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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1964
Page
1
Conservative Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona seeks the Republican presidential nomination to offer a clear choice of philosophies and is determined to go all the way in his bid for the White House. The report notes his determination to press his candidacy in the race.
Pope Paul VI began his Holy Land pilgrimage with a call for universal peace and brotherhood. In Amman he met King Hussein and pledged a spirit driven journey to visit sacred sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem, highlighting prayer and penance as a return to Christianity’s cradle.
Goldwater signals he will seek the Republican presidential nomination and may not commit to Senate withdrawal if nominated. Kitchel expects an early spring wrap up, while Goldwater and his wife prepare to return to Washington to launch the campaign after his crutch assisted hobble at his hilltop home.
Dr Jouri Aseyef, 35, a Russian philosophy professor from the University of Leningrad, now in critical condition after a three story fall from the apartment of an American friend in Cambridge. He had applied for asylum and has been at Harvard on a cultural exchange since September. his family in Leningrad is described as under heavy psychological strain.
The Sunday Enterprise looks at the furniture trade as 1964 begins with winter markets and forecasts a stronger year than 1963. Growth is expected in the South where furniture production centers are expanding, and readers are urged to note the industry’s early year read. Davidson County led North Carolina in highway fatalities last year with a toll of 30, as Marvin Burts reports Davidson’s year of highway carnage in tomorrow’s Enterprise. Since a Supreme Court ruling, courts ensure counsel for every defendant, with the High Point Bar Association’s system now adopted elsewhere in the state, as Don Sheppard details in this Sunday Enterprise.
Two men were buried under a reinforced four foot antenna structure seven miles north of Pittsboro. One man died. another remains trapped. A third worker escaped. The collapse occurred during erection beside an American Telephone and Telegraph Co. building. Dead and missing workers were employed by F D McDonald Steel Co and were overseen by Rea Construction Co. Crews used two cranes to reach the trapped men as officials investigated the cause.
In Columbia, the South Carolina Supreme Court upheld a prior ruling that Glenn Baldridge was guilty of reckless driving after his fiancee Linda Yaun fainted and he kept to the road, striking a tree. Yaun, who would soon become his wife, was awarded $15,000 in damages, plus her father received $5,200 for medical expenses.
A massive flow of West Berliners moved through East German crossings as holiday visits neared their end. ADN reported over 100000 people had passed by noon amid East West negotiations and calls for new travel rules. Authorities expected a record turnout with up to 200000 visitors planned for the day.
Johnson and Wirtz floated possible overtime pay shifts to curb unemployment and boost hiring. Wirtz suggested halving or raising the rate could save billions, with a potential 98 to 100 billion budget impact. The plan notes no cuts to human needs while pursuing new ways to address job shortages.
In Warrenton North Carolina Barbara Gilliland 34 faces grand jury action for the murder of her husband Gilliland 43. The case centers on evidence from a cabin near town where officers found blood and weapons and a camera. The couple argued over politics and the man’s advocacy of racial integration. Barbara Gilliland defended her innocence after a Friday hearing.
The Soviet Union contracted to purchase about 37 million bushels of U S wheat for roughly 68.5 million dollars with cash payments near 78.5 million. The deal, disclosed by the Agriculture Department and Continental Grain Co, will cost U S taxpayers about 26 million in subsidies. The program aims to bridge the gap between U S price supports and world prices. subsidies go to the seller. President Kennedy previously directed policy on such measures.
Boston AP Republican supporters of Henry Cabot Lodge seek legal approval from Massachusetts Secretary of State to form a draft Lodge for President committee. Backers led by George H. Kidder plan a national headquarters, argue for export subsidies and aim to collect signatures while contemplating use of Soviet delivery and freight subsidy options. Secretary White would not approve incorporation until legality is clear, as talks with party allies continue.
Gov Nelson Rockefeller tours communities in New Hampshire seeking votes in the first in the nation primary. He partners with Sen Barry Goldwater, pledges to build a broad mainstream Republican party, debates issues, and criticizes the Democratic administration while advocating tax cuts, civil rights progress, and stronger education to meet national needs.
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