Garden of Eden TV Exile Spoof News Report
A televised spoof reports Adam and Eve must leave Eden within 12 hours after a divine ban due to Eve eating forbidden fruit. The mock news desk jokes about fruit types and fashion as reporters speculate on residence, attire, and political-style implications in a surreal Eden.
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Russell Baker
N.Y
Washington
Eden
Adam
Eve
Garden
Herb Hicap
Herb
Bill Rinse
House
Dan
Walter
David
Light Turnout For City Election In Decatur
Decatur voters turnout was light to moderate as they decide whether to abandon the city commission government and return to a mayor and five councilmen system last used in 1958. Polls opened at 8 am and close at 6 30 pm with about 15 000 eligible voters amid rain and quiet campaigning.
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Decatur
Fire Station No. 3
Decaturey Club
Eastwood School
Courthouse
Armory
Decatur High School
Somerville Rd. School
Fire Station No. 4
Austinville School
Joe Terry
Terry
Mann Reappointed Public Safety Director in Alabama
Floyd H. Mann, 47, is named to lead Alabama Public Safety Department again under Gov. Albert Brewer succeeding C. W. Russell. The appointment was announced in Montgomery as Mann returns to the post he held in former Gov. John Patterson's administration.
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Montgomery
Ala
Floyd H. Mann
Public Safety
John Patterson
Albert Brewer
Brewer
Mann
Public Safety Department
C. W. Russell
Limestone Firm Seeks Rural Trash Pickup in Morgan County
Dillard McLemore of McLemore Collection Co. urges the board to approve a rural garbage pickup service for Morgan County. If approved, it would end rural disposal gaps as current dumps at Hartselle and Decatur are not open to residents. He plans to apply for a franchise with the Alabama Public Service Commission and expand operations within the month.
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Dave Whittaker
Limestone County
Board of Revenue and Control
Morgan County
Guy Roberts
Hartselle
Decatur
Dillard McLemore
McLemore Collection Co
Alabama Public Service Commission
McLemore
Reds Down 9 Planes And Helicopters In Saigon Assault
North Vietnamese forces shot down four American planes and five helicopters during the attack that seized the Kham Duc Special Forces camp. About 150 South Vietnamese and six Americans were believed killed in one C130 crash, a toll higher than any prior Vietnam war incident.
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Saigon
Kham Duck
New York City
Markets At A Glance
New York markets show stocks lower in active trading. Cotton and oats rise on tight supply while wheat gains in Chicago. Corn declines on liquidation with soybeans mostly higher. Hog and slaughter lamb receipts noted.
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New York
Chicago
Father of victim sues for 1 million over bus wreck
Ambrose King files a Morgan County suit alleging negligence after his 11 year old son Mickey King died when the Cotaco School bus left Lower River Road and crashed. Defendants include General Motors Corp Perley A Thomas Car Works and bus driver Hayes Wilhoite.
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Cotaco
Morgan County
Ambrose King
Mickey Ronald King
Lower River Rd
J. N. Powell, Jr
General Motors Corp
Perley A. Thomas Car Works
Hayes Wilhoite
Drivr
Young King
Alabama Highway Patrol
Earnest Stone
Ralph State
ES Doss
UAW Ouster Possible as AFL-CIO Moves Against Union
AFL-CIO pledges to suspend the United Auto Workers if back dues are not paid by Wednesday. Meany says the action is withdrawal, not expulsion, amid Walter Reuther era tensions. Detroit leaders caution against halting the suspension as UAW weighs its options.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
White House
Hubert H. Humphrey
George Meany
Labor Federation
Reuther
UAW
Meany
Detroit
Leonard Woodcock
AFL
Verbal punches in Paris urge hard bargaining at talks
U S and North Vietnamese negotiators traded verbal blows from opposite Paris bank headquarters as talks resumed into their second full session. Harriman said he used a microscope to study Hanoi's Monday statement, while a North Vietnamese spokesman rejected paying any ransom to halt bombing.
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John M. Hightower
Paris
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Seine
United States
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Shanties Rise Along Capital Area Protest Camp
A few dozen families move into unpainted plywood shanties in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Residents describe rough living conditions at home and adapt to carpentry lessons, an improvised school, and constant chilly weather.
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Washington
Lincoln Memorial
Ralph David Abernathy
John Brom Named Officer of the Year by Local Legion
State Trooper John Brom of Decatur was named Law Enforcement Officer of the Year by American Legion Post 15 and will be eligible for the state title in July. A Cordova native and Walker County High School graduate, Brom joined the highway patrol in 1957 after Navy service.
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Cora Blair
John Brom
Decatur Monday
American Legion
Brom 42
Highway Patrol
Brom
Cordova
Walker Countty High School
Navy
Josephine Teskiewitz
Ken Reynolds
Air Force
Japan
Broms
Mark St
Washington, D.C
Jasper
New York City
The
Kennedy and McCarthy Face Second Big Primary Test
Kennedy and McCarthy confront their second presidential primary test in Nebraska while battling Humphrey in West Virginia for delegates. Kennedy says winning Nebraska is needed for the nomination though McCarthy argues the state alone won’t end his campaign. Nixon appears assured of victory with potential write-in Rockefeller and Reagan on ballots.
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Kennedy
McCarthy
Associated Press
Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Nebraska
Hubert H. Humphrey
West Virginia
Kennedy-McCarthy
Indiana
Richard M Nixon
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Caliornia
Ronald Reagan
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