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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1962
Page
4
A 1962 religious prayer edition asks believers in Harrisburg to focus on Christ rather than the commercial trappings of Christmas. It urges the Holy Spirit to guide plans for the season and peace for a troubled world, written by Roy H. Stetler.
In a South Magazine note Major Squirm urges early Christmas hinting. He says he does not smoke cigars and already has plenty of ties socks and handkerchiefs, suggesting recipients tailor gifts to avoid repeats.
In Lumberton Mississippi neighbors pooled efforts to replace a fire destroyed house for Bob and Elaine Alford and their four grandchildren. Alford, a disabled former sawmill worker, received a furnished, ready to move into home from the community.
The Progressive Farmer selects Dr. Edgar E. Hartwig as Man of the Year for service to Southern agriculture. Hartwig, coordinator of the Southern soybean improvement program at Delta Branch Experiment Station Stoneville Mississippi, helped soybean acreage grow from 1,962,000 acres in 1953 to 6,613,000 in 1961 and per acre yield rise from 14 to 22.3 bushels.
The piece cites estimates of $2,200 per year per prisoner and $24 billion spent nationwide on crime prevention and incarceration, contrasted with $18 billion spent on education. It argues the home church and school are first defenses and questions rehabilitation as a means to reduce recidivism and future costs.
A local editor urges readers to join CARE’s Christmas campaign sending food packs to 20 countries. For $1 or more, contributors’ names will appear on each package as CARE works to feed 26 million undernourished people, including children and refugees worldwide. Send to CARE Forsyth Building Atlanta Ga.
Washington observes mounting signs that President Kennedy will clash with a more conservative House in 1963. The anti Kennedy tone is seen in welfare and tax issues with the House Rules Committee likely to block or unpack Kennedy bills unless a special vote reverses the trend. The Senate may offer modest aid, but overall Kennedy faces a tougher opposition led by conservative southern members and Speaker McCormack.
Advice urges removing self made limits and past regrets to advance. It calls for correcting mistakes without blaming others, valuing inner riches over material comfort, and dispelling fear and cynicism. Emphasizes doing one's best and maintaining faith to face future challenges.
Drew Pearson reports on competing White House advisers led by Adlai Stevenson and Dean Acheson over Berlin and coexistence with Soviet Russia. Kennedy faces pressure from Stevenson Harriman Fulbright and from Acheson Bundy Bohlen, influencing stance toward Khrushchev and Vienna talks.
Thomas Garner of Graber Department Store said refunds on layaway payments will be offered at the temporary Leigeber Sales Office from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Monday. Customers should bring receipts as no rebuilding word has come from Graber Headquarters. Meanwhile Tiffin Furniture Co. reopened in Ralph Stidham Motors annex at 204 2nd Ave. W.
A nationwide wave of protests targets the switch to All-Number Calling ANC. AT&T president McNeely explains the move to numerals, boosting available numbers from 540 to 800 per dialing area and easing world wide dialing and error reduction. Automatic dialers and electronic central offices will simplify calls, with the first full scale in Suc asunna New Jersey around mid 1965.
A new U S satellite Explorer XVI successfully entered orbit at about 466 to 733 miles above Earth and began telemetry tests while Mariner 2 continues its Venus encounter 109 days after launch. Relay, intended to replace Telstar, failed to operate fully and NASA postponed further work indefinitely.
Tiffin stated his books and records were intact and ready to handle business as usual after the incident.
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