Viet Nam Survival Hopes Look Brighter
South Viet Nam's survival hopes seem brighter than six months after Diem was overthrown. A top American diplomat says the decline has halted but an uphill struggle lies ahead with political rather than military danger as Viet Cong forces grow stronger in the delta and around Saigon. Civilians and military leadership must stabilize the situation and build trained administrators to regain ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Elsoyan
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh
Diem
Digg
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Viet Nam
United States
U.S
Nguyen Khanh
Khanh
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Attalla Man Dies In Truck Crash At Gas Pump
Tom Breedlove 51 of Attalla was killed when his pickup hit a concrete abutment on U S 11, crossed the highway, and exploded into a gas pump fire. Coroner Noble Yocum confirmed the fatality and described the crash details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attalla
Ala
Tommy Breedlove
U. S. 11
Here
Etowah
Noble Yocum
Breedlove
Yocum
UA Counseling Day At Huntsville Center
The University Center at Huntsville designates a counseling day for area high school seniors. It helps students plan courses, schedules, registration, and placement tests. Attendance runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with timed placement tests for summer enrollees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Center
Huntsville
Area Nurses To Attend Nursing Home Conference
At least three area nursing home representatives will attend a two day Alabama Nursing Home Association meeting in Birmingham. Mrs. Jack Kelly of Kelly's Home For the Aged Haleyville and Garland Rollins of Falkville Nursing Home will discuss Cost Management. Leonard Sterling of Cullman Nursing Home will join mothers at a Wednesday session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Nursing Home Association
Birmingham
Jack Kelly
Kelly
Haleyville
Garland Rollins
Falkville Nursing Home
Leonard Sterling—Cullman
Nursing Home
Decatur Resident Awarded National Heart Institute Grant
Dr Harold B White Jr received a five year Research Career Development Award from the National Heart Institute. He is an assistant professor in biochemistry at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. The award supports young scientists in health related fields. White's work focuses on unsaturated fatty acids preventing coronary heart disease and the synthesis of unsaturates and their effect on arterial cholesterol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Sue Odom
Decatur
National Heart Institute
Harold B. White
Biochemistry
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson
Institute
GOP Recommends Military Action Over Cuba Policy
A Republican Critical Issues Council urged the Johnson administration to signal readiness to use military force to remove international communism from Cuba. Democrats called the document crude and political, noting Castro rose to power under Eisenhower and criticizing the rush to war as irresponsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Vaccaro Washington
Johnson
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican Critical Issues Council
Castro
Council
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Senate
Cotton Subsidy Divides Textile Players at Hearing
Textile manufacturers and cotton producers clash over who should receive the six and a half cent subsidy. Witnesses favoring the first buyer cite administration ease and price support limits, while producers urge equalization to benefit farmers. The act aims to balance prices to mills and users, differing from the export subsidy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Waring Hazlehurst
Jackson
United Merchants
Rowan of Nion
S. C
Frank Mitchener Jr
Sumner
Miss
Caesar Cone
Cone Mills
Greensboro
N.C
May Day Historic Events and Tornado Toll
On May 1 1964 significant events include Manila Bay victory led by Adm George Dewey in 1898 and the first penny post card in 1873. Tornado damage in the Southwest killed 12 and injured 63. Churchill announced he would not seek re election to the House of Commons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
George Dewey
United States
Manila Bay
Chicago
Mandalay
Stalin
Germany
Malinovsky
Moscow
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Lake Okeechobee Water Source for Everglades Park
The article notes Lake Okeechobee as the principal water source for Everglades National Park. It discusses the dependency of the park on this lake and implications for ecosystem management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Okeechobee
the Everglades National Park
May Day Celebrations At Judson College
Marion May Day activities center at Judson College with Decatur area alumnae and students from the 1914 and 1939 classes. A Friday banquet honors alumni families, followed by Honors Convocation and a business meeting Saturday morning. Melanie Partain of Mobile will be crowned May Queen at 3 PM as the May Court leads an International Potpourri with 32 nations’ flags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Judson
Decatur~area
Carol Wooten
Susan Hull
Ella Moseley
Mary Lynda Hodges
Paul Wolfer
Decatur
Alumnae
Melanie Partain
Mobile
Mount Hope Post Office Contract Awarded
Postmaster General John A. Gronouski announced that a contract was awarded to Mrs. Lorene S. Dukeminier of Mount Hope to build a new post office in Lawrence County. The 1000 square foot interior will include modern conveniences and fluorescent lighting, with completion for occupancy by July 15. The bidder was the lower of two bids. the site will be near the current building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
John A. Gronouski
Lorene S. Dukeminier
Lawrence County
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Tine Davis
Kwik Chek
Wilma Bradford
Cullman
Tennessee Valley
George McMillian
Harold B. White, JR
GOP
LBJ
Milton S. Eisenhower
Latin America
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Arkansas Democrat
Jane Bass
Decatur High School
Decatur Retail Druggist Association
Bass
John Bass
Cherry St
Ed Stoffregen
Decatur Druggist Association
Bob McClendon
Miss Bass
David Bittle
Sage Copeland
Women’s Auxiliary
The
Morgan County Medical Society
Frances Mur
Dock
Decatur Public Library
Mount Hope PO
Franklin County
Limestone County
Carolyn Spears
Decatur High
Neal Conner
Susan Gibson
Barbara Stewart
Jody Duncan
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