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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1972
Page
4
An opinion piece urges Governor George Wallace to convene a special session to end Alabama’s registrar board system for voter registration. The writer argues registration should be simplified to a daily process, eliminates past discrimination, and calls for governor action to modernize voting access.
On Sunday afternoon, southbound traffic across the Keller Memorial Bridge was blocked for about two hours while a collision caused severe delays. Northbound lanes remained open, raising calls for an emergency plan to keep traffic moving, possibly by allowing two way flow with officers at each end.
A Decatur Daily letter writer expresses respect for Governor Wallace and Senator John Sparkman. He notes the importance of seniority in advancing jobs and careers and agrees with Sparkman on key points while praising the governor’s courage in Florida.
Washington Merry Go Round reports secret ITT documents showing high level ITT involvement with the CIA to block Salvador Allende’s 1970 Chilean election. The papers describe plans to trigger a military coup and to cause economic chaos through coordinated pressure on banks, credit, and deliveries.
Opinion argues religious strife in Northern Ireland mirrors global tensions between Protestant and Catholic factions. Violence harms innocents and tests peaceful self determination. If peace is achieved there it would be a miracle welcomed worldwide.
President Nixon sent Congress a long message proposing new national standards and a moratorium on new busing orders to guide courts in desegregation cases. He argues for federal legislation under the Fourteenth Amendment, financial aid, and a focus on better education rather than constitutional rollback.
The column analyzes whether an innocent party may remarry after desertion or divorce, comparing Romans 7 and Matthew 5 in search of scriptural guidance. It notes Jesus allowed divorce for fornication but did not address remarriage, while Romans 7 discusses liberty from the law and marriage to another.
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