Paratroopers Reach Viet Cong Hideouts in Vung Tau
AP photographer Horst Faas accompanies the 173rd Airborne Brigade as it lands in South Vietnam and the 503rd Regiment battles Viet Cong in the hills and valleys near Vung Tau. Marines of two to three companies push through jungle, enduring heat, vines, mosquitoes, and rocky terrain in their first actions.
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Vung Tau
South Viet Nam
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Viet Nam
503Rd Regiment
South
Horst Faas
Marine Killed In Viet Cong Grenade Crash
Two U S Army helicopters collided and crashed at Bien Hoa Air Base. Nine Americans were killed and two seriously injured, plus one Marine died near Chu Lai in a grenade battle with Viet Cong. Six Viet Cong were found dead, one guerrilla captured.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Bien Hoa
Chu Lai
da Nang
U.S. Army
3Rd Corps
Decatur Diary Highlights Local Achievements and Posts
R L Wood of Decatur cited for outstanding life insurance service at the National Association of Fraternal Insurance Counselors convention in Dearborn Michigan on May 21. Franklin D Turney of Hartselle among 92 candidates for degrees at Chandler School of Theology Emory University. Dr Werner von Braun will speak at graduation ceremonies Monday June 14. Civil service job openings announced by U S Army Missile Command Huntsville include several technical and clerical posts. H Alvan Turner of Decatur named among 13 Auburn freshmen tapped for Squires honorary society. La Terry Lee Wheelahan elected president of St Marys Dominican College 1965 66 senior class in New Orleans. Redstone Arsenal Civil Service announces Bindery Worker exam. F B Richerson honored for 20 years service with 3M Co at a service award dinner. See DIARY On Page 2.
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R. L. Wood
Decatur
National Association of Fraternal Insurance Counselors
Dearborn
Mich
Woodmen
World Life Insurance Society
Franklin D. Turney
Bethel Rd
Hartselle
Chandler School of Theology
Emory University
Werner von Braun
Marshall Space Flight Center
Terry Lee Wheelahan
E. J. Wheelahan
Sherman St
St. Mary’s Dominican College
New Orleans
Decatur High School
F. B. Richerson
3M Co
Richerson
V.P.1
Dorothy
Woodmont S.E
Why Jesus Told People Not to Speak of His Miracles
The text offers three reasons: Jesus healed from compassion and to show His divine Sonship, not for spectacle. He guarded His timing to avoid premature cross events and possible opposition, and He did not seek to be a famed miracle worker but gave glory to God and avoided Herod’s scrutiny.
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Jesus
Mary
Martha
Lazarus
Herod
Poverty Group Action Seen in Morgan Marshall Counties
Dr. Matthew Hall, chairman of Morgan County's stalled economic opportunity committee, says the anti poverty effort can restart. A dual county plan forms an advisory committee from Morgan and Marshall to supervise the program with an executive body to hire a joint administrator and conduct a survey of regional poverty needs.
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Matthew Hall
Morgan County
Marshall County
Hall
George Wallace
Border County
Charles Pass
Guntersville
New Marshall Committee
OAS Named D R Paymaster By U S Amid Junta Crisis
The United States funds the OAS with 6 million dollars to pay Dominican government workers loyal to the junta or rebels. Inter-American Force troops guard the bank to prevent misuses while pressure mounts for coalition talks.
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Louis Uchitelle
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
United States
Organization of American States
OAS
Jose A. Mora
Washington
Mora
Inter-American Force
LBJ Orders 1700 Troops Out Of Dominican Republic
President Johnson announced a withdrawal of 1700 U S troops from Santo Domingo as about 20 000 remain in place and urged creation of new international machinery to meet fast moving events The leader praised the OAS for converting the mission into a hemisphere operation during Baylor University commencement remarks in Waco Texas.
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Frank Cormier
WACO
Tex
Johnson
U.S
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Organization of American States
Baylor University
Heart O’texas
Forces of Freedom
Gasoline Tax Vote Delayed in Alabama House
Big county House members used timing tactics to block a vote on a bill freezing gasoline tax allocations. The House adopted a priority calendar to push non controversial measures, delaying journal readings and lengthy bill introductions. The constitutional amendment to freeze the tax revenue sharing system was omitted from the calendar.
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Montgomery
House
Senate
Steelworkers seek pre‑strike settlement with five aluminum producers
The United Steelworkers of America presented a new proposal to five aluminum producers as early talks aim to settle before the 30 000 workers contracts expire at midnight Monday. In Alabama state news Senator Neil Metcalf of Geneva County was reinstated after a prior suspension over quickie divorce activity. Civil rights forces in Brandon Mississippi began a 20 mile march for freedom with hundred participants and announced that James Farmer would join for the final mile.
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New York
United Steelworkers of America
Montgomery
Neil Metcalf
Geneva County
Brandon, Miss
James Farmer
Gemini Delay Held Possible
CAPE KENNEDY Florida AP a practice session for the Gemini four day mission with James McDivitt and Edward White was postponed today due to a bad battery cell repairs and anammantennna nk ff iL eviCaUde sources said a delay is unlikely unless more trouble appears in the spacecraft or its booster Kraft Jr mission director would decide late Saturday or Sunday after battery changes and tests McDivitt and White may attempt to rendezvous with their orbiting rocket during the flight seen as a potential major milestone
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
James McDivitt
Edward White
Ammen Nantanenne Nuk Ff Il
Evi CaUde
Christopher C. Kraft Jr
McDivitt
White
India Coal Blast Kills 200 Miners
A predawn explosion at a coal mine near Dhanbad kills 200 miners with as many as 200 more possibly trapped or dead. The Ministry of Mines in New Delhi places known deaths at 200 and cautions the toll could rise to 400 as rescuers report surface damage to an engine room and office.
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Conrad Fine
New Delhi
India
Dhanbad
Ministry of Mines
See
Bear and Indian tale uncovers deep Valley roots
John Knox highlights in Sundays Decatur Daily sampling from chronicles tracing Indians in Newsome Links with early settlers Irish immigrant from Virginia. He built a log mansion in a stonely valley and raised 14 children whose descendants populate the valley. Land patents deeds and letters thread through Civil War era and aftermath.
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Newsome Links
Virginia
Morgan
Cotaco County
Stonely
Decatur Daily
John Knox
County Okays Teacher Raises
The Morgan County Board of Education approved adopting a teacher salary schedule effective July 1, boosting annual pay by up to 495 dollars over last year based on a 180 day plan with 12 equal payments. The board also approved a 120 dollar raise for all school bus drivers and heard school needs from Hartselle, Ryan and Falkville.
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David Knight
Morgan County Board of Education
Wallace
Hartselle
Ryan
Falkville
H. R. Gilbert
Markets At A Glance From Chicago Trading Floor
Prices show stocks higher with quiet trading and bonds steady. Wheat weak as profits cashing, corn easier, oats mixed, soybeans lower delayed by late selling. Hogs weak to 50 cents lower to 22.50, slaughter steers firm to 50 cents higher at 30.76. Bekins Worldwide Moving Storage. Cell Deniel et 4014, J.
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Chicago
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David
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Seattle
Board of Civil Service Examiners
U.S. Army Missile Command
Huntsville
H. Alvan Turner
Auburn University
Squires
Board of
U.S. Civil Service Examiners
Redstone Arsenal
Board of Examiners
D.R. Paymaster
LBJ
D.R
Oralia Gracia
Commerce City
Colorado General Hospital
Gilbert
Bekins Worldwide Moving Storage
Cell Deniel Et
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
the Daily
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