North Vietnamese Attack Repulsed Near Tay Ninh City
More than 500 North Vietnamese troops attacked Firebase Ike 15 miles north of Tay Ninh City. US forces repulsed the assault as casualties rose with 7 Americans killed and 18 wounded. Air Cavalry fought back amid heavy shelling while B52s dropped hundreds of tons of bombs in the same area.
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Saigon
USS
Tay Ninh City
Tay Ninh
U.S
Ike
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Irregular Stocks Rule Markets Amid Mixed Grain Hints
New York trading shows irregular stocks with moderate activity. Wheat rises with active buying, corn up on weather clues, oats higher alongside corn. Soybeans mixed. hogs steady to weak at 27.25 top. Slaughter steers steady to 25 cents lower at 36.25 top in Chicago area.
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Chicago
Namath Poised to Return Amid Bar Ownership Controversy
Jets quarterback Joe Namath seeks a face-saving accommodation with Commissioner Rozelle to return to football while handling implications from his stake in Bachelors III and allegations of Mafia-linked crap games at his apartment. Abruzzese offers lie-detector pledge to deny knowledge of the games.
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Gerald Eskenazi
New York Times News Service
New York
Joe
Namath
Rozelle
New York Jets
Pete Rozelle
Bachelors Ill
Sports Illustrated
East 76Th Street
Seattle
Pat Boone
Ray Abse
ITI
Abruzzese
Namath Consults Top Lawyers Over Rozelle Demands
Joe Namath and a circle including Abruzzese and Bobby Van spoke by phone with Louis Nizer F Lee Bailey and Melvin Belli about Rozelle demanding a full separation. Namath wants his restaurant interest placed in trust but faces a possible probe into other charges. A police official linked Namath's apartment to craps racketeering while Abruzzese claims few have keys, though another source says many do.
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Namath
Robert Vannuchi
Bobby van
United States
Louis Nizer
F. Lee Bailey
Melvin Belli
Rozelle
Joe
Morgan County plans bedroom community with green belt concept
Morgan County may host a federally aided, non profit developed bedroom community in sparsely populated eastern land. 500 to 600 homes for up to 2500 residents could form this project backed by Rep. Rob Jones. NCARPDC officials envision a green belt garden district and preplanned traffic flow to prevent future congestion. City plans continue as details await Page 5.
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Morgan County
Vember
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Rob. Jones
Key Airport Congestion Eases as Controllers Return to Work
Air traffic controllers returned to full duty nationwide ending a demand related disruption that delayed flights by hours at major hubs. PATCO and FAA held a four hour Washington meeting with some understandings reached, though no formal settlement announced. Officials reported normal operations resuming with staffing back to usual levels.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
Bailey
Boston
FAA
PATCO
Class Of 29 Remembers How It Was
The Decatur High School class of 1929 gathered for a two day reunion with 42 classmates arriving for a banquet. Fred Eaves quipped that they are “too mean to die” as memories of the stock market crash era and the Great Depression were shared. Jess Lerner, now mayor of Bessemer, recalled the era’s mood and their long lasting bonds.
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Decatur High School
Pete West
Fred Eaves
Mildred Wood
Lucy Lee Bishop
Jess Lanier
Dan Blizzard
Charlotte, N.C
Eaves
Decatur High
Jess Lerner
Bessemer
Gordon Bible School
Nixon Eyes Major Vietnam Pullout by End of 1970
President Nixon expressed hope for significant U S troop withdrawals from Vietnam by year end 1970 and said inflation control measures should show effect in two to three months. He spoke during a 32 minute news conference outlining Vietnam, New York elections, missile defense, and a wiretap ruling.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
New York City
Luther King
Clark Clifford
U.S
ABC to Boost Enforcement in Northwest Alabama
Spencer Robb administrator of the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board said he was sending additional enforcement agents to halt non taxed whiskey flow into northwest Alabama. He did not disclose numbers but noted the plan creates the heaviest ABC presence in the state.
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Montgomery
Ala
Spencer Robb
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Alabama
Robb
ABC
Army expects 50,000 desertions by year end in 1969
Army testimony to the House subcommittee cites a 30 percent rise from 1968 with Lt Gen A O Conner blaming undisciplined recruits and societal shifts. Navy medicine notes 2,372 sailors discharged for drug abuse in 1968, a threefold jump, especially in Vietnam and the Marine Corps, where marijuana use is flagged as worsening patrol judgment.
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Washington
A. O. Conner
Army
House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Adm
G. M. Davis
Navy Medicine
Davis
Vietnam
Marine Corps
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Henderson County Memorial Hospital
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