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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1964
Page
4
An editorial urges renewed support for baseball in America. It notes baseball as both business and sport and a unifying pastime akin to apple pie and July Fourth celebrations. The piece promotes attending games or watching broadcasts as emotional therapy and even jokes about directing anger at umpires.
The piece argues Rep. Thomas B. Curtis claims signs of trouble in a booming economy and contrasts GOP alarm with Johnson era gains. It recalls Eisenhower, Kennedy, and partisan perspectives, urging balanced view while noting business improvement and a hopeful post election mood.
The John Birch Society runs a letter campaign targeting several lawmakers who defend the Supreme Court and church state separation. It labels Becker amendment supporters as communist dupes and godless, while Rep Frank Becker pushes the measure amid church links and defense of religious freedom.
A list of ten Daily Living prompts urges unselfishness sacrifice cooperation cheerfulness friendliness consideration kindness personal best and religious faith to guide daily conduct for a better life. Each item stresses practical virtue and constructive action in social relations and self improvement.
A National Council of Churches testimony to the House Judiciary Committee weighs whether classroom prayer can be voluntary and nonsectarian. Debate centers on should prayers be allowed at commencements or special assemblies while maintaining no daily classroom prayer.
The piece compares old fashioned party machinery with popularity polls and primaries in the GOP race. It notes Lodge as an outsider advocate of people driven selection, while Goldwater Nixon and Scranton symbolize the professional camp. Scranton may rely on organization. Goldwater remains dominant in delegate counts.
Today marks the 125th day of 1964 with 241 remaining. Notable events include the Panama Canal transfer to the United States in 1904 and Napoleon's Elba exile in 1814. Also referenced are Haymarket 1886, Rome pact 1938, Eisenhower 1945, and Churchill's 1959 visit.
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