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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1964
Page
1
A cross section of Americans shows a blend of anxiety and aspiration. Most feel others have tougher problems, with 68 percent believing people make their own breaks. Top concerns include world peace, family health, debt elimination, and civil rights, signaling optimism and self reliance amid personal troubles.
Washington AP Turkish Prime Minister Ismet Inonu lands after flight from Williamsburg for high level talks with President Johnson aimed at averting a Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Johnson says discussions seek timely solutions to shared problems and lasting peace based on fairness. Inonu emphasizes peace while contesting injustice as essential to any durable settlement.
Gov William W Scranton says GOP convention delegates are shifting toward Barry Goldwater in numbers that may grow in about a week He plans talks with uncommitted delegations in the East Midwest and South and notes key DC and Ohio groups as potential factors The AP survey shows Goldwater at 604 first ballot votes with Scranton at 138 and several states still uncommitted or backing favorites through the convention phase.
Around 6.6 inches of rain drenched Kinston flooding intersections and stalling vehicles during the morning rush. Water rose in a drainage canal threatening homes but no evacuations were needed as officials predicted rainfall would recede by 6 p.m.
Peggy Parrish Gordon 29, an encoder and former bookkeeper at North Carolina National Bank, was charged with misapplying 106000.25 in funds. FBI arrested her at work, arraigned in Greensboro, bond $1000, misappropriation over about five years. Address 1309 Guyer St.
Dan Moore urged support from any responsible individuals or groups in North Carolina at a Greenville news conference. He distanced himself from statements by Robert Jones of the Ku Klux Klan and denied familiarity with the man. Moore accused opponent Richardson Preyer and Gov. Terry Sanford of using tobacco issues for political gain.
The Associated Press reports scorching weather to persist across the region with 85 to 99 degree highs in Raleigh Durham and surrounding towns. Storms, hail, and power outages disrupted crops and utilities from White Lake to Bladen County, while a tornado warning covered parts of Nebraska and Kansas as twisters touched down near Abilene and El Dorado.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in Sweden on a chilly Baltic wind. He states a mission of friendship and seeks sincere talks to strengthen relations while Sweden remains neutral. About 5,000 spectators watch from across the harbor as he departs in a bulletproof 1949 Lincoln.
Richardson Preyer moved his campaign into eight Piedmont counties while pledging to resist tobaccoHealth labeling. He toured Salisbury Statesville Lincolnton Gastonia Shelby Rutherfordton and Charlotte with Grady Cole and stressed education minimum wage farm aid and road construction.
The Republican Platform Committee may back raising income taxes rather than Social Security taxes to fund health care for the elderly. Chair Melvin Laird argues progressive taxation is fairer, noting Social Security tax hits all earners similarly up to a cap. He cites differing views among Rockefeller Goldwater Scranton supporters and acknowledges the idea originated from an unnamed economics professor.
Laird stated position papers have been prepared on 14 important issues for the committee. He noted the party seeks scholars and experts from across the country to support its rights battle as the discussion continues.
The Soviet government declared Pan American World Airways nonstop flights from the United States to Berlin unlawful, warning flight security could not be guaranteed. Tass and a note to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, echoed by a note to Britain, framed the flights as unagreed by the Japanese government and thus unlawful.
A garbled clipping references Washington reports on sports and health policy. It mentions the surgeon general Dr Luther Ter, a committee testimony, and labeling cigarettes. It alludes to the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and a page reference 2A, with a stray crossword mention.
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