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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1952
Page
4
Washington column notes Arkansas Democrat Oren Harris shifted his mail pay vote after Pan Am official J Carroll Cone paid a $200 dinner for Harris and wife at a Jefferson Jackson Day event. Pearsons highlights this as part of Pan Am’s taxpayer funded influence.
The piece notes tax levies as a key campaign issue with Democrats split between higher rates and no major cuts while Republicans push for cuts up to 25 percent. It emphasizes taxes as a pocketbook issue affecting all Americans and shaping fall campaign disputes.
The speaker notes the futility of predicting the Republican and Democratic picks for Chicago and lists possible combinations such as Taft with Knowl Eisenhower with Dewey Stevenson with Kefauver and Truman with Russell. He concludes guesses are as good as anyone else’s.
The piece argues Governor Persons will not back off speed enforcement and urges sustained patrol presence and court fines to curb deadly highway chaos. It warns against past over-optimism when enforcement lagged and stresses ongoing arrests to restore order.
The Alabama Associated Press pushes for open meetings as forbidden secret sessions face criticism. An Elba incident drew wide press comment after mayor hinted at a private session with the press barred. Officials elsewhere practice informal pre meetings, prompting calls for full public access to council business and tax use details.
In the Kefauver Harriman contest President Truman allegedly pressed local Democrats to block Kefauver. Harriman gained Black voter support at Howard University while observers noted repeated voters in cars circulating among polling places. Only 19 000 votes were cast in a city nearing one million.
Veteran broadcaster Frank Edwards, known for blunt reporting, appears poised to suffer a major reversal as new developments threaten his role at the station. The precise source of the challenge remains unclear, but industry observers expect a high-stakes shakeup in the newsroom.
A mixed clipping discusses self help guidance by Arlie B Davidson urging readers to improve habits health and relationships. The text shifts to a note on Ed wards program sponsored by AFL unions praising labor radio outreach and a legislative exchange involving Case McCarran and a proposal delaying action.
In a discussion of pregnancy nausea and similar symptoms in men, the piece links morning sickness to nervous disturbances rather than organic disease. It notes anxiety, fatigue, and digestive distress with no weight loss, and highlights psychotherapy as a curative path. A Q&A then addresses excessive facial hair in a 27 year old, attributing causes to possible glandular disorders and potential pituitary or adrenal involvement.
The article details Senator Pat McCarran's failed bid to slip an amendment through the Senate to make taxpayers cover contractor losses on defense projects and reopen WWII contracts. Senator Francis Case blocked the move for 15 days, while Senator Eastland pushed for immediate passage claiming war powers urgency.
Tim Melnerney, a former Justice Department troubleshooter, dined with Mexican President Aleman at Los Pinos. They discussed politics and U S elections, with Aleman noting a kinship for General Eisenhower under certain conditions, joking about the names Mike and Ike.
Plankton, the small life that lives in sea water, is eaten by larger sea animals, much as grass is consumed by land animals.
A controversial portrayal mixes anti union critique with uprooted reforms and a tour through Los Alamos. It details alleged European union agitation, U S aid programs, and a housing shortage yet notes high birth rates and secrecy concerns shaping life in the atomic town. The piece cites officials and observers, including a quoted Atomic Energy Commission employee, on the community’s social dynamics and housing issues.
HAL BOYLE notes Los Alamos New Mexico hosts 13 000 atomic workers in a tightly guarded government town. The community lacks a cemetery and faces rapid growth with a $120 million laboratory underway. The town claims no slums unemployment or poverty and offers a strong school system and recreation facilities.
Federal Judge Walter J. Labay fined Cicero police chief Erwin Konovsky two thousand dollars and officers Roland Brann and Frank Lange two hundred fifty dollars each for denying the civil rights of Harvey E. Clarke Jr. during a July riot over a Black family attempting to move into a Cicero apartment. A mob of about five thousand rioted for three days until National Guard and police restored order. Clarke did not move into the unit.
The State Conservation Department will establish a wildlife preserve of 24 400 acres in Coosa County. The land was transferred yesterday by Coosa River Newsprint Co Alabama Power Co and Kaul Lumber Co of Birmingham with Coosa donating 21 400 acres Alabama Power 1 300 and Kaul 1 700 acres.
Henry S. Ryall, 77, longtime Birmingham newspaperman and former executive secretary to the city’s first commission, died after an illness. A Tennessee native, he worked for the Age-Herald from 1902 before serving as secretary to the mayor in 1909 and as executive secretary for 11 years starting in 1910.
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