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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1968
Page
8
News reports show producers and directors refusing government guidance on news presentation while radio staff strike broadens. Paris stocks slide as franc reaches new lows and gold edges up. The strike, led by a communist federation, seeks to maintain control amid a rising labor movement.
The event featured remarks urging Americans to rise to the challenge of freedom and improve the nation. Awards honored individuals from Mooco Goodyear Amoco and State National Bank for secretary treasurer president and banker of the year while scholarships supported students Scott Casey Suetta Riley and Sandra Hawkins. Delegates to the National Junior Achievers Conference were Rex Rankin Teresa Bordon Jamon Company Doug Casey Don Lupo Jo Ellen Newton.
J E Johnson was the low bidder at 28407 with rebids for an alternate contract Tuesday including steel poles and wiring. The board plans a tax sheltered annuities program for Decatur teachers with up to five companies named. Bids open June 6 for 35000 in school bonds to upgrade the heating system at Decatur High under the 3.5 million school bond issue approved last year.
The long latent unrest spread despite a television appeal by Premier Georges Pompidou for calm. Police reserves were increased by 10 000 to join 60 000 already in Paris. Authorities kept troops from universities and factories to avoid new clashes. Classes remained halted as students protested the order and debated the future.
Egypt hopes non-Arab powers especially Britain and the United States will pressure Israel to accept terms acceptable to the Arabs.
About 100 University of Delaware students occupied the student center to show sympathy with Delaware state students and submitted demands to officials. At Marquette University in Milwaukee a dispute over hiring a Negro administrator continued, with athletes threatening to withdraw and the Rev Bernard Cooke and two priests pledging to resign if demands were not met in 48 hours. Police arrested seven sit-in participants as around 100 others left before police arrival, while university president Rev John P Raynor said Marquette would not be governed by coercion.
The Associated Press reports twisters across Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Missouri killed 71 people and injured over 1,000. Deaths by state: 43 in Arkansas, 15 in Iowa, 10 in Illinois, 2 in Indiana, and 1 in Missouri, with millions in property damage.
U S and South Vietnamese troops prepared a limited operation in the valley with weather permitting in April and May while North Vietnamese and Viet Cong air power remains in South Vietnam. The force seized rifles and ammunition, a tank, trucks, bulldozers and rice as withdrawal began.
In talks in Paris North Vietnam presses for a full bombing stop with no reciprocal scale down. Sao states no compromise on ceasefire and U S leaders hope meetings push toward a just, lasting peace in Vietnam as Hanoi appeals to American public opinion.
A late day list from New York stocks shows modest declines with key indices slipping as traders react to mixed economic signals. The Dow and S&P 500 trend lower while notable movers pull losses or modest gains.
The stock market trimmed a sharp loss as trading moderated after noon on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow fell about 6, with IBM down 16 and Kodak, Xerox around 3. Gold stocks retreated despite higher bullion, as profits were taken on recent gains. Concern over a possible credit crunch and tax-spending delay weighed on markets.
Decatur markets report cotton at middling 71.7 cents per pound with a loan noted. Cottonseed priced at 40 dollars per ton. Milk prices show Grade A at 6.55 per hundred and manufactured milk at 3.20 per hundred. Grain and feed items include corn two grades at 1.22 per bushel, oats 0.70, milling wheat 1.53, malt barley 0.95, soybeans 2.60, and pulpwood at 14.50 per cord.
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