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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1968
Page
1
The Medal of Honor, once the sole US military decoration, has 53 living recipients and a long history from Civil War to Vietnam. Notable facts include a female recipient who dressed as a man, diverse heroics, and evolving criteria requiring eyewitness proof and acts of extreme bravery beyond the call of duty.
About 400 Decatur students will receive diplomas in graduation exercises at the city's three high schools on May 30. Baccalaureate services are set for 8 p.m. Sunday at Decatur and Austin high schools and at 4 p.m. at Lakeside High. Decatur High expects 199 graduates, with Rev. E M Barnes Jr delivering the baccalaureate speech. Austin High, about 155 graduates, will hear senior Steve Bowers, with Rev. Bob Gunn and Sam Berg also on the program.
The State Supreme Court reversed Audie Lee Seagroves death sentence for the 1964 slaying of Miss Ethel Marie Putman after ruling he was not properly advised of his constitutional rights before a police confession. Seagroves, then 15, faced retrial. Louis Watts also had his 99-year sentence reversed for a separate 1964 Huntsville killing.
President Charles de Gaulle and his ministers held a four hour session on Ascension Day to seek a way out of widespread national work stoppages. Information Minister Georges Gorse declined to answer questions ahead of de Gaulle’s address to the nation by radio and television Friday night.
New York stocks were mixed in fairly active trading. Cotton fell while wheat rose in Chicago with a late rally. Corn and oats showed gains with strong volume in oats and soybeans supported by commission-house buying. Hog futures steady to 25 cents higher. top at 21.00. Choice steers had insufficient volume to test prices. Local ad notes Robinson Furniture on 2nd Street with 353-2370.
A conspiracy suit over asphalt sales to the state was dismissed by U S District Judge Frank M Johnson Jr after all parties agreed. Costs of the suit by Waugh Asphalt Co are charged to the defendants. The case was dropped after challenges to Waugh Asphalt’s incorporation status.
A twin rotor passenger helicopter en route from Disneyland to LAX crashed in flight killing all 23 aboard including nine Ohioans on a family vacation. Relatives identified victims and investigators began wreckage analysis to determine cause.
Residents in Morgan and several north central Alabama counties have lost over 50 000 to counterfeiters. Bogus 10 and 20 dollar notes circulated for more than a year with no end in sight per Secret Service and local police. A Hartselle case notes five 10s and one 20 passed in two weeks. Police and ambulances report suspected counterfeit bills and urge noting tag numbers for investigation. One man was jailed for counterfeiting a 10 dollar bill and later convicted in federal court in Birmingham. See CASHING On Page B-12.
American pilots increased missions against North Vietnam and suffered higher losses after Johnson restricted areas. U S Command reported two more planes downed by anti aircraft fire on Wednesday with three crewmen missing. American combat deaths last week reached 549, the second highest weekly toll of the war. South Vietnamese losses were 475 and allied casualties 4 765.
AP reports the previous week yielded 549 American deaths in action the second largest weekly toll of the Vietnam War. Wounded totaled 2,282 with 1,314 hospitalized. South Vietnamese forces saw 475 government troops killed 1,476 wounded and 71 missing or captured.
U S Ambassador Harriman said the Vietnam peace talks will break the stalemate and North Vietnam will concede. He rejected Xuan Thuy's threat to end talks, noting four meetings with Thuy in ten days and planned ideas after a weekend recess.
Alabama officials Claude Kirk Sr. and Phil Cox resign, drawing sharp charges from Florida officials and a denial from Gov. Albert Brewer. The governor’s office announced their resignations as “quit” with no further details.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board named 21 Alabama cities including Athens to receive a larger share of liquor tax revenues. Statesboro, Ga. AP Stillman College defeated Ouachita Baptist 7-1 in the Area 5 NAIA baseball playoffs opener.
A federal judge in Alabama considered requests to allow the legislature time to reapportion local governing bodies. In Washington, police began a mass arrest of demonstrators from the Poor People’s Campaign but halted it after filling two patrol wagons as the group agreed to disperse from Capitol Hill.
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