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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1963
Page
9
A Decatur Daily public forum letter dated September 14 1963 from a California family praising Decatur Alabama. They admire the hospitality of the South and note their recent move to the area. The editor will keep names private but needs the sender's address on file.
Readers share tips from ironing name tapes to patching plaster walls with contact paper. Advice covers bread crumb removal with vacuum, meat loaf tricks, using long plastic pins for sewing, and reusing jam wax to seal jars. The column reflects practical homemaking ideas from 1963.
Schedule fragments list several station call signs and times from dawn to night. The text mentions WASFu WIMW AM 730 WJOF FM 104.3 MC Tune and Sunsieg with various sunrise and sunset windows. It ends with a brief note referencing enemy attack.
An author laments a shift from ignorance to apathy in society. The piece praises dedicated people who guard future generations and criticizes the moral decline seen in the valley described as Fool's Paradise.
Justice Hugo Black granted a stay of execution for Drewey Aaron Jr in Alabama. The stay remains in effect pending full Supreme Court action on a petition to be filed on Aaron's behalf.
A reader blasts the public for apathy toward politics and accuses an Alabama editorial of misleading readers about voting. The piece argues 60 percent of Americans misunderstand communism and urges workers to awaken citizens like Mr Apathetic Citizen to spur national progress.
A Decatur reader recounts attending a stadium talk by Dr. Walter Judd praising his solutions to national issues and expresses strong agreement with his message. The note reflects enthusiastic endorsement of Judd’s views during a public appearance.
AP television writer Cynthia Lowry notes The Outer Limits starts the new sci fi series with a Frankenstein like creature and space enemy battles. Dramas Breaking Point and The Greatest Show on Earth with The Fugitive offer contrasting tones as ABC introduces fresh and old programs for viewers at 7:30 to 11 p.m. EDT.
A brief quiz feature notes winner Madison Gross and invites readers to send questions. It then surveys wig use from ancient Egypt to modern England, tracing origins from Persia to France, and highlights royal and clerical adoption, with a closing teaser for riddles in The Riddle Box.
A reader puzzle prompt offers a Britannica World Atlas or Yearbook as prizes for finishing drawings and riddles. Entries must be addressed to Drawing Tell Me Why with name age and address. The current winner is Den Ayres, 14, Lake Odessa, Michigan.
A recipe note suggests crumbling cooked bacon into muffin batter or cooking extra for this use. The result is bacon muffins described as great with breakfast eggs.
Elmore County Solicitor Robert M. Alton Jr. resigns to join a Montgomery law firm. Joseph A. Macon named to succeed him. resignation effective Sunday. Alton served as circuit solicitor since January 1955, with a brief Army active duty period.
Gov George Wallace appoints Mrs Sarah A Reynolds probate judge in Macon County to fill the unexpired term of William Varner who resigned. Varner was elected to serve until 1964. Reynolds is married to Ed Reynolds a state senator from Notasulga.
Two thirds of South America's people are engaged in agricultural pursuits while only about one fifth of the population in the United States do so.
A Mobile seaman Johnnie L. Schwarzauer aged 49 was ordered held without bond on a murder charge for the stabbing death of William Joseph Hanks on a tanker at sea. Prosecutors said the two argued over a $30 loan when Hanks was stabbed in his cabin as the ship returned to port. Hanks died before reaching shore. The case was brought after an arraignment before a U.S. commissioner. The story also notes tides on the Great Lakes, mentioning Lake Superior.
Statistics indicate that about 50 percent of accidental deaths at home result from falls, underscoring household safety risks.
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