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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1966
Page
1
Austin 51 beat West Morgan 49 and Athens topped Lee 81 to 63. Wilson Stone defeated Ardmore 66 to 48 in a set of Friday varsity results.
Sen. Russell B. Long warned that Vietnam War costs could push the next fiscal year deficit to about 20 billion dollars unless President Johnson raises taxes or cuts nondefense spending. He urged targeting corporate taxes over individuals if any tax increase is needed.
The ailing homebuilding industry showed a cautious rebound in November with housing starts up 18.9 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of one million units, per Commerce Department data. The gain follows October's 841,000 figure, the lowest since World War II, though November remains the weakest in 20 years outside October.
The dispatch from Tokyo reports Peking accusing four U S planes of dive bombing the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi on December 14 and destroying the NCNA office. NCNA called the act war blackmail and said the embassy was seriously damaged with no casualty details given.
A storm over alleged U S bombing of Hanoi exposed fresh strains between the State Department and the Pentagon. For two days the State Department spoke officially while questions swirled about Hanoi geography and whether the capital had been bombed. Officials said only authorized targets were involved, all outside the city.
The State Department faced resistance as military and Saigon officials prepared a report from pilot data and photos to determine what occurred. Once investigation results were ready, the State Department was bypassed on Thursday night.
Local classified note urges contact for moving services from Worldwide Moving. The ad directs readers to call Donie at a listed phone number for arrangements and quotes.
The United Nations Security Council for the first time approved mandatory sanctions including an oil embargo against Rhodesia to topple the white minority regime, but failed to authorize force to enforce it. Eleven votes with four abstentions supported an amended British resolution. the Soviet Union France Bulgaria and Mali abstained.
Missouri Governor Warren Hearnes urged President Johnson to re-evaluate his approach or risk sponsors backing a new Democratic presidential candidate in 1968. The governors discussed expanding state influence while Democrats accused Johnson’s Great Society of fueling a Republican resurgence and voters questioning the party image.
In New Orleans on December 16 two young bandits robbed an armored car at a riverfront wharf seizing two canvas bags of cash worth 45000 dollars. Driver Wilfred Lewis 48 and guard Clarence Purdy 65 were each injured as one gunman fired a shot and the thieves fled after seizing the money.
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