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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1955
Page
4
An adage from the Southern Railway System Magazine notes a man can achieve more than he believes but often less than he imagines. The quote highlights self perception in capability with a focus on personal effort.
The article notes President Eisenhower’s displeasure as Congress slows the highway program. It speculates 1956 may bring renewed bipartisan efforts to champion the economy for the common man and potential road expansion.
The Florence and Tuscaloosa areas warn that an overabundance of tomatoes watermelons and similar crops cannot be sold at production cost. Editors urge canning plants and stronger markets, recalling Decatur's success with a year round cash market and the Farm Extension Service debate on market first versus production.
The Delta Democrat-Times editors argue Mississippi candidates diverge on maintaining segregation and avoiding the Supreme Court ruling. They urge equal schools as the only effective answer, noting white and Black communities favor separate facilities and caution that failing to provide good schools risks trouble.
President Eisenhower told congressional leaders about Bulganin’s remark on Ike running again after Geneva. The exchange grew tense when John McCormack pressed for Ike’s explicit reply. Ike admitted he simply smiled, noting the conference atmosphere and decorum.
Across Lake Leman from Eisenhower’s villa in Geneva electric signs praise Swiss watches while Swiss leaders weigh a tariff hike seen as protecting American watchmaking skills for wartime. The timing coincides with Swiss independence anniversary and debates over safeguarding precision skills. A secret Defense memo is revealed in the backdrop of the visit.
A reflective column urges constant moving forward through life with milestones as mile posts. It contrasts striving with eventual satisfaction and cites April 1954 notes on defense department watches and Swiss tariff tensions, plus public discourse between Strauss and Anderson on atomic policy.
Health writer describes cleanliness as a social attribute with limited health effect. Emphasizes clean hands in food handling, mentions historical and religious rites, daily bath practices, and the balance between hygiene and body odor normalization. Notes modern overemphasis from soap marketing. The piece also mixes in a separate political column about Atomic Energy Act discussions and Sen. Anderson’s confrontational stance toward the AEC.
Norman Vincent Peale uses a mayoral tale to argue that every occupation is a calling from God. He cites scripture from Job and a path of faith, study, and persistence as the route to building self confidence and meeting duties.
The administration plans to share atomic secrets with Franco and Peron and asks Congress to repeal the Iron Curtain visitor fingerprinting law. State Dept seeks a divorce between Red Sohne and Red Russia, while the Navy develops a jet plane launching from a stand and underwater air missile.
New York reports a ten week stock market rise ends this week as a mild decline appears. Brokers hold back judgments citing low volume and no rush to sell. The Associated Press average dipped to 175.50 from 177.00 as rumors circulated on Wall Street.
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