Five Day Battle on Kontum Plateau Shrinks in Viet Nam War
The Kontum plateau clash in central Viet Nam eased by Saturday with scattered contact after five days of heavy fighting. U S military reports 266 enemy dead as Allied casualties remain light. U S paratroops from the 101st Airborne and 1st Cavalry joined fresh Vietnamese forces in the battle, which involved 3000 to 5000 combatants on high ground about 280 miles north of Saigon.
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George McArthur
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Kontum
Viet Nam
U. S
U.S
101St Airborne Division
Us- 1St Cavalry
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry
Hue police clampdown amid Buddhist protests in Viet Nam
Premier Cao Ky orders 400 riot police to Hue to secure the city as Buddhist dissidents threat en masse. Thich Tri Quang, though hospitalized and weak, vows to press protests until President Johnson ends U S backing for the military government. See 400 on Page 2.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hue
South Korea
Saigion
Thich Tri Quang
Quang
Johnson
Viet Nam
Soviet Leaders Open to Olive Branch on Viet Nam
Three top Soviet figures Brezhnev Kosygin and Podgorny spoke in moderate terms in Moscow pre election appearances hinting that a Viet Nam settlement could pave the way for constructive talks with the United States. They described Western leaders as sober and signaled willingness to cooperate on international questions.
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William L. Ryan
Viet Nam
United States
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
Soviet Union
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kimg
Brezhnev
Moscow
West
Kosygin
Nikolai V. Podgorny
U.S.S.R
Communist Party
Brezhnev Seeks New VC Aid Push in Viet Nam
Soviet leader Brezhnev said Moscow will make new efforts to help speed a Viet Cong victory in Vietnam. He called for ending American aggression in Vietnam and Europe security, signaling a harder line than Kosygin while leaving disarmament talks unresolved.
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Henry S. Bradsher
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Viet Nam
Brezhnev
Communi Party
Alexei N. Kosygin
Germany
West Germany
Space Agency
Spacecraft Center
Houston
Kosygin
United States
U.S
New Trial For Sam Sheppard
Samuel H. Sheppard earned a new trial after the Ohio prosecutor said the 1954 conviction for the bludgeon slaying of Marilyn Sheppard did not meet fairness standards. Sheppard, 42, served nine years before release and welcomed a second trial calling it a path to innocence.
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Robert L. Shaffer
Cleveland
Ohio
Samuel H. Sheppard
Marilyn
Cuyahoga County
John T. Corrigan
US Supreme Court
Sheppard
Corrigan
Lester Hospital Funds Approved For New Clinic
A $200000 loan for Dr D E Jackson to build a 22 bed Lester hospital clinic was approved by Sen John Sparkman and the Small Business Administration. Construction start date and final signing of papers remain undetermined. The existing 16 bed clinic will be torn down after the new facility is ready.
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Lester
Decatur Diary Travelers Plan California Visit
Decatur diary notes Mrs. Floyd Briscoe and Mrs. Fuller Merrill leaving town by plane to Los Angeles to visit relatives and tour UC Berkeley laboratory primary school. Police completed investigations into two automobile accidents by Friday night noting minor impacts and no injuries.
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Floyd Briscoe
Fuller Merrill
Decatur
Los Angeles
Calif
Laboratory
University of California
10Th St
Linda F. McConnell
Kooken Ave
Michael Bunnan
Edgewood St
Richard W. Fitzpatrick
Moulton
Chrysler
Ruby E. Shain
5Th Ave
6Th Ave
14Th St
Mayo Surgeon Appointed Chief at University Medical Center
Dr. John Webster Kirklin, renowned Mayo Clinic surgeon, accepts appointment as surgeon in chief and professor and chairman of the surgery department at the University of Alabama Medical Center in Birmingham. He succeeds the late Dr Champ Lyons, a pioneer in open heart surgery.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mayo Clinic
John Webster Kirklin
University of Alabama Medical Center
Kirklin
Champ Lyons
See Mayo
H&H Drugs Owner Announces Closing
Downtown landmark H and H Walgreens Drugs will close in about three weeks owner W T Hutchens says drift to large shopping centers hurts small retailers. Manager W C Montgomery says storewide sale starts Sunday and the store will close after all merchandise is cleared. Located at 2nd Ave and Johnston St the shop has long served downtown shoppers. Prior to 1954 it was Hagerty Drugs then Thompson Drugs.
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Faye Blair
H & H Walgreen Drugs
W. T. Hutchens
Hutchens
Huntsville
W. C. Montgomery
2Nd Ave
Johnston St
H & H Drugs
Hagerty Drugs
Thompson Drugs
Montgomery
Desegregation guidelines in Alabama schools examined
City Editor George Biggers analyzes the controversial federal desegregation guidelines facing Alabama public schools in the upcoming Sunday edition. David Knight reports on Decatur’s growing trash collection problem with data and figures highlighted for Sunday pages.
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Alabama
George Biggers
Decatur Daily
David Knight
Decatur
GE and Unions Clash Over Collusion Charges
GE and eight AFL-CIO unions accuse each other of collusion as they edge toward a federal court fight. unions seek to coordinate bargaining and sit in on each other’s talks with GE while GE refuses to negotiate with multiple unions at once.
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Washington
General Electric Co
Afl-Cio
International Union of Electrical Workers
Representanee GE
March Against Fear Walk Reaches Batesville Overnight Encampment
About 600 marchers halted overnight in Batesville Mississippi as the Meredith march against fear continues toward Jackson. Civil rights groups nationwide planned Sunday rallies while escorts from highway patrols separated a dump truck driver from the march. An earlier truck incident caused a brief halt as marchers rest and eat at the Coleman Chapel A.M.E. Zion church.
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Batesville, Miss
Meredith
Mississippi
Batesville
Jackson
U.S. 51
Coleman Chapel
A.M.E. Zion Church
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Hue To
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Sam Sheppard
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Mayo
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Ken Reynolds
Blanche Daily
Claudi¢ Barnett
Ned
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