McGovern debates amnesty and war at Western Electric plant
Senator George McGovern sparred with two plant workers during a stop at the Western Electric facility in Columbus Ohio on amnesty and Vietnam policy. The exchange touched on Nixon, POW bracelets, and the fate of prisoners with both workers and McGovern challenging each other on ending the war.
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Douglas E. Kneeland
New York Times
Columbus
Ohio
George ScGovern
Western Electric
Don Ischler
V. George C. Wallace
Alabama
Carl Bitler
McGovern
Gischler
Vietnam
America
Nixon
Saigon
Ischler
Southern Pine Beetle Threatens Area Trees
Morgan County faces an epidemic of southern pine beetles now the top forestry threat. Morgan County Ranger Charles Nichols warns widespread damage and advises infested trees be cut and burned with a 70 foot buffer, noting costs of spraying and the need for cold winters to curb the outbreak.
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Bill Cornwell
Morgan County
Charles Nichols
Alabama Forestry Commission
Trinity Mountain
Nichols
Hartselle
Trinity, Mountain
The
Morgan
Busy Week for City Politicos
The old administration wraps up terms as Mayor Charles Gunthorp and council members leave. New leaders Byron Vann and Richard Lee take seats amid talks on drainage annexation and urban renewal. A Bank St district revival project of 15000 dollars from the city helps spark a mall effort.
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Charles Gunthorp
Byron Vann
Richard Lee
Bank St
Russell Bolding
Charles Martin
Bill Levin
Levin
Rutledge Thomas
Bolding
Vann
Lee
Linda St
TVA
Police Department
Tuscaloosa
Sparkman Defends Seniority in Senate Race
Alabama senator John Sparkman argues the Senate seniority system gives him influence Blount would not gain quickly. He notes his own rise to Banking Committee chair after 20 years and says a freshman would lack clout. He claims Democratic control would block Blount from chairmanship opportunities.
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Birmingham
John Sparkman
U. S. Senate
Winton Blount
Sparkman
Senate
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
Alabama
Blodnt
Urban renewal plan eyed for Goodyear Mills area
Decatur Housing Authority prepares environmental impact statements for a Grant Street project near Goodyear Mills. The plan calls for 82 substandard and 123 other deficient homes to be cleared and rebuilt with larger lots, limited traffic, new drainage and a park area. Local residents opposed multi family housing but accepted no opposed projects.
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Lee Sentell
Decatur Housing Authority
Goodyear Mills
Department of Housing and Urban Development
North Central Alabama Regional Council of Governments
Housing Authority
Church St
18Th Ave
Jetport
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Japan
Bitler
Southeast Asia
Ortineel " McGovern
Bobby Herbert
By Ben Windham
Calhoun Junior College
Alabama Law Enforcement Terry Agency
LEPA
North Alabama Police Training Academy
Montgomery
Decatur
Pack Self
Gunthorp
Sen
Bill Dukes
Dukes
Bob Neill
Sentell
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