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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1971
Page
6
Police arrested 148 people in the early hours after a rock concert disturbance. Three persons including a policeman suffered slight injuries. The curfew was to continue as long as needed while officials met to ease the situation.
At the weighing station entry blank must include full details and contact data. Entries close at midnight Friday with weighings verified by station staff. In a tie, the earliest entry wins and judges decide final results.
The article notes ongoing hostilities in the Vietnam DMZ area with mobile North Vietnamese rocket launchers complicating tracking. US radar guided artillery including 8 inch guns and 155 mm howitzers are used as air strikes and shelling support. Brisk clashes extend to the northern South Vietnam and eastern Cambodia near the A Shau Valley with 45 NVA reported killed on Friday.
Limited reports ships delayed by the bridge closure remained unnamed. Delayed boats cleared the span in about an hour after reopening. Southern Railway kept using the bridge while L&N trains were briefly rerouted for repairs. TVA official Paul Evans calls the barge delay losses minimal.
Sylvia Porter notes a New York City study finds one in 12 hospital beds occupied by patients who do not need hospitalization due to lack of better facilities. She highlights long waiting lists for acute or urgent care and the high daily hospital charges ranging from 75 to 125 dollars.
Panama City Junior Chamber of Commerce rejects apology to House majority leader Hale Boggs for a May 13 resolution accusing him of loud conduct at a political dinner. The dispute centers on police restraint claims at a $50-a-plate testimonial for Rep. Robert Sikes. The senior chamber apologizes. Boggs and Sikes deny the incident.
Michele McDonald of Pennsylvania was crowned Miss USA at the 20th annual pageant in Miami Beach. The Butler high school senior, 18, 5 foot 8, plans nursing. she regretted missing her senior prom. First runner up Brenda Box of Texas. second Susanne Elizabeth Pottenger of Arizona. third Nancy Rebecca Rich of Missouri. final finalist Patricia Barnstable of Kentucky.
In Belfast gunmen killed Royal Green Jackets corporal Jim Bankier and wounded another in daylight, sparking a citywide manhunt. Earlier a dynamite blast at a nearby dance hall wounded 20, with sectarian tension rising toward civil conflict.
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