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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1962
Page
4
Ryan deGraffenried argues that integration issues belong outside court and questions how long Alabama's constitutional pupil placement law would survive if challenged before the Supreme Court. The remark frames the legality and potential fate of the policy amid litigation and federal scrutiny.
The excerpt marks Orville Freeman as Secretary of Agriculture determined to clear the department's name in the Billie Sol Estes affair. It notes faith in Freeman as a solid man handling the matter.
The Congress soon takes up a proposed farm bill amid bitter committee fights. The piece argues for equal opportunities for wheat and corn with cotton, supports a two price system, and stresses the need to adapt marketing and government aid to current abundance. It warns that without reforms, surpluses threaten growers and taxpayers.
The Estes farm subsidy probes threaten the Kennedy administration and the Democratic Party. Senator John L. McClellan leads the Senate inquiry as a neutral, indispensable figure. Senator John C. Stennis of Mississippi similarly satisfies voters with a measured, conservative approach. The GOP fears charges of partiality could undermine top officials.
This piece argues that happiness hinges on living peacefully with oneself not others. It notes people may be well supplied yet feel empty, with the weight of the world on them and a lack of meaning despite outward comfort.
Senator McClellan calls for a complete inquiry into the crop storage scandal, naming Billie Sol Estes and the grain lobby. He cites inflated storage contracts, payments to Garvey farms, and political influence shaping grain regulations from Truman through Eisenhower, with multiple warehousemen convicted of pilfering government grain.
The 278th Signal Battalion of Decatur and Huntsville National Guard on active duty at Ft Hood earned praise for readiness and communications during Iron Dragoon May 1 16. Capt Kermit O Hudson led Cos A B and HQ Comd. 279th also earned a Track Down commendation and returned May 18. The Alabama National Guard unit plans to come home Aug 9 after over eight months active duty.
Sylvia Porter urges youths to finish school amid projected growth in skilled and educated jobs. Buckley of the U.S. Labor Dept warns the automated future favors trained workers, predicting strong growth in engineers, technicians, clerical, and skilled trades while unskilled roles stagnate. Go to school for a broad education or manual training. don’t drop out this summer.
In Tuscaloosa Alabama a 15 year old boy Samuel Dale Wyers drowned while swimming with companions in Big Sandy Creek near Duncanville on Tuesday afternoon. His body was recovered about 25 minutes later.
The Mobile County School Board studied a $392,125 bid from Linden Construction Co. for Indian Springs Elementary School in West Mobile. Nine other bids were submitted. The project is the final award in a $5 million county building program financed by a $100 million state bond issue.
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