Senate imposes one hour limit on voting rights debate
The Senate voted 70 to 30 to clamp a one hour per senator debate cap on the voting rights bill. Democrats and Republicans sparred over amendments as leaders hoped for quick passage, with remarks from Sen. Ervin and leaders Dirksen and Mansfield signaling possible bill passage tonight.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Ervin
Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Morgan County plans May meeting and bake sale items noted
Decatur diary lists Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control chairman Guy D. Roberts as May meeting speaker at 1 p.m. in the courthouse basement. Austinville Church of God bake sale at Kwik Chek in Gateway Shopping Center Saturday 9 a.m. advance orders 353-8428. Police reports include several thefts and a pig stolen from a pen.
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Guy D. Roberts
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Morgan County Community Services Planning Council
Austinville
Growing Pains Between Teen and Parents
A columnist advises that adolescence is a painful transition for both teens and parents. Mood swings and fear of losing the child they knew strain family life as teens crave independence while parents adjust to the grown up child.
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S.W
Horton Outlines Alabama Elk River Authority
Sen Ed Horton described a proposed Elk River Authority at a Limestone Lauderdale counties luncheon. The bill would create a seven member board with staggered terms two from each county and a governor appointed member, with mayoral participation discussed.
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Horton
Alabama
Elk River Authority
James Long
Athens
Ian Elk River Authority
Ed Horton
Limestone
Lauderdale
Limestone - Lauderdale
Authority
Ardmore
Lester
Elkmont
Lime
Clues Sought In Murder Of Newsman
Alabama AP newsman James C. Waldrup, 28, was found slain in his Mobile apartment. Coroner said he was struck, strangled and stabbed ten times. Detectives and officers launched a fulltime probe. wallet and car missing, car later found abandoned downtown.
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Mobile
Alabama Associated Press
James C. Waldrup
James J. Robinson
Waldrup
Earl B. Wert
Brewer Talks With Negro Delegation at Alabama Capitol
A delegation of Negroes delivered a grievance list to Rep. Albert Brewer at the Alabama State Capitol. Brewer, Wallace administration lieutenant and House speaker, said many problems could be solved only on the local level after an hourlong discussion in his office.
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Montgomery
Albert Brewer
Brewer
Decatur
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Bids Opened for Morgan County Juvenile Home and Lab
Morgan County Board of Revenue opened sealed bids for two projects the juvenile detention home and a soils laboratory but did not award a contract. Six contractors submitted bids separate proposals for each project with a combined budget of 40000 dollars. The board indicated it may award only the juvenile home contract.
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George Biggers III
Morgan County Board of Revenue
Soils Laboratory
Five year plan proposed for reforming Alabama prison system
The legislative study committee plans a five year plan for revamping Alabama prisons to Gov. George Wallace. In Robbins Tennessee rescue teams found two more bodies from a coal mine explosion, bringing total dead to three with two others still missing.
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Montgomery
George Wallace
Freedoms Shrinking Says Rooster Speaker
Francis Whitey Wistert vice president of ELTRA Corp Toledo Ohio spoke to the Rooster Coffee Club at Congress Inn on the shrinking freedoms in America. He cited the Cuban crisis the Vietnam conflict and the Dominican Republic and the national debt as historical pressures and warned that the moral fiber of the nation is decaying.
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America
Francis
Whitey)Wistert
Eltra Corp
Toledo
Ohio
Chamber of Commerce
Rooster Coffee Club
Congress Inn
Wistert
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
U.S
Francis (Whitey) Wistert
Toledo, Ohio
Center
Prestolite
Wallace Sees State Industry Rise For 1965
Gov George C Wallace addressed Cullman High School 185 graduates urging stay in Alabama for jobs and stating new industry will set a 1965 state record. He pushed continued education and noted 28 new junior colleges with two years of college for 15 dollars monthly.
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Wallace
Cullman
George C. Wallace
Cullman High School
Alabama
Mixed views on Dominican coalition as talks proceed
Dominican rebels voiced optimism about forming a coalition government led by Antonio Guzman Fernandez, while the junta and U S officials remained wary. A rebel spokesman said negotiations were advanced and nearing a conclusion, but U S sources warned settlement prospects stayed dim amid junta opposition. Brig Gen Imbert Barrera reportedly had not been consulted on the plan.
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Antonio Guzman Fernandez
Juan Bosch
U.S
Guzman
Antonio Imbert Barrera
Imbert
W. Bennett Jr
Jose A. Mora
Organi
Markets At A Glance
New York stocks showed higher but moderate trading while bonds were mixed and treasuries mostly steady. Commodities moved with cotton higher and wheat firm. soybeans and oats firm on short covering. corn steady to firm. Hog prices slipped 25 to 50 cents, top $22.25. slaughter steers rose 25 to 50 cents, top $29.00.
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New York
Chicago
Indian Question debated in Decatur Daily
In the 1830s debate over Indian settlements in the Shoals to Guntersville area John Knox argues that broad generalizations mislead rather than clarify. He challenges statements that there were no settlements and previews a detailed treatment in Wednesday's Decatur Daily.
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Shoals
Guntersville
Decatur Daily
John Knox
Space Bird Satellite Soars After Ninth Saturn Test
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP The Saturn I super rocket scored its ninth straight successful test and launched Pegasus 2 a mammoth satellite. Pegasus 2 unfolded wings to 96 feet and begins space observations to measure tiny meteoroids and hazards as astronauts prepare for further trips.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
U S Officials Disagree On Air Attackers
In Saigon five miles from the 17th Parallel, jet planes hit a South Vietnamese outpost at Gia Linh. U S spokesmen conflicted whether the raiders were Communist MIGs or straying American fighters. Five Vietnamese wounded, a truck destroyed, bulldozer burned.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Gia Linh
da Nang Air Base
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Convicts Escape From Area Site
Two prisoners escaped from an area site. Authorities identified Charlies W. Garth about 30 serving time for murder and David L. Wood for grand larceny and burglary.
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Charlies W. Garth
Muder
David L. Wood
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