Cong Urge Support For Rebel Force
In Da Nang Premier Nguyen Cao Ky's troops surround rebel headquarters after hours of heavy fighting. Viet Cong radio calls for uprising while Buddhist leaders appeal for international intervention and avoid endorsing any Viet Cong overtures. Monsoon rains limit air operations to 23 missions.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
da Nang
Gqlecl
Atlack
Viet Cong
Liberation Radio
Ho Chi Minh
U.S
Peggy Ann Brodnick Kidnapping Ordeal Ends
Peggy Ann, 17, spent a week hidden in a wooded area before being rescued. The kidnapper William Diller Hollenbaugh, 44, was killed in a final gunfight with a deputy sheriff. an FBI agent was killed earlier. Peggy Ann described being dragged by a chain and sleeping outside as a massive manhunt unfolded in the Tuscarora hills near Shade Gap Pennsylvania.
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Steve Marcus
Peggy Ann Brodnick
Peggy Ann
Fulton County Medical Center
McConnellsburg
Tuscarora
FBI
William Diller Hollenbaugh
Hollenbaugh
Gerald T. Lorentz
Lorentz
Burnt Cabins
Warrants Issued in Athens Kidnapping Case
Athens authorities issued John Doe warrants charging two unidentified men with kidnapping after they abducted 13-year-old David Lance from Athens Junior High School around 8 a m One suspect described as bearded entered the school and waited before taking the student.
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Athens
John Doe
George Clem
David Lance
J. C. Chisum
Lance
Chisum
Markets Mixed Across Commodities and Cattle
In New York and Chicago trading mixed results show bonds steady. Wheat and corn slide for May while soybeans vary. hogs stay near 25.75 and slaughter steers hold around 26.50.
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New York
Chicago
Decatur Band Boosters Meet at 7:30 PM
The Decatur High School Band Boosters Club will meet today in the school band room at 7 30 p.m. All members are requested to be present. The Knights of Columbus hold a social meeting at 8 p.m. in St. Ann's Church basement. See DIARY on Page 2.
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Decatur High School
Knights of Columbus
St. Ann’s Church
Medicare OKs Most Hospitals for July Start
Social Security Commissioner Robert Ball said most hospitals are ready to participate in the Medicare program beginning July 1 and that coverage should be available in nearly every populated area. He noted 90 percent of the 4,000 accredited hospitals applied, with over 80 percent of the remaining 4,000 also applying. Flexibility exists if a hospital does not meet all conditions of participation or civil rights provisions.
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Washington
Social Security
Robert M. Ball
Ball
Dallas Demos Delay Action in Sheriff Runoff Contests
A Dallas County Democratic sub committee in Selma Alabama postponed ruling on the sheriff runoff between Wilson Baker and Sheriff James G Clark. The six member panel will wait for a federal judge to decide if 1400 discarded votes will be counted and how the contest should proceed with the May 31 runoff date set.
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Selma
Ala
Dallas County Democratic Executive Committee
Inerry
Wilson Baker
Baker
James G. Clark
Clark
Justice Department
U.S. Dist
Decatur Dominates Morgan County Voter Registry
Morgan County reports 27,249 registered voters with 13,982 in Decatur city limits and 13,267 elsewhere. Registration from January to April added over 2,000 voters, and 16,379 votes were cast in the May 3 Democratic primary, about 60 percent of the electorate.
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Morgan County
Decatur
Morgan
Jasper
Ala
Democratic Party
Roy Mayhall
Alabama
Spurlock Hired as Athens Police Chief at Higher Pay
Chris M. Spurlock, former Huntsville police chief, will lead Athens 24 member force starting June 1 at 875 dollars a month, 400 more than outgoing chief Terry Bottom and 575 above the top patrol pay. Bottom was told he would be replaced after May 31, with Mayor Tinnon saying Bottom and Spurlock decide if Bottom stays on as officer.
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Athens
Chris M. Spurlock
Huntsville
Terry Bottom
Marine Corps
Bottom
Spurlock
Decatur Daily
Robert Allen Tinnon
Rain Returns to Tennessee Valley Tonight and Friday
Cloudy skies bring scattered showers and possible thunder through the Tennessee Valley tonight and Friday morning. Light showers touched Decatur this morning. heavier bands are forecast later, with increasing clouds.
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Tennessee Valley
Decatur
Memphis State Joins Missouri Valley Conference
Memphis State is admitted to the Missouri Valley Conference effective immediately, announced from Wichita Kansas. The move marks a shift for the independent power in football and basketball.
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Wichita, Kan
Memphis State
Navy-Red China Trade Probed
The Pentagon is examining Sen. Ernest Gruening’s charge that the Navy bought electronic equipment from firms owned or controlled by Communist China in Hong Kong. Gruening urged tighter controls to prevent violations of the Trading With the Enemy Act.
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Washington
Pentagon
Sen
Ernest Gruening
Navy
Hong Kong
China
Alaska Democrat
Paul R. Ignatius
Gruening
Senate
Joseph Lippman
Makeiure
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Shelton Named Director On Proposed 1-30 Group
Barrett C. Shelton publisher of The Decatur Daily is named a director of a new Alabama group backing Interstate 30 from Memphis to Columbia. Other Alabama directors include W. O. Davenport John T. Reid and Harry Pennington with a fifth member to be chosen.
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Barrett C. Shelton
Decatur Daily
Alabama
Memphis
Tenn
Columbia
S.C
Huntsville
Athens
Decatur
Shelton
Decatur-Athens
W. O. Davenport
Fort Payne-Land Mountain
John’s T. Reid
Scottsboro
Harry Pennington
Tri-Cities
Georgia
Tennessee
Mississippi
South Carolina
T. Harley Harper
Rome, Ga
Chamber of Commerce
Lee Shelton
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Edwin Q. White
Larry Rubeck
Cabins
William Hollenbaugh
Larry
Pnacirclitas
Joynes Macfarlan
Dallas
Rex Thomas
Associated Press
Winford Turner
Defense Department
Treasury Department
Viet Nam
Itoday
Red China
Walter R. Mears
Washville
Asheville
North Carolina
Ken Reynolds
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