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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1968
Page
3
A Christmas editorial laments the rise of mass produced toys and consumer frenzy while affirming the season as a time for joy, reverence, and brotherhood. It contrasts modern abundance with older simple gifts and ends with wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
The Boy Scouts of America executive council voted to allow girls to join the Explorer program for older youth. The Aniston Star notes the move is late but agrees Scouting should keep pace with changing times, regretting it wasn’t done decades earlier.
A Lexington Kentucky Leader note highlights a National Education Association education page where a music teacher recalls amusing student definitions. Examples include an encore for unruly audiences a refrain as a warning and a joking misstatement about Handel’s heritage and size.
On this date Wake Island fell to Japan in 1941. George Washington resigned in 1783. Maryland ceded land for the national government in 1788. Joseph Smith born in 1805. Churchill urged Mussolini to end fascism in 1940. Tojo executed in 1948. Bay of Pigs prisoners arrived in 1961. News events include Lakonia fire aftermath and Vatican peace talk with Johnson and Paul VI.
Vice President Hubert Humphrey argues in a 1968 letter that free elections require modernized voting laws. He notes 72 million of 120 million eligible voters cast ballots and calls for state residency, absentee, and registration reforms to remove barriers and expand turnout. He urges ongoing effort over the next four years.
New York AP column surveys light anecdotes from reader mail. It offers trivial health and safety quips on smoking during pregnancy and evergreen Christmas trees, plus pithy quotations and a brief history quiz about presidents with famous nicknames.
Indispensable newspapers are praised and teased as Spiro Agnew jokes that some papers are fit only for bird cages. The vice president elect calls The New York Times and Newsweek „executionary journals” while defense of journalism follows, noting newspapers’ roles from crime dog training to packaging garbage and DIY guidance.
Public notice item from Thomasville Times Enterprise announcing subscription rates and mailing details for Georgia area residents. Includes pricing, tax and address information for subscriptions and change of address requests.
The Douglas National Commission on Urban Problems argues tax incentives are inefficient for slum rehab. The piece counters that incentives spur work and wealth more than subsidies, noting regional tax practices shape investment and that European examples show incentives can attract industry. It questions whether incentives can lure business into slums.
A neighbor's child falls from a swing and the victim sues. The insured must fully cooperate with the insurer including signing papers and appearing in court. A man who reversed his story before trial breached the cooperation clause and released the insurer from obligations.
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