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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1965
Page
4
The Daily advertises a policy to investigate grievances and provide prompt redress if founded. It lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, including per year, carrier delivery in trade zones, motor route delivery, and weekly rates with tax.
In a Montgomery Advertiser interview, Dr. Thomas Brigham outlines GOP hopes for a statewide sweep and a convention nomination process. He argues several Republicans could win the governorship, cites Grenier Blount and Martin as top contenders, and stresses building the party from the grass roots while Democrats face internal division.
Jim Quigley Assistant Secretary of HEW who cut and then saw funds restored to Chicago schools plans to resign from the Johnson Administration and may seek Pennsylvania governor. The meeting with cabinet members and civil rights leaders touched on federal funds for segregated schools and the Negro vote in 1968. Roy Wilkins warned Democrats risks if the party assumes strong Negro support, citing Harlem Cleveland and Louisville voting patterns. Attendees included Katzenbach Gardner Rauh Young Biemiller Wattel King and Wiley with focus on school and hospital integration and voter registrar efforts.
A 1965 Bell McClure Syndicate piece contrasts grateful faith with world unrest including Viet Nam and Rhodesia. It cites scripture urging continual Thanksgiving while noting limited progress on civil rights, hospital funding ties to compliance, and the need for more voter registrars in the South.
Washington previews the McGeorge Bundy exit as White House foreign policy adviser. President Johnson seeks a successor with deep savvy, tempered partisanship, steady nerves, and a belief in current American policy. Names in contention include Walt Rostow and Clark Clifford, both seasoned in foreign affairs and trusted in prior administrations.
A brief statistic notes that four fifths of United States residences are detached single family homes, indicating a strong preference or prevalence for standalone housing across the nation.
President Johnson remains criticized for rosy economic forecasts as 1965 budget spending is revised upward to 105 to 107 billion dollars with a 7 to 10 billion dollar deficit. The piece cites government intervention in prices, rising labor costs, high interest rates opposed, weak housing starts, sizable unemployment, rising cost of living, and calls for restraint on deficits and lunar and Vietnam expenditures.
A compact Chronicle notes key anniversaries on December 7, 1965, including Pearl Harbor’s 24th anniversary and major historic events from 1787 to 1964. It recalls Delaware’s ratification, early New York Philharmonic concert, and postwar milestones such as the Wisconsin launch and Sudan violence.
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