FBI Warns New Left Grows as Crime Fight Expands
The FBI reported a harsh year with rising crime but said arrests rose 19 percent to 18 881 in 1968 and convictions climbed to 13 059 from 13 032 the prior year. It tied SDS to unrest and warned of internal security risks while noting no 1968 arrests for subversion.
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Washington
FBI
New Left Movement
FBI i
Richard M. Nixon
J. Edgar Hoover
Students For A Democratic Society
Democratic Society
SDS
Communist Party
Benford Luker Leads Early Car Tag Sale At Morgan County
The Morgan County Courthouse opened for auto tag sales with Benford Luker first in line at 3 30 a m. About 30 people waited before opening, many taking part in the annual October tag sale for Old Faithful Plymouth. Probate Judge Almon reserved tag 52 101 as a busy day began. License Commissioner Yates urged October purchases to avoid late penalties, noted county licenses go on sale today, and clarified city licenses renew in January. Orders by phone or mail accepted through October with mail-by date delivery before November 15 deadline.
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Morgan County
Benford Luker
Eighth Ave
T. C. Almon
Cleon Yates
400000 Commie Troops Said Dead
The Associated Press reports that enemy casualties in Vietnam have surpassed 400000 since January 1961. The toll includes Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces with government and U.S. losses also tallied. A mortar attack on Long Binh caused light damage and no fatalities.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
United States
U.S. Army
Long Binh
U.S
Final Commission Meeting Ends Ten-Year Form of Government
Melvin Ozier and Charles Gumthorp attended their final city commission meeting. The chamber, filled with department heads and city employees, heard brief comments as the ten years of commission government concluded. City Administrator Larkin Yates gave an invocation and Florence Adams called the roll before the session ended.
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Ray Martin
J. Gilmer Blackburn
Melvin Ozier
Charles Guhthorp
City Commission
Phyllis Blackburn
Larkin Yates
Florence Adams
Blackburn
Lee
Wallace Tours Michigan in Campaign Swing
Third party candidate George Wallace campaigned through Michigan vowing to win in November if mail from voters reflects support. He drew crowds in Grand Rapids and planned rallies in Kalamazoo Lansing and Flint. Wallace challenged Nixon and Humphrey to a debate and hinted at naming a vice presidential candidate soon with the American Independent party platform to be released this week in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
George JC
Wallace
Michigan
Chicago
Kalamazoo
Lansing
Flint
Nixon
American Independent Party
Ohio
Penn
Young Pilot Best Picker Gridiron Forecast Winner
An Air Force lieutenant who just earned his wings is this week's Gridiron Forecast winner. Lt. Claude E. Moss recently graduated from flight school at Craig Air Force Base near Selma and is set to report to Langley Air Force Base in Virginia for his first flight assignment.
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Air Force
Claude E. Moss
Craig Air Force Base
Selma
Langley Air Force Base
Virginia
Young
Athens Surplus Moves to General Fund as Administration Exits
Mayor Robert Allen Tinnon and outgoing council members touted a four year record with a $104,201.41 surplus from cigarette and gas taxes and the garage account transferred to the general fund. The administration also erased a $74,000 inherited debt and pledged a balanced budget for Mayor-elect Charles Bailey.
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Athens
Robert Allen Tinnon
Tinnon
Charles Bailey
Lawyers Retained For Charged Pair In Decatur Robbery
Two Decatur residents charged in Monday morning armed robbery of Eddie Sandlin Hardware have been assigned lawyers. Mike Moebes will represent Tommy S. Allen and Jim Francis will defend Judy Ann Barrett. The robbery netted about $141. They were apprehended near the Etowah Blount County line after the incident.
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Lee Sentell
Decatur
Eddie Sandlin
Mike Moebes
Chenault- Moebes Legal Firm
Tommy S. Allen
Jim Francis
Judy Ann Barrett
Etowah-Blount
Allen
Barrett
Oneonta
Buchanan in Nixon support with Wallace vote option
U S Representative John Buchanan of Birmingham says he will vote for Richard Nixon if the presidential race is decided in the nation’s election but would back George Wallace in the House if the issue goes there and his constituents prefer it.
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Birmingham
Ala
U.S
John Buchanan
Richard Nixon
George Wallace
House of Representatives
Senate blocks move to end Fortas filibuster for chief justice
The Senate refused to invoke cloture on Abe Fortas as chief justice, leaving the nomination in limbo. The action delays a final vote and keeps Fortas' appointment pending at least temporarily.
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Washington
Senate
Abe Fortas
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Hubert H. Humphrey
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