1967 Decatur area year in review deaths and planning
City planners report a good year with a $300 million area budget and first time budget split. Five elections are staged as the Chamber of Commerce notes population nears 50 000. Telephones expand and utilities and crime figures rise with new medical center and rising electric rates. Births outpace deaths, court load increases, and juvenile crime climbs while Maner and Davis murder trials loom. Mayor Blackburn interview caps the section.