Hartselle Foi flood control plan approved for drainage expansion
Officials approve a plan by Alabama highway engineers to enlarge a drainage opening under the L and N tracks. State action aims to divert flood waters from stores and outlets in Hartselle, with oversight by House Speaker Albert Brewer and Attorney Sherman Powell. The project signals the first step in a series to reduce flood risk in the town’s business district.
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Hartselle
Louisville & Nashvilley
State of Alabama Highway Engineers
House
Albert Brewer
Sherman Powell
George Wallace
Jet age airport plan advances North Alabama service
The Huntsville Madison County Airport Authority announces a $12 million jet age airport to serve North Alabama and southern Tennessee, located between Decatur and Huntsville. The project faces Pryor Field commitments but promises enhanced airline service and regional economic growth for area industries.
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Huntsville-Madison County
Huntsville
Gilmer Blackburn
Decatur
J. E. Mitchell, Jr
Madison County
North
Alabama
Tennessee
Morgan County
Athens
Limestone County
Pryor Field
Powers
Decatur-Athens
America
North Alabama
Henry Ford
Wilson Dam
Fopesaw
Tennessee River
Baker income tax returns show modest earnings
Drew Pearson notes Bobby Baker filed joint returns with wife as primary income, including Baker's law partnership profits under 3200 yearly, and modest property income. The column also recalls Kennedy era John Birch ads and shifts in political alliances with Johnson’s circle and cabinet resignations.
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Washington
Bobby Baker
Johnson
Senate
Jack Anderson
Baker
Bobby
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
John Birch
New York Times
Washington Post
Kennedy
NAM
U N and Morality in Global Politics Split View
Washington column argues the United Nations is financially failing and morally weakened by Afro-Asian efforts to expand the Security Council. It warns of Soviet complicity, potential loss of U.S. veto power, and the risk to private investment as colonialism politics intrude.
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Decatur
Alabama
Associated Press
Sundey
Deily
Fred C. Koch
Wichita
Kans
Rock Island Oil Company
Russia
Jfk
Koch
Supreme Court
United Nations
Washington
Johnson
United States
U.N
Security Council
General Assembly
Soviet Union
Moscow
U.S. Senate
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
New York Herald Tribune Inc
Kennedy
Goldwater
South
Living Today by Arlie Davidson
The piece urges acting today to shape tomorrow. It links present choices to future outcomes, urging starting now to pursue goals, master impulses, replace regrets with corrective steps, and cast positivity to reduce tomorrow’s shadows.
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Arlie
Davidson
Pressure on Goldwater to announce candidacy grows
A powerful push from Goldwater backers urges an early declaration for the Republican presidential nomination. They fear the Johnson era alters the political landscape and could dampen Goldwater’s prospects. Gallup data show Johnson leading, but backers insist Goldwater must run to preserve conservative principles and loyalty from supporters.
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Washington
Sen
Barry Goldwater
John F. Kennedy
Goldwater
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senator Goldwater
Mr. Johnson
Robert A. Taft
Napoleon
Johnson
Cree Sette West
Gallup
Kennedy
Noself
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Today in History December 23 1963 notable events
Highlights note the Troy NY Sentinel printing Clement Moore's A Visit from St Nicholas in 1823, Washington resigning his commission at Annapolis in 1783, Harding signing famine relief for Russia in 1921, and Beria’s execution announced ten years prior.
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Troy
N.Y
Sentinel
Clement Moore
St. Nicholas
George Washington
Warren Harding
Russia
Security Police
Lavrenti Beria
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Decatur Daily
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
Regien
Rea
Drew Pearson
Clarence E. Manion
Eisenhower
Manion
Kremlin
William J. Grede
Milwaukee
National Association of Manufacturers
J. I. Case Farm Machinery Company
Karl Marx
Grede
A. G. Heinsohn, Jr
Cherokee Mills
Sevierville
Tenn
Spindale Mills
Spindale
N. C
Robert Stoddard
Worcester
Mass
Wyman-Gordon Company
Associated Industries of
Massachusetts
Committee Against
John Birch Society
John McCormack
Pat Brown
California
Earl Warren Jr
McCormack
Ron Cameron
Los Angeles
Nixon
Carol Channing
Bob Kennedy
Henry Cabot Lodge
South Vietnam
Lodge
Gen
Bob Taft
Disciples of Christ
Texas
Lady Bird
St. John’s Episcopal Church
David Lawrence
Africa
Asia
East Europe
Latin America
West Europe
Britain
France
China
U. N
Uncle Sam
Congress
Iyself
Arlie Davidson
William S. White
Mr. Kennedy
William White
Jackie
Blair House
Annapolis, Md
Mount Vernon
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