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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1961
Page
4
The paper urges Gov. Patterson to appoint a new commission to reevaluate education funding. It criticizes past Alabama Education Commission outcomes and patchwork legislation, arguing for a funding shift toward higher education and more local support for secondary schools to achieve true progress.
The article notes President Kennedy travels to Latin America to highlight severe problems and to lead a do it yourself effort with aid from North America. It cites T Graydon Upton calling for domestic ownership and reform while warning against reliance on a single commodity. Kennedy seeks to show friendliness and stimulate local self help.
The article describes France's Algeria crisis with Charles de Gaulle's fading popularity and hopes he can end the war. It notes the OAS bombing campaign, attacks on France Soir editor Charles Gombault, publisher Pierre Lazareff’s residence, and growing public anxiety over violence and intimidation by unsanctioned groups. Brigitte Bardot publicly rejects blackmail.
A reflective piece urges readers to abandon selfish interest and narrow loyalties. It advocates cultivating a larger view, expanding knowledge, imagination, and effort beyond the minimum. It urges personal growth and worldwide awareness.
In Bogota President Kennedy visits Alberto Lleras Camargo head of Colombia, praised for stabilizing reforms and Pan American Union leadership. Yet the veteran mediator faces a future without re election and a blank conservative slate, risking a military takeover amid lingering unrest near Bogota.
Norman Vincent Peale recounts how a worried young wife and her husband faced fear over fallout and the question of bearing children. He advised a country walk in autumn to reconnect with creation and God’s unfolding plan, encouraging them to embrace life and their role in building a better world.
In Nottingham England Frank Bartlett 51 attacked Albert Greatrex with a wrench after Greatrex offered 300 pounds for Bartletts wife Veronica 37 who had left him for Greatrex Magistrates said Bartlett acted under great provocation and he must behave himself in future Bartlett is father of three and had been married 19 years
AP reports a Manila market district blaze Saturday destroyed a block. Police estimate damage at 500000 dollars with no injuries or deaths. Most of the burned area was in the market block.
Two Iowa Air National Guard jets collided in misty freezing rain during a training mission near Des Moines. One jet crashed atop the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sandahi, heavily damaging the house. the other descended miles away. Both pilots ejected and were unharmed. the incident prompted a large police perimeter as ammunition aboard the aircraft posed danger.
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