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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1971
Page
1
A pilot voluntary kindergarten plan may start next school year in city schools. The plan would integrate four Head Start classes into a five year expansion, with certified teachers and new curriculum, funded by local and legislative support.
United Air Lines flight crew talked a pistol packing hijacker out of a trip to Israel at Dulles after forcing the plane to land. The 58 year old Glen Elmor Riggs of Boone County West Virginia held the crew hostage for three hours before being captured by FAA and police.
On this date in 1968 Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot and fatally wounded in a Los Angeles hotel. Also noted in the item is a local want ad number, weather brief for Athens and a Tennessee Valley pride line.
Army Engineers told a House subcommittee the Tennessee Tombigbee waterway project is worthwhile in the national interest despite environmental drawbacks. Maj. Gen. Koisch said a full environmental study is planned, with $1 million to finance it, as EPA and Fish and Wildlife raised questions. Mercury concerns in the river system were discussed, with engineers promising pollution solutions during the decade required for completion.
Four people died and at least 15 were injured when a truck loaded with dynamite exploded along U S 78 in Waco Georgia. Officials said two blasts occurred as rescue teams worked to reach the truck driver. Crews from Bremen Carrollton Tallapoosa Cedartown and other areas aided. Authorities noted a large dynamite stock and widespread damage including a highway crater shattered windows and disabled telephones. The trigger for the blasts was not determined.
Gov. George Wallace dedicates a new exhibit at the Alabama Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville. The display titled Americas Future in Space explains future space plans and program advances, including shuttle operations, space tugs, and a Jupiter flyby plan to reach Pluto faster.
Thirteen North Vietnamese disabled soldiers who wished to go home were moved from the U S troopship Upshur to trucks and sent to a large prison camp near Da Nang. A South Vietnamese spokesman had promised they would be in the first transfer batch if one occurs, but a repatriation fell through.
A Decatur Daily tip contest offers rewards for callers who report news. Call 353-4612 to participate and potentially win five dollars plus an extra five for regular subscribers.
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