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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1962

Page

4

The Children Are Working 4-H Drive in Alabama

Alabama 4-H Club sets a $3 million goal with 133000 children aiming to raise 133000 locally and have collected 40442.26 so far. Counties Elmore Lee Montgomery Tallapoosa Lowndes Butler exceed their targets and the statewide cash and pledges reach 290489.92. Morgan County is urged to raise 50000 toward the umbrella goal, stressing accountability to the youth.

Alabama Alabama 4-H Club Foundation Elmore Lee Montgomery Tallapoosa Lowndes Butler Morgan County

Building A Stronger Alabama Economic Outlook 1960

Alabama’s economy shows a 4 percent personal income rise in 1960, the slowest in six years but matching the Southeast average. Alabama ranks 24th nationally, 7th in the Southeast, with counties like Calhoun and Jefferson driving most income. Growth hinges on industry, education, racial understanding, and farm income doubling by 1970.

Alabama George Wallace Wallace May Bulletin of School of Commerce and Business Administration University of Alabama United States West Virginia Kentucky South Carolina Mississippi Arkansas Calhoun Colbert Etowah Jefferson Madison Mobile Montgomery Morgan Talladega Tuscaloosa

Extremism in Politics Threatens Two-Party System

Washington analysis notes a Balkan style splinter movement threatening major parties in California Texas and Utah. It cites Nixon Bennet Connally and Yarborough as targets while warning of minority extremism undermining majority rule and party unity through possible defections or endorsements from within.

Washington California Texas Utah Richard Nixon Wallace Bennett United States Senate John B. Connally Joseph Shell Nixon Don Yarborough Yarborough Connally Jack Cox Benett David King J. Bracken Lee Lee Bennett King Shell Edmund Brown Ito United Features Syndicate, Inc

Personal Troubles by ARLIE B DAVIDSON

Living Today offers guidance on self discipline and mindset. It outlines common traps such as rigid thinking, undue comparison, and wavering faith in oneself that undermine effort and ambition. The piece suggests personal troubles fade when individuals correct their own attitudes and resolve.

Kennedy Aid For Chinese Orphans Draws British Pushback

British authorities reject accepting American help for Chinese orphans in Hong Kong stating no orphans exist there. H. L. Hardin, sent to arrange homes, reportsPing Kennedy appeals to British Ambassador Ormsby-Gore to permit U S care for children. Chinese Refugee Relief led by Hoover and Truman offers to care for eligible entrants.

Washington H. L. Hardin Hong Kong United States Robert Kennedy Kennedy Ormsby-Gore Formr Herbert Hoover Harry Truman Immigration Service

Clements Students Win State Farmer Degrees at Auburn

Athens three Clements High School FFA members Milson White Paul Smith Jr and David Burroughs earned Alabama State Farmer Degrees at the State FFA Convention in Auburn. Adviser Homer Vinson received the Honorary State Farmer Degree as 357 students were recognized for outstanding supervised farming and FFA activity.

Athens Clements High School Alabama Auburn Homer Vinson Clements FFA Association Milson White Paul Smith Jr David Burroughs Jack Batts Norman Batts Milton Ed A. White David Raymond Burroughs Clements High

Depressing Narrowing Of Profit Margins Squeezes Corporations

Economist Sylvia Porter reports a sustained drop in the price to unit labor cost ratio, signaling shrinking profits across manufacturing. She warns that rising costs and stable prices squeeze investment, risking another slow recovery unless tax cuts and cost restraint boost growth and modernization.

U.S U. S. Dept. of Commerce William F. Butler New York Chase Manhattan Bank Butler Kennedy the Hall Syndicate, Inc

Science shrinks piles without surgery with new treatment

New healing substance Bio-Dyne, from a world famous research institute, shrinks hemorrhoids, stops itching, and relieves pain without surgery. Case after case showed actual shrinkage while relieving pain. Sold as Preparation H in suppository or ointment form at drug counters.

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Priceville FHA Officers Attend State Convention

Priceville High School Future Homemakers of America officers Linda Turner vice president Barbara Gilchrist recreation leader and Faye Taylor president attended the Alabama State Convention at Alabama College Montevallo with about 1200 FHA members and advisers registered The event aimed to aid incoming officers in preparing to lead local chapters Adviser is Mrs Virginia Medders.

Priceville Linda Turner Barbara Gilchrist Faye Taylor Priceville High School FHA Alabama College Montevallo Homemakers of America Virginia Medders

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