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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1977
Page
4
AP and NYT News Service and Congressional Quarterly News Service are cited. WR Shelton and Pounder Raditor 1919 1921 are listed. Publication is dated Thursday May 26 1977 with Associated Press credit and service notes.
Editorial notes that in 1974 Alabama elected 35 to the Senate and within three years three were convicted of felonies Obie Littleton Bobby Weaver and Crum Foshee. It argues the convictions reflect on individuals not the chamber and urges voters to scrutinize candidates more carefully.
The Montgomery Advertiser reports a poll where 51 percent would vote to allow Sunday openings, 46 percent would vote against, and 3 percent undecided. Men tilt yes 55 to 41, women 48 yes and 49 no, with small undecided totals. The piece argues legislators should know public feeling on the issue.
Journalists describe Richard Nixon on television as the public seen him: the same familiar mannerisms, the withdrawn, anxious man beneath the public mask. Intimates recount his private pain from the rise to the presidency and the subsequent downfall.
Senator Ted Kennedy uses his chairmanship of the Office of Technology Assessment to press for influence over science policy and funding. Critics, including Rep. Marjorie Holt, warn the OTA is becoming a Kennedy political vehicle and fear biased, rapid studies favoring liberal technocrats.
A brief gossip item titled A Thought notes that chatter spreads quickly and affects opinions, with a light, anonymous framing typical of column snips in a small town paper.
Advice based on Christian teaching urges the penitent to seek restitution for past crimes. It cites biblical examples from Zacchaeus and Exodus and notes such acts can witness to faith while aiding personal transformation.
Gallup finds 49 percent support a plan to relocate welfare families to regions with better job prospects paying moving and living costs until they secure work. Support strongest among non whites and under 30, with women more favorable than men and less-educated groups more supportive.
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