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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1963
Page
7
President Kennedy urged continued tax relief and public works to stimulate growth in 1963. He cited depreciation incentives and investment tax credits, ongoing home building, rising government purchases, and expanding consumer demand while stressing price stability and a controlled deficit. He called for improved unemployment benefits and flexible tax actions to counter future recessions.
In Oxford Mississippi the 300 federal troops guarding James Meredith live a restricted life. They stay in tents at bivouac areas and at the university airport and are barred from mingling with townspeople off duty.
Before Christmas soldiers stood sentinel outside Baxter hall entrances. During holidays they moved indoors and stayed there after classes resumed. A sentry walks the mall between Baxter and Gerard dorms and is rarely seen from campus streets. Soldiers watch motion pictures each night and may go to Oxford for laundry and haircuts, otherwise they remain in tents.
In northeast Sarawak the worst floods in the territory’s history have displaced thousands and killed at least nine people. Among the dead is a British soldier involved in a rescue mission.
Ambassador Jacques Kuoh Moukouri of Cameroon frames the U.N. as a child of the U.S. with the U.S. as grandfather while Dwight D. Eisenhower notes governments prioritize home front interests. The remarks underscore cautious attitudes toward conflict and international relations.
The merchant fleet of this seafaring nation includes 3 662 women crew members. They serve as stewardesses cooks and radio operators and some have applied for schools for deckhands. Male crewmen number about 57 000.
William A. Hunt, 37, suffered a severe injury when a car crushed him against a garbage truck in Brookline. At Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 30 medical staff performed a six hour operation to reattach his left leg. Doctors report good circulation, toe movement, and partial feeling.
Attorney General Robert Kennedy says there was never any plan for U S air cover for the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba. He cites air power missteps and says the Berlin crisis and Vietnam era tensions prevented U S forces from being committed in Cuba. He also blames President for responsibility and notes T 33 jets and B 26 bombers played roles in the failure.
Kennedy identifies errors in the invasion with lack of air cover and insufficient troops and equipment. He notes that underestimating the T-33s was a serious mistake and calls the overall planning inadequate.
Bananas continue to roll inland from Charleston where stevedores observe an injunction barring obstruction to operations at Standard Fruit and Steamship Co. docks. The federal court order covers fruit on vessels delivering to the docks and cites a contract with the International Longshoremen's Union as cited by Standard Fruit.
President Kennedy will ask Congress for new laws to safeguard Negro voting rights. Theodore Sorensen, his special counsel, said the President would send a measure to carry out the principle that the right to vote should not be denied because of race or color.
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