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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1963
Page
9
A reader shares how to stain unfinished picture frames using white chalk to fill pores and paste shoe polish for a rich old antique look. Buff thoroughly to create a durable sheen and a vintage finish.
A new power struggle unfolds within Louisiana’s Long family political clan as Rep. Gillis Long, 39, campaigns in the Eighth District. Speedy Long, nephew of Earl and Huey Long, touts early stump speaking and aims to keep a Long in state politics amid a political era shift. Gillis, a Alexandria lawyer with Bronze Star and Purple Heart, unseated H. B. McSween and draws backing from Huey’s son, while both share LSU ties and public service lineage.
Auburn University appoints Dr Wilbur A Tincher Jr as director of Institutional Research succeeding Dr John E Swanson who resigned to head a national program at the University of Michigan. The change, announced by President Ralph B Craughon, is effective Monday in January 1962. Tincher has served as associate professor of education since 1958.
More than 600 residents have subscribed for water service from a new 425000 dollar Millbrook system set to start Sept 1. Contractor Chris G Norris Jr says the facility will supply up to one million gallons.
Redistricting proposals threaten to redraw Alabama congressional maps as the legislature shows little chance of passing any plan this summer. The most sweeping ideas would pair incumbents in new districts and leave counties without a resident representative until new elections. The 98 repeal option could shift districts or abandon them entirely, forcing statewide primaries with candidates assigned to numbered places.
A posed riddle establishes a powerful symbol described as the refuge for the world's oppressed, the silent sentinel of freedom, and the emblem of a great sovereign nation that inspired American patriots to risk lives and fortunes. The speaker notes a birth date of June 14 1777 and refers to a cloth shaped design.
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