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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1963
Page
4
A caller argues that voters erred by rejecting last year’s prison bond and urges renewed leadership to meet Alabama’s needs. The piece stresses resilience and a fresh start, urging undaunted action to address state needs in the years ahead.
Senators Herman Talmadge and Hubert Humphrey plan to introduce a bill to allow all U S grown cotton to sell at world market prices with direct payments to growers. The plan would end the two price system and create a single market price for domestic and foreign buyers while expanding planting allotments and boosting total cotton sales.
A Decatur resident notes the city is at the early stages of industrial expansion with potential distribution interests and civic projects. He urges moving from planning to concrete action such as a YMCA center, civic center, coliseum, and downtown improvements, stressing merchant-led momentum and careful planning.
The piece weighs Nixon’s two defeats and California power base against a field including Rockefeller Goldwater Romney Scranton as 1964 GOP contenders. It argues Nixon could emerge as a pivotal kingmaker at the convention, much as Dewey did for Eisenhower in 1952, with California offering leverage and party factions jockeying for influence.
Living Today by Arlie B Davidson offers guidance to improve tomorrow by focusing on today's actions. It urges positive thinking, steady effort, learning daily, and starting each day with gratitude to build a better life.
The piece outlines friction from Joe Kennedy’s influence on government staffing and policy. It details Minow’s FCC exit plans and Kennedy family leverage, plus State Department reshuffles involving McGhee, Rowan, Rusk, and Dowling. It notes Nixon’s waning influence and Johnson’s Dominican Republic trip impact.
The House approves a four year extension of the draft law by a 387 to 3 vote and sends the measure to the Senate Armed Services Committee for hearings led by Norman S. Paul. Dissenters were Homer E. Abele H R Gross and George E. Brown Jr. amid debate on draft ages and voluntary service.
The March 1963 outlook says the economy remains out of recession but shows no strong growth. After 25 months since recovery began, activity is flat compared with recent months. Analysts warn either a move upward or a downturn could occur, with President Kennedy noting caution.
Assistant Defense Secretary Arthur Sylvester faces Senate investigators to justify questioning the fairness of hearings on the TFX warplane contract. He apologized for comments about the hearings and defends his stance amid overruled rival design findings by Boeing and the Pentagon civilian chiefs.
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