New effort to clear Captain in Titanic sinking case
London reports a push by the Merchant Marine Service Association to re hear Captain Stanley Lord over the Californian sighting dispute. The petition cites survivor Lawrence Beesley and a sworn affidavit, arguing Lord was mis portrayed in later books and films.
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Alvin Shuster
N.Y. Times News Service
London
Stanley Lord
Lord
United States
Merchantile Marine Service Association
Board of Trade
Lord Case
The
Considerhe Association
Fred We Goctihatsl
Anknar Deck Pany
Walter Lord
Association
Stanley T. Lord
Lawrence Beesley
Westmoreland Seeks 206000 More Troops in Vietnam
General Westmoreland asks for 206000 additional U S troops for Vietnam a 40 percent rise to regain the initiative. The request sparks a division within the Johnson administration as Defense and State officials resist expanding U S forces.
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Defense Department
State Department
Westmoreland
Vietcong renews manpower after Lunar New Year losses
South Vietnam general Nguyen Duc Thang says Vietcong and North Vietnamese have recruited enough new soldiers to offset severe losses from the Lunar New Year offensive. He warns many replacements are youths 12 to 14 years old or kidnapped and urges immediate offensive action.
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Gene
Oberts
New York Times
Cantho
South Vietnam
Nguyen Duc Thang
Thang
Vietcong
IV Corps
Mekong
City seeks 100000 to begin planning Decatur projects
Decatur applies for more than 100000 in HUD funds to study drainage beautification and economic conditions. City planner Gary Voketz says funds would cover studies on city land use finances population and development potential. Matching funds and regional planning collaboration could cut costs and unlock beautification grants.
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Decatur
Gary Voketz
North Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission
Voketz
Tennessee
Debate over Vietnam troop levels and strategy in Washington
Washington officials clash over whether to raise U S troop strength in Vietnam beyond 510,000. proposals favor defense of populated areas with limited offensives while generals push for border actions into Laos and Cambodia. President Johnson keeps an open mind and has not decided on substantial increases.
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Vietnam
North Vietnam
Pentagon
Johnson
Westmoreland
U.S
Laos
Cambodia
Washington
Thank you note praises WAAY-TV service to citizens
Dateline Kudo thanks WAAY-TV for prompt help after a reader praised last Sunday's response. Claude Armstrong of Hartselle commends the service and assistance to the community.
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Kudo
Claude B. Armstrong
Hartselle
Waay-Tv
Huntsville
Homestead Company
New York
Glenn Lang
Decatur
WAAY
GI's Kill 129 Commie Troops in Coastal Battle
U.S. infantry riding armored personnel carriers killed 129 Communists in an all day clash near Tam Ky in the coastal lowlands about 40 miles south of Da Nang. Americal Division and 196th Light Infantry Brigade units used dive bombers jets and field guns to sweep enemy positions while 10 soldiers were evacuated for injuries and eight returned to duty.
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Lewis M. Simons
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Tam Ky
da Nang
196Th Light Infantry
De Gaulle’s Top General Killed in Reunion Air Crash
Gen. Charles Ailleret chief of France’s general staff and critic of U.S. flexible response was killed when his plane crashed into a mountain on Réunion Island. Nineteen people died including his wife daughter and several officers. Ailleret, 60, led France’s atomic weapons program and had been in Madagascar on an official visit before arriving in Réunion.
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Saint Denis
Reunion Island
Charles Ailleret
France
U.S
Indian Ocean
Ailleret
Paris
Madagascar
Africa
Reunion
Rusk and Fulbright clash over Vietnam policy test
Administration foreign policy chief Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Senate critic Senator J. W. Fulbright prepared for a sharp exchange as Rusk testified on foreign aid and Vietnam. The debate comes amid election year pressures and talk of expanding U.S. troop levels in Vietnam.
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Lewis Gulick
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Johnson
Vietnam
Dean Rusk
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Richard M. Nixon
Pacific
Eugene McCarthy
Dminn
Foreign Relations Committee
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Rocky Summit Meeting Shapes Rockefeller's Presidential Decision
A Rockefeller spokesman said the governor has not decided on entering the Oregon GOP presidential primary. Rockefeller will meet about 20 Republican leaders at his Fifth Avenue apartment, but a Sunday News report of a formal announcement after the meeting is denied. The aim is to exchange views on the party's situation.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Oregon
Rockefeller
Fifth Avenue
New York Sunday News
Rocky
Child Dies After Head On Collision South of Decatur
Six residents were injured in several Saturday accidents. Fourteen month old Gregory Ray Roberts Jr died after a head on crash on Danville Road near Decatur. He died at Huntsville Hospital after transfer from Decatur General Hospital by Southend Ambulance at 9:30 AM. State troopers identified Willard Ann Wri iy 23 Moulton Linda David Roberts 18 Decatur Sammy Wallace Smith 25 Hartselle and Johnny Lynn Writtenberry 3 as involved.
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Gregory Ray Roberts Jr
Decatur
Danville Rd
Huntsville Hospital
Decatur General Hospital
Southend
Willard Ann Wri Iy
Moulton
Johnny Lynn Writtenberry
Linda David Roberts
Sammy Wallace Smith
Hartselle
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Congress
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Liam C. Westmoreland
GOP
Summit’ Meeting
DIAL
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U.S. House
House
Mr. Wallace
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