Decatur Sees Steady Industrial Growth Driven by Community
Over twenty years Decatur's industrial expansion remains steady and sound and the region's people are urged to safeguard ongoing progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.
Start Free Trial
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles
Articles on This Page
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1961
Page
4
Fire safety program praised after Hartford hospital tragedy
The Tuscaloosa News notes Hartford's deadly hospital fire underscores the need for ongoing hospital fire prevention. Tuscaloosa has long run a year round program with hospital and fire department cooperation to inspect, train, and improve evacuation and rescue. The article invites other cities to adopt their safety measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Tuscaloosa
Hartford Hospital
Modern Machines and Tax Laws
The piece argues tax laws hinder US economic progress by discouraging modernization. It cites a Warner & Swasey ad linking depreciation rules to unemployment, contrasts figures on industrial production from 1961 sources, and urges Congress to adopt a practical depreciation schedule to spur business and jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United States News & World Report
Warner & Swasey Company
Cleveland
Ohio
United Nations
Steel Magazine
Kennedy
Congress
Finland’s Parliament Split as Communists Lead Bloc
In Finland the Communist party holds about a quarter of parliamentary seats, the largest bloc, while voters favor West trade and the European Common Market. President Kekkonen says the February elections will likely preserve the balance amid a Soviet border with rising Western ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsingfors
Finland
Communist Party
Urho Kekkonen
Soviet Union
Europe
United States
U.S.S.R
Germany
Kekkonen
Khrushchev
Siberia
Britain
Leonid Brezhnev
East Germany
Moscow
West Germany
Denmark
NATO
Pearson Says Critics Follow His Khrushchev Berlin Views
In a 29 year column anniversary piece Drew Pearson notes mail criticizing his takes on Khrushchev and a Kennedy Khrushchev meeting. He recalls past reactions to Castro and Betancourt coverage and asserts change in world politics and the need for informed reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Times
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Berlin
Canada
Russia
Fidel Castro
Caribbean
Munoz Marin
Puerto Rico
Castro
New York Times
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Nasser
Haiti
Central America
Carib Republic
United States
Panama Canal
San Juan
Bogota
George Marshall
Cuba
Pepi Figueres
Costa Rica
Figueres
United
Communist Party
Igor Guzenko
Molotov
Vienna
Beil Syndicate
Living the Better Way by Arlie B Davidson
An exhortation to self improvement urging readers to discard drugs and vice and reclaim nobility, confidence, and purpose. It guides returning to respectability, reviving interest, and cooperating with God and others to live the better life.
Mobile Detective Enters Mobile County Sheriff Race
A veteran Mobile city detective Harry D. Simmons age 41 filed Wednesday to run for Mobile County sheriff. His only opponent is Joe Penthon a Brookley Air Force Base supervisor. Sheriff Ray Bridge has not decided on reelection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile (Ap
Mobile City
Mobile County
Harry D. Simmons
Joe Penthon
Brookley Air Force Base
Ray Bridge
Taxpayer honesty and IRS crackdown highlighted by Caplin
A 1961 profile explains the 91 billion paid voluntarily in taxes out of 94.4 billion collected, per IRS Commissioner Mortimer Caplin voyage remarks. It notes audits target personal expenses, inventory understatements, lavish gifts, and sham corporate structures, with promises of tougher enforcement and criminal prosecution for fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Caplin
New York
IRS
Congress
Local Health and Community Notes in Morgan County
Mrs. Maurice Brown returns to Cullman Hospital after surgery and shows improving signs. Bobby Summerford hospitalized at Block Clinic then returned home. Jeanne Skelton and Jim David Alston ill at home. Deborah McWhirter sick with chicken pox at home. C B Woodard from Fort Payne visits Eva South. Dewitt Stringer visiting family from Tuscaloosa. Doug West injured in Friday ball game, X-rayed and discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Brown
Cullman Hospital
Brown
Bobby Summerford
Block Clinic
Bobby
Jeanne Skelton
Jim David Alston
Bill Alston
Deborah McWhirter
Frank McWhirter
C. B. Woodard
Fort Payne
Eva South
Dewitt Stringer
Tuscaloosa
Nursing School To Get Federal Hill-Burton Funds
Federal Hill-Burton funds totaling 600 000 dollars were allocated to finance a new million dollar building for the School of Nursing at Providence Hospital Mobile. The Alabama Medical Association Board of Censors approved the action Wednesday, completing about 6 25 million dollars in Hill-Burton money earmarked for Alabama this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Federal
Hill-Burton
School of Nursing
Providence Hospital
Mobile
Alabama Medical Association Board of Censors
Alabama
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alabarma
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
W. R. Shelton
Associated Press
Associate Press
MAIL
W. F. Primrose
St. Joseph
First Congregational Church
Hus
France
Childs
Drew Pearson
Pearson
By Arlie B. Davidson
Davidson
H&h Walgreen Drugs
Ave. S.E
Decatur, Ala
Lifetime
Sylvia Porter
Virginia University
The
Hall Syndicate
Morgan County
Falkville
Alice O. Summerford
Fed
Dia Ilva
Buschs
Search the Decatur Daily Today with a Free Trial
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Decatur Daily?
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
Browse Newspapers
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
By Location
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
By Date
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
By Publication
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.