Tem Tom Bids Delayed Again in Waterway Project
Opening bids for the $386 million Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway construction were postponed from June 23 to July 8 after a Labor Department wage determination halt. The project in Gainesville Alabama involves canal work and a navigation lock, costing about $10 million and linking river basins to provide a Gulf access route from the Midwest.
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Cook Construction Co
Jackson
Labor Department
Army Engineer
Mobile
Gainesville
Alabama
Tombigbee River
Mississippi
Tennessee and
Tombigbee
Midwest
Gulf of Mexico
Decatur Board Approves Public Kindergarten Pilot
The Decatur Board of Education approved a pilot pay kindergarten program for four elementary schools with 25 dollar monthly fees. Classes run 8 to 11 a.m. five days a week for 20 to 25 five year olds, with potential afternoon sessions if demand exists.
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Decatur
Alabama
Decatur Board of Education
Curtis P. Sellers
Eastwood
Woodmeade
Walter Jackson
Austinville
Task Force
Patriotism Cited In Times Case By Gurfein
U S District Judge Murray I Gurfein opened a hearing on a Justice Department bid to bar further Times reports on a secret Pentagon Vietnam War study. He urged newspapers to consult the government as a matter of patriotism before publishing sensitive documents. The Times contends the disclosures did not threaten national security.
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New York
New York Times
U. S
Murray I. Gurfein
Justice Department
The
Times
Pentagon
the Times
United
Gurfein
U.S
Alexander N Bickel
Washington Post
Bickel
Post
Republic
Reward Offered in Adams Slaying at Madison Beverage Store
Gov George Wallace announced a $1000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Adams slayings perpetrator. Adams brother Joe of Huntsville adds another $1000. The killing occurred last week at Adams Alabama 20 beverage store in Madison during a robbery.
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George Wallace
Clifford Adams
Decatur
Adams
Madison
Joe Adams
Huntsville
Deadly slashing at Dixie Dragons HQ shocks North Augusta
In North Augusta South Carolina two men died and two women were critically injured in a blood splattered house that served as the Dixie Dragons motorcycle club headquarters. Police identified the men as Tommy Bolen and William Martin Wolfe both 26. The two women were named Connie Young and Fay Cato both about 18. The victims were bound and slashed with brutal wounds reported including possible eye gouging. Officers said the attack followed by the initial theory of a motorcycle gang confrontation. The scene was a small concrete block house serving as club HQ located in the North Augusta area.
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North Augusta
S.C
Tommy Bolen
Aiken
Navy
Motorcycle Club
Connie Young
Fay Cato
Bolen
Wolfe
The
Dixie Dragons
Welfare System Okay Predicted by Backers
Backers forecast House approval next week for a broad welfare reform plan. The bill would replace federal state welfare with a federal program offering 2400 dollars annually for a family of four, allow states to match or exceed but cap growth, and save states about 1.6 billion. Debate begins Monday with a vote likely Tuesday.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Waterloo Date and Weather Flag Tennessee Valley Note
On this date in 1815 the British defeated Napoleon at Waterloo in Belgium. Today's weather shows a 30 percent chance of rain and a high near 91 degrees, with 66 degrees tonight and similar highs Saturday. Local sections include obituaries and classifieds on A4 and A7.
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Napoleon
Waterloo
Belgium
Post Says Diem Held Up Viet Election
The Washington Post cited a Pentagon study claiming no U S connivance with the Saigon regime to block the 1955 elections. It says Ngo Dinh Diem alone thwarted the Geneva Conference plan, fearing a coalition government and Communist takeover.
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Post
Diem
Washington
Washington Post
Pentagon
United States
Saigon
North
South Vietnam
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Ngo Dinh Diem
Chalmers M
Memory flag flies for fallen son in North Korea
Walter and Mary Phillips of 918 North Jefferson Street Athens sent a letter to the Decatur Daily asking for a flag in memory of their son Corporal Billy Phillips who died at age 19 in a North Korean prison camp in 1950. A new flag now flies in front of their home.
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Decatur Daily
Cpl
Billy Phillips
North Korea
Walter Phillips
Jefferson St
Athens
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William Martin Wolfe
Chesapeake, Va
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N.Y
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Tvlog Financial
Tennessee Valley
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National Security Council
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