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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1966
Page
20
Sylvia Porter analyzes the rising U.S. federal debt and soaring interest costs from 1956 to 1966, noting debt growth lags behind interest expense. Taxpayers feel the bite through higher debt service as rates climb and credit tightens.
A Friday slate lists Alabama Newsreel and News 23 fragments alongside classic series such as Twilight Zone and The Rifleman. Evening hours feature Gomer Pyle USMC, Honey West, Mister Roberts, and Man From UNCLE with later films The Valley of Decision and The Harder They Fall.
A catalog of stations including WMSL Mutual at 1400 WHOS AM 800 WDRM 102.1 MC WHRT 860 WAJF 1490 WJOF FM 104.3 MC WIMW AM 730 WKAC 1080 and WLCB Moulton 1530.
A visiting child asks what prayers are during a family bedtime routine. The narrator reflects on religious apathy, the impact of Bible truths on a child’s life, and hopes someone teaches him what prayers mean before adulthood.
TVA estimates show Tennessee River barge traffic in the first six months of 1966 reaching about 8.51 million tons and 1.155 billion ton miles, both record highs. Tonnage rose 10 percent from the same period in 1965 and 30 percent from 1964, driven largely by coal shipments and a 30 percent rise in chemical shipments. stone-sand- shipments were the sole exception.
Gravel shipments rose in the first half, with an estimate of 1 115 million ton-miles, up 19 percent from the prior year and 3 percent above the prior first-half record set in 1963. Long-haul grain and petroleum barge traffic had fallen due to rail and pipeline competition, but are regaining ground.
Huntsville area U S Naval Reservists attached to the Naval Reserve Training Center depart New Orleans for 14 days aboard the USS Destroyer Hyman for annual active duty training. Twenty one men from the Huntsville unit participate including C D Gates Athens 2 M N Brown Athens 3 F L Barksdale Harvest 1 R O Allen M D Thomas W L Pepper all of Athens and L C Newton Decatur.
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