11 Oct 1964
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1964
Page
1
Britain’s Labour party appears favored to win the national election as campaigns wind down. Gallup shows a six percent lead, threatening to overturn the Conservative margin in the House of Commons. Bookmakers price Labour at three to one, with $140,000 bet on a Labour triumph.
Cantor died at 7 20 p m after a heart attack in the presence of two daughters Mrs Natalie ee and Mrs Edna Mc Cantor. The famed comic and performer had battled heart ailments for years and left a legacy across stage radio and film including Ziegfeld Follies hits and movies with Samuel Goldwyn.
Queen Elizabeth addressed Quebec's legislature in French urging respect for differing views as protests rose. Boos and separatist chants erupted from college-age demonstrators, police used night sticks and escorted leaders away, while other spectators applauded the monarch.
The Neuse River began to fall from a record 27.5 feet in Goldsboro while Tar River and Cape Fear also recede. Flood waters affect six counties with Wayne County hardest hit, damage estimated at 2.5 million dollars.
American officials weigh if the Venezuela kidnapping is a local terrorism act or part of a vast Communist plot. The debate centers on whether Red leaders in North Viet Nam or China orchestrated it or if the FALN group carried out a Venezuela home-grown plan. Authorities remain cautious about a world-spanning strategy to halt Nguyen Van Troi’s execution.
Officials weigh whether a kidnapping in South Vietnam signals a broader terrorist plot. President Johnson and Secretary Rusk are kept informed as U S and Venezuelan authorities monitor threats linked to Lt Col Michael Smolen. FALN has destabilization aims amid regional tensions with Cuba.
Me ee Furniture Mart outlines plans for new showrooms and inventory as preparations accelerate. Local executives confirm phased openings and staffing targets through summer.
Dr Otis A Singletary chancellor of UNCG since 1961 was named director of the Job Corps a key piece of President Johnson anti poverty program Trustees granted him a leave of absence starting Nov 1 with a February 1966 return The acting chancellor James Ferguson is named to replace him while Singletary heads the program in Washington the Job Corps aids youths with low reading and arithmetic skills to complete high school and gain employment opportunities
The 69-year-old Brooklyn mother of Lt. Col. Michael Smolen appeals to his captors in Caracas to spare his life. She pleads through the New York Journal American and AP, expressing a mother's love and urging mercy to send him home to his father.
Police raided suspected Castro group hideouts in Caracas searching 30 homes for Lt. Col. Michael Smolen 45 abducted from his home while en route to work. Anonymous calls linked his fate to Viet Cong terrorist Nguyen Van Troi 19 in Saigon. Three arrested for questioning. car owner detained.
In Salt Lake City Senator Barry Goldwater urged Congress to test a constitutional amendment on school prayer. He criticized President Johnson for empty promises, warned of moral rot, and attacked the Democratic platform for lacking references to God. He spoke in Salt Lake City after rallies in Spokane and Portland, touring the business district with a favorable reception.
Mickey Mantle hit a towering solo shot in the ninth inning to lift the New York Yankees to a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. The blast, his 16th World Series homer, broke Babe Ruth's record as Jim Bouton outduelled Curt Simmons in a brilliant pitching duel. The series stands with New York leading 2-1 as Game Four heads to Yankee Stadium.
President Johnson surveys campaign events in Barry Goldwater’s home town as polls show a 2 to 1 edge for Johnson. He plans a TV briefing from the LBJ Ranch and a Phoenix swing with Roy Elson. He targets a historic victory, aiming for about a 55 to 45 margin.
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