13 Jun 1963
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1963
Page
1
The Senate defeated a statewide bond measure for highway construction by a 27 to 18 roll call. House efforts to reassert states rights and redistricting amendments failed, with a 28 to 19 vote not to concur.
In Raleigh the House tied 54 54 on a constitutional amendments measure after Clifton Blue declared the chair votes no. A conference panel will resolve differences as the debate on state rights and a three amendment U S constitutional convention continues. In Washington President Kennedy pledged another chance for a 450 million distressed areas program, saying it must not die and naming affected states including Pennsylvania Michigan and West Virginia.
Police and federal agents intensified a widespread manhunt for Medgar Evers’s assassin in Jackson Mississippi as his widow urged continued fight against racial discrimination. The case stirred fears of new violence and unrest across the city with soldiers still stationed near Ole Miss and a mourning crowd listening to her plea for lasting justice.
About 200 labor leaders were invited to the White House to discuss civil rights with President Kennedy. The meeting in the East Room aimed to address employment discrimination and access to apprenticeship programs linked to unions, with Vice President Johnson attending. Eisenhower also met Kennedy recently to discuss a forthcoming civil rights message to Congress.
Alabama Governor Wallace statements frame federal court orders at the University of Alabama as 1963 forced integration unfolds. Vivian Malone and James Hood enroll behind National Guardsmen while federal troops assume campus control and state police begin withdrawal from Tuscaloosa.
President Betancourt decreed a broad sweep against Communists and pro Castro extremists after an assassination attempt at the Roman Catholic archbishop’s palace in Ciudad Bolivar. Police captured two suspects with dynamite and a timer, while a third escaped. He vowed new arrests and said no one can stay jailed beyond 30 days without charges. The move targets al ready banned groups MIR and Communists as Venezuela heads toward November elections.
Kennedy and congressional leaders from both parties met for about an hour and 40 minutes at the White House to discuss the coming civil rights message. Vice President Johnson attended the session with Kennedy, which delayed his appearance before a senior citizens group.
Twenty Southern senators meet behind closed doors to oppose President Kennedy's civil rights measures calling a proposed law a step toward statism. They condemn federal power to desegregate and warn against state private property rights being curtailed, while a slow down tactic surfaces in Congress.
In Wentworth North Carolina two men Joseph Watkins and Howard Knight go on trial for stealing a safe containing over 100000 from Dr C W McAnally Madison dentist The jury heard the dentist identify recovered money by smell and sight in a bid to link it to the crime A TV interview clip shown in court aimed to counter earlier statements by McAnally The defense challenged sensory tests while the state argued the money had a musty odor
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan faced a tense Cabinet meeting as resignations rumors swirled around ministers including Enoch Powell. Labour shadow foreign secretary Patrick Gordon Walker urged the PM's resignation, while Powell refused to deny quitting over private conduct in high office.
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