Bearded Berkeley Dissent Contrasted With Space Heroes
A guest editorial lauds astronauts Virgil Grissom and John Young for courage and devotion while criticizing bearded youths in Berkeley for cynicism. It contrasts sacrifice of service members in Vietnam and space exploration with antiwar sentiment, urging appreciation of national values and dedication to freedom.
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Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
California
Berkeley
Major Grissom
Cmdr. Young
America
Uni
Evening Rainbow Girls Event at Masonic Hall Tonight
Decatur Assembly No 26 sponsors an entertainment evening at the Masonic Dining Hall at 7 30 p m with public invited. Patricia Ann Maddox made the Austin School A honor roll in the last six weeks. Veterans of World War I and Auxiliary plan a covered dish supper Monday at the American Legion Home in Hartselle at 6 30 p m. Decatur police logged one accident yesterday at 5 09 p m at the 11th St and 8th Ave SE intersection involving Buster E Hughes and N E Johnson with no injuries.
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Decatur Assembly No. 26
Order of the Rainbow For
Masonic Dinning
Patricia Ann Maddox
Austin
Morgan T
The
Auxiliary
American Legion
Hartselle
Decatur
11Th St
8Th Ave
Buster E. Hughes
5Th Ave
N. E. Johnson
Rosemont Dr
Jaycees Honor O Hara and Prater at Decatur banquet
Jaycees and Jayceettes held their annual awards at the Decatur Country Club. O Hara received the Marion Burke Award for best all around club participation and Mrs Prater was named outstanding committee chairman for work on benefit projects.
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Jim O’hara
Jayce Prater
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jayceettes
Jaycees
Deca
Tur Country Club
Istate
Jaycee Bill Buffaloe
Florence
Russell Bolding
Cleon Yates
Morgan County
India and Pakistan Extend Limited Combat in Kutch
India and Pakistan held cease-fire talks with limited fighting continuing for the third day in the Rann of Kutch. The United States and Britain pressed both sides to halt hostilities as officials warned about the uncertain future for hundreds of millions in the region.
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Conrad
Fine New
Delhi
India
Pakistan
Asia
Rann of Kutch
United States
Britain
New Delhi
Johnson flexes muscle as U S faces foreign attacks
President Johnson orders stern foreign policy moves after U S Marines deploy to the Dominican Republic to deter attacks on citizens and embassies. Officials warn Peking and Havana that Washington will not tolerate aggressions as they seek to curb communist advances in Viet Nam and counter potential Castro influence. The move follows a year of rising assaults on U S positions abroad and echoes Johnsons warning of consequences for injuries to U S interests.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
U.S
Dominican Republic
Johnson
United States
Viet Nam
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Red China
Ohnson
White House
Muskie Defends Government At Alabama Journalism Day
U S Senator Edmund S Muskie spoke at a Sigma Delta Chi dinner in Tuscaloosa urging support for federal government and criticizing cynical citizens and leaders who hinder reform He warned their numbers and influence threaten public trust and participation and cited distrust of politics as a danger to constitutional rights.
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Ross M. Hagen
Associated Press
Tuscaloosa
Ala
U. S
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine Democrat
Muskie
Sigma Delta Chi
University of Alabama
Musikie
Alabama approves registration plan to keep federal registrars away
The Alabama Legislature gave final approval to a plan requiring voters to read and write an article of the U S Constitution in English and to prove literacy, sending a constitutional amendment to a July statewide referendum. The measure aims to block federal registrars from operating in Alabama and ends the legislature s special session.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
House
Senate
U. S
Flood Damage Rises to Ten Million Across Mississippi Corridor
The Associated Press reports a record flood crest moving toward Burlington Iowa and Gulfport Illinois with about 10 million dollars in damage between Dubuque Iowa and Hannibal Missouri. U S Army Engineers estimate the preliminary loss as the river stayed seven to eight feet above flood stage.
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Associated Press
Burlington
Iowa
Gulfport
Ill
Dubuque
Hannibal
U.S. Army
Clinton
Davenport
Moline
East Moline
Rock Island
Muscatine
Child Fatally Struck Crossing Alabama 36 Near Hartselle
Five year old Thomas Eugene Owens was hit by a westbound car driven by Walter Ray Rogers as he attempted to cross Alabama 36 about one mile east of Hartselle. The coroner said the accident appeared unavoidable and the child died about an hour and a half later after being taken to the hospital.
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Hartselle
Alabama
Morgan County
Lewis C. (Pinky) Brown
Thomas Eugene Owens
Brown
Walter Ray Rogers
Huntsville
Rogers
Pope Paul Urges Talks To End Wars
In a clear plea against escalating conflict in Viet Nam, Pope Paul VI called for talks at all levels to end ever growing acts of war. The second encyclical letter of his reign condemns guerrillas, warfare, and terrorism without naming Viet Nam. See POPE on Page 2.
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Vatican City
Viet Nam
Paul VI
Paul
Pope
U S Marines in Hour of Clash in Santo Domingo Zone Fight
U S Marines and Dominican troops push block by block through Santo Domingo as snipers kill two Americans and wound others during the effort to establish an international safety zone. Leftist rebels still control much of the city as U S casualties mark first since landing. The operation links U S forces with Brig Gen Elias Wessins troops in a two prong advance from east and west.
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Louis Uchitelle
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
U. S
Juan D. Bosch
U.S
Elias Wessin Y Wessin
el Embajador
Organization of American States
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San Diego, Calif
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South Viet Nam
Recatur
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Combat Limited
Como Park
St. Paul
Minn
Peking
Havana
Cpl
Pleas David
Hoi Vuc
da Nang
South
David
Bulletin
Harselle
Pope Paul
Bekins Wiere Cell Busigh
Ken Reynelds
Kerth Rai
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