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!
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 15, 1960
Page
4
Prayer expressing thanks for homes and workers who transform difficult homes into loving ones. Seeks understanding that love is a foundation of happy homes and asks for guidance and gratitude in this spiritual context.
Mississippi eight unpledged electors and Alabama six to vote for Byrd urge governors of AL LA AR GA SC to join a push likened to a Bull Run. Five days to next Monday when all fifty states cast ballots. Waterloo awaits as four states in 1948 stood alone.
The piece argues that local and state lawmakers avoid taxes while voters in Scottsboro and Anniston reject local tax measures, pushing the idea that federal funds will soon fund schools. It cites Alabama Education Commission figures and criticizes ad valorem solutions, urging staunch state rights supporters to back federal education aid.
William F. White argues that Nixon Rockefeller and Goldwater shift from home-state influence to national maneuvering inside Congress. Nixon sits as a central figure guiding a moderate Republican line while Rockefeller and Goldwater push their liberal and conservative tracks respectively, reshaping party power ahead of 1964.
Advice focused on aging with health, mind and spirit, finances, and social resilience. Encourages maintaining health, strengthening inner powers, building economic reserves, improving relationships, fostering optimism, and cooperative living with faith in God.
Drew Pearson profiles Arthur Goldberg as a pivotal labor lawyer and OSS operative. Goldberg organized European seamen and rail workers during WWII, helped shape steel strike negotiations, and pushed for an agency fee to preserve union influence. He clashed with Kohler, and faced mixed results in labor battles at home.
A group of Negroes protested the Chattanooga city school board decision to bar Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from speaking in a Negro school auditorium on December 30. School Superintendent Bernie Carmichael said King is controversial and his appearance might threaten order.
The interview discusses the shift to synthetic rubber amid dwindling U S resources. Keener notes 70 percent of U S rubber is chemically produced domestically, with synthetic use rising globally. He cites price stability at 23 cents per pound and explains natural rubber's continued relevance in tires and hoses despite advances in synthetic substitutes.
Mobile AP Circuit Solicitor Carl M Booth will urge grocers and supermarkets to observe Sunday closing law after Mobile County Grand Jury findings show many Sunday operate violators. The meeting aims to decide if grocers will close Sundays or face prosecutions.
President-elect John F Kennedy at 43 signals a shift toward youth in world leadership. The piece argues older leaders like Eisenhower and de Gaulle will fade by decade's end while Kennedy and other young figures bring new ideas and energies to global politics.
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.
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!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.