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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1963
Page
7
A.M. to 11 P.M. Sunrise to Sunset times listed for WAJF 1490 WJMW 730 and WJOF 104.3 MC with partial hours. A directive instructs tuning to 640 or 1240 in case of enemy attack.
Hollywood observers note that TV often sacrifices quality for quantity, shaping careers when regular roles convert actors into stars. Henry Jones, Raymond Burr, Vince Edwards, and others built visibility through recurring TV work, while competition from CBS and NBC programs challenges series like Channing. Hugh Downs also pursues new projects.
A short primer on cheese origin and production from milk to curd. It explains ripening with starter cultures rennet and acidity, curd cutting, whey removal, and molding, plus global milk sources from cow to camel and Yak to reindeer. It notes U S cheese output exceeds one billion pounds yearly and ends with science questions for readers.
A newspaper puzzle item invites readers to submit an original drawing answering three clues and finishing a prompt for a Britannica atlas prize. It requests entries be addressed Drawing Tell Me Why with name age and address and notes yesterday’s hidden sentence answer.
Athens Alabama mayor Arthur Stewart has left University Hospital Birmingham after about three weeks in recovery. A spokesman said surgery was performed and he was dismissed last Thursday but will not return to his office for two to three weeks. He is advised to stay home and keeps in touch with officials via telephone.
Edward F. Sivley of Decatur 2 was chosen president of the Morgan County Farm Bureau. Edwin Morris of Lacey's Spring was named vice president, Gowman Boswell of Austinville secretary treasurer, and new directors include Henry Bullard E B White and Gaines Burden. Returning directors with one-year terms are J N Cook J H Sanders Loyal Hogan and Wayne Humphries.
Gary Aldridge Dennis Lang and Ken Wise were named as the outstanding Boys of the Month for July 1963 at the Boys Club of Decatur. Aldridge 12, Lang 9 and Wise 11 are students and churchgoers listed with family addresses and schools. The club operates as a United Fund Agency.
Governor George Wallace used the Dixie Shoe Corp plant opening in Eufaula Alabama to renew his attack on President Kennedy civil rights proposals. He warned central government controls would follow federal anti discrimination plans, arguing it would violate property rights and hinder business.
The reader Patrick Ahern aged 12 of Halifax Nova Scotia is announced as today's winner in the riddles and jokes feature Tell Me Why t and the Britannica World Atlas contest.
Between 1848 and 1863 California produced roughly 500 million dollars in gold content. The figure reflects the intense mining era that reshaped the state’s economy and drew prospectors from across the nation.
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