Health officers sought in North Alabama counties
State Health Department struggles to hire four or five health officers for Morgan Limestone and Lawrence counties. Dr. William J. Donald cites lack of graduating physicians and low salary as main obstacles. Dr. John Herrin may cover Morgan and Limestone part time until a permanent officer is found, while Lawrence remains without coverage.
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Winford Turner
State Health Department
North Alabama
Morgan, Limestone
Lawrence
Lawrence Counties
Morgan
Limestone Counties
Donald
John Herrin
Florence
Lauderdale County
Herrin
Limestone
Morgan Counties
L. R. Murphree
Lawrence County
Morgan County
Morgan and
Alabama
Health Department
Child Dies or Injured in Athens Area Car Crash and Fire
Six year old Jesse Wayne Brewer of Athens is struck by a car on U S 72 four miles east of Athens around 4 p m Monday. The driver is Joseph Reed 18 of Huntsville. The child was treated at Athens Limestone Hospital. The Decatur Fire Department responded to a car fire at 608 Martha St SW with slight loss reported.
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Jesse Wayne Brewer
Athens 3
U.S. 72
Athens
Joseph Reed
Huntsville
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Decatur
Martha. St
De Gaulle Opens Talks With Brezhnev In Moscow
President Charles de Gaulle met with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in Moscow for three hours to discuss East West relations and German unification. Spokesman said the French president arrived urging joint efforts to solve Europe’s problems. Brezhnev led most of the discussion with Kosygin present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Coleman
Moscow
Charles de Gaulle
France
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Europe
Soviet Union
Brezhnev
Communist Party
Alexei N.kosygin
Two More In City Race and Deadline This Afternoon
Two more filings join the Decatur city commission race as deadlines loom this afternoon bringing total candidates to seven. Charles B. Martin 34 Acrilan Technical Service rep at Chemstrand and George Royer 57 an engineer at Redstone Arsenal submitted papers around 1030 am and noon respectively. Royer plans to comment Saturday morning and notes prior campaigns and travel. Existing candidates include Bill Landers Melvin Ozier Herbert Gardner Eugene Shelton and William Lindley. Commissioner Wilson Morgan will not seek a fourth term. Martin aims to address youth education safety and recreation and library space needs. See TWO On Page 2.
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George Royer
City Hall
Royer
Redstone Arsenal
Decatur
Standard Oil
City Commission
Bill Landers
Melvin Ozier
Herbert
Hub) Gardner
Eugene
Gene) Shelton
William Lindley
Wilson Morgan
Martin
Dalstrom Elected Vice Moderator of Synod
The Rev. Edwin F. Dalstrom pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church was elected vice commander of the Synod of Mid-South United Presbyterian Church at the annual synod meeting in Maryville Tennessee. He has served on multiple synod committees over 14 years and pastored Westminster for five years. Dalstrom named as stated clerk on Page 2.
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Edwin F. Dailstrom
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Synod of Mid
Maryville
Tenn. College
Décatur
Westminster Presbyterian
Dodd misconduct probe aims at Senate ethics reform
James P. Boyd Jr. urged that the inquiry into misconduct charges against former boss Senator Thomas J. Dodd could prompt reforms in the Senate ethical procedures. Food prices fell 0.6 percent last month while overall living costs rose 0.1 percent, the Labor Department reported. A Birmingham high school coach, John Lee Armstrong, was named head football coach by Samford University.
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Washington (Ap
James P. Boyd Jr
Thomas J. Dodd
Senate
Washington
Labor Department
Birmingham
John Lee Armstrong
Samford University
Two Die After Air Collision Near Hampton
A Marine Corps attack bomber collided in flight and crashed into a suburban Hampton neighborhood. Police reported the death of a 30-year-old mother Mary Gallant and her 19 month old son Donald, with 44 others treated for burns and injuries. Ten people remained hospitalized and sixty were left homeless as ten houses were destroyed and 17 damaged. Police Chief L H Nicholson said no additional bodies were found and no missing persons were reported.
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Hampton
Marine Corps
Mary Gallant
Donald
L. H.nicholson
Nicholson
F. F. Hopkins
Summer At 4 33 Arrives For Hearing
Len J Dodd of Connecticut centers and James Waters of Kansas City and John Sennett of New York City arrive for a hearing in a closed room as the session begins.
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J. Dodd
D-Conn
James Waters
Kansas Cit
John Sennett
New York City
1000 Gls In Bitter Fight With 500 Cong
American paratroopers clashed with 500 Viet Cong in Phu Yen Province as 101st Airborne and 1st Cavalry fought through jungle with log bunkers and tunnel networks. The 36 hour battle left 69 Communists killed with heavy air support from B52s and naval planes.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
101St Airborne Division
1St Cavalry
Phu Yen
Tuy Hoa
101St Airborne
North Viet Nam
Kontum
Nathan Hale
Kontum Ridge
U.S. Air Force
Guam
Catholic orders push to modernize amid changing vows
The New York Times notes 250,000 Americans living under monastic vows as religious orders discuss modernization. Draft quotas in Vietnam influence the consumer economy, with Times analysis exploring economic problems. Drama critic Stanley Kauffmann weighs if Shakespeare remains our contemporary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Viet Nam
the Times
Stanley Kauffmann
Shakespeare
City Housing Loan Upped for Decatur Authority
A $375 420 loan increase from the Department of Housing and Urban Development was approved for the Decatur Housing Authority. The funds will advance a high rise 100 unit elderly housing project and add 50 more units at another site. Director Charlie Parker noted the initial 1964 loan of over $1.6 million was insufficient.
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Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Decatur Housing Authority
Bob Jones
John Sparkman
Lis
Ter Hill
Charlie Parker
Parker
New York Stocks Rise Amid Active Trading
AP reports a brighter session with higher stocks and active trading. Commodity notes show cotton quiet, wheat lower in Chicago, corn and oats mixed, soybeans falling on late selling. Hog prices jump to $27 top, slaughter steer market steady at $26.00.
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New York
Chicago
Bryant remains hospitalized after internal bleeding reports
Doctors in Los Angeles said they found evidence of internal bleeding in Alabama Coach Paul Bear Bryant. Mrs Bryant told the Birmingham News that additional electrocardiograms had been taken and more were planned for View Park Community Hospital this afternoon.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Alabama
Paul
Bear) Bryant
Bryant
Birmingham News
Benny Marshall
View Park Community Hospital
Bryant’s condition uncertain amid potential internal bleeding
Bryant remains under medical care with attending physicians saying checks for internal bleeding cannot occur before Thursday. He rested fitfully after a sleepless night while Mrs. Bryant voices cautious optimism. The bulletin indicates Friday is the earliest possible update.
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Marshall
Bryant
Mrs. Bryant
War costs said within budget as Vietnam war pace shown
Pentagon officials report Vietnam War spending remains within the June 1967 budget limits set by Defense Secretary McNamara. Monthly air munitions and ground weapons use trail planned levels by about 40 percent, while aircraft losses run lower than expected. McNamara aims to fund necessary power without a surplus, assuming the war ends by June 1967.
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Washington
Viet Nam
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
Southeast Asia
McNamara
United States
U.S
Ewsmen
K Korea
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Kremlin
Lee DE Gaulle
Cora Blair
Charles B. Martin
Acrilan
Chemstrand
Dalstrom
Lee Dalstrom
Wbeechette
Soviet
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Rived
Alexei Kosygin
Extreme
Harry Nash
Senate Ethics Committee
By Robert Tuckman
City Housing Loan
Bulletin
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
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