O'Brien and Morton Lead National Postal Reform Drive
Lawrence F. O'Brien and Thruston B. Morton announce a national effort to reorganize the Post Office along TVA lines. They will head the Citizens Committee for Postal Reform to move the Post Office from a Cabinet department to an independent government owned service. Existing employees would transfer with Civil Service benefits intact.
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Washington
Lawrence F. O’brien
Thruston B. Morton
Tennessee Valley Authority
Citizens Committee For Postal Reform
Post Office
O’brien
Nixon
Cochairmen
Fire on USS King in Tonkin Gulf Kills At Least Four
A blaze aboard the guided missile frigate USS King in the Tonkin Gulf off North Vietnam killed at least four crew. The fire started in the fireroom late Friday and took 1 hour 20 minutes to extinguish. The ship, with 26 officers and 370 men, proceeded under its own power to Subic Bay for repairs. Names of victims withheld pending family notifications.
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Saigon
King
Tonkin Gulf
North Vietnam
Navy
7Th Fleet
Subic Naval Base
Philippines
Apollo 10 Crew Returns From Moon Flyby
Apollo 10 astronauts Air Force Col. Thomas Stafford Navy Cmdrs. John Young and Eugene Cernan returned to Earth after a successful moon flyby. They reported awe at their 2 percent days near the moon and noted radiation exposure roughly equivalent to five chest X-rays.
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Cernan
Earth
South Pacific
Stafford
Uss
Princeton
Leads Checked In Pistol Slaying
Authorities pursued possible tips in the shooting death of Juanita Acker 41 a widowed mother of three found in her Crescent Motel room. Acker an employee of Safeguard Command Huntsville was killed by a close range .22 pistol blast to the face.
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LEE Sentell
Juanita Acker
Crescent
David Sandlin
Susan
Nathan Horton
4Th Ave
Morgan County
Clarence Harris
Sandlin
Mrs. Acker
James Darren To Emcee 1969 Spirit of America Pageant
Hollywood star James Darren will host the 1969 Miss Spirit of America Pageant in Decatur on July 4. Entry deadline is June 15 with sponsors from BPW clubs. pageant awards exceed 1000 dollars. Darren, famed for The Time Tunnel and films like The Guns of Navarone, will headline amid Alabama contestants and public interest.
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James Darren
Decatur Chapter of
Business and Professional Women
BPW Club
Darren
Hollywood
Sands Hotel
Las Vegas
Cocoanut Grove
Los Angeles
Mike Douglas
Bob Hope
Aladelphia
Alabama
Katherine Riethmaier
BPW
James
Not Going To Forget That Face in Kidnap Trial
Barbara Mackle identified Gary Steven Krist as the man who buried her alive in a coffin like box after a December abduction near Decatur Georgia. She described pleading with him and his companion Ruth Eisemann Schier as jurors prepared to visit the burial site.
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Decatur, Ga
Barbara Jane Mackle
Gary Steven Krist Saturday
Richard Bell
H.O. Hubert Jr
Norcross
Atlanta
Miss Mackle
Emory University
Robert F. Mackle
Coral Gables, Fla
Krist
Ruth Eisemann Schier
University of Miami
Eisemann Schier
Decatur
Cherry blossoms in Washington near end of bloom season
Reader asks if they are too late to see blossoms. The answer says about a month late. blooms peak early April and last roughly one week around the Tidal Basin. The Cherry Blossom season marks spring’s start.
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Washington
C. B. Decatur
Tidal Basin
Alabama eyes liquor legalization and higher taxes
Alabama lawmakers debate local option wet-dry changes and an implied consent drunken driving bill as Gov. Brewer seeks a 10 percent liquor tax to fund Medicaid. A4 notes past veto and ongoing floor debates amid dry counties statewide.
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Albert Brewer
Colbert County
Lurleen Wallace
Bryce Graham
Tuscumbia
Howard McElhaney
Montgomery
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TVA
Democratic National Committee
Morton
Republican National Committee
Susan Black
John D. Black
Robinson St
Pipper Curley
John Curley
Jackson St
Billy Smith
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Oklahoma
Vietnam
San Diego, Calif
Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
Mare Sims
David Smith
By Winford Turner
Kathy
Mike
Harris
van Pruitt
Marl Sims
James Eddie Vinson
12Th Ave
Leon Mitchell
Don McKee
Mackle
THE
Ala
Robison Furniture Company
Second Aventue
Senate
McElhaney
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