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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1966
Page
1
Decatur prepares for the new term with about 8,800 students reporting at 8:30 am to receive textbooks and assignments. Enrollment is up roughly 500 from last year’s 8,300 as 14 schools operate. Carver School will not reopen, and classes end at 3:15 pm at high schools and 3:00 pm at elementary schools. Labor Day closes follow.
ANNISTON Ala AP The Anniston Star quotes Education Commissioner Harold Howe II stating that the federal school aid program will be continued to Alabama despite anti guidelines legislation proposed by Gov George Wallace.
Dr Ernest Stone, Democratic nominee for state superintendent, told Riverside School teachers in Decatur that the Alabama system is on the edge of greatness. He recalled five month school years and urged moving forward as universal secondary education nears 25 years old, linking Decatur’s growth to education. See GREATNESS On Page 2.
Area educators describe a shortage of qualified teachers ranging from bad to very critical. Rising enrollments, Head Start recruitment, industry competition for grads, and low pay are cited as key causes. Some positions filled by underqualified staff, others left vacant.
Donations continued to mount in the Harold Marlar Fund with an extra $200-plus received this morning at The Decatur Daily, pushing the total toward $2,800. The Daily has collected $2,208.88 toward helping defray medical and hospital costs of Harold Jay Marlar, leukemia-stricken infant son of Mr and Mrs J C Marlar of Somerville. The family has received more than $600 in its Union Hill home.
Russia's Luna II has started sending moon images, reported by Sir Bernard Lovell director of Jodrell Bank Observatory. In Washington the Treasury told Congress a tax rise may be needed to curb inflation, echoed by a Democratic split over rising interest rates.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk rejected charges of a no win policy in Viet Nam. He said the United States is trying to build a little peace and prevent crises from escalating into a general war that could kill millions.
Classified rental notice lists O'Brien Furniture with phone number 353-5807 and note adj. contact for inquiries.
A Japanese radio correspondent reports 500000 Chinese demonstrated before the Soviet Embassy in Beijing. It follows a large Monday rally by 200000 youths led by the Red Guards. The protests, carrying Mao portraits and anti revisionists banners, remained noisy but orderly.
In the Mekong Delta the Viet Cong launched a fifth canal assault in eight days against allied shipping. A U S Navy river patrol boat came under fire but the attack failed as the Navy deployed its first armed helicopters to support its river fleet from the air.
Hurricane Faith drifted toward land delaying the silver iodide seeding plan. Miami AP reports no seeding today and unlikely in the future as the storm turns west toward the Bahamas. The Weather Bureau had outlined a large Atlantic area for tampering and warned of potential landfall within 36 hours. See FAITH On Page 3. Alabama Senate considers governor’s anti guidelines on school desegregation funds and compliance forms. Howe says federal aid may continue to flow to districts that resist desegregation pledges, if they follow the law and submit plans. No relaxation of guidelines despite court delays. final form of anti guidelines to be reviewed before legal options. Desegregation timetable to proceed this year.
Hotel Lyons the city’s oldest landmark will close September 1 ending 26 years of restaurant management by Mrs J C Greene and ending Charles T Major’s run of the Lyons since 1938. Major leased the hotel in a trust fund at First National Bank of Birmingham and cannot say what will become of the property now owned by Frank S Harris’s daughter in New Orleans.
Governor Wallace Senate leaders tightened the anti-guidelines bill language and prepared it for final passage. The Senate recessed until 2 p.m. for lunch before it could be called up.
New York stock market shows gains amid heavy trading. Cotton futures rise while Chicago grain markets vary with wheat mixed and corn and soybeans weak. Hog prices advance to as much as 25.75 while slaughter steer bids hold steady to weaker, with tops near 26.75.
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