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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 22, 1972

Page

4

Governor Wallace eyed for highway department reforms after savings study

Opinion notes a Business commission report claims up to 81 million in state savings, with 30 million in the highway department alone. It urges reorganizing the 30 year old department to curb waste and patronage, then extending savings to other state agencies. Taxpayers will judge how fully he implements the recommendations.

Gov. Wallace State Highway Department Highway Department Wallace

Mother Nature Needs Our Help

An expert from Pennsylvania State University states aluminum cans take about 500 years to corrode into soil under natural conditions. Dr Edwin Owen calls the 2472 recycling estimate ballpark and urges continued artificial disposal of litter rather than leaving it to nature.

Nature Edwin Owen Pennsylvania State University

Unification a Hurdle for Democrats in 1968 Race

Viewpoint by David Lawrence analyzes Democratic struggles to unite their factions amid polls showing a tough path to victory. It notes Wallace supporters, Southern conservative dissent, and Nixon’s steady advantage through economic gains and Vietnam fatigue shaping local leadership views.

Washington Hubert Humphrey George Wallace Congress Nixon United States

Nixon Aims At Bipartisan Aura On Texas Campaign Swing

President Nixon plans a Texas overnight trip aimed at projecting a bipartisan image with a reception for Democrats at John B. Connallys Floresville ranch. He will stop in Laredo, Rio Grande, Harlingen and San Antonio with three Texas Democrats joining the flight, signaling a nonpolitical tone while facing past losses in Texas.

Washington Nixon Texas Floresville Ranch John B. Connally Treasury Laredo Rio Grande Harlingen San Antonio White House Lloyd M. Bentsen Eligio de la Garza Abraham Kazen Jr Ronald L. Ziegler John F. Kennedy Hubert H. Humphrey Lyndon B. Johnson LBJ George McGovern South Dakota Mexico San Antonio International John and Nellie Connally Connallys Nixons John Tower

Red Baron Missile Aims Amid Vietnam Raid Report

Senators probe unauthorized U S bombing of North Vietnam. A ground photographed MiG at Donghai airfield is linked to the elusive Red Baron Toon. The memo says Nixon sought Moscow talks, while a conflicting memo frames Soviet Jewish emigration as a political factor.

North Vietnam Jack Anderson Washington Donghai Airfield Red Baron Toon Laos Vietnam Air Force Donghai John Lavelle Southeast Asia Creighton Abrams MI6 Abrams White House Henry Kissinger le Duc Tho Paris Nixon Pentagon Moscow Leonard W. Shroeter Seattle Soviet Union United States Leonid Brezhnev Kremlin Kremlins Israel Russia Brezhnev New York Nelson Rockefeller Shroeter Len Garment KGB United Feature Syndicate, Inc

Forgiveness After Abortion in Billy Graham’s Answer

A reader confesses an abortion carried out five years ago while a divorcee and seeks God’s forgiveness. The reply cites biblical examples of forgiveness for murderers and cites Ephesians 1 7 to affirm that God offers redemption through grace.

David Manasseh Paul Saul Stephen Peter Gethsemene

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