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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1964
Page
4
Gov. Scranton and Gov. Rockefeller urge the Republican platform to affirm the civil rights law’s constitutionality. Sen. Goldwater opposed the measure, arguing two sections are unconstitutional. The bill is law, platform declarations may lack meaning, and the Supreme Court will decide the bill’s full validity.
The U S Department of Commerce reports ten year Southern capital expenditures 1953 to 1962 totaled over 25.6 billion dollars, 26.6 percent of the national 96 278 072 000. States like Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina and Delaware show large gains with Alabama Texas and others also listed. The article urges local people and attitudes to improve spending in the next decade.
The piece argues Alabama voters in May pledged to support Democratic nominees in November, limiting choices to Wallace Unpledged Electors or Republican electors. It predicts write-in support for President Johnson won’t grow and warns of a broader impact if unity is not achieved.
Scranton strategists push for secret delegate ballots to curb Goldwater pressure as Civil Rights rumors swirl in Washington. Clinton era style debate features Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. briefing Johnson on North and desegregation progress under Kennedy and Johnson leadership.
A reflective piece by Arlie B. Davidson urging kindness and support when someone is deeply wounded in spirit. It stresses that hurt to pride, effort, or determination weakens performance and resolve and calls for encouragement, friendship, understanding, and renewed hope to keep one’s work from failing. If you cannot help, do not tear the wound.
Richard L. Dowdy manager of the Decatur office of the State Planning and Industrial Development Board will be moved to Montgomery in the near future. He will take a supervisory role at the main office as part of stronger realignment of the Montgomery operation. Dowdy has eight years on the staff and is a Georgia native with a University of Georgia degree in landscape architecture.
The piece argues the civil rights act contains permissible discrimination clauses undermining equal protection. It notes state action, Supreme Court positions, and pending challenges by Negro organizations, with cases on hotels restaurants and school desegregation and uncertainties about fourteenth amendment versus commerce clause.
The piece condemns Governor Scranton for urging the Republican Convention to denounce the John Birch Society and back the Civil Rights Act. It argues such moves inflame intra party strife and urges restraint, broader national responsibility, and patience before expanding civil rights legislation.
On Thursday July 9 1964 readers note the 191st day of the year with 175 days remaining. Noting the Associated Press records this date for historical milestones and events in brief chronology.
Plans announced for the Kings Inn Co in Huntsville to add 120 rooms enlarge the restaurant and build a new lobby and offices at a cost of 750000 dollars, making the motel total 303 rooms and the largest in Alabama. Charles W Anderson presidentsaid the project aims for a bigger facility and upgraded services. The expansion timeline targets completion after construction begins this year.
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