Elite North Vietnamese Force Hit Near Da Nang
U S Marines and warplanes pounded a North Vietnamese unit south of Da Nang in a two day battle part of Operation Allen Brook. Casualties were 130 enemy and 25 Marines in the latest fighting, with totals for the period at 261 Vietnamese and 51 Marines killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Q. White
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Leatherneck
Hoi An
Kham Duc
John T. Wheeler
Dien Bien Phu
Indochina
Rosson
Phu Bai
Shaw
Selden Defies Allen in Alabama Debate Challenge
U S Congressman Armistead Selden repeating his challenge to former Lt. Gov. James Allen to debate during peace talks coverage in Decatur. Selden says victory looks excellent and accuses Allen of gimmicks while urging denouncement of smear sheets linking him to Powell. He notes Congress remains in Washington and stresses public accountability before June 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Armistead Selden
Allen
Selden
Washington
Congress
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
Lawrence Jury Demands Trooper Return and County Aid
Lawrence County grand jury called for an immediate review into why state troopers and patrol cars were reduced. It urged funds to cover court proceedings and noted only two officers and one dilapidated patrol car remain despite population and crime rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Stansell
Moulton
Lawrence County
Reneau P. Almon
Department of Public Safety
Grand Jury
Court of County Commissioners
NASA Employee Freeze Ordered by Webb
Washington AB report says NASA administrator James E Webb ordered a freeze on permanent employment at the May 13 level and limited replacements to one for every four losses between May 14 and June 30 due to budget constraints. The summer employment program remains unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
James E. Webb
NASA
Showers to Diminish in Decatur Area This Afternoon
Showers and a possible thundershower pattern in the Decatur area is forecast to ease this afternoon with a 60 percent chance this morning dropping to 30 percent this afternoon. Sunday may bring partial clouds and warm conditions with a chance of afternoon storms. A tornado watch covered a three county area in extreme southwest Alabama last night though no twisters were reported. a tornado was sighted four miles southeast of Baton Rouge Friday afternoon.
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Decatur
Alabama
Baton Rouge
Rays Trail Leads Lomax to Houston
Louis Lomax reports new details from the James Earl Ray case. He tracks Ray and Charles Stein from Los Angeles to New Orleans on December 15 to 17 1967. The two reportedly met with an unnamed industrialist near the International Trade Mart between 2:30 and 4 p m on December 17.
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Houston
James Earle Ray
Martin Luther King
Ray
International Trade Mart
New Orleans
Charles Stein
Los Angeles
Stein
Lomax Probes James Earl Ray Ties in Houston Route
Louis Lomax reports new evidence about James Earl Ray in Houston on the way to New Orleans. A Milwaukee Journal reporter visits a hotel tied to Ray and a waitress identifies a photo of Ray as a man present last week.
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Louis Lomax
Martin Luther King
James Earle Ray
Houston
New Orleans
Lomax
Dyrell Dennis
Milwaukee Journal
Ray
Stein and Ray travel to New Orleans to sign Wallace ballot petition
Stein and Ray drive from Hollywood in a white Mustang on a trip begun December 15 to New Orleans to meet people and sign a petition to put former Alabama Governor George Wallace on the California ballot. They arrive December 17, stay at the Provincial Hotel, and later meet a New Orleans contact in the International Trade Mart.
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Stein
Ray
Hollywood
New Orleans
Alabama
George Wallace
California
Tommie
International Trade Mart
Trade Mart
State troopers reassigned to Lawrence County drop from five to two
Two state troopers are now assigned to Lawrence County after a reduction from five previously. The change raises questions about adequate coverage and public safety in the area.
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Lawrence County
Aides Deny Humphrey Remarks On Paris Talks
Vice President Humphrey had said that North Vietnamese could name negotiators and the US could do likewise but an aide clarified the remark as a slip. Washington stressed no new development and that South Vietnamese government participation would be discussed at an appropriate time if needed.
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Crono
Maine
Humphrey
University of Maine
Paris
U.S
Washington
State Department
United States
National Liberation Front
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Elite North Force
Thu Bon
A Shau
Laos
Hue
South Vietnam
William B. Rosson
Hanoi
North Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Demilitarized Zone
Vinh
Panhandle
Cong
Southern Railway
Hillsboro
Southern
Senate
Eats
Aves Robinson Furniture
L’rence
Freeze
North American Newspaper Alliance
DIAL
John H. Fenton
New York Times News Service
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
Alvin
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