Our People Can Make Our City Beautiful
An opinion piece urges Decatur residents to beautify their city through cleanup, planting, painting, and preservation. It highlights Point Mallard golf course improvements, the Azalea Trail, Morgan Beautiful campaigns, and the Old Bank Building wall at Bank Street, stressing citizen effort and pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Decatur
John Matthews
Point Mallard
Mobile
Callaway Gardens
Morgan Beautiful Committee
Bank
Bank Street
Southern Democrats Weigh Strength in 1972 Race
Clarke Reed says only George Wallace could keep the South from going Republican in 1972. Don Fowler and Terry Sanford see evolving cohesion and a possible black blue-collar coalition. Desegregation and busing emerge as pivotal issues beyond the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Clarke Reed
Mississippi
Alabama
George Wallace
South
Reed
Eas
Young Democratic Clubs of America
Wallace
Nixon
National Party
Don Fowler
South Carolina
Democratic Party
Fowler
Harry Flemming
Washington
Flemming
Terry Sanford
Duke University
North Carolina
Sanford
Bob Allen
Arizona
Young Democrats
United States
John Hoving
Nixon Supporters Not Touched in Probes Say Critics
Washington roundup reports critics claim Justice Department zeal in prosecuting Democratic figures does not extend to Nixon allies on Capitol Hill. Highlights include Rep. Jim Collins and aide Haag facing a 23 count kickback indictment, with Haag accusing Collins of receiving employee funds. Whalley and others face ongoing scrutiny as probes unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Washington
Justice Department
John Dowdy
Dtex
Nixon
Capitol Hill
Jim Collins
R-Tex
Haag
Oliver Gasch
Collins
FBI
Wadden
Dallas
Golden, Burrow, Potts and Boeckman
Whalley
Robert Collary
Duncansville, Pa
Collary
John Woodcock
Blair County
Woodcock
John Mitchell
New England
Paul Coppola
Coppola
Bob Giamimo
Taiwan
Ecologists Face Political Side in Growth Debate
Ecologists at a Smithsonian event examine how environmental concerns intersect with politics and economics. The piece argues growth limits could invite totalitarian strains, while stressing egalitarian reforms and targeted tax policies to curb wasteful expansion and nurture fairness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Lewis
New York Times
Washington
Earth
B F. Skinner
Smithsonian Institution
Club of Rome
Elliot’ Richardson
Overcoming envy by seeking spiritual riches
A reader urges moving beyond rivalrous envy of neighbors with more money. The advice cites Philippians 4 8 9 and urges focusing on truth honesty justice purity virtue and inner peace rather than material possessions to reduce jealousy and conflict.
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Morgan Beautiful
Hugo
Irving
Howard Hughes
Anderson
America
Asia
National Security Bureau
Ministry of Defense
Cambodia
Thailand
Republic of Vietnam
Defense—Ministry
General
Yuan P’eng
William Sullivan
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Ku Klux Klan
Robert M. Shelton
Sullivan
Shelton
Philip Hart
D-Mich
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Ecologists
THE
Decatur Daily
W. R. Shelton
Tennessee Valley Printing Coinc
Ala
Decatur Ala
Associated Press
Peter Passell
Leonard Rose
Scarsdale
Messrs. Passell and
Ross
Billy Graham
K. EB
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