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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1966
Page
4
Senator Sparkman argues States should apportion their two legislative chambers with a population based lower house and a geographically structured senate, aligning state plans with federal practice. He endorses the idea as the best method for state governments.
In the first six months of 1966 Alabama enrolled 43 new Tree Farms, boosting certified acreage to 7,036,241 and ranking second to Georgia which held 7,356,638 acres on June 30, 1966. The figures underscore Alabama's rising role in timber resources.
Newspaper accounts report rising optimism over the Tennessee Tombigbee Canal. Rep. Tom Abernethy says a start this fiscal year is possible if the Corps of Engineers economic feasibility study is favorable. Johnson’s endorsement is expected if the report supports the project.
Luci Baines Johnson and Patrick Nugent plan an August 6 wedding as the first White House marriage since F D Roosevelt era. World Book News Service notes historic to today from Alice Roosevelt Longworth’s 1906 White House wedding with grand gifts and 1,000 dignitaries. It recalls changing times and shifts in China Austria and Cuba’s royal symbols and regimes.
Washington discusses President Johnson's insistence on total war effort in Vietnam and a parallel push for peaceful development across Southeast Asia. The plan includes irrigation, education, health, and aid to allied and neutral states, with Mekong River projects and regional development as a long term goal.
Christian readers are not immune to low mood. The author cites David’s depression yet shows how praising God and counting blessings can crowd out despair. The message advises daily thanksgiving to raise spirits and sustain faith.
President Johnson’s televised and radio address appeals for peace and urges cooperation over hostility. He argues against conquest, stresses Asia's development, and warns against isolationism toward China while outlining a two point path ending the fighting and bringing home American troops.
A 1966 opinion piece argues that despite McCarthyism, Communists remain a real threat. It warns against complacency, notes two spy scandals involving the State Department, and urges vigilance in guarding national security. It stresses that overreaction harms liberty and underreaction endangers safety.
Fifty years ago in Decatur T B Horton leased Hotel Pinehurst in Laurel Mississippi and operated the Echols Hotel. Twenty five years ago the mayor of Decatur appointed.
Three Morgan County youths were inducted into military service this June per clerk Ruth N. Hackett. Nineteen county residents were ordered to Montgomery for physicals last month. 12 failed, seven qualified for armed service. This month forty two are set for examination at the Montgomery station. Cadets C W Bethany and Le Roy McEntire won medals for rifle skill at ROTC camp. A decade ago Marion H Smith was hospitalized and Loyd S Russell injured in a car crash at 9th Ave and Moutton St. Realtors Graves and Jones sold an 80 lot plot for a planned million dollar housing project in southeast Decatur.
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