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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1963
Page
4
The 1963 cotton crop was the decade’s largest, with 524 pounds per acre and acreage 9 percent below 1962. In Hartselle, football fans await stadium approval as five year season tickets reach about half of 800. A $40,000 investment is framed as a forward community step.
President Ralph Craughon warns that Harold Franklin will become the first Negro student at Auburn next month. The campus and city prepare to meet Federal Law with dignity as students, faculty, and staff set an example, while the administration handles the situation without outside help. Non academic residents are urged to avoid campus gatherings to prevent trouble.
Gov. George Wallace names nine members from former districts to the State Planning and Industrial Development Board and forms a statewide Committee of 100 with 67 counties represented. Leonard Beard, former Sheffield mayor, is director. The piece urges funding and proactive promotion to attract industry and drive job growth across Alabama and the South.
The piece notes editors corrected a misquote about Drew Pearson and profiles Dr. Durward Hall, a right wing congressman. It exposes how Twenty fat cats avoided federal taxes in 1959, shows Treasury figures on charitable deductions, and cites Senate Finance Committee votes widening loops for high earners.
A didactic meditation urges embracing every chance to grow, observe, and help others. It calls for releasing grudges, fostering kindness, and building strength through clear thinking and wise judgment amid life’s troubles.
The piece discusses the post inauguration political climate, Johnson's cautious stance, potential shifts on civil rights in the South, and looming choices on economy and deficits. It notes past transitions under Coolidge and the likelihood of opposition emerging once major decisions are needed, with elections in 1964 looming.
President Johnson approves McNamara's order to close nonessential military bases to save 106 million dollars yearly, sparking congressional uproar and testing his ties with lawmakers across 14 states including New York California Illinois Texas and Ohio. The decision reflects budget goals and trust in McNamara's judgment amid political risk.
On this date in 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the first successful airplane flight near Kitty Hawk North Carolina lasting 12 minutes. Other notable items include 1791 a New York City theater performance inspiring one way street regulation 1843 Dickens A Christmas Carol published 1939 Graf Spee scuttled 1960 Munich air crash 49 dead 1960s FCC approves color tv compatibility five years ago Nixon nuclear powered airplane budget cuts Kennedy Cuban crisis update last year.
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