Army Celebrates 200th Year Across the Nation
The Army marks its 200th birthday with nationwide events including a Ford visit to Ft Benning Georgia a marching concert at Ft Benjamin Harrison Indianapolis and a Revolutionary War play. Festivities span Ft Devens Ft Hood West Point and other posts with parades salutes speeches and open houses.
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Ford
Ft. Benning
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Ft. Devens
Ayer
Mass
George Patton
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Ft. Douglas
Salt Lake City
Utah
Army
Ft. Hood
Texas
Train fire near Decatur depot delays Amtrak schedule
Amtrak train diverted after a car caught fire two miles from Oakworth yard. Fire extinguished at the depot, car detached, delays lasting about ninety minutes. Lingle inspects damage late Friday night and notes the cause may remain uncertain. No danger to passengers per Amtrak officials in Jacksonville Florida.
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Decatur
Oakworth Yard
Amtrak
Oakworth
Lingle
Jacksonville
Fla
Press Victory Reassessed by Rockefeller CIA Report
The Rockefeller Commission confirms a broad domestic spying program by the CIA. It cites thousands of files and a vast paper trail from Operation CHAOS, including tens of thousands of memos and a computer index of hundreds of thousands of names, many U.S. citizens. The Times had reported similar findings, with support from Seymour Hersh and ongoing concerns about improper government overreach.
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Montgomery
Washington Post
Richard Nixon
Rockefeller Commission
Central Intelligence Agency
New York Times
Seymour M. Hersh
Times
Commission
CIA
FBI
United States
Historians Unsure How Cannon Balls Ended Up There
Haney Homan of S.W. Bush Construction Co. reported eight cannon balls unearthed at the Limestone County Courthouse during foundation work. The Civil War ammunition, likely lead or iron and about 15 pounds each, were placed with the Limestone County Historical Society museum at Houston Memorial Library for preservation.
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Athens
Huntsville Construction
Limestone County
Haney Homan
S.w.bush Construction Co
Homan
Bush Company
Limestone County Historical Society
Houston Memorial Library
Cannonball finds tie Civil War era to local sites
Local historians connect Civil War era ammunition found at Limestone County sites. Cannonballs unearthed near Sulphur Trestle fort Elkmont and at the Pepper Hotel well relate to Union actions and a Confederate statue at the courthouse. The artifacts are on display at the museum.
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Pepper Hotel
Washington St
Marion St
Old
Cumberland Presbyterain
The
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Misstatements and CIA surveillance cited in press critique
The passage discusses a misstatement notice then shifts to sources on CIA domestic activities from the 1950s onward. It cites the Commission findings of wiretaps, bugging, break-ins, and mail surveillance without judicial warrants and limited Attorney General approval, praising press vitality.
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Pionage
CIA
United States
the Times
Kissinger Rabin Extend Middle East Talks Into Weekend
Secretary Kissinger and Prime Minister Rabin agreed to push peace talks into the weekend with Rabin bound for New York to join Kissinger. Kissinger said the period is a relaxed time in the Middle East process as momentum returns and further differences are narrowed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Israei
Yitzhak Rabin
Middle East
Rabin
New York
Kissinger
Blair House
Israel
Egypt
CBS
Simcha _ Dinitz
Rabins
Ford
United States
Jerusalem
Cairo
Abdel Halim Khad
Emergency numbers for Alabama counties and crisis lines
Emergency phone numbers for Decatur Morgan County Hartselle Limestone County and Athens are listed with 911 lines and sheriff, patrol, and crisis call center contacts. It advises dialing 0 if unsure and notes night hour lines.
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Jim Meherg
Taylor Hardin
Irv Watson
Wallace Center
Fred Underwood
Bobby Herbert
Amtrack
Johnston St
1st“Ave
Masonic Building
Elkmont
Decatur Daily
Alabama
W. R. Shelton
Henry
Mideast
By Barry Schweid
Daily Word Quiz
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Highway Patrol
911
Morgan County
Hartselle
Lawrence County
Cullman
Cathy
Paul
Little Harry
Buck
Judy
Brian
Kel
Diana
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