Limestone County Hospital Awaits Medicare Certification
Limestone County Hospital administrator C E Warren says the institution has Civil Rights compliance and Joint Commission accreditation but awaits HEW confirmation. He notes 74 of 148 Alabama hospitals are certified for Medicare while Limestone is in a group of 19 counties without certified hospitals. See ATHENS on Page 2.
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Limestone County
Alabama
C. E. Warren
Joint Commission On Hospital
Warren
HEW
Birmingham
Limestone
Morgan County
Bank Street
Decatur
Markets At A Glance
New York stocks fall in moderate trading while commodities show mixed moves. Wheat weak with late selling in Chicago, corn and oats weak, soybeans softer as new crop months falter. Hog prices steady to 50 cents lower, top 26.50. slaughter steers range steady to 25 cents lower, top 25.25.
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New York
Chicago
Morgan County Women Democrats Host Judge Bloodworth
Judge James N. Bloodworth will speak at the Morgan County Women Democrats noon meeting at the Holiday Inn Downtown on Wednesday. His talk, Facts and Fantasies of Politics, invites reservations via Mrs Lewis H West at 353 4436. See DIARY on Page 2.
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James N. Bloodworth
Morgan County
Women Democrats
Holiday Inn
Lewis H. West
Control of Assembly Dominant campaign in Saigon elections
Saigon's ruling junta launches a determined bid to control or dominate the constituent assembly set for elections on September 11. The report by R. W. Apple Jr. appears on page five. John Lindsay of New York City joins a list of American leaders restricting foreign policy within their communities. Arthur Krock analyzes an independent state department. James Reston, from Fiery Run Virginia, notes Woodrow Wilson's unusual advice to reporters at the first White House news conference in 1913.
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Saigon
Constituent Assembly
R. W. Apple Jr
New York Times
John Lindsay
New York City
U. S
Arthur Krock
State Department
James Reston
Fiery Run
Woodrow Wilson
White House
River Tragedy Claims Courtland Youth at Tennessee River
A Courtland youth Melvin Puryear Jr. 21 drowned in the Tennessee River back waters yesterday near here. His body was recovered at about 4 p.m. by Lawrence County Rescue Squad. The drowning occurred around 1 45 p.m. as he swam with Jessie Bynum Willie B Bynum Leroy Puryear Stella Puryear and Mattie King. The group said Puryear grew exhausted while crossing and disappeared as the others reached the bank. Funeral services are pending with Turner Funeral Home of Decatur.
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Courtland
Tennessee River
Here
Melvin Puryear Jr
Lawrence County Rescue Squad
Harvey Elliiott
Elliott
Puryear
Jessie Bynum
Willie B. Bynum
Leroy Puryear
Stella Puryear
Mattie King
Jessie
Willie Bynum
Bynum
Turner Funeral Home
Decatur
Brother Dave's Kick Saved 10 Lives
Comedian Dave Gardner known as Brother Dave kicked open a door of a chartered DC3 after a crash on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He and nine other passengers escaped while the pilot and copilot died in the wreckage leaving only the charred tail section.
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Long Beach
Miss
Dave Gardner
Gardner
Brother Dave
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Lightfoot named Athens police chief at $750 monthly
A. B. Lightfoot Jr., 41, former Decatur state trooper, was named Athens police chief by a 5 to 1 council vote. He will take over July 1, drawing $750 a month, with Bottom remaining on as patrolman at $450. Lightfoot plans modernization and asks for no interference.
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Athens
A. B. Lightfoot Jr
Decatur
Lightfoot
Hunter Furniture Co
Highway Patrol
Lester Cole
Huntsville
Chris Spurlock
Bottom
T. E. Case
Cole
Wind and Lightning Strike Athens Cause Widespread Damage
A sudden electrical storm hit Athens yesterday afternoon with heavy rain and strong winds. Houston Woods of the electric department reported widespread power outages across the city and county, with most repairs ongoing this morning. Damage centered on trees power lines and appliances, notably Fraizer and Hobbs streets where a tree fell on four cars and a service station windows were blown out.
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Athens
Houston Woods
Fraizer
Hobbs
Woods
Decatur Weather Recorder WHOS Records 1966 Heat
Official De catur weather recorder WHOS notes Monday as the year's hottest day, reaching 96 degrees at 3 p.m. The report highlights the peak temperature and time in the 1966 record.
