Military Leaders Making Air War Decisions
U S military leaders are allowed freedom to strike within restricted and buffer zones in Indochina to curb North Vietnam war effort while pursuing goals to deny sea routes and reduce supply flows. Despite optimism, some doubt air power will force Hanoi to seek peace. missions exceed prior campaigns in scope with heavy use of mining, naval and air strikes and high sortie volumes in South Vietnam.
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Neil Sheehan
New York Times News Service
Washington
United States
Indochina
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
China
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Johnson
Rolling Thunder
Soviet Union
Gulf of Tonkin
Kwangsi Province
Yunnan
Red River
Laos
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Paris
Nixon
McGovern Jet Evacuated Over Bomb Threat in Pittsburgh
United Airlines jet carrying U.S. Senator George McGovern landed under threat and was evacuated after a bomb call. Three people were injured fleeing the emergency exit as officials searched the plane. no bomb was found. McGovern canceled an Oklahoma City dinner appearance and returned to Washington.
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Pittsburgh
United Air Lines
U.S
George McGovern
South Dakota
New York
Oklahoma City
McGovern
United
Greater Pittsburgh International
Chicago
Marylin Bitner
Washington
FAA
New York City
LaGuardia
Humphrey Rules Out Wallace as Running Mate
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey said there is no chance he and Alabama Governor George Wallace would be on the ticket. He called the Wallace option highly unrealistic and not his kind of Democrat, even as Wallace could influence the Democratic race.
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Pittsburgh
Hubert H. Humphrey
George C. Wallace
Humphrey
Alabama
Houston
Wallace
George Wallace
Hubert Humphrey
HUD Eyes $280,000 Chapel Hill Rd Water Project
Birmingham HUD regional director told Decatur and Morgan County officials a $280,000 plan to bring city water to Chapel Hill Rd may be funded soon as a staged project. If filed separately, the Chapel Hill portion could rise in priority, with a potential summer start and $128,000 local share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Windham
Birmingham
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Decatur
Morgan County
Chapel Hill Rd
Chapel Hill
Jon Will Pitts
Alabama
Pitts
Vestavia Dr
Charles Gunthorp
Water Dept
Mgr
George Godwin
Morgan County Commission
Dick Fleming
Bill Levin
Guy Roberts
North Central Alabama Regional Council of Governments
Max Blankenship
West Morgan
Danville Rd
Chapel
Hail and High Winds Hit Lawrence County Homes
A thunderstorm with high winds and hail swept through Lawrence County on Friday night leaving several hundred homes without power. By 10 p.m. Friday, many Hillsboro area houses remained without electricity for over four hours.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
Hillsboro
Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corp
Colbert
National Weather Service
Huntsville
Alabama
Arab
Decatur
Florence Rd
Mars pictures end two-month wait from Mariner 9
NASA and observers announced Mariner 9’s TV cameras survived a critical survival mode and returned the first Mars images in two months. The distant planet’s surface appeared in sharp detail as engineers confirmed instrument readiness amid lingering doubt.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 9
Mars
Combat Identification program to curb theft in Morgan County
The Exchange Club of Decatur teams with local law enforcement to launch Operation Identification in Morgan County. Participants pay $2, receive an engraving pen to mark valuables with their driver’s license number, and get two stickers after returning the pen. Proceeds support police activity.
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Morgan County
Exchange Club of
Decatur
Alabama
Melvin Nipe
Exchange Club
Nipe
First Dutch settlers land on Manhattan island 1610
Daily On This Date reports that in 1610 the first Dutch settlers landed on Manhattan Island. Thunder showers are predicted with high near 90 and a low around 70. Sunday forecast in the upper 80s with a 50 percent rain chance. Weather and river map noted on page 2. It's a Tennessee Valley privilege.
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America
Manhattan Island
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Finis J. Self
Gary Wilhite
Wallace Veep
By Evan M. Pattak
Eel Wallace
Humphrey-Wallace
Textile Workers Convention
Jesse Jackson
PUSH
People United To Save Humanity
Jackson
Mr. Humphrey
Godwin
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Silver Spring
Holy Cross
Lawrence
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Memphis
Tenn
Frigidaire Sales & Service
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
Law
Athens
Tennessee Valley
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