Cotton payment limits threaten 1965 act provisions and costs
A discussion of House limits on price supports for cotton could trigger the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1965 provisions, returning to the earlier program with 100 percent acreage support. Officials warn this would raise costs by about 16 million to the already billion-dollar cotton program while others debate impacts on wheat and corn.
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Congress
Hardin
House
Department
Paul Findley
Bill
Apollo 11 Landing Site Described With Craters and Rille
NASA geologist Dr. John Dietrick notes the lunar landing area near 1 degree north and 24.2 degrees east shows small craters and smooth plains with a large 1 to 2 mile crater on the north. A secondary site appears rougher while the approach to the selected July landing remains largely as anticipated.
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John Dietrick
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Viet Cong Cease Fire Preludes Marked by Light U.S. Casualties
U.S. command reports light casualties and damage overnight before the cease fire. B52 missions total eight, dropping about 1800 tons on targets NE and NW of Saigon and in the Central Highlands near Dak To where Rangers clash with North Vietnamese. 101st Airborne paratroopers withdraw from Ap Bia amid sharp U.S. criticism.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
Dak To
Shau
U.S
101St Airborne Division
Ap Bia
Academic Military Program Offer for Youth
An 1898 era ROTC style notice promotes an unusual program blending academics with military training to prepare youths for the future. It invites readers to write or call for a catalog at 205 896-2907.
Austin Graduation Speakers Named for Personal Potential and Responsibility
Debra Ward valedictorian and Barbara Evans salutatorian lead Austin graduation with 200 students. Larry Fite delivers valedictory on A Time To Seek and Johnny Baites presents salutatory And A Time To Build. Lakeside students in grades ten through twelve transfer to Decatur and Austin next year.
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Larry Fite
Forces on mountain crest hold ground amid casualties
A division spokesman said all American forces were off the crest of the 3,000-foot mountain mass while an AP correspondent reported one battalion of about 400 men remained on the northern slope of the five-knoll chain.
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Congress
U.S
Robert Ohman
Hospitalman Apprentice Brock graduates from San Diego corps school
Area Service Men In News reports hospitalman apprentice Garey D. Brock son of Mrs. Trudie J. Brock of Athens completed a 14 week basic Hospital Corps School at the Naval Training Center in San Diego. The program covered patient care anatomy minor surgery disease prevention and medicines taught by Navy nurses and corpsmen with practical work at Balboa Naval Hospital. Co Army Pfc Billy W. Tolbert of Cullman, 19, was assigned April 12 to the 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam as a rifleman.
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Garey D. Brock
USN
Trudie J. Brock
Tommy Lane
Athens
Basic Hospital Corps School
San Diego
Calif
Naval Training Center
Navy
Coast Guard
Balboa Naval Hospital
Army
Billy W. Tolbert
Willie R. Tolbert
Cullman
1St Infantry Division
Vietnam
Jays Across Continents Gather in Crow Family
The jay refers to several birds in the crow family found across Asia Europe and the Americas with blue jay and Canada jay as the best known in America.
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Asia
Europe
Americas
America
Canada
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Gene Cernan
Snoopy
NASA
King Features Syndicate
Ella
Decatur's Larges
Kredit
Wasrington Std
Welers
Florence
Decatur Shopping Center
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