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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1968
Page
3
A cold front moving toward Alabama today crosses Northwest Alabama, triggering scattered thundershowers as it shifts southeastward. Cooler, drier air is expected to follow, with mostly fair skies and cooler temperatures expected statewide by Wednesday as cloudiness and light showers continue in spots.
Decatur and vicinity show mild weather with 79 to 83 daytime temperatures and cooler nights 55 to 59. Thundershowers yesterday kept temperatures down. no rain recorded in the last 24 hours. Forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions today, clear tonight, and slightly warmer but fair conditions into Thursday.
Lawrence County mourns as Jimmy Chaney, 14, and Frances Susanna Chaney, 9, die in a tragedy near High Way 36. Deepest sympathy extended to the bereaved family. Also notes a wedding, Jane Benson to Gary Till, and local community updates.
The dragonfly's streamlined body and two pairs of wings may beat 20 to 30 times per second, enabling unusual speed and agility in flight.
Huntsville police hold an unidentified man linked to a $2000 burglary at The House of Maine in Athens on August 24. Two dresses valued at $400 and $200 were recovered and returned to Athens with others still missing from the U.S. 72 East shop.
U S Marines report 34 North Vietnamese killed in two clashes just north of the Rock Pile. five Marines died and 23 wounded. A bunker sweep west of the Rock Pile yielded 500 mortar rounds, 2,200 pounds of rice, medical supplies, and foreign cloth likely for uniforms. Additional weapons caches were found by the 196th Brigade farther south. Civilians and teachers were killed in Saigon during renewed terrorist attacks, while U S pilots mounted 116 missions in the air war.
Dr Peggy Jean Ledbetter from Decatur is appointed as dean of the Sapien School of Nursing at Northwestern State College in Louisiana. She previously taught part time at the University of Alabama and is the daughter of Rev and Mrs S E Ledbetter.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey predicts some reduction of U S forces in Vietnam may be possible by early 1969 and says substantial peace negotiations may be under way by January He criticized Nixon over the nuclear nonproliferation treaty and noted exploratory talks in Paris offer cautious optimism Also reporting primaries in nine states with Goldwater Aiken La Follette Kennedy praising Humphrey Muskie and Edwards quotes
The Bonneyville Dam on the Columbia River features two large fish ladders that enable salmon to bypass the dam on their journey to spawning grounds.
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