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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1964
Page
2
A Mississippi pressure group asserts it has delegated status within the movement. The organization seeks recognition from local officials and plans to mobilize members across communities for policy advocacy.
Pacolet Industries and seven mills in Greenwood and Greenville counties reveal five percent raises for all production workers effective Sept. 14. Judson Mills in Greenville and Gayley Mill in Marietta also confirm a 5 percent increase, the second in 10 months, as part of a broader policy to fair compensation amid competitive cotton prices.
In Saigon Maj Gen Nguyen Khanh faces pressure as student and Buddhist protests surge. Rioters clash in Da Nang and Hue leaving 11 dead, 61 wounded. police detain looters and Catholic shops burn. Junta debates leadership while fear mounts of a Communist push toward Saigon.
Party insiders debate President Johnson’s likely involvement as Goldwater seeks to frame the race. Some aides say Johnson will be drawn into the issue if provoked by Goldwater and Miller, while others predict restrained off the cuff responses as Goldwater faces questions about unreliability and shifting positions.
Cannon Mills Co. chairman Charles A. Cannon receives the 1964 Textile Award at a banquet set for Oct. 11 in Kannapolis. He credits Rep. Harold Cooley and President Lyndon Johnson for aiding the legislation that lets U.S. mills buy American cotton as cheaply as foreign mills.
AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department official Scott Heyman says unions helped secure wage gains this year in textiles and furniture. Affected companies include Alice Manufacturing Harriott Henderson Dan River Mills and Woodside Mills with raises around five to eight cents per hour for North and South Carolina workers.
The hurricane killed at least 14 on Guadeloupe Island and caused destruction in Haiti with a hospital report in Les Cayes and 50 bodies found. Officials warned residents to monitor advisories and prepare safety actions as the storm nears.
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman and two state governors call for an end to violence that has damaged trucks carrying cattle and hogs to markets. Incidents spread from at least six Midwest states with some arrests reported. The NFO denies links to the attacks. Farmers report being forced to unload stock as tires are sabotaged and lines cut, affecting Chicago Union stockyards and prices.
Lady Bird Johnson lands by helicopter at the Atlantic City convention site as delegates prepare to greet her. Mrs Hughes and four of their ten children head the reception with Welcome Lady Bird placards and a 36 foot wet streamer while plans replace a city key with a centennial gold pin set with emeralds from New Jersey.
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