four Day Flight Chance Bright
Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White enter the second day of the Geminie mission with the flight plan on schedule and no major hitches. White described vivid blue waters from space and saw Houston and Galveston Bay as he floated near the ship. Grissom noted the crew could read mission control and reported a Pee Wee baseball game result involving McDivitt’s son.
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Why Teens Stray Yet Many Seek Guidance and Purpose
A reader questions teenage vice, countered by a speaker noting most teens attend church, study, and respect parents. Surveys show top desired traits are honesty and kindness, while a minority rebels with media attention. The call is for guidance and encouragement to youth aged sixteen to twenty.
Marines kill 19 Viet Cong in Da Nang Phu Bai area
U S Marines reported 19 Viet Cong killed and 11 wounded with two Marines dead and 19 wounded in skirmishes across Da Nang Phu Bai. The Leathernecks pressed the offensive as Viet Cong efforts to hold the initiative continued. Government casualties for today and Thursday rose to at least 239 killed or wounded.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang-Phu Bai
Leathernecks
South
Viet Nam
Debate End Try Fails In House
In Montgomery AP reports an attempt to end debate failed during a renewed filibuster as Rep. Alton Turner Crenshaw County sought to force a vote on a gasoline line tax distribution amendment. The move to cut off discussion stalled as members adjourned for the weekend.
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Turner
Markets At PMECI elites Markets At PMECI elites
New York stock activity shows steady, slow trading with generally steady bonds. Chicago commodity quotes indicate Wheat lower on light selling, Corn firm with moderate demand, Oats firm to strong due to commercial buying, Soybeans higher with old crop months strong. Hog prices steady to 25 cents higher, top $23. Slaughter steers steady to 50 cents lower, top $30.75.
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Chicago
Battle near Quang Ngai leaves vast casualties
Vietnamese government troops of the 51st Regiment faced a Viet Cong assault six miles from Quang Ngai. In the opening battle nearly 200 troops were killed and more than 200 wounded with hundreds missing. Viet Cong casualties were about 600 by American count.
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John T. Wheeler Bagia
South Viet Nam
Quang Ngai
Rain Likely With Heat and Humid Conditions
The forecast calls for showers possibly with thunder, affecting about 20 percent of the area today and tonight. Highs near 92 and lows around 70, with humid conditions continuing. Showers expected again Saturday, little change Sunday, and southwest winds 5 to 15 mph, up to 35 mph in heavier showers.
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Mercury
Four Texans jailed after bank robbery arraignment
Four Texans charged with bank robbery in Birmingham were jailed under $25 000 bonds each after arraignment before U S Commissioner Louise O Chariton.
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Birmingham
U.S
Louise O. Chariton
Last Marines Leave D R
The United States Marine Corps said farewell to Santo Domingo as President Johnson ordered the rest of them out. About 2,100 Marines were airlifted to the carrier Boxer offshore while unclear whether the ship would sail elsewhere once the Marines boarded. Johnson announced in Chicago that Brazilian Gen. Hugo Panasco Alvim advised him on the Dominican Republic mission.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
U.S
Johnson
Chicago
Hugo Panasco Alvim
Visiting Limestone County Native Highlights Negro Role in Progress
In a Decatur Daily feature, John Knox recalls a Limestone County native whose life spans farming riverboat work and Valley growth. The interview emphasizes the enduring, active role of the Negro race in the region’s history from frontier times to present.
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John Knox
Decatur
Limestone County
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