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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1964

Page

4

Morgan County United Fund Budget Faces Change as Growth Demands Rise

The Morgan County United Fund budget is not fixed and will evolve with the county’s growth. As Morgan County expands, the needs on agencies supported by the fund increase, prompting adjustments to allocations.

Morgan County United Fund United States Rochester Harlem New York City Notting — Hill Nottingham Britain

A. W. Todd Criticizes Washington Agriculture Policy

Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture A. W. Todd denounces the U S Department of Agriculture as making blind blunders and wasting tax dollars on foreign enterprises while praising Eximbank for a 75 million dollar credit with Bank of Tokyo to finance U S raw cotton sales to Japan.

A. W. Todd Alabama A. W U. S. Department of Agriculture Washington Todd Export-Import Bank of Washington Bank of Tokyo United States Japan U.S Eximbank

Calls for Animal Protection Bills to End Cruelty

Editorials urge Congress to pass and report out animal protection legislation to regulate experiments. Proposals include inspectors, licensing, painless death provisions, humane care, and prohibition of painful student experiments.

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No Salute For Barry

Washington reports the U S government approved purchasing five Greenwood Mississippi post office sites for 124932 dollars while Byron de la Beckwith, later linked to Medgar Evers murder, faced murder charges and mistrials. The GSA says Beckwith’s name wasn’t known at the time of the 1962 land deals and quotes a landowner.

Washington Sidney Bied Byron de la Beckwith Medgar Evers NAACP Mississippi Greenwood Miss. Beckwith FBI Evers Beckwith U. S General Services Administration GSA Atlanta Randolph Jackson James Sheppard Talmadge Kirkland al Mott Memphis Fox Harmond General Services Birmingham Jack Kerley J. H. Freeman de la

Marriage screening questions and civic notes in one column

A fragmented text combines home life marriage guidance questions on compatibility with notes about Post Office land plans and a humorous White House moment involving Barry Goldwater. The piece touches on family, cooperation, and civil rights context alongside a presidential encounter.

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Powell Faces Clash Over Poverty Program Control

Marquis Childs profiles Rep. Adam Clayton Powell as Harlem's power struggle over the poverty program’s executive director role unfolds. Powell leverages seniority and race to influence funds, risking a precedent as the nation allocates 945 million dollars for youth jobs, training, and community action amid urban poverty.

Washington Adam Clayton Powell Harlem Powell Livingston L. Wingate Associated Community Teams ACT House Committee On Education and Labor Europe Abyssinian Baptist Church Waldorf-Astoria New York New York City Bedford-Stuyvesant Lower East Side Urban League Rochester United Feature Syndicate. Inc

Racial tensions demand change beyond laws and decries

A 1964 opinion piece argues prejudice survives beyond legislation and that true progress requires moral leadership. It cites Rochester riots, global parallels, and the slow assimilation of races, urging church and spiritual leaders to promote nonviolence and patient action to achieve justice.

This Day in History July 31 Highlights

July 31 1954 marks the 213th day of the year with notable events from history. In 1777 Marquis de La Fayette offered aid to the American cause, in 1877 Edison patented an early phonograph concept, in 1917 World War I began the Battle of Flanders, in 1953 Senator Taft died after a long career. Recent milestones include flood losses and UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold meeting Charles de Gaulle ten years ago.

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