State Health Bill To Hike Cigarette Tax
Rep Ralph Slate of Morgan County proposes a one cent cigarette tax hike with revenue to the State Health Department. He plans to introduce the bill in the House Tuesday and says Dr Ira Myers supports it as a way to raise funds for health needs, with an estimated revenue around 1 million. Area legislators seek more health funding beyond Gov Wallace's request, while Sen Horton urges physician testimony in a broader hearing.
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Winford Turner
State Health Department
Ralph Slate
Morgan County
Slate
House of Representatives
Ira Myers
Statevenue Department
Rep. State
House
Senate
Dr.Myers
Gov. Wallace
Ed Hor
Lauderdale and
Lime Counties
Ellender Says Producers Split On Needs
A brief note reports Senator Ellender stating producers split on needs with further details to follow on page two. The article references a PRODUCERS section slated for page two with additional context.
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Ellender
Delta Queen Steams Into Port Here
The Delta Queen steamboat arrives in town with 158 visitors from 23 states. The group will tour industrial and historic sites and tour shopping centers, then depart after docking at the boat harbor. This is the Chamber of Commerce’s third hosting of Delta Queen visitors.
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Chamber of Commerce
Cincinnati
Ohio
Boat Harbor
Cemetery Cleanups Aim at Saturday Morning Work
Area a Cleaning of the Dancys Chapel Cemetery will be Saturday morning. Those interested in the cemetery are asked to help with the work. The county reports several traffic wrecks on Friday including a Bank Street collision between a 1963 Chevrolet driven by Mary Bass Terry of Hillsboro and a 1961 GMC truck driven by Thomas Eugene Wooten of Florence. A second crash occurred in the Decatur Shopping Center lot between a 1956 Lincoln driven by Florence L Self of 705 14th Ave SE and a 1963 Chevrolet driven by Douglas Wayne Sumball of 404 10th Ave SW. R C McWhorter, admitted to Decatur General Hospital June 17, continues to improve in room 122. The West Morgan Highway Patrol logged a wreck 11:30 a.m. seven miles west of Decatur on Alabama 20 involving a 1947 Ford driven by Hershel Ray Knighton of Trinity and a 1961 White truck driven by Bill Creek of Richard City Moon.
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Dancy’s Chapel
Bank St
Mary Bass Terry
Hillsboro
Thomas Eugene Wooten
Florence 3
Decature Shopping Center
Florence L. Self
14Th Ave
Douglas Wayne Sumball
10Th Ave
The
Highway Patrol
Decatur
Alabama
Hershel Ray Knighton
Trinity
Bill Creek
Richard City
Moon
Senate Asks Prayers For Teen Girl
The Alabama State Senate urged prayers for 13 year old Johnnie Gail Honeycutt of Anniston as her father John Henry Honeycutt, 48, plans a kidney transplant at Charity Memorial Hospital in New Orleans. A June 27 day of prayer and June 29 silent moment were requested.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Senate
Alabama
Anniston
John Henry Honeycutt
Johnnie Gail
A. C. Shelton
Calhoun County
Charity Memorial Hospital
New Orleans
Horton to Seek Complete Accounting of Public Safety Funds
Alabama Senator Ed Horton says he will seek a complete accounting of Public Safety Department expenditures for the past year. Horton, who earlier introduced and withdrew a bill for investigating state funds used to pay troopers at the Alabama Peace Officers convention, asserts the department must explain how the 1963 two dollar license fee increase boosted its funds. The department seeks higher regular funding plus a 471 950 dollar special appropriation. a fiscal note accompanies Rep Rankin Fite’s House bill.
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Montgomery
North Alabamhan
Public Safety Department
Horton
Alabama Peace Officers
Rankin Fite
Marion
Public Safety Funds Okayed
The Alabama House passed a 471 950 special appropriation for the Department of Public Safety despite objections from Jefferson County official George Lewis Baines Jr. A bill to restrict explosive use stalled by adjournment. Governor George Wallace reported no law violations in a Birmingham privately owned textbook warehouse as a probe continues.
