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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1968
Page
5
Israel studied soldiers in the Six Day War finding rural background men led more at high levels while city youth excelled in initiative. Farm raised pilots and commanders outpaced city recruits in certain roles, with Kibbutz and moshav backgrounds shaping leadership and courage in combat.
Doctors at the University of Milan adapt WWII sonar to medicine, calling it echography. Using ultrasonic pulses they image liver and gall bladder structures, distinguish solid from fluid masses, and reveal gallstones missed by X rays while noting it complements clinical data and is safer and repeatable. Also reports warn about noise on farms and risks from pooled plasma and V fetus infection routes.
A Johnson commission study suggests reducing violence by embracing defeat as a virtue. Nixon, Rockefeller, and Stassen weigh in, praising losses as a path to serenity while noting the difficulty of applying such ideas in politics and public life.
Census estimates show 2,027,000 possible voters in Alabama by November 1 1968 with turnout likely around half. The piece notes age and residency barriers, past turnout ranges from 24.5 to 76.9 percent, and cites Johnson Humphrey political commentary and urban rural divides affecting black and union voting patterns.
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