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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1968
Page
9
President Johnson indicated a bombing halt could depend on Hanoi pledges and peace prospects. He warned his planned actions would lead to important conferences next week and hinted at possible attendance conflicts with Hemisfair opening in San Antonio near his ranch.
The report covers arson and murder cases with Shelton and Bonds facing trial in Lawrence County Circuit Court. It notes D earman's death by gunfire and a separate McCoy homicide in Town Creek. It mentions Harris’s 10 year sentence for second degree murder and the planned trials of Bonds and Hays, with details on the alleged incidents and locations.
The source outlines possible options for the five states after secession including a combination of moves and military action. It notes that current residents faced unclear futures with whites possibly allowed to remain as lesser citizens rather than full citizens.
Morgan County authorities charged Lee Morgan King a 34 year old druggist with illegal amphetamine possession and kidnapping 17 year old Jackie Lynn Frazier. King faced a grand jury after a November hearing and a decision on the kidnapping was delayed to April 3. Also charged were 23 year old Larry William Lesman and 17 year old William Speakman tied to the same amphetamine ring.
By 1900 only Britain was mostly urban. Now all major nations are urbanized and the move to city living continues with no sign of slowing.
Police described the device as a Molotov cocktail and the suspect fled the store after the incident. Officers secured the scene and searched for the fleeing individual, with no injuries reported at the time.
In a March 13 1968 letter the sub committee was told it had information on only three rejected orders final disposition. One involved 6826 bottles of sodium warfarin tablets from Endo Laboratories Garden City NY recalled after FDA found strength variances. The drug used as an anticoagulant for heart disease. destroyed stock and continued to be sold to the Defense Supply Agency per Endo vice president Meyer Ushkow.
Spirit of America outlines a one time program allowing en listees to select desired schools instead of the buddy plan. High school seniors may list now and learn month of induction while enjoying a day of events. Sgt. Silver in the Federal Building Decatur invites interested parties to contact him.
Mrs. Marsha Wolf finished a final exam at Missouri Western College in the morning and gave birth to a son at Sisters Hospital that night in St. Joseph Missouri.
Bowie State College students ended their four hour boycott after negotiations with state and college leaders. Atty Gen. Francis B. Burch promised to visit Monday to investigate complaints and report to the State College Board of Trustees. Gov. Spiro Agnew said no personal promises were made to students.
The Fills arrived in Thailand from Nellis AFB March 17. Two advanced jets crashed, signaling a blow to the Air Force and possible grounding of the remaining four in Thailand. A Pentagon spokesman said a flight safety team will aid the investigation. The jets had flown six straight combat missions against secondary targets in the Southern Panhandle.
Athens city council opened bids for gasoline and fuel oil for vehicles. Low bids included Standard Oil 100 octane at 22.25 cents per gallon, J and J Oil for diesel, Gulf Oil for non detergent 5 weight at 91 cents, and Gulf Oil 56 cents for 20 weight bulk oil. The Flemings and Walloons have endured 1400 years of tension in Belgium.
SAFETY SYSTEM GOLDEN Colo. and Coakley of Golden has devised a simple system to prevent school bus crashes at railroad crossings. A low powered radio transmitter on locomotives and a simple flasher buzzer receiver on buses would warn the bus driver with a flashing red light and buzzer on the dashboard whenever a school bus nears a crossing.
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