Tokyo Crash Deaths Mount
Tokyo International Airport fog crash of a Canadian Pacific DC8 killed at least 58 of 71 aboard, with six missing and nine survivors. Among the dead were Jesse Zousmer and his wife, an American Broadcasting Co. official. The plane from Hong Kong bound for Vancouver and South America ripped a wall and scattered wreckage along the runway. seven survivors were pulled from the craft, one died en route to hospital. See TOKYO on Page 2.
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T. Jeff Williams
Tokyo
Canadian Pacific
Tokyo International
Jesse Zousmer
American Broadcasting Co
Hong Kong
Vancouver
South America
Bryant Awaits Poll Tax Ruling From Court
Morgan County Tax Collector Price M Bryant said his office would continue to collect the $1.50 poll tax until an official federal court ruling ends the collection. He reported no official order from state or federal authorities as three federal judges in Montgomery ruled Alabama poll tax unconstitutional and racially discriminatory with immediate end ordered.
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Morgan County
Price M. Bryant
Bryant
Montgomery
Alabama
Tornado Toll Rises Near Jackson As Victims Count
Rescue crews comb east of Jackson Mississippi for survivors and the dead after Thursday tornadoes hit a shopping center and rural towns. Mississippi Highway Patrol reports 60 dead and 497 injured with property losses in the millions. One victim is Joe Bullock, Democratic candidate for Congress, killed near Forkville in Scott County.
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James Saggus Jackson
Miss
Here
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Larry Parks
Wqft-Fm
Forest
Scott County
Jackson
Woodville Heights Baptist Church
Twister Leaves Mark In State
A tornado tore through west central Alabama injuring eleven and killing Joe Oliver Eatman, 28, as homes and several buildings were demolished near Coker and in North River, with seven houses damaged and a tree causing damage in another area.
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Twister
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alabama
Highway Patrol
Joe Oliver Eatman
Coker
Ofuscaloosa
Here
North River
City Man Dies In Plant Mishap
A 51 year old Decatur millwright Theron A. Mote was crushed by a floor operated crane at Wolverine Tube division of Calumet and Hecla Inc. at 2100 Market St NE. He resided at 1801 Danville Rd SW and died when the crane pinned him against a building support column. The accident occurred late this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Wolverine Tube
Calumet and Hecla—Inc
Market St. NE
Frank Barnett
Theron A. Mote
Danville Rd
Barnett
Mote
Ghana Revolution Blow by Blow on Page Five
New York Times correspondent Lloyd Garrison offers a detailed account of Ghana’s revolution on page five. Also reports from West Germany show a sharp rise in neo Nazi and anti-Semitic activity last year per interior minister Paul Lucke.
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Ghana
New York Times
Lloyd Garrison
West Germany
Paul Lucke
McNamara
China
Dawn Patrol
North Korea
Decatur Assembly to Sponsor Rainbow for Girls Event
Decatur Assembly No 26 of Rainbow for Girls will sponsor an evening of entertainment Saturday at 7 30 p m at the Masonic Temple The public is invited Tonight's Venture In Faith revival service at First Methodist Church has been canceled The pastor Rev E M Barnes Jr asks the congregation to attend Central Methodist Church where Bishop Wenanche Kenneth Goodson will speak See DIARY on Page 2
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Decatur
Assembly
Order of Rainbow For Girls
Masonic Temple
First Methodist Church
E. M Barnes Jr
Central Methodist Church
Wenanche Kenneth Goodson
Limestone County near Browns Ferry eyed for TVA plant
Aubrey J. Wagner told Athens leaders that Limestone County faces a 50 50 chance of attracting TVA's proposed 125 million nuclear plant as bids open March 29 for the nuclear option and a coal unit. If nuclear is chosen it would be built near Browns Ferry with the coal option in another Tennessee site.
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Winford Turner
Athens
Limestone County
Aubrey J
Red) Wagner
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wagner
Athens Country Club
TVA
Browns Ferry
Tennessee
G.‘O. .Wessenauer
Frank Turner
Vice Pres
Biggest Air Strikes Made
U S pilots resumed attacks on the Hanoi to Red China railway in a phase of the war’s greatest air power show against North and South Vietnam targets. In ground fighting, two U S Marine battalions faced a Viet Cong force about the same size eight miles northwest of Quang Ngai. Marines, moved by helicopter, reported heavy fire before dark. no casualties were reported.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Hanoi
Red China
Quang Ngai
Miller Family Emigration Plans From Czechoslovakia
Mrs Elizabeth Miller plans to return from Czechoslovakia to Decatur while her mother Mrs Julie Scerbankova remains in Prague awaiting government permission to emigrate to the United States. The U S embassy is assisting to resolve legal hurdles, with a possible departure in about three weeks.
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Elizabeth Miller
Czechoslovakia
Julie Scerbankova
Prague
United States
Miller
Associated Press
Markets At PNE i eliva Markets At PNE i eliva
New York stocks drift lower amid cautious trading while bonds show narrow changes. Wheat rises on moderate demand in Chicago, corn and soybeans supported by strong old crop activity. Slaughter steers hold steady to higher with top quotes near $33. Bekins Worldwide Moving and Storage advertises services, contact Daniel at 353 4014.
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Chicago
Bekins Worldwide Moving and Storage
Call Daniel
Ladv
Area Escapes Major Damage After Storms
North Alabama endured a tornado watch for hours but largely escaped damage. Heavy rains and winds after 6 p.m. caused flash floods in Decatur Athens Cullman and Hartsville as a cold front moved in from the west and warm Gulf air fueled the storm. A nearby Jackson Mississippi tornado tallied many deaths, highlighting regional danger.
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North Alabama
U.S. Weather Bureau
Huntsville
Gulf
Memorial Services For Pfc Tommy Nicholas Tonight
Memorial service for Private First Class Tommy Lee Nicholas scheduled at 7 p.m. at Lakeside High School. Public is invited to attend.
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Pfc
Tommy Lee Nicholas
Lakeside High School
Congress on record against widening Vietnam War
The effort to get Congress to formally oppose a broader Vietnam War moved into the spending stage as lawmakers debated the financial implications. A Verdun city council rejected plans to stage the Cassius Clay Ernie Terrell heavyweight title fight in Verdun. Also, the University of Pennsylvania was declared eligible for the NCAA basketball tournament.
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Washington
Congress
Montreal
Verdun
Lexington
University of Pennsylvania
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Jerry Howard Baggett
Billy Joe Sylvester
Curtis Cleveland Hardy
James N. Bloodworth
Baggett
Sylvester
Hardy
Smith Lake
Cullman Coun
Limestone County Creek
van Pruitt
Davis Construction Co
Johnson
White House
Security Mutual Finance Corporation
Barbara Marshall
MacKenzie College of Speech and Drama
Britain
Cambridge University
Barbara
King Street Run
King Street
L’stone
Mrs. Miller
Mom
New York
Decaiur
Cullman
Hartiselle
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
Elk River Development Association
Frank Simmons
Athens-Limestone Chamber of Commerce
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