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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1964
Page
4
As 1964 opens Alabama plans to step up efforts to attract tourist dollars with regional and statewide promotions. Officials stress regional activity, with North Alabama poised to showcase local attractions and tell the state’s story to the nation.
Anniston and Huntsville reported success in United Fund drives while Morgan County’s campaign fell short. The speaker urges citizens and employers to take responsibility, improve leadership, and prevent another failure by boosting donations to support 22 public service and charity agencies.
The 30th annual TVA report to the President and Congress cites $260 million saved by shippers via the waterway in 1962 and $311 million in damages prevented by Norris Dam since 1936. Dams increased water surface from 100000 to 600000 acres, with 10000 miles of shoreline, 876 million private waterfront investment, 156 million in recreation facilities, and over 80 parks. TVA power proceeds totaled 108.7 million while payments to the Treasury reached 397 million. The report credits public support and partnership with Valley communities for progress in reforestation fire protection and development.
President Johnson seeks to use Kennedy death for world peace. Tributes from Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Moscow cited. Khrushchev’s son in law notes Russian doll scene showing no hatred. Negro Congressman Gus Hawkins faces civil rights mail amid strong partisan views.
The writer contrasts revenge with the higher path of restraint. Citing Jesus and Marcus Aurelius, the piece argues that choosing a second mile approach over retaliation fosters peace, societal progress, and personal happiness, despite impulse toward revenge.
Dr Norman Vincent Peale reflects on photographs that line his Marble Collegiate Church office wall. He recalls father Charles Clifford Peale, Dutch captain George Barendse, Herbert Hoover, and others who influenced him. The piece closes with a warning from cousin Philip Henderson about giving one’s top effort. Distributed 1964 by The Hall Syndicate Inc.
The Rockefeller campaign builds a large, well funded push to win the 1964 Republican presidential nomination. Supporters seek to show Rockefeller is in it to stay, with New Hampshire California and Oregon set for primaries and a national headquarters planned to coordinate the effort. The strategy weighs risks of Nixon Scranton competition and Johnson liberalism.
About 600 members of the Alabama Lions Club converge on Montgomery January 18 for the 12th annual Mid Winter Conference hosted by the Montgomery clubs with headquarters at the Jefferson Davis Hotel. Roy B. Odom of Decatur announces events include a Vogue fashion show from New York, a tour of the new ballroom, a Garrett Coliseum trip to see Alabama play Auburn, a 3 p.m. program for the ladies, and a Sunday noon luncheon with Edgar M. Elbert of Maywood Ill as guest speaker.
The tradition reflects a long standing cultural approach where religious beliefs influence artistic expression. It notes that depiction of human and animal likenesses is often avoided in formal art forms across many Moslem societies.
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