Decatur Voters Set For Council Place Two Race
Candidates for place two pledge police reforms and crime crackdowns. Richard Lee James DeLones Jerome Ard and W A Thompson face incumbent Ray Nixon who has led police supervision since 1971. DeLones urges reporting crime data, an internal affairs board, endangered-duty pay, and more officers. Lee pushes drug eradication education and stricter enforcement plus an eight street overpass and elder care programs.
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Decatur
Ray Nixon
Nixon
Richard Lee
James DeLones
Jerome Ard
W. A. Thompson
Bill Dukes
DeLones
Self
Council
Lee
Decatur General Hospital
Baugh-Wiley-Smith
8Th St
Thompson
Ard
Nixon Should Inform McGovern of Talks
James Reston argues Nixon and McGovern face a central clash over Vietnam policy that could influence Paris peace talks. The piece cites promises to end bombing by 1973 and troop withdrawal, critiques Connally and Agnew, and recalls 1944 Roosevelt Dewey Dulles cooperation to shield peace from electoral politics.
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Nixon
McGovern
James Reston
New York Times News Service
Miami Beach
Vietnam
Sen. McGovern
Southeast Asia
United States
Paris
John Connally
Mayor Lindsay
New York
Washington
Spiro Agnew
Connally
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Thomas Dewey
John Foster Dulles
Organization of Peace
League of Nations
Harding
Cox
Dewey
Organization of the United Nations
Dulles
Agnew
Johnson
Goldwater
State GOP Selects Delegates in Alabama Race
The Alabama state GOP finished selecting delegates and presidential electors on Saturday. Jodie Connell of Pell City was chosen for the Public Service Commission nomination, aiming to face Democrat Kenneth Hammond in the fall. New district electors include Nettles, Sessions, Sullivan, Leach, Crabtree, Owens, and Holland, with Bedsole and Hale as at larges. Delegates Parham and Golden filled vacancies. issue planks call for abolishing the Milk Control Board and strengthening vehicle laws. Party leaders anticipate a Republican sweep in November.
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Connally
Texas
Washington
Navy
Treasury
Pentagon
San Clemente
Montgomery
Ala
Tes
Jodie Connell
Pell City
Public Service Commission
Connell
U.S. Department of Agriculture
PSC
Kenneth Hammond
GOP
W. C. Bates
Repert Nettles
Mobile
Jeff Sessions
Tuscaloosa
Ruth Sullivan
Dadeville
Owen Leach
Gads
G. P.parham
Fairfield
Carolyn Golden
Birmingham
State Milk Control Board
Republica
Wth US
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PTA
Jim Delones
Wayward Boys
Birmingham Boys’ Industrial School
Optimist Club
Alabama Municipal Revenue Officers Association
University of Alabama
Are
Tyron E. Tisdale
Auburn
Charles T. Smith
William E. Koeppel
Jesse F. Hogan
Homewood
Robert G. Waldrop
State
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