U S Forces Destroy Viet Cong Battalion in Major Clash
U S paratroopers routed a Viet Cong battalion after two days of fierce fighting in South Vietnam. The enemy left 292 dead on a five mile front in the central highlands. A helicopter lift pushed reinforcements into the 101st Airborne area 260 miles northeast of Saigon as clashes continued.
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Andrew Borowiec
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Mekong Delta
101St Airborne Brigade
Rights Leaders Plan March Through Mississippi
Civil rights organizers paused their planned Mississippi march to set strategy and secure supplies. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visited James Meredith in Memphis hospital where Meredith may resume the march after ambush injuries. Memphis lies about 35 miles north. Federal troopers and volunteers arrive from New York and Oakland to support the effort.
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Coldwater
Miss
Mississippi
Martin Luther King
James Meredith
Memphis
Here
Meredith
New York
Oakland
Calif
Merger talks loom for NFL AFL under one commissioner
AP reports both leagues near a formal merger plan with a single commissioner as discussions accelerate. In Washington, President Johnson and leaders foresee a civil rights bill passage after talks on the Meredith shooting. In Saigon, U S forces in Vietnam rise toward an expected 400000 by mid year.
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New York
National Football League
American Football League
Associated Press
Washington
Johnson
James Meredith
Mississippi
Congress
Medical Assistants Meet in Morgan County Thursday
Morgan County chapter of Medical Assistants will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday at the Children s Clinic with Dr E J Phillips to speak Charles Kellogg 18 Decatur youth graduates from the Custer Job Corps Center Battle Creek Mich Kellogg son of Mr and Mrs Ollie Kellogg 504 12th Ave NW received training in heavy equipment operation The American Business Women s Association will meet at 7 p m Thursday at Holiday Inn Downtown See DIARY on Page 2
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Morgan County Chapter of
Children’s Clinic
E& J. Phillips
Charles Kellogg
Decatur
Custer
Battle Creek
Mich
Kellogg
Ollie Kellogg
12Th Ave
American Business Women’s Association
Heliday—Inn
City Sidewalk Rule Amendment Okayed
The Decatur Planning Commission adopted a sidewalk ordinance amendment after protests from some city developers. The change allows sidewalks to be installed as deemed necessary by the planning commission, replacing a proposed requirement for sidewalks on both sides of all streets in new subdivisions pending city approval.
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Decatur Planning Commission
City Planning Commission
Commission
Gene Lentz
Decatur
Planning Commission
City Commission
City
Jet chase crash kills famed test pilot Walker
Edwards AFB Calif AP World record holding X15 pilot Joseph A Walker died today when an F104 chase plane he piloted collided with an XB70A research bomber. Both aircraft crashed and burned. Al White parachuted to safety and was hospitalized. Copilot Maj. Carl Cross fate unclear.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Joseph A. Walker
Air Force
al White
Maj
Carl Cross
Great Bomber Controversy heats up in Congress
The Decatur Daily reprints the New York Times piece by Hanson W. Baldwin on the ongoing Great Bomber Controversy. Congress stresses the manned bomber’s future security role and approves more funds than the administration requested as debates over missiles versus bombers deepen.
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Hanson W. Baldwin
New York Times
Decatur Daily
Baldwin
Congress
U. S
Reagan Sweeps GOP Vote In California
Reagan wins California GOP primary with 1 070 052 votes to Christopher 471 988 as Yorty loses. Brown faces a Republican challenge while a runoff looms and Democrats retain a large registration edge.
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Reagan
California
Sam Pem Bettee
Edmund G. Brown
San Francisco
George Christopher
Los Angeles
Samuel W. Yorty
Brown
Yorty
Christopher
Tion Edge
Eastland Wins Mississippi Primary Overshadows Negro Hope
In Mississippi the incumbent Senator James O Eastland and four Democratic congressmen won decisive reelection bids. Negro registration neared 20 percent of 675000 eligible voters but the black backed ticket captured about 12 percent. Eastland led the only statewide contest while Abernethy Whitten Williams and Colmer also won with comfortable margins. A question remained whether State Senator G V Montgomery of Meridian secured his race.
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Jackson, Miss
James O. Eastland
Eastland
Thomas Abernethy
Jamie Whitten
John Bell Williams
William Colmer
G. V. Montgomery
Meridian
Alma Pounds Key West as Hurricane Moves Inland
Hurricane Alma lashed Cuba then swept into southwestern Florida with winds near 70 mph and gales reaching Miami. Key West faced empty streets, rising water, and power outages as residents sought shelter and military families sheltered at the Key West Naval Base.
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Miami
Fla
Alma
Key West
Florida
Cuiba
U.S
Key West Naval Base
Decatur Area Sees Scattered Rain and Heat Today
The Huntsville Weather Bureau forecasts blistering temperatures with high humidity for Decatur today and tonight, spurring additional showers and thundershowers. Scattered rainfall is expected across the area through Thursday. Page 2 notes HOT.
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Decatur
Huntsville Weather Bureau
Johnson Faces Medicare Startup Risks in 1966 Election Year
President Johnson muzzled by the Medicare rollout as a potential political liability if hospital bottlenecks arise or civil rights noncompliance spreads. White House convenes 200 leading physicians and hospital administrators from all states to guide the program and foster cooperation next Wednesday.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Johnson
White House
Window AC Cleaning Offer From Davidson Heating
Davidson Heating Service advertises window air conditioner cleaning like new for a phone number 353-4623 with a local service message and contact prompt.
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Davidson Heating Service
Market summary headlines and grain prices on page two
In New York stocks showed gains amid slow trading. Chicago grain futures moved with wheat lower and corn mixed in light trading. Oats and soybeans held steady to firmer, hogs steady to 75 cents lower with a top of 26.50, slaughter steers steady to slightly lower up to 27.50.
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Chicago
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