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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1964
Page
4
Frank Smith author and TVA director urges wide circulation of his book to provoke clearer thinking on the differences between the old and new South.
Hundreds of volunteers aim to raise 172000 with a fair share giving plan. The booklet defines fair share as a business gift based on actual giving, executives and professionals at one percent of income, employed people twelve hours of pay per month, and couples each contributing their share. Retired donors give what they can.
Dr Raymond Ewell of SUNY Buffalo warns the world faces a colossal famine by the 1970s or later as population growth outpaces food production. The piece urges assisting others to help themselves and highlights the free world versus communism in securing basic needs.
Drew Pearson visits Harlem Congressman Adam Clayton Powell to discuss stopping racial riots in cities. Powell criticizes northern Civil Rights limitations, cites Harlem squalor, police brutality, and calls for a coalition of civil groups and programs including education bills, job training, and a domestic Marshall Plan to lift youths from poverty.
Thoughts of defeat haunt many, from Pitt and Wilberforce to Wellington and Bertrand Russell, warning of ruin and dark futures. The piece argues defeatist thinking undermines time use and faith, casting a shadow over opportunities and progress.
The text explains that when Japanese cherry flowers are pollinated they produce only a small tissue not recognizably a cherry and cannot grow into a new plant.
The piece cites Ludwig Erhard linking Western appeasement to WWII, accusing Britain France and the U S of eroding resolve in the 1930s. It argues missteps included Munich appeasement and continued arms sales to Hitler, warns of misleading peace bets and a weak NATO posture today.
Washington analysis argues Labor Day marks no lull as conventions fix the aims of Johnson and Goldwater campaigns. Democrats seek unity, appealing to Republicans and disaffected voters while Humphrey drives partisan fight. Goldwater aims to win moderates, rebalance image, and blunt foreign policy extremism with possible shift in Cold War messaging.
Highlights recount notable events on this date from 1609 Hudson voyage to Sandy Hook to 1894 Labor Day first observed nationally. Mentions 1873 Treaty ending the Revolutionary War and 50 years ago UFO sighting on Bank Street plus local notes about Vera Macey and region events.
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