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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1975
Page
4
Citizens are urged to vote on June 10 and send letters to the editor. Amendment No 1 authorizes 45 million dollars in bonds to improve Mobile docks to handle freight from the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway. Amendment No 2 would cap regular sessions at 30 days and 105 calendar days, with 10 days for special sessions. Both amendments are deemed worth passing.
Sheriff Mel Bailey urged Alabama lawmakers to restore capital punishment arguing it deters crime and noting states have reestablished it after a Supreme Court ruling. He warned of a crime climate, urged vigilance over unguarded homes, citizen trial attendance, and wary of vigilantism while promoting public involvement in law enforcement.
President Ford weighs defense spending cuts against deficit control while advisers urge extending the tax rebate for a year. They argue continued stimulus and Democratic support for the tax cuts make an extension advantageous.
President comments on House and Senate deficit figures while lawmakers clash over targets and vetoes. Defense chief objects to a deep military cut as Jaworski controversy and Wallace militia plans unfold. Nassikas memo hints at pushing payments to gas producers.
Anthony Lewis weighs two dominant views in international affairs realists who focus on power and moralists who demand law and decency. He cites Hampshire Kissinger and Solzhenitsyn, endorsing Orwell’s warning that excluding morality from policy leads to dangerous, dehumanizing outcomes.
Secretary of State Kissinger faced fierce White House debate over three May speeches on a new world economic order. Board members pressed for preclearance, while officials debated free enterprise, oil cartel concerns, and practical, case by case solutions with both industrial and developing nations.
Daily puzzle notice seeks 42 or more four letter plus words from SETOVER with rules: no proper names, no plurals by "'s" addition, only one form per word, four plus letters. Contains sample words list and copyright note from 1975 United Feature Syndicate.
A line from Horace on anger warns that anger is momentary madness and urges control of passion or it will take control of you. The fragment reflects classical wisdom on self discipline.
The writer contrasts de Maupassant’s bleak view of God with biblical portrayals of God as purposeful Creator and savior. The author attributes Maupassant’s stance to his life struggles, stimulants, and pessimistic influences, while defending a Christian understanding of divine intention and salvation.
The Decatur Daily lists editor founder W R Shelton and AP affiliation, with misstatement policy and subscription rates by mail and carrier for daily and Sunday editions, including trade zone and outside rates and monthly options.
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