30 Aug 1964
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1964
Page
1
AP report notes the South leans toward two major parties this fall. Democrats fear losses in Louisiana South Carolina Florida Virginia and Texas while Johnson steers toward a moderate civil rights stance to appease conservatives.
Khrushchev declares to a Prague rally that the Chinese Communists will not split world communism and urges peace over war. He vows Soviets and socialist nations can avert a new world war and notes upcoming talks with Czechoslovakia on strengthening unity.
In a prepared talk to Amvets at the National Convention Secretary Rusk rebutted criticisms of the Washington Moscow hotline and praised the White House Kremlin link established a year ago to avert crisis. He aimed to cross party lines in timing with the 1964 campaign.
President Johnson and Vice President Humphrey toured the LBJ Ranch day before joining a Stonewall barbecue hosted by Gillespie County Democrats. Thousands attended as beef and beans were served by National Guardsmen while the pair relaxed at the ranch and pool before later appearances.
Dr. Nguyen Xuan Oanh, a Harvard educated economist, becomes temporary leader for two months while Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh, the longtime premier, is incapacitated after a week of riots. A military triumvirate governs as factions clash over power and the constitution Khanh enacted.
Senator Barry Goldwater on his yacht Sundance demanded the Johnson administration tell the nation how deeply US policy is involved in South Vietnam. He spoke from near the Santa Barbara Islands as civil strife intensified. Goldwater urged full disclosure of the runnaway political and military actions affecting South Vietnam.
A tornado carved a three mile path through Laurinburg tied to Hurricane Cleo. At least two injured and nearly 100 treated for shock. seven of ten trailers in a local park were destroyed or overturned while a trailer crushed by a tree. National Guard aided residents. Highway Patrol put damage at 750000 dollars.
In North Philadelphia looting and street violence persisted through Saturday night as police faced bricks and rocks near the 125 block. Mayor Tate pleaded for cooperation with a curfew proclamation issued under an 1850 law, enforcing dispersal and peaceable departure from the area around the clock.
The High Point urban renewal program, under litigation for over a year, with a recent court hearing, gains support as The Enterprise publishes Friday remarks by Superior Court Judge Allen H. Gwyn. The ruling and a related editorial appear on the indicated pages.
In Izmir crowds estimated in the thousands, largely university students, attacked four fair pavilions at the American exhibition site. They burned an American flag, wrecked pavilion facades, and stoned the U.S. Embassy vicinity amid anti American and Greek demonstrations in Ankara and Istanbul.
The Kansas City Star, in a Sunday editorial, endorses President Johnson praising his foreign policy as a first since 1892. It cautions keeping nuclear control with Johnson and warns that heightened tensions could arise if misused.
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