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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1963
Page
1
Thousands queue in heavy snow to secure one day passes through the wall to see relatives in the Soviet sector. The agreement allows about 800000 West Berlin residents to visit behind the wall for Christmas with permits valid 7 am to midnight and through Jan 5, but East Berlin relatives cannot leave.
In Durham Duke University Hospital doctors chose not to remove 2-year-old Vicki Wray's left eye. They aim to save it despite retinal glioma, after her Bowling Green South Carolina family traveled by old car. Her father a textile worker earns 45 to 50 dollars weekly and the family with seven other children sacrifices presents to fund treatment.
At Orly Airport Paris a U S Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and staff narrowly avoided a collision when Capt. Meredith Sutton aborted takeoff as a civilian airliner landed ahead. Tires blew out and the transport halted about 500 feet from runway end. no injuries reported.
President Johnson said he is willing to meet any world leaders including Khrushchev if talks are fruitful. He announced that the economy has surpassed 600 billion dollars in GDP and outlined plans for anti poverty programs and a broad farm policy.
About 300 African students from Ghana and other nations protested in Red Square near Khrushchev's office, demanding justice for a Ghanaian student killed last Friday. They clashed with police, breached barriers, and rallied for hours before Red Square was cleared by 3 p.m.
Soviet officials blamed natural causes for a student death while Africans disputed it. The protest started orderly but escalated as students moved into streets. Police reinforcements arrived and rioters rocked a police car and blocked entrances to Red Square. Gates to the Kremlin were shut as the march continued.
Washington AP reports a postmortem source says the first bullet struck Kennedy in the back with a small unfatal wound, while the second bullet caused the fatal head wound. Connally was hit in the chest by the same second shot. a floor shield could have saved Kennedy.
In Berlin the East German leadership signaled plans to intensify moves to erode Western rights in West Berlin and win broader recognition. The joint protocol with the West Berlin government kept status quo, with both sides noting disagreements on terminology while signaling further talks without surrender of Western protection.
A blizzard warning was issued for Muskegon Michigan where a 24 hour snowfall near 1 foot pushed the ground cover to 2 feet. Schools closed and main streets plowed, while many secondary roads remained drifted. Across the region other states faced snow and cold, with deep freezes across the nation and dangerous travel conditions in the Midwest and Northeast.
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