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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1964
Page
4
Citizens are urged to study a six project urban renewal plan costing 10.7 million dollars over ten years. Unveiled this week, the plan aims to modernize the city within a decade and requires widespread public support before implementation.
Alabama's former two term governor James E. Folsom announces he will not seek public office again. He endured a third place gubernatorial bid and a later Public Service Commission race, with health improving after surgery. The Tuscaloosa News notes his magnetism, courage, and stance on racial matters while wishing him peace.
Don Reynolds testifies in secret in the Bobby Baker case with eye opening claims about Grumman and AT&T payments to Lyndon Johnson, plus a claim about a General Service Administration truck delivering a hi fi to LBJ. FBI finds little corroboration. Weekend Warrior notes cite McNamara on double pay and bans on serving in Congress and the armed forces simultaneously.
The Boston Vocational Counsel outlines ten ways vocational success can be blocked. These include poor cooperation, reliance on others for directions, rushing up the ladder, doing only the minimum, misjudging abilities, bringing work home, staying in a failing job, allowing dull periods to breed pessimism, chasing money over fulfillment, and neglecting the link between living well and working well. WANT ADS GET RESULTS.
Four foreign ministers from the United States Britain France and West Germany will meet in Washington next month to explore a new initiative with the Russians on German reunification. Secretary Rusk said the Paris talks signaled possible improvements with France as McNamara and Messmer agreed on coordinated NATO targeting of French nuclear weapons.
Four Supreme Court dissenters warn the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not nullify state court convictions for sit in protests that occurred before the act. They argue the majority rewrote past law, while justices urge state reconsideration or leave intact earlier rulings.
The Johnson administration designates Hubert H. Humphrey to coordinate civil rights programs, signaling a strengthened, central role for the Vice President. Humphrey faces a stern test reconciling bold reform with national unity while guiding Cold War leadership.
Highlights and anniversaries listed for December 18 1964 note events from 1865 1799 1928 1944 1945 and later years. Mentions include 13th Amendment effect burial of Washington at Mount Vernon the Kelleg Briand treaty review wartime blackout and the Lord Haw Haw appeal loss. Also local Decatur notes about bonds for a county jail and regional weather.
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