Guide to Vietnamese Campaigns in Saigon Elections
Russell Baker mocks South Viet Nam election preparations with satirical points on voting eligibility ballot chaos and multi party like systems. The piece blends humor about polls checks and the nominating riot referencing American conventions from 1960 and 1964.
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Russell Baker
New York Times
Washington
South
Viet Nam
Switzerland
United States
South Viet Nam
Chicago
Liuzzo murder trial delayed in Alabama court
Montgomery AP reports state’s attorney sought a postponement of the Ku Klux Klan member’s murder trial over uncertainty about the FBI undercover witness Gary Rowe. Justice Department in Washington says Rowe will be available when needed for Eugene Thomas’s case over Viola Liuzzo’s death.
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Arthur E. Gamble Jr
T. Wert Thegard
Justice Department
Gamble
FBI
Gary Thomas Rowe
Building permit issued for gas furnace replacement in Decatur
A building permit was issued Thursday to J. R. Thompson at 1036 Jackson St. SE for 900 dollars to replace a gas furnace. Police recovered a red Hawthorne bicycle and a CB radio unit was reported stolen from Joe R. Tillery’s car near Chace Rubber Co. in Decatur.
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J. R. Thompson
Jackson St. SE
11Th Ave. NW
Joe R. Tillery
Decatur
Chace Rubber Co
China intrusion denied spurs more MIG attacks
North Vietnam will likely risk more of its MiG jets in combat as U S air forces pound the North. Major General Gilbert Meyers, deputy commander of the U S Air Force in Vietnam, says the North grows desperate as missiles underperform and they must respond to the sustained air strikes.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Vietam
U.S
U. S. Air Force
Viet Nam
Gilbert L. Meyers
U S Claims MIG Downed Over North Viet Nam
The U S Air Force rejects Peking's charge of intruding into Red China and says a missile firing F4C Phantom downed a Communist MIG17 over North Vietnam about 20 to 25 miles south of the Chinese border. Vietnamese officials imply the downed plane may have been North Vietnamese. China had acknowledged losses northeast of Makwan near the border in Yunman province, calling the incident an act of war provocation.
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Andrew Borowiec
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S. Air Force Today
Peking
Red China
Air Force
North
Viet Nam
Red
China
Makwan
Yunman
U.S
Profits Hit Historic High in First Quarter
Corporate profits reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 78.3 billion dollars before taxes in the first quarter. Gardner Ackley warned of a potential business slowdown this year, saying a cooling-off would be welcome. A radioactive cloud from a Monday nuclear test in Red China is moving over the United States, according to government experts. Timothy Leary admitted that LSD use is out of control with an estimated one third of college students experimenting with the drug.
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Washington
Hot Springs
Gardner Ackley
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Red
China
United States
Timothy Leary
Caddell and Smither Named Directors of First National Bank
Decatur attorney John Caddell and accounting executive John Smither have been elected directors of the First National Bank of Decatur. A. L. Johnson announced the appointments, saying Caddell and Smither will replace R. H. Tweedy Jr. who becomes an honorary director, and the late M. R. Rankin.
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Decatur
John Caddell
John Smither
First National Bank of
A. L. Johnson
First National
Caddell and Smither
R. H. Tweedy Jr
Courtland
M. R. Rankin
Johnson
Solons Meet With Wallace Before Governor Race
Solons plan a meeting with Wallace, potentially the first encounter before the November gubernatorial race. Rep. James Martin, one of the five Republican congressmen, announced his intent to seek the GOP nomination for governor next month.
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Wallace
James Martin
GOP
Solons
Crash Claims Decatur Man Near Cullman
A Decatur area man identified as Ronald Hallburg 27 of Trinity died when his car left Interstate 65 and struck a sign about 1 30 p.m. seven miles south of Cullman Troopers said he was a foreman at Chemstrand plant in Decatur.
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Cullman
Decatur Area
Here
Ronald Hallburg
Trinity
Decatur
Chemstrand
Philpott Is Inaugurated Auburn President
Harry M. Philpott was inaugurated as Auburn University's president with a pledge to double enrollment and to actively contribute to the state's growth. He has led the university since last September and was formally inducted today in Auburn, Alabama.
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Auburn
Ala
Harry M. Philpott
Auburn University
Philpott
George
Bass Receives AEC Award at Dallas Science Fair
Dwight Bass a Decatur High School senior is named one of ten high school students from seven states to win an Atomic Energy Commission award at the international science fair in Dallas Texas He received an AEC certificate of achievement at a luncheon and his exhibit on induced mutations as applied to bacterial antibiosis is noted bass exhibit has been in competition for several more See BASS on Page 2
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Dwight Bass
Decatur
Atomic Energy Commission
Dallas
Tex
AEC
Bass
Markets At pCilolitas Caranaia to 'ns on aloe 2
New York stock markets opened lower with heavy trading. Bonds remained mostly unchanged and cotton quiet. In Chicago wheat showed strong activity while corn rose on general support. Oats firm with scattered demand. Soybeans mixed with old crop months firm. Hogs steady to 50 cents lower, top 25.50. Slaughter steers up 50 cents to down 50 cents, top 28.50.
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New York
Chicago
Marines Wipe Out Viet Cong Force
U N Armed forces report key Viet Cong unit destroyed in South Vietnam as Marine forces claim heavy losses for the insurgents. American aircraft also claim another MIG down over North Vietnam amid conflicting China claims. Saigon reports 38 Communist commandos arrested in a major security sweep.
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Robert B. Tuckman
Saigon
South VietNam
U. S
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
Rain Forecast for Decatur from Birmingham Weather Bureau
Rain and more rain plagued Decatur with thunderstorms dropping two inches in the last 24 hours ending 7 a.m. today. The city weather recorder at WHOS reported the totals with most rain falling in a wide swath before daybreak.
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Decatur
Birmingham Weather Bureau
WHOS
Mortgage Loans Ad From Security Mutual Finance Corp
Mortgage real estate loans promoted by Security Mutual Finance Corp at 714 Bank St seeks clients with loan options listed under Adv.-2. Contact number 353-0742-1 provided for inquiries.
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Lee Liuzzo
William Fulbright
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Senate Foreign Re
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Fulbright
Caddell, Smither
First National Directors
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Lee Philpott
Beliihs
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pCilolitas
Caranaia
Aloe 2
Redus Collier
Paul Haley
Jasper
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