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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1963
Page
4
A prayer thanks God for joy and the gifts of laughter from comedians clowns cartoonists and actors. It asks grace for those who see life's absurdities and for those who can tell a joke and smile in Jesus name credited to Russell S Hutchison of Muskingum College New Concord Ohio.
The Montgomery Advertiser cites a U S News World Report survey showing many Americans were not alive during key events from World War II to Prohibition and the stock market crash. Editor Hall urges political candidates to adopt modern approaches to appeal to a rapidly changing electorate.
The piece argues Alabama should not close public schools to avoid integration. It notes Gov. Wallace seeks court actions to delay desegregation, cites campaign pledges and voter support, and asserts Alabama wants no closed schools despite not wanting integration. It condemns statewide actions but stresses the need to keep schools open.
After the civil rights march, churches across America must persuade wavering legislators to pass broad civil rights laws. The World Council of Churches warns Christians who support segregation are betraying their faith. Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI are cited as supporting rights for all races. The Administration backs desegregation of public accommodations under the commerce clause, but rumors of a watered down proposal persist.
The piece notes Kennedy Keating favoring the 14th Amendment as a rights framework and discusses administration support for public accommodations. It warns against violence and urges restraint to keep civil rights from becoming mob rule while timing a Senate move aimed mid October with a potential December completion.
Washington report notes growing friction inside the Kennedy administration as cabinet members from Day to Celebrezze complain about limited access to the president. The piece also details Joseph Valachi confessions and the Mafia plot leading to Eugene Giannini’s death, including the involvement of an ex-convict as a patsy and the infamous execution by Valachi.
A Birmingham police investigation says a Negro youth Willie Pickett is held in connection with the killing of two 16 year old Negro youths, Robert Wright and Louis Williams, in a gang fight after shotgun blasts hit a local grocery. Det. C L Pierce notes no charges filed yet and no police clash with crowds.
Norman Vincent Peale recounts finding a two thousand year old skeleton in the Jerusalem YMCA during construction. He ponders life, faith, and the possibility of eternal life, imagining the unknown man’s leadership and future as a moral example for youth.
Two Birmingham men were arrested for violence at Graymont Elementary and Barhsay High School amid desegregation events. David Stanley, 18, charged with assault with intent to murder for striking a police officer during the Graymont incident. Harry Sheffield, 62, charged with assaulting an officer and disobeying commands after Barhsay High School disruption. Both released on bonds.
The schedule lists bookmobile visits starting Sept 10 with Leggtown 9:30 10:30 West Limestone School 10:45 11:45 Lester Library 12:00 12:30 Good Springs McConnells 12:45 1:15 Good Springs School 1:30 2:00 Salem Club House 2:15 2:45 Salem Springs Marbuts 3:00 3:45.
A man testified he argued with youths at a Negro night club about three weeks ago. The group then went to a grocery armed with shotguns to seek revenge, firing two blasts through the store's screen door.
Archaeologists uncovered the remains of a town dating to the 2000 B.C. period in the Negeb Desret region, located south of Beersheba. The discovery highlights early urban settlement patterns in the southern Levant.
Services for Debbie Allen eight daughter of Lt Gov James B Allen and the late Mrs Allen will be held Sunday at Collier Butler Chapel at 3 p.m. The child died Friday following major heart surgery in a Birmingham hospital. Honorary pallbearers include Gov George C Wallace and Alabama legislators. Active pallbearers include former lieutenant governors J Clarence I Inter of Gadsden and Albert Boutwell of Birmingham. She is survived by her father and a brother James B Allen Jr.
Hong Kong reports twenty one confirmed cholera cases in the first eight months of this year amid refugee crowds and water shortages as the government notes the outbreak grows.
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