Editorials: Lessons From the Atlanta Plane Crash Hearings
A subdued review of the Southern Airways disaster near Atlanta ten weeks ago aims to uncover causes and lessons. Witnesses including survivors and engineers will address weather information, decision making, engine design, and hail effects to prevent a repeat. The hearings focus on finding the cause rather than assigning blame.
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Atlanta
Southern Airways
National Weather Service
Weather Service
Federal Aviation Administration
A Call for Tolerance on Human Rights in Society
A Miami Herald opinion piece argues that true rights extend to tolerance across race gender and sexuality. It cites Anita Bryant debates, left handed workers, and the retarded to urge restraint, personal responsibility, and fewer new laws to govern private life.
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Russia
Miami Herald
Newsweek
Carter
Miami
Anita Bryant
Debating Decatur Litter Habit and Civic Pride
Decatur residents exhibit strong growth and civic achievement after World War II yet face a litter problem. The piece argues litter stems from all sectors including businesses and homes, urging attitude change and collective responsibility to beautify the city.
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Decatur
Not Always a Southern Answer By Brandt Ayers
Washington report analyzes President Carter's image across the North and South. It describes Powell's guarded view of Southern expectations, notes Northward political support for Carter, and discusses regional growth policy debates with Southern leaders wary of shifting federal funds.
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Brandt Ayers
Washington
President Carter
South Georgia
New Jersey
Carter
Jody Powell
Powell
White House
South
Ashley Wilkes
Oval Office
South Lawn
Dixieland
Singlaub
Notre Dame
Israel
Middle East
Michael Harrington
Massachusetts
Morris Udall
Tip O'Neil
John Moriarty
NMEAC
First Order
Sunbelt
Southern Growth Policies Board
Blaine Liner
Commission On
Mr. Price
Jesus
Jimmy
Guardians of values driven off land
In Bovina Texas farmer Vernon Estes and neighbors voice frustration over small farmers being squeezed by agribusiness giants. They recount aging, inadequate laws that fail to protect local farms and fear summer hail could worsen harvests as large outlets gain more land.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Bovina
Texas
Vernon Estes
Ellen
West Texas Panhandle
Vernon
Estes
Panhandle
Bovina Farmers Struggle as Wheat Prices Collapse
Vernon Estes and neighbors in Bovina face plummeting wheat prices from 4.41 to 2 per bushel in four years while flour costs rise from 69 cents to 1.09 for a five pound sack. Farmers toil long hours for meager returns on 880 acres, highlighting squeezed margins in the Panhandle.
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United States
Vernon Estes
Panhandie
Estes
Italy in a deadlock of fear
In Isernia, Italy, Fiora Izzi, a Communist city council member and mother, shows a region paralyzed by fear of both Soviet intervention and American withdrawal. The Christian Democrats and Communists clash as the local library declines, illustrating stalled reforms and fragile governance amid social crisis.
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Mary McGrory
Washington Star
Isernia
Italy
Rome
Naples
Fiora
U.S
NATO
Russia
Czechoslovakia
America
Chile
Christian Democrats
Washington
Catholic University
University of Moscow
Domenico Izzi
Communist Party
Valeria
Isernia Domani
Leonid Brezhnev
Arthur Koestler
Line Magnifico
Enrico Berlinguer
Local Decatur Press Notes And National Business Filing
A mixed page item notes the Decatur paper订 location and routine publication schedule. It then discusses farm woes in the Panhandle with rising irrigation gas costs and foreclosures. It continues with a feature on Oklahoma oilman Clyde Evans and Mangum Oil and Gas, detailing political influence, federal fuel requests, and state inquiries.
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Panhandle
Bovina
Jack Kaashin
Vina Bank
Vernon
Ellen Estes
Oklahoma
Clyde Evans
Mangum Oil and Gas Company
Evans
Henry Bellman
R.-Okla
Dewey Bartlett
Glenn English
D.-Okla
Federal Energy Administration
Mangum
Hershel Crow
Victor Wickersham
Dallas
Washington
David Boren
Mangum Oil and Gas
Richard Hill
State Energy Office
Hill
Bellmon
Bartlett
English
The
Energy Administration
Crow
Wickersham
Shell
Citgo
Sun Oil
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Christ Changes Hearts Not Just Actions per Lewis and Bible
A reader panel discusses whether Christianity makes believers nicer. The exchange cites C S Lewis on Nice People or New Men and biblical verses to argue that Christians transform heart and life, not outward behavior alone.
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N.S.P
C. S. Lewis
Miss Bates
Dick Firkin
God
Christ
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Decatur Daily
WR. Shelton
National Transportation Safety Board
Postal Service
Pogo
Iterblock
W. R. Shelton
Alabama
Tennessee Valley Printing CO
FNC PO
Ala
Associated Press
Billy Graham
DR. Graham
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