20 Oct 1966
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1966
Page
1
President Johnson arrived in Canberra to a enthusiastic reception and said he seeks peace through effort rather than miracles. He warned that securing peace will be difficult and requires hard work.
Two Jewish writers, Saul Bellow? Wait, the article notes Agnon and Sachs, were named co winners of the 1966 Nobel Prize in literature worth 300,000 crowns. Agnon, long an advocate of New Hebrew prose, was born in Buczacz 1888 and moved to Palestine in 1909. Sachs, a German refugee living in Sweden since 1940, is a poet and translator honored for lyrical and dramatic writing reflecting Israel's destiny.
After five years of debate a consumer packaging bill clears Congress. Senator Hart and Magnuson disagree over the House versus Senate version though both back measures to curb misleading packaging. The bill directs the commerce secretary to seek voluntary standards on package weights to aid value comparisons for shoppers.
Senator Vance Hartke questioned possible dollar to gold siphoning by South Vietnamese officials amid U S aid concerns. White House ordered Treasury point by point refutation as Hartke seeks sources supporting his claims echoing a House subcommittee report on aid program.
At the United Nations, U S and Soviet representatives said chances for a treaty to halt nuclear weapons spread have improved. Officials cited progress and urged concrete steps, while debate on West Germany’s role in NATO nuclear arms remains a sticking point.
NEW YORK AP The housewives boycott widened today as shoppers in at least six more cities joined the checkout counter war. About 200 women in Daytona Beach Florida pledged to skip big chain stores until prices drop, with similar moves in El Paso Hobbs Carlsbad Roswell and Albuquerque New Mexico. A Phoenix bread boycott leader aided Van Nuys California chapter forming Housewives Voice for Lower Prices while callers from Wisconsin and Philadelphia asked how to join. Other cities weighing action include Houston Arlington and Dallas Texas as Denver may face a price war and Cincinnati stores cut prices.
Former U.S. Senator Harry F Byrd Sr a Virginia aristocrat and longtime political power died at Rosemont estate at 8 25 a m after a malignant brain tumor left him in a deep coma since July His son Harry F Byrd Jr was appointed to succeed him Byrd had retired from the Senate in November due to ill health Funeral arrangements expected Saturday Presidents and colleagues paid tribute to his influence and decades of service with Virginia flags ordered to half staff through the funeral period
House leaders faced dwindling attendance as major legislation blocked adjournment. The Senate moved on several measures while the House argued over items leaving a heavy workload to finish by Saturday. The chamber was set to vote on a $6.1 billion school aid bill and a $1.75 billion measure.
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