Bailey Plans Tax Policy and Citizen Steering for Athens
Athens mayor-elect outlines disciplined use of revenues from gas and cigarette taxes and expects to match Federal funds for public improvements. He aims unpaved streets, sewage, and drainage work, study water rate hikes for Elk River project, and favors a future 10 to 20 year master plan with a citizen steering group including two Negro members to gather grievances for council review. He vows no new taxes without public discussion and plans to discuss matters with readers rather than voters.
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Bailey
Elk River
Birmingham
Athens
Vvoters
Greenbrier
National Guard
Korea
Mary Slayton
Huntsville
Ballot quirks shape 1968 race across states
The article notes varying ballot laws in Georgia Florida Louisiana and others affecting vice presidential candidates. It reports the Louisiana Rooster symbol ruling and describes Nixon Humphrey Wallace positions and possible Electoral College implications amid debates on debates Vietnam policy and draft reform.
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Georgia
Marvin Griffin
Florida
Tennessee
Humphrey
Louisiana
Louisiana State Supreme Court
Wallace
Isles
le May
Nixon
Supreme Court
John Harlan
Potter Stewart
Byron White
Agnew
Muskie
Colorado
House Rules Committee
Senate
Vietnam
House Democratic
Sen
Eugene J. McCarthy
Allen Defends George Wallace Rally in Pratville Alabama
Democrat Senate candidate James Allen told a George Wallace for president rally in Pratville that attacks on Wallace from Nixon and Humphrey boost his campaign. He said Wallace leads in electoral vote strength and could win with about 30 percent of the vote if distributed strategically. Allen faces Perry Hooper in the Senate race.
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Prattville
Ala
James Allen
Lister Hill
George Wallace
Wallace
Allen
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Nixon
Senate
Perry Hooper
Montgomery
Aerial Collision Near Camp Evans Claims Dozen Lives
Headquarters reports a Caribou aircraft from the U S 1st Cavalry Division and a helicopter collision far north. The Caribou carried thirteen men with four crewmen killed and the helicopter fatality count at eleven including four crewmen.
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Air Force Caribou
Camp Evans
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Navy reviews galvanizing defects in submarine steel plates
A Navy initiated a detailed review after a letter from Raymond G. Perelman of Penn Galvanizing alleged inspection flaws. Perelman’s firm, hired by Electric Boat, found 750 defective plate instances since 1962 and met with Navy officials and industry reps to discuss steel awaiting use and already installed hull plates.
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Naval Ship Systems Command
Raymond G. Perelman
Penn Galvanizing Co
Philadelphia
Perelman
Electric Boat
U.S
Mills
Navy
Law hearing erupts as Lefcourt clashes with Ichord
In a heated session Lefcourt challenges orders as Hoff man’s detention outside the hearing is debated. Ichord ejects Lefcourt after refusal to sit, with DiSuvero and Gutman weighing in. Police escort Lefcourt from the room as others threaten to leave in protest.
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U.S. District Court
Hoff
U.S
Schord
Lefcourt
Jeremiah Gutman
Young
Ichord
Capitol
Henry M. DiSuvero
Schoard
DiSuvero
Wallace and LeMay defend nuclear posture on campaign trail
Wallace warned a third world war would destroy civilization and urged a defense posture superior to all, while LeMay echoed the stance. Wallace stressed not reveal in advance any use of nuclear weapons. They spoke in Midwest stops amid enthusiastic crowds and hecklers.
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Wallace
America
LeMay
Buffalo
N.Y
Newark
Jersey City
N.J
Cleveland
Ohio
Midwest
Toledo
Curtis LeMay
Arab Guerrillas Confident They Can Beat Israel
Guerrilla fighters in Jordan say they can turn Israel into another Vietnam within 20 years. About 3,000 strong with funds and recruits, they vow not to accept any settlement that preserves a Jewish state. Al Fatah leaders predict Arab uprisings if peace talks begin and train youths for a long campaign, aiming to liberate Palestine with Jews who lived there before 1948 allowed to stay.
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Dennis Neeld
Associated Press
Amman
Jordan
Israel
Vietnam
Palestine
Middle East
al Fatah
Hussein
Group Names Read at Local Ceremony
The list includes John Chenault Zola Clark Dr George Hansberry Barrett Shelton Sr Richard Ordway Sgt R P Sorrells and Mayor elect Charles Gunthorf Dick Fleming and Bill Waugh at the event.
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John Chenault
Zola Clark
George Hansberry
Barrett Shelton Sr
Richard Ordway
R. P. Sorrells
Charles Gunthorp
Dick Fleming
Bill Waugh
Humphrey Seeks West Virginia Victory In Campaign Swing
Humphrey made a turning the corner assessment during a wet motorcade through West Virginia. He linked Republican victory to recession low mood and unemployment and urged that West Virginia should vote Democratic. He planned two days in Washington before attending the World Series in Detroit.
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K. Javits
N.Y
Humphrey
West Virginia
John F. Kennedy
Washington
Detroit
Liquor Proposal Faces Optimism Amid Past Intimidation
A speaker says the liquor proposal has a tremendous chance of passing and notes strong optimism among supporters. He recalls 1967 fears of intimidation and claims people were warned their names would be published in newspapers, though this did not occur.
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Sears
Teflon
Kenmore
Tenn. Farm
Pulaski, Tenn
Beech Hill
Interstate
R. W. George
Hattie George
Howard George
Wade, Forrester & Stewart
Bobby Harwell
Thomas Pierce
Pulaski
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