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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1964
Page
4
A religious prayer is followed by a sports note in which the Alabama and Auburn football teams are poised to meet soon. The writer hopes they could clash for the national title before the nation on Thanksgiving Day television.
Community appeal in Alabama raises funds for the University of Alabama campus at Huntsville. Residents have contributed $500,000 toward the $750,000 goal, with anticipated regional benefits for North Alabama.
Decatur High School introduces Wes Thompson as head coach replacing the retiring Shorty Ogle ahead of Friday’s game with Athens. Thompson, Alabama alumnus and former Decatur assistant, faces high expectations and scrutiny yet vows to win without harming players. The piece lauds Ogle’s past leadership and emphasizes character building over a perfect record.
The piece notes Barry Goldwater's fear of assassination leading to bullet proof windows, armed guards, clear aisles, bomb-threat drills, and a watched parking space. It also covers Lodge advising on Catholic Buddhist tensions in South Vietnam, Powell's 100000 invitations to his Abyssinian Church, and Johnson's push to win the South with Southern Democrats resisting GOP advance.
A columnist urges readers to focus on daily blessings rather than misfortunes. It emphasizes gratitude, balance, health, steady work, and supportive circles as sources of happiness, warning that preoccupation with bad luck wastes precious time.
A protest cross-over vote emerges in both parties influencing the contest. New York City and other major cities show riots and unrest amid civil rights protests while voters in states like Illinois Michigan Ohio New Jersey Missouri and Pennsylvania may swing electoral votes. Police and community reactions fuel concerns as observers note the pattern could determine the 270 needed to win.
Harlem and other black ghettos loom as a major national issue with potential for further violence. The piece notes Goldwater’s warnings of lawlessness, Kennedy and Keating as focus figures, and details HARYOU ACT efforts led by Kenneth Clark to train 71,000 central Harlem youths with a $118 million plan over three years, starting with local programs and a rally at Colonial Park.
On this date in 1636 Harvard College was established as the Colony Court of Massachusetts agreed to provide funding for the school to be located in the area. In Decatur, Lamar Penn ey reported prosperity among farmers after a trip through central and southern Alabama. Dr DeWitt C Walker, 62, a well known Decatur physician, died at his Johnston Street home after a sudden illness.
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