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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1968
Page
5
George Gallup Jr survey from Princeton shows Vietnam at 44 percent as top worry, with crime and lawlessness at 23 percent and inflation at 8 percent. Voters seek change, shifting support toward Nixon over Humphrey and Wallace, amid urban disorder and campus tensions.
The survey shows 42 percent approve Johnson while many seek to punish the administration by backing Humphrey rivals. Wallace draws strength in the Deep South and border states, admired for outspokenness though trailing Nixon and Humphrey outside the region.
Athens mayor Charles Bailey, nicknamed Major Bailey for his Army years, begins a four year term by inspecting city hall, coordinating with department heads, and advancing campaign pledges. He targets drainage work on Town Creek, sewer improvements, a planned N Jefferson Street widening, and a second fire station while seeking federal renewal funds and a city library.
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