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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1964
Page
3
Sen Strom Thurmond, now with the Republican Party, accuses national Democratic leadership of being soft on communism and urges Alabamians to join him in his political shift. He cites the nuclear test ban treaty as evidence of a soft approach by the administration.
Senator Strom Thurmond spoke at a $10 a plate fundraising dinner in Alabama addressing 1,700 attendees. He urged support for Barry Goldwater and blasted the Democratic administration on Cuba Vietnam Korea nuclear weapons and foreign aid while denouncing the ADA and Humphrey. He then campaigned in Gadsden Huntsville and Tuscaloosa with focus on social security agriculture and foreign policy.
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey conducts a two day campaign swing through New Jersey and Pennsylvania with rallies at Philadelphia Princeton University Jersey City and suburbs. He praises President Johnson as a strong leader noting the 88th Congress as highly productive since Wilson.
Representative William E. Miller, running with Barry Goldwater, pressed a message against defeatism as he campaigned through Missouri and Tennessee. Miller argued President Johnson’s claim to victory is waning while Republican fortunes rise, urging supporters not to be swayed by Johnson’s upbeat tone. He planned a swing through Illinois and Indiana after arriving in Quincy.
Two cases set for today before Judge Newton B Powell and Judge James N Bloodworth include a 150000 malpractice suit by Amy Allison against Dr W H Block of Hartselle and Gene Newman versus Joe Patterson over engineering costs for a Hart selle sewer line. Four prior cases finished with verdicts in this week’s session.
Hartselle Mayor John Reynolds announced the council will meet at 3 PM at city hall to choose a recorder to preside over city court. The vacancy arose after Grady Long left office as mayor and had served as recorder. The council’s first meeting will address filling the post.
U S Embassy says Lt. Col. Michael Smolen deputy chief of the U S mission to the Venezuelan air force was abducted by two men as he left his home in Caracas Officials fear the FALN Communist terror group is involved Similar kidnappings have occurred previously with Lt Col James Chenault last November and released December 5 His confinement included pajama time in a Caracas home The report also notes a California coast redwood as the world’s tallest tree at 367 8 feet high and 44 feet in girth.
A Dallas County voter registration hearing in Montgomery turned heated as Justice Department attorney John Doar pressed registrar J. R. Bibb about dates on applications. Bibb defended integrity, denying wrongdoing and accusing questions of implying immorality while recounting delays in registering college students during Thanksgiving and a flunked voter test incident.
In Elizabethtown Kentucky a tractor trailer overturned releasing more than 500 pheasants marking a surprising wildlife event. The report notes Hardin County hunting prospects for the fall.
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