Taylor Named U S Ambassador to South Viet Nam
Gen Maxwell D Taylor, undefeated in battle, will lead U S civilian and military efforts in Saigon. He follows Henry Lodge as ambassador after Lodge resigns to support Scranton’s presidential bid. Taylor plans to depart in 10 to 14 days. Lodge denies candidacy while Scranton hails the decision as a campaign boost.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
South Viet Nam
U.S
Saigon
Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge
Taylor
Lodge
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Winds Damage Neel Buildings in Morgan County
Neel resident escapes serious injury when blown from a demolished garage by a small tornado around 1 30 p m. in Morgan County. W A Hicks Garage suffered major damage while other structures survived. Estimated damages run 4000 to 5000 dollars with minor back injury reported.
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Neel
Morgan County
Hicks
W. A. Hicks
Decatur civic meetings and lodge events announced
The Decatur Swim Team Parents will meet at city hall Thursday at 7 30 p m with officer elections. Mary Lou Dancy Chapter 320 Order of the Eastern Star will publicly install officers Saturday at 8 p m in the Masonic Building followed by a banquet at the Cornelian Hotel Sirloin Room at 6 15 p m. Reservations to Mrs Butler Hine at 353 9325. Firefighters responded to a grease fire at 2107 6th Ave SE with no loss. Summer school registration at Decatur High for returning students closes July 6. See Diary on Page 2.
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Decatur
City Hall
Mary Lou Dancy
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic
Sirloin
Cornelian Hotel
Butler
Hine
6Th Ave
Best way to teach children faith by example
A mother’s example shapes faith more than lectures. Noted figures credit upbringing. walking in Christ daily impacts children. Read the Bible, but demonstrate the truth in life. children respond to what they see more than what they hear.
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S.A
Robert Moffat
John Randolph
St. Augustine
God
Christ
Market Summary From New York to Chicago Bids
AP reports mixed gains and small shifts across futures and commodities. Stocks rise in New York while rails hold gains. grains show firm to steady trading with short covering in Wheat Corn and Soybeans. hogs and slaughter cattle face modest declines with top prices noted.
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New York
Chicago
Decatur Views Moon Eclipse Tonight
The first total lunar eclipse of the year will be visible in the Decatur area if skies are clear. The moon enters Earth's umbra at 6 16 and begins to leave at 7 58 with possible partial visibility at moonrise. Weather may bring 80 to 100 percent cloud cover with showers and thunderstorms.
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Robert Stansell
Daily
Decatur
Jewelry theft sparks police action in Athens
A 24 year old Athens mother Nellie Ann Timmins admitted stealing about 380 dollars in jewelry from J E Cluxton Jeweler on Market Street around midnight. She was charged with second degree burglary and released on 750 dollar bond. Earlier a 31 year old Athens man Eli Hughes faced grand larceny charges for stealing over 200 dollars from Clifton Kemps Grocery near Pisgah and was released on 750 dollar bond.
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Athens
Pisgah
Nellie Ann Timmons
J. E. Cluxton Jeweler
Market St
Eli Hughes
Limestone County
Hughes
Clifton Kemp
See Jewels
Lodge says Viet Nam not issue in US campaign
Henry Cabot Lodge states the Viet Nam war will not be a campaign issue, citing past disasters becoming political topics and noting no such outlook now. He resigns as ambassador to South Vietnam to assist Gov. William Scranton’s bid for the Republican nomination as the campaign heats up.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Viet Nam
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Truman
Lodge
Escapee Still Sought Near Enterprise
Sheriff Tillman said a footprint near the slain Enterprise couple’s car matches that of an escaped Afro American convict. An Ozark officer’s sighting of a man jumping from the car fits the description of Ben Mathis, who escaped from a road camp at Enterprise Saturday night.
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Enterprise
Ala
H. D. Tillman
Ozark
Ben Mathis
Johnson health care plan dies in House Ways and Means
The House Ways and Means Committee dropped President Johnson’s proposed health care for the aged, dealing a serious setback to enactment this year. A separate measure to cut 267 million from the space program failed in the Senate 42 to 38. Federal Judge H Hobart Grooms ordered Madison County schools to desegregate at least four grades in September.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Birmingham
H. Hobart Grooms
Madison County Board of Education
Thundershower Activity Dips Temperatures and Clouds
Thundershower activity increases as clouds move over the area causing a sharp drop in temperatures. A high of 93 is forecast for today with a low of 66 tonight and showers or thunderstorms expected mainly in the afternoon and early evening. The forecast calls for mostly cloudy and warm conditions with lingering showers, then clearing Thursday to mostly sunny skies.
Dulles Leaves Today To Aid Investigators
Federal and state agents renewed a door to door and swamp search for three missing civil rights workers. Allen Dulles heads to Mississippi on a White House mission to coordinate the probe with Gov. Johnson and the FBI as the wagon believed used by the trio is found near a swamp.
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Michael Smith
Philadelphia
Miss
Mississippi
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
White House
FBI
Neshoba County
Neshoba
FDI
Andy Goodman
Michael Schwerner
New York City
James Cheney
Meridian
Cheney
Johnson
Dulles
Paul B. Johnson
Highway Patrol
City Wrecks Injure Nine in Tuesday Accidents
Nine people were injured in automobile crashes in Decatur Tuesday. All were treated and released from local hospitals. Names include Vivian Glenn Arnold 24 Linda Lister 15 Ella Glenn ... Dessie Rodgers 52 and Mrs R W Jones 84 with neck back and limb injuries.
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Decatur
Vivian Glenn Arnold
Lakeview Trailer Court
Linda Lister
Pensacola
Fla
Ella Glenn
Dessie Rodgers
Somerville Rd
R. W. Jones
Hart
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Capitol Hill
William CC. Westmoreland
A. Alexis Johnson
Westmoreland
Army
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Decatur High
Asia
Nee Lodge
Ichange
Moulton St. Lady
Judy Ferguson
First National Bank
Lee, City
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
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