Happy and Wallace Team Up for Public Service Bid
The piece portrays Happy Chandler as a multifaceted figure in Woodford County. It notes his wood paneled cabin, golf in the mid 70s to low 80s, barley farming, Woodford County Sun publication, college trustee roles, and directorships. It quotes Chandler on public service and opinions on Vietnam strategy and Wallace’s political prospects.
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Happy
Woodford County Sun
Wallace
Chandler
Vietnam
Plans for Southwest Elementary School Dropped
Plans for a new southwest elementary school were dropped after a study showed it would not be heeded. UT team led by Dr. Orin Graff supported maintaining existing facilities. Decatur officials have long shown willingness to fund education, enabling a proud school system.
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Orin Graff
School of Education
Decatur
Teity
Leeman
Britain’s Lovell Reports Zond-5 Signals Near Moon
Lovell: Jodrell Bank radar detected Zond-5 signals in 40 minute bursts all night as the craft passed about 1,000 miles from the moon at 5:55 a.m. It did not orbit the moon but skimmed its side with increasing signal strength as it maneuvered.
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Lovell
Britain
Third Recent Newsprint Price Increase Likely
INTERNATIONAL Paper Co and Canadian International Paper Co announced a $5 per ton price rise effective Jan 1, likely the third increase in 31 months. The move lifts the base price free on board New York to 147 and to 142 for Eastern Canada. West Coast pricing remains $137. Other producers offered no immediate comment.
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New York
International Paper Co
Canadian International Paper Co
Montreal
Bowater Paper Corp. l
Great Northern Paper Co
Kimberly-Clark Corp
Domtar Ltd
Consoldated
Bathurst Ltd
Canada
I. H. Peck
Canadian International Paper
Crown Zellerbach
San Francisco
LeMaistre and Mauldin Featured in Alabama Banking and Law
The passage profiles LeMaistre a Tuscaloosa banker and lawyer and Mauldin a young Alabama leader with consulting roles. It notes LeMaistre’s education at Michigan Alabama and his presidency of City National Bank and teaching tenure and his family. It lists affiliations and children.
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Alabama
Alabama Legislative Cotton Study Commission
Security Federal Savings and Loan Association
Florence
Ala
Bankers Fidelity Insurance Co
Atlanta
Mauldin
LeMaistre
Lockhart
University of Michigan
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
LeMastre, Clement
Leyland Stanford University
Calif
Land George Jr
Dartmouth College
North Atlantic
American Bar Association
American Association of University
Merit Scholarship competition finals and space event noted
The article outlines Merit Scholarship finalists for 1968-69 with potential $1000 state scholarships and four year Merit Scholarships from corporations and foundations. Winners will be announced by early May 1969. A British analyst predicts Soviet moon reach Friday as a step toward landing a man on the moon.
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Earth
Democrats Eye House Control After November Vote
Campaign news notes that Democrats could win enough state delegations to control the House and decide the presidency. Humphrey criticizes Nixon over nonproliferation policy while Muskie challenges Nixon on North Vietnam. Election results from Massachusetts Washington Oklahoma show incumbents renominated in several districts and key party figures securing nominations.
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Humphrey
House
Nixon
Buffalo
N.Y
Senate
Spiro T. Agnew
Casper
Wyo
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Agnew
Texas
America
Edmund S. Muskie
North Vietnam
Muskie
New York
GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
Tte
Massachusetts
Washington State
Oklahoma
U.S
John W. McCormack
Edward P. Boland
Edward M. Kennedy
Chaljames
Boland
Torbert H Macdonald
Philip J. Philbin
Harold B. Donohue
Jothers
Washington
Warren G. Magnuson
Arthur Fletcher
Pasco
Wash
Coucilman
Billy Muncey
John J O'Connell
Dan Evans
Prayer Emphasis Week Opens With City Leaders Meeting
Mayor J Gilmer Blackburn commends the city on electing new leaders and asks for Christian dedication to guide progress. Incoming Mayor Charles Guntherp requests residents pray for new officials as Religious Emphasis Week continues through next Tuesday. The Chamber of Commerce sponsored 7 am breakfast program attended by mayors and pastors from nearby cities and incoming council members Rutledge Thomas Bill Dukes Dewayne Cameron Charles Martin and Bill Lovin.
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J. Gilmer Blackburn
Charles Gunthorp
Chamber of Commerce
Roy McAllister
John Cook
Rutledge Thomas
Bill Dukes
Dewayne Cameron
Charles Martin
Bill Lovin
Debate Looms On Fortas Chief Justice Nomination
Senate debate will determine Abe Fortas's fate as chief justice after the Judiciary Committee backed his floor advance 11-6. Opposition warns of a possible filibuster while Mansfield plans a early floor vote and potential cloture battles loom in the Senate. Fortas has faced charges of cronyism and overstepping separation of powers as Johnson presses to fill Warren's seat.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Abe Fortas
Mike Mansfield
Earl Warren
White House
Fortas
Robert P. Griffin
Mich
Griffin
Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Warren
Homer Thornberry
Texas
Thornberry
For Rent Room in Furnished Apartment
Clean comfortable married couple preferred. Water furnished. Call 353-7576. FOR RENT: room in furnished apartment. Couple. Water furnished. Call 353-2568.
Decatur Markets Prices for Seeds and Grains
Cottonseed at 40 dollars per ton. Milk Grade A at 6.55 per hundred. Manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred. Pulpwood 14.50 per cord. No 2 Yellow Corn 1.10, White Corn 1.30. Oats 0.60. Milling Wheat 1.15. Soybean 2.60. Barley 0.90. Mile per hundred 1.90. Wood prices 65, 45 and 35.
Over the Counter Securities Prices Note
Quotations from the NASD represent interdealer prices as of about 10 a.m. Interdealer values change through the day. Prices exclude retail markups markdown or commissions.
Cotton Futures Fall Broadly on New York Markets
Cotton futures declined as traders adjusted prices after a lower close. October contracts traded around 29.62 while December and March showed mixed, mostly inactive quotes, with Untraded lines noted for several months.
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Cotton
New York
Poultry Prices Mixed Across Markets
Atlanta reports fair live broilers and fryers with farm prices mostly 13 cents and limited trading on hens. Birmingham notes quiet trading under light offerings with limited demand, farm and plant prices for heavy and light types vary, and an estimated slaughter of 1,219,000 head versus 1,299,000 last Wednesday.
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Atlanta, Ga
Birmingham
Ala
Understone
Nashville Livestock Market Report Averages Quiet
Nashville Tennessee AP cattle prices show slaughter cows steady to fully steady while bulls linger. Feeder classes slow and steer prices slip. heifers hold near steady with receipts mainly feeders and about 15 percent slaughter cows. Hog and sheep trading mixed with barrows steady and sows steady.
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Nashville
Tenn
U.S
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