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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1966
Page
13
Special services from 10 45 a m to 2 45 p m are planned Monday with visiting ministers from other congregations. The church sits off Highway 1231 in Morgan City.
Spring 1967 will see overhauls and new builds in Decatur and surrounding areas. Projects include a $173 450 federal grant for the 14th Street Overpass, a $1 million low rent high rise, a $1 5 million Water Department expansion doubling capacity, a $2 9 million Huntsville Madison Jetport terminal, Amoco Chemicals expansion to reach multi million payroll, and Browns Ferry TVA nuclear plant work awaiting Atomic Energy Commission approval.
The two day gathering of about 2,000 youths ended with a drama titled So Send I You performed by a group from First Baptist Church in Blountsville. Miss Grooms sang spiritual and folk numbers and Eddie Lyon and Cecil McGee directed the performances.
U Thant urged early end to Vietnam war in New York with a possible cease fire talk path. Britain proposed a three way meeting among United States North and South Vietnam and offered hosting help. Ky warned he would reject the Tet 96 hour pause if Viet Cong violations persist.
The Petrel, a Coast Guard Academy training yawl built in 1938, loses sails and rigging, with its crew fighting water on deck as two Coast Guard planes monitor. Lt. Bill Donnell reports calm aboard, while the vessel drifts 360 miles southeast of New York at six knots. Skipper Gordon Van Ness and five students plus guests remain aboard awaiting rescue.
The United States would halt bombing during Christmas while maintaining reconnaissance over North Vietnam. Hanoi denounces the flights as truce violations. Officials say 27 South Vietnam incidents were labeled serious, but no violation was declared due to the absence of a formal truce, only separate declarations of intent.
The United States passed the nation’s first pure food law in 1906. This landmark statute established federal oversight of food safety and labeling, aiming to curb adulterated products and protect consumers.
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