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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1963
Page
4
George Wallace has just begun his term in Montgomery while A. W. Nub Todd and Ryan deGraf Fenried press into the public eye. John Patterson and others are expected to join, with timing kept secret.
Board of Directors reports $70,000 raised in the campaign for a new Decatur civic building costing about $130,000. With $60,000 still needed and $25,000 targeted in cash and pledges, the drive continues over two weeks as solicitors press remaining prospects to complete financing.
A group atop the State National Bank views Decatur’s beauty and discusses city planning. The Gadsden Times editorial praises First Street vistas, the Reich lobby pool view, and argues for parks and thoughtful spacing to avoid crowding and future slums.
Washington columnist William S. White analyzes Sen. Warren Magnuson’s double burden as chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. The civil rights debate over private business access strains his efforts to support Kennedy administration reforms while defending re election prospects for Western Democrats. The piece argues the West remains the most politically endangered region for 1964 Democratic ambitions amid civil rights tensions.
The piece argues dissatisfaction can awaken obligation and lead to change in work, friendships, and personal traits. It urges focusing on positive thoughts about others and pursuing improvement, citing John Stuart Mill’s idea that it is better to be a dissatisfied human than a satisfied pig if one acts to improve.
Washington column notes railroad workers subsidies seen as socialism while GOP leaders back subsidies for atomic energy projects. It discusses hearings, filibuster rules, and a push by Sen. Hickenlooper and other Republicans for government support of utilities and reactors, alongside civil rights measures and Kennedy administration bills.
Christine Keeler and the Profumo scandal shake confidence in the Britain government and unsettled world finance. After Profumo admitted lying, London stocks fell about 2.5 billion and New York about 11 billion, with U S investors wary of British markets while Labor fortunes loom in England.
In a 1963 Washington dispatch, The New York Times and The New York Herald Tribune question simple quota driven equality. They argue practical education must guide integration and that focus should be on teaching quality and access rather than rigid percentages.
The campus in Lakeland hosts the world’s largest concentration of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. The collection showcases multiple Wright designed buildings, reflecting the architect’s distinctive styles in a single site.
A memorial has been erected in Darwin Australia to honor the officers and men of the USS Peary destroyer sunk during a Japanese attack in 1942.
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