Civic clubs earn their keep at the heart of communities
A Kiwanis Magazine cartoon prompts reflection on civic clubs undertaking many local projects. The piece contrasts a club member’s wish to recreate a giant fair with the reality that clubs sponsor numerous smaller efforts that touch residents’ lives.
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The Magic Word For Rain In Alabama
Farmers in Alabama credit irrigation as the key to drought relief and crop protection. The piece recalls past rains following irrigation calls and suggests irrigation remains vital to communities dependent on agriculture.
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Alabama
Hartselle Names Airport For Asa Rountree Jr.
The Hartselle City Council honoring Asa Rountree Jr. as State Aeronautics Director names the new $119,600 Hartselle Municipal Airport after him. The 3,600 foot paved runway and Alabama aviation growth under his leadership highlight a noted career of service and safety in the state.
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Citizens For Aviation Progress Committee
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Asa Rountree
Rountree
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United States
Mallick champions free enterprise and personal responsibility
Earl W. Mallick vice president for U S Steel spoke to the Public Relations Council of Alabama arguing for selling free enterprise as a system. He urged explaining what free enterprise is how it works and how it sustains high living standards and freedom.
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Texas Congressman Patman to target Fed chief Martin
Texarkana Texas this week will join Rep Wright Patman in attacking Federal Reserve Board chairman William McChesney Martin as an economic menace. Patman argues Fed policy raises interest costs, endangers schools, urban renewal, mass transit, and veterans benefits while scheming for broader Great Society job and spending programs.
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Worry and Happiness in State Civil Defense Crisis
Worry destroys happiness and signals inner turmoil. Worry makes you irritable and harms relations, lowers self esteem, and fuels negative thoughts. It weakens self confidence and fosters futility, harming overall happiness amid declared emergencies and emergency operations in the state.
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Alabama
Johnson Gives Pro Negro Speech at Howard University
President Johnson delivers a landmark pro Negro address at Howard University. He frames civil rights as equal opportunity and identifies poverty and schooling as key barriers while noting unemployment gaps and the disabling impact of centuries of oppression. Notably he cites higher Negro teen unemployment and urges persistent reform.
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Johnson speech wrestles with UN role at 20th anniversary
Marquis Childs reports on the challenge of reconciling 1945 ideals with a turbulent UN era as critics press America over its stance in the Dominican crisis and regional powers tests the world body. The piece notes funding battles, veto politics, and potential shifts to voluntary peacekeeping.
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War Department seizes Inglewood airplane plant in 1941 strike
On June 9 1941 the War Department seized a California airplane plant at Inglewood as a strike threatened the defense program. Control was returned to owners July 2 after mediation. The date also notes Norway surrender in 1940 and a 1942 US UK combined Production and Resources board formation.
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