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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1968

Page

5

Indian Tots Adopted Into White Families Story of Tracy Gopher

Tracy Lee Gopher, later Tracy Ross Piller, was adopted from foster care into a white family after years in hospitals. About 450 American Indian children have been adopted in the last decade through a resource exchange funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and endowments. The article follows Tracy’s adjustment and notes adoptions span several tribes and faiths.

New York Times News Service New York Tracy Lee Gopher Montana Jules Piller Tracy Ross Piller Tracy Adoption Resource Exchange of North America The Child Welfare League Bureau of Indian Affairs U. S. Department of the Interior Field Foundation American Contract Bridge Foundation Andrew de Gennaro Gaétana Cireus Tracy Piller

Jewish Adoptive Parents Share Mixed Emotions on Foster Children

The De Gennaro and Shore families in New York area welcome foster and adopted children across economic lines. They describe initial wonder, cultural questions, and a wish to provide homes, with debate over reactions from others and efforts to integrate into existing family life.

Tracy Piller Richard de Gennaro Warren Shore Gersten and Frankel New York

Wallace New England Campaign Moves Ahead

Wallace campaign in central New England grows with uneven organization and strong Birch Society involvement. Massachusetts figures, donors, and electors highlighted as prospects for 1968 national race.

Wallace New England New York Times News Service Boston George C. Wallace Vietnam Alabama John Birch Society Massachusetts Charles H._McGlue James M. Curley U.S McGlue Russell Codman Harvard Boston Blueblood Col Laurence Bunker National Council of the Birch Society McGluen Connecticut Portland Eleanor Clark Cape Elizabeth Clark

MetNet Material Measures Car Crash Pressures

A General Motors Research Laboratories metal foam named MetNet records internal pressures during simulated crashes. The patch, designed by GM Metallurgical Engineering, leaves a clear imprint of contact and can assess injury hazards of interior surfaces.

General Motors Research Laboratories MetNet Erassica

Let The Police Stop Anarchists Wallace Says

A citizen urges critical thought on George Wallace remarks quoted from a 1968 Birmingham Post-Herald interview. The letter warns of a police state and likens such policy to Nazi and communist regimes, urging Decatur readers to consider the ballot carefully.

People’s Forum Decatur Alabama Birmingham Post-Herald Wallace Ben A. Franklin New York Times Franklin George Wallace

Prayer for guidance to use the day wisely

A devotional prayer asks for gracious guidance to avoid wasting time and to fill each moment with purpose. It seeks meaningful use of the day in Christ's name, presented as a blessing from Clio E. Thomas of Seattle, Washington.

Christ Clio E. Thomas Seattle Wash First Advent Christian Church

First Americans from Asia crossed Bering Sea route

Scientists debate when the first settlers arrived using archeological dating like carbon dating and fossil clues. University of Washington geologists study Bering Sea floor cores to determine when the ice route to the New World was open.

Asia Siberia Alaska Bering Sea University of Washington New World

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