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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1963
Page
4
A coalition including 43e Farmers, Farm Bureau, ginners, and the Alabama Legislative Cotton Study Committee oppose the Cooley Cotton Bill as written. Only textile mill interests back the measure. A South Alabama group warns it will push thousands more Alabama cotton acres to the West.
The loss of Patrick Bouvier Kennedy is felt in the White House and across America. Political differences fade as the nation shares the sorrow of President and Mrs. Kennedy and prays for comfort for their grieving hearts.
Mississippi voters move toward a Democratic runoff with Paul B. Johnson leading unofficially by about 21 000 votes over former Gov James P Coleman who brands himself a quiet segregationist. Charles L Sullivan gathered roughly 110 000 of 400 000 votes.
The text records telegram exchanges in which John Grenier of Alabama’s Republican Executive Committee urges Rep. Robert Jones to oppose civil rights legislation and to rally other Republicans including Halleck and Senators Javits and Keating. Grenier seeks counts of contacted Republicans and responses and urges a press ready statement opposing the civil rights bill.
Marquis Childs critiques the global espionage system tracing postwar growth and corruption. He cites the Gehlen network, Soviet double agents, CIA DIA rivalry, and costly missions from Bay of Pigs to Cuba, questioning effectiveness and oversight. The piece raises concerns over waste, secrecy, and the spread of spying worldwide.
Arlie Davidson discusses death as a universal fact and argues a full, well used life reduces fear. The piece cites Dr. David Harold Fink noting a complete life provides assurance against anxiety about death and emphasizes living with purpose here and now.
Drew Pearson reports from Athens on Prime Minister Panayiotis Pipinelis as Greece navigates post war aid shifts. He notes eight Greek army divisions, border with Bulgaria, and cautious ties to the Soviet Union while managing political prisoners and 40,000 Greek refugees abroad.
In Vienna crowds at West Railway Station greet returning Hungarians and relatives with emotional reunions after years apart. Many refugees from the 1956 revolt and others who left since 1948 travel via passport routes back toward the West amid eased Communist controls.
A Philadelphia couple, weary and negative, visited Mar Collegiate Church in New York with two boys. They admitted long religious neglect and constant fear, but after a talk encouraging daily prayer and positive thinking they changed dramatically, becoming lively, hopeful, and wise in handling life, per Norman Vincent Peale.
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, infant son of President Kennedy, was buried in a private Mass of the Holy Angels at Holyhood Cemetery Brookline after a brief service attended by the President and close family. Cardinal Cushing led the rites, with Cardinal Spellman and other dignitaries present. The First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy remained hospitalized at Otis AFB, while the President and family returned to visit.
From June 28 to July 22 the border town of Sopron staged a festival that drew 34 000 Western visitors many of whom came to meet relatives and friends from Hungary. The Hungarian regime opened a gap in the Iron Curtain for Western tourists.
In Tucson, the Tapia family features Father Juan on the Sugar Addies, Mother Eulalia with the Roses, Genevive and Irene on the Princesses, Jaime and Armando with the Crusaders, and Ralph on the Twisters, showcasing a multi-team family presence in area softball leagues.
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