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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1963
Page
4
Former President Eisenhower says the Solid South should end citing past presidential results show no enduring bloc. He argues political alignment has shifted and momentum favors broader national coalitions rather to a single regional pattern.
Football fans recall Auburn defeating Georgia Tech while Alabama routed the Volunteers in a decisive weekend showing. The outcome may shift as the season progresses and future games determine standings.
The article notes unemployment is higher for dropouts than high school graduates and much higher than those with some college. It urges youths to consider returning to school this fall to improve job prospects and avoid selling themselves short.
Statewide warnings urge caution as drought persists and October rainfall runs 1.35 inches below normal. Officials warn careless fires could destroy cotton crops and threaten wildlife, noting 14 of 18 Calhoun County fires last month were from smokers.
The 1963 TVA annual power report shows record demand with 1,371,000 residential customers using 10,406 kWh on average and rates at 0.94 cents per kWh. TVA sales reached nearly 64 billion kWh with $268.8 million in revenue and $55.1 million net income, urging residents to guard the system against any sale or erosion of efficiency.
A Senate subcommittee hearing on the supersonic transport plane questions the desire to fly at Mach 3. Testimony notes costs from $1 billion to $1.5 billion for a first model, with US plans to outpace the Concorde. Concerns include safety and noise near airports as the sonic boom debate continues.
An essay by Arlie B. Davidson urges deliberate thinking. Quotes from Emerson and Frankfurter frame thinking as essential, with examples of joint problem solving and a Chicago lawyer forming a panel of 100 divorcees to gain insights for steering couples away from marital rocks. An elderly Swiss man’s busy life is tallied to show neglected thinking. Take time for thinking before action.
In Washington, Drew Pearson argues Ike supported Bolivia's 1952 upheaval, backing Paz Estenssoro's Alliance for Progress. The mass reform included land redistribution, universal suffrage, free education, and 3 million Indians liberated, laying groundwork later echoed by Kennedy.
Sylvia Porter notes that Peru’s 50 million dollar land reform grant from Ike did little until liberal voters in 1962 promised reform. In Bolivia, Communists lead a tin miners strike at Catavi and Siglovente, with the government set for a final showdown and mine closures to break the union leadership.
Hartselle City Council adjourned meeting issued school warrants totaling 420000 to Hugo Marx and Co of Birmingham. Warrants fund booming school construction with interest around 3 percent, said City Clerk Henry Sherrill.
Mrs. Winfield Stewart, Fayette County's last surviving Confederate widow, died Tuesday in a Jasper nursing home at age 86. Her husband Jefferson Stewart served in the Civil War, though his unit and records are not yet available. She was a lifelong Fayette County native.
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