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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1965
Page
4
Memorial Day reflection by John W. Sheckford a retired Methodist minister of Waynesville North Carolina urges global interdependence and love to foster peace. The piece stresses brotherhood humility and mercy as core duties toward a unified world.
The 1964 annual report shows membership at 1,173 with 161 average daily attendance. With community support and new facilities, 1965 projections aim toward 2,000 members, shaping future leadership in Decatur and surrounding areas.
The Decatur City Commission proposes annexing about 9.7 additional square miles to address inconsistent city boundaries and accommodate natural growth. Officials say the move will extend fire police and garbage services immediately and pursue orderly expansion of electrical water sewer and school facilities as needed.
Lyndon B. Johnson uses White House dinners and receptions to curry favor with Congress, funding lavish events costing about two thousand dollars each. He borrows money for taxes while pushing domestic and Viet Nam related agendas and frequently taunts Cabinet members in public briefings. Park Chung-hee of South Korea is accorded a key White House visit despite objections, reflecting Cold War era diplomacy and Park’s narrow victory in 1963 elections are noted.
The piece argues that inner fights over attitudes and goals matter more than external conflicts. It urges fighting prejudice, selfishness, and intolerance, and living with openness, fairness, and self improvement to reveal worth. It cites Shakespeare and Browning on inner struggle.
MOULTON Dewey Haney, a veteran law officer, was hired as chief deputy sheriff of Lawrence County by Sheriff Neal Fretwell. Haney, a former deputy under the sheriff, also worked with the Moulton Falkville and Courtland police departments and began duties Saturday. He is a brother to Dexter Haney, a state investigator from Florence. Air Force engineers reported photographing a beam of light bounced off an artificial satellite about 950 miles high.
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale argues that repeated mistakes stem from how we internalize errors. He urges learning from successes, forming a pattern of effective actions, and filling the mind with truth through daily Bible reading to reduce error-prone behavior.
Washington praises the Dominican intervention as preventing a Castro style Communist foothold and establishing inter American peace keeping. The United States leads a hemispheric security shield under the Organization of American States with a Brazilian commander and majority American troops.
Today is Memorial Day May 30 1965 the 150th day of the year with 215 remaining. Notable anniversaries include 1868 first Memorial Day. 1498 Columbus third voyage. 1672 Peter the Great born. 1854 Kansas Nebraska Act. 1940 Seyss Inquart civil administrator of the Netherlands. 1942 first 1000 plane aerial attack on Cologne. Local notes cover Decatur history and county literacy efforts with several past events.
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