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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1963
Page
1
Jackson mayor Allen Cavett Thompson, a longtime UM alumnus and former Greek professor, comments on racial unrest. He cites Kennedy era fears, calls for private enterprise, and urges equal rights and education for all. He defends local progress and resists intimidation amid protests.
Senator Barry Goldwater applauded a move to make Gov William Scranton of Pennsylvania a favorite son candidate for the Republican presidential nomination Gov Scranton said he would be a favorite son to unite Pennsylvania’s delegation at next year’s convention He added he is not a presidential candidate The talk expands to other governors like Romney Rhodes and possibly California and Wisconsin leaders could also be named as favorite sons to delay the nominating advances and shift leverage away from Nelson Rockefeller and others at the convention
AP reports House Ways and Means Committee delays vote on substituting new tax rate ranges with offsetting revenue changes. Kennedy proposes 14 to 65 percent with limits that net a 10.2 billion dollar relief, while other ranges are tested. Oil and gas tax rules tighten to curb deductions, aiding revenue estimates around 84 million annually.
A fragment indicates Kennedy proposals on gas taxation could raise up to 280 million dollars. The committee rejected most measures and is now studying possible repeal of the four percent.
Pennsylvania expects to start a foreign trade promotion division by July 1 to guide manufacturers in selling goods abroad. Gov. Scranton first proposed the idea in March, with a budget of roughly 35 000 to 40 000 for the first year. The office aims to help small manufacturers learn shipping, packing, and market locations for export.
In Moscow Khrushchev presiding, Leonid Ilyichev calls for a broad offensive to train writers and artists to explain Communist tasks. He decries imperialist attempts to exploit party faults and the Stalinist past, amid ongoing clashes over liberal artistic trends and party propaganda.
London AP reports actress Valerie Hobson wife of John Profumo plays the hardest part of her life amid the Profumo scandal. She sits in the Commons gallery as Profumo denies and then admits lying about a 1961 affair with Christine Keeler, while Hobson states she was happy in the marriage.
Gov. George Wallace accuses President Kennedy of avoiding a decision on when Alabama National Guard would be released from federal orders. He says keeping troops under federal command costs rise daily and insists Kennedy must decide, while arguing that the governor cannot be blamed for ensuring law and order as three Negro students remain on campus.
Senate Republicans divided over leadership plans to remove private business segregation from Kennedy civil rights program. Goldwater backs a Dirksen voluntary approach while Case argues Congress can ban discrimination by public-facing firms. Dirksen seeks a policy committee review and Kennedy briefings with governors.
Boston faces anti segregation protests labeled Freedom Stay Out Day as officials deploy special police at schools in black neighborhoods. Community leaders warn of threats against leaders. school officials fear violence during the boycott and urge alternatives at social centers for citizenship training.
Detroit plans a Sunday Walk to Freedom led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr to raise funds for the Southern Christian Leadership Council and protest indignities in Birmingham and Detroit. Organizers say the event aims for peace, order, and 100000 dollars for Dr. King's group while highlighting race tensions rooted in 1943 and earlier events.
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