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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1964
Page
4
Newsmen recall a rare bright moment as Florence releases Captain Ben Stutts on Saturday. The uplifting note contrasts with usual crime and hardship reporting and spotlights community relief.
A Montgomery Advertiser reporter notes Moulton Alabama stays open and busy on Saturday nights with stores open, a crowded street, a line at the theater, and busy barber shop and grocery, reflecting small town tradition.
The column humorously traces a rising craze of calling people baby in sports entertainment and TV culture. It contrasts fans urging players with affectionate taunts like Willie baby Lefty baby Hank baby and imagines a future where even a mother’s crib time phrase becomes baby themed.
Congressman Cannon, longtime chairman of the Appropriations Committee, died at 85. Known for a stubborn, formidable persona, he clashed with colleagues and helped shape federal spending despite his reputation for frugality. He faced off with Senate counterpart Carl Hayden over origin of appropriation powers.
Drew Pearson profiles Dick Gregory as a top Black commentator on SNICK and the Negro revolution. Gregory warns of rising violence and calls for nonviolent sit ins and kneel ins while noting White and Black allies, gun interest, and urban tension from Cleveland to Harlem.
Dick Gregory discusses race tension and violence prevention with Malcolm X tones and civil rights concerns. He cites surveys on responses to slights, Army integration, peaceful demonstrations, and a lament over media images of progress. He signals future columns expanding on these themes.
A man overwhelmed by a single mistake learns to reframe failure. The narrator cites Grove Patterson to urge viewing errors as passing under the bridge, not final. The client accepts the idea, resolves to try again, and proceeds with renewed resolve. Distributed 1964 by The Hall Syndicate.
A Washington drive, backed by Gen Curtis LeMay and Gen Thomas Power, seeks to push the Johnson administration toward widening the Vietnam conflict into North Vietnam. The push faces internal debate, with Kennedy and aides weighing LeMay’s political impact and potential retirement timing. Public pressure grows through NATO comments and a full-page pro war ad signed by relatives of fallen soldiers.
On May 17 1964 Associated Press notes memories of Cannon a House clerk who authored the governing rules and died. It recalls the Soo Canal’s 1841 linkage of lakes Superior and Huron and other historical milestones including Marquette and Joliet’s 1763 voyage and wartime actions in 1940s Europe.
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