Farm Prosperity Forecast Boosts Alabama Farmers
Fortune Magazine predicts 8 percent rise in farm output for 1967 and total gross receipts reaching 45 billion dollars. Demand outstrips supply, placing U.S. farmers in a sellers' market as the era of supply management ends and rapid expansion begins, with Alabama aiming at a billion dollar income and potential cotton gains from a new 1 dollar per bale research investment.
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Fortune
Business Magazine
Korea
U.S
Alabama
Retiring Asa Rountree Jr. Leaves Airfield Legacy in Alabama
Asa Rountree Jr. retires August 3 as Director of Aeronautics after 30 years in the post, ending a 49-year aviation career. He oversaw 450+ projects and 800+ facilities across 123 cities, expanding Alabama’s airport system from 32 to 175 airfields, and created the notable Small Cities Airport Program. He will advise the department as a non paid consultant and leaves big shoes to fill.
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Alabama Aviation
Alabama Department of Aeronautics
Rountree
Alabama
Morgan County
Mr. Rountree
Asa Rountree
Decatur
Pryor Field
Athens
Government grant patents handed to contractors proposed
Senate move backed by Sen. John McClellan would let government contractors keep patent rights to inventions made with tax money. Critics say the bill would legalize the theft of taxpayer discoveries, citing Space and Defense contracts and cases where firms withheld inventions. Proponents argue it clarifies existing procedures amid industry lobbying led by chambers of commerce and figures from General Electric.
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Defense Department
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Free Enterprise
Commerce
J. Herbert Holloman
White House
Kennedy
Holloman
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G.E
Defense
Capitol Hill
Chambers of Commerce
Little Rock
Sen
Emilio Daddario
D-Conn
Hartford
United Aircraft
Daddario
United
Convair
King Air
Hidden Struggles of a Drinking Wife Revealed
An advice piece notes fewer women than men are alcoholics but social taboos push female drinking underground. It urges husbands to show love, share activities, and lead the family in devotions and church attendance to address insecurity and reduce drinking.
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K. F
U.S
Little Treason in Education and Viet Nam Commentary
In a 1966 syndicated column David Lawrence argues that Congress should confront Communist activity in U.S. colleges and youth clubs. Gus Hall links the Dubois Clubs to the Communist Party, urging closer scrutiny of subversive funding and a push to expose foreign influence behind protests against the war. He warns liberal opposition hampers disclosure and frames aid to enemies as serious treason.
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Congress
Gus Hall
Communist Party
U.S
Hall
Moscow
W.E.B. Dubois
U. S. Department of Justice
Dubois
Dubois Clubs
Communist Party of the
United States
America
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Department of Justice
Publishers Newspaper Syndicate
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Viet Nam
Humphrey
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Humphrey's 1968 prospects amid Democratic inner pressure
Washington reports show Vice President Humphrey under heavy attack from rival Democrats seeking Kennedy’s future, yet President Johnson’s support and personal loyalty may bolster Humphrey. Analysts note no guaranteed removal, as Johnson often blocks external drives and values long-standing ties from Senate days.
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Humphrey
Richard Nixon
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Hubert H. Humphrey
Ol’ Hubert
Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nixon
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Decatur Moments From Old Times and Local Notes
The fragment recalls a Decatur era with references to Prof W Roberts, AEC bill debates, Gore correspondence, and a misprint correcting. It mentions rural services planned to study cotton in Alabama, Hotel Hilda Cafe Sunday dinners at 50 cents, past infantile paralysis absence, Mary Lou Dancy Chapter picnic, and a 10 year span note on a Jaycee shoes fundraiser at Legion Field tied to Knox McRae auto dealer plans.
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Alabama
Hotel Hilda Cafe
Morgan County
Mary Lou Dancy
O.E.S
Knox McRae
Decatur Automobile
Stephenson Dukeminier Reunion Planned at Hickory Grove
The Stephenson Dukeminier reunion is set for Sunday at Hickory Grove Church in Lawrence County. All relatives and close friends are asked to bring a basket lunch.
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Hickory Grove
Lawrence County
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