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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1963
Page
4
A reflective line from Helen Keller compares love to a flower whose scent enriches the garden’s charm, even though it cannot be touched. The image emphasizes beauty, propriety, and enduring grace rather than possession.
Former President Harry Truman, living in Independence, Missouri, criticizes planned large scale civil rights protests in Washington. He calls the movement demagogic and asserts rights are already guaranteed by laws since 1868, urging lawful, sensible action.
A Calhoun County jail suicide prompts anger and calls for action on juvenile detention. The boy Jimmy Foster, in jail since May, hanged himself with his belt in June. Officials blame inadequate options and urge a detention home and state action to prevent further tragedies.
Washington sees a shift in Germany with Ludwig Erhard poised to assume chancellorship in October while Konrad Adenauer relaxes into a long farewell. President Kennedy plans a four day visit to Bonn and Berlin to address Germans on TV and speak to the nation amid enduring East West Berlin tensions.
ARLIE B DAVIDSON advises readers to construct a good life from solid foundations. Analyze personal deficits, address root causes of trouble, and rebuild attitudes. Focus on unity, cooperation, and self-improvement to achieve happiness and family stability.
Drew Pearson outlines how personality cults fueled postwar politics in Europe and the United States. He notes Kennedy’s rising image, Eurovision reach, and Telstar coverage, while detailing East West trade shifts in Germany and U S actions in Vietnam. He links race riots risk to economic woes in northern cities and discusses birth control as a central World Food Congress issue.
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara launches a crash program to reduce waste and excess in the defense budget. He reshapes procurement, inventories, and contracting toward competitive bidding, with savings rising toward 1.9 and then 3.4 billion annually by 1965, despite budget peak fears and political pushback from a Congress wary of cost cuts. The plan includes forming the Defense Supply Agency to streamline purchases and cut surpluses, while addresssing duplicative weapon systems and research. The article notes political and religious opposition shaping Kennedy era debates.
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