Tribute to Harry S Truman and coinage honors
A Decatur Daily letter thanks traffic director C C Whitman, then notes President Truman's death and urges honoring him with a bust on a U S coin. The writer compares Truman to Lincoln and Washington on currency, reflecting public sentiments on commemoration.
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5Th Ave
Decatur
Ala
THE
Decatur Daily
Grant Street
C.C. Whitman
John Sparkman
United States Senate
Washington, D. C
Harry S. Truman
United States
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Anderson backs Agnes fraud claims and relief critique
Washington Merry-Go-Round reports JACK ANDERSON and co author claims of mismanagement in hurricane Agnes relief led by Frank Carlucci. The column cites staged publicity and a multi million dollar fiasco while Carlucci defends the effort and invites evidence to the U S attorney. Beasley advocates mint redesign and Truman bust on the quarter.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Frank Carlucci
White House
U. S
Carlucci
Wilkes-Barre
Truman Nixon compare styles of U S government in death obituary
The piece analyzes how Harry Truman's tenure contrasted with Richard Nixon's era, noting Truman's strong cabinet, openness, and direct approach versus later centralization at the White House. It discusses foreign policy dynamics, Senate relations, and the transition in governance from Truman to the Nixon era.
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Washington
Harry Truman
United States
Nixon
Capitol Hill
Senate
Franklin Roosevelt
White House
Edward R. Stettinius
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Byrnes
Truman
Gen
George Marshall
State Department
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Defense
James Forrestal
Louis Johnson
Marshall
Robert Lovett
War Department
Henry L. Stimson
Robert P. Patterson
Kenneth C. Royall
Eisenhower
Elliot L. Richardson
Casper Weinberger
HEW
Congress
Alepears
Seldon
Arthur Vandenberg
Foreign Relations Committee
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
POW MIA bracelets push Decatur campaign for 1973 peace
Community volunteers drive a nationwide POW MIA bracelet program hoping for North Vietnam peace talks to yield prisoner returns. Decatur organizers Kathy Maness and Gail Pressnell keep booths at Gateway Shopping Center with home sales and phone contact for bracelets. The appeal urges public pressure and letters to influence Hanoi as negotiations resume in January 1973.
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Nixon
North
Vietnam
Dr. Kissinger
Paris
Hanoi
America
North Vietnam
Decatur
Kathy Manessa
Gail Pressnell
Gateway Shopping Center
Maness
11Th Ave
Ron Dodge
Dodge
Lt. Dodge
Spartan Ethic and Christian Service in 1976 Vision
Ralph Nader promotes a Spartan ethic focusing on courage and self restraint to meet America’s 1976 challenges. He links discipline to national strength and compares it to Christian notions of service, repentance, and faith, citing Paul’s call to purposeful living as guidance.
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Ralph Nader
Sparta
Mr. Nader
America
Rome
Paul
God
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Alabama
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
P.O. Box
Decatur. Ala
Associated Press
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Wardman Park
Charlie Ross
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FBI
House Banking
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Patman
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Lyndon Johnson
Judson Branch
Billy Graham
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