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Decatur Weather Recorder
WHOS
Storm Breaks Drought Patch in County Areas
A sudden storm on the hottest day of the year brought relief from drought in isolated parts of the county around Athens. The rain fell hard in places, with residents noting it arrived quickly. Forecasters expect little rain today, with hot, hazy conditions and isolated thunderstorms later. Highs near 97, lows around 70, light variable winds. Weather today through Wednesday remains hot and dry overall.
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Athens
Woods
Dodd Germany Trip Testimony Opens Ethics Hearing
Senate Ethics Committee recessed after Sen. Thomas J. Dodd testified he traveled to West Germany in 1964 on official business to study the Stashinsky case. He said he would assist Julius Klein, a Chicago PR man and registered agent for West German firms, if treated unfairly. The inquiry into misconduct charges by Pearson and Anderson continues after July 15.
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Washington
Senate Ethics Committee
Thomas J. Dodd
West Germany
Senate
Dodd
Stashinsky
Julius Klein
Klein
Chicago
Committee
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
John C. Stennis
D- Miss
Patch of Caribbean weather becomes tropical depression
The Weather Bureau reports a Caribbean system strengthened into a tropical depression that will intensify slowly as it drifts north. In Alabama, Circuit Judge Richard P. Emmett upheld contracts between the state and twelve publishers for seven million dollars in school textbooks.
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Miami
Caribbean
Weather Bureau
Montgomery
Richard P. Emmett
Alabama
Witnesses Due in Penn Rights Trial
Federal prosecutors begin the Penn rights case with trials of three Ku Klux Klan linked defendants. U S District Attorney Buford says about 50 witnesses were subpoenaed as jurors were drawn from an initial pool of 67. The six men face conspiracy charges stemming from the 1965 slaying of Lemuel A Penn in Georgia.
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Penn
Athens, Ga
Lemuel A. Penn
U.S. Dist. Atty
Floyd M. Buford
U.S
William A. Bootle
Buford
Joseph Howard Sims
Cecil W. Myers
George H. Turner
James S. Lackey
Herbert Guest
Denver Willis Phillips
Argentina Coup Ousts Illia. Ongania Named Interim Leader
Argentina’s military leaders ousted President Arturo Illia in a bloodless coup and installed Lt. Gen. Juan Carlos Ongania as interim president. The junta dissolved all political parties, Congress, and the Supreme Court. The United States suspended diplomatic relations and expressed regret over the political upheaval.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Arturo Illia
Power
Juan Carlos Ongania
Congress
Supreme Court
United States
Marshall Wright
State Department
U.S
Officials Probe Ashland Crash
A Cullman area teenager Miss Dale Duncan aged 15 died in a twin engine plane crash south of Ashland along with three others. FAA and sheriff officials investigate possible heart failure by pilot Paul Haffner as cause. Autopsy ordered and scene is secured with limited engine recovery as investigators search for clues.
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Ashland
Cullman
Dale Duncan
Here
Patricia Johnson
Birming
Florida Keys
Paul Haffner
Rufus Hardin
Federal Aviation Agency
Birmingham
Clay County
FAA
Paul G. Levie
Haffner
Levie
Duncan
Johnson
Robert L. Duncan
Vinemont 2
Birmingham Woman Admits Killing Twin Daughters
Deputy Coroner said Evelyn Jones 35 admitted decapitating her 2 year old twins Agnes and Anita because she did not want them The bodies were found in a freezer at the home and Jones is jailed on two murder charges Det- detectives quoted her as saying she woke the children and killed them with a hunting knife in the hallway
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Birmingham
R. A. Leslie
Leslie
Evelyn Jones
Agnes
Anita
Opposite But Not Equal Findings Shake Physics Foundations
The New York Times reports three independent teams confirming that particles identical except for opposite charge do not behave in a perfectly opposite manner. Collected over a decade, the results question assumed symmetry in electromagnetic interactions and may influence future experiments and theories. The work from Nevis Laboratories at Columbia and Stony Brook is detailed in Physical Review Letters. See OPPOSITE On Page 2.
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Walter Sullivan
N. Y
Nevis Laboratories
Columbia University
Irvington-on-Hudson
State University of New York
Stoney Brook, L
Physical Review Letters
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Dee Bauer
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Germany
John Chadwick
FBI
Sims and
Myers
Lee
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Organization of American States
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Uruguay
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J. R. Bieker
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