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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1966
Page
4
Twenty six leading Alabama travel attractions averaged a 28 percent rise in visitors in July compared with July 1965. The piece links growing scientific farming and farm efficiency to producing more with fewer workers and notes the farm population now stands at 6.4 percent of the U.S. total.
An editorial calls the people of Walker Tuscaloosa Bibb Marengo Hale Greene Sumter Lamar Pickens Fayette to unite for industrial growth in West Alabama. It recalls North Alabama’s 17 year success and urges patience funding and a capable executive director to lead a regional development council for ten counties.
Drew Pearson surveys recent Chinese anti Soviet protests and historic flashbacks. He notes Khrushchev era tensions, Chinese anti US campaigns, and Johnsons steps to ease the Cold War. The piece links Beijing demonstrations to past diplomacy and current political moves.
Billy Graham argues that professors and some preachers who doubt the Bible resemble professionals who ignore established knowledge. He says leaders must know their subject and impart positive faith, warning against baseless skepticism about Christian truth.
In a 1966 editorial the newspaper argues that private clubs may exclude by race or religion without violating civil rights laws while condemning demonstrations that provoke violence. It notes police strain, calls for lawful constitutional change, and warns against labeling proponents as racists or bigots.
Republican professionals in Alabama fear George Wallace could become a national third party challenge in 1968. They warn a Wallace bid would siphon white conservative votes from Republicans, threatening a Romney or Nixon option and deepening a national anti Negro backlash as Wallace fuels a broader right wing voting bloc.
On this date in history the 1789 Treasury circulation of a Sportsmen's Bulletin attacked Ralph Denton over the Dodd firearms bill, alleging suppression of hunting across state lines. Denton defended reasonable regulation. the piece exposed John Bircher ties and questioned the bill’s real impact.
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