Chemstrand Name Change to Monsanto Textiles Division
Monsanto renames its Decatur Alabama Chemstrand plant and all Chemstrand labeled facilities to Monsanto Companys Textiles Division effective immediately. The division will continue producing Acrilan acrylic and Blue C nylon polyester and spandex fibers while retaining the Chemstrand trademark for fiber products. The Blue C and red A insignia will identify Monsanto man made fibers in about 2.5 billion dollars of retail products in 1967.
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Decatur
Chemstrand
Monsanto Company
Monsanto
Chemstrand Company
Alabama
Look Inside Look Inside Caribbean Islands Quiet Revolution
The Caribbean Islands seek a better life amid a quiet social shift in the region. The New York Times features this analysis on Page A-5 today.
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Caribbean
New York Times
Internal Revenue Service
Frank Cousins
Harold Wilson
NAACP Plans Suit Against Wallace Anti-Guidelines Law
The NAACP said it will file a lawsuit challenging Governor George Wallace's newly enacted anti-guidelines statute. The announcement was delivered by Dr. John Nixon, president of the Birmingham chapter.
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Birmingham
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
George Wallace
John Nixon
The
Civil Rights Organization
County School Reading Cash is Approved for Morgan County
The Morgan County School System is approved for 167310 dollars in federal funds to run its 1966 67 reading program. Another 75000 dollars may follow if the program is moved from deferred federal funds.
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Morgan County
Ted Butts
State Department of Education
Montgomery
Highway projects near completion in Decatur area
Highway Department officials report several Decatur area projects near completion and construction on two Interstate 65 connected segments to begin soon. J B Nelson, assistant division engineer, says paving on the east bound lanes of Alabama 20 between Mooresville and Huntsville will be ready within 15 days. Traffic conditions remain to be announced.
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Decatur
Highway — Department
J. B. Nelson
Highway Department
Alabama 20
Mooresville
Huntsville
Area Highway Near Completion
The congested highway will not be relieved immediately but traffic will move to a new strip when ready and the slick lane will be resurfaced. Ledbetter Bros. Construction Co. of Rome, Georgia is paving a 16 mile stretch for about 800000 dollars with resurfacing provided in the original contract. A 4.3 mile section of Interstate 65 from Hurricane Creek to Lacon is finished and traffic will switch from U S 31 by November 15. Workmen finish the expressway shoulders as bids for grading a new five See DECATUR On Page A-L1.
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Nelson
Ledbetter Bros. Construction Co
Rome
Murder Charge Filed In Death At Rest Home
A 74 year old rest home patient T E Pruitt formerly of Cullman was charged with first degree murder in the stabbing death of 66 year old Robert William Gray at the Tennessee Valley Rest Home. Gray died at a Hartselle Hospital after the incident.
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T. E. Pruitt
Cullman
Robert William Gray
Tennessee Valley Rest Home
Gray
Hartselle
President Johnson calls to cool economy with tax cut suspensions
President Johnson urged Congress to suspend temporarily the 7 percent investment tax credit and related write-offs for business for 16 months retroactive to Sept 1, 1966, and to revert automatically to Jan 1, 1968. He urged tight money and cooperation to curb inflation and fund the Vietnam war, with potential longer range actions and possible tax increases if needed.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Viet Nam
Atlanta Riots Causes Sought
Atlanta officials and white and Negro leaders held meetings to identify causes of the riots and prevent recurrences as 10 Negroes were jailed after a leaflet distribution rally. The debate centered on Stokely Carmichael and SNCC, with community figures urging resilience and unity.
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Atlanta, Ga
Markets At A Glance
New York stocks traded lower in moderate activity. Commodity futures showed mixed signals with cotton irregular. Chicago wheat weak on liquidation while corn and oats fell. Soybeans were mixed with September futures lower. Hog prices steady to 25 cents higher at top $25.25. Slaughter steer supply remained meager and market not tested.
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New York
Chicago
Gemini 11 Crews Confident for Friday Dual Launch
Gemini 11 flight crews prepared for Friday's double launch from Cape Kennedy with Charles Conrad Jr. and Richard Gordon Jr. resting and reviewing flight plans while NASA reported all phases satisfactory. An easterly wave loomed in the tropical Atlantic but weather was forecast to keep storms south of the launch area.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Atlantic Ocean
Navy
Richard F. Gordon
Kennedy
Marlar Tot Never Came Home Again
J C Marlar grieving father speaks after 11 month old Harold Jay dies of leukemia at Huntsville Hospital. The mother clung to hope while the father accepted the fate.
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Marlar Tot
David Knight
Union Hill
J. C. Marlar
Harold Jay
Huntsville Hospital
Marlar
Viet Cong Kill Village Chief In Binh Hoa Attack
Viet Cong gunmen killed the village chief and several others in Binh Hoa Vietnam as a wave of terror aimed to disrupt the Constituent Assembly election. The exact death toll at the hamlet 100 miles south of Saigon was not set.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Cong
Binh Hoa
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Robert Carter
New York University School of Law
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
U.S
Decatur Projects
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Pentagon
Stokely Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Atlanta
Samuel Williams
Gemini
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Miele
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