Lawmen Close Athens Plant After Disturbance
Limestone County authorities closed Hospitality Housing Inc after a plant disturbance. Three workers were arrested: Charles Clark on trespassing after warning, Harold Neville for illegal whisky possession, and James Barron for public drunkenness. The plant, near U.S. 31, paused operations and aims to reopen soon.
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Limestone County
Hospitality Housing Inc
Nolan Davis
Faye Ferguson
Charles Gilbert Clark
Harold Dean Neville
James Larry Barron
U.S. 31
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White House seeks cease fire answers in Indochina
Washington reports the White House pressing the Pentagon for urgent answers on military requirements for an Indochina cease fire. Kissinger’s Paris talks triggered questions on South Vietnamese resilience against 200000 north Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops and the potential need for an international peacekeeping force.
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New York Times
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White House
Pentagon
Indochina
Henry A. Kissinger
Paris
Kissinger
Nixon
State Department
William H. Sullivan
Vietnam
Saigon
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Anshan
da Nang
Quinhon
Mekong River
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United Way Drive tops $165000 with charity flight event
United Way reports donations totaling 165640 toward a 370292 goal amid a luncheon flight at First Federal Penthouse. Dr Curtis Sellers chairs the VW Campaign, Barrett Shelton Jr. co chairs, emcee Lynn Fowler. charity bowl team includes named UW division chairs. final report due November 17.
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Red Baron
Curtis Sellers
Woodstock
Barrett Shelton Jr
Morgan County United Way
United Way
Airlines
Morgan County
the Red Baron
Snoopy
Lynn Fowler
Hog Waller
Pig Sty U
Killo Watkins
Dan Donner
Dismal Dinsmore
First Federal
Mistrial Declared in 100000 Suit Against Florida Firm
A Morgan County jury failed to reach a verdict in a $100,000 punitive damages suit against Florida based Mid-State Homes Inc. after four hours of deliberation. Judge Newton B. Powell presided as the mistrial was declared Friday.
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Linda Parham
Mid-State Homes Inc
Morgan County
Newton B. Powell
Vietnam Fighting Intensifies Around Saigon and North
Fighting tightened in South Vietnam with clashes around Saigon and in the Iron Triangle. Rockets struck Bung Cau area, with casualties, while airstrikes north of Saigon killed enemy troops. A Saigon report cites Lt. Gen. Truong saying infiltration reached 70,000 to 80,000 as North Vietnam loses strength. In Alabama, the Holt couple sues Mid State Homes over a 1970 foreclosure on Trinity Mountain land after payment errors and misapplied credits.
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Saigon
Bung Cau
Iron Triangle
U.S
Ben Cat
Bung
Vietnam Press
Ngo Quang Truong
North Vietnam
Truong
Quang Tri
Vietnam
Robert J. Holt
Mid State Homes
Trinity Mountain
R. A. Norred
Birmingham
Holt
Holts
Anderson
Mid-State
Bingham Edwards
Mid-State Homes Inc
Norred
E. Elliott Barker
Plaintiff
Edwards
Trafalgar Victory Marks Napoleonic Seas Decline
On this date in 1805 the English fleet under Lord Nelson defeated the French and Spanish fleets off Cape Trafalgar ending Napoleons dominance at sea. Quick weather notes show showers with highs in the upper 60s and a 20 percent rain chance today, rising to 50 percent tonight.
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Lord Nelson
Spains
Cape of Trafalgar
Tennessee Valley
Turner Case Ends In Mistrial In Florida Securities Trial
A mistrial was declared in the Glenn W. Turner securities case after a six-member jury deadlocked on 65 counts of violating the Uniform Securities Act. Turner, 38, awaited a possible retrial as his associate David Baumann faced 25 violations. The nine-day trial ended with jurors unable to reach a verdict.
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Pat Leisner
Clearwater
Fla
Glenn W. Turner
Pinellas County
Robert L. Williams
Williams
John Sanford
Turner
David Baumann
Dare To Be Great
Nine national leaders back goal of EU by 1980
Paris reports nine leaders endorse a European union by 1980 encompassing trade social and foreign policy aims. Kissinger opens third day of talks with South Vietnam leaders in Saigon seeking settlement to Indochina war. DC judge rules Maurice Stans cannot be extradited to Miami to testify in Barker bugging case.
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Paris
Saigon
Henry A. Kissinger
Tran van Lam
O— Washington
Paul F. McArdle
District of Columbia Superior Court
Maurice H. Stans
Nixon
Miami
Bernard L. Barker
Democratic
No Trace Of Rep Boggs In Alaska Plane Search
Nearly 70 aircraft scoured 56000 square miles along the rugged southeast coast of Alaska for five days for the missing Cessna 310 carrying Rep Hale Boggs and three others. Supersonic jets joined the hunt despite poor weather as officials said data from high speed reconnaissance would be analyzed and survivors hoped.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Hale Boggs
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Tex
Air Force
Air Force Maj
Henry Stocker
Washington, D.C
Boggs
Nick Begich
Russ Brown
Begich
Don Jonz
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Portage Pass
Nixon Signs Revenue Sharing Bill at Independence Hall
President Nixon signed a revenue sharing bill in a ceremony outside Independence Hall, calling the act a revolution returning power to the people and promising tax relief for local authorities. Opponent George McGovern accused Nixon of failing prosperity, while John Connally urged support and Sargent Shriver warned of threats to democracy.
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Independence Square
Nixon
George McGovern
Treasury
Ohio
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