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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1963

Page

4

Musial Retires After Diamond Year At Age Forty Two

Stan Musial ends his baseball career at 42 amid high regard for his record setting play and upright influence on American sports. Ten thousand attend Estes Kefauver funeral in Madisonville where Joe Hatcher notes broad respect for the senator beyond partisan lines.

Stan Musial Musial America Madisonville Sen Estes Kefauver Joe Hatcher Nashville Tennessean

Community responsibility urged to curb school dropouts

The Tuscaloosa News editorial argues dropouts threaten youths and future labor needs. It calls for joint action by schools families and communities to keep young people in education and vocational training, noting unemployment among untrained youth rises and skilled work is increasingly essential.

Tuscaloosa National Education Association

Senate Reopens Nuclear Test Ban Hearings in Historic Session

William S. White notes the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Armed Services and Atomic Energy panels convene in the marble hearing room to examine a Soviet nuclear test ban treaty. The article recalls NATO’s 1949 origins and questions whether the pact’s guard against a European security gap remains adequate. The scene features Fulbright, Connally, Russell, Stennis, and Jackson amid a historic inquest into U S interests.

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Living Today by Arlie B Davidson

Arlie B Davidson offers seven guidelines to improve self esteem and well being. She advises choosing optimism, focusing on present actions, building inner peace, smiling and being kind, maintaining perspective and courage, valuing life, and adjusting desires to one’s means.

U S Bombers and NATO Edge Near Soviet Border

In Turkey and Greece a NATO wing keeps watch with bombers on alert. A squadron fuels in the air over Bermuda and the Azores and sits ready near the Soviet border armed with atomic weapons. The piece notes tensions of the cold war, test ban talks, and political reactions from Ismet Inonu and Adlai Stevenson.

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Sylvia predicts heavy tax cuts in 1963

The column recalls errors predicting 1963 tax cuts and notes the shift of income from 1963 to 1964. It discusses delays in the tax package, economic outlook, and suggests timing income and deductible expenses to reduce 1963 income and boost 1964 gains. The writer cites Kennedy era reforms and forecasts a likely 1964 start with about ten billion dollars in annual cuts.

Texas Kennedy Congress Ing P.S SS Eteneatts

Treaties and reservations in the Soviet test ban debate

The article explains that a treaty lacks binding force without two thirds Senate ratification and distinguishes executive agreements from treaties. It discusses interpretative reservations to the Soviet Union Great Britain test ban treaty and cites Rusk statements on East Germany and recognition. It recalls Lodge and Hitchcock reservations in 1919.

Senate David Lawrence Washington United States Secretary of State Soviet Union Great Britain Dean Rusk Senate Foreign Relations Committee Rusk Moscow East Germany Cuba Department of State League of Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Massachusetts America League Gilbert M. Hitchcock Nebraska Wilson Democratic Hitchcock New York

Three Area Men Released On Parole

Two area men from Lawrence and Cullman counties were among 33 convicts freed on parole this week by the Pardon Parole Board. Erskine Barnett of Lawrence County, serving three years for burglary, and Imogene Bryant of Cullman, serving five years for forgery, were named in the release.

Lawrence County Cullman County Erskine Barnett Imogene Bryant Cullman

Taxis' Average Business in Paris Report

In France two thirds of the taxi cabs are in Paris and each taxi averages 85 francs daily, about 17 dollars, in business. The AP notes Parisian cabs dominate the fleet and revenue among French taxis.

Paris France

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