Wallace gains in campaign but no new stands from governors
Wallace aired on NBC in a half hour bid for money and votes urging unregistered voters to join the rolls. Wallace said he would be on the November ballot in 46 states and expected to add four more. Nixon launched campaign in Chicago stressing issue focus amid unpredictable outcome. Humphrey opens campaign in Philadelphia as Muskie notes Wallace third party threat dominates Republican concerns. Iowa Nevada North Dakota primaries yield tight races and set up November lines with Hughes vs Stanley in Iowa Democratic contest.
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Wallace
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Albert Brewer
Alabama
John Bell Williams
Mississippi
America
National Broadcasting Co
Miami
Richard M. Nixon
Chicago
Nixon
New York
Humphrey
Philadelphia
Waverly
Minn
Washington
National Security Council
Edmund S. Muskie
Muskie
Iowa
Nevada
North Dakota
Hughes
David M. Stanley
Ft Hood sailors face pending courts martial over riot control protests
Six Ft Hood soldiers from the 17th Engineers Battalion await trial on charges for disobeying orders amid Aug 23 24 protests against sending troops to Chicago for riot control during the Democratic National Convention. The 43 detentions followed a larger display at the Texas installation.
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FT. Hood
Chicago
John K. Boles
17Th ‘Engineers Battalion
2Nd Army
Reginald Thompson
Rudolph Benn
Detroit
Mich
Charles Arline
Jacksonville
Alabama Delegation Seating Bill Faces Legal Hurdles
Senator Bob Harris and McClendon discuss a proposed bill to regulate Alabama delegation seating at national conventions. They note legal questions, research needs, and the砥 measure to protect delegation integrity while recognizing Alabama’s nonmonolithic party system and lack of registration. They urge public input on the issue.
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Bob Harris
Decatur
Alabama
Sen. Harris
McClendon
Governors race highlights battle between parties across states
The report lists candidates: Bourke Hickenlooper for governor facing Tovert Ray and Paul Franzenburg. Nevada Lt. Gov Ed Fike challenging incumbent Sen Alan Bible. North Dakota Democrat William Guy seeks re election with a nearby GOP contest between Ed Doherty and Robert McCarney undecided as counts continue.
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Bourke B. Hickenlooper
GOP
Tovert Ray
Paul Franzenburg
Nevada
Ed Fike
Alan Bile
North Dakota
William L. Guy
Ed Dohery
Robert P. icCarney
Soviet led occupation and Czech responses during World War II
The piece describes Soviet, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Polish and East German troops invading Czechoslovakia, with officials Viasak and Gasparik returning to Prague while Sik and Hajek remained abroad. It notes Moscow negotiations, partial troop withdrawal, and concerns about prolonged Soviet presence, plus shifts of troops from Prague toward borders and the guard status at key sites.
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Tavestia
Sik
Frantisek Viasak
Stefan Glasparik
Viasak
Gasparik
Prague
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Hajekis
Switzerland
Hajek
Czechoslovakia
New York
U.N Security Council
Council
Moscow
Communist Party
Czechosovak
Janey
Czechosloviak
Alexander Dubcek
Hungary
CTK
Bratislava
Svoboda
Hradcany Castle
U.S
Izvestia
Cheb
Karlovy Vary
Radio
Slovakia
Dismissals and Patient Names Listed in Hospital Notices
A long list of patients and dismissals appears with names and addresses including Mrs Katie Hawkins Athens 1 Mrs Nova Hardin 20th Ave SE and many others across Decatur Athens Locust Lemon Sherwood White 14th Ave SE and more names in a dense hospital notice. The page also notes dismissals such as Mrs Don Fairbanks Somerville and infant, Mrs Delmar Smith and infant daughter 2nd Ave SW and several others.
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Katie Pearl Hawkins
Locust St
Nova Lorene ‘Hardin
20Th Ave
Duane Keith Hicks
Athens
Phyllis Kay Barber
Decatur
Benjamin Washington Ashford
Hartselle
Felix James Price
Lemon Sherwood White
14Th Ave
Johnnie R. Steenson
Carridale St
Allen Hyatt Farr
Pennylane
Thomas Bailey
Brookmeade
Don Travis Fairbanks
Somerville
Delmar Wayne Smith
2Nd Ave
Gerald Wayne Barlow
Coffman Dr
Bamma Elizabeth Norton
8Th St
Jerry Eason Shumake
Mountain Brooke Dr
Wayman Clay Sivley
4Th Ave
Floyd Forest Kimbrough
McKinley Foster
Hillsboro
Milton Wayne Stokes
Virgil Vander Styers
Evie Dean Horton
Moulton
Edward Lee Smith
Vine St
Youth Charged In Two Deaths In Alabama Crash
An 18 year old Moulton youth faces a grand jury after being charged with two counts of first degree manslaughter in a Labor Day motorcycle crash near the Chaney home on Alabama 36 six miles east of Moulton. Victims were Jimmy Clear Chaney 14 and Frances Chaney 9, Speake High School students. Funeral services were planned near Moulton.
