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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1962
Page
4
In the future all candidates for statewide political office should undertake the conditioning course required of astronauts. These statewide campaigns have become physical endurance contests and that isn't the only measurement which should be applied to candidates for high office. Furthermore such campaigns might kill somebody.
The newspaper congratulates Judge George C. Wallace on becoming Alabama governor and warns about threats to the Eighth Congressional District. It cites efforts to weaken Rep. Frank Boykin, notes Black Belt opposition, and urges unity to influence legislative reapportionment and redistricting. It stresses the district’s agricultural and industrial potential and warns of political trouble if factions do not join.
A Senate race exposes political payoffs as donors seek influence through campaign money and TV time. The piece cites Ralph Yarborough and Billie Sol Estes, noting acceptances from diverse sources to fund campaigns and radio reports amid tax loophole debates and farm subsidies.
Living Today by ARLIE B DAVIDSON reflects on the mixed nature of life with moments of joy and sorrow. It urges balancing good and bad, nurturing the good in home and community to improve life and leave the world better than found.
President Kennedy plans to appoint Robert C. Weaver as the first Black cabinet member, timed to the Emancipation Proclamation centennial. Weaver, 55, Harvard trained, will be sent to the Senate with Abraham Ribicoff resigning HEW to run for Senate in Connecticut.
The piece critiques the White House Conference on National Economic Issues for clinging to wage hike and profit lore. It contrasts labor and business demands with modern needs like productivity, plant modernization, and tax incentives to spur job creation, urging bipartisan economic realism. It notes Meany and Sligh clashed over profits and jobs, and calls for sophisticated, nonpartisan judgment.
Astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter resumes duties at Langley Air Force Base Virginia with fellow Mercury astronauts to review footage from his second orbital flight. He arrived with his wife and four children after a Denver Memorial Day parade drawn by an estimated 300,000 spectators.
The guidance explains how to measure granulated sugar by spooning lightly and leveling, while brown sugar should be packed into the measure and then leveled.
Landon called the right to work bill a deliberate attempt to hobble labor. He also advised President Kennedy in a private White House conference warning that Kennedy would be the umpire in major labor disputes and risk being targeted by both sides.
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