14 Aug 1964
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1964
Page
1
The survey shows Goldwater narrowing Johnson's edge in the East due to Viet Nam and riots. Johnson holds 63 percent nationally and 68 percent in the West, with 56-50 in the South and 65 percent in the East. Regular GOP voters remain unconverted despite Hershey unity efforts.
A mob of about 500 West Berliners besieged a car at a Red Barricade crossing point, battering it with fists and feet. The vehicle suffered heavy dents as the incident unfolded near a crowd of foreigners.
President Johnson signed the federal pay raise bill to recruit and keep top talent. The plan raises 1.7 million federal workers with increases from 100 to 10 000 dollars annually, retroactive to July 1 for most, and affects judges and lawmakers with stepped boosts.
In Paterson New Jersey police faced street violence as a gasoline bomb bottle and brick attack erupted. A suspect was arrested with a bottle in hand amid the disorder noted by AP reporters.
A cross was burned on the back lawn of the governor of North Carolina's mansion. Gov Tory Sanford ordered SBI to probe the incident. Local resident W. Giles Mebane reported the blaze around 8 15 am. No suspect identified. the cross was four feet high and three feet wide.
A letter dated Wednesday was sent to all delegates for the national convention proposing Sanford for the vice presidency. Dr. Dees, a Moore delegate, said the move was disclosed by the Greensboro Record and asserts if he should throw the convention.
Raleigh attorney J Melville Broughton Jr son of a former governor is the surprise choice for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Dan Moore to head the state party committee. The executive committee will approve the selection and Broughton would replace Sen Lunsford Crew. Broughton formerly led the highway commission under Gov Hodges and has long public service background in North Carolina.
Turkish Cypriot leader Fazil Kuchuk says a Greek Cypriot blockade will soon leave bakers without kerosene and threaten bread supplies for about one fifth of the island's 35 000 residents. He urges Turkey to lift the blockade and notes UN cease fire offers a brief pause while calls grow for more peacekeeping forces.
Mrs Lyndon B Johnson travels with 57 companions and reporters to Billings Montana with a refueling stop in Minneapolis en route. The First Lady plans a fast tour of mining towns tourist spots and landmarks across Montana Utah and Wyoming visiting the Crow Indian Reservation and meeting with Indian people.
Biloxi Mississippi three Negro children entered Lopez Elementary as first from their race to register at a previously all white school. Police and FBI agents watched closely with no incidents as classes prepare to start August 31 in the Gulf Coast city.
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