National Guard Deployed Over Aliceville School Boycott
Governor Albert Brewer ordered National Guard troops into Aliceville at the request of Mayor Roy Kelly to quell a disturbance linked to around 70 protesters at R. J. Kirksey High School. The school was closed as demonstrators reportedly damaged property and intimidated students.
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Aliceville
Ala
Albert Brewer
National Guard
Roy Kelly
Kelly
Floyd Mann
West Alabama
Tuscaloosa
W. E. Wigley
Pickens
Brewer
Alieville
Oil and gas leases tied to 60 000 acres in four Alabama counties
Independent dealer Larkin O Hern leads a nine man team leasing more than 60 000 acres in Limestone Lauderdale Colbert and Lawrence counties with plans to reach 100 000 of 300 000 acres. Leases pay 1 per acre first year then 50 cents annual. owners get one eighth royalty if drilling occurs. Lease terms run ten years.
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Bob Walker
Athens
Limestone
Lauderdale
Colbert
Lawrence
Larkin O’ Hern
Tyler
Tex
O’hern
O’ Hern
Alabama
Limestone County
Drake Predicts Special Session If Consumer Bill Fails
Cullman Rep. Tom Drake warned a special legislative session could be called if today’s regular session fails to pass the consumer credit bill. He noted House and Senate versions differ, with the governor and many lawmakers opposing a special session.
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Montgomery
Cullman
Tom Drake
Fred Folsom
Folsom
House
Drake
Senate
Moran County
Bob Harris
Harvard
North Korea demands US apology for copter downing
North Korea rejects release of three American airmen unless the United States admits a criminal mission and offers a formal apology. U S officials say the helicopter entered North Korean airspace accidentally during a training flight and posed no threat. Names of the captured crew are Major Malcolm W. Loepke, Captain David Crawford, and Specialist Herman Hofstatter with their injuries noted.
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K. C. Hwang
Associated Press
Panmunjom
Korea
North Korea
United States
Lee Choon-sun
Military Armistice Commission
U.S
Arthur H.adams
Adams
Pueblo
Gilbert H. Woodward
State Department
Kooky
WO Malcolm W. Loepke
Richmond
Ind
David Crawford
Pooler
Herman H. Hofstatter
Lowpoint
Ill
Armistice Commission
Lee
Crawford
Hofstatter
Loepke
State Funeral Set For Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam announced a week of mourning for Ho Chi Minh and planned a state funeral for the 79 year old founder of Vietnamese independence. Ho died of a heart attack Wednesday, with ceremonies to be organized as the most solemn national funeral. The death halted peace talks in Paris temporarily as officials and reporters awaited further details.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Radio
Hanoi
Hanoi Radio
Paris
Senate Filibuster Ties Up Alabama Session End
The Alabama Senate, frustrated by integration disputes and stalled on other issues, tries to end a filibuster on the session’s final day. In Washington, Secretary Kennedy calls the House tax reform bill a milestone though too generous to individuals. In Jerusalem, the Israeli army ends the fruitless search for Dr. James Pike with little hope of survival.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Senate
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Jerusalem
James Pike
Judean Desert
Episcopal
California
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Carrollton
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N.D
Bill
Birmingham
Stuckeys
Morgan County
David Sandlin
Margaret Dunmore
Claudette Russell
Chicago
Carolyn Dickson
Cleveland
Ohio
James Russell
Dist. Atty
Dan Nelson
Sandlin
Stuckey
Henry Covey
Covey
Cullman County
House of Representatives
Frances Richardson
THE
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Bob Bates
Reggy Sparkman
James Ressell
Jane and
Dan Blizzard
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
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