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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1964
Page
4
The text notes countywide growth in Morgan county and urges addressing growing school needs. It cites financial problems in the county school system along with Decatur and Hartselle, stressing urgency for a near-term solution.
Chairman Lem Morrison of a Prichard dairy firm becomes chairman of the Alabama 4-H Foundation replacing A L Johnson of First National Bank Decatur. The foundation aims to raise 3 million dollars for training camps and activities as 132000 Alabama 4-H members grow the program. Johnson has pledged over a million toward the goal. Morrison inherits a strong start.
A reader shares plans sparked by a visit to Natural Bridge Alabama and a reshaped view of nearby landmarks. He hears of Shiloh battlefield and Little Jerusalem prompting new resolutions to explore local history and sites. The note ends with a class about Alabama First forming.
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce welcomes the Alabama Chamber Executives Association for a weekend gathering June 4 to 6. About 200 leaders will discuss improving communities and tour the new local chamber building praised as a model of civic effort.
The article details Kennedy's $12 million pledge to fund Nubian temple preservation at Abu Simbel and the opposition by Rep Rooney and Rep Bow on the House Appropriations Committee. It notes the project cost at $36 million, with $11.5 million pledged by the UAR, and Rooney pressing questions about Abu Simbel and related fundraising figures.
A study of 25 000 high school and college students reports common worries about belonging and dating. Key expectations from boys include physical and mental fitness, dependability, appearance, clean speech, humor, consideration, and other social traits.
Column argues unity among Western powers is needed to hold Red China and Soviet Russia accountable for chaos in Vietnam Laos and Cambodia. It urges collective action under UN and NATO, economic policy unity, and a broad world opinion campaign to support smaller nations.
Marquis Childs writes on Senator Edward Kennedy completing a Western Europe fundraising tour for the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library. The project aims to house the late president’s papers, expand beyond a two acre Cambridge site, and attract global gifts from governments, industries, and donors. The effort reflects Kennedy’s broad appeal and the memorial’s potential global impact.
A compact history note lists events on June 3 across years including 1808 birth of Jefferson Davis, 1937 marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, 1940 Nazi air activity, 1944 Allied moves toward Rome, and Singapore becoming self governing. The brief also mentions Khrushchev in Egypt and naval activity near Midway.
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