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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1967
Page
3
Volunteers endure a three day test in a bare concrete shelter in Athens Georgia. Conditions mimic a real nuclear attack with no running water no toilets and limited food while researchers monitor psychological reactions and gather data to improve shelter training and public information.
The Associated Press reports police in many areas moved quickly to disperse crowds amid riot fears. Most detainees were juveniles with charges from disturbing the peace to curfew violations. In Cleveland MLK Jr. leaders met ministers to push for jobs and economic power, while H. Rap Brown urged freeing jailed rioters from Cincinnati.
President Johnson makes a surprise stop in Austin to address a fundraising audience. He delivers prepared remarks without mentioning the unplanned visit by Soviet Premier Kosygin, while slated to speak to donors from Texas Arizona Louisiana and New Mexico.
American corporations push to reassemble disrupted Middle East business as Arab boycott fears loom. Oil industry bears brunt with 90 percent of investment in oil. status of shipments unclear. Beited Beirut offices reopen amid lifted curfews. Coca Cola learns of Beirut plant fire from news reports.
On this date in 1775 the Battle of Bunker Hill occurred near Boston. Other events include Drake landing in California in 1579, John Wesley born in 1703, France seeking peace terms in 1940, Allied bombings in 1943, De Valera elected Irish president in 1959, and a 1963 Supreme Court ruling on school prayer.
AEC scientist Herbert Volchok reports that strontium 90 fallout likely peaked in 1966 and should fall further. Milk tests show low radiation, with strontium 90 levels strongest in the Southeast and overall numbers under safety guidelines as test moratoriums take effect.
Jewish scholars led by Avraham Biran view fragments seized when Israel captured Jerusalem’s Old City. They found scroll pieces but no catalog or complete records, hoping to locate museum inventories. The scrolls date from 150 B.C. to 68 A.D. and include varied translations and religious texts.
In 1813 the American naval officer James Lawrence is wounded in a battle with the British and declares Dont give up the ship. His brave line becomes a enduring naval slogan.
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