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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1963
Page
4
Prayer text asking gratitude for humanity and freedom to choose good or evil. Seeks strength and wisdom through Jesus Christ. Attributed to Dotson M. Nelson Jr a Birmingham Alabama minister of Mountain Brook Baptist Church. Copyright 1963 NCC Religious Feature.
Governor Rockefeller signals an all out push for the Republican nomination focusing on large delegation states while leaving smaller states to Senator Goldwater. The strategy relies on securing major state blocs as smaller states stay quiet.
The population grows by about one million every 135 days, reaching 190 million by 1967. To provide jobs for rising numbers, business industry agriculture and government must do far more than before. The main shift must be in thinking and planning as the economy cannot run on old fuels.
The Florence Times contrasts Goldwater and Taft as conservative GOP figures. It notes Republicans fear a conservative cannot win and cite Taft’s 1952 delegate battle. It argues Goldwater faces similar doubt from professionals in big states though he attracts more personal warmth, with doubts about urban electability.
Washington faces a summer of leadership tests as Kennedy returns from Europe to confront civil rights woes and a Western front in disarray. The piece argues the trip was necessary to gauge the severity of global and domestic crises and to fuse diplomatic effort with evolving U.S. strategy.
A columnist argues divorce rates are high due to improper matching and lack of family input. Romantic love is overemphasized. courtships are brief and fail to reveal long term compatibility. Emphasis on background traits, economic readiness, parenting suitability, and shared values as keys to lasting marriages.
Washington column notes that ex congressman Frank Kowalski blocked by late Rep Francis Walter’s influence, the nomination of Kowalski to the Subversive Activities Control Board remains stalled. The piece cites Kennedy politics, Walter’s maneuvering, and fallout in civil rights debates.
Sylvia Porter argues that steel inventories and tax reform shape the 1963 upturn. She notes 29 months of expansion, predicts slower growth this summer, and examines how a major tax cut could buoy confidence, spending, and investment while steel production moves toward normal levels.
In Maumee Ohio Ricky Galvas, 15, tripped on the riverbank and found a half buried cannonball. Historians say the shot may date to a siege at Fort Meigs about 150 years ago across the Maumee River.
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