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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1964
Page
4
The text hints at football returning with September games likely bringing intense action as the season begins. It notes a shift from cool to hot anticipation and the whistle signaling the start of play.
Ed E. Reid longtime director of the Alabama League of Municipalities reportedly turned down a government job paying 22 500 annually. The Mos Montgomery Advertiser notes Reid’s choice preserves the league’s steady presence alongside Grover Hall Jr and Jim Folsom in Alabama politics.
The piece argues national party conventions in Atlantic City and San Francisco are outdated and need major shortening and modernization to preserve public interest. It criticizes long speeches, staged demonstrations, and excessive TV exposure that dull listeners and waste resources, urging reforms without abolishing the convention.
The piece recounts Hubert Humphrey once urging Johnson to back a McCarthy ticket, then winning Johnson’s VP nod in Atlantic City. It contrasts their records with Barry Goldwater on nuclear tests, arms limits, and civil rights, noting Humphrey’s long Democratic stance and party shifts.
The piece highlights Dr. David Starr Jordan as a prominent American educator who urged that each day is a chance to act without whining or cynicism. He stressed addressing daily problems and using opportunities to improve life for oneself and others.
The World War I hero Sgt Alvin York showed deteriorating health in medical reports from Veterans Hospital. His wife, son, and daughter were summoned to his bedside after he was admitted from Pall Mall, Tennessee, with an acute urinary infection. he has been hospitalised repeatedly and bedridden for years.
The piece criticizes the Democratic and Republican conventions in Atlantic City, warning of political rhetoric and manipulation. It notes Vietnam casualties and draft fears, questions the value of convention speeches, and argues campaigns seek votes over principled policy. The article predicts ongoing brainwashing as the campaign begins.
The piece argues President Johnson chose Hubert Humphrey for vice president to balance caution with audacity. It notes Humphrey may help in urban liberal strongholds but hurts in the South and West, and that Johnson values a practical liberalism. The author cites potential political tradeoffs and a personal rapport between Johnson and Humphrey.
Daily chronology lists events across years including the 1902 Hatters lawsuit linked to labor boycotts, 1894 Port Arthur bombardment, and 1914 German advances, plus local notes on promotions in 50 years past, a funeral in 25 years past, and Morgan County polio case in 1954.
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