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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1964
Page
1
White pupils boycotted New York public schools for a second day protesting busing for racial integration. Police reported 2 352 marchers at 194 schools while absences neared 276 000, risking state aid over 2 million as attendance dropped and some schools showed near total truancy.
St Francis College opened its 11th academic year with 155 freshmen and 260 upperclassmen registered for orientation, bringing total enrollment to 415. Connecticut and Maine provide most arrivals. Germany and Cuba also represented. Three new dormitories, improved labs, new physics lab, five tennis courts, and a 150 acre campus mark expansion. A coed summer session ran, faculty expanded to 32, physics added, soccer practice begun, with Rev. Clarence Laplante presiding over the staff meeting and 9 am Mass to start the year.
Premier Nguyen Khanh and loyal generals firmly control Vietnam after coup failure. Argentine President Illia sees Communist threat waning in Latin America. Vatican Ecumenical Council begins defining Pope power sharing with bishops. In Washington, massive Selective Service history analysis may halt the draft from 290,000 men. Senate weighs reapportionment compromise to advance foreign aid and speed adjournment. Philadelphia police arrest two Negro extremists linked to rioting in the city’s Black area. Ford offers UAW a package similar to Chrysler deal. Goldwater moves into the Deep South. Johnson addresses the machinists in Miami.
The Associated Press reports Maine’s campaign heat rises as candidates spar over TV debates sugar allotments and foreign policy. Tupper accuses Curtis of seeking publicity while Curtis urges job growth and tax base expansion. Hathaway criticizes MacLeod on sugar policy. McIntire blasts U S foreign policy and Viet Nam strategy as he runs for Senate.
A quirky note from a reader jokes about escaping debt this year by any means including selling the house. The line blends humor with a financial scare, reflecting a lighthearted take on debt concerns in a local column.
The Vatican and Communist Hungary signed a partial accord granting the Vatican limited administrative authority over the church in Hungary for the first time in 15 years. It paves the way for Mindszenty to go to Rome while Budapest approves five new bishops named by the Vatican. The cardinal remains in refuge at the U S Legation in Budapest after fleeing 1956.
AP reports a school bus with two aboard left the road and overturned in Gardiner. The driver, George R. Anderson aged 49, suffered only minor bruises in the crash.
Vatican City AP Pope Paul VI drives 2500 bishops to begin schema De Ecclesia outlining collegiality and shared governance in the church. The working session will weigh chapters on the church hierarchy and the role of Mary, eschatology, and amendments to earlier chapters while debates between Cardinal Frings and Cardinal Ottaviani frame the clash of reform versus tradition.
President Arturo Illia on the eve of his first anniversary in office says communism and political instability in Latin America have declined. He notes unity in the hemisphere after Mexico and others cut ties with Cuba, and urges wealth redistribution to quell insurrectionary pressure. Illia defends Peron’s absence from power, discusses a five year plan with $400 million annual aid, and cites economic development as his focus to restore stability.
The Senate votes today on a reapportionment compromise that, if approved, would advance the $3.3 billion foreign aid bill toward passage and hasten Congress adjournment. Dirksen seeks a one year delay to Supreme Court ordered seat changes, tying up the aid bill as he aims to force time for a constitutional amendment nullifying the ruling. Humphrey moves to break the stalemate and join the effort.
The Pentagon ordered a 1 percent sample of about 29 million men in the draft pool to analyze changes in deferments and induction status. The study, requested by President Johnson, could influence a shift toward voluntary service in the next decade, with Census Bureau surveys touching 300000 households. Roughly 100000 men are inducted each year into the Army.
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