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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1966
Page
4
The nation's biggest industry employs seven million workers surpassing autos and transport utilities combined. Southern Railway agribusiness dominates the labor market, reflecting the sector's vast scale and influence.
Only forty of about ninety foster children in Morgan County have been spoken for in Operation Christmas an annual project by the Morgan County Department of Pensions and Security. The program invites local people and organizations to brighten Christmas for foster children. to participate call Mrs. Betty Farr at 353-8181 during the day or 353-9526 at night for details.
Despite polls favoring Notre Dame and Michigan State, Alabama finished 1966 unbeaten untied and scarcely scored against. Nebraska faces a Sugar Bowl test as the Crimson Tide insist their record merits the top spot and aim to prove it.
Gov. Paul Johnson takes over as chair of the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority with Mississippi holding the chairmanship this year. He vows direct talk with opponents and aims to secure Congress funding after Army Corps approval of the canal’s economic feasibility. The four state group seeks federal dollars for construction and mentions presidential signals from Lyndon Johnson.
In a letter to his grandson, Drew Pearson contrasts Pearl Harbor era policy with today. He argues Japan now wins Asia by persuasion, China’s rise and nuclear threat, and the need to bridge diplomacy with Qing-era isolation, urging lessons from McCarthyism and Marshall to avoid future wars.
Billy Graham explains that repentance and confession begin Christian life but growth into mature faith is demanding. He compares birth to growth, noting maturation requires resisting conformity, selflessness, and surrender to God's will. He uses an acorn oak analogy and cites the reward of eternal life for those who sacrifice for Christ.
David Lawrence outlines how officials felt an imminent attack loomed before Pearl Harbor while Nomura and other figures warned against war. He notes private efforts to keep peace, Hoover's praise, Hull's anxiety, and the idea that better understanding might have steered Japan toward Western alliance. The piece links lessons to postwar aid plans for Asia.
A 1966 remembrance by William S. White notes Pearl Harbor's lasting impact on American resolve and global stance. The piece links the 1941 attack to future wars, recalling Lyndon Johnson’s vow to seek war and wear a sailor suit, and argues that peace requires strength, not appeasement, to confront aggression.
On December 7, 1941, Japan launched 150 to 200 war planes against Pearl Harbor. The attack caused massive U.S. naval damage and American casualties exceeding 4,000, with 2,117 dead.
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