Moon Race Pressure Grows for Apollo Flight Plans
New York reports accord that the Soviet unmanned circumlunar flight heightens pressure on American officials to approve a more ambitious lunar orbit mission by astronauts as early as December. Apollo engineers favor a three astronaut, multiple lunar orbits mission to test navigation and gravity effects before any landing attempt.
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Humphrey Outlines Vietnam Policy To Toledo Women
Hubert H. Humphrey told Toledo housewives he hopes to scale down U.S. troop commitments in Vietnam, even if Hanoi balks at peace terms. He spoke to an overflow crowd of women and a few infants in a grade school gymnasium. He said negotiations must succeed.
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Wallace Sees Support Grow With Campaign Quips
Wallace tells Dallas audience his campaign reminds him of a joke about laughing when he sat down to play. He notes the crowd roars as rebels shout, claiming that many Democrats and Republicans are no longer laughing.
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Fifth Grader Injured After Cliff Fall at Park
Larry Counts, 9, of Somerville Road Elementary, is in fair condition at Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital after falling about 50 feet from a cliff at Monte Sano Park during a family picnic. He suffered two broken arms and multiple abrasions.
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Nixon Campaign Focuses on TV in New York Rallys
Richard M. Nixon campaigns in New York using a televised oriented script. He avoids public attention to opponents and delivers regular taunts at Hubert H. Humphrey in his standard speech.
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Russians Recover Zond 5 After Moon Flyby Win
The unmanned Zond 5 splashed down in the Indian Ocean after circling the moon and was recovered by a Soviet ship. Tass reported scientists aboard recovered instruments and a vast amount of data. British space expert Sir Bernard Lovell and James E. Webb commented on the milestone and its implications for the space race.
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Markets and commodity notes from New York and Chicago
Irregularly higher stocks in slow trading. Cotton falls. In Chicago wheat rises on good demand as corn climbs. Soybeans mixed amid adation claims. Cattle prices steady with receipts at 11,000 and top 30.30. hogs steady with 5,000 receipts and top 21.50.
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National Democratic Party Selects 3 Local Candidates
The National Democratic Party of Alabama based in Huntsville filed papers to run three candidates in Morgan and Limestone counties. Decatur residents Gary Nungester and Alphonso Pettus entered against local Democrats for justice of the peace and constable respectively, while Rev E D Boulder sought Limestone County Board of Revenue Place One. A federal court ordered 89 NDPA names on ballots pending a panel review by Sept 30. Tom King withdrew from Morgan County Board of Education race amid FCC rulings on equal time. Morgan County Judge T C Almon questioned NDPA filing within five days for funds dispersal, saying it may violate the Corrupt Practices Act.
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Colombian Airliners Hijacked To Cuba
Two Avianca planes from Barranquilla were hijacked and flown to Cuba. A Boeing 727 with 72 passengers and six crew landed at Camaguey, then released, while a DC4 with 57 passengers and four crew landed in Santiago de Cuba. No injuries reported. all aboard safe and to return to Colombia. Colombian and Cuban officials weigh whether the incidents are linked to a Castroite plot.
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Manslaughter Indictments Named Three In County
MOULTON The fall session of the Lawrence County Grand Jury returned three indictments for manslaughter and in two cases named Moulton men involved in accidents in which four persons were killed. Lawrence County Circuit Clerk Ernest Shelton said man- See MANSLAUGHTER On Pg
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GM price increases edge past Chrysler figures
Detroit based General Motors announced price increases averaging 49 dollars, about half of Chrysler's recent hike. In San Antonio, President Johnson signed hostile fire pay of 65 dollars monthly for 81 Pueblo crew members captured by North Korea. In Houston, Beth White Brunk, 49, who received a heart transplant on July 29, died at St Luke's Episcopal Hospital.
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Wallace says war can be won with conventional weapons
Independent presidential candidate George C. Wallace told CBS Face the Nation that the Vietnam War can be won without increasing U S troop commitments. He argued military means should drive policy and urged SEATO nations to contribute more while endorsing peaceful coexistence with the Soviet Union if it avoids subversion. He warned of urban unrest over public schools and outlined a public works plan to employ able bodied Americans, with projects benefiting the nation.
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South Troops Find Fortified DMZ Camps Near Frontier
US Marines uncovered two heavy fortified camps just below the North Vietnamese frontier within the DMZ. Intelligence reports say the sites aimed to sustain a Communist thrust in the center of the DMZ in the next six weeks. Vietnamese troops reported heavy fighting on the eastern DMZ flank with about 98 NVA killed in a pitched battle.
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Retired Druggist Lewis H. Houston Dies in Hartselle
HARTSELLE Services for Lewis H. Houston 78 a retired druggist who died Sunday were to be held today at First Methodist Church in Hartselle with Rev Bates and Dr Edwin Bascomb officiating. Burial followed in the city cemetery Peck directing He was a member of the Lawrence County community and a World War I veteran, retired Army captain, who spent more than 40 years in the drug business and was active in civic war and politics. See HOUSTON On Page 2
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Guaranteed Frigidaire Service by Ro binson Furniture
Ro binson Furniture on Second Avenue advertises guaranteed Frigidaire service with contact at 353-2370.
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