Four Alabama Constitutional Amendments on December 6
Alabama voters face four local amendments on December 6. Marengo County may issue up to 400000 in bonds for a new courthouse. pay changes for tax collectors may be set by future legislatures. Franklin County would levy a five mill property tax for a new public hospital. Geneva County municipalities could issue bonds to build plants leased to new industries. The article endorses all amendments and urges shifting statewide votes to local matters.
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Alabama
Marengo County
Franklin County
Geneva County
Better Traffic Records for Safer Travel
Editorial urges self discipline by drivers to reduce highway deaths during holiday periods. It cites a Jackson Clarion-Ledger piece noting rising speeds, rare police stops, and widespread tailgating. The piece stresses courtesy and personal responsibility behind the wheel to improve road safety.
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America
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
World War Fears Grow As Arab-Israeli Tensions Rise
Drew Pearson reports a dangerous buildup along the Arab-Israeli border with 2,500 Soviet tanks and modern aircraft facing Israel’s 6,000 tanks and 450 aircraft. He notes missiles, long range weapons, and the risk of a regional war spreading to the US and USSR, plus insights from Maj. Gen. Isaac Rabin on Israel’s precarious position.
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Washington
U. N
Israel
State Department
Near East
Herod
USA
Ussr
Massachusetts
Israei
Russia
Egypt
Nasser
Germany
al -Zafir
al Kahir
al Ared
Isaac Rabin
Army
Jordan
Fel Aviv
Cairo
Tel Aviv
Will You Accept Christ Now or After Death
A visitor asks if another chance after death exists. the answer states salvation must be decided this side of the grave. It cites Proverbs 29:1 and Hebrews 3:15 urging immediate personal commitment, noting that delaying faith risks eternal loss and urging to heed today’s opportunity.
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K.M
Christ
Strange Precedent Opens Taxpayer Vote on Campaign Spending
President Johnson signed a bill creating a precedent by letting citizens decide if the federal government may spend their taxes on presidential campaign expenses. The measure lacks limits on private contributions and may require clarifying action when Congress reconvenes. The piece discusses constitutional and enforcement issues and suggests a separate auditing agency.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Capitol Hill
Comptroller General
Treasury
Fin ‘Lal
economists split on tax rise for 1967 in inflation debate
Washington economists and policy figures weighing tax options amid inflation fears. Roosa urged higher personal and corporate taxes while Heller backed a broad increase. labor unions threaten strikes amid auto industry contracts and wage disputes.
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Washington
New York
Kennedy
Pan-American Airways
Transport Workers Union
Air Canada
Machinists
American Airlines
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Reuther
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Viet Nam
Johnson
Austin
United Feature Syndicate Inc
This Day In History Dec 1 1966
The Dec 1 1966 page offers historical notes from 1942 gasoline rationing to 1958 Chicago school fire with 87 students and 3 nuns killed. It recalls Roosevelt Churchill Stalin meeting in 1943 and Goering remarks in 1945. Other items mention Hungarian refugees, Decatur hog cholera, Elks bond investment, and a Greyhound terminal opening in Decatur.
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United States
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Stalin
Hermann Goering
Asso
Hitler
Chicago
Kusenhower
Jas. T. High
Morgan County
Decatur Elks Lodge No
Treasury
U. S
Greyhound
Decatur
Grant St
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Drew Pearson
David Lawrence
Publishers Newspaper Syndicate
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