Johnson says peace talks possible anytime anywhere for Viet Nam
President Johnson pledges U S willingness to discuss peace for Viet Nam any time anywhere with any government He challenged the other side to name the place and date and said both sides must want talks Mansfield proposed Rusk Chen Yi meeting Moyers said the President welcomed any suggestion
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Rose Garden
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Montana
New York
Dean Rusk
Chen Yi
Mansfield
Bill D. Moyers
TVA Awards Brown's Ferry Nuclear Plant Contract
The Tennessee Valley Authority awarded a $247 million contract to General Electric for a two unit nuclear plant at Brown's Ferry near Decatur. Construction to begin after AEC license. first unit due 1970 and second in 1971 with annual savings over coal of about $8 million, totaling around $100 million over 12 years.
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Brown's Ferry
Decatur
TVA
Atomic Energy Commission
General Electric
TVA Board of Directors
Hartselle Woman Wins $30,000 In Civil Suit
Agnes Ferguson of Hartselle was awarded $30,000 by a Morgan County Circuit Court jury in a $100,000 damage suit against Bobby Ray Hart of Decatur and Francis Tarbell of Huntsville. She claimed negligence in a September 1964 collision on U S 31 in Hartselle caused personal and property injuries and medical bills.
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Morgan County
Agnes Ferguson
Decatur
Albert Brewer
Bobby Ray Hart
Francis Tarbell
Huntsville
Ferguson
U.S. 31
Decatur Curb Market Opens Saturday Morning
The Decatur Curb Market at 1st Avenue and Grant Street SE will open from 6 to 11 am Saturday. Items for sale include green beans squash tomatoes butterbeans turnips and tops mustard greens potatoes cabbage beets cucumbers cut flowers canned vegetables jellies jams milk and butter.
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Tanker Toll Reaches 20 in New York Harbor Collision
Fire and heat hampered search for more victims after a collision in the Kill Van Kull channel left the British tanker Alva Cape burning and loaded with naphtha. Coast Guard reports 20 known dead among 101 crew and two tugs, 12 missing, 69 survivors, and 40 hospitalized while police list 21 dead. Harbor pilot cited signaling mixup as the cause. Texaco Massachusetts was empty.
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New York Harbor
Texaco Massachusetts
Donald Baker
Massapequa Park
N.Y
Alva Cape
Baker
Resegregate Calls Confirmed By State Official
City Editor George Biggers II reports that State Superintendent of Banking Robert M Cleckler confirms he called tuberculosis hospital officials in Alabama to request resegregation on behalf of Governor George Wallace. Cleckler denies any order or pressure and says he was misquoted by a Montgomery reporter.
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Decatur Daily
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Decatur
Montgomery
School Board Hires 21 Teachers for Fall
The city school board approved twenty one new teachers for the coming school year while noting about sixteen vacancies remain after eight resignations. Officials expect vacancies to be filled in roughly three weeks. The board also authorized a $2293.43 low bid for a maintenance truck from Hicks Chevrolet and awarded a $2050 contract to E P Childs for Lakeside High visual education room alterations. Supt H R Leeman may buy a $900 postage meter and seek bids for a boiler installation at Austinville School, with bids around $3000. Arthur Young and Co. was approved for auditing financial See SCHOOL on Page 2.
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H. R. Leeman
Austinville School
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Markets At A Glance
New York prices show mixed to firm shifts with cotton, wheat, and oats steady to firm. Corn and soybeans move with general buying and demand, while hogs and slaughter steer prices lift modestly with limited gains.
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Stow
Chicago
Future Lunar Tests Pondered By NASA Officials
NASA officials say future Surveyor flights will include tests to determine whether humans can survive on the moon. Surveyor 1 has sent 10 388 pictures since landing June 2 and NASA notes the surface appears firm enough to support man and spacecraft.
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USS
Ace
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Homer E. Newell
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NASA
Robert Gilruth
Manned Space Center
Houston
Downbeat U S business outlook shadows spending plans
A widely respected survey shows Americans are less optimistic about the business climate and their own spending than earlier in the year. Columnist M J Rossant comments on page five. In Cuba Premier Castro faces questions about command during crises stirring instability speculation. The New York Times analyzes the issue. Today’s man in the news is Orlando Wilson, Chicago police chief who helped quell Latin American unrest in the city.
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Castro
Cuba
New York Times
Orlando Wilson
Chicago
Sanatorium Head Nurse Resigns at Flint TB Hospital
Miss Ora D. Sanders, head nurse at the District One Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Flint, resigns effective Aug 15. Her move follows the earlier resignation of hospital medical director Dr S A Shaffer who cited gross inadequacies at the TB hospital.
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George Biggers
Ora D. Sanders
Flint
ITB Hospital
Sanders
Two Consider Race For City Commissioner
An active Republican plans to file qualification papers to run for city commissioner. George Royer 57 engineer at Redstone Arsenal announced his candidacy amid multiple petitions from supporters. He faces Melvin Ozier Bill Landers and Herbert Gardner who have qualified, with a fifth Democrat still undecided.
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Roger
Redstone Arsenal
Melvin Ozier
Bill Landers
Herbert
Hub) Gardner
Norvell posts bond after Mississippi march charges
In Hernando Mississippi Aubrey James Norvell the man charged with attempting to murder James Meredith posted a 25000 bond and was released from jail. In Hot Springs Virginia Secretary of the Treasury Henry H Fowler said a proposed tax increase remains an open question even as a slow down in the economy appears to begin.
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James Meredith
Mississippi
Hot Springs
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Cernan Says Visor Fogging Cut Gemini 9 Space Walk Short
Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan reported that overwork while maintaining position during Gemini 9 space walk caused visor fogging, forcing an early end to the EVA at Space Center Houston.
Miss Decatur Junior Miss Pageant Tonight at Decatur High
Twenty Decatur girls compete for Miss Decatur and Junior Miss titles in a two night pageant at Decatur High School. Judges evaluate beauty talent and personality through gown and talent events with finalists and alternates to be chosen.
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