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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1968
Page
10
The report tallies U S casualties in seven years of war at 19 261 killed and 117 335 wounded with 1 137 missing or captured. Ground fighting is reported near On Thien Ban Me Thuot and Da Nang with Marines at Con Thien."
Rescuers continued their all night search after a boat washed ashore and sank. A tiny hole in its side pointed to damage from initial recovery attempts. Paddles and life preservers were recovered as more than 100 men, helicopters and boats searched the area without locating any bodies.
Reported details say a C123 transport was shot down near the Khe Sanh Marine combat base during combat operations. The aircraft was not destroyed but put out of action, with no injuries. Two helicopters scouted the wreckage and found no sign of life among the 48 aboard, while Marine officers cited difficulty recovering bodies due to heavy North Vietnamese forces nearby.
The Senate considered a bill to make it a federal crime to cross a state line with intent to incite a riot. Senator Kennedy and opponents argued that proving intent would hinder prosecutions, with amendments to broaden the crime debated and tabled along party lines. Equatorial Africa note remarks travel challenges from far-off regions.
The Tennessee Valley Authority offers two tracts of standing timber for sale under separate contracts in Jackson County near Roseberry Creek and Guntersville Reservoir and in Lauderdale County near Pickwick Reservoir. Bid deadline is 10:00 a.m. CST April 2, 1968 at Muscle Shoals Alabama office. Sealed bids read publicly.
Johnny Jackson a 22 year old Negro was sentenced to die in the electric chair for the 1967 rape and stabbing of a white Dothan woman. An all white circuit court jury deliberated nearly six hours before delivering the verdict. Appeals are automatic in Alabama and the case will be reviewed by the State Supreme Court.
FBI agents moved in to arrest a woman in a Huntsville motel room after a monitored stakeout. A second woman present was released without charges while officials said two men believed wanted by the FBI may have been in the room. Gamble noted the check totaled several hundred dollars and motel staff cooperated with the operation. No local police were involved.
U S delegate William C Foster says any state using aggression with nuclear weapons must face UN charter backed countermeasures. Soviet delegate Alexei Roshchin and British Ivor Porter concurred. The three powers worked on the pact for months with Moscow awaiting approval.
The project includes seven 30 bed cottages and a 90 bed non ambulatory unit with plans for additional cottages. Ground breaking tentatively set for May and total cost 4 212 400 with 2 554 940 Federal funds and 1 657 460 from state appropriations. Bond issue 15 million finances hospitals in Mobile Birmingham Wetumpka.
A Canon City bowler, returning from Florence, stopped his car on a bridge and dropped his 16 pound bowling ball into the Arkansas River, an incident described as not one of his better nights.
New York AP reports Harry Belafonte says he received an apology from Doyle Lott Chrysler Plymouth advertising manager who objected to a TV scene where Petula Clark touched his arm Belafonte a Negro noted Clark is white and the scene in a forthcoming television special prompted the objection.
A mine fire, started long before, limited oxygen in the shaft where a motor could generate electricity or power a fan for 30 hours. A Cargill spokesman said oxygen was present at the shaft bottom, enough to sustain life. An initial trip was halted after a man was slightly injured by falling salt during ascent.
The Austin Student Council led a drive with Billy McLaughlin a senior among participants. Students from all grades canvassed doors and urged civic clubs to contribute blood as Principal Quitman Henderson praised the effort and urged public support.
The communist army committee urged defense and interior leaders to take a public stand on Sejna, calling for self criticism by those who pass from office. U S State Department said Sena defected to the United States with his son and daughter in law.
Cows on Burnt Mill Road west of Pueblo created a driving hazard for motorists. A 20 year old driver swerved to avoid the herd. Police and local farmers investigated the incident and advised caution on rural roads.
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