Olympics Resume After Terrorist Attack in Munich
Arab terrorists killed 11 Israeli athletes and 6 others including 5 attackers and a German officer, prompting a police airport ambush. The Games resumed with 80,000 at memorial services as authorities probe the airport shooting and Israel mourns nine hostages dead.
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Hang-Dietrich Genscher
Genscher
Middle East
Manfred Schreiber
Ray Perkins retires from football to join Alabama real estate business
Baltimore Colt wide receiver Ray Perkins announced his retirement from pro football and said he will work full time in his Alabama real estate business. President Nixon ordered consultations with other governments on an urgent basis to bolster security for Israeli citizens. McGovern blamed Arab governments for the Munich tragedy. Senator Mansfield pushed the first Senate vote in the U S Soviet arms limit debate. Frigidaire sales and service ad for Robinson Furniture in Decatur.
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Baltimore Colt
Ray Perkins
Alabama
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Nixon
William P. Rogers
Brandt Reelection Hopes Fade Amid Munich Tragedy
Washington Star-News profile notes Chancellor Willy Brandt faces a slim chance of re-election after the Munich Olympic Massacre. It cites his national record, Baader-Meinhoff attacks, and security chief Hans Dietrich Genscher’s political risk, with implications for Dec 3 vote.
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Bundestag
Sovet Union
Europe
Baader-Meinhoff
Hans Dietrich Genscher
Genscher
Munich
Hans Jochen Vogel
Social Democratic Party
Manfred Schreiber
Vogel
Decatur Makes It Happen In Alabama’s Friendliest Shopping Area
In 1901, President William McKinley was shot in Buffalo and died eight days later. The note references daily publication on that date and lists a Want Ad phone number and brief weather outlook with highs in the 80s. The page teases weather map and river page on B-8.
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Decatur
Alabama
William McKinley
Buffalo
N.Y
Israel presses retaliation after Olympic massacre
Israeli papers call for revenge against Arab terrorists and supporters after the killings left 11 of 29 Olympic team members dead. Maariv demands liquidating terrorists and striking at their homes as nation reels from the Munich tragedy and failed rescue.
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Ido Dissenchik
Washington Star-News
Tel Aviv
Maariv
New Left
Munich
Israel
Israelis under attack in Munich dorm raid
Israeli student Shaul Ladany recalls waking to gunfire and Arab intruders grabbing hostages in a three-story Olympic Village building. He describes seeing guards and fleeing with other roommates as two groups of attackers moved through the compound seeking captives and experts discuss a ceasefire window.
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Munich
West Germany
Shaul Ladany
Olympic Village
Ladany
Business School
Tel Aviv
Columbia University
Yosef Gutfreund
Mother Wins Grid Contest At Austin High School
Mrs Susie Smith and her daughter Michelle a senior at Austin High School won in Decatur Daily s Gridiron Forecast contest for a perfect ballot earning 260 dollars plus a 200 dollar perfect ballot bonus and a 10 dollar subscriber bonus.
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Michelle
Austin High School
Decatur Daily
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Birmingham
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Austin
Shafer
Alabama
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Chevrolet 72 Cheyenne 2 ton with top sells fast
Decatur Daily Want Ad notes A M Low of 41502 17th Ave SW sold a 1972 Chevrolet Cheyenne 2 ton with top air and automatic transmission after 1 650 miles. The ad invites Sell or trade options and lists a contact number 355-7231. It claims 39 additional responses show strong buyer interest.
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17Th Ave
Decatur Daily
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