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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1964
Page
1
The Warren Commission presented its report to President Johnson marking a milestone in the Kennedy assassination inquiry while the 1964 campaign pressed on. Congress moved to reapportionment while approving foreign aid, Peace and Appalachia bills as Detroit saw a GM strike. The Vatican Ecumenical Council confronted ongoing issues.
Washington AP report says administration’s Appalachia poverty bill cleared the Senate 45 13 but faces a tougher House vote. The measure bundles programs for the highland region including a five year 840 million highway project and 220.2 million for health education and sewage, with support from Southern Democrats hoped. Critics say it taxes poorer regions and duplicates programs. States named Virginia West Virginia Alabama Georgia Kentucky Maryland North Carolina South Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania Tennessee with Byrd and Robertson among opponents.
A humorous take on changing work culture notes that twenty years ago twelve-hour days were termed economic slavery, while today fourteen-hour days are called moonlighting. The quip satirizes shifting labor norms and corporate attitudes.
DETROIT AP union and General Motors negotiators left the bargaining table for a few hours sleep as 1965 GM auto production halted. More than 250,000 UAW members began a nationwide strike after failed talks on a new three year labor contract. Selective walkouts keep Ford and Chrysler in production while GM factories idle and about 300,000 cars were produced before the strike. Walter Reuther and Louis Seaton indicated resuming talks over the weekend, with no details on a quick settlement.
Fog blanketed the Santa Ynez Range as 2,000 firefighters battled the 88,000 acre blaze that began Tuesday. No containment yet. 78 homes destroyed and one man killed as Pacific fog and cooler humidities slowed the effort.
South Viet Nam's national council began restoring civilian rule as Premier Nguyen Khanh headed north to quell a tribal revolt. Maj. Gen Duong Van Minh urged the armed forces to retire from politics and cooperate to remove Communists and secure the land, while returning administration to civilians to stabilize the nation.
Dayton journalist Joanne Rumery details Skelton Station a CMP hydroelectric project eight miles up the Saco River from Biddeford Maine. The facility opened in 1948 after replacing a 1912 station, with a 75 million kilowatt hour annual capacity and a central powerhouse designed to ease excavation. The dam features a 495 foot concrete section a 1120 foot fill section and a gantry crane plus multiple gate machines and flood gates engineered to handle ice and maintenance needs.
President Johnson relaxed on his Texas home acres after a three state tour that mixed horsemanship and stump style politics. He rode a palomino at the Oklahoma City fair, greeted Mexico's President Mateos in El Paso, and spoke to cheering crowds in Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas while debating civil rights and foreign policy. In Texarkana he mocked Goldwater and urged unity with Govs Faubus and Connally on stage. Goldwater meanwhile preached togetherness on a 15 state swing through Michigan Vermont and New York.
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