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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1963
Page
4
As Tennessee lawmakers begin the session the first action is to resolve reapportionment quickly to avoid a prolonged debate. The piece notes potential salary hikes to 30 000 a year could attract candidates like Major Squirm Hubert Baughn and humorist Earl Tucker, making Congress more appealing to many.
On the first day of the 1963 legislative session Alabama debates outlawing the reading filibuster. Jefferson and Mobile county delegations swing power as redistricting spurs warnings that Jefferson could be split into four parts. The piece argues for a joint recommendation and warns against continuing at large elections.
Local leaders press for first class airfield at Pryor Field with runway lengthening and new terminal plans. FAA five year forecast 1964 68 projects growth in air travel and fleet shifts while general aviation hours and aircraft rise, spurred by economy and jet introductions.
A Kennedy approach blends personality with policy, using strong public image to aid support. Critics note limited conviction, while the President leverages family appeal and strategic maneuvers against opponents like Bowles and Stevenson.
The piece asks readers to extend concern beyond their own circles and imagine others hardships. It likens reverence for life to Schweitzer's self sacrifice and urges daily actions to prove genuine regard for all people.
Drew Pearson recounts a visit with Sen. Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota in the U S Senate during New Year and notes Humphrey’s views on Kennedy era foreign policy. The piece blends observations on the Democratic Party’s middle ground, the cold war, and U S aid to Latin America with anecdotes about Peru Venezuela and Mexico. Humphrey stresses the need for guided aid and criticizes bureaucratic delays in the Alliance for Progress.
Thiokol Chemical Corp will invest 19.5 million dollars to accelerate a southeast Georgia plant for large solid fuel propellant rocket motors. Senator Richard Russell praised the decision, noting NASA contracts could expand the project. The first construction phase runs in Camden County and should finish in early 1964.
Sylvia Porter explains that 26 indicators from the National Bureau of Economic Research split across leading coincident and lagging groups, with five leading showing indifferent, four good, two fair to middling and one bad signals, indicating a mixed upturn or downturn. The coincident indicators reflect four good three indifferent two fair to middling, while lagging indicators are three fair to middling one indifferent one good.
The Decatur Daily publishes reader letters from Alabama residents dated January 7 to January 9 1963. Submissions discuss textbook contracts profits state civil defense praise Tanner Heights controversy and appreciation to the editorial staff for public information and industrial development progress.
Borden charged with distilling was to be tried in Lawrence County Circuit Court this morning. McArthur Pruitt faced a mistrial on a carnal knowledge charge after yesterday's ruling by Circuit Judge Newton Powell. A deep Oklahoma oil well reached 24,000 feet but proved a dry hole.
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