Alabama Fund Drives for Lurleen Wallace Memorial Hospital
Opinion notes Alabama's response to fund a cancer hospital in memory of Lurleen Wallace. The "Courage Crusade" aims to raise 15 million dollars with at least five million needed to start, but donors have given under four thousand so far. Children have led most contributions. authors urge adults to contribute without relying on gimmicks.
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Bill Bryant
Montgomery Advertiser-Journal
Lurleen Burns Wallace
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Tennessee Valley
King Assassination Conspiracy Question Raised
Attorney for James Earl Ray argues there was a conspiracy behind the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination and that Ray is being used by it. The claim follows the immediate aftermath of the crime.
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Justice Department
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Viola Liuzzo
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Sirhan Sirhan
Robert Kennedy
Los Angeles
Lee Harvey Oswald
Shelby County Sheriff's Department
Billy Graham Advices Bearing Loss With Faith and Service
A reader mourns her husband and Graham counsels accepting loss through faith. The column urges sharing sorrow with a Christian friend and minister, then helping others, linking solace to witnessing for Christ and personal renewal.
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Unemployment Payments Down in Alabama IR June
Alabama Department of Industrial Relations reports June unemployment payments totaling about 1.6 million to 15,800 claimants for nearly 49,000 weeks of unemployment. The average payment was 33.06 dollars, up from prior month and year, with July’s average rising toward a 44 dollar weekly maximum.
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FBI Report Links Underground Black Nationalists to Washington Takeover Plan
Washington insiders report an FBI file detailing a clandestine Black Nationalist strategy to seize control of the capital neighborhood by neighborhood. The piece links Stokely Carmichael and other figures to militant tactics, while noting political tensions over Congress and the broader climate surrounding race and power.
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Justice Department
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Nixon gains in Gallup poll as GOP eyes convention
Viewpoint outlines how 60 percent of rank and file Republicans favor Nixon with Rockefeller at 23 percent and Reagan at 7 percent. It argues Nixon’s broad recognition, law and order stance, and opposition to deficits appeal to independents and rural voters, shaping convention expectations.
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