Detroit Aims to Dazzle Buyers With 1969 Upgrades
U S car buyers are urged to expect a year of luxury and gadget laden models in 1969. Detroit executives push higher priced Cadillacs Pontiacs Mercurys and Fords with longer roomier bodies and leather trims. New safety features that guard against whiplash and stronger door pillars are also planned as automakers seek to extract more dollars from buyers.
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Jerry M. Flint
New York Times
Detroit
Europe
General Motors Corp
Ford
Chevrolet
Mercury
Chrysler
Pontiac
Au Courant
General Motors
Allen Attacks Washington Crowd In Alabama Senate Bid
Former Lt. Gov. Jim Allen campaigned in North Alabama saying the Senate race pits the people of Alabama against the Washington crowd. He touted his 20 years in state government and urged local control, schools and hospitals back to state hands, while endorsing a strong stance on Vietnam. He spoke in Hartselle Decatur and Athens and claimed Hill backs Selden without endorsing Wallace.
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Bob Stansell
Jim Allen
U.S. Senate
North Alabama
Senate
Alabama
Washington
Allen
Sen
Lister Hill
U.S
Armistead Selden
Hartselle
Decatur
Athens
Sen. Hill
Gov. Wallace
Vietnam
Record voters top 30 000 in Morgan County election plans
Morgan County reaches an all time voter register above 30 000 as of March 8 with 1 200 more names possible in a late April supplement. Judge T C Almon notes 40 to 50 registrations daily ahead of the May 7 Democratic Primary and May 14 government referendum in Decatur.
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Morgan County
T. C. Almon
Almon
Board of Registrars
Decatur
Markets At A Glance
New York Stocks higher with active trading. Cotton higher. Chicago wheat higher on good late demand. Corn lower on liquidation. Oats higher with good demand. Soybeans mixed with light trade. Hog prices steady to 25 higher, receipts 4 500 top 19 75. Slaughter steers steady, receipts 1 000 top 27 25.
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New York
Chicago
Nixon would seek summit with Russians on Vietnam
Christian Science Monitor reports that if elected Nixon would immediately seek a summit with the Russians to address the Vietnam War. The Washington dispatch cites sources informed on Nixon planning and says he does not intend to escalate military commitment but to pressure at the negotiating table.
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Boston
The
Christian Science Monitor
Richard M. Nixon
Washington
Godfrey Sperling Jr
Monitor
Nixon
United States
Vietnam
Sperling
Blackburn Asks Park Name Change
Decatur mayor J Gilmer Blackburn requested removing his name from Blackburn Park amid objections from residents. He urged the city park board to develop a new name and present it to the city commission, noting his unname is tied to early planning by the park program designers.
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Decatur
J. Gilmer Blackburn
Blackburn Park
City Park and Recreation Board
City Planning Department
Human Wave Assault At U S Base
About 1 000 North Vietnamese troops attacked a U S artillery base near Saigon in a wave assault. Blackburn North district officials debated designating a park area amid heavy fighting and planned to formally name the site after the action.
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U.S. Base
Gan
Blackburn
Park
Harris Murder Trial Opens in Moulton
The first degree murder trial of 17 year old George D Harris opened in Moulton with Frank McCoy’s widow testifying. Mrs McCoy described Harris shooting her husband at least three times during a home argument. Harris is a first cousin of Mrs McCoy.
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Bob Stansell
Moulton
George D. Harris
Central High School
Frank McCoy
McCoy
Harris
Guaranteed Frigidaire and Robinson Furniture Comp
The notice advertises Guaranteed Frigidaire and Robinson Furniture Company located on 2nd Ave with phone number 353-2370, offering home appliances and furnishings.
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Frigidaire and Robinson Furniture Compan
2Nd Ave
Dunlop Plant To Be Larger In Huntsville
Dunlop Tire and Rubber Co of Buffalo plans a much larger plant at Carl T. Jetport than announced two weeks ago. In a letter to the Huntsville Industrial Expansion Committee, company officials state total investment at the plant would be 57 million dollars.
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Huntsville
Dunlop Tires and Rubber Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Carl T. Jetport
Huntsville Industrial Expansion Committee
Alvin Blackwell
Body Of South Girl Recovered In Hartsville Creek
The 17 year old Linda Sue South of Hart selle drowned in a boat accident on Flint Creek Sunday afternoon. Her brother LeRoy South 24 also drowned. Mrs LeRoy South Patsy South were injured and hospitalized. Relatives say a brown Chihuahua rode in the boat.
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Flint
Linda Sue South
Hartselle
Flint Creek
Miss South
LeRoy South
Patsy South
Flint Rescue Squad
John McBride
R. D. Webster
LeRoy
Billy Smith
Viet Cong Women Part Of Trang Bang Assault Squad
At Trang Bang 28 miles northwest of Saigon six Viet Cong women joined a dawn assault on an American armored column. Captain Gordon Lam said three women used AK50 assault rifles and were among the first wave of about 20 to 30 attackers who charged the tracks before being repelled by .50 caliber fire.
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AL Chang
Associated Press
Trang Bang
Vietnam
Saigon
Gordon Lam
Honolulu
Lam
Wallace Temperature Returns To Normal After Surgery
In Montgomery Alabama Gov Lurleen Wallace shows normal temperature after abdominal infection drainage surgery two weeks ago doctors report Washington D C Gen Creighton Abrams top deputy to Westmoreland arrives for high level consultations Pentagon sources say
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Montgomery
Ala
Lurleen Wallace
Washington (Ap
Creighton W. Abrams
William C. Westmoreland
Pentagon
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