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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1964
Page
4
The piece urges a New Year resolution to unite the nation, value common good, and support global leadership. It emphasizes one nation under God with liberty and justice for all, and hopes Americans remember this pledge as 1964 ends.
Opinion argues the electoral college silences Alabama and other small states. It blames citizens for not pressing lawmakers to reform, urging readers to write Sen. Hill, Sen. Sparkman, and Alabama’s eight House members to demand change.
A closed Leadership Conference session reveals moderates and left wing factions divided over seating Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party representatives. NAACP leaders spar over legitimacy, with SNCC backing three elected women and King aide Fauntroy signaling support while Mitchell cautions against hearing the plan.
The Leadership Conference heatedly debated seating five elected Mississippi Congressmen versus Mississippi Freedom Party representatives. Memo by Joe Rauh claimed legal seat rights questioned. Bilbo precedent discussed as Wages of non elected seating risks Nazis use. Horace Barnett named among Mississippians tied to civil rights worker murders with a signed FBI confession.
A mixed brief notes December 31 1964 history events including Montgomery Arnold actions in 1775 Lincoln West Virginia 1862 Ellis Island 1890 and US Germany ties 1921 plus a local concern about Barnett under FBI guard in Cullen Louisiana. Bermuda auto ban ends 1945 and other dated events.
Washington column discusses Supreme Court reapportionment rulings and the fight between urban and rural interests. Senator George D Aiken warns that equal population districts could give urban majorities control of state legislatures, affecting taxes, school funding, and regional representation.
Kenneth L. Dixon recalls a New Year tale set on a dark highway. A wrecked car, a drunken driver, and a grieving husband face the toll of a fatal night as helpers try to salvage truth from tragedy. Officers question slowly while the survivor mourns, begging forgiveness and love.
Fifty years ago police in Decatur and New Decatur announced a total of 877 arrests in 1914. Miss Marion Hills starred in Little Boy Blue at the Masonic Theater before a packed house.
A noncredit telecourse in shorthand will air every Wednesday and Friday at 7 p.m. starting January 13 on the Alabama Educational Television Network. A certificate of completion is available to registrants for an $8 fee covering all course materials.
A novel gyro scope design eliminates moving parts by employing isotopes within a magnetic field coupled to an oscillator. The setup aims to produce precise rotation sensing with solid state characteristics and reduced mechanical wear.
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