Vietnam graft report shows top officials implicated in customs
AID advisers report graft at the top of Vietnam’s customs system with millions in revenue lost. They describe payoffs and smuggling, the need for presence rather than distant advice, and a political fight over how to handle corruption amid U.S. advisers’ efforts. Senator Gruening criticizes agency inaction as President Johnson cites broader corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oth Vietnam
U.S
Tan Son Nhut
Saigon
GWN Customs
Ernest Gruening
D-Al
Senate
Vietnam
Gruening
Johnson
Beaumont
Tex
Boston
New York
Washington
Johnson City
Beaumon
Npee
AID
Carthy
Minnesota
Rockefeller
Wisconsin
Customs
Nguyen van Loc
Loc
Goldwater backs Nixon seeks GOP nomination
Goldwater states his support for Nixon as his preferred candidate for the Republican nomination while suggesting other options remain possible. He stresses he has not voted for a Democrat for president and recounts his stance as the primary focus. President Johnson declines to enter the Massachusetts April primary, signaling ongoing campaign developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
Albany
George C. Wallace
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Goldwater
Nixon
Johnson
Massachusetts
Jace
Hospital Discharges List Names and Addresses for Local Patients
A compiled discharge and dismissal list shows patients by name and residence with streets and towns such as Gerald Wayne Marks State Ave SW and Clyde Washington Pitts Town Creek 2. The roll includes names like Amanda Catherine Lovell Coman St Athens Leon Armstrong Thomas Dr SW and Brenda Joan Hitt Oak St NE with multiple Decatur Moulton and Trinity entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Miller Harper
Crestview Drive
Gerald ‘Wayne Marks
State Ave
David A. Bean
Sobatka Hartselle
Ronald Keithath
Memorial Dr
Clyde Washington Pitts
Town Creek
Sam Franklin Smith
Courtland
Lone Norman Tap‘scott
Hartselle
Barry Joe Ramey
Rufus C. White
Danville
Amanda Catherine Lovell
Coman St
Athens
Leon V. Armstrong
Thomas Dr
Howard Loyd Brooks
Moulton
Brenda Joan Hitt
Oak St
Charles Franklin Weaver
Decatur
William _ P. Ford
7Th Ave
Eddie IC. Barker
Carl ‘Hillard Rusban
Edie Savannah _ Skinner
10Th Ave
Mickey London Shelton
Trinity
Dave Benford
Ash St
Barbara Gail Parker
5Th Ave
Hershel Phillips
Births at Decatur General Hospital Details
Mr and Mrs James Morris McCann of Phillip Ave SW welcomed a daughter Tuesday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs John H Vinson of Trinity 2 welcomed a son Tuesday at Decatur General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Morris McCann
Phillip Ave
Decatur General Hospital
John H. Vinson
Trinity
Senate debates civil rights and riot penalties in bill
The Senate attached an anti riot provision to the civil rights bill by an 8 13 vote and discussed broader anti riot amendments. Lawmakers considered tightening penalties for cross border incitement and debated housing discrimination exemptions while Vice President Humphrey faced a ruling clash. Attorney General Ramsey Clark said the administration plan preserves free speech and peaceful assembly with penalties up to five years and a $10 000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Byrd
D-W.va
Senate
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Howard H. Baker, Jr
R-Tenn
Russell B. Long
D-La
Long
Hubert H. Humphrey
Sens
Stram Thudmond
R-S.c
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Humphrey
Capitol
Ramsey Clark
Selma primary votes test Negro voting strength in 1965
In Selma the primary produced a Negro majority winner and two runoffs. Energetic 38 year old Baptist minister Anderson led with 15 969 votes while Dr King era drive earlier this year is referenced. Moss led Negroes into runoff facing Blagg in April, with turnout estimates 60 65 percent among Selma’s 5207 Negro voters. White candidates and Negro candidates split the field in varied margins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Luther King Jr
Anderson
John Day
Smitherman
Edwin Hill Moss
The
Catholic Fathers of St. Edmund
Marius J
Lorenzo Harrison
Moss
Selma
Negoes
Herman M. Blagg Sr
Blagg
James Johnson
Jesse Latham
Charles A. Lett
P. H. Lewis
J. D. Hunter
Montgomery
Selima
Harrison
Loss of Air France plane prompts Paris probe and passenger lists
Paris officials dispatched a Transport Ministry team to Pointe-a-Pitre to determine crash causes after a flight from Paris to the Caribbean with passengers from Peru South Africa Ecuador Colombia Portugal Lebanon Italy Venezuela and France. Among the travelers were Miss Marjorie Campbell Zeckendorf and16 others, including two Paris Match journalists and clergy. Meanwhile fighting in Vietnam reports heavy U S casualties near Ca Mau as Viet Cong attacks and government clashes continued, with civilian losses and extensive property damage in the province.
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Lima
Peru
Quitodor
Guadel
Air France
Joseph Rosenbluth
Philadelphia
Rosenbluth
Paris Match
South America
Tony Saulnier
Hubert Herzog
Maurice Herzog
Emile Gabel
Paris
la Croix
National Catholic Union of the Press
South Africa
Ecuador
Colombia
Portugal
Lebanon
Italy
Venezuela
France
Transport Ministry
Pointe-a-Pitre
da Nang
U.S. Army
Americal
U.S
Ca Mau
Southeast Asia clash reports and losses rise in lunar offensive
A senior U.S. commander said the lunar new year assault drew heavy last minute manpower, with an estimated 30 000 enemy casualties. American forces suffered about 2 000 killed and the South Vietnamese 4 000 over five weeks. In an incursion near Sai gon the 101st Airborne met 150 Viet Cong. They opened fire with automatic weapons bazookas and called in 250 reinforcements. Americans killed 56 enemies as five Americans fell.
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South Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
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Minneapolis-St. Paul
Presient Johnson
Decatur General Admissions
Lillian Bowling
Paradise Trailer Ct
James Edward Evans
Russell St
Calvin Leroy Grizzard
8Th St
William R. Ellis
12Th St
James Odas Morgan
Beech St
Harvey Price Speegle
Hershell Latham
Vernon St
Larry Alphaeus Smith
Lester
James. Christopher White
Stephen Wesley Carter
Miss Anglia Marie Mc Reath
6Th Ave
Charles Boyd Rogers, Jr
Cecil St
Juliet Ann Culver
Corrine Ave
Steven Morrow Cagle
Valley Trailer Park
Henry Earl Fowler
Walnut St
Monsanto
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Iece
SN A
Gillette
Techmatic Razor
Techmatic
Roy Rogers
Ted He
Tsue
Decatur ‘Shopping. Center
Highway
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