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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1963
Page
1
The Department of Agriculture said the sugar speculative bubble will burst from plentiful supplies. Undersecretary Charles Murphy noted new commitments for sugar deliveries from foreign countries, warning the bubble cannot last long.
President Kennedy closed a two day visit with a Democratic strategy session for 1964 in New York urging party unity for a Rockefeller state race. Talks with State Chairman William H McKeon touched on senatorial prospects as Magnuson forecast upstate city discussions and potential candidates including Wagner Stratton. The trip set groundwork for coordination between state leaders and Washington amid talk of a Kennedy Keating opposition and future hearings on sugar price stability.
The piece reviews the Alabama governor’s mansion saga from its 19th century origins to later occupants and scandals. It notes General Ligon’s building, later owners like Gordon Persons JP Wallace and Wallace’s liquor policy, a fence and pillbox, night riders, and a shift from liquor to prohibition era echoes as political commentary on governance and tradition.
Moscow reports Premier Khrushchev has accepted Fidel Castro’s invite to visit Cuba, the first socialist state in America, with a warning that Russia will reply to any attack on Cuba. The joint communique notes Khrushchev will adjust the sugar trade to pay full world price, signaling a shift toward Cuba as a Soviet ally near Florida.
Refugees arriving in Florida on the Morning Light report construction of a Soviet submarine base in Cuba s Oriente Province and a heavy troop buildup. They cite frequent Soviet subs offshore and oil tanks rising in the area, with caves 50 miles north of San Luis being prepared for Russian installations.
MONTGOMERY May 24 AP A reluctant legislature balked at votes on Gov George Wallace s defiance of a Federal court order on school integration and a driver license fee hike to fund more troopers amid racial unrest Weekend adjournment blocked action on a racial commission grant and Senate moves to curb the commission The presiding Lt Gov James B Allen urged Wallace and Atty Gen Richmond Flowers to settle personal differences for the crisis period as Wallace planned campus appearances to block Negro students admission Nettles resolution charged federal authority over local colleges and universities and warned of federal power over schools
Federal judge orders defiant Gov George Wallace to court on June 3 in Birmingham to justify why he should not be barred from interfering with University of Alabama integration. U S Department of Justice seeks to enforce federal orders guiding Malone and McGlathery enrollment amid Wallace pledges to bar Negroes from U A. The case underscores federal sovereignty and justice administration at stake in Alabama racial tensions.
At Ottawa NATO ministers approved a four point plan to organize the nuclear forces under Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer. The plan assigns 180 British bombers and three Polaris submarines to NATO command and creates a deputy for Lemnitzer to oversee nuclear matters. France questions the structure and a grand multilateral force remains unsettled.
The American Everest expedition asked for an emergency helicopter to airlift two climbers, Barry Bishop and William Unsoeld, from 28,000 feet after frostbitten toes hampered their descent. Expedition chief Norman Dyhrenfurth reported the two men would be flown to a hospital in Katmandu, with Unsoeld deputy director of the Peace Corps.
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