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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1968
Page
4
Opinion piece from Cleveland discusses a deadly riot with eleven dead including three white officers. It blames the violence on looters and arsonists, suggesting misguided Negroes as the majority, and argues leadership within the Negro community offers the best path to end nationwide unrest.
The Asheville Citizen argues that federal spending cuts may threaten mail service including Saturday delivery. It contends the Post Office Department faces cost-cutting pressure from Congress and urges maintaining a solid, efficient postal base to avoid degraded service.
The letter column argues a single rebirth experience in Christian faith via John 3 7 and II Corinthians 5 17, noting genuine rebirth excludes recurring slips and urging surrender to Christ. It then critiques the Post Office Department amid potential closures and Saturday delivery cuts, proposing a non political, business like reform and comparing government to TVA with calls for leadership and efficiency.
Washington reports that the House passed a $21 billion Defense budget in two hours amid broader cuts to social programs. Rep. Mendel Rivers spearheaded the fast action, while Rep. Scheuer and Rep. Wolff pressed for reductions. Congressional Quarterly sources say $10.8 billion could be trimmed with smarter reform.
Norman Vincent Peale explains how a man freed from lifelong anxiety by recognizing its roots in a overprotective mother and guilt, and by counseling and spiritual faith, achieved lasting peace. Faith strengthens, fear evaporates, and calm replaces worry. Isaiah’s promise of perfect peace anchors the message.
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