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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1963
Page
4
Alfred Great Walton of Flatbush Tompkins Congregational Church in Brooklyn offers a prayer for deeper reverence. The meditation asks to honor truth, nature, and all people, with faith in divine love seen through power and in Jesus Christ.
The Decatur Rotary Club and its Rural-Urban Committee seek a program to unite rural and city residents. Alexander Nunn of The Progressive Farmer urged public understanding of agriculture and supported a statewide Committee of 100 to study Alabama farming needs and inform the public.
Announcement urges Morgan County residents to fund the United Fund with a $175,500 goal. The appeal notes Morgan County ranks highly in Alabama and the South for income and investment, urges immediate giving within a month, and stresses shared responsibility to support local agencies.
Marquis Childs argues that nullification by Southern segregationists harms national unity and impeded civil rights progress. He notes Birmingham bombing repercussions, stalled Kennedy legislation, rise of radical right, and party fragmentation threatening electoral outcomes and potential House decision.
A self help piece discusses living with oneself, urges self acceptance, resilience, and seeking inner resources. It notes a young man under thirty who ended his life after aiming to escape himself and stresses finding constructive paths over escape or self punishment. Davidson credits the author.
Warren travels with the full Supreme Court to California for a tenth anniversary tribute and faces questions on civil rights during a global tour. He meets leaders in Africa and Turkey, discusses law and governance, and avoids discussing future civil rights cases.
LUVERNE ALAP Two truck drivers died Friday in a head on collision near Luverne. Joseph Duke of Atlanta was trapped in his burning cab as diesel fuel washed over the wreckage. Walter Weaver aged 38 of Andalusia was thrown free from his truck.
Norman Vincent Peale recalls Bertha Spafford Vester and Dr. Mahamoud Dajani in Jerusalem where a children hospital treats Arab and Bedouin families. The author frames faith in humanitarian care as the true presence of the Master.
Roy Burchell owner of Roy's Take Home Restaurant in 1129 6th Ave announces a new home meal delivery service starting Monday. Ready-to-eat hot dinners will be delivered five nights weekly featuring Colonel Sanders Kentucky Fried Chicken and other options such as shrimp western steak and ham with weekly menu changes. The service, first of its kind in North Alabama, costs 12 dollars per week for dinners for two.
Canada's high commission in Lagos announces 18 school teachers arriving under the Commonwealth Aid to Africa Program adding to 14 Canadian secondary teachers already serving in the city. In August ten Nigerian teachers traveled to Canada for courses at McGill University in Montreal.
The article notes autumn starts Monday at 12 45 pm per World Almanac while temperatures hover near 90. It discusses the dress dilemma for finicky women as seasonal choices clash with lingering warm weather and asks whether to follow season or weather.
Divers exploring likely sites on the Minnesota Ontario border recovered rusted muskets axes spears brass kettles and other trade goods from French traders of the 1700s. The artifacts suggest where voyagers planned beaver pelt exchanges.
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