Athens Council Schedules Hearing On Police Chief Change
Athens officials set a public hearing for Thursday at 7 pm to review replacing Police Chief Terry Bottom with former Huntsville chief Chris M. Spurlock. Mayor Tinnon said the council may find willful neglect of duty while Bottom will respond to charges. Spurlock is slated for a salary of 875 dollars monthly, 400 more than Bottom.
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Winford Turner
Athens
Terry Bottom
Huntsville
Chris M. Spurlock
Robert Allen Tinnon
Bottom
Spurlock
Lester Cole
J. Dewitt Garrett
William Smith
Tinnon
Lee Athens
Local events and talks crowd Decatur diary
Decatur diary lists WSCS local officers training at Central Methodist Church to start 10 a.m. Wednesday. Rep Don Collins speaks on Alabama conservatism at the Holiday Inn Downtown at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Wesley Taylor heads to Birmingham for Crippled Children's Clinic surgery. The Decatur ASQ sub section hosts a ladies night at 6 30 p.m. Wednesday at the Downtowner Restaurant.
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WSCS
Decatur
Central Methodist Church
Alabama
Jefferson County
Don Collins
Morgan County
Holiday Inn
Wesley Taylor
5Th Ave
Birmingham
Crippled Children’s Clinic
Curtis Taylor
Mr. Taylor
American Society For Quality Control
Police Hold Six In Theft Cases
Decatur police report six arrests, five men and a 15 year old youth from Decatur. Formal charges to be filed today. Items including produce and tools recovered. May 19 burglary at Decatur Junior High School cafeteria and thefts at Bruno’s and Lane Rexall noted.
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Cora Blair
Decatur
Decatur Boat Harbor
David Smith
Smith
Deecatur Junior High School
Bruno’s
Lane Rexall
Gateway
Roy Payne Motors
Blackburn To Head Regional Planning Body
Mayor Gilmer Blackburn was elected chairman of the North Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission. Kenneth Speegle of Cullman and Billy Glenn Terry of Moulton were named vice chairmen to serve with the mayor at the first executive committee meeting.
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Gilmer Blackburn
North Central Alabama
NATO Crisis Seen Shifting Toward Peace Focus in Hearings
Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings led by Sen. Frank Church examine NATO in a peace orientation after 17 years of war avoidance. Paris and European leaders influence propose a 14 nation post French withdrawal structure. Washington debates short term defense, collective security, and how to handle De Gaulle within the alliance.
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Robert Kleiman
New York Times News Service
New York
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Atlantic
China
Pacific
Sen
Frank. Church
Idaho
Pres
Ident de Gaulle
Erhard
Wilson
NATO
Rusk
McNamara
Dean Acheson
Washington
de Gaulle
France
Chamber To Sponsor Political Rally Here
The Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a political rally at 7 30 p m Thursday at Somerville Road School with six May 31 Democratic Runoff candidates speaking. Circuit Judge James Bloodworth will MC and a Q A segment will follow. the public is invited.
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The
Chamber of Commerce
Somerville Rd
Whit King
James Bloodworth
Dick Fleming
David Sandlin
Morgan County
Paul Collier
William Wadsworth
Senate
Daren Easter
Bob Harris
King
De Gaulle Drives Europe Detente Vision Amid East West Tensions
Analysis notes proposals for East West relations and a revived West Europe voice in the alliance. De Gaulle leads in shaping Europe's hopes, with a Moscow trip as Vietnam tempers Soviet American rapprochement and widens leadership.
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West Europe
de Gaulle
Russia
Europe
Moscow
Viet Nam
Auto sales edge May start but fall behind May period
Detroit AP reports preliminary May sales show GM division led gains but overall May early period trails the May 11 20 window last year. Poland accuses US of falsifying facts over expulsions of three American attaches and accuses them of spying. House Ways and Means approves national debt ceiling of 330 billion, $2 billion below Johnson administration request.
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General Motors
Warsaw
Poland
Polland
United States
Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Johnson
Food and Freezer Plan for Family of Four
Decatur Food Service advertises a weekly budget plan of 13.99 for a family of four. Includes local contact 778-8742. Adv.
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Food & Freezer
Decatur Food l Service
Loco
British Navy Ready for Orders on Moving Ships
Britain’s Royal Navy awaited a call from Prime Minister Harold Wilson to move ships from jammed ports and tow away strikebound vessels under a state of national emergency. Wilson said naval use would be慎 careful and not indiscriminate, amid warnings from ship workers.
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Granville Watts
London
Britain
Royal Navy
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Elizabeth II
House of Commons
William Hogarth
Navy
Hogarth
National Union of Seamen
Dallas Ordered To Count All Ballots In Sheriff Race
A federal judge ordered Dallas County to count six challenged ballot boxes in the sheriff's race between James G. Clark and Wilson Baker. The boxes were disputed after Clark trailed in the May 3 primary, with the Justice Department arguing Baker won the nomination based on the contested votes. The ruling keeps the court’s jurisdiction over the Clark challenge to the election and runoff.
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Mobile
Dallas County Democratic Executive Committee
Dallas
James G. Clark
Wilson Baker
U.S
Baker
Clark
TV Critic Quotes as 1966 Season Ends
New York Times TV critic Jack Gould calls the 1966 season over with relief. Page five carries more reactions. The Times highlights rapid air evacuation and medical advances boosting Vietnam casualty recoveries and details on medical field operations.
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New York Times
Jack Gould
U.S
Viet Nam
Walter Reuther
United Automobile Workers Union
Afl-Cio
Hue mutiny splits Viet leadership as Nhuan declares for Ky
In Hue the 1st Vietnamese Division commander Brig. Gen. Pham Xuan Nhuan reportedly pledged allegiance to Premier Ky, unclear if his troops back the move. Ky’s regime shows confidence with a 1000-person congress in Saigon while Buddhists boycott. See Hue on page 2.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hue
Defense Ministry
Pham Xuan Nhuan
da Nang
USS
Thich Tri Quang
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Ton That Dinh
Markets At A Glance on Pad News Pave New York
Markets At A Glance shows stocks up amid fairly active trading. Bond markets mixed while cotton remains quiet. Chicago wheat falls, corn eases with scattered selling, oats down, soybeans lower. Hog bids swing 50 cents up to 50 cents down, top around 26.50. Slaughter steers mostly steady with top near 27.00.
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New York
Chicago
TVA Power Bond Bill Is Introduced
Washington Rep Bob Jones of Scottsboro and colleagues introduced a bill to authorize TVA to issue an additional 1 billion in revenue bonds for electric power facilities in the Tennessee Valley. The measure follows President Johnson's recommendation amid expected power demand growth for the next decade.
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Washington
North
Alabama
Tennessee Valley
Bob Jones
Scottsboro
Tennessee Valley Authority i
Repones
Johnson
TVA
Congress
Tennessee
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