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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1963
Page
9
President Johnson signed a 1.56 billion measure expanding federal support for vocational education and extending the areas program by two years. The act, tied to the Kennedy program, increases student loan funds under the Defense Education Act and aims to boost technician production and keep students in school.
The Kennedy family will spend Christmas in a $400,000 oceanfront mansion in Palm Beach with eight bedrooms nine servants rooms and a 75 foot pool but no Christmas tree. The secluded home is behind a stone wall and palms guarded at the gate with Secret Service present. The Kennedys leased it in 1961, a year when President Kennedy could not accommodate all security and staff.
Senators and congressmen from Alabama Kentucky Mississippi and Tennessee pressed President Johnson to include funding for the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway in the new budget The 253 mile project linking the Tennessee and Tombigbee rivers has Army Engineers approval and advocates hope for a 1964 start with White House backing The four state delegation and Tennessee officials met with Aide Lee C White and urged action by year end
The largest king size mattresses provide over 60 percent more sleeping area than standard double beds, highlighting a major size and comfort advantage for buyers seeking extra space.
Washington AP The Sleeping Car Porters and railroads avert a strike by reaching a settlement announced by Labor Secretary W Willard Wirtz. AFL CIO president A Philip Randolph and J E Wolfe led negotiations for about 4000 Pullman Porters and related lines ending a months long dispute with details yet to be disclosed.
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