Spirit Of America Day speakers at Decatur July 4 program
Brig. Gen. Donald F. Blake will headline the Spirit of America observance at Decatur High School Stadium with about 10 000 attending. The event honors families from Morgan Lawrence Limestone and Cullman counties who lost loved ones in Vietnam. Activities include Little League games softball tennis swimming diving and a full musical program at Delano Park starting 1 p.m. The Red Cross Bloodmobile will also operate for the first time in the area.
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Alvin Benn
Donald F. Blake
U.S. Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
Blake
Delano Park
Philadelphia
Four County
Decatur Jaycees
Athens
Moulton
Decatur
Jerry Lee
Decatur Diving Club
Robert Schlink
Clyde Owens
Redstone Arsenal
Spirit of America
Arsenal
American National Red Cross
Red Cross
Linden Claybrook
Birmingham
Interstate 65 Hartselle to Tennessee Line Paving Plans
State Highway Department expects bids in two to three months for paving about 30 miles of I-65 from Hartselle to the Tennessee line. Project cost around 20 million, including a dual bridge south of Mooresville estimated above 6 million. Construction triggers extension of I-65 south toward Cullman and Kimberly after project completion.
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State Highway Department
Hartselle
Tennessee State Line
Lan
Tom Epsy
InteriState
Montgomery
Mooresville
Epsy
Tennessee Line
Meredith Steps Off 17 Miles on Fear Walk
Meredith resumed his 17 mile symbolic walk along U.S. 51 toward Jackson, starting where shotgun blasts felled him a year earlier. He emphasized responses from local African Americans while authorities reported no special security, with highway patrols on standby to prevent traffic problems.
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Meredith
U.S. 51
Jackson
Invitation for LBJ to visit Russia expected
Kosygin’s trip to North America and Johnson’s talks at Glassboro signal a potential invitation for President Johnson to visit the Soviet Union. U S officials see likely gains in easing Cold War tensions though Hanoi’s fate hinges on China and North Vietnam. Rusk and Gromyko will carry forward next week talks as Kosygin shifts to a friendly stance.
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Kosygin
Johnson
Soviet Union
Nagara Falls
U.S
Vietnam
Hanoi
Glassboro
N.J
Johnson and Kosygin
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
U.N. General Assembly
Middle East
North regulars maul U.S. unit near Dak To
North Vietnamese regulars attacked the 173rd Airborne Brigade in the central highlands killing 76 Americans and wounding 24. In the battle near Dak To, retaliation and air strikes followed as U S officials delayed casualty counts due to security.
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Saigon
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Central Highlands
U.S
Prints Match In Robbery Slaying Trial
FBI Agent Robert L. Ball testified that a fingerprint on a cash register at a murdered youth s workplace matched the fingerprint of Charles Holland 20 formerly of Newark who faces robbery slaying charges in Ocean County court. Ball described fingerprinting methods to the judge and jury as Holland showed little reaction during testimony.
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Toms River
FBI
Robert L. Ball
Charles Holland
Newark
Holland
Ocean County
of Ball
Questioning the Pronicotyl Smoking Cure Promise
Mrs. Coffey of Decatur asks about the Anti Tobacco Center of America offer and its 60 day refund. The BBB of New York City says the product Pronicotyl implies a cure and has received many complaints over non effectiveness and failure to honor refunds.
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Anti-Tobacco Center of America
Jerry Coffey
Decatur
Better Business Bureau of
New York City
Dateline
BBB
Wallace Campaigns in Arkansas Telling Executives He Will Run in 1968
Former Alabama Governor George Wallace spoke to Arkansas newspaper executives in Hot Springs and said he would seek the presidency in 1968 if neither major party pledges to reduce federal government power. He spoke after a Friday stop in Findlay, Ohio, predicting that government limits would be restored.
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John R. Starr
Hot Springs, Ark
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Arkansas
Collision Leaves Lott With Forehead Lacerations
A spokesman reported Lott suffered forehead lacerations after a collision. Details on the incident remain unclear as the report contains incomplete wording and missing context.
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Lott
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Mia Ee
Warren
Gen
Donald Blake
Cullman
Kimberly
Decaur
Paul Johnson
LBJ
Russia
John M. Hightower
New York
Alexei Kosygin
Horseshoe Falls
Niagra Falls
Johnson, Kosygin
Mideast
North
Edwin Q. White
Tne
Dak To
David A. Milton
Dal- See North
Sandlin
Wallace
Findlay
Ohio
George Wallace
Ie Ties Sontag
Sir Roa Ee
Arkadelphia
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