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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1963
Page
4
The proposed moon mission is projected to cost between 20 and 40 billion dollars this decade. The venture may fail to reach the moon, but proponents insist the United States cannot risk being second.
Paul C. Davis presented a gift watermelon to the Daily noting it weighed 80 pounds. He praised the paper for twenty years of business and advertising success. The note thanked the staff and complimented the service received.
A federal jury awarded Wally Butts $3,060,000 against The Saturday Evening Post in a libel case over football fix allegations. The magazine will appeal, arguing reversible error is possible though the verdict stands if none is found. Coach Paul Bear Bryant’s libel suit against the magazine is expected to yield a larger verdict.
The Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce gave the largest single gift of 15 000 toward the building fund. Pledges total 95 000 of a 125 000 project cost. Extra donations reduce future borrowing and many firms can still participate with cash or three year pledges. Send checks to the Decatur Chamber of Commerce building fund.
The piece cites a Reader's Digest account of Jacksonville Florida where teens serve on a juvenile court panel. It notes reduced juvenile time in custody and questions whether this approach could deter petty violations by youth and reveal motives and truth in cases.
Marquis Childs notes Premier Khrushchev shifts toward diplomacy as a salesman figure amid speculation on his talks with Fidel Castro and the possible implications for Soviet American relations and coexistence.
The piece emphasizes perseverance over mere starting energy. It notes that success comes from sticking to plans and maintaining effort, comparing daily life to military combat where surrender ends progress. It also references strategic ambitions and geopolitical ideas about bases and leadership.
Drew Pearson reports Ehru proposes a peace pact between the two German states to allow West Berlin to develop as it wishes. Khrushchev says a peace treaty could meet national wishes within NATO and the Warsaw Pact, but no decisions were made and talks to resume later.
A 1960s study by Social Research, Inc. for the Public Relations Board examines who controls family spending in America. It notes wives often manage household money, discuss purchases with husbands, and secretly save funds, while husbands influence major buys like cars.
Senator Goldwater argues that primaries rarely decide nominations, citing past candidates who won few states. The piece surveys Republican division over Rockefeller and Goldwater, noting Me Too criticisms and the need to appeal to conservatives and independents in a likely a party split.
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