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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1966
Page
2
We present a front page motto from News Tribune Publisher William H. Weldon and President Robert Blosser. The editorial emphasizes steadfast pursuit of truth and tolerance of error as long as reason remains free to combat it.
The Jefferson City Reapportionment Advisory Commission moves to draft a new voting district plan before the Jan. 16 deadline and will exclude prison inmates and non resident students from enumeration. It considers using electric meters as the counting method, with each meter representing 344 people, a tested approach likely to stand up in court. The panel, six Democrats and four Republicans, faces a contested discarded council plan that would keep incumbents in place, potentially shaping future council seats.
Missouri's Capitol complex is being refurbished as part of a multi million dollar effort to repair the Capitol exterior and improve development. Rep Thomas A Walsh proposes funding via revenue bonds and favors purchasing the Central Hotel and demolishing the power plant for parking while the Capital Improvements Study Commission weighs recommendations to prevent haphazard growth and coordinate proposals. Governor Warren Hearnes has voiced concern about growth controls.
Barry Goldwater argues the Vietnam war pause is politically motivated and not justified. He warns the halt only benefits the Communists by giving them time to regroup and resupply, while authorities avoid accountability for decisions. He cites past pauses that failed to produce gain and questions who authorized and directs the current pause.
Washington reports Lyndon Johnson faces mounting political trouble at home and abroad. Vietnam woes, civil rights backlash, GOP gains, and dissension within his own party shadow the year end. He remains a fighter, but prospects look bleak as 1967 approaches.
The piece surveys Republican prospects for 1968 focusing on George Romney and potential rivals. It notes Hugh Scott’s support waning, Jacob Javits’ failed bid, Reagan’s Michigan backing, and hints at New Hampshire and other primaries shaping the nominating contest. Rockefeller’s polling history warned against overreliance on popularity polls.
Senator Mansfield urges a top to bottom review of Great Society legislation with a focus on eliminating gaps and inefficiencies. He warns that cost, Vietnam demands, and overextended programs require restraint and smarter administration. A national stimulus should boost private initiative and productive work rather than widening welfare.
Henry J. Taylor argues public misreads Lee Harvey Oswald, centering on New Orleans where Oswald was born and lived. Police officials cite his alias and pro Communist ties, noting his flight from the U.S. and later defection to the USSR, with key local figures questioning the crackpot label and urging scrutiny of public narratives.
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