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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1962
Page
4
The speaker questions whether Washington will enact meaningful, bottom to top tax cuts. They align with Henry Ford II in wanting corporate and high bracket reductions to boost the economy, warning flashy proposals without substance won’t drive growth.
The piece argues that Alabama electors should align with the majority vote in presidential elections. It notes a past deviation when six electors backed Sen Byrd and calls on the State Democratic Executive Committee to ensure future electors reflect the voters. It discusses current law and the desire for a change if needed.
The Nashville Tennessean notes campaign costs drive reliance on major donors while urging broader small contributions from the public. The piece argues long terms and limited donor influence could improve governance, highlighting the value of many small gifts adding up to fund campaigns without indebting officeholders to a few financiers.
The piece urges a calm, two to three big policy acts by Congress and President Kennedy before Christmas, arguing for a do nothing approach to avoid partisan fights. It highlights business anxiety, need for tariff reform, and a planned income tax cut as drivers of economic expansion while warning against prolonged rhetoric and welfare expansion.
The piece argues work should arise from deep personal interest and choice, be constructive and positive, reflect social responsibility, and foster high self esteem. It cautions prudence in economic and military posture and avoiding divisions, noting President Kennedy's test of governance beyond popularity amid fear and change.
Drew Pearson argues insurance scams by bombing planes fail to pay. He lists multiple bombing cases from 1950 to 1962 with insured amounts and outcomes, noting no payouts and offenders often dead or jailed. The column segue includes Pentagon squash rivalry between McNamara and Zuckert and a space race quip.
Greedy speculators drove glamor stocks down after Black Monday. The piece argues Kennedy’s steel price actions intensified the decline, urging the President to reassure and engage economists and business leaders to ease the profit squeeze and prevent further conflict between government and industry. It cites major names and market shifts from 1961 to 1962.
At the United Nations General Assembly steering committee delegates prepare for a full day clash over a motion to discuss white rule in Southern Rhodesia. Britain objects while Asian and African nations press for debate linked to independence for Ruanda Urundi and the Congo region.
Levi Groty was excused from jury duty in Sedgwick County District Court after he told Judge Thomas C. Baum he could not sit still for eight hours. He said, I am 113 years old and can work hard all day, but I just can t sit still anymore.
In France, rooks, carrion crows, and jackdaws form mixed flocks in winter and learn to respond to one another. American eastern crows, though same species, do not understand calls from conspecifics in other regions.
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