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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1964
Page
1
An Associated Press analysis by Jules Loh surveys a sweeping Automation Revolution expected to touch nearly everyone within two years. It describes a transformative shift in industry, promising abundant change while raising uncertainty about disruption and employment.
A lengthy discussion contrasts optimism and fear over automation in the 1960s. Dr Louis T Rader touts automation as prosperity while AFL CIO chief Meany calls it a curse. The piece cites higher production with fewer workers, rising output, and a looming worker surge. It questions automation's long term impact and societal direction.
LBJ enjoys high public support as eight months to election loom. Johnson must handle three tests: a looming cold war showdown, civil rights legislation and a Southern filibuster, and the Bobby Baker probe. Nixon urges Republicans to stay wary of an unstoppable Johnson. See PRESIDENT on Page 12-A.
President Johnson touted an 11.5 billion tax cut as boosting business plans and employment. He outlined steps to trim the budget and expand modern plants, while TV radio networks broadcast his Tuesday release. He also discussed Kennedy as potential VP and plans for a New Hampshire primary showing public sentiment. He expressed willingness to meet French President de Gaulle, saying no irreconcilable differences exist.
Senator Barry Goldwater denounced President Johnson and Governor Nelson Rockefeller in a New Hampshire primary event. He claimed the president cannot make decisions and mocked Rockefeller’s campaign entourage. Goldwater, accompanied by his wife and children, urged voters to back a decisive leadership style.
North Carolina delegates discuss a Goldwater ticket with potential veep names including Morton and Nixon amid a statewide undecided stance. Scranton's name surfaces as part of a broad, informal survey of possible running mates for the 1984 GOP ticket, with various figures weighing if he or others best balance regional and ideological appeal.
In Manchester New Hampshire AP Rockefeller argues the race is a two man contest with Goldwater as the other real candidate while Lodge and Nixon run write in campaigns. Lodge backers say his Oregon showing proves candidacy and could pull votes from Rockefeller.
In Los Angeles three defendants were found guilty on all six counts each in the Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnapping. Barry Keenan and Joseph Amsler received life terms plus 75 years. John Irwin was acquitted of aiding and abetting. Keenan to undergo psychiatric study. Amsler to be sentenced to life plus 75 years.
Gov. Terry Sanford ordered the State Bureau of Investigation to find the source of unsigned leaflets attacking Democratic gubernatorial candidate I. Beverly Lake. Printers and distributors face possible criminal prosecution. The pamphlets, labeled Mountaineers for Moore, alleged Lake would promote violence and retard North Carolina’s growth. Lake said he had not seen the leaflets and neither his campaign nor Dan K. Moore’s aides admitted responsibility. Sanford urged citizens to distrust unsigned fliers and warned they indicate dishonesty.
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