Rhodesian guard restored for Sir Humphrey Gibbs threat letters
Rhodesia's government renewed a police guard at Government House after four threatening letters were sent to Sir Humphrey Gibbs. Prime Minister Ian Smith announced the threats in a radio address as police noted at least one letter vowed to shoot Gibbs. The guard, consisting of white and black officers, was reinstated after Gibbs refused to relinquish authority.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Government House
Humphrey Gibbs
Ian Smith
Gibbs
Smith
Lee
U S Communist Party Convicted in High Profile Case
The U S Communist party was convicted Friday night for failing to register as an agent of the Soviet Union. Judge Williarh B. Jones imposed the maximum $230000 in fines, with $10000 on each of 23 counts after a 24% hour deliberation. Party General Secretary Gus Hall indicated an appeal, setting up a constitutional test under the 1950 Internal Security Act.
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Washington
U.S. Communist Party
Soviet Union
Williarh B. Jones
Joseph Forer
Jones
U.S. District Court
Gus Hall
Mansfield and Kosygin discuss Vietnam during Moscow talks
U S Senate Majority Leader Mansfield and four colleagues held a two hour meeting with Premier Kosygin in the Kremlin on Viet Nam relations. Mansfield said no new proposals were presented and the session covered a broad range of topics with little focus on Vietnam. Also present were Senators Muskie Inouye and Ware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry S. Bradsher
Moscow
Mike Mansfield
U. S. Senate
Viet
Nam
Alexei N. Kosygin
Mansfield
U.S
Senate
Kosygin
Kremlin
Viet Nam
Paris
Warsaw
Bucharest
Hanoi
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Daniel K. Inouy
J. Calebware
LBJ Told To Slow Down Amid Recovery
President Johnson was advised by two doctors to rest and ease activity until after the first of the year following gall bladder kidney stone surgery. He flew to the LBJ Ranch in Texas for an indefinite stay, expected to last through Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
James C. Cain
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Decatur Fire Log Details Multiple Friday Calls
The Decatur Fire Department responded to six Friday calls including Crescent Motel grass fire with no loss at 10:43 a.m. and Pennylane SE at 11:27 a.m. followed by a grease on stove incident at 1006 7th Ave SW John Felkins residence causing slight loss. Details appear in the diary on Page 2.
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Decatur Fire Department
Crescent Motel
Pennylane SE
7Th Ave
John Felkins
Chenault Denies Preparing Writ In Boulden Case
Morgan County Negro Billy Don Franklin Boulden faced an electric chair in a 1964 murder case of Conservation Officer Loyd Jays. Local attorney William L. Chenault said he did not prepare the habeas corpus writ, contrary to prior statements. a judge’s spokesman later corrected the record.
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Decatur
William L. Chenault
Billy Don
Franklin Boulden
Morgan County
Boulden
Loyd Jays
the Daily
Frank M. Johnson
Montgomery
Chenault
Copper prices rescinded after stockpile sale decision
New York AP reports the copper industry rolled back a price increase after the government pledged to sell 200000 tons from its stockpile. Anaconda and Phelps Dodge cut two cents a pound, returning to 36 cents. Kennecott kept prices steady. The move follows demand from Viet Nam war and Chilean export boosts.
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New York
Anaconda Co
Phelps Dodge Corp
Kennecott Copper Corp
Chile
Kennecott
Anaconda
U.S
Writ Asks Katzenbach To Honor Alabama Literacy Requirements
Alabama Attorney General Richmond Flowers asked a federal court to restrain Nicholas Katzenbach from interpreting the Voting Rights Act as removing literacy tests. He argued the act lacks support for certifying illiterate voters and urged purging names failing Alabama standards. The suit, by six probate judges, seeks restraint as three judges hear the case in Montgomery Tuesday.
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Writ
Katzenbach
Alabama
Mobile
Alabama Attorney General’s Office
U.S
Montgomery
Elbert Pel
5Th Circuit
Appeals Court
U. S. Dist
Juhaniel H. Thomas
Justice Department
Transfer Is Due Monday for Eisenhower Move
Army officials reported Friday that President Eisenhower, 75, is making satisfactory recovery from a heart attack with a tentative transfer date set for Monday to Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington. Doctors say transfer by train will not occur before Monday and that the exact timing remains under medical review. Lt. Gen. Leonard D Heaton, Army surgeon general, said he was pleased with the progress and flew to the capital after evaluating the general's condition.
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N. Ga
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Army
Leonard D. Heaton
Heaton
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Ft. Gordon
Wallace Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Elisen
Ike
Pioneers and early river ferries in the valley
John Knox reviews Decatur Daily’s Sunday feature on isolated pioneers, dense forests, and scarce roads. It highlights Co fato Court licensed a dozen river crossings in five years and notes the era’s ferry outlets via the great river and creeks. Gallup Poll data discuss public support for a congressman favoring troop increases or negotiated settlement in Vietnam.
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Cotaco (Morgan) Court
Decatur Daily
John Knox
Gallup
Viet Nam
Strike Threatens Liftoff of Gemini
A machinists union strike at McDonnell Aircraft Corp halted Phantom fighter plane production and risked delaying the Gemini 7 launch set for December 4 at Cape Kennedy. Seventeen thousand St. Louis workers walked out, with about 200 machinists leaving at Cape Kennedy as technicians prep the spaceships.
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Wick Temple
ST. Louis, Mo
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
Cape Kennedy
St. Louis
McDonnell
Project Gemini
NASA
Merritt Island, Fla
Spaceport
Kennedy
M l Aircraft Corp
Security Mutual Finance Corpora tion Adv Mobile Home Financing
Security Mutual Finance Corpora tion at 714 Bank St offers mobile home financing services. Contact 353-0742 for details and options advertised.
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Mutuel Finance
Ile Home Financing
Viet Paratroop Clash Expands Ia Drang Valley Fight
Viet paratroopers and Hanoi regulars clashed near the Ia Drang Valley as U S cavalry pressed the war’s stiffest ground fighting.Light casualties were reported after heavy fire from North Vietnamese forces halted reinforcements while U S B 52 bombers struck positions along the Cambodian frontier. A U S spokesman cited 1207 enemy dead as the night’s toll.
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Pleiku
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
Ia Drang
U.S
Saigon
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Guam
U S Viet Stand Pillar of Peace
Secretary of State Dean Rusk reaffirmed that the U S commitment to South Viet Nam is the principal pillar of peace in the current world situation He warned that without meaning the pledge would lead to violence and danger Rusk spoke at a luncheon during the Inter American conference of foreign ministers in Rio de Janeiro
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Rio DE Janeiro
Rusk
U.S
South Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
American Society
Inter- American Conference of Foreign Ministers
U. S
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