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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1966
Page
7
AP Special Correspondent outlines a grim hunger crisis with millions facing starvation and children doomed to die or suffer long term damage from hunger while governance fails to avert famine. The piece emphasizes urgent humanitarian need and moral failure amidst widespread deprivation.
Dr Hall notes pending federal funding for poverty positions with salaries from 5 200 to 12 000 annually. The piece outlines Johnson’s Food for Freedom push, mass hunger risks, and the need for huge land, water, and agricultural reform to feed a rapidly growing global population.
Morgan County's first 1966 grand jury will be empaneled Monday to consider about 100 cases. Judge James N. Bloodworth will enroll the panel before the first case of a two week civil session. Judge Newton B. Powell aids in clearing the docket. Five more lines of unrelated economic and global hunger text follow in the source indicating broader context about food deficit and population growth.
SBA plans monthly Huntsville visits starting March with a representative in room 105 Clinton Building this Wednesday. Going forward the official will appear on the Wednesday before the second Thursday each month. The SBA offers long term loans for construction expansion machinery and equipment, working capital and management assistance.
A New York Times essay highlights Rivers and Mountains by John Ashbery and The War of the Secret Agents by Henri Coulette along with James Merrill Nights and Days and Donald Finkel A Joyful Noise. It praises Ashbery for private yet lucid poetry and notes Merrill and Finkel as strong contemporary voices shaping modern verse. The piece discusses themes of absence isolation memory and the craft of traditional form in American poetry.
AP report notes State Sen. Bob Gilchrist, seeking the Democratic nomination in the May 3 primary, telling an organizational meeting in Mobile that Alabamians are becoming aware he is the real conservative. He touts a platform to end divisions and a conservatively managed, businesslike administration. Gilchrist, in Port City for three days, says response has been tremendous and is setting up a campaign office.
Analysis of fiction best sellers from over 125 bookstores in 64 U.S. communities. Right column figures may not reflect consecutive appearances. Highlights shifts in reader demand and enduring titles across the market.
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