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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1971
Page
5
Map shows the eastern Kazakstan steppes in Russia as the presumed Soyuz landing area. The craft returned with three cosmonauts aboard and all three died during the reentry and recovery. The tragedy marks a fatal end to the mission and a harsh reminder of the risks involved.
Top-secret Pentagon papers show McNamara urged Kennedy on Nov 8 1961 to link troop commitments in Indochina with an assault on North Vietnam. A later memo on Nov 11 reversed that stance, urging deferral. Senator Gravel read the study in a dramatic Senate session, distributing copies to reporters.
The Soyuz 11 crew perished after descent operations were completed and braking engines fired. Ground observers reported a normal unlinking before contact was lost and emergency checks found no life signs after landing. The site was not disclosed but likely eastern Kazakhstan. News sparked mourning across Moscow with solemn broadcasts.
The Senate agriculture subcommittee plans a stop in Decatur and a lunch at the Governor's Mansion in Montgomery before an afternoon Capitol hearing. Jim Allen of Gadsden is named to attend. other speakers include C. W. Nelson of Stat National Bank and Joe Sir of Fayetteville Tennessee.
Publicized last November a neighborhood protest drew few residents who supported a fair property price. The area lies half a mile east of the central business district. This week’s notices announce federal funds for Decatur. On Tuesday more than $24,000 was approved to match local funds to buy housing authority property in the civic center to develop memorial gardens.
Troopers say Miss Hance, 7, and her mother Vassie Bishop, 67 of Marietta Georgia, were injured in a car crash and transported to Decatur General Hospital by AAA Southend Ambulance. Mrs Bishop admitted with lacerations. Miss Hance in satisfactory condition. Funeral services to be announced by Spry Funeral Home of Huntsville.
Rep. Wilbur Mills says White House stance on a midyear tax cut may not stop his plan to study data and propose relief. A renewed investment credit could accelerate business investment and job growth, with personal exemptions rising to 700 in 1972 and 750 in 1973.
President Nixon will speak at the FBI National Academy graduation as J Edgar Hoover receives praise in a ceremony also attended by Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell. The 12 week program covers police community relations civil disturbances criminology and ethics.
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