Tighter Security Measures Urged At Morgan Jailhouse
Morgan County grand jury urged stronger jail security after last month escape of seven inmates. They recommended new window designs to block inmate observation, overhauled locks, repaired lighting, better hose storage, and a commercial kitchen dishwasher and sterilizer. Sixty five indictments were sent to prosecutors. Sheriff Sandlin praised jail cleanliness and preparations for a new courthouse, while calls grew for more deputized staff and additional investigators on merit.
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Morgan County
Sheriff’s Department
District Attorney’s Office
Grand Jury
David Sandlin
U S Steel Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Trade Ties
The government filed a civil antitrust suit against U S Steel Corp claiming reciprocal purchase arrangements to monopolize steel and steel products sales. In a separate dispatch from Seoul, South Korea reports a North Korean spy boat was sunk with 15 dead after a chase this morning. In Saigon, seven thousand allied troops advance toward a fortress near Da Nang to disrupt enemy positions in Central Vietnam.
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Washington
U. S. Steel Corp
Seoul
South Korea
Central Intelligence Agency
Saigon
Vietnam
da Nang
U. S
Methodists Announce Area Clergy Transfers in Decatur District
Bishop W. Kenneth Goodson announces ministerial moves across the Decatur district following the North Alabama United Methodist Conference. E M Barnes Jr shifts from Decatur First to East Gadsden, replaced by Robert L Archibald Jr. from Jacksonville.
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Decatur
W. Kenneth Goodson
North Alabama United Methodist Conference
Birmingham
E. M. Barnes Jr
East
Gadsden
Robert L. Archibald Jr
Jacksonville
Bob Gunn
Wesley Memorial
Tuscaloosa
Aliceville
Stanley P. Clark
Heat to Persist as Decatur Feels The Mid-Nineties
Decatur residents face continuing hot muggy weather with temperatures in the mid-nineties. The forecast shows a 30 percent chance of showers tonight, dropping to 20 percent Saturday. Earlier thundershowers offered little relief from the heat.
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Decatur
Decatur Considers Budget Increase in City Seminar
City officials begin preparations for a larger 1968 69 budget after a projected rise from 2.64 million to about 2.84 million with a $200 000 operating increase. City Manager Larkin Yates and Mayor Charles Gunthorf attend University of Alabama led seminar on budget processes and execution.
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Decatur
Larkin Yates
Charles Gunthorp
Yates
University of Alabama
Withdrawal of U.S. Brigades From Vietnam By August
The U S Command announced the first phase of redeployment in South Vietnam, with two brigades of the 9th Infantry Division and a Marine regimental landing team to be withdrawn by August and replaced by South Vietnamese forces. About 16 000 troops are involved in the initial pullout, part of Nixon’s 25 000 man replacement plan.
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United States
Washington
Pentagon
Melvin R. Laird
Hawaii
Nixon
9Th Infantry Division
South Vietnam
Marine
Dong Hai
I Corps
Demilitarized Zone
9Th Division
Vietnam
Green Light For Moon Mission Acknowledged
Houston AP reports Apollo 11 has approval for a July moon landing attempt. Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins face an intensive training schedule to meet the July 16 launch with Armstrong aiming to walk on the moon July 21.
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Aldrin
Armstrong
NASA Aide Expert With Spy Gadgets
A former Pentagon intelligence official, Dr. Eugene G. Fubini, was hired by NASA as an advisor days before the Defense Department ended a space spying program. He was sworn in June 5 to review scientific and engineering aspects of NASA programs. Fubini previously served as assistant secretary of defense and deputy director of defense research and engineering in 1963.
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Washington
Pentagon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Defense Department
NASA
Civilian
Space Agency
Eugene G. Fubini
Fubini
Kennedy
Gromyko Tests Egypt Sealed Middle East Talks Stage
Washington officials say Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko’s Cairo visit marks a critical point in a U S push for a Middle East settlement. The plan centers on a contractual Israel Arab peace agreement and phased boundary talks with minor 1967 line adjustments.
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Washington
United States
Middle East
Cairo
Andrei A. Gromyko
State Department
U. S
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Republic
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Israel
Nasser
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George W. Bretherick
Salem
Hartselle
Friendship
Limestone County
Robert G. Bottoms
Bessemer
Austinville
Denny M. Johnson
Hughley
Chapel Hill
Jimmy R. Beck
Huntsville
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Charlie
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
Midway Island
Creighton W. Abrams
Lee Troop
Donald K. Slayton
Slayton
By Jean Heller
Associated Press
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Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
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Egypt
Hedrick Smith
New York Times News Service
United Arab
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