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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1963
Page
4
The passage quotes John Rutland urging worship of God on holy days and William S. White praising Lyndon Johnson as a political leader and as a man. It presents religious reflection alongside endorsement of a public figure, highlighting devotion to country and personal character.
The Tuscaloosa News says recent remarks by Judge Roy Mayhall have no connection to the redistricting issue. It argues the Governor, not petitions, controls whether a special session is called to address local bills and congressional redistricting.
The House approved a three year subsidy to allow U S textile mills to buy cotton at low foreign prices, 216 to 182. Alabama members supported the measure while cotton farmers oppose price supports under 30 cents, and the Senate is expected to offer a different version early next year.
Washington observers describe how professional politicians adjust to a new Johnson presidency. The piece notes differences from Kennedy, Democratic and Republican shifts, and how mourning and Christmas slow debate while Congress nears January session. It highlights Republican aims to frame the tragedy and the Goldwater faction facing a moderate conservative shift in a Southern-leaning electoral landscape.
Cultured quotation stresses making time count across work thought play worship friendship and love. Cites Robert Montgomery on precious fragments of time and warns against wasting moments over life.
President Lyndon Johnson applies a blend of persuasion and pressure to move stalled appropriations and civil rights legislation. He targets key Senate leaders, inviting them to the White House, delivering mixed signals, and rewarding compliance with committee favors while sidelining dissenters like Muskie and Moss.
David Lawrence reports FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover warns during a speech at the Washington Hebrew Congregation award ceremony that international communism, funded and controlled by the Kremlin, is a deliberate subversive force in the United States and that the nation is at war with communism.
President Lyndon B. Johnson arrives in New York amid one of the tightest security nets in U S history. About 5 000 police detectives and Secret Service agents guard the route from Idlewild to the Lehman funeral and Hoover visit. High security includes two police helicopters and checked bags at Temple Emanu El while Hoover urges civil rights leaders to guard against communist influence.
Sen. Lister Hill of Alabama announces federal funding for fiscal 1964 totaling 1,271,842 for Alabama vocational education. The allotment includes 794,279 under Barden acts with 114,744 for practical nurse training, 344,233 for area programs under Title II of the Hill Elliott Defense Education Act, and 143,330 for vocational home economics and teacher training.
American Music Conference reports music rooms more than doubled in new secondary schools built last year. A study finds almost 30 percent of 1963 school additions included music facilities. The nation counts over 70 000 instrumental music groups across elementary to high schools.
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