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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1963
Page
4
Defeat of A. B. Happy Chandler signals decline of the old political style in Kentucky as voters demand facts over wornout jokes and move toward new leadership.
A veteran observer questions when the legislature will finish. He answers that they will finish when the money runs out, implying redistricting should occur before funds exhaust.
The newspaper reminds readers that letters to the Public Forum must be signed with the writer's true name and address. Authors may request anonymity for publication, but the paper requires the actual identity and address on file.
On June 17 Charles M Schulz will receive an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Humane Letters from Anderson College in Anderson Indiana. The citation praises his upgrading influence on American ideals and morality and notes his Peanuts strip reaches 700 newspapers in the United States and Canada.
The entry of a second Black student at the University of Mississippi proceeded peacefully. Gov. Ross Barnett warned against state Army clashes while Attorney General Robert Kennedy praised the outcome, stressing adherence to federal law and court rulings to maintain order and avoid conflict between state and federal authorities.
Interdenominational Crusade for Christ begins Sunday June 9 and runs two weeks. Over 3,000 local workers prepared for the citywide event led by evangelist John Edmund Haggai of Atlanta. His Kentucky pastorate at Ninth and O Baptist Church saw 1,700 additions in 2 1/2 years, 250 percent rise in offerings, and a state record Sunday attendance of 2,221.
William S. White recalls D-Day June 6 1944 and the unity shared by troops along the Normandy coast. He contrasts past national sacrifice with present domestic disputes and notes diverse comrades from the Bronx Philadelphia and the South. The piece underscores duty over rights amid wartime memory.
This piece argues genius is not innate but developed through effort. It cites Carlyle, Hamilton, Paderewski, Michelangelo, Montesquieu and others to illustrate that hard work fuels mastery and yields rewards.
Washington. Hugo Black and William Douglas, longtime allies on the Supreme Court, faced a publicized strain over Douglas’s looming divorce and a personal relationship with a coed. Black urged restraint for the court, emphasizing mutual respect amid strong ideological divides and broader calls for racial tolerance and unity.
Justice Douglas faces retirement in October after a career marked by fierce dissents and bold opinions in the Colorado River case. The piece also discusses possible replacement by Sen. John Stennis, U S counsels, and the geopolitical turn in Latin America, noting U S ties to military regimes and the potential electoral upheavals in Peru.
AP reports Eugene Bull Connor, Birmingham police commissioner ousted amid civil rights tension, met Gov. George Wallace in Montgomery as rumors swirl he will join the state payroll. Possible roles include highway patrol high office or head of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
Sylvia Porter notes a 1960 cabaret tax cut lowered rates from 20 to 10 percent, boosting earnings for local and traveling musicians and raising employment in cabarets. She cites a 33 percent rise for local musicians and a 5 percent rise for traveling players, with broader spending gains in cabarets and related service jobs.
Montgomery AP report on Boys State delegates closing their week of mock lawmaking. Gov. George Wallace defended defying federal school integration orders while the delegates passed three bills in a fragmented session. Governor Simpson signed bills on driver license liability insurance, a communism versus democracy course, and county Senate representation.
In Dayton Ohio an unused hangman's scaffold from the 19th century was discovered in a dark storage area beneath the Montgomery County jail. Records show it last saw use on June 15 1877 when a Union Army veteran convicted of murder was executed by hanging.
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