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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1965
Page
2
A fragment recounts an American press trip to Paris with Charles de Gaulle. It notes a polite exchange, a guileful shrug, and humor about lingering government scrutiny. The piece mentions a taxi driver waiving extra charges and a Paris hotel error over a plumbing feature.
New York AP report notes futures markets opened without any actual trades. Rusk reiterates that missile sites are for surface-to-air weapons with a 30 mile range, stressing they are not operational and there are no Americans at these sites yet.
In Schlesinger's account Johnson weighed a bid for national power over staying in Texas. He valued breaking the Texas trap, aiding Southern unity, and becoming a national leader with Kennedy seeking him for the ticket. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy pressed Johnson, though Robert later admitted exhaustion over the week’s events.
Seoul Korea AP President Park Chung Hee asked the National Assembly to approve government plans to send a combat division to South Vietnam. Unofficial reports say about 15000 army and marine troops may go, with hopes the assembly approves the request and a Japan treaty during the special session opening today or in the summer.
In Pasadena AP report, intense cold cripples a plasma probe on Mariner 4, one of several instruments aimed at gathering Mars data. The probe overheated by solar radiation and then failed due to a resistor, leaving its readings unreadable while the spacecraft drifted toward Mars.
Cross, an A West Point educated Black man, will become the first Black military aide to the president. He replaces Maj. Hugh Robinson and will join the Johnson staff at the LBJ Ranch. The change follows Maj. Gen. Chester V. Clifton's retirement and comes as Cross steps into the role as informal Army aide under the president.
Buyers flock to the High Point furniture market as officials report steady arrivals and rising pre registrations. Executives note an aggressive mood and expectations of strong fall and Christmas sales, with Southern Buying Syndicate members and Ster chi managers upbeat about business prospects.
Katzenbach, serving as witness at the confirmation hearing, criticized Colmans segregationist statements while noting the ABA had deemed him qualified. He acknowledged strong civil rights concerns yet framed past remarks in their historical context and emphasized constitutional impartiality. The session highlighted tensions over desegregation in Southern states.
The market brings visitors from Virginia, North and South Carolina to High Point, easing housing strain with extra lots but tight street parking. SRFA members will gather for a breakfast in the Sky Room of the exposition building. Meyers speaks on building a business to meet change, and Richard Hager outlines Simmons Co. advertising in a session on revolution in the bedroom.
Mass mass prayer is offered for the crewmen aboard the Air Force radar plane that ditched off Nantucket Island Sunday night. Airman Howe, a radar technician and 1960 North Augusta High School graduate, is married to Cindy Wilson and has a seven month old son. He attended Presbyterian College before joining the Air Force. He has four sisters and his father is a salesman.
GM the Chevrolet division unveiled a gas turbine powered truck with a forecast it could reach general use by the early 1970s. GM vice president E M Estes said turbines have been tested for over 15 years but many problems remain before economic feasibility. He compared the turbine’s stage to the diesel 35 years ago.
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