30 Aug 1962
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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1962
Page
1
President Kennedy warned that without a nuclear test ban the world risks a large catastrophe. He discussed farm price tactics, Cuba, Congo, and the Monroe Doctrine, stressing need for a timely treaty and vigilance against Soviet moves. He said no evidence exists of Soviet missiles in Cuba and urged ongoing U.N. bonds support.
A sheriff's deputy said the high water came from the rain and overflowing marines not from the Gulf. Eight inches fell in the first six hours. Kennedy defended foreign aid amid House delays, saying many countries depend on it for freedom. The storm killed Delores Ladiski and Harold Stewart as houses collapsed or were struck by the flood.
A federal grand jury indicted David C. Stephens Tacitus Thornhill and Laurence G. Newman on charges of misusing rice acreage allotments in Brazoria and Waller counties Texas. Stephens and Thornhill allegedly accepted bribes and claimed transfers that did not exist while Newman faced a conspiracy count.
Senator Yarborough and Representative Rutherford sought Estes and his attorney in the second look at Estes cotton allotments. Murphy defends fairness, noting Estes did not sign the transfer documents and the allotments were canceled after review.
Farmers say membership would largely not support a withholding push. The Farm Bureau has years of organized bargaining with professors on prices, reporting some success in fruits, vegetables, and livestock in Iowa and Illinois, while opposing withholding. Government action to curb grain sales appears unlikely. Packers hold meat backlogs in freezers, but not equal to grain outside farmers' control.
The article recounts Felix Frankfurter and Arthur J. Goldberg, their backgrounds, and paths to high office. It notes Frankfurter’s teaching fame at Harvard, his 1939 call from FDR to join the Supreme Court, and Goldberg’s rise as a labor lawyer born in Chicago in 1908.
In Moscow, Stewart Udall, U.S. secretary of the interior, and poet Robert Frost arrived to study Soviet dams and read poetry respectively. Frost, tired after a long trip from New York, joked with Soviet poets Yevgeny Evtu schenko and Alexander Tvardovsky as Udall briefed reporters on learning from each other. The atmosphere mixed humor and mutual admiration amid a curious exchange about nations.
Bank robbery described with a lone gunman who fled after firing into the air. Pitts pursued through dirt roads, losing the bandit. a similar car was later reported stolen uptown. Witnesses linked the suspect to a January robbery. amid the episode, coverage touches on Cuba tensions and Frost's cultural visit, with scattered notes on a hospital fire nearby.
Reporting on stalled disarmament talks, the conference plans to transfer discussions on nuclear testing to the U N General Assembly. The piece recalls Frankfurter and Goldberg in legal jousts, outlines Algerian guerrilla dynamics around Ben Bella, Boumediene, and Kabylie, and notes Kuznetsov’s stance on testing and treaties amid Cold War tensions.
A chaotic mix reports a brutal domestic assault in Pasadena, details the doctor involved, and shifts to Mariner 2 space efforts near Venus with JPL scientists. The article also covers Los Angeles hillside fires with evacuations and firefighting conditions, including wind, humidity, and tankers on scene.
Guerrilla factions loyal to Wilaya and Ben Bella clash in the Casbah, provoking panic as machine gun fire and grenades echo through narrow streets. Regular army units moving eastward reportedly support Ben Bella. Police impose an 8 p.m. curfew while Ben Youssef Ben Khedda calls for calm.
President Kennedy told reporters he is not for invading Cuba now and warned of serious consequences. He noted no evidence of Soviet troops or missiles in Cuba and said NATO allies should avoid shipments of Soviet goods, reaffirming the Monroe Doctrine and U S policy to keep the Americas free of foreign domination.
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