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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1972
Page
1
Contestants from eight North Alabama counties compete for more than 40 000 in gifts and scholarships in the Miss Point Mallard Pageant. Twenty four entrants in the second annual event. Carol Medders will crown the winner with Dell Jenkins performing.
A two box AP Wirephoto map shows U S planes knocking out three MIG aircraft about eighty miles south of Hanoi and a separate area near My Chanh by Hue where U S jets struck the village by mistake.
U S warplanes returned to the Hanoi area for the first time in three weeks and bombed storage depots barracks and training facilities aiding the North Vietnamese invasion of South Vietnam. Navy fighters shot down several MIG interceptors as carrier based planes hit targets west of Hanoi.
In Kellogg Idaho AP reports a renewed underground fire endangers 58 miners trapped in the Sunshine Mine and follows 35 deaths already confirmed from the blaze.
The government will rewire over 600 Boeing 727s to prevent rear exit openings in flight after an Eastern Airlines hijacking. FAA head John H Shaffer said the change will stop parachuting from the tail and noted United Airlines faced a similar incident earlier.
The item notes the 1902 eruption of Mont Pelee in the West Indies that wiped out St Pierre and killed over 30 000 people. It references historical disaster context amid a page of local editorial chatter and weather notes.
Morgan County voters cannot register for the May 30 runoff due to lack of state residency guidelines. Board chair Ann Bell said courts are unsettled on Alabama voter rules and the board will not meet until June 5.
President Nixon and top advisers held a three hour NSC session on Vietnam policy near Hanoi. White House aides offered no agenda details as the meeting wrapped, fueling expectations of potential major military or diplomatic shifts. Vice President Agnew and Secretary of State William P. Rogers attended, with other NSC members present.
The White House convened a National Security Council meeting as U S warplanes returned to the Hanoi area for the first time in three weeks to strike depots barracks and facilities. Nixon and advisers weigh next steps as Moscow talks loom.
Former North Carolina Governor Terry Sanford, seeking the Democratic nomination, loses the North Carolina primary to George Wallace. Sanford vows to campaign through the July nominating convention, plans to press the June 3 New Jersey primary, and cites his 37 percent showing amid Wallace’s 50 plus percent.
Eighteen Nashville leaders travel by three buses to Birmingham with stops in Athens and Decatur for a 56th annual goodwill tour. Wallace votes, mayoral speeches, and city hall tours highlight a trip rooted in tradition, with comments on Wallace's political following and related primary results.
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