Gallup Poll Man Of The Year
President Lyndon B. Johnson is named the Most Admired Man for 1965 in the Gallup Poll results. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Robert F. Kennedy, Billy Graham and Pope Paul VI follow, with changes reflecting recent events and obituaries shaping the list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gallup
Lyndon Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Gallup
Robert F. Kennedy
Billy Graham
Pope Paul VI
Kennedy
Pope Paul
United States
Winston Churchill
Adlai E. Stevenson
Albert Schweitzer
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Harry Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Pope Paul VII
Martin Luther King
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Barry M. Goldwater
Sir Winston Churchill
Konrad Adenauer
David Ben-Gurion
Leonard Bernstein
Frank Borman
Willie Brandt
David Brinkley
Jimmy Brown
Ralph Bunche
Chiang Kai-shek
John Connally
Walter Cronkite
Bing Crosby
Charles DeGaulle
Everett Dirksen
Walt Disney
Hugh Downs
Ludwig Erhard
John Glenn
Arthur Godfrey
Dick Gregory
Cary Grant
Mark Hatfield
J. Edgar Hoover
Bob Hope
Joseph Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
John Lindsay
Art Linkletter
Henry Cabot Lodge
Mickey Mantle
Robert McNamara
Norman Vincent Peale
Linus Pauling
Ronald Reagan
Walter Reuther
Oral Roberts
Nelson Rockefelter
George Romney
Dean Rusk
Bertrand Russell
Jonas Salk
Carl Sandburg
Walter Shirra
Gov. Scranton
Fulton J. Sheen
Alan Shepard
Frank Sinatra
John Steinbeck
Lowell Thomas
U Thant
Johnny Unitas
George Wallace
Robert Welch
Four Traffic Deaths In City In 1965
Decatur recorded four traffic deaths in 1965 mirroring 1964 totals. Victims included two young children and two adults with three pedestrians and one single vehicle crash. Police logged 1,362 accidents through November, highest August at 146 and January at 132. The year featured major labor strife as strikes and labor politics shaped the national scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Joseph D. Helms
Alabama
Lakeside High School
Helms
Decatur 2
Robert Norman Harrison Jr
R. N. Harrison
3Th Ave
Wilson St
13Th Ave
Peete
Debatur General Hospital
W. Vine St
Johnson
Atlantic
Gulf
James B. Carey
David J. McDonald
McDonald
I. W. Abel
United Steelworkers Union
Carey
International Union of Electrical Workers
Labor Department
Paul Jennings
Organized Labor
Aflcio
Congress
House
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Mike Mansfield
Dirksen
Western Hemisphere politics reshape 1966 starts
MORRIS W. ROSENBERG reports from Mexico City on a varied Western Hemisphere panorama at the start of 1966. Economic troubles persist and in the Dominican Republic a peace force of about 8,000, including 6,800 U.S. soldiers, guards the fragile order ahead of elections set for June 1. Juan Bosch and Joaquin Balaguer are seen as leading Dominican presidential contenders while Guatemala undergoes a 1963 coup’s aftermath with Col. Enrique Pereira Azurdia pushing toward presidential elections on March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris W. Rosenberg
Mexico City
Dominican Republic
U.S
Juan Bosch
Joaquin Balaguer
Guatemala
Col
Enrique Pereira Azurdia
Brazil
Humberto Castello Branco
Joao Goulart
Congress
Castello Branco
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Peronists
Arturo Tilia
Illia
Uruguay
British Guiana
Panama
United States
Canal Zone
Panama Canal
New Steel Records Include Headaches
Pittsburgh based AP report notes 1965 set four steel records including an odd one for headaches. Domestic consumption shipments and production hit 1964 highs as auto sales fueled the year and 1966 optimism grew. AFL-CIO weighed labor measures while wage and price concerns rose amid inflation fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.L. Schwartz
Pittsburgh, Pa
Steel Industry
Humphrey Returns From Far East Tour in Honolulu
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey returns to Hawaii after a Pacific voyage visiting graves of World War II Korea and Vietnam casualties. He spoke at the University of Hawaii about U.S. defense duties and urged influence toward peace while protesters urged an end to the Vietnam War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Kelly
Honolulu
Hubert H. Humphrey
Far East
Humphrey
Korea
Viet Nam
Army General Hospital
Pacific
Manila
Corregidor
Bataan
University of Hawaii
United States
Berlin
Cuba
Hanoi
Peking
Johnson
North
Invitation for bids for Decatur housing project additions
The Housing Authority of Decatur Alabama invites bids to furnish labor materials equipment and services for Low Rent Housing Project NY ALA 486 additions to Administration Building East Acres 48-1 and Warehouse Stears Homes AP Dition 48-5 with bid due by 2 00 p m CST January 20 1966 Licensed general contractors only may bid. Deposits for plans and specs are $50 refundable upon return within 10 days after bid opening. Each bid must include a 5 percent bid bond and evidence of license. The Authority may reject bids or waive informalities and bids may not be withdrawn for 30 days. Executive Director Charles H Parker December 12 27 1 3 1 10
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Housing Authority
Decatur
Alabama
East Acres
Stears Homes
Ala
the Housing Authority
City of
Paul W. Hofferbert
Hugh W. Ellis
South Eighth Street
Gadsden
U.S
Housing Authority OF
Charles. H. Parker
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Decatur Daily
Harry S
Truman
American Institute of Public Opinion
Lar
Washington
Wren
Tyler
O. B. Tyler
Iris St
17Th Ave
Bob Peete
New Steel
Afl-Cio
San Francisco
George Meany
White House
Labor Federation
Sisey
Supreme—Court
HHH
United Mineworkers
Supreme Court
United Steelworkers of America
U.S. Steel
Ecuador
Bolivia
Army
Alfredo Ovando
Rene Barrientos
Costa Rica
Daniel Oduber
National Liberation Party
Jose Joaquin Trejo Fernandez
Chile
Eduardo Frei
Frei
Christian Democrats
Venezuela
Raul Leoni
Mexico
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
Liberal Party
Pearson
Athens, Alabama
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton In
The
Nick Adems
Young Dillinger
Princess
Doris Day
Rod Taylor
Joh Ari
Wem Metrocolor
Thunderbird
Trelively SE
Sal Pic
Martselle
Loior de Veluxe
National School of Home Study
Dept
Decatur _Daily
Decatur, Ale
Probate Court
Mattie Mills
T. C. Almon
Morgan County
s/Delores McGregor
James Maxwell
George W. Powell
Betty Florence Powell
Mary Maner
Alcoa Aluminum Siding
Call R. M
Dick) Goode
Decatur Awning CO
Std. Ave. S. E
Conan Te Hs Ae
Henry W. Wade
Perry Jones
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