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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1966
Page
2
A Thomasville editorial urges the City Commission to curb long freight train blocks at street crossings. It cites a 30 minute stoppage and 12 minute standstill and asks for ordinances or legal steps to ensure public mobility and crossing access.
Commentary criticizes the July 1 1966 Medicare bill as hurried and flawed. A drug company officer warns that about half of commonly prescribed drugs are not covered because they lack approval in reference books used by Medicare. The piece argues physicians should decide drug choices, regardless of Medicare.
On this June 18 date in history, Congress declared war on Great Britain in 1812, Napoleon lost at Waterloo in 1815, the Great Northern Railroad opened in 1895, Hitler and Mussolini met in 1940, Churchill met Roosevelt in 1942, Truman expanded veterans care in 1946, and a 1956 Egypt visit offered funding for the Aswan Dam amid a Strasbourg to Paris derailment in 1961.
The piece argues the United Nations has harmed free nations by supervising elections in Vietnam and blocking Western aims. It catalogs perceived U N failures from Berlin to Korea, Cuba, Goa, Angola, Rhodesia, and Rhodesia’s alleged mission, urging U N opposition to communism.
Hollywood reports the Bonanza crew is set for the 1966 67 season on NBC with Lorne Greene Dan Blocker and Mike Landon returning The cast talks of staying with the same format and declining to use many guest stars unless ratings demand it Landon hints at longer runs and laughs about earning enough to buy Colorado
The piece traces Father's Day origins from 1910 proposed by Mrs. Dodd to potential official status in Congress. It cites historical advocates like Jane Addams and Harry C Meek, president Coolidge's notice, and highlights mixed local views in Thomasville with several fathers downplaying the holiday alongside reminders of President Johnson as "big daddy."
Nationalism weakens NATO and the Warsaw Pact as De Gaulle challenges U S dominance and Romania seeks Western ties. Chou En Lai visits Romania while Brezhnev undertakes a secret Bucharest mission. Western leaders weigh German reunification ideas as a potential lever to loosen bloc bonds.
The text distinguishes between true theology and secular philosophy using the phrase God is dead. It argues that some speakers dismiss the biblical God as unnecessary to explain reality and compares this to idolatry. Biblical reference from Romans 1:21-26 is cited to condemn changing the truth of God into a lie.
Copyright notice from Timex Enterprise Company Inc. detailing republication rights for Dispatches, mail rates, subscription prices, and address for change of address requests in Thermasville Georgia.
The Rev. William Baur and his wife arrive in New York with four children and 10 grandchildren after 40 years of missionary work in India. They led a leper colony in Raipur and a school for Indian boys, while their son prepares to take hospital administration duties in Raipur.
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