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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1963
Page
4
Cullman county residents achieve about 95.1 percent participation in a mass Sabin Oral Polio vaccine drive held Sunday. Sponsored by the Cullman County Medical Society, it marks the county’s first mass immunization effort and is praised as near perfection.
The piece argues for President Kennedy's proposed 11 billion tax cut as insurance for prosperity and urges citizens to contact their representatives. It recalls the Great Depression era reforms, claims higher taxes kill incentives, and asserts the bill would boost volume, jobs, and federal revenue while avoiding recession. It lists contact points for House and Senate offices in Washington, urging action.
A Washington column argues the Southern moderates are overwhelmed by anger over Alabama events and Birmingham crime reports. It warns that extremism risks eroding the Senate’s moral leadership and the South’s historic influence in civil rights matters.
Davidson urges harmony across family play groups and communities. Learn to work with others, accept differences, and praise good in others while avoiding pushing people, to build cooperative relationships in home, business, and public life.
Drew Pearson reflects on the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham. He contrasts visions of innocent churchgoers and a governor's stance against integration, urging nationwide church fundraising to rebuild and promote forgiveness and tolerance. The piece questions Alabama's leaders and the potential rise of violence.
Sylvia Porter reports on a revived Wall Street bet in long-delinquent Imperial Russian government bonds. Prices double as traders gamble Russia may settle some debt if Cold War tensions ease, though most expect heavy loss without a bout of unforeseen payments.
Nigeria and Guinea agreed to exchange teachers and advanced students during school vacations to aid rural development projects. Sali Fou Taure, Guinea’s permanent secretary to the president, said Nigeria would reciprocate “in the spirit of Addis Ababa.”
President Truman and his family resided at Blair House from 1949 to 1952 while the White House interior underwent reconstruction.
Congress members urged President Kennedy to proclaim a day of mourning for the four Negro children killed in the Birmingham church bombing. The piece notes multiple white and Black deaths from racial unrest, cites 13 total deaths, and calls for national sympathy and a push for nonviolence despite ongoing disputes and accusations.
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