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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1966
Page
4
Exports from the Alabama Customs District in April 1966 totaled 42.9 million dollars with a January to April sum of 160.4 million, up 57.6 million from the same period in 1965. The notice also advises calling the telephone company to trace obscene or nuisance calls.
Alabama lawmakers consider two revenue options to tap federal road funds. Support favors higher license plate fees over gasoline tax as Rep. Robert E. Jones explains plans to raise Alabama’s federal highway apportionment by 10 million annually, boosting next year to 93 million and 104 million the following year, with two thirds of funds for Interstate projects and a 90 percent federal share.
Senator Lister Hill of Alabama receives the American Hospital Association Award of Honor for his landmark Hill-Burton Act work. The award, created to recognize major health contributions, will be presented August 20. Crosby lauds Hill as architect of laws improving national health and expanding rural hospital facilities nationwide.
The article argues that brand name drugs cost taxpayers billions as seniors rely on government aid. It highlights price gaps between brand names and generics, citing medicines like Serpasil, Miltown, Equanil, Chlor-Trimeton, and tetracycline. Drugmakers, wholesalers, and distributors profit while patients face higher charges through hospital insurance and welfare programs.
A reader asks why they demean themselves and the answer discusses self hatred as a form of pride, its impact on relationships, and the need to know God. The piece mixes spiritual guidance with a note on generic drugs and medical savings under government programs.
Vice President Humphrey warns in Washington that Moscow aims to corner world wheat markets as Western carryovers dwindle. The piece notes Soviet purchases from Canada and global sourcing, flagging weather, stocks, and political action including a Food for Freedom bill backed by McGovern to expand production and fight hunger.
A 1966 commentary argues that street demonstrations spark riots and crime rather than poverty or education gaps. It urges federal action to ban public demonstrations and confine controversial gatherings to auditoriums to curb disorder and protect police.
The snippet portrays a homemaker noting repeated appliance failures from TV to water heater and now facing a broken washing machine, highlighting domestic strain and humor in household tech troubles.
This day marks events from 1915 Marines landing in Haiti to stop riots, 1847 Mormon Temple site chosen, 1914 Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, 1966 recalls Polish cadets fleeing to Austria, Hammarskjold warning France in Tunisia, and Johnson ordering 50000 more troops to Vietnam.
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