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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1968
Page
6
Residents react to a spaceflight with praise for its scientific achievement and cost after a $300 million nuclear plant linked launch. Some residents warn against space missions, with Howard Stover calling the effort stupid and arguing God would place humans on the moon.
A Courtland resident questions why speed limit signs were removed while a new council enforces the law. Mayor Roy Coffey denies knowledge of removals and says signs remain posted and enforcement is strict.
A narrative of space policy moves from 1961 outlines NASA budget cuts and Yuri Gagarin’s orbit as a catalyst. President Kennedy in May urged a space leadership role and a moon landing before the decade ends, shaping lunar mission concepts including lunar orbital rendezvous.
President Johnson released a 136 page Cohen report urging comprehensive health insurance for all Americans by 1976. It envisions a federal public private system with new funds, saying voluntary plans alone won t suffice. The report also calls for poverty elimination, universal two year colleges, preschool and daycare, and end to racial discrimination.
In Detroit a car with four men in Santa costumes stopped 14 year old newspaper carrier Steven Sheldon on a Friday night. Two men jumped out and one pressed a gun to his back. The pair robbed his route money, slapped him, and fled, with the suspects wearing beards and white face powder.
Worthey, owner of Limestone Nursing Home, cites Decatur growth and a planned medical park expansion with new facilities. He believes the nursing home will receive a high state rating and aims to deliver tender loving care with better local physician involvement. He is also building Big Springs Manor in Huntsville.
The Saturn V rocket blasts the Apollo 8 spacecraft into space with a loud roar as crowds watch from Cape Kennedy. Borman Lovell and Anders view Earth as the mission proceeds outward toward the moon while Mission Control notes smooth progress and the engine test success.
Sheriff Bent says 10 percent of Hog Island searched for Gary Krist with footprints found. FBI and local police block roads while a coast guard helicopter joins the pursuit on the Myakka River swamp near Fort Myers. The ransom was paid in Miami. Apollo 8 crew report a go for the moon as the craft passes Hawaii.
Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower rehearsed their wedding at Marble Collegiate Church as the couple prepare for a private ceremony. President Nixon arrived with family while Dwight D. Eisenhower, recovering in Maryland, will watch via closed circuit TV.
The departing secretary outlines possible paths for health coverage including health-insurance coupons for low income people a more compulsory plan urged by Gov Rockefeller and federal tax credits for businesses. The report notes that more than six million autos in the United States are at least twelve years old.
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