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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1962
Page
4
The Attorney General formally asks a government agency to designate ten individuals as Communists and require their registration under the 1950 Internal Security Act. The writer then ponders funding their relocation to Russia and whether Moscow would accept them.
A Alabama delegation in Washington pressed to delay funding for the Tennessee Tombigbee Canal pending study of an alternate route. Despite approval of the Tennessee Tombigbee Canal as economically sound, opponents urged reconsideration. Army Engineers previously warned against the middle Alabama route, but supporters insist the current plan has a real chance of presidential and congressional approval.
A Alabama extension irrigation specialist notes last year 19 475 acres irrigated and outlines key facts. Water needs, pond size, and fish production are balanced. a six acre pond at ten feet deep can irrigate twenty acres if replenished. Initial cost around 100 per acre, ten year lifespan, annual operating costs 25 per acre. Irrigation boosts yields on cotton dairy pastures and truck crops, but not all crops pay. Labor and moving pipes are challenges. irrigation serves as drought insurance even in wet years.
Washington columnist Marquis Childs argues China's unchecked population growth shapes global aid debates. He notes 1955 birth control attempts failed, Peiping's policy shifts, and a continued rise estimated at 12 to 16 million annually. The piece links famine relief limits to population pressure and cites India’s small scale efforts amid looming food shortages.
Arlie B Davidson argues skill without application wastes potential. Self doubt makes even expert knowledge dormant. nurture both mental and emotional support to convert talent into action. George Herbert noted that skill and confidence form an unconquered army, ready for daily use.
Drew Pearson describes a Cleveland Zoo visit as a light escape from stock markets and Laos troop withdrawals. He cites Ronald Reuther on grain logistics, population pressures, and civil disturbance risks, with digressions on Indira the Bengal tigress, hippo meat, bongos, and zoo funding struggles.
Army planners propose extending some youths training to ten months before returning to civilian life and joining Reserve or National Guard units. Simultaneously some trainees may be released early after six months. The plan would trim total service from eight years to six, with Congress needing to approve. A restudy followed concerns over Berlin crisis needs and insufficient skilled personnel.
In a Far East cockpit a pilot teaches how to turn storms into advantage and life’s troubles into opportunity. A philosopher’s insight emerges: faith and adaptability let adversity become speed, calm realism guiding through difficulty toward achievement.
Dr Frank A. Rose, president of the University of Alabama, urged the new governor and legislature to lead for better educational opportunities. He spoke to the University Board of Trustees about inadequate state support and described a $ multi million building program, enrollment growth, and rising research funding from $1.5 million in 1957-58 to $5.842 million this year. Rose noted a new admissions program attracting students and said academic mortality would drop with higher academic standards.
At Castle Heights Military Academy cadets competed in an Americanism essay contest to sharpen pride in U S citizenship. Tom Northcott of Vancouver British Columbia won the contest, with cadets from Castle Heights taking part in the event.
Orleans, built by Robert Fulton, became the first commercial steamboat to reach Louisville on the Ohio River in 1811. The city had incorporated 31 years earlier and Kentucky had become a state 19 years before. Non sequitur culinary instruction about pork tenderloin appears but is not part of the historical note.
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