Wilson memoir claims White House sabotaged 1967 peace bid
Former British prime minister Harold Wilson says his Kosygin led bid to push Vietnam talks in February 1967 was thwarted by the Johnson administration. Wilson asserts a real chance for settlement based on a Tet truce prolongation existed, with Paris talks overdue by May 1968.
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Anthony Lewis
New York Times News Service
London
Harold Wilson
Labor
Aleksei N. Kosygin
Soviet Union
Vietnam
White House
Wilson
Sunday Times of London
Paris
Chester L. Cooper
Bassador
Kosygin
Bruce
Hanoi
Washington
Cooper
Johnson
North Vietnam
High Court Denies Stay on Postal Rate Increases
The Supreme Court refused to block upcoming postal rate hikes as publishers had challenged them after losing in two lower courts. The decision leaves the new rates set to take effect today.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
TVA Saluted In 7 States Across Seven State Area
The Tennessee Valley Authority is saluted this week by civic and government leaders for its 38th anniversary. Governors issue proclamations naming Valley Mobilization Week with the Tennessee Valley Public Power Association and the Tennessee River Valley Association based in Decatur. Open houses at TVA installations, including Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Limestone County, offer demonstrations of plant operation.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Tennessee Valley Public Power Association
Tennessee River Valley Association
Decatur
Browns Ferry
Limestone County
Congress
Franklin Roosevelt
Charles Gunthorp
Rail Memories Relived on Steam Train to Space Center
An era revival occurred as steam engine 77 ran from Tuscumbia to Huntsville for the first passenger trip in decades. About 400 passengers rode the 10-car Charlie Smith Special to view exhibits at the Space Center, enjoying coal smoke and a four hour, friendship forming journey at 30 mph.
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Tennessee Valley
Tuscumbia
Huntsville
No. 77
Sheffield
North Alabama Railroad Club
Muscle Shoals
Leighton
Town Creek
Courtland
Wheeler
Decatur
Southern
Southern Railway
Hillsboro
Vine St
Five Days Left To Enter Miss Point Mallard Pageant
Five days remain for women aged 18 to 28 to enter the May 28 Miss Point Mallard Pageant. Entries must be postmarked by Thursday midnight. The event at Point Mallard Aquatic Center features Suzanne Dennie Miss Alabama 1970 and offers wardrobes scholarships and prizes.
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Ruth Frazer
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Franklin
Marshall
Jackson
Point Mallard
Suzanne Dennie
Miss Dennie
Birmingham
Jim Johnson
Miss Point Mallard
United States
Frazer
Paris Big Four summit collapses after U2 shootdown
In 1960 on this date the Paris summit of the Big Four collapsed as the Soviets leveled charges against the United States after an American U2 spy plane was shot down over Russia. Weather notes list sunny today and Monday with highs near 82 and 84.
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Paris
Soviet Union
U.S
Russia
Athens
Lawn Mower Ad Generates Many Calls in Decatur Classifieds
Mr. Doug Stamper sold a riding lawn mower after placing an ad in The Decatur Daily. The listing offered a riding mower for 75 dollars and a bed and crib for sale with small price tags. Readily, fourteen other buyers showed interest and a number of calls were received. AdVisors are advertised as assisting buyers.
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Doug Stamper
Decatur Daily
DAILY Writers Win AP Citations in Selma Awards
The Decatur Daily staffers Winford Turner and Faye Brewington earned first place in spot news for reports on Mrs Joyce Drake murder near Falkville last January. Phylliss Sidebotham took second in womens page for a full page feature on dangers of poisonous items for children. Turner marked his twelfth AP honor since 1963.
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Brewington
Turner
Sidebotham
Decatur Daily
Faye Brewington
Winford Turner
Phylliss Sidebotham
Selma
Alabama Associated Press Awards
Alabama Associated Press
Joyce Drake
Falkville
Bates’s Bait Lands Lunker in Decatur Daily Contest
Mickey Bates of Athens won first in the Decatur Daily Biggest Fish Contest with a one pound 12 ounce shellcracker captured in Elk River using live redworms. Doyle Curtis of Moulton took second with a one pound five ounce bluegill from Brushy Lake in Bankhead Forest using a Mepps Spinner. James D. Johnson was third with a one pound four ounce bluegill below Wheeler Dam. Bates bought the winning catch at Mac and Charlies One Stop Bait Shop in Athens.
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Mickey Bates
Athens
Decatur Daily
Bates
Oak St
Elk River
Doyle Curtis
Moulton 2
Curtis
Brushy Lake
Bankhead Forest
James D. Johnson
Wheeler Dam
Johnson
Mac and Charlies
Ryan
Lee Bates
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Sentell
Warren E. Burger
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D-Ala
GOP
Democratic
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Associated Milk Producers
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Gale W. McGee
Wye
Senate Committee
Landers
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Mobile Register
Mobile County School Board
Register
Bill Sellers
Carol Nunnelley
Ingrid Tarver
Birmingham News
Mark Chesnutt
The
Alabama Journal
Auburn
Pat Sullivan
Alabama
Pete Kelley
Bob Stansell
Florence Times
Bob
Robinson Furniture ‘Co
Nd Ave
Downtown
iAdv
Martin
Anne Plot
Tuscaloosa
Basil Penny
Anniston Star
Bill Platt
Carolyn Hughes
Phyllis Sidebotham
Delbert Reed
Tuscaloosa News
Jimmy Smothers
Gadsden Times
George Smith
Spot
Dennis Washburn
Paul Manning
Billy Mobley
Don Carden
Bill Mylius
Leonard Chamblee
Birmingham Post- Herald
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