Yuba City Machete Murders Reach Twenty Victims
Twenty bodies unearthed from Sacramento Valley orchards near Yuba City officials confirm a toll of 20 in what may be a single killer case. Juan V. Corona is jailed on 10 counts. Victims were adult men, mostly Caucasian itinerants. details point to machete or chest stab wounds.
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Yuba City
Calif
Roy D. Whiteaker
United States
Juan V. Corona
Whiteaker
Corona
Feather River
Sacramento Valley
Dunkerque Evacuation Begins in 1940 War
On this date in 1940, British and French troops began evacuating Dunkerque, France as World War II intensified. The note appears in a Daily Calendar item with other briefs and weather, mentioning a 20 percent chance of rain and temperatures around 80 and 82.
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Dunkerque
France
Decatur High School graduates hear Nixon message
President Nixon’s graduation message read to Decatur High School 311 graduates as Acting Principal Ray Worth opened with a letter stressing youth involvement and national pride. In Austin 240 seniors heard the address about shaping futures and serving others.
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Nixon
Decatur High School
Austin
Decatur
Ray Worth
America
Plantation Town Battle Rages in Vietnam and Laos Border
Allied aircraft aided South Vietnamese forces as they fought North Vietnamese troops for the third day at Snuol near the Cambodian border. Fights also continued in the central highlands and around the A Shau valley near Laos, with Saigon reporting hundreds of enemy dead but acknowledging some casualty figures are unconfirmed.
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Saigon
Snuol
South Vietnam
A Shau
Sauol
Fie
le Trung Hien
Queen Elizabeth II Threatened in Cambridge by IRA Claimant
In Cambridge England an anonymous claimant purporting IRA links threatened the queen. Separate AP reports note turmoil in Atlanta with Clete Boyer's unconditional release pending waivers. In Vietnam, heavy fighting near Sauol and Snoul resulted in dozens killed or wounded, with U S forces flying hundreds of missions and B52 bombers diverted to base camps.
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Cambridge
England
Elizabeth II
Irish Republican Army
Atlanta, Ga
Paul Richards
Atlanta Braves
Clete Boyer
Cherokee woman Eula Williams Marion dies at 90 in Hartselle
Mrs. Eula Williams Marion, last full blooded Cherokee in Morgan County and descendant of Pocahontas, died Thursday at a local hospital at age 90. She married Henry Thomas Marion in 1897, who died in 1966. An interview last year said she traced her lineage to the Indian princess. See Page A-8.
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Hartselle
Eula Williams Marion
Morgan County
Pocahontas
Marion
Powhatan
Mary Ann Williams
Henry Thomas Marion
Miss Point Mallard Pageant crowns Miss Point Mallard
Tonight 19 North Alabama contestants compete at Point Mallard aquatic center for the Miss Point Mallard title with Suzanne Dennie crowning and a six county state pageant berth. Master of Ceremonies is State Sen. Bob Harris. Awards include $38,000 in state scholarships and gifts from Parisian Decatur Maison Morgan Diamond Jewelers Bob s Pine Craft and universities.
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North Alabama
Dennie
Jim Johnson
Miss Point Mallard
Johnson
Maison Morgan
Diamond
Bob
University of Alabama In
Huntsville
Athens College
Albright College
Liberace opens Las Vegas show in bold red white and blue
An AP caption notes Liberace performing in Las Vegas wearing a $4,000 red white and blue beaded spangled outfit with matching boots and purse. The piece also promotes the Miss Alabama Pageant offering area contestants a chance for education at state schools and lists Decatur entrants Deborah Acker Elizabeth Brooks Nancy Eich Kyle Ellis Judith Jones Carol Medders Sandra McWaters Lisa Scott Sherri Smith Rebecca Stephenson.
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Liberace
Las Vegas
Birmingham
Decatur
City
Deborah Lynn Acker
Elizabeth Kay Brooks
Nancy Childs Eich
Kyle Ellis
Judith Gaye Jones
Carol Denise Medders
Sandra Maxine McWaters
Lisa Lynne Scott
Sherri Lynn Smith
Rebecca Lucile Stephenson
DWI Charges Said Reduced See MISS On Page A-8
A two part Montgomery Advertiser report on Conecuh County justice of the peace reducing drunken driving charges over 1968 to 1970 shows 320 cases cut to reckless driving 34 to driving on the wrong side of the road and one to highway intoxication. Only 13 DWI pleas stood with fines and license revocation.
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Montgomery
Ala
Martin
Advertiser
Conecuh County
Justice of the Peace
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Sutter County
Roy Whiteaker
Juan Corona
Jimmy Massey
Mike Pisani
Two City High
Billy Smith
Alabama
Landers
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Ee Ree
Athens
Tennessee Valley
S. E. Harris
THE
Decatur Daily
George Esper
Associated Press
Hien
U.S. Command
Cambodia
Snoul
Highway 7
Miss Alabama
Frigidaire Sales & Service
Robinson Furniture Co
India
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