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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1963
Page
4
Farmers in the Southern states earned about 6.89 billion dollars in cash market sales for their products in the first nine months of the year. The note adds a belief in the farm dollar circulating about 42 billion dollars in the economy as the holiday season approaches.
In the upcoming election on December 10 voters will consider 13 constitutional amendments with eight local. The editorial urges voting for 12 amendments and against Amendment No 3 proposing a State Board of Examiners for Voter Registration. It also supports extending Morgan County hospital tax to ensure facilities.
A feature argues for constructing a new facility adjoining Fire Station 4 on Third Street SW to serve the Decatur Boys Club. The plan targets 1964 for start of construction, outlining fundraising needs and the impact on 8 to 18 year olds as membership surpasses 1,000 with potential to double. The piece emphasizes community support and long term benefits for youth and the city’s future.
Marquis Childs analyzes the Republican struggle after a tumultuous period focusing on Goldwater wing influence, Rockefeller’s constructive alternative hopes, Kuchel’s stance against extremism, and the party’s uneasy drift toward a hard line in the Kennedy era context.
Advice from Arlie B Davidson outlines seven guidelines to foster lasting marriage. Emphasizes shared interests, counseling, compatible traits, balanced roles, harmony with in laws, optional children by mutual desire, and prioritizing partnership over self.
Drew Pearson credits Charley Marsh for guiding Lyndon Johnson from Texas to Washington and recalls Marsh as a loyal mentor now invalid in Washington. The column also sketches power plays in California and Texas oil wealth influencing national politics, with Knowland and Murchison figures shaping the Goldwater era.
A long analysis discusses whether official events may mention God after the Supreme Court ruling on school prayer. It cites President Johnson and Kennedy proclamations, debates on religious references in public life, and calls for moral education rooted in the Golden Rule amid national crisis.
Lawrence MOULTON County sheriff Neal Fretwell said two wildcat stills, 800 and 400 gallons, were destroyed Tuesday about two miles northwest of Hillsboro. The stills were axed by the sheriff's force.
CHATTANOOGA RP Company spokesmen report Woodward Iron Co of Woodward AL is negotiating to buy Tennessee Products & Chemical Corp coke plant in Chattanooga and blast furnace in Rockwood TN. Each plant employs about 115 persons.
A thief pried open a Sears Roebuck showcase during the Christmas buying rush in Montgomery and stole 13 diamond rings valued at 3,000 dollars. Chief of Detectives E P Brown said the thief used a sharp instrument to force the glass display.
More than 50 million corn brooms are sold each year in the United States, averaging about one broom per household. The figure highlights broad household use and steady demand for a common cleaning tool.
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