04 Feb 1962
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1962
Page
1
The tariff, long dormant, returns to the national stage as President Kennedy proposes new tariff authority to bargaining in trade talks. The piece traces tariff history from 1789 to 1828 while outlining revenue versus protection debates and the shifting impact on regional interests and industry.
George Wilcken Romney, chairman of American Motors and a leader in Mormon church affairs, explores a possible bid for Michigan governor while shaping reform efforts through Citizens for Michigan and a potential Citizens for America group. He is active in the state constitutional convention and is seen as a potential springboard to a White House run.
Thousands of Indians faced a wintry night under the stars as a rare planetary conjunction spurred doomsday fears. Some holy men held prayer meetings across India and Nepal while others blamed favorable lunar shifts. The forecast predicts further disasters through Monday with a solar eclipse visible in parts of Asia and the Pacific.
President Kennedy orders a complete ban on Cuban imports starting next Wednesday, cutting Cuba’s potential income by about one third. Food and medicine sales to Cuba remain allowed. airline and telephone services are untouched. Officials say other steps will intensify a broader choke around Castro’s regime and seek allied support to align international trade policies.
In Washington the Panama Canal Zone security summit, with McNamara and Lemnitzer among leaders, reviews military options to curb Castroism as the U S enforces a Cuba embargo. Navy and Air Force patrols in the Caribbean focus on observation, not armed action, unless a nation requests aid.
In Englewood New Jersey Mayor Volk said agitators created the furor over alleged school segregation while noting all seven public schools and city departments are integrated. Six pickets returned to City Hall as fifteen sit-in demonstrators—eight white and seven Black—were arrested. Three teens paid bail. two women, Barbara Kay and Ann Baer, refused to post bail and remained jailed.
Congolese Premier Cyrille Adoula reports to U.N. Acting Secretary General U Thant on aiding Congo and reinforcing U.N. troops. He says Katanga secession remains a problem and notes no need for an immediate Security Council war debate. Adoula plans talks with Zorin and says Gizenga faces no personal danger.
Former VP Richard Nixon names Maurice H. Stans, ex budget director under Eisenhower, as Southern California finance chairman for his California governorship campaign. Stans leads Western Bancorporation and serves as vice chairman of United California Bank.
Lord Dalton reveals in High Tide and After how notes passed across the Cabinet table soothe tempers during disputes with Aneurin Bevan in 1946 over Germany and reparations. Dalton, 74, ill in London hospital since January 14, recounts the quip fostering unity amid government duty.
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