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Moulton
Michael Mizell
Jimmy Clear Chaney
Frances Chaney
Speake High School
Milton Chaney
Chaney
Alabama 36
Ray Will Not Be At Hearing In King Case
A motion to dismiss murder charges against James Earl Ray in the King case will be argued in Memphis Friday without the defendant present. Attorney Arthur Hanes Sr. says Ray’s presence is not required for preliminary motions. The defense seeks to quash the indictment and to access prosecution witnesses and evidence. Shelby County Attorney General Phil Canale will provide witness names and addresses, with some witnesses in protective custody. Hanes and his son Arthur Hanes Jr. will fly to Memphis the night before.
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Birmingham
Ala
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Memphis
Ray
Arthur Hanes Sr
United States
Hanes
Shelby County
Cout
Arthur Hanes Jr
Ring Found After Parking Lot Search Leads to Wedding
Tom White picked up his fiancée's engagement ring at a Louisville jewelry store then misplaced it after a supermarket stop. A newspaper ad brought a call from Mrs. H H Noe who found the diamond in the store parking lot and was invited to the wedding.
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Louisville
Tom White
H. H. Noe
Viet Cong Shell Major City as Helicopters Fall
Saigon reports Viet Cong mortar and rocket attack on Nha Trang injuring a policeman and wounding 21 civilians and 17 allied soldiers. In the same period three American helicopters and a fighter bomber were downed in South Vietnam with four crewmen killed and 22 Americans wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
Tay Ninh
Highlands
An Khe
South Vietnam
Nha Trang
U.S. 1St Field Force
Cocoa beverage used by Aztecs with vanilla and spices
Aztecs prepared a hot drink by mixing cocoa with water and adding vanilla and spices. The preparation reflects early use of cacao in ritual and everyday life.
Acid Leak at Oakworth Yard Rail Station
Decatur police and fire crews were summoned to Louisville and Nashville Railroad Oakworth yard after a tank of hydroxic acid leaked from a northbound freight train. An L and N spokesman said the leak occurred when a plug at the tank bottom came out, and lime was sprayed on the acid.
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Decatur
Louisville and Nashville Rail‘road Co
Oakworth Yard
Sumner Ave
Nixon Heads Illinois Republican GOP Bag Flags in Chicago Run
Sen. Charles H. Percy and Richard B. Ogilvie led a group of Illinois Republicans at the plane ramp as Nixon and his entourage left the airport in a downtown motorcade. He expressed confidence about November but said this race is less predictable than 1960 amid heated issues.
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Charles H. Percy
Ill
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois
Nixon
Daley Demands Prime TV Time After Convention Criticism
Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley demanded prime time TV slots to respond to criticism of him and the Chicago police during the Democratic convention. The business community faced a setback from convention week violence but believed it would be temporary. Some condemned his handling while most defended him as thousands of letters backed the mayor.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
United States Warns North Vietnam at Paris Talks
Ambassador Harriman told Xuan Thuy at the Paris peace talks not to push too hard against South Vietnam. He disputed Hanoi’s claim of a right to defend any part of Vietnam and urged mutual withdrawal of forces as violence subsides. He pressed Hanoi to let South Vietnam’s people decide their own future.
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Paris
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
W. Averell Harriman
Xuan Thuy
Hanoi
Vietnam
South
North
Harriman
Saigon
Wether
Dobbs Seeks Ban on Disposable Soft Drink Bottles
State Rep. Oscar C. Dobbs of Walker County plans to introduce a bill to bar sale and distribution of soft drinks in disposable bottles. He says the measure targets litter from bottles tossed from cars and proposes fines from 25 to 100 dollars for sellers or distributors.
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Montgomery
Ala
Oscar C. Dobbs
Walker County
Dobbs
Coal House: Middlesboro Chamber Building of Coal
The Chamber of Commerce building in Middlesboro Kentucky was constructed in 1926 using 40 tons of coal and was once known as the Coal House.
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COAL
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Bloomington, Wines
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Bank St
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Mary Ann Wiley
Auburn
14Th Street
Decatur General Admissions
George Esper
Associated Press
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Arthur L. Gavshon
Es. Travel Bureau
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