Goldwater vows to end the draft and curb federal growth
Sen Barry Goldwater launched his presidential bid promising to end the draft and shrink the federal government. He accused President Johnson of using the Selective Service for political aims and criticized unilateral disarmament in foreign policy while pledging peace and preparedness. Rep William Miller joined at the Prescott kickoff as Goldwater prepares further stops.
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Walter R. Mears
Prescott
Ariz
Barry Goldwater
White House
Goldwater
Johnson
Senate
Goldpeace
William E. Miller
Newark
Lockport
N.Y
Promenaires Square Dance Club Plans Supper and Meeting
The Up The Promenaires Square Dance Club will hold a covered dish supper and monthly business meeting Friday at 6 30 p m at the American Legion Home. See diary for details on Page 2.
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Promenaires Square
American Legion
Set a daily Bible plan amid distractions
The reader seeks daily meditation prayer and Bible study. The answer urges fixed times, often morning, treating it as an appointment with God, anticipating satanic interruptions, and using a plan starting with John a chapter daily, letting God direct daily marching orders.
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S.M
God
Satan
Birmingham School Desegregation Quietly Expands
Seven Negro girls entered four high schools in Birmingham as desegregation expanded. Police watched for trouble at Jones Valley Phillips Ensley and West End with no disorder reported. In 1963 five Negroes had faced protests at two white schools and a nearby elementary.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Jones Valley
Phillips
Ensley
West End
Larger Planes To Serve Decatur On Scheduled Routes
Southern Airways will deploy its Martin 404 Aristocrat on all Decatur to Atlanta flights starting Oct 1 under manager George Riedmueller. The 40 passenger, air conditioned arb pressurized plane replaces the 26 seat DC3 on Decatur routes while DC3 will continue Decatur to Memphis and Decatur to Knoxville via Huntsville and Chattanooga with 8:02 am departures and 9:58 am arrivals in Atlanta.
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Decatur
Atlanta
George’ Riedmueller
Decatur Southern
Southern
Riedmueller
Memphis
Knoxville
Huntsville
Get
Death of World War I hero Sgt Alvin York tolls across nation
Joe A Woods former Decatur real estate man recounts Yorks wartime service and personal scruples in the wake of his death at Nashville. Woods recalls meeting York at Camp Gordon and notes how Yorks religious beliefs affected his views on killing. He praises York as a fine soldier and a fine man.
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Spokane
Wash
Decatur
Ala
Alvin York
Decatur Daily
Nashville
Europe
York
Joe A. Woods
Allison and Woods Real Estate Co
Woods
Federal Housing Administration Office
San Francisco
Camp Gordon
328Th Infantry
82Nd Division
82Nd
United States
Alabama GOP Withdraws Candidates in New Districts
The Alabama Republican Executive Committee moved to leave two Democratic incumbents, Bob Jones and Eve Andrews, unopposed in the newly drawn 8th and 3rd districts. Charles C. Smith of Russellville withdrew from the 8th race, citing the conservative cause, leaving Jones without GOP opposition.
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Birmingham
Alabama Republican Executive Committee
Congress
Bob Jones
Scottsboro
Eve Andrews
Union Springs
Charles O. Smith
Russellville
the Daily
Rep
Smith
Alabama
George Wallace
GOP
Agnes Baggett
U. S
House of Representatives
Sgt Alvin C York Dies at 76 in Nashville Veterans Hospital
World War I hero Sgt Alvin C York died at Nashville Veterans Hospital at age 76 from urinary tract infection. President Johnson and leaders will attend his 2 p.m. Saturday funeral at York's Chapel on the Wolf River in the Cumberland Mountains. Army escort, band, firing party and bugler from the 82nd Airborne will participate. A choir will sing Fairest Lord Jesus Faith of Our Fathers and Onward Christian Soldiers.
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Bill Rawlins
Pall Mall
Tenn
Alvin C. York
Green Valley
Three Forks
President Johnson
Nashille
Veterans Hospital
Johnson
York’s Chapel
Wolf River
Cumberland Mountains
Harold J. Johnson
3Rd Army
York
Lord Jesus
Markets At A Glance
New York stocks mixed as bonds move mixed. cotton falls on light trading. Chicago wheat mixed with light selling. corn and soybeans strong with active demand. Hogs rise strongly to mostly higher, top at 18.25. Slaughter cattle steady near 26.25.
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Chicago
Unemployment Rises as Teen Jobs Persist
The Labor Department reports August unemployment at 5.1 percent as teen joblessness keeps the national rate up. President Johnson signs a fiscal year military base construction bill totaling 1.570968 billion dollars with Alabama receiving 10.47 million. The Senate approves a health care program for the elderly under Social Security and boosts cash benefits. The U.S. rejects a Soviet nuclear ban treaty proposal in Geneva.
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Washington
Johnson
Alabama
Senate
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