Southerners Rise on National Political Stage
Three Southern figures shape national thought as potential presidential contenders. Terry Sanford, Reubin Askew, and George Wallace each reflect differing paths from Florida to Alabama. Sanford begins a bid, Askew gains trust through integrity, while Wallace adapts tactics to connect with ordinary voters. The piece argues the South could lead a renewed national leadership and even save the Union.
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Reubin Askew
Florida
Duke University
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
George Wallace
Alabama
Sanford
White House
Reubin
Wallace
Askew
Sanfords
Barbara Bowen and Sisters Back Up On Album
Barbara Bowen joins her sisters Carolyn and Linda in backing vocals for a nationwide tour and recording project after three years on the road.
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Barbara. Bowen
Carolyn
Linda
Former Singer Barbara Bowen Chooses Teaching Career Path
Barbara Bowen a Galhoun Junior College sophomore long toured across the United States with the Bowen Sisters singing group from age five until two years ago. She plans to become an elementary educator in the Decatur area after earning her degree, saying she still loves singing but aims to teach.
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New York
Los Angeles
Chicago
Barbara Bowen
Galhoun Junior College
Bowen
Barbara
U.S
Decatur
Peter Cottontail
Gadsden
Tampa
Fla
Cincinnati
Calhoun College News: Barbara Wins Beauty Crown and Dean's List
Barbara, a War Hawks cheerleader at Calhoun, won the Miss Calhoun Beauty Review and joins the annual staff, choral group, and Music Club. She made the Dean's list this past semester with four A’s and one B, while sisters Carolyn and Linda reflect on travel shaping life choices.
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Carolyn
Linda
Calhoun
Barbara
The
War Hawks
Emergency numbers and crisis hotlines in Decatur area
A list of local emergency contacts for Morgan Limestone and Lawrence counties includes Police Fire Sheriff and Crisis Call Center numbers. It advises calling 0 to reach an operator and provides hospital or physician referrals for poisoning or personal crises. The Decatur Daily notes department lines and afterhours numbers.
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Sherill
Florence Man Fined for Failing to Feed Horses
Florence resident Lifford E. Draper was convicted in Limestone County Superior Court for failing to feed 38 horses on his Coxey Community farm near Clements High School and was fined $50. An Indiana man faced marijuana possession charges with a suspended sentence for Patrick F. Biggs, while Harold Wayne Taylor and Samuel Moore were bound over to await grand jury action after escape and theft-related arrests.
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Athens
Florence
Limestone County Superior Court
Lifford E. Draper
Athens Human Society
Lurtis Howard
Draper
Coxey
Clements High School
Indiana
D.L. Rosenall Jr
Patrick F. Biggs
Harold Wayne Taylor
Athens 1
Samuel Moore
Taylor
Limestone County
North Alabama Health Planning Plan Won Court Approval
The North Central Alabama Regional Council of Governments endorses expanding the North Alabama Health Planning Commission to serve 13 counties from Florence to Scottsboro. Dennis Opheim leads the agency amid objections from executive director Gary Voketz and concerns about administrative costs. Local officials from Morgan Cullman Lawrence Decatur Moulton and others back the expansion. Dr Ira Myers ordered a single agency to administer health planning across the 13 counties, which align with the regional councils in Muscle Shoals Top of Alabama and North Central.
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North Central Alabama Regional Council of Governments
North Alabama
Gary Voketz
Morgan, Cullman
Lawrence County
Decatur
Moulton and
Cullman
North
Central
Ira Myers
Regional Councils of Governments
North Central Council
Muscle Shoals
Moulton
H. A. Alexander
Limestone Pollution Top issue at WIC meeting
Alabama Water Improvement Commission will discuss a Limestone County oil spill on Little Piney and Piney Creeks as EPA probes pollution linked to Petro Products Inc. Residents reported oil films while Petro Products denies spills and pollution.
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Athens
Environmental Protection Agency
Here
Alabama_Water Improvement Commission
WIC
Limestone County
Little Piney
Piney Creeks
Atlanta
EPA
Petro Products, Inc
Bill Martin
Decatur Firm Second On Construction Bid
Decatur firm Pearce, DeMoss & King, Inc. was the second low bidder Friday for hangars and facilities at Fort Campbell Kentucky. The company bid 7,702,300 dollars, just above the Montgomery firm that bid 7,688,000 dollars.
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Mobile
Decatur
Ft. Campbell, Ky
Pearce, DeMoss & King, Inc
Montgomery
Memo Continues as Beards Memo Controversy Erupts
In Washington Anderson dismisses Mrs Beard s memo as a bold lie while claiming extensive verification. Senators Kennedy and Eastland debate the memo s impact and a Denver trip for committee members is delayed amid scheduling and health concerns surrounding Mrs Beard and her doctors.
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Anderson
Beard
Multiple area crashes injure four people
Four people were hurt in two area accidents reported Friday by state troopers. Marion Stains, 48, of Athens and Thurwood Kathy, 47, were injured in a collision on U S 72 seven miles west of Athens. In Morgan County Nethel Coleman, 42, Town Creek and Geneva McDougle, 60, Hartselle were injured when their car hit Barbara Brunham, 23, of Hartselle near Alabama 36. Dwight Brisendine earned a master's in business education at Auburn University. Martha Pool of Moulton will attend the Alabama Extension Home Economists annual meeting in Mobile March 29-31.
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Marion Stains
Athens
Thurwood Kathy
Kathy
U.S. 72
Morgan County
Barbara Brunham
Hartselle
Nethel
Martha Pool
Moulton
The
Alabama Association of Extension Home Economists
Mobile
Nixon House Notes On Taiwan Withdrawals And Moves
A State Department official ties Taiwan transport removals to broader disengagement from Vietnam and possible warming toward Peking. Pentagon sources discuss relocating Taiwan squadrons to other Far East bases, noting the Philippines is closer to South Vietnam than Taiwan. The Nixon communique promises gradually reducing American forces from Taiwan as regional tensions ease. Officials stress commitment to Taiwan under the 1954 treaty remains. Only five of 13 C-130 squadrons based in Okinawa, Taiwan, and Clark Air Base in the Philippines remain.
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South Vietnam
Taiwan
China
Nixon
Okinawa
Philippines
Japan
Clark
Woman with Angina Pectoris Admitted After Flight
Mrs Beard flew to Denver on March 8 and suffered an angina attack on the plane. She was hospitalized after chest pains failed to respond to medication, with Dr Garland ordering admission. The physician blamed delays for harming both the hospital and patient, describing the situation as furious.
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Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
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Anniston Star
United States
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Calhoun Junior College
Eyes
By Tony Estes
Highway Patrol
Lawrence
Florence Man
Decatur Firm
Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
ITT
Congress
Kleindienst
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Denver
Senate
Dwight Brisendine
Punkin Center
Auburn University
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