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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1969
Page
1
President Nixon asked Congress to convert the Post Office Department into a government owned self sustaining service removed from Cabinet. The plan calls for a nine member board to govern a new independent postal service with bond financing and expanded employee bargaining rights.
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control held a secret session during a bi monthly meeting to discuss possible salary increases for the four member board. State Sen. Bob Harris attended as a Limestone-Morgan district senator and statements indicated discussions centered on raises from the current 600 dollar monthly pay.
Apollo 10 crew Air Force Col. Thomas Stafford and Navy Cmdrs. Eugene Cernan and John Young arrived at Houston after a lunar mission key to timing Apollo 11. They were greeted with leis, hugs, and band musical tributes as crowds celebrated their return and future Moon plans.
Soviet newspapers and crowds hailed the Apollo 10 moon flight as brave and humorous. Pravda called the astronauts courageous. Leonid Sedov praised American experts and cosmonauts, noting all systems worked and color telecasts showed progress in peaceful cosmic study.
SPACE CENTER Houston AP Dr Thomas O Paine administrator of NASA outlined a long range goal to conquer earths fellow planets. He said interplanetary travel is a straightforward extension of lunar exploration and could answer whether life as we know it can exist on the moon and planets. See INTERPLANETARY On Page 5.
Bedlam erupted in the Milwaukee circuit court when Judge Charles L. Larson commended a jury finding 12 defendants guilty of theft burglary and arson in the destruction of draft records The chaotic scene drew supporters and protesters including a priest as bailiffs and police moved to restore order The judge sentenced Fred J Ojile and Douglas I Marvey to 18 months probation with other details noted as the proceedings ended
U S District Judge Frank Johnson sent the Billy Don Franklin Boulden case back to Morgan County Circuit Court to determine if juror selection was proper during the 1964 Decatur trial. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction and the next ruling will decide whether Boulden is sentenced to death or life imprisonment.
The Browns Ferry shield project faces delays as a subcontractor, Badcock and Wilcox of Mt. Vernon Indiana, prioritizes five ahead of the first of three reactor shield units. The $400 million plant aims for completion in 1970 with two more units by 1972, but delivery may slip to year end.
A county wide garbage plan was proposed at a Monday meeting of the Control. The plan suggests using dumps at Decatur and Hartselle with possible franchising and a temporary transfer station north of Florette to serve the eastern half. Financing for a $2.5 million courthouse was also discussed.
Gov Albert Brewer and Postmaster General Winton Blount led the ceremony unveiling Alabama’s Sesquicentennial postage stamp featuring the state bird and flower. Presenter Miss Bernice Kochan of Cleveland, Ohio designed the stamp as more than 400 spectators watched. Blount praised Alabama’s history while looking to future prosperity.
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