Community backs Frank Shepherd to lead Point Mallard growth
A Decatur opinion piece supports Frank Shepherd’s return to manage Point Mallard Park starting Feb 1. It urges strong board and public backing, noting the park’s investment and potential as a central tourist hub in North Alabama. The editorial highlights job growth, economic impact, and Shepherd’s experience with youth programs as assets for park promotion and development.
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Decatur
Central South
Frank Shepherd
Decatur Boys’ Club
Kingsport
Tenn
Point Mallard
North
Alabama
George Wallace
U.S
Point Mallard Park
Shepherd
Chamber of Commerce plans Feb first annual meeting
The Chamber of Commerce outlines a February 1 annual meeting with speaker Mrs. Nancy Dickerson a noted Washington newswoman. A fine menu and enjoyable evening are planned and members are urged to reserve early by contacting the Chamber for blanks.
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Chamber OF Commerce
Nancy Dickerson
Washington
Chamber
Death Penalty Battle Forming in Congress
The Nixon administration pushes a mandatory death penalty for cold blooded crimes while Senator McClellan proposes a jury supervised bill. A Senate subcommittee including Kennedy and Hart faces rising opposition from Bayh and Eastland backs the plan.
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Washington
Nixon
Atty
Richard G. Kleindienst
John L. McClellan
Ark
Kleindienst
Supreme Court
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Philip A. Hart
Michigan
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Judiciary Committee
Bayh
James O. Eastland
Mississippi
House Judiciary Committee
Rep
Edward Hutchinson
Joints Chiefs Behind Halt In Viet Peace Momentum
Washington sources say the Joint Chiefs persuaded Nixon to slow or stop momentum toward a Vietnam peace last October. The 58 page draft deal by Kissinger and Tho faced military warnings from Abrams and Gaylor about defending Saigon. Nixon ordered an airlift and a postponement while threatening renewed bargaining or bombing if Hanoi stalled.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Joint Chiefs
Nixon
Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
le ~Duc Tho
Paris
North Vietnam
Pham van Dong
Saigon
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Thieu
Creighton Abrams
Army
Adm
Noel Gaylor
Pacific
United States
le Duc Tho
Russia
China
Moscow
Peking
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Viewpoint: Should the Southeast Asia Treaty be Denounced
Washington debates whether the United States should honor or denounce the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty. The piece notes Senate ratification in 1955 and warns that cutting military aid to South Vietnam would trigger a formal denunciation path, affecting allied nations and U.S. commitments under four administrations.
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U.S. Senate
Manila
John Foster Dulles
United States
Michael J
Security Council
United Nations
Southeast Asia
Southwest Pacific
Cambodia
Laos
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Department of State
Department of Defense
Asia
Republic of the Philippines
Europe
Indochina
Senate
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Decatur Daily Publisher Details and Subscriptions
The Decatur Daily lists W. R. Shelton as founder editor 1912 to 1924 and notes publication as afternoon daily with Saturday and Sunday morning editions. It provides mailing address Decatur Alabama and confirms AP membership along with misstatement redress policy. Subscription rates show daily and Sunday plans within and outside trade zones with monthly and yearly prices.
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W. R. Shelton
Decatur
Alabama
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
Ala
My Answer By Billy Graham
Billy Graham argues that church attendance is dropping yet spiritual concern rises among youth. He cites national urgency for faith to sustain America's moral character, invoking Daniel Webster and Proverbs to urge renewed religious commitment in the new year despite social crises.
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America
T.A.N
Daniel Webster
Plymouth
Massachusetts
Mr. Webster
God
Embargo Placed On Peanut Shipments at Alabama Docks
The Alabama State Docks imposed an embargo on rail shipments of meal and peanut fragments for export through the docks grain elevator. Docks official Robert M Hope cited 690 railcars of meal awaiting unloading and weather delays as the cause for the action.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama State Docks
Robert M.hope
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Point Mellard
Hugo
Hutchinson
Viewpoint
David Lawrence
Congress
THE
Decatur Daily
Associated Press
Billy Graham
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