Short Commencement Talk Warns Against Mediocrity
Dr. Larry T. McGehee delivered a three minute commencement address at Tuscaloosa titled A Few Words. He urged graduates to rage against mediocrity and injustice, embrace reason, read, laugh, and love while warning against moral detachment, citing Dylan Thomas. He emphasized ethics, responsibility, and active citizenship in a concise 12 sentence address.
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Larry T. McGehee
University of Alabama
University of Tennessee At Martin
Tuscaloosa
Dylan Thomas
Amendment One Needs Study
Alabama voters face runoffs next Tuesday May 3 and a constitutional amendment on statewide property tax assessment. The editorial urges study and a yes vote, notes limited citizen attention, and criticizes some legislators for unclear explanations while repeating a mix of quoted aphorisms.
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Alabama
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Cancer Funds and Memorial Giving in Morgan County
Mrs. Dan Brewer, mother of four, chairs the Morgan County American Cancer Society memorial fund. She urges gifts in honor or memory of loved ones to support education, research, and service aimed at saving lives. She notes her family ties including a son as a high school principal, another in the Air Force, a daughter married, and a son who became Alabama governor. In Princeton, Gallup polls show Nixon leading McGovern and Humphrey in two nationwide surveys, with McGovern slightly ahead of Humphrey in one, maintaining an overall edge for Nixon though the difference is not statistically conclusive.
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Dan Brewer
Florence
U.S. Air Force
Alabama
Decatur
Morgan County
American Cancer Society
Cancer Society
Princeton
N.J
George McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
Nixon
Gallup
McGovern
Humphrey
Sen
Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Hanoi
Moscow
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
Hue
China
Soviet Union
Free enterprise viewed as not America’s sole genius
The author argues the free enterprise system is not America’s unique feature, defining it instead as market driven with minimal government interference. He laments society’s focus on profit, calls for rediscovering faith, creativity, love of God, and the American ideal beyond material wealth.
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America
B. D
Jesus
God
United States
Mammon
Secret Service data mistakes show wrong targets watched
The National Commission finds the Secret Service protected wrong people including Groucho Marx and Tony Randall while Bremer who shot Governor Wallace was not in the file. It notes memos show attempts to shield Wallace and discusses improvements like spot checks and barriers.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Secret Service
George Wallace
Groucho Marx
Tony Randall
Alabama
Laurel
Arthur Herman Bremer
Bremer
National Commission On
Groucho
The
National Commission
Wallace
U.S
Elgin Edward
United States
Philadelphia
James Byrne
D-Pa
Byrne
Randall
McCarthy
Lyndon Johnson
White House
Soviet Policy Goals Behind Talks With Nixon
AP Special Correspondent examines Kremlin aims ahead of a Nixon summit. Brezhnev seeks a European security framework, expanded trade with the West, and access to Western tech. Moscow favors arms talk progress while balancing China and Hanoi.
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Leonid I. Brezhnev
Communist Party
Nixon
North Vietnamese
Hanoi
Vietnam
Europe
Moscow
Bonn
West
United States
Politburo
China
Peking
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Los Angeles
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Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
P.O. Box
Ala
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