Alabama’s first six months of 1966 mark $150 million investment
Alabama State Chamber of Commerce reports $150 million in industrial investment for the first half of 1966, with 7 786 new jobs. Expansions touch 51 cities in 34 counties while new industries are announced in 31 cities across 26 counties. Outlook for the second half improves despite a national investment slowdown. Auburn speech from George A Mattison Jr notes Alabama growth through big names, growth firms, and confident leaders investing locally.
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Alabama
Tennessee
TVA
Auburn University
George A. Mattison, Jr
Auburn
Birmingham
The Revolutionary Period and American University Aid
A Auburn University meeting features a U S State Department official calling this era the greatest revolutionary period in world history. He notes 90 000 foreign students in U S universities and urges American colleges to help poorer nations train their own leaders for growth and independence. He argues education advances world peace through development and international understanding.
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United States
Auburn University
U.S. State Department
Frank W. Parker
Agriculture and Rural Development
Agency For International Development
Parker
Johnsons decision to intensify bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong
An aside recounts President Johnson leaning on military needs to justify expanding air strikes on North Vietnam. It notes Joint Chiefs objections to semi-peacetime rules, State Department debates led by Ambassador Goldberg, and allied cautions from Britain’s Harold Wilson.
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Washington
National Security Council
State Department
State Rusk
Joint’ Chiefs
Arthur Goldberg
Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Defense McNamara
Johnson
Harold Wilson
China
Shanghai
Peking
Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi
Haiphong
Northiet Nam
Kosygin
Russia
California
North Vietnam
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
Air Force
San
Air Francisco
George Christopher
Reagan
Brown
Christopher
U.S
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Haiphong Harbor
Joint Chiefs
Illusion of Affluence at Governors Conference in Century City
Los Angeles hosts the Governors Conference as Republicans debate moderates versus Goldwaterites. George Romney and GOP governors push for tax hikes and public spending while Watts reveals urban poverty contrast with Century City luxury. The piece quotes Max political tension, with a backdrop of Viet Nam war costs and state debt.
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Los Angeles
George Romney
Michigan
Ronald Reagan
Paign
California
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Daniel J. Evans
Washington
Robert E. Smylie
Idaho
Evans
Romney
New Century Plaza
Century Plaza
Minoru Yamasaki
Watts
California Department of Labor
Century City
Leon Keyserling
Council of Economic Advisers
Truman
Century City Sun
United Feature Syndicate
Burial Facing the East in Christian Thought
Billy Graham discusses whether burial should face east, noting it stems from Christian thought though not explicit in the Bible. He cites scriptures about the sun of righteousness and the coming of Christ, linking eastward orientation to resurrection and eschatological renewal.
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Matt
Son of God
History Repeating Itself in Viet Nam Debate
The article compares Korea and Viet Nam policy, noting lessons unheeded as Britain’s Labour government opposes bombing bases in North Viet Nam while U.S. forces press for a broad air campaign to protect American lives and interests. It cites MacArthur, Churchill, and Wilson, arguing for decisive power under war rules.
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Ing
U Thant
U.S
Southeast Asia
Washington
Viet Nam
Korea
Red China
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Truman
Great Britain
London
United States
Yalu River
MacArthur
U.N
Johnson
America
South Viet Nam
Wilson
North
Publishers Newspaper Syndicate
Decatur Local YMCA Urged to Help Fund Guard Camp Tent
State committee officials asked Decatur YMCA members to raise funds for a tent for National Guard troops at a Montgomery camp. A Morgan County resident faces a scheduled September hanging for Louis Browns murder. Other notes mention Goodyear Decatur Mills wage increases, a tax rise on gasoline, and local property transactions.
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Decatur
YMCA
National Guard
Montgomery
Alabama Supreme Court
Morgan County
Sident
Louis Brown
Goodyear Decatur Mills
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Decatur Daily
Ln A
Tito
Chiee Oe
Police
Drew Pearson
Goldberg
Thant
North Viet Nam
Marquis Childs
Moscow
Ho Chi ‘Minh
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Afl
Barry Goldwater
Billy Graham
David Lawrence
Irene Kimbrough
Evelyn
2Nd Ave
Johnston St
Dinsmore
Harriett Lee Higwasg
Lelia Sykesidon
Courtlandthern College
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