Morgan County Leads in TVA Area Industrial Investments
Morgan County accounted for about two thirds of non governmental industrial development investments in the 13 county TVA area over three years, totaling 241.461 million. Jackson County ranked second with 66.759 million, while Madison Colbert and Cullman counties followed with smaller sums and several counties reported under 10 million. The statewide three year total reached 1.377 billion, with 98 new plants and 150 expansions creating 16,996 jobs.
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Morgan County
TVA
State Planning and Industrial Development Board
Jackson County
Madison County
Colbert
Lawrence County
Limestone County
Cullman County
Cherokee
DeKalb
Franklin
Lauderdale
Marshall
Winston
Beatrix Marries German Envoy in Amsterdam Ceremony
Crown Princess Beatrix wed German diplomat Claus Van Amsberg amid 1000 demonstrators outside the royal palace. Police blocked the march as youths shouted republican protests. The 39 year old groom gains prince status and an $83 000 annual allowance.
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Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
Beatrix
Claus van Amsberg
Hitler
Amsberg
Decatur groups schedule meetings this week
The Association for Retarded Children meets Thursday at 7 30 p m at the rehabilitation center. Decatur Toastmasters convenes tonight at 6 30 p m at the Downtowner Motor Inn restaurant. Decatur High School PTA gathers today at 7 30 p m in the school cafeteria with speaker Robert D Kruidenier presenting Moral ity Begins at Home.
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Association For Retarded Children
Decatur
Downtowner Motor Inn
Decatur High School
PTA
Robert D. Kruidenier
Senate Rider Quash Sought In Viet Nam War Tax Bill
The administration urged Senate House conferees to drop two amendments cutting 1 billion from a 16 billion Viet Nam War tax bill. Conferees edge toward compromise before Johnson's March 15 deadline. Dirksen said House conferees likely oppose the amendments. The measures would extend Social Security to 1.8 million people over 70 and limit reinstatement of a 10 percent excise tax on long distance phone calls.
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Washington
Senate House
Senate
House
Johnson
Everett M. Dirksen
Eaton Dies Of Heart Attack
William Orville Eaton died of a heart attack at 41 in Bessemer Alabama amid a federal case involving three Ku Klux Klansmen linked to the murder of civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo during the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voter rights marches.
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Bessemer, Ala
William Orville Eaton
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Ultimatum Given to Sukarno on Subandrio Ouster
Singapore based sources report the Indonesian army has issued an ultimatum to President Sukarno to remove Foreign Minister Subandrio by Saturday. Sukarno is expected to announce his decision at a Bogor palace meeting with armed forces chiefs. Subandrio is linked to the failed October Communist coup and is supported by Nasution allies.
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Singapore
Sukarno
Subandrio
Bogor
Jakarta
Abdul Haris Nasution
Special Forces Camp Overrun No LBJ Plan For Blockade
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said he does not believe President Johnson is considering naval blockade or mining of Haiphong. He warned such action could provoke the Soviet Union and drive China closer to Moscow. The remarks come as unease grows among some senators over new efforts to cut military supplies to the Viet Cong in South Vietnam.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Johnson
Viet Nam
Mansfield
Haiphong
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vietnam War Ashau camp falls to North Vietnamese force
In Da Nang area after two days of combat the Special Forces camp at Ashau was abandoned to a reinforced North Vietnamese regiment. Lt. Col. Kenneth B. Lacey confirmed and said a number of defenders were evacuated by helicopter before the outpost was lost. Col. William McKean reported heavy American and Montagnard casualties and limited air support due to cloud cover. The battle began predawn Wednesday near the Laotian border, about 60 miles northwest of Da Nang, with 15 to 20 Americans and roughly 300 Montagnards defending the outpost. Surviving defenders held about a fourth of the bunkers as Viet Minh forces took the rest.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
Ashau
Kenneth B. Lacey
Ashan
William McKean
Five starters lead Curry past Glencoe in Class AA opener
In Tuscaloosa Curry defeated Glencoe 71 to 58 as all five Curry players scored in the opening round of the Class AA high school basketball tournament. The win advances Curry in the state tournament amid strong offensive balance.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Curry
Glencoe
Limestone Land Squabble Settled As Simple Misunderstanding
Athens and Limestone County school systems win in a ruling by Attorney General Rich mond Flowers over an 80 acre 16 section tract. He says the land is earmarked for education and can be turned over to schools for stadium use if needed. The dispute arose when the Athens Board of Education sought the land for a football stadium site.
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Athens
Atty
Richmond Flowers
Limestone County
State Conservation Department
Athens Board of Education
Flowers
Father Dies In Viet Nam Son Joins Green Berets
Sgt. George C Bigley was killed in Viet Nam and his son Stephen 17 wants to join the Green Berets. Stephen says he goes to help everyone not for vengeance. He has been accepted for airborne training and aims to wear the Green Beret like his father.
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Chicago
George C. Bigley
Viet Nam
Green Beret
Stephen
Green Berets
Bigley
Army
West Point
Coop Board Studies Minnesota Unit at Alabama Meeting
The National Cooperatives Inc board, from 15 states and Canada, met in Decatur Alabama at the Alabama Farmers Cooperative. James L. Wildman of Albert Lea Minn, a seed department manager, serves on the board. Discussions include policies and a new tire warehouse project as the group plans to end today and return home. Frances Lair, J Franklin Nix, and J N Koski attended, with dinner at the Congress Inn yesterday.
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National Cooperatives, Inc
Alabama
Alabama Farmers Cooperative
Decatur
States
Canada
E. P. Garrett
Garrett
James L. Wildman
Albert Lea
Minn
Association
Coop
Congress Inn
Frances Lair
J. Franklin Nix
J. N. Koski
Secre
Francis L. Lair
J. W. Koski
Fred Seibel
George Evans
GOP Planks May Be Laid Before 1968
A push to avoid a platform fight at the 1968 Republican convention proposes drafting the party program at a fall 1967 conference. Gov. George Romney and Rep. Melvin Laird will present the plan at the March 28 meeting of the Republican coordinating committee, reflecting Romney’s progressive wing and Laird’s conservative leadership.
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David S. Broder
New York Times
Washington
Republian Coordinating Committee
George Romney
Laird
House Republican Conference
See Gop
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Red China
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