Unfortunately, good things always come to an end
Editor's notes
Evan Carden
      It's sad to say, but unfortunately, all good things eventually come to an end. Such has been the case this past year, with the ending of the Jackson Civitan Club and now Genesis Inc., both fine organizations, whose community services will certainly be missed.
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Same old story in Montgomery
      Only five days remain in this legislative session and already legislators are talking about having to return for a special session to complete their work. The State Senate will be responsible for an expensive special session if it comes to one.
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Shrill tanker talk still has not quieted
Report From Congress
Jo Bonner
      There has been a lot of conversation in Washington - some of it rather heated - since the Air Force's decision on Feb. 29 that Northrop Grumman would build America's new refueling tanker, the KC-45. The level of intensity following this announcement is, in many ways, understandable. As American...
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New industrial plants helping reverse exodus from Alabama
Alabama Viewpoint
Bob Martin
      Back in the late 1940s and throughout the '50s, Alabama's coal miners, small farmers and manufacturing workers began a significant exodus northward, seeking the good-paying jobs in the industrial states of Illinois, Ohio and Michigan, but mostly in the booming auto manufacturing plants in Detroit ...
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Missing the point
      Dear Editor, Judging from the response from the publisher of The South Alabamian (see April 24 issue), the point that I was attempting to make in my previous letter was missed; however, that is understandable because he does not know me and can easily make inferences about what he thought I w...
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'To Kill A Mockingbird' author won Pulitizer Prize 47 years ago
This Week In Alabama History
      May 1, 1961: Harper Lee of Monroeville wins the Pulitzer Prize for To Kill A Mockingbird, her first, and only, novel. The gripping tale set in 1930s Alabama became an international bestseller and was made into a major Hollywood motion picture starring Gregory Peck.
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