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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1965
Page
4
Vice President Humphrey met with President De Gaulle and defended tax cuts as a pro growth policy. The writer argues lower taxes raise buying power, spur sales, create jobs, and offset government losses through higher tax receipts elsewhere.
Grover Hall Jr of The Montgomery Advertiser writes on Judge James Horton and Sen. Ed Horton of Greenbrier Limestone County praising their integrity and independence. The elder Horton's Scottsboro case stance and insistence on lawful action are highlighted as guiding traits for the senator.
A column examines the Johnson administration's push to privatize government funded medical research patents, highlighting Assistant Secretary J. Herbert Hollomon and Dr. William W. Eaton's support for giveaways, and noting Sen. Russell Long's Medicare Bill amendment to keep discoveries public. It links similar space patent shifts to defense contractors and cites Sen. Tom Dodd and Olin Mathieson’s gun and firearms law interests.
In answer to a question about the best spiritual exercise, the speaker argues prayer is the ultimate practice. Prayer draws us into God's presence, aids repentance, faith, and intercession, and guides daily life. A note cites Samuel Chadwick on prayer’s power and a remark on temple foundations found in Sicily’s Valley of Temples.
Ardmore Jaycees announce the Fourth of July Week carnival to start Monday at Page Brother's Carnival grounds. Gates open Monday night and run through July 3 with booths such as horseshoe pitching and egg throwing. Proceeds fund club projects and a barbecue on July 3.
A 1965 New York Herald Tribune analysis explains how the Civil Rights Act of 1964 could be used to compel all fraternities and private clubs to admit members regardless of race or religion or face loss of tax exemptions and federal funding. It notes the Stanford Sigma Chi case as a test of de facto discrimination within a national fraternity and warns of broader government power to withhold financial assistance from discriminatory groups.
William S. White argues that liberal factions pressure President Johnson and Congress for broad domestic reforms while seeking to veto foreign policy. He contends moderates enable appeasement but warns the far left’s demand for power risks undermining free government and national consensus.
On this date in 1683 William Penn made the Pennsylvania Indians purchase agreement. Other notes recall 1780 Springfield Battle, 1931 world flight, 1941 Brestlitovek capture, 1944 Russian offensive, 1947 Taft Hartley veto, plus local mentions of a tall man, lineman first aid kits, a safecracker, floodlights at a field, and 10 years ago school appreciation Day and council concerns.
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