Newspapers Choosing Sides in Alabama Presidential Vote
The Birmingham News Montgomery Advertiser and Florence Times Tri Cities Daily endorse Goldwater Miller. Alabama Journal and Birmingham Post Herald back Johnson Humphrey. Decatur Daily backs Johnson, citing Roosevelt ideas and the need for progress over old-style politics. The piece stresses Gov. George Wallace’s pivotal role and the risk of Republican electors if he withholds action.
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Alabama
United States
Birmingham News
Montgomery Advertiser
Florence Times-Tri-Cities Daily
Sen
Goldwater
Rep
Miller
Alabama Journal
Birmingham Post- Herald
Johnson
Humphrey
Decatur Daily
Lyndon Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Barry Goldwater
Sen. Goldwater
Progress
George. Wallace
Wallace
Gov. Wallace
Congress
Washington
Democratic Party
Chief Justice Warren Serves as Soldier for Country
In a year of national crisis, 73 year old Chief Justice Earl Warren defied a policy against outside duties to lead the Kennedy assassination report project for nine months. The piece notes Warren’s grueling schedule and the mixed reception from peers as he fulfilled Johnson’s request, while also recounting Civil Rights tensions in McComb Mississippi where bombings targeted activists.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Earl Warren
Johnson
Warren
Supreme Court
LBJ
Mississippi
McComb
Miss
Justice Department
Rome
Society Hill Baptist Church
Dissatisfaction as Catalyst for Self Improvement
Advice column style entry urges readers to use dissatisfaction as a prompt to change work, relationships, traits, patience, outlook, and life goals. Quotes John Stuart Mill on human striving and mentions a cellulose sponge absorbing twenty times its weight.
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John Stuart Mill
Donors Face Tax Hit If Groups Back Candidates
Analysis explains that tax exempt religious, charitable, and educational organizations may lose their status if they engage in political campaigning. Contributions to such groups could lose tax deductibility for donors, with implications for 1964 giving as campaigns favor Johnson or Goldwater. The section 501 wording is cited and potential retroactive effects noted.
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Washington
Congress
They
Senator Goldwater
Johnson
Goldwater Gains Eisenhower Backing After Gettysburg Show
The piece notes a shift in Goldwater support as Eisenhower’s backing grows after a Gettysburg television appearance. It highlights Goldwater’s surrender of East Coast rebellion and acceptance of Eisenhower’s influence, signaling improved odds for the Republican nominee.
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East
South Dakota
Goldwater
G.O.P
Hershey
Eisenhower
Defense
Mid- West
History notes and local old-timer memories in Decatur
The item surveys Sept 28 1964 as a date line with brief world history anchors and local Decatur reminiscences. It lists 1924 Seattle around-the-world flight milestones 178% siege of Yorktown 1937 Bonneville power unit start 1958 de Gaulle Fifth Republic, plus decade-old notes on Bosch exile and local rallies and Civil War veteran Morgan County figures.
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Associated Press
Army Air Service
Seattle
Yorktown
Oregon
Washington
France
Charles de Gaulle
Formosa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Dominican Republic
Juan Bosch
Decatur
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