Ky Vows To Hold Power Until Next Year
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky and his junta said they would stay in power until next year and limit the Constituent Assembly while Buddhist protests roil Saigon. U S air forces and Navy raids near Haiphong intensified the war as Buddhist demonstrations continued.
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Andrew Borowiec
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S
Haiphong
Hancock
Ranger
North Viet Nam
Constituent Assembly
Junta
Pham Xuan Chigu
U. S. Navy
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Navy
Air Force
U. S
Little Ernie Miller Faces Surgery At Huntsville Hospital
Decator DIARY notes that Little Ernie Miller son of Mr and Mrs Irvin Miller 1014 8th Ave SW will undergo surgery Thursday at Huntsville Hospital. The Valley Business and Professional Women Club of Courtland meets at 7 PM Thursday at Mrs James Stutts residence near Moulton. The Morgan County Young Republican Club gathers at 7 30 PM Thursday at the State National Penthouse. De Molay Commandery No 14 Knights Templar holds convocations at 7 30 PM Thursday at the Masonic Temple all six knights urged to attend. DIARY on Page 2.
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Little Ernie Miller
Irvin Miller
8Th Ave
Huntsville Hospital
The
Valley Business and Professional Women’s Club ‘of
Courtland
James Stutts
Moulton
Morgan County Young Republican Club
de Molay Commandery No. 14
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
Court declines one man one vote in two Alabama counties
A federal panel in Montgomery refused to extend one man one vote rules to Do than and Roanoke's county boards of revenue Houston and Randolph counties. Judges majority said numerical imbalance does not prove invidious discrimination. See 1 MAN on Page 2.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
U.S. Supreme Court
Dothan
Roanoke
Boards of Revenue
Houston
Randolph
Walter Gewin
5Th Circuit Court of Appeals and Dist
Seybourn Lynne
Decatur Man Drowned On Smith Lake Ruled Probable Heart Attack
A 38-year-old Decatur man died while boating on Smith Lake about 18 miles east of Decatur. Winston County coroner’s office ruled the death a drowning with a probable heart attack. his body was found in a flat bottom boat near Yellow Creek fish camp by two Carbon Hill fishermen. He worked at Super-X Drugs in Huntsville. funeral plans to be announced by Gunthorp Funeral Home.
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Double Springs
Decatur
Here
Winston County
Erskin G. Pickips
Stratford Rd
Smith Lake
Douglas
Carbon Hill
Pickins
Yellow Creek
Grant
Huntsville
Gunthorp Funeral Home
City Hall
Gardner
Giles County
Tenn
Stella High School
Prospect
South
Civil Service
Washington
Birmingham News
The
Klan Anti Terror Moves in House Action Looms
Washington AP reports early House action may back a bill to empower the attorney general to seek federal court injunctions against Ku Klux Klan violence and terrorism. Rep Edwin E Willis, chairman of HUAC, introduced the legislation following a four month Klan probe.
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Washington
House
Attorney General
Edwin E. Willis
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Madison Youths Among 4 H Speaking Winners
Two Madison youths won at district 1 Alabama 4-H public speaking eliminations held at the experiment station. Lucy Hallman Marshall County and Jeff Norrell Madison County captured first place and $200 college scholarships. Second place went to Ursula Wright Madison County and Tommy Hays Blount County with $50 bonds. Brenda Rutherford Franklin County and Don Newman Jae County won third with $25 bonds. First place winners proceed to Auburn finals for a $100 savings bond prize.
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Lucy Hallman
Marshall County
Jeff Norrell
Madison County
Missula Wright
Tommy Hays
Blount County
U. S
Brenda Rutherford
Franklin County
Don Newman
Jae County
Auburn
Madison
Opium And Intrigue In Vientiane Frontier
The Laotian capital Vientiane is described as a front line where opium, gold, and gun running mix with CIA projects amid palace intrigue. The New York Times highlights this analysis by Harrison Salisbury and notes Army wives seek money and husbands as Viet Nam dominates life in Columbus Georgia near Fort Benning. Medicare is driving major changes in how about 7,500 hospitals operate.
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Vientiane
Central Intelligence Agency
James Bond
New York Times
Harrison E. Salisbury
Columbus
Fort Benning
Viet Nam
Times
Cooley Proposes Emergency Loans For Cotton Ginners
Washington AP Rep Harold D Cooley Democrat of North Carolina has introduced a bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make emergency loans to first processors of agricultural commodities in areas hit by reduced cotton production. Cooley says ginners bear the heaviest burden from government action trimming cotton plantings this year with only about 11 million of the 16 million acres allotted.
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Washington
Harold D. Cooley
D-N. C
Cooley
House Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Third Candidate In Commission Race
Herbert Gardner 48 of 106 Wilson St NW qualified as the third candidate for city commissioner. Gardner, a self employed commercial photographer, is independent and seeks to give voters choice in the August 16 election.
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Herbert
Hub) Gardner
Wilson St
LBJ to Urge Medical Leaders for Medicare Launch
President Johnson plans to appeal to medical leaders at a White House meeting to back Medicare starting July 1. He will urge ethical leadership to avoid hospital overload and review plans with admin officials and 300 health associations. Gardner reported 5,511 of about 7,500 general hospitals comply with the Civil Rights Act.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Johnson
White House
John W
Gardner
Chamber refunds mailed for Amoco site purchases
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce refunded 4 781 13 to 364 firms and individuals who helped bring the Amoco Chemicals Corp plant to the area. The refunds total 179 208 33 dollars, distributed pro rata from money not used to buy the site. The Amoco plant on Finley Island Road will initially employ 200 people as it expands.
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Decatur Chamber _ of Commerce
Amoco Chemicals Corp
Amoco
Finley Island Rd
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de Telegraaf
Faye Blair
Bellemina
the Times
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Wilson Morgan
Wille Products
Melvin Ozier
Perrylandings Trailer
Bill Landers
Herbert Gardner
Commission
LBJ
Medicare Aid
Davidson Heating Service
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Bobbie Lambert
Bob Harris
Sam Stewart
George Evans
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