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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1968
Page
1
A humorous column reflects on the annual trope of eating crow after losses in football and politics. It riffs on past rivalries from Tennessee and Alabama to Puritan history, noting how fans cope with defeat and crow meals across eras and events.
Paul Lamont reports United Fund pledges totaling 123700 dollars, 45 percent of the 273400 dollar goal, with additional group gifts listed including automotive 1188.60 and industrial 1213.30. Frank Chenault notes 433 received. breakfast at Decatur Inn Wednesday at 7 am. General division donors pledged per John Wicks. further details on page 13.
A former Thunderbird pilot and Athens High School counselor, Herman Griffin, left the cockpit after diabetes led to discharge in 1964. He now mentors about 500 students, guiding higher education plans and future careers, bridging administration and pupils with trust and discipline. Griffin joined the Thunderbirds in 1958 and later taught at Athens High, tracing a career from flight training to school service.
The market report shows mixed commodity moves with cotton and wheat down while corn and soybeans rise modestly. Hog and cattle receipts are noted with limited change. a New York stocks session sees declines in moderate trading.
Nixon blasted The New York Times for asserting Spiro Agnew is unfit for the presidency. He demanded a legal retraction and called the editorial gutter politics while defending Agnew and criticizing timing ahead of the election. He cited a related Washington Post and Towson reporting as context.
North Vietnam radio denied it would accept U S conditions in exchange for a bombing halt. In Moscow the unmanned Segus 2 landed after three days in space while Segus 3 orbited with cosmonaut Beregevey aboard. Near Hong Kong two Chinese gunboats fired warning flares at a U S freighter off Chinese held islands.
Wallace plans a final campaign swing targeting border states and major urban centers in the East and Midwest. He will energize his third party bid with rallies in Hannibal Missouri Beaumont Texas Detroit Philadelphia Chicago Enid Oklahoma Wheeling West Virginia Hagerstown Maryland and other cities as polls show a dip in popularity.
Vice President Hubert Humphrey campaigned in northern Ohio saying Nixon cannot manage peace and condemning his TV interview and Job Corps proposal. He urged voters to choose a Democrat administration to end the war, contrasting with Wallace's third party stance.
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