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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1966
Page
5
A Christmas past wisdom tale from a man famed for wit recalls toy flaws in night shipments and wrapping messes that burden parents. He warns against overlong gifts, battery toys, and frosty blame while noting children's shift from belief to doubt as holiday abundance grows and skepticism rises.
The piece outlines Lyndon B Johnson's expanding landholdings in the Texas hill country totaling about 14 000 acres across five ranches around Johnson City Llano and Pedernales River and notes state highway upgrades including a new 5 4 mile two lane road and plans for a 725 000 bridge Across Lake LBJ and the Comanche subdivisions developed by Mourland and associates the piece discusses private park efforts and speculation about Johnson gifting land to the government It also covers a 1961 TCU Llano County deal where Johnson bought a 4561 acre lakefront ranch for 500 000 with a 300 000 mortgage due 1971 and related land sales and subdivision activity.
Washington reports a bold South Vietnamese amnesty proposal to entice Vietcong units to defect to Saigon. The plan offers full amnesty, pay, uniforms, and housing, with jobs for rank-and-file members and potential district chief roles under government officers. A separate bounty program targets top enemy leaders, with rewards from 40 000 to 200 000 piasters.
A stat shows ninety percent of Haiti's population is illiterate and eighty five percent speak a language without written form. The figures underline the scale of educational and communication challenges facing the nation.
The Paris dispatch notes General de Gaulle sees converting France from an agrarian to a technological society as France’s greatest remaining task after constitutional changes. He views industrialization as essential in this era, though he cautions progress will be incomplete and balanced by social considerations.
France weighs whether Charles de Gaulle will serve a full presidential term as he nears 80. Premier Pompidou is favored as his potential successor, while de Gaulle avoids naming a heir and rejects a vice presidency. He aims at deep economic reform and a clean Gaullist transition.
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