Georgia Marine Defies Flag Order Over Racist Symbol Claims
Georgia Marine Staff Sgt. Donald E. Gibson said he was ordered to remove the state flag in Vietnam, citing the Confederate battle flag as a racist symbol. He refused and faced possible discipline while urging Gov Maddox and Rep Stuckey to push a Justice Department probe. Maddox asked President Johnson to ensure Georgians are protected. See STARS On Page A-10.
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Atlanta, Ga
Georgia
Vietnam
W. S. Stuckey
D-Ga
Justice Department
Stuckey
Lester Maddox
Johnson
Maddox
Donald E. Gibson
Brunswick
1St Marine Air Wing
Gibson
United States
Alabama
Mississippi
Heavy bombing debate resurfaces over North Vietnam
U.S. military officials reportedly argue for resuming bombing of North Vietnam as peace talks stall. Reports cite heavy infiltration and southward North Vietnamese troop movement, with Hanoi viewed as not seeking peace. Endorsed by Adm. Sharp and Gen. Westmoreland headquarters.
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North Vietnam
U.S
Washington
North
Vietnam
Hanoi
Adm
Ulysses S. Grant Sharp
Pacific
William C. Westmoreland
Viet Nam War Fights Expand Near Hue and Dong Ha
Allied forces report 1,139 North Vietnamese killed as heavy fighting continues for a fourth day in the northeast of South Vietnam near Hue and Dong Ha. A North Vietnamese counterattack two miles northeast of Dong Ha repulsed a Marine assault.
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Saigon
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Hue
Dong Ha
Columbia Officials Study Changes On Campus Ruling
In Decatur a Birmingham truck driver Joseph Leon Burchfield 54 died when his 40 foot tractor-trailer hit McBride and Sons Grocery at 402 6th Ave SE witnesses say he appeared dead before the crash. Coroner John McBride plans to rule today on the cause of death following an investigation. The Alabama Highway Express truck carried about 21000 pounds of brass ingots. Mrs Hildegarde McBride and A P Williams store operators stood near the front when the truck struck. McBride was slightly injured by debris. Funeral arrangements are with Ridouts in Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Decatur
Morgan County
John McBride
Joseph Leon Burchfield
Burchfield
6Th Ave
McBride
Chicago
McBride and Sons Grocery
6Th Ave. SE
Ridouts Funeral Home
Hildegarde McBride
A. P. Williams
McBride and Son Grocery
Board Of Trustees To Consult With Community On Gym Site
Columbia University's board of trustees met in special session to study changes in the university structure and to consult with community leaders about the fate of a controversial gym in nearby Morningside Park. The action follows a 12 member faculty executive committee's recommendations to restore order and end the police presence as students resume academic life.
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Board of Trustees
New York
Columbia University
Near
Columbia
Engineer on strike handles long distance call in bathrobed joke
Jack Riethmaier of Southern Bell operated the long distance switchboard during the strike when an Athens customer called a Decatur man. The Decatur wife said he was in the bathtub and Riethmaier repeated the line to a second caller, noting the same man was in the bathtub.
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Jack Riethmaier
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Athens
Decatur
Riethmaier
Jack
Cullman Man Burns After Refusing Loan
Ernest D. Miller, a 50 year old WWII veteran living alone in Cullman, was set on fire last night after refusing a $60 loan. He suffered burns over 35 percent of his body and is listed in critical condition at Veterans Hospital in Birmingham. Police found him semiconscious at 6 10 a m and no arrests had been made. a caller to his home remains unknown.
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Cullman
Ernest D. Miller
Veterans Hospital
Birmingham
Cullman Hospital
Miller
Cullman County
Heart Transplant Under Way at Stanford Hospital
California report says a heart transplant is underway at Stanford University Medical Center. A spokesman cited pending family clearances and withheld patient and donor details. This marks Stanford’s second heart transplant.
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Stanford
Calif
Stanford University Medical Center
Norman E. Shumway
Sip
Boulden Denied a New Hearing in 1964 Warden Slaying
The U S Court of Appeals denied a request for a new hearing for Billy Don Franklin Boulden of Falkville, under a death sentence for the May 1 1964 slaying of game warden Lloyd Hays near Flint City. District Attorney Dick Hundley said he was informed today. Boulden's attorney Bill Moore of Montgomery plans an appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
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U.S. Suh Circuit Court of Appeals
Billy Don Franklin Boulden
Falkville
Lloyd Hays
Flint City
Dick Hundley
Boulden
Bill Moore
Montgomery
U. S. Supreme Court
Memphis gathers for Dr King memorial Poor People’s march
Nearly 1,000 Negroes assemble at the Lorraine Motel site in Memphis to dedicate a marble stone honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and to launch the Poor People’s Campaign with a bus caravan toward Marks, Mississippi. Ralph Abernathy participates as King’s successor leads the first march segment.
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Memphis, Tenn
Martin Luther King Jr
Marks
Miss
King
Ralph D. Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Lorraine Motel
Abernathy
Memphis
Israel marks 20 years with military parade through Jerusalem
Jerusalem marks 20 years of nationhood with a parade of Israeli land sea and air forces through the old and new Arab quarters. The march shows Soviet era armor and captured Arab weapons along a route from a modern Arab section to a Jewish sector amid Arab protests and a UN security council call for cancellation.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Lebanon
U.N. Security Council
Middle East
Frigid Sales and Service Ad Details
Frigid Sales and Service advertises on ers Avenue offering numbered service options. Contact details appear incomplete but indicate a local business focus.
Markets At A Glance New York Stocks Higher In Active Trading
New York stocks rose in active trading while cotton fell. Chicago wheat and soybeans moved higher or mostly lower, with good demand noted for wheat and mixed trades in oats. Slaughter steer prices remained steady with light receipts, top at 27.75.
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Chicago
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