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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1968
Page
4
President elect Nixon's advisers push to double manpower against organized crime as FBI crime stats show sharp rises. Across nine months of 1967 violent crimes up 21 percent, robbery 32 percent, forcible rape 17 percent, murder 15 percent, and aggravated assault 13 percent.
Official results show Richard Nixon winning the presidency with 31,770,237 votes while Hubert Humphrey trails. The figures indicate Nixon led by 499,704 votes and follows Humphrey's forthcoming teaching role.
A dialogue on honesty in settling an estate notes that keeping found money would be theft and harm a conscience. The piece cites Proverbs and Jesus on valuing character over wealth, then shifts to election crime statistics from FBI and Nixon's crime stance, concluding with a Decatur Daily notice and service details.
Washington reports the FBI and Internal Revenue Service have quietly stepped up investigations of Senator Tom Dodd D Conn. while his attorney Walter Kenny works full time for the Senate and may assist in a forthcoming book. The administration faces ethics questions over taxpayer funded legal help and possible criminal tax charges loom as probes widen.
Viewpoint analyzes how 1968 results reveal issues with plurality votes in a three way race. It discusses electoral district proposals, the one man one vote principle, and the idea of a nationwide presidential preference primary to choose nominees before a final two horse contest.
A letter from California to Decatur Alabama APO San Francisco thanks service members for a Christmas card. The writer asks recipients to remember the "guys" overseas in their prayers and wishes them a merry Christmas.
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