War and Election Echo Oregon Senate Result
The Birmingham Post Herald notes the Oregon Democratic primary result favors Robert B. Duncan over ard Morgan by about two to one. It argues the vote aligns with national polls showing broad support for Johnson's Vietnam policy and a minority dissent unlikely to alter perceived objective.
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Birmingham Post Herald
Oregon
Senate
Viet Nam
Robert B. Duncan
Johnson
Howard Morgan
Wayne Morse
Duncan
Congress
Gomer E. Shriver
Wichita
Kansas
Soldier recalls Vietnam view and grit of locals
Oliver, a South Viet Nam veteran, says Vietnamese farmers are content with their life and oppose US luxury. He notes distrust of Americans yet fears Viet Cong and predicts the war may last a decade or more if a stand is not taken.
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U. S
Oliver
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Viet Nam
Red China
Squad To Drag Creek For Body
Hartselle Flint Rescue Squad members plan to drag Flint Creek west of here for the body of farm laborer David Gillis presumed drowned. Gillis, 25, was last seen fishing near the Alabama creek crossing May 15 and failed to report for work May 16 at a Danville area farm. High muddy water from recent rains halted dragging until now.
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Hartselle
Flint
Flint Creek
Here
David Gillis
Alabama Creek
Gillis
Danville
Burned Child in Hillsboro Incident Details
A Hillsboro boy suffered severe burns to his legs thighs and lower abdomen when his clothing caught fire after he poured gasoline on burning grass, according to hospital officials and the nurse on duty. Ellen Scruggs, his step mother, described the accident.
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Ellen Scruggs
Decatur High School Grad Officer Heads to Fort Sam Houston
A 1958 Decatur High School graduate, son of Melvin and Mrs. Melvin Oliver of 2120 Clara Ave SW, was commissioned as a second lieutenant after Florence State College in 1962. He and his wife have a son, Phil. His next assignment begins July 18 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
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Viet Nam
Decatur High School
Melvin Oliver
Clara Ave
Florence State College
Phil
Ft. Sam Houston
Texas
Deaths: Mrs Henry Montgomery 88 in Moulton
Mrs Henry Montgomery 88 of Moulton died Friday morning at Moulton Nursing Home. Services Sunday at 2 pm at Landersville Church of Christ with burial at the adjoining cemetery. Spry Funeral Home of Sheffield directing. Survivors include daughter Mrs Ernest Brewer and two sons Leonard Montgomery and Clyde Montgomery. Native of Lawrence County.
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Moulton
Henry Montgomery
Moulton Nursing Home
Landersville Church of Christ
Spry Funeral Home
Sheffield
Ernest Brewer
Leonard Montgomery
Clyde Montgomery
Cullman
Montgomery
Lawrence County
Mrs Katie P Thomas 82 Athens obituary notice
Mrs Katie Pearl Thomas 82 of Athens died at 11 a m Friday at Athens Limestone Hospital. Funeral at Bethel Church of Christ Burl Grubb and O D Morrow officiating with burial in Johnsons Cemetery. Survived by two sons five daughters a brother fifteen grandchildren sixteen great grandchildren.
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Athens
Katie Pearl Thomas
Athens-Limestone
Bethel Church of Christ
Burl Grubb
O. D. Morrow
Johnson’s Cemetery
Albert Crutcher Thomas
Fayette
Marvin Duane Thomas
Madison
Aline Hayes
Cullman
Georgia Irene Hastings
Wallace Defends Vocational Schools and Attacks Press and Courts
Governor Wallace urged Alabama students to back troops in Viet Nam while criticizing out of state papers like The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times. He attacked federal courts over Bible readings, touted vocational education, and credited lawmakers for technical college development. Dr Carlton Kelley welcomed funding news for a new cafeteria as 580 workers were placed in agriculture in April.
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Alabama
United States
Viet Nam
Jefferson County
Auburn University
Wallace
New York Times
Los Angeles Times
House of
Albert Brewer
Decatur
Brewer
Carlton Kelley
Junior College and Technical School
Youth Sustains Burns in Home Accident and Car Crash
At a Lawrence County home a youth had his trousers burned off as family members struggled to extinguish the flames. A crash at Railroad and Church Streets NE delayed hospital care for minutes before South End Ambulance transported the boy to hospital. The family car brake failure allegedly caused a collision with Hildreth Lile of Decatur, causing minor damage and prompting police to respond.
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Lawrence County
Railroad
Church St. NE
South End
Young Scruggs
Rusk Calls NATO Focus on East West Settlements at Brussels
Secretary of State Rusk urged NATO to pursue settlements with Communist states and to treat the alliance as a forum for solving major East West problems. He cited German reunification as a top European issue and urged progress at the Brussels meeting despite Cuba, Cambodia, and Viet Nam tensions.
