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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1963
Page
9
A wartime message lists radio stations WMSL WHOS WHOS-FM WHRT WAJF WJMW and WJOF with broadcast hours from pre dawn to after sunset. It advises tuning to 640 or 1240 during enemy attack alerts.
AP Television writer Cynthia Lowry reports on The Keefe Brasselle Show as CBS summer replacement for Garry Moore. Noting Zsa Zsa Gabor, Fred Gwynne, Barbra Streisand, Ann B. Davis, Rocky Graziano and Noelle Adam, the piece praises musical segments but criticizes weak comedy and lack of tieing through. It also covers CBS dropping Picture This into Jack Benny's slot, a Password inspired game show that falls flat with Jerry Van Dyke Orson Bean and Gretchen Wyler.
At the University of Alabama, grade averages rose each year from 1960 to 1963, with an increasing caliber admitted under a stricter policy. The all-school undergraduate average rose from 1.3772 to 1.4348, while freshman probation rates declined from 17 percent to 14.5 percent between 1961 and 1962, and overall scholarship probation outcomes improved.
Washington officials announce a $1.5 million public works grant for Gadsden Alabama to fund a sewage treatment plant and facilities as part of a project total exceeding $4.26 million. Senators Lister Hill and Rains identified the funding and project scope.
NBC schedules a suspense tale Reckoning starring Macdonald Carey and Melvyn Douglas from 9 to 11 PM EDT, followed by a rerun block of Tahiti from other seasons with Franchot Tone and Kim Hunter.
The American Farm Bureau Federation urges members to write Congress to authorize a new wheat plan for the 1964 crop. The plan, broader than wheat alone, faces late August action before winter planting in September. Agriculture committees have yet to move on any proposal.
The Foreign Agricultural Service reports an eight month drop in US farm product purchases by the European Common Market by 7 percent. August to March sales totaled 759 million dollars versus 818 million a year earlier, with declines in wheat poultry meat and eggs. Feed grain exports to Italy France West Germany Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg rose 18 percent due to poor corn crops and liberalization.
U.S. cattle movements into the midwest corn belt fell in May to 390000 head, 33000 fewer than May 1962. Five month total reaches 1799051 head, vs 1833522 last year as lower slaughter prices pull down shipments. In a separate note, Sen. Proxmire proposed a one year extension to cow feed provisions amid fallout concerns from nuclear tests.
Netherland Army officers Maj. Gen. H. V. van der Giessen Brig. Gen. T. De Ruig and Brig. Gen. W. M. Berkhout arrived in Huntsville Tuesday night and will be welcomed by Maj. Gen. F. J. McMorrow. They will receive orientation at the Army Missile Command and later tour the Ordnance Guided Missile School facilities.
PIERRE S D AP Police hold an Alabama man who says he killed his stepfather in Elberta Alabama and is en route to Canada with his mother after a break in at an American Legion club. Elberta authorities confirm Monroe is wanted on a murder charge.
Four promotions within Chemstrand Co. engineering and construction were announced by A B Terry chief engineer. Donald E Ganschinietz and Howard A Kuhn were named senior engineers in field construction. Robert E Burell Hart selle was promoted to senior engineer mechanical design. John M Ross Decatur became senior engineer machine design.
City officials reviewed bids for sewer and lagoon construction with Hampton Brothers Construction Co. of Hartsel le submitting the low bid at 195 508 dollars. The vote to accept was unanimous. The meeting also covered school warrants bought by First National Bank of Memphis and elementary school improvements.
Carole Palumbo, a Palo Verde Elementary School fifth grader in Phoenix, recalled hoping the open ing exercises would include pushups. The brief note captures her reaction to the day spent at the state Capitol observing the opening activities.
Senator John Sparkman warns of a dangerous era affecting religion after criticizing two Supreme Court decisions. He cites Engel v Vitale and argues the Court blurred lines between establishing religion and merely affecting it, urging clearer distinctions in public schools.
Western Nebraska holds the largest potash deposits in the United States, highlighting the state's key role in mineral resources. The vast subterranean stores attract mining attention and potential economic impact for regional industry and jobs.
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