Obituary: Shelton founder editor 1912 to 1924
A memorial note for the late founder editor Shelton who led operations from 1912 through 1924. Baty, WA linked to the Decatur Daily as part of AP and NYT CQ News Service coverage on Monday June 20, 1977.
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1977
Page
4
Spirit of America event gains new lift for Fourth
The Spirit of America festival in Decatur adds luster as Gen. Omar Bradley accepts the Audie Murphy Award, honoring wartime hero Audie Murphy and linking the celebration to national history. The ceremony highlights tribute to a figure who helped end a worldwide war and enhances the festival’s stature nationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
New York
Spirit of America
George Wallace
Ted Kennedy
Decatur
Tion
Omar Bradley
Audie Murphy
Gen. Bradley
Close call cost Kissinger era lives in Thailand study
The State Department suppressed a confidential study claiming Henry Kissinger delayed guidance that could have saved about one billion dollars in a Thailand stockpile crisis two years ago. The inspectors blamed the Secretariat for the delay and the lack of a clear plan of action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Whitten
Washington
State Dept
Henry Kissinger
United States
Congress
Thailand
U.S
Pentagon
State Dept. ‘Secretariat
Inspector General
Secretariat
National Security Council
Webster Todd Jr
Yeing
Joseph Z. Taylor
CIA
Taylor
Joseph Z. Taylor and
Agency For International Development
AID
Todd
Nixon
National Safety Transportation Board
John Shaw
Capitol Hill
Nixon Mistrati
Kissinger
Environmental Protection Agency
Charles Vanik
Ohio
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Growth worries shadow Southeast boom warns board
The Southern Growth Policies Board cautions that rapid 1970s growth could spur urban decline in core cities and strain services. It notes suburban expansion and metro counts losing population, with Alabama and Tennessee Valley towns rising, urging planned development to keep the South resilient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Growth Policies Board
Blaine Liner
Citizens Forum
Southeast
South
Birmingham
Atlanta
Louisville
Tennessee Valley
Huntsville
Knoxville
Hartselle
Bay
Athens
Winchester
Enn
Sunbelt
Alabama
Ambiguous Carter Aides and Civil Liberties Debates
The piece reviews President Carter's early civil liberties stance noting restraint on declassifying secrets, his praise of the judicial system amid the Wilmington Ten case, and cautious moves toward intelligence surveillance oversight. Senator Edward Kennedy faces a new bill on court oversight of foreign wiretapping, with reservations about its provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
CIA
Stansfield Turner
Wilmington Ten
The
Ten Con
Wilmington
Justice Department
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
Ford Administration
National Security Administration
Congress
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
General Accounting Office
John E. Moss
Civil Liberties
California
David Burnham
New York Times
Special Commission
Carter Faces Hard Decision on Bomber Budget Amid Hints of Change
Sen. John Culver urges President Carter to back away from the bomber program citing cost explosions and a shift toward conventional weapons and social needs. The White House says Carter will decide after reviewing intelligence, with experts predicting possible compromises or a sustained halt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. I c
Washington Star Syndicate
Washington
Jimmy Carter
John Culver
D- Wn
Culver
Harvard
Congressional
Carter
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Strategic Air Command
Defense
Harold Brown
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Pentagon
Air Force
Army
Navy
White House
Brown
Sen. Goldwater
Canada Faces Cultural Invasion From U S Television
Albert W. Johnson of the CBC warns Canadian survival hinges on resisting American cultural dominance. He cites a special report showing how U S television captures audiences and urges stronger national broadcasting to heal English French divides and preserve nationhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
United States
Canada
Albert W. Johnson
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Johnson
Local newspaper masthead and misprint notice
Fragmented masthead shows W R Shelton editor founder and year 1912 1924 Decatur Alabama Daily publication with misstatement notice seeking grievance redress and full investigation. Rates appear for daily Sunday and weekly editions with pricing and postage references in Decatur Alabama.
John the Baptist as Prophet Preceding Jesus
The piece defends John the Baptist against charges of fanaticism. It notes Jesus praised John as a great prophet, his desert ministry, Elijahlike dress and preaching repentance, and his unwavering stance against Herod. It emphasizes John pointed to Christ and urges readers to imitate his example in sharing the gospel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poe Ge Eesion
John the Baptist
P. H. Dear
P. H
John
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Temple
Jerusalem
Elijah
Herod
God
Christ
Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate
Inc Worlds
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Decatur Daily
Associated Press
New York Times News Service
Congressional Quarterly News Service
Baty
WA. Shelton
Jack Anderson
Florida
Morgan County
Rte R Bloc
Tom Wicker
N. Y. T. News Service
Mary McGrory
Democratic Platform Committee
Gerald Ford
Decatur Dail
W.R. Shelton
Freax
Tennessee Valley Printing CO
IIC
ALA Aius
Billy Graham
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