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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1963
Page
1
Five rail unions banded together to challenge a federal arbitration ruling and the emergency law Congress passed to avert a nationwide strike. The legal move signals potential further disruption as labor talks continue.
The House considers a bill to make American cotton available to U S textile mills at the same price as foreign mills by adding another subsidy to the cotton production and marketing chain. Estimated net cost to taxpayers is 118 million dollars first year, 88 million in 1965, 44 million in 1966. The measure tests President Johnson's administration in the House with Republican opposition centered on spending and tax cuts. The bill seeks to keep domestic cotton price supports at 32.5 cents per pound, maintaining a large government surplus and favoring mills over foreign competition. Meanwhile a related dispute over rail labor rules grows with a planned court challenge to arbitration rulings on firemen job cuts and crew sizes. At Palm Beach, Joseph P. Kennedy, 75, recovering from a 1961 stroke, relaxes at his winter home with his wife Rose.
Speaker McCormack said a discharge petition will be filed to push the civil rights bill to the House floor. Chairman Smith has no plans to act this year. Johnson desires swift passage as leaders seek early hearings, with Bolling already promoting the move.
The Associated Press reports snow covered western North Carolina with Yancey County schools closed. Chains were required on roads in Madison Yancey Mitchell Avery Watauga and Macon counties. Some passes were impassable including Balsam Gap and Newfound Gap. Forecasts predict a cold front will bring slightly colder weather and intermittent precipitation may end. another disturbance could bring snow flurries in the mountains late tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures ranged from 37 on Grandfather Mountain to 56 in Wilmington with inland highs near 50 and coastal highs around 50s. Rain affected the northern nation while Florida saw heavy showers and Panama City recorded 1.20 inches.
President Johnson and Democratic congressional leaders held a White House session on tax cut legislation. Senate Leader Mansfield briefed reporters on hearings ending soon and rapid drafting of a bill. Johnson believes tax relief could spur growth, cut unemployment, and guard against recession, while continuing an economy drive to trim waste and curb federal spending. Secretary McNamara instructed managers to reward cost awareness in promotions and efficiency ratings.
AP Political writer Jack Bell reports congressional leaders show approval of President Johnsons drive to trim government spending while probing how far it will go. Senate GOP Leader Dirksen backs cost cuts but cautions Johnson must back substantial reductions in the January budget to aid passage of the 11 billion tax cut bill.
The 38 year old U S attorney general seems poised to support Lyndon B Johnson as fully as his brother did, though he has spoken no public word. He may even join the ticket or seek office in the long run, while Johnson asks Cabinet members to remain in place.
Soviet delegates at the United Nations waited for Kremlin guidance before replying to Adlai Stevenson’s revived U S offer for joint lunar work. Stevenson, speaking for President Johnson, urged cooperation in preliminary engineering and science while noting no Kremlin response yet.
Washington sources say the exhaustive FBI report finds Lee Harvey Oswald acted unaided in the Kennedy murder. It details three shots from a sixth floor Dallas sniper nest, with the first and third hitting Kennedy and Connally, and the second wounding the governor. The report, prepared for President Johnson and the Warren Commission, relies on Secret Service and other agencies and is to serve as basic raw material for the inquiry.
In Washington and Vatican City, Pope Paul VI granted bishops new faculties to act with Vatican approval, including rights to marry cases, preach and hear confessions globally, and read certain books. Secret Service agent VATICAN CITY (AP) Paul VI suspended limits on bishops, and agent V Hill received a Medal for shielding the Kennedys during the Dallas assassination.
Raul Leoni, Betancourt’s candidate, won a commanding victory in Venezuela’s presidential race amid terrorism threats. Official tabulations after 70 percent of votes give Leoni a lead of over 200000 over his nearest rival. Voting, obligatory by law, saw 95 percent turnout, with penalties for abstention eased due to unrest.
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