22 Dec 1967
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1967
Page
1
A brief notice lists numbers to record a yes vote or a no vote. Dial 353-5112 for yes and 353-5113 for no. The lines indicate a simple automated voting recording system. No dates or locations are provided in the readable text.
Citizens are urged to participate by calling a designated phone number to register a YES or NO vote. The message instructs dialing 353-5112 for YES or 353-5113 for NO and instructions to hang up once the recorded voice answers, noting the vote is recorded automatically.
President Johnson flew secretly to Khorat Thailand near the Vietnam air war base after attending memorial rites for Harold Holt in Australia. He told combat pilots he wanted to look them in the eye and urged belief that right will prevail.
Tornadoes swept across North Alabama with brief ground contact and minimal damage as a cold front arrived just before winter. A twister touched near Compton Crossing in Lawrence County and another near Decatur Huntsville area, with minor wind damage in Athens and near Madison.
The article asks whether names of youths brought to juvenile court and those convicted should be published. It discusses privacy, public record access, and the balance between public interest and rehabilitation.
Yesterday’s poll question asks if Social Security taxes should drop to four percent and apply to the full wage earnings for the year. The response results show 1,080 votes against the idea.
A Greyhound bus traveling north on U S 31 collided with a truck north of Ardmore sending 15 people to Giles County Hospital. Three remain hospitalized and one in Nashville in critical condition. Edouard Castle the Nashville driver blamed the truck’s left turn for the crash. The bus was en route from Tampa to Chicago and ambulances rushed to Pulaski.
In Montgomery Alabama six inmates escaped from the Montgomery County jail Thursday night or early today. One was recaptured near his home in Montgomery hours later. Pope Paul VI urged the United States to suspend bombing on the eve of a planned Johnson visit to Vatican City.
Plans for a 70 000 square foot shop center in Hartselle were unveiled by Dr. Fred O Sherrill and Paul Lee Jr co developers. The project to be built on the east side of U S 31 south of Alabama 36 intersection aims for late winter or early spring construction with a October 1 completion target. Piggly Wiggly is the only signed tenant at present and other tenants will be announced in January.
Pfc Junior Edward Lott of Tanner Athens Lime Stone County is the fourth local service member killed in Vietnam. Relatives received a telegram on Thursday confirming his death from a mortar shell the previous night. Lott had served about four months. his wife Shirley received a death telegram and a letter from him dated Sunday saying he was about to go to church. He had been moved around frequently and rarely spoke about the war. He attended Tanner High School before draft.
A Decatur Daily boy Billy Couch 12 saves for a pony loses his Christmas joy when the pony arrives at a pasture and suffers a broken leg. The loss turns into a community tale of hope as readers rally to help.
US B52s again struck North Vietnamese targets in the DMZ seven miles north northwest of Con Thien and along suspected infiltration routes near the Cambodian border. Marines conduct amphibious and helicopter assaults as 35,000 Communist troops are believed concentrated. No SAMs fired on the return.
New York stocks fall on moderate trading as cotton and grains show mixed moves in Chicago. Wheat rises on good demand while corn and soybeans trade irregularly. hog prices steady to 50 cents lower at 20.25. Slaughter steers drop about 50 with top at 28.00.
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