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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1962
Page
4
The writer reflects on Christmas with family, then critiques ongoing education funding debates. Higher education seeks more statewide funding while secondary education relies on local sources, arguing this split hinders Alabama’s ability to meet educational needs.
Limestone County shows rising farm income in 1962 with estimates from Farm Agents Floyd Agee and C R Morrow. Total income reaches 12 829 604 dollars with cotton 8 689 604, beef cattle 1 750 000, corn 1 140 000, and dairying 1 250 000. County residents also work in industry in the Tri Cities and Athens area.
Auburn Alum notes a 1962 shift including Republican gains in the state legislature and local offices, a constitutional amendment easing voting residence rules, reapportionment under federal orders, loss of a U.S. House seat, increased civil rights activity boosting Negro voter registration, and the end of the Quickie Divorce practice by Alabama lawyers. The piece poses questions about Democratic response and future reapportionment.
The author argues that 1962 marks the United States taking real directing authority and responsibility for Western defense after Nassau talks with Britain. He notes America's nuclear strategy, forces Britain to a common defense role, and criticizes past American restraint under the Big Three myth with France and Britain yielding to U.S. leadership.
An urging to prepare for retirement while young by pursuing varied, meaningful activities. Do not seek endless rest or idle living, but cultivate inner resources, new projects, and hobbies to stay awake, useful, and engaged in later years.
Walter Ulbricht signals willingness to compromise on Berlin amid East West German talks. Khrushchev and Gromyko push UN role replacing NATO forces. Mansfield urges firm stance while warning against irrelevance. Michener’s bid for Congress fails with major donor role by unions and Dilworth.
Billy Ray Terry charged with armed robbery at Kayo Service Station on Highway 20. Police report he pointed a .32 pistol and demanded money. he is jailed in Lawrence County. Also, Fred Bowling Jr. faces grand larceny after a watch theft at Spring Creek fishing camp.
In 1962 key securities firm leaders answered SEC questionnaires about insider trading public relations before stock sales and over the counter trading. The SEC will submit a report to Congress on April 3 1963. Wall Street privately fears the report's findings proposals and impact. Three main worries extend beyond dislike of new controls.
Senate Leader Mansfield travels through fog and rough seas to meet President Kennedy aboard the Honey Fitz in Palm Beach Florida. The two discuss 1963 legislative plans during a two hour cruise while family and staff observe on deck.
Actress Shirley MacLaine says her eight year contract with Hal B Wallis and Joseph Hazen is void under California seven year personal service limits. Producers file a cross-complaint asserting the 1959 amendment created a new contract valid through December 31.
In Dadeville Alabama a car struck a bridge guard rail and fell 65 feet to railroad tracks. Driver J Garvin Fuller aged 76 was pinned in the wreck and died at the hospital.
Spectators along the lakeside bicycle path watched the presidential party depart by motorcade. Among the scenes was Mrs. Kennedy with her six month old German shepherd Clipper, a new arrival to yachting expeditions and usually the first to leave the boat.
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