Patrol Boat Trip for Alabama NJROTC Cadets
Twelve Austin High School NJROTC cadets depart for Newport Rhode Island to sail a 75 foot Navy donated patrol boat to Decatur. The two groups blue and gold will navigate via Norfolk Charleston Mayport Pensacola New Orleans Cairo Paducah and Cairo to Decatur over about 24 days under instructors Walter Brauer and William Hatton.
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Austin High School
Naval
Newport
Norfolk
Charleston
Mayport
Fla
Key West
St. Lucie Canal
Lake Okeechobee
Florida
Gulf Intercoastal Waterway
Pensacola
Mobile
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Cairo
Ill
Tennessee River
Paducah
Decatur
Austin Njrotc
Walter Brauer
William Hatton
Hatton
Naval Academy
Navy
R. I
Joint U.S. Soviet Space Pact Signed in Moscow
President Nixon and Premier Kosygin signed an agreement to launch joint space exploration by 1975. Officials announced a SALT framework to limit ABMs and freeze land based offensive missile launchers, while allowing sea based progress.
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Moscow
Nixon
Alexei N. Kosygin
William P. Rogers
Vladimir Kirillin
Soviet Committee For Science and Technology
U.S
Gerard Smith
Helsinki
Finland
Vladimir Semenov
Kremlin
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
United States
Kemlin
Wallace says sorry as gun attack sidesteps campaign
Gov. George C. Wallace spoke to reporters in Silver Spring saying he is sorry this has to end this way after being shot at a May 15 rally. He emphasized plans to participate in the Democratic convention and expressed gratitude to Holy Cross Hospital staff.
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Silver Spring
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Miami Beach
Wallace
Cornelia
George
Laurel
Holy Cross Hospital
Recreation In City Spotlight Rooster Breakfast in Decatur
The Chamber of Commerce hosts a Rooster Coffee Club breakfast at T. C. Almon Recreation Center as part of Recreation Emphasis Month. Harmon Wages of the Atlanta Falcons will speak on municipal recreation benefits and life as a pro. Archie Wilson to MC. events start 7 a.m. with gymnastics and other demonstrations.
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Chamber of Commerce
Rooster
T. C. Almon
Decatur Parks and Recreation Department
Point Mallard
Harmon Wages
Atlanta Falcon
Archie Wilson
Jimmy Brown
Brown
Daily Calendar and Classifieds Brief
In Today’s Daily Calendar AS Horoscope Classifieds D4 Landers Editorials Entertainment Financial To Place A Want Ad Dial 353-4612 Athens-232-1535 Quick Weather High today and Thursday in mid 80s, low tonight around 60. Complete weather map river page A-7.
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Landers
Financial
Athens
Expansion Plan Warned by Shoals Official
Muscle Shoals planning official says a federal suit may block expansion of the Tri County Appalachian Regional Health Planning Commission into 13 counties. Theodore Gerber accuses the group of power moves and underhanded tactics and cites lack of local coordination in proposing a Decatur headquartered agency.
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Muscle Shoals Planning
Tri- County
Appalachian Regional Health Planning Commission
Theodore Gerber
Muscle Shoals Council of Local Governments
Alabama Health Study Commission
Tri-County
Study Commission
Decatur
Gerber
Decatur Tri-County
Pentagon to Send More Bombers to Indochina
The Defense Department said additional BS bombers are being deployed to Indochina as the United States expands air operations over North Vietnam. In a separate filing Arthur H. Bremer pleaded innocent in Baltimore to federal charges arising from the May 15 shooting of Alabama Governor George C. Wallace and three others at a political rally.
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Washington
United States
North Vietnam
Pentagon
Indochina
Baltimore
Arthur H. Bremer
U. S
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Saigon Marines strike north of Hue in new operation
U S amphibious craft and helicopters landed about 2 000 South Vietnamese marines in enemy territory near Quang Tri while air and naval bombardment hit Haiphong area targets. Marines claimed 133 enemy troops killed and 40 weapons captured as B 52s and ships bombarded northern industrial sites.
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Saigon
U.S
Hue
Haiphong
7Th Fleet
Quang Tri City
Quang Tri
Quang Tri Province
My Chanh
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Air Force
Dmz
Radio
Pentagon
Blood drive aims for 500 pints in June visits
Morgan County blood campaign leaders hope 500 pints can be collected during the June 1 and 2 Bloodmobile visits in Decatur. If short of the 800 pint target from two prior sessions, the final June 14 push must meet the overall 4 195 pint goal. The June 1 2 schedule and St Johns Parish House location are announced. Abstracted details.
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Red Cross
Decatur
Morgan County
J. V. Sailors
Chamber of Commerce Committee
St. John’s Episcopal Parish House
Jackson St
2Nd Ave
Mrs Noah Lee Fund Nears $1 700 for Morgan County Deputy Widow
Donations to the Mrs Noah Lee Fund total 1697 50 as a drive to aid the cancer struck widow of a slain Morgan County deputy continues. Mrs Lee mother of 17 year old twins faces hospital bills diabetes and high blood pressure. Contributions listed include several families and anonymous givers with amounts up to 25 dollars.
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Noah Lee
Morgan County
Lee
Decatur
Nashville
H. J. Pinson
Clyde B. Smith
Harvey Coleman Jr
W. H. Lowery
Buel B. Drake
Decatur Daily
Johnston St. SE
DAILY
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Frank Cormier
Austin
Njrotc
Waler Brauer
William
Brezhnev
Dutch West India Trading Company
Manhattan Island
Tennessee Valley
Hon Gay
Nam Dinh
Eid
Guy LaBorde
Westmeade
H.p. Johnson
Dial
THE
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
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