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Rusk
NATO
Charles de Gaulle
Brussels
France
United States
Cuba
Pentagon
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Associated Press
U.S
Germany
North Atlantic Council
Paris
Poisoning toll hits children in 1965 count
Historical figures show over 600000 children suffered accidental poisoning in 1965 with about 500 deaths. The data highlights widespread risks and a tragic child mortality impact from poisonings that year.
Four Prisoners Escape Morgan County Jail Overnight
Four inmates escaped from Morgan County Jail in the early hours. At large are Jim Els worth 18 of Hartselle Edward E. Page 21 of Morris Charles Hefner 30 and William Jack Dempsey 23 with authorities pursuing leads. The breakout followed sawing steel bars and tripping a lock as guards discovered the escape at 7 45 a m.
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Morgan County
Jim Elsworth
Hartselle
Edward E. Page
Morris
Charles Hefner
William Jack Dempsey
Fleming
Clarence Harris
County
Nashville
Harris
James Baker Jr
Ft. Worth
Texas
Baker
Nichols
Tennessee
J. C. Roberts
Larsen stands by denial amid Pentagon Cambodia notes
Rep. Larsen, after the Defense Department disputed his claim of a North Vietnamese regiment in Cambodia, said he would not challenge his superiors and noted the broader military picture. He also mentioned no reprimand and referenced a Pentagon briefing. An unrelated note mentions air drills as surgical tools.
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Rusk
Red China
Cambodia
Stanley R. Larsen
South Viet Nam
Larsen
Defense Department
Senate Foreign Relatios Committee
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
U.S
Pentagon
Defense Information Office
Hospitals Names Listed Across Three Texas Towns
A partial listing of individuals connected to hospitals in Athlone Trinity Moulton Rus sellville and Decatur recalls patients and staff such as Ella Delashaw Myrtle Black Myron Foster Jr Myrtle Walker Wayne Waters Lela Mayfield Ida Rhodes Mildred Bogle Arley Heaps Earline Williams Mrs Thomas Banks and infant daughter Mrs Junior Borden and infant daughter Mrs Archie Corum and infant son Mr Hope Bryan White.
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Athlone Owens
Trinity
Ella Delashaw
Myrtle Black
Moulton
Jason Scholfield
Shirley Whitfield
Mr. Hope
Ruby Green
Myron Foster Jr
Myrtle Walker
Houston
Wayne Brooks
Wayne Waters
Wade Kirby
Russellville
Lela Mayfield
Webster Harbin
Bryan White
Arley Heaps
Ida Rhodes
Hillsboro
Mildred Bogle
Alvis Carroll
Earline Williams
Thomas Banks
Junior Borden
Archie Corum
Decatur
Local Names Listed In Dismissals Notice
Dismissals include Jerry Metz of Hartselle and Roy Lee Phillips of Town Creek with others from Huntsville Decatur Ardmore Courtland and Decatur. Named individuals include James Johnson Robert Maynard Infant Lee Lewton and Paul Parker among residents of multiple Alabama towns.
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Jerry Metz
Hartselle
Timothy Beard
Donna Ave
Roy Lee Phillips
Town Creek
James Johnson
Huntsville
Robert Glenn Maynard
Decatur
Lee Lewton
Ardmore
Tenn
Paul Parker
Courtland
Charles Larry Abercrombie
Athens Limestone Admissions Porter A Thomas and others
List of admissions in Athens Limestone including Porter A Thomas of Elmont and multiple residents of Athens such as Mrs Birdie Lou Shelton Mrs Eula Bailey Mrs Lorine Montgomery William G Haynes Elizabeth R Patton Norma Johnson Joe Alec Fletcher Jesse David Terry Beatrice Irene Carter and others plus a Betty Jean Foster and her infant daughter in Athens with numbered entries and locations.
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Porter A._ Thomas
Elmont
Birdie Lou Shelton
Athens
Eula Bailey
Lorine Montgomery
William G. Haynes
Elizabeth R. Patton
Norma Johnson
Joe Alec Fletcher
Jesse David Terry
Beatrice Irene Carter
Betty Jean Foster
Athens 7
Admissions Baugh Wiley Smith Names Listed Across Cities
Betty Faulkner Huntsville Patricia Ann George Trinity 1 John Stanley George Trinity 1 Danny Culpepper 130 Daniels St SW Neva Newton 420 8th Ave SW Mary Sanders 103 Vine St NE Russ Allen Miller Decatur 2 Betty Higdon 411 3rd Ave NE Olivia Stewart Somerville 2 Mrs Charles Ponder Kimber ley Court SW Charles Cona way 1204 Dodd SW James Reads Cullman 2 Orville Singletary Horns Trailer Court.
