Two Captured In Stolen Car At Nashville
Two of six Morgan County Jail escapees were captured in Nashville Tennessee around 9 a.m. James Baker Jr. 17 of Nashville and James O Nichols 26 of Fort Worth Texas were arrested for traffic violations and taken into custody. Others remain at large as lawmen search the area after the jail break discovered at 7:45 a.m.
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Nashville
Morgan County
Tenn
James Baker Jr
James O. Nichols
Ft. Worth
Texas
Walnut St
Decatur
Tennessee
Dick Fleming
Pryor Field
Edward E. Page
Morris
Ala
Jim Elsworth
Hartselle
Charles Hefner
William Jack Dempsey
As Her Husband Sleeps She Waits And Hopes
A young Hartselle mother Paulette Nicholson, 23, remains at her husband Lewis Nicholson’s bedside six weeks after a brain tumor surgery left him comatose. He has had three operations in three years and was moved from Huntsville Hospital to Pines Nursing Home in Hartselle.
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Cora Blair
DAILY
Hartselle
Paulette Nicholson
Lewis
Nicholson
Huntsville Hospital
Pines
Runoff Candidates Bid During Rally
Five candidates and a stand in seeking Democratic nomination spoke at a Decatur Chamber rally at Somerville Road Elementary School. Participants included Paul P. Collier and William Wadsworth for district one commissioner plus Daren Easter and Bob Harris for Morgan Limestone State Senate, Sheriff Dick Fleming and Mrs David M Sandlin standing in for her hospitalized husband. Circuit Judge James N Bloodsworth presided as master of ceremonies.
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David Knight
Morgan County
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Somiville Rd
Paul P. Collier
William Wadsworth
Daren Easter
Bob Harris
Morgan-Limestone
James N. Bloodsworth
Decatur
Two Cars Stolen In Night In Decatur
Police report two vehicles stolen from residences during the night. Lettie Bryant of 216 Third Ave SW reported a 1965 white over blue Oldsmobile missing and Judy Whisenant of 501 Walnut NE reported a 1965 black Pontiac taken. A 1963 Chevrolet was damaged on Market NE at 10 10 p m Thursday after driver Vermilion G Hopson 43 of Hartselle lost control and crossed railroad tracks. See Diary on Page 2.
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Lettie Bryant
3Rd Ave
Judy Whisenant
Walnut St
Market St. NE
Vermilion G. Hopson
Hartselle
Mrs Pryor Crowned by Flying Farmers in Alabama
Luke Pryor 39 year old mother of five will be crowned queen of the Alabama Flying Farmers Association at a Saturday banquet. Asa Rountree Jr state aeronautics director and other officials from the International association will attend the day long event in Decatur.
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Luke Pryor
Alabama Flying Farmers Association
Decatura
Asa Rountree Jr
International Association
Alabama _ chapter
Viet Marines Break Up Buddhist Protest in Saigon
Vietnamese marines used tear gas and automatic fire to disperse a Buddhist demonstration in Saigon after Buddhist leaders rejected a peace overture from Premier Ky. About 10 000 gathered to denounce Ky with anti government banners. 2 000 to 3 000 moved toward downtown, militia intervened as protesters fled into side streets.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen Chanh Thi
U.S
Marchlers
Buddhist Institute
Thi
Markets At A Glance
New York stocks mixed as trading slows while bonds show narrow changes. In Chicago wheat firm on buying, corn steady to mixed, oats steady to mixed. Soybeans higher with old crop months strong. Hogs up 50 cents to $1.50, top $27. slaughter steers steady to 50 cents higher, top $28.
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New York
Chicago
Wallace vows cafeteria project for Calhoun Tech graduates
Governor George Wallace told 206 graduates that a new 350000 cafeteria will be funded after the upcoming state legislative session. Dr. Carlton Kelley said the facility will serve both the technical school andJohn C Calhoun junior college as plans are already drawn. Wallace urged high goals and noted vocational education’s rising status.
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George Wallace
John C. Calhoun Technical School
Carlton Kelley
Wallace
Goodyear Employee Killed In Alabama 20 Crash
An employee of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co in Akron Ohio identified as Jess W Meherg 45 was killed in a wreck on Alabama 20 en route to Huntsville to catch a plane home The Highway Patrol and Limestone County Coroner Charlie Sam met at the scene.
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Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Akron
Ohio
Alabama
Huntsville
Jess W. Meherg
Highway Patrol
Limestone County
Charlie Sammet
Meherg
Goodyear
Scientists see Mars life prospects at symposium
Scientists at a special symposium on the search for life in space express optimism about exploring Mars in the coming decade and detecting life there. The report appears on page A-5. A New York Times correspondent notes Paris as a top hub for food culture and preparation. James Reston analyzes President Johnson and current polls in his column today.
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Mars
New York Times
Paris
Earth
James Reston
Johnson
Gemini 9 Flight Delayed One Day
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP The Gemini 9 mission is postponed to Wednesday to allow Atlas target rocket preparation for the chase and docking flight. Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan will conduct a three day mission with a 2 hour 25 minute space walk by Cernan and practice sequences for future moon missions. Backup astronaut James A Lovell Jr. is noted.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Atlas
Cernan
Gemini
Space Agency
James A. Lovell Jr
Navy
No Cemetery Plot For Viet Victim
Wetumpka Alabama AP The body of Pfc Jimmy L Williams the first Elmore County soldier to die in Vietnam has been returned for burial but no cemetery sites acceptable to the family are available His mother Mrs Johnny L Williams rejects the municipal sites used for emergencies and paupers She says he was not an unknown and died for them Justice Department says it is investigating and the NAACP calls for an inquiry into possible segregation See NO On Page 2
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Wetumpka
Ala
Elmore
Washington
Justice Department
National Association For the Advancement For Colored People
Athens Group Plans New Limestone Bank
Five Athens businessmen filed incorporation papers for the Limestone County Bank and Trust Co with David Gordon as president. Officers include Atty David Patton Wayne Bodie Jennings Dr Carl Jones and Ed Burgreen. Startup funds total 602000 with 350000 in stock and 175000 surplus. undivided profits 77000. The bank aims to open in two to three months.
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Athens
Limestone County Bank and Trust Co
David Gordon
Atty
David Patton
Wayne
Bodie Jennings
Gordon
Turncoat Adams Says He Acted Without Prodding
Clarence Adams, a Korean War turncoat, testified he taped two Hanoi broadcasts urging American Black soldiers in Vietnam to fight for equality at home, insisting he acted independently and not under pressure from Beijing.
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Hong Kong
Clarence Adams
Hanoi
Neigro
Viet Nam
Razak hails Indonesian visit easing three year proxy war
Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak welcomed a surprise Indonesian military delegation visit to Kuala Lumpur saying it promises an end to the undeclared conflict between Malaysia and Indonesia.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tun Abdul Razak
Cuban Says Gunfire From Guantanamo Killed Senator
Cuban officials say a bullet that killed a Cuban senator last Saturday came from 248 shots fired from the Guantanamo Bay U S naval base into Cuban territory in the last five days.
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Guantanamo
Cuba
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
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Harry Perry
Bennett McEntire
Bob Bates
Bennet McEntire
McEntire
Mrs. Nicholson
Mrs. Pryor
Winford Turner
Goodyear Man
Paul Collier
Legislative Action Committee
The
Jim Garner
Thomas P. Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
Athens Group
Limestone Bank
Carl Jones
Ed Burgreen
Bekins Worldwide Moving
Call Daniel
Ee Adv
Patton
Malod
Beery
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