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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1965
Page
4
Prosperity note reports Alabama April construction contracts totaling 73.335 million dollars, up 37 percent from April 1964 per the F W Dodge Company. Researchers also link personal behavior to heart attack risk and pose questions about eating habits patience and work intensity.
Sen John Sparkman spoke in Conecuh County arguing for a sound cotton program with fair prices and sufficient acreage to ensure living income. He opposed USDA calls to cut acreage, urging stronger efforts to sell American cotton in world markets and to keep acreage in the South.
Editorials from The Montgomery Advertiser The Washington Post and The Louisville Courier-Journal weigh in on a bill to curb needless pain in laboratory animals. They urge humane treatment anesthesia and painless euthanasia while calling for inspections and decent housing in funded labs. The piece notes Sen Clark and others sponsor the measure and that it stalls in committee.
Washington reports a record junket including about 50 House members senators and staff traveling to Paris for the Air Show. Led by Rep Mendel Rivers and aided by Pan American Airways officials the trip drew scrutiny as Johnson urged travel restraint. The group used special Air Force planes with others flying commercial amid questions of taxpayer expense.
The letter argues that church membership is more than outward acts. True membership means Christ-centered living, eternal perspective, and fidelity even under trial, distinguishing real Christians from those merely named as church members.
David Lawrence argues crime stems from mental irregularities rather than poverty or education alone. He cites cases of Duane Pope and Alfred Gonzague, notes limited institutionalization risks, and urges stronger research and controls on dangerous individuals. He references Oswald and calls for broader adoption of psychiatric insight in policy.
In 1965 Washington analysis notes Rep. Melvin Laird of Wisconsin hints at second thoughts on Viet Nam policy as Senate Republicans led by Everett Dirksen pledge to back President Johnson. The piece argues GOP unity rests with restraint and a shared national interest against expanding the war.
The notice recalls key events on June 21 across history including Japan’s Okinawa surrender after 81 days of fighting in 1945, New Hampshire’s 1788 Constitution ratification making it in effect, Cyrus McCormick’s 1834 reaping machine patent, and 1898 U S troops arriving in Cuba. It also mentions a Decatur incident 50 years prior with a bulb explosion and fire damage to railroad ties, a 2% years ago Scout camp opening, a 10 years ago barbecue pit fire at Bob Gibson’s Bar-B-Que, and a 50 year city funding request for a school building program.
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