Editor's Notes
We need to push hard for turn lane
By Evan Carden SA Editor
      Another wreck occurred last week north of the Jackson city limits on Highway 43, bringing to light, yet again, the need for a turn lane in the area. I have been living and working in Jackson for nearly 4-1/2 years and during that time have seen numerous automobile crashes in that area.
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Guest Column
Earlier primaries equal fewer choices
By Gary Palmer Alabama Policy Institute
      By this time next year it is very likely that the presidential candidate nominations for both the Democrat and Republican parties will already be decided. In politics, the old cliché "the rich keep getting richer" has been remodeled. When it comes to presidential candidates, the rich are not o...
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Political Cartoon
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Alabama Scene
Chris McNair's life story would have to be a tragedy
By Bob Ingram Syndicated Columnist
      There is a book to be written or perhaps a movie to be made on the life of Chris McNair of Birmingham. It would be a tragedy. In 1963 when four little girls were killed by a bomb at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, one of them was his daughter. McNair had every reason to be bitter, to...
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Letters to the Editor
      Donations greatly appreciated Dear Editor: Jackson Intermediate School would like thank Mayor Long and the city council for the generous donation made to the school last week. This money will allow the school to upgrade the physical education department's outdoor activity area.
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Good-bye George Washington
      He was a Southern man, born in Westmoreland County, Va. on Feb. 22, 1732. He would lead an army of farm lads and tradesmen against the most powerful nation in the world and never having over 18,000 under his command, he would defeat them. He would find 11 bullet holes in his coat and have several ...
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