Looking Back

Fifty years ago today, January 16, 1967

Wallace

Newly inaugurated Lurleen Burns Wallace today pledged to continue Alabama’s “fight for freedom” while her husband, outgoing Gov. Georgia Wallace, carries the battle for “a constitutional system of government” to the nation.

Wage Bill

Negro Rep. Julian Bond said Sunday he would cosponsor a state minimum wage bill in the 1967 General Assembly. It was Bond’s first active move in his first legislative session.

Fluoride

Dr. A. J. Kravtin, local pediatrician, made his stand for fluoridated water clear Sunday evening in the second part of a question and answer forum on local television. The first part, aired last Sunday, Jan. 8, heard Dr. E. K. Munn denounce the chemical as a poison.

This story was originally published January 15, 2017 at 5:25 PM with the headline "Looking Back."