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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1968
Page
3
The court upheld gun law and police stop and frisk powers in 1967 under wartime pressures, while continuing to curb loyalty oaths and local government limits. Chief Justice Warren warned constitutional ties bend when national defense is at stake as home fatalities from shootings and poison rose to 1,600 for the fifth straight year.
Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford urged the Senate not to postpone Sentinel deployment warning a delay could cost at least two years in making the system available. He sent the letter to Sen. Richard B. Russell as administration supporters counter a bid to delay starting deployment by one year for the $5.5 billion Sentinel System.
A proposed surtax would cut a deficit estimated between 24 and 31 billion dollars and strengthen the dollar. Individuals face a 7.5 percent tax rise retroactive to April 1 while corporations endure the full year 1968. The measure extends the auto and telephone excise taxes and speeds up corporate tax collections with potential extension beyond June 1969 if needed.
Thousands gather on the Washington Monument grounds to demand an end to the Vietnam War and a "total war against poverty." Mrs. Martin Luther King Jr. calls for nonviolence and urges action by President Johnson, while banners press for jobs, pay, and guaranteed annual income amid a sunny, festive crowd.
Sam McClendon reports more than 4,000 acres of cotton in his county damaged by a recent hail storm or herbicide spraying in Bankhead National Forest. He notes most of the hail damaged cotton near Town Creek will be worthless, while other areas may see up to 50 percent loss. Despite this, he expects a harvest of 35,000 to 40,000 bales this year.
Mrs G Prestiss Lee of Portland Oregon elected first vice president. Two thousand delegates chose regional vice presidents including Mrs Lawrence Rapee of Bethesda Maryland in the East, Mrs Howard Ellis of Des Moines Iowa in the Midwest, Mrs Glenn Scott Jr of Ponchatoula Louisiana in the South, and Mrs Lyle Murray of Long Beach California in the West.
Defense Secretary Clifford, a key adviser on Vietnam policy, urged real progress as negotiators move to private talks. He questioned the value of formal sessions and said he was not persuaded there were North Vietnamese helicopters in the De militarized Zone in South Vietnam.
A rule bars federal employment for five years to offenders in riots or civil disorder or riot-connected felonies. It also lists categories including aliens unlawfully in the country Americans who have renounced citizenship and certain veterans.
Delegates at the Lutheran Church in America meet in Atlanta to elect a new president to succeed the late Dr Franklin C. Fry, who died two weeks prior. The process may require several ballots as nominations start after tributes to Fry. Fry’s final report, written before his death, weighs heavily on the outcome.
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