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Betty Faulkner
Huntsville
Patricia Ann George
Trinity
John Stanley George
Danny Culpepper
Daniels St
Neva Newton
8Th Ave
Mary Sanders
Vine St
Russ Allen Miller
Decatur
Betty Higdon
3Rd Ave
Olivia Stewart
Somerville
Charles Ponder
Kimberley Court
Charles Conaway
Dodd
James Reads
Cullman
Orville Singletary
Horns Trailer Court
College students face vandalism charges dropped
Lawrence Wood, 19. David Fry, 20. Gary Rath, 19. Ronald McLaughlin. James Ryan, 18. Dale Grace, all linked to a $4,500 vandalism case, withdrew from Ath ens College after charges against two others, James Innella and Joseph Cresta of Westwood New Jersey, were dropped at the state’s request.
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Innella
Cresta
Buddhist Protests Meet Saigon Temple Barrier During Buddha Birthday
Anti American unrest erupts as security forces fence Saigon's main pagoda with barbed wire four days after a Vietnamese soldier was shot by a U S Army private. Ky defends Buddhist identity while leaders rebuff overture and monks clash with riot police amid calls for the United States to withdraw support from the regime.
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Saigon
Auto incidents none reported in four-county area
The four-county patrol area reported no injury type car crashes last night through 10 p.m. A fire department response at 6:20 p.m. Friday to a burning car at 8th Street and 6th Avenue SE caused slight damage. Copper wire valued at 700 dollars was stolen from 3 M Co. in Decatur, reported to police by J W Jardella at 9:45 a.m.
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Decatur
Decatur Fire Department
8Th St
6Th Ave
3-M Co
J. W. Jardella
Weather and River Forecast for Decatur and Vicinity
Decatur Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge Friday was 21.12 feet and sea level reading 555.42 feet. Weather today through Sunday expects cloudiness with isolated thundershowers in the afternoon. Winds light from the north. High today 80, low tonight 62, high Sunday 83.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Illiterate Ballot Access Case Joins Voting Rights Suit
The Democratic primary ballot in three counties prompts a Justice Department challenge over illiterate voters access. Federal watchers seek to observe procedures under the 1965 Voting Rights Act while officials argue ballot secrecy and voter assistance rules.
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Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Greene County
Marengo County
Sumter County
Justice Department
Doar
Memorial Day Service Set in Morgan County
A brief memorial service honoring Morgan County war casualties is scheduled Monday at the courthouse lawn. Jesse B. Rogers will open the program with remarks at 8 a.m. J. D. Bright of Decatur American Legion Post 15 will place a wreath at the World War II monument after Rogers speaks. The public service is sponsored by the local Legion post.
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Morgan County
Coun
Ter
Jesse B. Rogers
D. Bright
Decatur
American Legion Post 15
Rogers
American Legion Post
Bright
Quiet Funeral for Young Soldier at Newtown Church
Funeral services for the young soldier are set for 1 p.m. Sunday at Newtown Church of Christ in Montgomery with Fred Gray officiating. Gray, a civil rights activist and minister, is among eight African American candidates seeking the Democratic nomination to the Legislature in the upcoming statewide primary. The Justice Department in Washington said it has opened an inquiry into the burial.
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Newtown Church of Christ
Montgomery
Fred Gray
Gray
Justice Department
Washington
Funeral services for Pleas Benford in Decatur
Pleas Benford 70 of 119 Ash St died Thursday at the Veterans Hospital Birmingham. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. at Union Grove Primitive Baptist Church corner Ash and Moulton St. E. Rev B S Stone officiating. Burial Sykes Cemetery Reynolds Funeral Home in charge. Survived by three daughters Hattie Griffins Sarah Wimberly Cleveland and Janie Wiggins a stepdaughter G B Wright five sons Rufus Pleas Jr David Lee Carl Chicago and Virgil Benford a brother David Benford 17 grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
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Pleas Benford
Ash St
Veterans’ Hospital
Birmingham
Union Grove Primitive Baptist Church
Corner Ash
Moulton St
B.S. Stone
Sykes Cemetery
Reynolds Funeral Home
Hattie M. Griffins
Sarah Wimberly
Chicago
Ill
Janie M. Wiggins
Cleveland
Ohio
G. B. Wright
Rufus H. Benford
Pleas Benford Jr
David Lee Benford
Decatur
Carl Benford
Chicago, Ill
Virgil L. Benford
David Benford
NAACP Seeks Probe Into Alleged Segregation
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People called for an investigation into alleged segregation amid a dispute. The appeal raises questions about equal access and civil rights in the ongoing dispute between involved parties.
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National Association For the Advancement For Colored People
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Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
W. R. Shelton
Drag Creek
Hillsboro 1
Mrs. H. Montgomery
Katie P. Thomas
Alabama Department of Industrial Relations
Homer
Morgan County Humane Society
Harry Perry
Judy Whisenant
Walnut St. NE
Lawrence County Admissions
Decatur General Admissions
Herman Robinson
Elkmont
Robert C. Roberts
Cooper Lane
Mary Dennis
Sth Ave
Athens-Limestone Admissions
da Nang
Jupiter
John G. McGehee
City Hall
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