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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1965
Page
6
The Odessa American asserts freedom rests on self control and personal responsibility. It emphasizes living by the Ten Commandments the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence to promote freedom and inspire others to achieve harmony through disciplined conduct.
In a two part series this writer contrasts Mauriac Ingram and Pegler with current policy on compulsory schooling. He notes the tension between protecting rights and state power, citing Supreme Court and Amish attendance cases, and calls out unequal government stance toward Communists versus parents of challenging children. Continued Sunday.
Almanac entry dated Saturday December 4 1965 notes the 338th day with 27 to follow and the Moon nearing full phase. It lists celestial bodies Jupiter Venus Mars Saturn and Jupiter and recalls George Washington’s 1783 farewell at a New York tavern before resigning as commander and Wilson’s 1918 voyage to the Versailles peace conference.
A Washington opinion piece questions whether accepting Cuban refugees from Fidel Castro aids the United States or strengthens Castro. It argues refugees leave wealth behind, risk infiltration, and may enable Cuba to tighten control while the U S shoulders costs of feeding training and resettlement. It warns Castro could demand a price later and calls for scrutinizing humanitarian aid versus aiding Castro.
Capitol disclosures describe two aides Schlesinger and Sorensen publishing intimate White House material. The pieces reveal access to secret files and private remarks, raising questions about protecting Johnson’s privacy and whether living figures should endure posthumous peep-hole accounts for profit.
In 1946 the United Mine Workers Union faced a 3.5 million dollar fine for refusing to call off a 17 day strike.
The piece argues government influence expands across employment, housing, education and taxation, citing the United States Employment Service gains, planned federalization of job placement, and President Johnsons efforts to gatekeep presidential papers and private material while shaping a future history. It notes fears of a controlled economy under rising federal guidance and hints at broader socialization of housing and work.
H L Hunt, famed oil wildcatter, promotes the word constructive as a guide to government under the best principles of all parties. The Shreveport Times reprints his brochure in full, marking the first installment of a Friday column. Hunt argues the term should unify selfless civic aims beyond party labels.
The page lists a Friday December 3 puzzle with clues across many numbers. Entries include terms for places worship decorate again Shoshonean tribe orderly Merrymaking fast bank business and others and ends with clairvoyance abbr. as a puzzle solution set.
Butler voices a libertarian defense of Amish schooling against state coercion in Iowa and Kansas. The piece argues compulsory attendance and state curricula indoctrinate youth, comparing government power to totalitarian control and urging freedom of parental educational choice without force. It cites incidents of police and guns at school buses and warns of eroding human rights and liberty.
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