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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1957
Page
4
The USDA announced marketing quotas for upland and extra long staple cotton for 1957 with state tallies. In Alabama 26 885 voted for quotas and 3 189 against. the piece questions how many farmers abstained from voting, suggesting individual impact was limited by the Benson administration.
Alabama industrial leaders predict a strong 1957 with full employment peak production and high sales. They warn rising costs and foreign competition could erode profits while outlining plant expansions and job growth across the state.
Drew Pearson notes the Democrats face shaky control with Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn at the helm. Johnson faces Texas backlash while trying to steer national policy, and Rayburn, once ardently loyal to younger rivals, finds his leadership questioned by party loyalists in Texas.
Lyndon Johnson dominates Senate with political wit and power yet falters when personal grudges override party goals. After loyalists were defeated in Texas May delegate vote, he appeased Governor Shiver and aligned with Shivercrats, preserving their control and masking party rifts.
The article argues contentment is a state of mind not tied to income or living conditions. It notes that even the sick can feel deep satisfaction while the healthy may be unhappy. True contentment comes from inner perspective rather than external wealth or status.
Lyndon Johnson defeated by factional allies at the Dallas and Fort Worth gatherings. Mrs. Frankie Randolph Houston lumber heiress and liberal was elected Democratic national committeewoman but kept waiting in a cowbarn with Harris County loyalists. Shivers and Daniel aided Johnson to bar loyalists from the convention floor.
Lyndon Johnson and Rayburn won at the Fort Worth convention amid boos. Mrs. Randolph opposed Lyndon but remained sidelined as Johnson’s victory sparked later defeats. Texas loyalists distrust Johnson and Shivercrats fear his hold may end any tentative deals.
The United States Treasury collects more than 100 million dollars annually from grazing and timber rights in national forests, highlighting a major revenue stream for federal lands managed by the Forest Service and related agencies.
The first long distance pipeline in the United States was a two inch line running five and a half miles from Newton to Titusville, Pennsylvania. Construction occurred in 1872, marking a milestone in early industrial infrastructure.
The piece argues the United States pushed Britain and France from Egypt, but Soviets gain ground in Egypt and Hungary. It notes UN weakness, fear of war among Americans, and Eisenhower’s indirect policy signaling a hard line against Soviet influence and a potential world conflict if the USSR rejects ultimatums.
Police Commissioner Clyde Sellers says Montgomery recorded six traffic fatalities in 1956, the lowest in years, crediting traffic engineering, education, and strict enforcement for reducing the toll from eight to 14 in recent years. The 1955 total was 11 deaths.
A carpenters tool note explains pencils are flattened on the sides to stop them from rolling off work surfaces.
Birmingham officials announced a postponement of 22 Negro defendants’ trials for violating segregation laws in Recorders Court to February 11. City Atty J H Willis and Defense Atty Arthur D Shores cited other cases needing attention and noted possible new charges if evidence warrants.
In Walpole Massachusetts a mother Doris Danehey 30 and her four month old son James died in a room bungalow fire after she cried for help to a phone operator. Fire officials suspect an exploding kitchen heater sparked the blaze.
A five year old Vancouver boy was mauled after panicking during a park encounter with a pack of three larger dogs. He sustained a severely bitten leg and facial and arm lacerations but was said to be recovering. His brother and a companion alerted caretakers who beat off the dogs as police and city workers removed two animals. no rabies evident.
Samuel C. Brightman, long time DNC publicity chief, is named Public Affairs Division head and editor of the Democratic Digest. He succeeds Clayton Fritchey who resigns to return to private business. appointment effective January 1. Brightman has ties to Louisville and St. Louis newsrooms and Cincinnati Post editorials.
Vienna reports say Hungarian and Russian border guards opened fire on refugees near the Austrian frontier killing a 50 year old woman and injuring others. A group crossed the border at Andau while 325 refugees reached Austria in 12 hours. Officials note 88,985 of 158,183 since the Hungarian revolution have departed to other nations. The Austrian government has spent about eight million dollars on refugee care.
MONTGOMERY The ineRadicable human element in highway traffic contributed to a record death toll in Alabama last year. The highway patrol said 196 persons met death in rural accidents, 75 more than in 1955. Public Safety Director Bill Lyerly said weve done everything we know how to do trying to hold down accidents. We havent been able yet to eliminate the human element.
Annapolis reporters note Maryland lawmakers dubbed the 90 day session the Playhouse Session of the Maryland General Assembly as they describe its lengthy, performative nature.
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