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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1963
Page
4
A religious reflection calling on Almighty God to grant favor to workers in fields and factories and to promote patience prudence and goodwill between employers and employees amid unrest. Read by Joseph R Sizoo professor of religion George Washington University in Washington DC.
The piece warns that rioting breeds mass hysteria, depersonalization, and violence, linking Birmingham protests to mob psychology. It notes federal intervention, legal desegregation progress, and cautions against escalating tactics or copying Birmingham. It cites Goheen and Kennedy on law and order and urges restraint.
Washington urges decisive action to prevent a Communist take over in Haiti under Duvalier. It argues the United States must intervene to protect the hemisphere, criticizing past inaction and OAS ineffectiveness in Cuba and warning against another Soviet base in the region.
Living Today urges self acceptance as the path to living fully. Emphasizes recognizing both limitations and assets, seeking new approaches to handicaps, and replacing pessimism with optimism to build courage and progress. Quotes Emerson on affirmatives and self belief.
French accord to assign two squadrons to a NATO nuclear force under American control with 150 British bombers and Polaris submarines signals a major concession by De Gaulle. The plan places the force under General Lemnitzer with broader alliance participation, while Admiral Anderson faces removal after remarks at a Naval awards luncheon.
British writer Richard P. Lister reports from Peking after a three week tour with a UK travel agency. He describes arrival, delegation like groups, surveillance, and staged shows of Chinese life. May Day celebrations center on portraits of Mao, Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin, with no Khrushchev seen.
The piece forecasts a 1963 surge in U.S. auto production and sales with 7.2 million passenger cars, over 1.1 million trucks, and two back-to-back record sales years. It cites rising incomes, low dealer inventories, strong used-car demand, and high scrappage as drivers, while noting uncertainty from possible calamities. The economy benefits from a strong auto market and renewed consumer optimism.
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