William Greider, “Politics Ends Appalachia Experiment,” Washington Post, September 29, 1969, p.
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A “Books for Appalachia” campaign, which collected over a million volumes, was begun in cooperation with the National Parent-Teacher Association.
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Congressional leaders were becoming concerned by the controversies generated by OEO’s community action programs across the country, and in 1967 Oregon Representative Edith Green authored an amendment to the Economic Opportunity Act, attached to an appropriation bill, which assured that local political officials would have more influence on CAAs.
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