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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1966
Page
4
The article traces Ferguson Powell era ties with Eisenhower and Nixon, noting Harlem vote influence and the 1956 aid for Powell’s campaign, plus a tax case and subsequent investigations. It also covers a belated FBI wiretap probe talk, and LBJ’s pen gift during Southeast Asia tour with last minute production.
The Pentagon acknowledges civilian areas in North Vietnam are damaged during raids and defends the minutes as unavoidable when enemy air defenses and military sites are in populated zones. The statement reiterates a policy to target military sites that affect movement of men and supplies into the South, including roads bridges depots and anti aircraft sites. It argues Hanoi’s complaints do not earn sympathy.
Former President Dwight Eisenhower proposes changes to Congress in Lets Make Government Work Better He favors four year House terms with a limit of three full terms plus a possible partial term and keeps Senate terms at six years He argues longer terms would boost party responsibility and executive legislative cooperation.
The answer warns not to blame God for personal choices. It notes women chase marriage with emotion over reason, and that many husbands turn out average rather than ideal. It cautions that disillusionment follows a brief honeymoon, and urges self‑ examination of the husband.
Sen. Mike Mansfield calls for a top to bottom reexamination of Great Society legislation. He argues for revisions across older and newer laws, noting over extensions and gaps, with fiscal restraint amid Vietnam costs. He warns against reliance on made work anti poverty measures and urges efficient government action and private initiative.
Washington columnist recalls his back pages from 1966 highlighting events and figures from LBJ denial to Paris trip and Bobby Kennedy ski spill. He jokes about Hosmer and Dirksen while noting satire on politics, media and culture with wry headlines and reflections.
Brief items recall key dates in US and world history, plus a local Albany tale. Highlights include Texas statehood 1845 and LBJ pen gift logistics, Johnson birth 1808, Manila front 1941, Suez salvage, De Gaulle Algeria pullback, and Pearl Harbor aftermath reports. Local note: A. B. Gibson meets a Sunday school boy with the same money in collection.
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