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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1965
Page
4
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover asserts spies accompany nearly every Soviet group visiting the United States and warns that the Communist mission aims to world domination until its own failures end it.
Jefferson County Representative Holt Rast aims to push a law making possession of dynamite or explosives without a permit a penitentiary offense. The proposal requires annual permits for businesses and 30 day permits for farmers, with records of buyers and uses, and up to 20 years in prison for illegal possession.
Decatur advances as a transportation hub with the Huntsville Decatur jet airport slated to open in December and the TVA public use terminal sale to Mr and Mrs W J Williams. The city plans river rail and highway links plus Interstate 65 to create a regional distribution and industrial center for northern Alabama and southern Tennessee.
Drew Pearson notes only the General Accounting Office has pressured defense contractors and military mismanagement. GAO reports reveal excess costs from Masters Week lodging, shoe fashions, and pants flaps, plus alleged overcharges by Boeing and Bethlehem Steel. Frances Perkins, last survivor of the Triangle fire, is honored for her long service and reforms.
Living Today author Arlie B. Davidson lists seven signs of a drive to dominate that can alienate others. The behaviors include always sitting up front, silencing others, seeking control of clubs, stressing others' rights while ignoring duties, avoiding seeking help, demanding corrections without apology, and insisting others go the extra mile while avoiding the first mile.
Centre Alabama AP reports a boat capsized on Lake Weiss during a thunderstorm. Alexander Stevenson Jr., 41, of Cedartown Georgia, drowned. Another man swam ashore from the mishap.
Editorial critiques President Johnson's push to repeal section 14 B of the Taft Hartley Act and abolish right to work laws. It argues such a move would force union membership, undermine civil liberties, and resemble political conformity pressures seen in Russia.
Marquis Childs argues that sugar, more than politics, explains Dominican Republic woes and U.S. policy. Beet growers and lawyers lobby for favorable quotas. Trujillo’s regime profited from sugar while labor suffered. After Bosch’s rise, high costs threaten export stability and global price pressures persist.
This Day In History notes that fourteen Decatur High School seniors received diplomas. It also mentions Swan Lake as a fishing resort, Birmingham officials visiting the lake, and other local historical items from 50, 25, and 10 years ago.
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