Opinion Post Urges Decatur School Board Appointee Choice
A letter from the League of Women Voters asks the City Council and mayor to consider appointing a woman to the Decatur board of education to fill an upcoming vacancy. The writer commends Joe Calvin but urges selecting the most qualified candidate, regardless of gender, race, or background, stressing the decision's impact on the city, state, and nation.
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League of Women Voters
Decatur Board of Education
Joe Calvin
Calvin
Kno
League
Decatur
Sparkman Seeks Democratic Nomination May 2 Primary
John Sparkman plays a vital role as a candidate seeking renomination in the Democratic Primary on May 2. The statewide vote offers residents a chance to support his continued leadership and the party's direction.
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John Sparkman
Transformation Through Faith and Civic Service Mentioned
A letter shares personal struggle with jealousy and mood, urging change through Christ citing Galatians and II Corinthians. It contrasts faith healing with self effort and notes a U S Senate page praising Senator Sparkman’s record on economic development housing and health programs in Alabama.
White House Campaign to Discredit Critics Ties ITT Scandal
Veteran columnist Jack Anderson reports a massive undercover White House effort to discredit critics and whitewash the ITT scandal. The operation, said to involve the White House Justice Department RNC and CRP, aims to plant stories and feed material to Senators. The piece details Intertel's role and alleged coordination with presidential aides.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
White House
International Telephone and Telegraph
ITT
Justice Department
Republican National Committee
Committee
Justice Apartment
Internal Security Division
ISD
Intertel
Clifford Irving
Bilionaire
Howard Hughes
Dita Beard
Marlow Cook
R-Ky
Anderson
John Martin
Internal Security
U.S. Intertel
Robert Peloquin
Ed Mullin
Sen. Cook
Nixon
Ken W Clawson
Jonathan Rose
George Crawford
Norris Cotton
New Hampshire
Barry Goldwater
Paul Fannin
Arizona
Pay Board walkout prompts debate over inflation fight
Viewpoint notes three AFL CIO officers quit the Pay Board while labor claims of bias persist. President Nixon may keep the 15 member panel functioning, with or without labor, as the controversy tests wage price controls and inflation containment.
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Washington
Aflcio
George Meany
Nixon
Afl-Cio
White House
Thase
Wallace Avoids Wisconsin Campaign Question
Alabama Governor George C. Wallace declined to engage in Wisconsin primary speculation. He would discuss Florida results but avoided polling estimates and did not commit to talking about busing desegregation issues in Wisconsin.
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Milwaukee
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wisconsin
Wallace
Florida
George S. McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
National Public Affairs Center For Television
Washington
Humphrey
McGovern
Edmund S. Muskie
Henry M. Jackson
New York
John V
Lindsay
Local Decatur Daily publisher and contact details
W. R. Shelton founder editor 1912 1924 published every afternoon Monday through Friday and Saturday and Sunday mornings in Decatur Alabama by the Tennessee Valley Printing Co P O Box 1527 Decatur Ala 35601 second class postage paid at Decatur a member of the Associated Press misstatement of fact appearing in the Daily is never intentional if you have grievance we will investigate and redress if well founded subscription rates by mail daily and Sunday per year 30 in trade zone and 32 outside trade zone delivery by carrier daily and Sunday per year 3420 daily and Sunday per month 285 all sales tax included.
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M. H.W
Ate
Christ
Decatur
Alabama
The
Tennessee Valley Printing CO
IIC
Ala
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Victor L. Liszka
Harrington Wood, Jr
John T. Duffner
Army Heart
David Kelley
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Wilm
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