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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1963
Page
1
United Steelworkers say months of informal talks fail to reach a basic steel pact. No action to reopen contracts yet. strike threat remains if negotiations stall. President David J. McDonald cites undecided economic and noneconomic issues and aims to hold further Wage Policy Committee discussions. He will seek another Labor-Management Human Relations Committee meeting.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev chairs a Central Committee meeting as ideologist Leonid Hyichev urges a party offensive on all fronts to train writers artists and workers. He cites the need to help the people understand the tasks of building communism while attacking remnants of Stalinist cult of personality. The session follows months of leadership attacks on writers and artists.
London Prime Minister Harold Macmillan survived a crucial confidence vote 221 to 252 as the Profumo affair stained his leadership. He admitted ministers were deceived by Profumo and security agencies knew less than the press. A successor search began amid party pressure for change before the 1964 election.
Washington AP reports personal income in May at a record annual rate of 458 billion dollars. For the first five months of 1963 the rate is 19.5 billion higher than the same period last year. Corporate profits in Q1 are virtually unchanged from late 1962 at 53.2 billion dollars.
Governor Sanford scheduled a special news conference at 5 p.m. in Raleigh at WING-TV studios to address the race situation in North Carolina. The event will be telecast on WUNC-TV with commercial stations allowed to rebroadcast and a statement to be issued without further detail.
President Kennedy plans a Western Europe tour with a news conference and two major addresses. He will visit West Berlin and plan two stops at the Berlin Wall, meeting German leaders including Adenauer Erhard and Brandt, with a key address in Frankfurt and talks in Italy.
Gov. Sanford said Bible readings and prayers will continue in North Carolina schools. He stressed the program remains voluntary and not required, aligning with his interpretation of the Supreme Court decision and stating it should not be forbidden.
Lt Col Valery Bykovsky and Valentina Tereshkova in space set distance and orbit records aboard Vostok 5 and 6. Bykovsky extended his mission to five days, surpassing the 64 orbit mark, while Tereshkova on a separate craft remained in orbit. Earth distance data showed 119.9 miles distant at peak and 95.7 miles at low point as broadcasts indicated no descent plans.
London reports Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky in orbit with Tereshkova ready to record data on a manual descent. Bykovsky has completed 60 orbits, nearing day four, while Tereshkova nears day two. Tass notes normal flight progress and that the two slept well.
Negro leaders call the 3000 pupil boycott a success as they protest de facto segregation in Boston schools. At St Mark's Center near Tech High, about 250 juniors and seniors crowded the building while police watched six Tech entrances. Buses carried pupils to nine freedom centers for special classes as the school board had rejected a public admission of segregation.
The high court outlawed required Bible readings and the Lord's Prayer in public schools. The decision, 8 to 1, drew little Congressional or public uproar, with officials noting the court clarifies separation of church and state. States review implications. 39 allow devotional exercises in some form. Justice Clark stressed neutrality and objective study of religion in education.
Washington AP Republicans split on a leadership plan to remove private business desegregation from Kennedy’s civil rights package. Goldwater backs Dirksen voluntary business integration. Case argues Congress can ban discrimination in public-facing firms. Kennedy plans to discuss with leaders and governors. Humphrey notes broader bill prohibiting segregation in public places and service firms.
A Raleigh subcommittee found no direct arrest quota in the State Highway Patrol but noted indirect production pressure promotes competing arrest numbers. The report cites merit pay incentives driving frivolous or border line arrests and calls for further study by the legislative council.
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