Alabama toll hits 24 in weekend crash spree
Alabama recorded its highest non-holiday death toll, reaching 24, over the weekend. Eight people in Tuscumbia died in a car train wreck including four generations of one family. other fatalities followed in Butler County and Florence. The AP tally covers Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight, noting signals at crossings and a train speed around 20 mph.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Tuscumbia
Butler County
Talladega
Florence
Midland City
US slots B52 squadron on Guam near China
A 15 aircraft B52 heavy bomber squadron was based on Guam to shorten the distance to Communist China, replacing older B47s. The move, first overseas deployment for B52s, leaves 15 aircraft on Guam with rotating replacements from March Air Force Base. Each B52 has a 6000 mile range and can carry vast nuclear payloads, plus Hound Dog missiles with 500 mile strike capability.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
United States
Guam
Red China
China
March Air Force Base
Calif
March
U.S
Breckenridge and neighbors noted. traffic incidents reported
James Mittchell Breckenridge son of Mr and Mrs Ronald H Breckenridge of 16327th St SE Decatur is a member of the Maryville Tenn College Chair Mrs Leona Williamson Marionville Ind visiting at the home of her brother and wife Mr and Mrs Robert Ricks 537 io Rd Retired M Sgt Ricks is still a patient at Redstone Arsenal Hospital Two vehicle collision on Somerville Rd at 12 20 pm involving Macon H Gilbert 44 of 2204 College St and Alfred B Hodgins 61 of 1629 Brookmeade with no injuries A panel truck driven by Aldon Ray Fulmer 25 of Danville struck rear of a stopped car driven by Ruth O Boseck 47 Belle Mina as traffic backed up at Keller Memorial Bridge police noted the stopped car yielded to a school bus See Diary on Page 2.
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James Mittchell Breckenridge
Ronald H. Breckenridge
7Th St
Decatur
Maryville, Tenn
Leona Williamson
Martinville
Ind
Robert Ricks
Ricks
Redstone Arsenal Hospital
Somerville Rd
Macon H. Gilbert
College St
Alfred B. Hodgins
Brookmeade
Aldon Ray Fulmer
Danville 2
Ruth O. Boseck
Belle Mina
Keller Memorial Bridge
Two Scions Meet Webb Over Huntsville Shift Proposal
Alabama Senator Sparkman and Rep. Jones said they would press NASA officials and President Johnson on Rep. Hale Boggs proposal to move Alabama space scientists to New Orleans Michoud and for a possible transfer of Marshall Space Flight Center management. They defended Huntsville programs and cited Saturn launches as proof of current value. The two lawmakers stressed no plan is finalized and quoted NASA and Webb assurances.
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Washington
Alabama
John Sparkman
Rep
Bob Jones
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Louisiana
New Orleans
Sparkman
Jones
Johnson
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Michoud
E. Webb
Hale Boggs
D-La
Webb
NASA
Redstone Arsenal
Why not seek church fellowship for stronger faith
The message compares church attendance to essential needs like food, health, and car care. It argues the church fosters worshipful atmosphere, spiritual nourishment, and prayer, offering encouragement and fellowship for Christians who seek personal growth. It concludes one can be a Christian without church but benefits exist in communal worship.
We Pay Thee For Used Furniture Ad
Classified ad notes Furniture Co offers cash for used furniture at 453 4400. Includes phone contact and prompt pickup.
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Used Furniture Furniture Co
Names of World Leaders Quiz Feature
The Decatur Daily presents a weekly News Quiz on page five with answers on page six. It promotes the VEC News Filmstrip Program sent to 25 junior high schools and includes a Free Enterprise series tied to the quiz.
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Decatur Daily
VEC
Free Enterprise
Space effort delay seen if MSFC moves
Alabama Governor George Wallace warned on Meet the Press that attempting to remove space facilities from Huntsville would delay the space program by about 15 years. He said he does not believe any president will move the center in its entirety.
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Washington
Alabama
George Wallace
Huntsville
Ala
Wallace
NBC
Meet _ the Press
Vatican Council Told Catholicism Suspect Of Science
The Vatican Ecumenical Council was told that Roman Catholicism treats science and scientists with suspicion and must stop. In Washington Britain’s new foreign secretary said changes in the Soviet leadership will not alter Soviet foreign policy. Former President Eisenhower remains hospitalized at Walter Reed with stable vital signs.
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Vatican City
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Washington
Britain
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed General Hospital
Johnson Campaigns in the South Attacks Opponents
President Johnson tours Florida Georgia and South Carolina urging unity and condemning wild charges and impulsive statements by the opposition. He vows to crush the threat to American life and restore the two party system while courting voters in Jacksonville and Orlando where he shakes many hands.
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Frank Cormier
Macon
Johnson
South
America
Jacksonville
Fla
Barry Goldwater
Florida
Orlando
Goldwater Decries Socialism Vision In Salisbury Speech
Sen Barry Goldwater warned Maryland supporters that Humphrey might become president and that Johnson seeks a socialist planned economy. He blasted both candidates for failing to handle world and domestic affairs and urged opposition on the eve of the campaign’s close.
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Goldwater
Walter R. Mears
Salisbury
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Maryland
Hubert H. Humphrey
Johnson
Humphrey
Texas
Khrushchev Ouster Seen Damaging Soviet Prestige
President Johnson, told by government experts on Soviet affairs, says Khrushchev's removal hurts Soviet leadership prestige at home and abroad and clouds the future of Soviet policy toward the West. The conclusions come from a new study of the Kremlin shakeup. See story on Page 2.
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Washington
Johnson
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Gas blast string kills two injures seventeen in Orange Tex
A series of explosions at six petrochemical plants near Orange Texas killed two workers and injured seventeen as volatile ethylene gas ruptures sparked fires. The Spencer Chemical Co and Allied Chemical Co areas saw major damage with windows blown out and walls collapsing during a five hour crisis.
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Orange
Tex
Aries
Texas
Spencer Chemical Co
Bridge City
Beaumont
Spencer
Allied Chemical Co
Iremen
Carroll Lee Carr
Clyde Matthews, Jr
The
Markets At A Glance From New York and Chicago Trading
New York stocks higher with active trade and mixed bonds while cotton remains quiet. Chicago market shows wheat higher, corn mixed, oats mixed on light trade and December low, soybeans higher on increased demand, hogs steady to lower top 16.25 and cattle lower top 26.
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