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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1963
Page
4
Nearly half a million Cubans have fled Castro's Cuba since the regime seized power and several hundred thousand more may follow if able. The Cuban people oppose Communism, but with the government controlling all guns, revolt seems unlikely.
Editorial observes that peaceful dissent is being disrupted by agitators, raises questions on constitutional limits between federal and local authority, and notes presidential stance on directing people’s movements. It warns that without broad public action, extremists may gain control, inviting potential federal intervention.
The piece examines whether reconciliation between Negroes and whites is possible within the American system, arguing that Birmingham tests moderation and risks fueling extremism. It notes Black Muslims' growing influence, religious protections in law, and contrasting views of Christianity and Islam amid racial tension.
An essay on forgetting as an art. It argues memory clutter hinders life and suggests substitution of better thoughts to ease worry. Cites Robert Louis Stevenson's long illness as a contrast and urges starting today to cultivate forgetting.
Washington columnist Drew Pearson argues California politics tilt toward Republicans in 1964. He cites state Democratic leaders Eugene Wyman and Jesse Unruh, their ties to narcotics interests and state funding, plus Governor Pat Brown and Attorney General Mosk opposing, signaling a shift that could imperil Kennedy’s re election.
A prayer vigil in Gadsden Alabama protesting jailing of Freedom Marchers ended when demonstrators were moved to state prisons. An integrated group led by Madleine Sherwood halted in Etowah County jail area before learning the marchers had been relocated. Eleven men and women from the walk to discuss racial moderation were later separated to Kilby and Julia Tutwiler Prisons amid concerns of rising tensions. The transfers followed arrests from walks begun in Attalla and Fort Payne with earlier detentions in Georgia and Alabama.
A United States perspective notes global efforts to broaden individual stock ownership. Japan, West Germany, the United Kingdom, and France are expanding access through depots, employee plans, and public promotions. NYSE remarks that postwar growth in shareholding reflects solid economic expansion and international investor education.
In Baltimore US District Court former Maryland Rep Thomas F Johnson and co defendant Frank W Boykin faced cross examination on charges of conspiracy and conflict of interest. Judge Roszel C Thomson allowed grand jury testimony from Johnson and Boykin to be admitted and rejected defense claims of coercion. The case concerns attempts to influence the Justice Department to drop a 1959 mail fraud charge against a Miami savings and loan promoter.
A federal district judge in Birmingham will hear arguments today on the validity of an injunction barring racial discrimination at the University of Alabama. The 1955 restraining order, linked to Autherine Lucy's admission at Tuscaloosa, targeted registrar William A. Adams. Applicants Vivian Malone, Sandy English, and Jimmy Hood, all from Negro colleges, allege their spring quarter applications were rejected due to race. registrar Hubert Mate says no completed Negro applications were received. Lucy had been expelled after alleging officials conspired with a riotous mob. a federal court upheld that expulsion after she could not prove the charges.
Mrs. George Wallace turned a shovel of sand signaling the start of construction on a summer beach home for Alabama's first families. Gerald Wallace accepted the site four miles east of Fort Morgan in dunes 26 feet above sea level overlooking the Gulf.
Mahatma Gandhi, revered leader of India's nonviolent independence movement, was assassinated by an Indian national in 1948 triggering nationwide mourning and political shock across South Asia and the world.
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