A Century For A Top Newspaper
The Atlanta Constitution, founded in 1868, marks its centennial as a voice for racial equality and a growing South. The piece notes editors Henry Woodfin Grady, Joel Chandler Harris, Evan Howell, Ralph McGill, and others who shaped its national influence and Georgia's transformation from town to metro. See A CENTURY on page A-2.
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Harry Gilroy
New York Times News
Atlanta
Atlanta Constitution
Georgia
Henry Woodfin Grady
Joel. Chandler Harris
Evan P. Howell
Clark Howells
Ralph E. Megill
Eugene Patterson
Col
Carey Wentworth — Styles
Styles
Andrew Jackson
Washington
Constitution
Howell
Grady
Harris
South
New England Society of New York
New South
Remus
Ralph Emerson McGill
Nashville Banner
The
City government changes and ward system ruling explained
The city will not assign Sherman Street to a ward under the new government. All five council members will represent residents, with ward elections possible only if the city enacts a ward system, a change not effective for four years after new council terms begin.
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Sherman St
Doug Faulk
Whos Radio
United States
U.S.A
Doug Kingman
Martin Luther King
Dr. King
R.C
Decatur
Justice Dept launches drive to desegregate 159 Southern districts
The Justice Department began a court ordered push to replace freedom of choice with measures promoting racial integration in 159 Southern districts. Action targets districts in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana with cases reopened from prior desegregation efforts.
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Washington
Justice Department
South
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Supreme Court
Clark
Johnson seeks Latin American market model after welcome in San Salvador
President Johnson joined five Central American leaders at a summit in San Salvador to back a regional common market. A crowd greeted him with cheers while about 100 antiwar protesters threw eggs and paint, but Johnson continued with the talks and announced 65 million in loans and 30 million for economic integration and transport and communications.
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San Salvador
Johnson
Central America
Asia
Africa
Middle East
San Antonio
Tex
Secret Service
el Salvador
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Honduras
Costa Rica
U.S
Central American Fund For Economic Integration
LBJ
New Store Hours Announced at Robinson Furniture
Robinson Furniture posts new hours from eight to six with a note of being closed all day. Call 353-2370 for details.
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Robinson Furniture
Bombers Hit Troop Concentrations Near Saigon As Flags Fly
Associated Press reports B 52 bombers struck enemy troop concentrations outside Saigon Sunday. Viet Cong flags fluttered inside the city as allies warn of a possible mid July assault. Flags appeared at a school and near the home of U S Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker.
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Saigon
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Window air conditioner cleaning and service ad
A local ad from Davidson Heating Service promotes cleaning and servicing window air conditioners. Contact 353-4623 for service.
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Davidson Heating Service
Area Deaths Drove Long Weekend Toll in Alabama
The Alabama area reported 27 weekend deaths with two Decatur brothers named Nathaniel and Clifton Scott among the dead in a Beltline Road crash near Decatur early Saturday. An Elkmont woman Iris Kilgore died in Florida and four others died in various incidents during the holiday.
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Decature
Alabama
Elkmont
Iris Kilgore
Cocoa
Fla
W. A. Kilgore
Lydia Kilgore
Tennessee Valley
Wayne Hampton
Athens
Nathaniel Scott
Clifton Scott
Decatur 5
Tax Tips For You Minimize Your Tax Increase With Expert Guidance
Starting Monday Sylvia Porter, renowned business columnist, shares practical tips to ease the income tax surcharge. Practical layman language highlights how employees, employers, individuals and corporations can reduce costs under the new law.
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America
Sylvia Porter
Quality Education To Suffer Says Local School Leaders
Athens and Decatur officials react to Justice Department bid to end freedom of choice desegregation plans in 92 Georgia districts. Bruce Sherrill warns of potential bused districts lowering education quality while H R Leeman expects Decatur to be targeted and to comply with forthcoming orders.
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Word of Justice Department
Justice Department
Athens Board of Education
Bruce Sherrill
Sherrill
Athens
Decatur
Macon County
H. R. Leeman
Third Heart For Blaiberg
The condition of Dr Philip Blaiberg continues to worsen and a combined heart and lung transplant may be attempted. Doctors at Groote Schuur Hospital weigh a third heart option as pneumonia and lung deterioration threaten the patient who received a heart seven months ago.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Blaiberg
Eileen
Philip
Christiaan N. Barnard
Grote Schuur
Barnard
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Gould
Ark
Tennessee
South Carolina
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Arkansas
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Wallace
George Wallace
Dayton
Ohio
Summit
Wild
By Douglas B. Cornell
Associated Press
Sault
Decatur General Hospital
Jack Miller, Jr
Will Scott
Rosa Lee Scott
Charles William Coleman
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Kenneth L. Whiting
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