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House
George Wallace
Birmingham
Fred Davis
Lieutenant Refuses Viet Hazardous Duty Convicted in court martial
Lt Richard Steinke a 1962 West Point graduate from Milwaukee was convicted of refusing to join a counterguer rla unit in South Viet Nam. He faced up to five years in prison. The general court martial led by Col John Beebe deliberated briefly and reconvenes as defense counsel prepares for leniency. Steinke had been in Viet Nam since July 1964 and was ordered to join a Special Forces A team.
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Naha
Okinawa
Richard Steinke
Milwaukee
Wis
South Viet Nam
West Point
U.S
Viet Nam
John Beebe
Los Angeles
Steinke
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Gia Vac
Deaf Child Takes Trip On Train
A 13 year old deaf mute, Kenneth Otley of Huntsville, rode a Nashville and Louisville train to Decatur without a ticket. He had previously run away on a train to Courtland. Police contacted his parents as the boy was entertained by officers until they arrived.
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Cora Blair
Daily
City Police
Kenneth Otley
Huntsville
Decatur
Otley
Courtland
W. G. Roberts Jr
L&n Railroad
Roberts
FAA Launches Crash Probe Into California Jet Disaster
The FAA opened a crash investigation into the California four engine jet that killed four aboard a Marine transport plane. The craft, carrying 72 Marines bound for Okinawa, disintegrated after hitting a mountain ridge at 1 44 am in fog.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Agency
California
FAA
Air Force
Okinawa
Rebels Attack San Francisco Power Plant in Dominican Clash
At least 16 people die in Francisco de Macoris as 4 rebels strike the San Francisco power plant at dawn. OAS investigators report 12 civilians allied with rebels and four loyalist police or troops among the dead. Fighting continued into the afternoon with rebels retreating to forested hills near the city. The Inter-American Human Rights Commission plans a visit to San Francisco on Saturday.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Francisco de Macoris
San Francisco
Organization of American States
Thescene
OAS
Inter-American Human Rights Commission
Family doctor tradition spans Lawrence County in Sunday Daily
John Knox profiles a long standing Lawrence County family whose medical influence spans generations and has kept a doctor within reach for over a year by a single name. Citizens in the county rely on this family practice, reflecting a deep rooted local medical network.
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John Knox
Lawrence County
Johnson urges U.N. to back peaceful Viet Nam settlement
President Johnson addressed the United Nations on the twenty-year session urging a peaceful Viet Nam solution. Delegates welcomed the appeal while some voiced disappointment over UN financial issues and Soviet voting deadlock. Johnson then met with U Thant to discuss the matter.
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San Francisco
Johnson
United Nations
Viet Nam
U. N
Kansas
New Decatur Truck Hubs Planned on Alabama 4
Groundwork begins for two side by side transport terminals on an eight acre site near Decatur Alabama 4. Bowman Transportation Co builds a brick steel 40 bay terminal with offices housing for 15 drivers costing about 200000 and finishing around year end. Mason and Dixon Lines plans a 150000 facility to finish in fall serving East Midwest and South with 29 terminals.
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Mason and Dixon Lines Inc
Bowman Transportation Co
Bowman
Birmingham
Gadsden
Anniston
Montgomery
Mobile
Mason and Dixon
U.S. Highway 31
Midwest
Alabama
Johnson address at UN noted by Tass in 11 words
Tass summarized President Johnson's United Nations speech with a brief line noting he spoke to the session. The Soviet agency described the address as a formal proceeding without added commentary.
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Moscow
Tass
Johnson
United Nations
United States
Johnson urges world alliance to fight poverty and arms race
In remarks at the White House press briefing, President Johnson highlights Viet Nam, the Dominican Republic and other places as examples while calling for a united effort by the United Nations to declare an international war on poverty and halt the arms race.
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Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
White House
George E. Reedy
Johnson
U.N
Adlai Stevenson
World Organization
LBJ
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