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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1961
Page
5
The column jokes about President Kennedy possibly fending off sympathy from White House staff for a backache from late nights and wartime service. It compares office chatter to veteran jokes about back pain and notes the use of supersonic or ultrasonic therapy.
Fifteen state senators resisted a congressional redistricting proposal this week while a comic aside on sound therapy frames the scene. The piece lampoons lawmakers traveling to Pensacola Kennel Club with Alabama dogs racing lobbyist funding and repeated $30 daily salaries, suggesting taxpayer costs are being criticized.
Barrett Shelton Jr notes Alabama Unlimited as the central campaign theme for the governor race. He argues Alabama’s natural resources and potential demand decisive action, cites Huntsville and Decatur growth, and predicts a broad field of candidates while emphasizing move forward.
Test votes show a bloc of senators including Haltom Berry Archer Ward Wyatt Shelton Kyser Hines Jones and deGraffenried support delaying the measure or steering it to a friendlier committee. Lt Gov Boutwell aims to send it to Privileges and Elections Committee amid mixed signals from Cooper Golson and Henderson. Rumors tie the plan to oust Roberts to reaffirm loyalty to the Democratic Party.
West Germany began producing electricity from its first commercial atomic energy plant near Kahl am Main in Bavaria. Built for $8.7 million, the facility now yields 3,000 kilowatt hours and is expected to reach about 15,000 kilowatts within weeks.
Vice Admiral Hyman Rickover told a joint Atomic Energy Subcommittee the Soviet Union obtained millions of dollars worth of U S nuclear submarine information for 298 from a Polaris toy model sold in dime stores He said the Navy released the model built from official blueprints and exposing reactor compartment size crew numbers and other details He blamed interservice rivalry for the leak and noted the Navy sometimes shares unclassified ship images and blueprints with model makers
Three Negro children, Richard Dixon nine James eight and Charlie five, burned to death in a rural Selma area house fire. The bodies were found on a smoldering mattress after the blaze destroyed the home. The story notes a 9 weeks-old child was with them at a party prior to the tragedy.
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