Coach's compensation shows our priorities
      In a state like Alabama, where collegiate football is a virtual religion, a successful team benefits its university in myriad ways. Everyone loves a winner, and when boosters and alumni are happy, donations seem to flourish, not just for the athletic program, but for the very core of the institutio...
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Alabama Scene
Contenious four years predicted
Bob Ingram
      In the halls of the Alabama Legislature there is no worse indictment than to accuse a fellow lawmaker of "not staying hitched." That indictment was being returned against two members of the State Senate in the aftermath of the ugly fight in the election of a new president pro tem of the State Sena...
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Stand and Deliver Promises must be kept
Gary Palmer
      Based on the disappointing failure of a coalition of conservative senators to gain control of the Alabama State Senate, it appears that the same politicians that have controlled the Senate for the last eight years will control it again for the next four.
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Ramblin' Roses and Flyin' Bricks
Our government drags
The late Earl Tucker
      January 23, 1957 Our government sure does drag around. Back in 1866 General Robert E. Lee asked for a Presidential pardon for the part he took in the little difficulty we had in this country during the 1861-65 period. He was given some sort of pardon, but still couldn't hold any civil or military...
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Salvation Army thanks community efforts
      Letter to the Editor: Because of the efforts and generosity of countless members of our city and the surrounding communities, The Salvation Army was able to make this Christmas season more joyful for our less fortunate neighbors. We again reached our goal, which is always to take in more than the...
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