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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1962
Page
4
Publicity stunt eyed in Senate race recount bid
The State Republican chair John Grenier presses for another ballot count in the Lister Hill versus opponent race won by Hill by nearly 7 000 votes. Hill, already certified by two counts, has no objection but officials doubt a third count will occur, calling the move a publicity stunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Genier
State
Republican Executive Committee
Lister Hill
Grenier
Sen. Hill
A Defeated Man Is An Unhappy Man
The piece notes defeated candidates, like Richard Nixon after California’s 1962 loss, often blame the press. It recalls Nixon’s 1960 newspaper polling and Michael DiSalle’s Senate bid, arguing losers feel frustration while public perception sees a defeated man as unhappy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Nixon
California
Nixon
Kennedy
E&ps
Democratic Party
Michael DiSalle
Office of Price Stabilization
Senate
John Bricker
Ohio
Washington
Richard
Washington Calling in a Congressional Stock Scandal Satire
A comic Washington scene shows a senator grilling a childlike appointee over stock ownership in a publishing firm. The child admits educational stock holdings but plans to wait to sell for profit. The committee adjourns as the senator urges action to prevent conflicts of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Case
New Jersey
Congress
Washington
Addication
Senator
L'li Bo Peep Book Publishin
Little Citizen
Littleton Bo Peep
United States
Ole S
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Congressmen Credited With Tito Moscow Trip
Drew Pearson credits five lawmakers Senator Tower Texas Senator Lausche Ohio Senator Proxmire Wisconsin Senator Jackson Washington and Rep Mills Arkansas with disrupting bipartisan Yugoslavia policy. Pearson notes Kennedy and the State Department backed the shift as Tito traveled to Moscow after a trade dispute and amid anti Yugoslav sentiment in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Pearson
Washington
Congress
Tito
Yugoslavia
Moscow
John Tower
Texas
Frank Lauschi
Ohio
Wiliam Proxmire
Wis
Henry Jackson
Wash
Wilbur Mills
Ark
Russia
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Kremlin
Air Force
USA
Tower
Sherman
Jackson
Washington Democrat
National Security Council
State Department
United Nations
Poland
U.S
George Kennan
Lausche
Proxmire
Senate
White House
House
Ways and Means
Mills
United States
Koca Popovic
Italy
Khrushchev
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Saturday Evening Post
Adlai Stevenson
Post
Harold Martin
Adamses
Lodges
la Follettes
Jack
Bobby
Teddy
Massachusetts
Move Slowly for Safety and Social Progress
The piece urges cautious living to avoid mistakes and tragedies, urging slower pace in daily life. It critiques speed in motor moves and legislative barriers, arguing civilization requires restraint. It contrasts slow personal growth with haste in promotion, courtship, and political behavior, ending with a satirical strip about stock profits and immunity.
Two Accidents Probed By Police In Athens
Police investigated two crashes in Athens with no injuries reported. The first occurred Saturday at 10:30 am involving Horace Robinson 42 of Athens driving a 1953 International truck and Louis Alberto McMullin 24 of Huntsville in a 1955 Chevrolet. Robinson faced charges of driving while intoxicated and no driver’s license. The second crash Friday at 10 pm involved Richard Nelson 27 of Elkmont in a 1954 Chevrolet and Bobby Dean Randolph 21 of Elkmont in a 1958 Dodge. the Chevrolet backed into the street from the bus station and the Dodge pulled out into the street into the other vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Horace Robinson
Louis Alberto McMullin
Huntsville
Robinson
Malone St
McMullin
Market St
Richard Nelson
East St
Bobby Dean Randolph
Elkmont
The Power Within Solves Troubles Says Peale
A 17 year old faced debt and family turmoil while battling inferiority and poor grades. Norman Vincent Peale counsels that inner mindset shapes outcomes and urges readers to apply mind over circumstance to gain confidence and discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Vincent Peale
Two Days Left For Voting In C Of C Race
Decatur Chamber of Commerce voters must return ballots by December 11 to choose five directors from ten nominees for a three year term. Of 634 ballots mailed, 361 were returned by Saturday. The Contact Club, led by Bowsel, seeks 100 new members as fall drive continues to reach 860 total members. over 600 eligible voters remain and about 80 lapsed members have been contacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Chamber
E. Everett Bowsel
W. Arthur Belew
W. Roy Fite Jr
W.G. Hall
W. Paul Hendry
C. Leonard Hudson
C. Kermit Pitt
John F. Smither, Jr
Haskell Ross
J. Meredith Woodall
Bawsel
Bookmobile Schedule From Thatch To Elkmont
Bookmobile routes listed for December 11 with times and stops including Thatch Vining's Grocery Holland's Gin Pittmans Grocery Pettusville Howard's Grocery Lockes Cross Roads Hobb's Elkmont Head's Store Elkmont School Elkmont Negro School and a closing line Want Ads Get Results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittman’s
Pettusville
Howard's Grocery
Strike Halts N Y Papers in City Wide Benson Dispute
A Christmas season newspaper strike halts nine New York papers with 52 million daily circulation. Printers walk out at four papers over wages and hours while nine titles operate under joint contracts. mediators plan separate talks but no settlement. Local editions run or suspend as unions and publishers clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Publishers Association of
New York City
Walter A. Maggiolo
International Typographical Union
Times
Daily News
Journal American
World-Telegram & Sun
Herald Tribune
Daily Mirror
Post
Long Island Star- Journal
Long Island Press
Nassau
Suffolk County
Queens
Also Mentioned on This Page
Decatur
Alabama
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
W. R. Shelton
Associated Press
MAIL
Lord Christ
James Ross McCain
Agnes Scott College
Netteona Congr
Charchee Religie Feaure
AL Capp
Pearson
Red China
Louisiana
Allen Ellender
Allen
Ellender
Appropriations
Louis ‘Satehmo” Armstrong
Harlem Globetrotters
Africa
Uganda
Tanganyika
Bell Syndicate
By Arlie B. Davidson
the Hail Syndicate, Inc
Thatch
Vining's
A. B. Love Investment CO
Masonic Decatur
N.Y
Equitable
Ralph Jones
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