Vocational School Planned At Austin
Washington reports a 507518 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission to build a vocational wing at Austin High School in Decatur for 300 students. Completion targeted by September 1972 with total cost 695230. 73 percent ARC funded, local funds cover the rest. Courses include body and fender repair welding auto mechanics office occupations health assistant drafting and data processing.
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Appalachian Regional Commission
Decatur Area
John Sparkman
Jim Allen
Bob Jones
Austin High School
Curtis Sellers
Austin
Decatur High School
Sellers
Calhoun Junior College
Tennessee Valley Vocational
Board of Education
Homer Landrum
LBJ Memoirs Back War Plans Years Before Public Know
Newsday reports Lyndon B. Johnson's unpublished memoirs reveal the Johnson administration privately prepared for large scale U S military involvement in Vietnam in early 1964. The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency notes hesitancy over bombing and aligns with some Pentagon study findings.
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Garden City
N.Y
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Vietnam
U.S
Newsday
Long Island
Pentagon
New York
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Johnson
Heavy Fighting Along Fire Base Fuller in Vietnam
Heavy fighting raged around abandoned Fire Base Fuller as U S B 52 bombers backed South Vietnamese troops hunting mortar crews in the hills below the DMZ Four miles north of the base North Vietnamese forces reportedly overran Fuller and carried off American electronic gear Informants say the base was deserted when AP photographer Michael Putzel flew over U S command states it does not know how many advisers were at Fuller Johnson notes and McNamara planned graduated pressure while Kennedy era policies faced scrutiny
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Saigon
Fuller
Demilitarized Zone
le Trung Hien
Dmz
Associated Press
Michael Putzel
U.S
Death Sentence Waived In Medina Murder Cases
Lt Gen Albert C Connor ordered an Army prosecutor to try Capt Ernest Medina on a noncapital basis for murder and assault in the 1968 My Lai raid. Maximum possible punishment would be life in prison if convicted. Jury selection dates shifted from July 19 to July 26 after a brief hearing following the pretrial proceeding.
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William L. Chaze
Associated Press
FT. McPherson, Ga
Albert C. Connor
3Rd Army
Ernest Medina
Medina
My Lai
Supreme Court to Hear Pentagon Study Publication Case
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a Saturday session on government efforts to block further publication of a Pentagon study on the Vietnam War by the New York Times and the Washington Post. Apollo 14 astronaut Alan B. Shepard returned to a desk job after completing his moon flight, space officials announced from Houston.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York Times
Washington Post
Pentagon
Bailey defends Medina outside court at Ft McPherson
Public questions Bailey poses outside the Ft McPherson court as he seeks to dismiss charges against Capt. Ernest Medina. Medina faces accusations tied to the 1968 My Lai incident, with Bailey presenting a motion to end the case.
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F. Lee Bailey
Ft. McPherson
Runabout Sold After Decatur Daily Want Ad
Charles R. Smith of Cedar St Hartselle sold his 16 foot Runabout with a 50 hp Johnson motor and electric start plus a trailer after receiving over 15 responses from Decatur Daily Want Ads. Contact numbers for ads are listed.
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Charles R. Smith
Cedar St
Hartselle
Decatur Daily Want
Johnson
Decatur Makes It Happen In Alabama’s Friendliest Shopping Area
Today’s calendar notes Alabama locales with Decatur highlighted as a hub. Weather shows a 20 percent rain chance this afternoon with highs around 96 and lows near 68, continuing into Saturday. Obituaries and sports listings appear on B pages.
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Decatur
Alabama
McNamara Critiques Viet Nam Pacification In 1966 Memo
Former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara called the Viet Nam pacification program a "bad disappointment" in 1966 and told President Johnson there was no reasonable path to a quick end. He warned that regional forces and guerrillas were growing stronger and urged capping the U.S. buildup at 470,000 troops while noting Vietnam must ultimately lead the effort. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch cited secret Pentagon documents and a memorandum dated October 14, 1966, from McNamara to Johnson.
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ST. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Washington
McNamara
Johnson
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Pentagon
U.S
Vietnam
the Post-Dispatch
Tunnel blast in Los Angeles area kills dozens and traps workers
Thick smoke from a methane gas fire hampered rescue efforts after an underground tunnel explosion near Sylmar. Eighteen men were near the tunnel end when the blast occurred, killing 12 and leaving five missing as firefighters battled a reignited gas blaze. A link to the February earthquake was suggested as possible cause.
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Bill Kosman
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Bob Ree
Gordon B. Oakeshott
California Division of Mines and Geology
Sylmar
Olive View Hospital
Oakeshoot
Wallace Campaign Sparks Debate About 1964 Run
Alabama politicians weigh the prospect of a Wallace presidential bid as optimism and doubt split opinions. R W Apple Jr of the New York Times surveys the mood, noting continued fundraising and questions about a future campaign.
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Wallace
Alabama
R. W. Apple, Jr
New York Times News Service
Decatur Daily
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