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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1963
Page
1
The governor fulfilled promises, ending a spectacle of defiance over integration at Alabama University. National Guardsmen at schools and public discrimination are fading as education and ambition are cited as the path to solving the race problem, signaling a hopeful turn for the Deep South.
A 90 minute Senate filibuster ends as lawmakers adjourn with no compromise on a lawyer hiring bill. House postpones a water pollution bill. minority backers aim to kill the measure by day 36. Debating members include Sen. Larry Dumas and Sen. Bob Gilchrist. Lt. Gov. James Allen urges restraint.
London AP report says Christine Keeler allegedly told lawyer Eddowes a Soviet naval attache urged her to obtain nuclear secrets from John Profumo. Keeler denied the claim. government pressure grows as a tribunal demand looms with a Commons debate on the affair.
The Soviet Union plans a second orbital mission with a woman cosmonaut Ludmila, 25, joining Lt. Col. Valery Bykovsky in a parallel orbit. Bykovsky remains in space for up to five days as officials hint at longer flights. Tass reported an 88 minute orbit with the Vostok V capsule and weight details unconfirmed. U.S. Project Mercury ends, two-man Gemini not due orbital flight until late 1964 or early 1965. See BLAST OFF on Page 2.
Miss Carol Hugus and Robert Rebman Jr graduates of Decatur High School and Rotary scholarship winners will speak Monday to the Rotary Club at the Lyons Hotel.
Former President Herbert Hoover aged 88 is seriously ill at his Waldorf Astoria apartment in New York for a week with a gastrointestinal bleeding related anemia. Three doctors attend him. no hospital transfer planned. He had surgery last August for an intestinal growth and has appeared frail in recent public appearances.
The Army listed Alabama National Guard units kept in federal service after midnight Sunday in connection with the integration situation at the University of Alabama. Units include Headquarters and Headquarters Co., 2nd Brigade, 31st Infantry Division, various infantry, medical, maintenance, transportation, engineering, signal, artillery, MP, aviation, and administrative companies. The locations and home stations of these units were not disclosed.
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Guest Editorial discusses the Alabama campus drama as potentially the last grand federal state clash over public school desecration. It praises the President for acting with dignity and decisiveness after failed attempts to dissuade George Wallace from his course.
President Kennedy says token moves and idle talk are over and demands faster action to clear obstacles to racial equality in the nation, urging Gov. Wallace and all local government heads to heed the warning.
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes that Alabama events unfolded through legal maneuvering not emotion or violence. It credits Gov. George C. Wallace while stating his defiance of court orders presidential proclamations and federal authority cannot be condoned.
The columnist notes that a speech like Kennedy's would have seemed restrained two years ago, but current events raise questions about whether he waited too long to speak. The piece hopes ongoing national dramas spur legislators and the public toward justice for a long-frustrated minority.
The attempt to bar two Negro students from University registration would bring unfavorable worldwide publicity for the United States and risk turning Wallace into a political martyr in Alabama, a scenario his ambitions stretch to imagine.
A Chicago Daily News commentary decries the Wallace Kennedy confrontation, arguing that the lingering sentiment still treats reasonable progress as unworthy for Southerners unless protested, even after the danger has passed.
The last symbolic stronghold of Dixie's school segregation has fallen, yet the broader battle for Negro equal rights endures beyond symbolism. Observers note Alabama students appear calm, with many possibly growing tired of ongoing confrontations.
The governor and supporters who claim they can reverse interracial equality are a shrinking minority in both regions. They must soon acknowledge a new era that will erase remaining pockets of segregation.
The governor argued for no violence and said steps were taken to prevent clashes. He noted that without federalized National Guardsmen the outcome might have differed, but speculation remains.
The article examines the governor's resistance to court orders as a defense of state rights, questioning the rational basis of such stance. It notes prior championing of white supremacy and traces the continuation of those policies amid legal challenges.
The passage argues that aside from symbolic actions to fulfill campaign pledges, Wallace achieved nothing substantial. It notes that after Little Rock and Oxford it became clear the federal government can enforce laws against state resistance.
President Kennedy acted decisively to ensure law and order by federalizing the National Guard. He issued a powerful appeal on behalf of 20 million Negroes demanding full and equal rights and opportunities.
To the everlasting credit of a great state, Alabama kept the peace as its Governor pledged. It bowed under the weight of federal arms to what would have been futile and foolhardy to resist. It is time for thoughtful minds in Washington to assess the perils of impetuosity, political or otherwise.
The speaker’s usual legal rhetoric defending segregation fails to address compliance with the law and respect for fundamental citizenship rights, regardless of race.
The President is urged to advise restraint on NAACP demands and faces reports of plans to back civil rights legislation. He would ask Congress for a package including a bill to convert private business property to public property, a move likely to fail due to a Southern filibuster.
Gov J Millard Tawes sent National Guard into Cambridge Maryland as state police closed all businesses and cleared streets by 10 pm nightly. Col Maurice Tawes said martial law was not imposed while Lt Gen Milton Reckord ordered civilian dispersal and enforcement by troopers. About 250 troopers patrolled as Negro and white groups gathered at separate points.
In Jackson Mississippi Friday impatient Negro leaders pressed new actions against local policies despite a Supreme Court setback and Meredith plea. National leaders meet as Medgar Evers funeral plans mix with strategy talks and possible large scale passive resistance begins with a generalized strike call and march arrests for parading without a permit.
More than 2,000 demonstrators protested racial discrimination outside the Justice Department. Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy addressed the crowd after delays and mounting tension, denying discriminatory hiring while most participants remained peaceful and curious. No violence occurred.
Danville Virginia authorities enacted a tough policy to curb two weeks of Negro demonstrations. Bullets were fired at two police cars with no injuries. An emergency ordinance was adopted to limit protests, while deputies served warrants at a Negro church for scores of participants from prior demonstrations. Over 100 people have been arrested in the unrest.
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