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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1969

Page

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Women Sought for Morgan County Employment Survey

A Morgan County survey seeks up to 250 women for a potential new plant in Hartselle or Decatur. Two signup booths operate Friday and Saturday at Gateway and Westgate in Decatur and American Bank and Trust and Roberts Brothers site on Main Street in Hartselle. The survey targets about 1,000 unemployed local women and is open to non residents.

Decatur Hartselle Morgan County Mike Roberts Industrial Development Association Gateway Westgate American Bank and Trust Bank Roberts Alabama Theater Gateway Center Gibson’s

Decatur to Host Resources Meeting Panel Includes State Official

State commissioner of agriculture Richard Beard will join a panel discussion in Decatur on Thursday as 80 members of the Alabama Natural Resources group gather to discuss resources. The event spots Beard among a lineup addressing regional agricultural and natural resource issues.

Richard Beard The Alabama Natural Decatur Resources Development Committee Browns Ferry Amoco Decatur Chamber of Commerce Beard Massey Herman Auburn Cotton Producers Albert McDonald Buck Hill Alabama Farmers Grain Co-op May Montgomery Athens Poultry Grower Kermit Tucker Alabama Flour Mills Maynard Layman Ira Myers

City to take over garbage collection on June 1

Question and answer column notes the city will assume garbage collection June 1 amid resident complaints of missed pickups. City trucks are working to ease the disruption and restore regular service. Another item mentions a June 15 Vietnam servicemen address list in The Daily and a Resources Development Committee event at Holiday Inn Downtown with panelists from industry and agriculture.

Saturday Evening Post MT. Decatur Curtis Publishing Co Chevrolet J.C Decatur General Motors Corp Vietnam P. O Decatur Daily Ala Holiday Inn Shelby Massey Alabama Flour Mills Bradley State Attorney General’s Office

Markets Slip Amid Moderate Volume On NY Stocks

Markets in New York ease in moderate trading as cotton rises and grains show mixed to lower moves. Chicago wheat declines on liquidation, corn mostly down with oats, soybeans mixed. hogs steady to 25 cents higher at 27.25 top, slaughter cattle up 501,000 with top at 37.00 and receipts 4,500.

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Transit firm to halt bus service over boycott pressure

In Tuscaloosa Alabama the Tuscaloosa Transit Co will permanently discontinue bus service today amid a Negro boycott. In Washington President Nixon requested 2.6 billion dollars in foreign aid, about 900 million more than last year, saying it meets essential requirements now.

Tuscaloosa, Ala Tuscaloosa Washington Nixon Congress

Underdog Yorty Retains Top Job In Los Angeles

Los Angeles mayor Sam Yorty won a third term despite Bradley campaign hopes. Final runoff results showed Yorty with about 53 percent to Bradley’s 47 percent after a heated race marked by polling errors and a contested punch card issue.

Yorty Los Angeles Angeles Bradley George Gallup Harry Truman Thomas Dewey Gallup Muchmore

Yorty Wins A Third Term Amid Campaign Drama

Los Angeles mayor Sam Yorty, praised by aides and rival Thomas Bradley as a formidable fighter, wins a cliff-hanger election to become the city's second three term mayor. Once a Lincoln youth selling shoes, he rises to Portland invasions, with rivals calling the campaign the dirtiest in LA history as coverage moves to page A-3.

LOS Angeles Sam Yorty Thomas Bradley Yorty Lincoln Neb Fletcher Bowron Statesman

Americans Leave Dong Ap Bia in Saigon Saigon AP

American paratroopers pulled off the Dong Ap Bia crest and pushed recon in the A Shau Valley. The 101st airborne said the hill was vacated after 10 days of fighting while some troops remained on top. Casualties reached about 50 Americans killed and 300 wounded as North Vietnamese losses were reported.

Saigon Dong Ap Bia A Shau 101St Airborne Division U.S United States Edward M. Kennedy D-Mass Dak Ta Central Highlands 173Rd Airborne Brigade Hue Da@ Nang Laos Dong Ap Bio- T

House Upholds 20000 Subsidy Cap Against Nixon Push

The House voted 224 to 142 to set a $20,000 ceiling on subsidies to any farmer for production restraint. The move, part of a $6.8 billion agriculture appropriation, risks adding at least $160 million yearly. White House and Agriculture officials urged reversal while backers defend hunger ties to farm payments.

Marjorie Hunter New York Times Washington House Senate White House Agriculture Department Capitol Hill Nixon Agriculture Clifford L. Hardin America Paul Finley R-Il Finley Texas George H. Mahon Appropriations Committee Congress

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