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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1967
Page
5
A Decatur reader Mrs. Iona Garth signs a Christmas letter urging Christian action against obscene literature and TV and film, calling ministers to speak out and warning of societal harm. Rev. J. A. Moyers adds support, urging address and contact details for stance.
In Missoula Montana liberal Democrats gather for their 24th farm labor institute. They doubt a Democratic governor can win next year without state issues and avoid national coattails. They fault Johnson and national Democrats while considering intra party splits and a possible primary challenge to Governor Babock.
Atty Johnson organizes a Dissident Democrats group with an active base at the University of Montana. Orthodox liberals fear such groups could taint the Democratic Party with radical pacifism and split the Montana party, risking the governorship by tying the war issue to Lyndon Johnson.
At Fort Gordon Georgia recruits in the Fourth Battalion learn field medicine, tourniquets, splints and more via closed circuit television. TV training covers weapons handling, camouflage, map reading and counterinsurgency as part of basic and advanced instruction ahead of Vietnam duty.
Dr. Virginia Apgar warns young women in reproductive years not to use drugs unless prescribed by a physician. She cites about a dozen drugs, including some tranquilizers and common headache remedies, as suspected contributors to birth abnormalities under study.
The Supreme Court faces the Penn Central merger and its potential to create two giant rail networks spanning about 20 states and two Canadian provinces. If approved, Penn Central and Norfolk & Western Chesapeake & Ohio systems would total roughly 20 000 miles of track and near 2 billion dollars in annual operating revenue. The case has a decade of planning and years in court with hundreds of parties and major operators involved.
The piece notes overbuilt American railroads especially in the East face financial distress as commuter loss and new transport modes erode business. Penn-Central and N and W System merges seek to unite struggling lines into financially solid railroads, combining the Pennsylvania and New York Central to form a stronger system.
The plan envisions a North and Western system from Mackinaw City to Norfolk and through Chicago St. Louis and Buffalo with extensive eastern and central routes. The Erie-Lackawanna and two others may join or shift to Penn Central if needed, while New Haven faces a court decision after Penn Central merger.
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