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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1964
Page
4
A Tennessee man was killed last week when a boat broke loose from a towing car and struck his vehicle head on. Both cars traveled around 60 mph as the plywood craft shattered into dangerous debris on impact.
The Montgomery Advertiser cites a Commerce forecast showing Southern population expanding by 69 000 000 over 12 years, with Alabama adding 308 000. Slower growth risks shrinking Alabama's House representation while Florida stands to gain most, given a fixed 435 seats.
The nation sees seniors swarmed by offers from business and industry while colleges bid for their brains. Post Sputnik funding fuels demand for advanced degrees as graduate schools enroll more money but fewer students, raising campus standards and state funding for education.
Inside the White House tensions surface between Kennedy and Johnson circles as Ken O'Donnell defies permission for a New York trip. The piece also notes GOP slide at a 1964 campaign kickoff with chicken leftovers and weak turnout.
Article outlines seven guiding plans by Arlie B. Davidson to live by daily. Emphasizes timing and purpose, believing in personal worth, daily planning, focused work, work life balance, tested values, and regular progress checks.
At the New York home office of the nonprofit health and medical insurance plan for the elderly, staff answer claims and benefits questions. Respondents speak French, German, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese, Italian, Syrian and Polish, with one scholar using Latin.
In a period labeled the era of confusion, leaders like Martin Luther King Jr and Adam Clayton Powell voice conscience over unjust laws while governors resist court orders. The Methodist conference urges obeying God over man when laws are unjust, amid protests and debates over desegregation and the pending civil rights bill. The Gary Indiana school case exposes limits on mandatory integration and court rulings on racial balance, highlighting uncertainty in what the law requires.
Marquis Childs argues a political storm over civil rights threatens moderation as the Senate stalls on the civil rights bill. He highlights Everett Dirksen's tactical moves, past filibuster memories, and the risk of delayed progress impacting poverty and war-on-poverty steps, while noting rising college protests and potential street clashes.
On May 7 1964 readers recall events from 1915 Lusitania torpedoing by a German submarine 1812 birth of poet Robert Browning 1800 Ohio split into territories 1863 Grant’s Vicksburg campaign 1939 Axis alliance 1944 fall of Breslau to Russians.
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