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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1964
Page
1
In Saigon Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh resumes full control of South Viet Nam’s government after a six hour cabinet session. He consolidates support from Dai Viet party leaders and the armed forces amid earlier calls for stability.
Hurricane Dora, about 1500 miles east southeast of Miami, skirted the Caribbean and the Weather Bureau said it no longer threatened any Caribbean land areas.
Washington AP The House Committee on Un American Activities opened new hearings on student travelers to Cuba. The session was orderly with tight security as the first witness George Luke described Yvonne Bond traveling with a bearded man to arrange a group of 28 to Paris. He noted hefty cash payments totaling 16733.30 and a later 12500 cashier’s check. Continued warning against disorder followed.
Washington AP Kennedy, determined to pursue his own elective career, resigns as attorney general to run for the Senate in New York. He meets with President Johnson to formalize departure from the cabinet begun after his brother’s 1963 death.
Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman announced a nationwide state of emergency amid fears Indonesia plans a large offensive. Indonesian paratroopers reportedly landed in Malaya with heavy arms, as security forces report casualties and the government accuses pro agitators of stirring Chinese Malay tensions in Singapore.
John, a patient scheduled for tonsil surgery at the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, escaped through Piccadilly and the underground before a passerby and station master stopped him. He fled to his aunt’s in south London, his fear of needles driving the dash.
The Senate approved a bill to create a health care program for the elderly under Social Security and raise monthly benefits and taxes. The measure would boost Social Security payments by over 3 billion and add about 3.5 billion in taxes to reach roughly 20 billion, with about 18 million seniors eligible for health benefits including hospitalization and home health services. A Prouty amendment to raise the minimum monthly pay to 70 dollars failed 64-23, and House acceptance of the health plan was uncertain.
Premier Khrushchev agreed to travel to Bonn for political discussions with Chancellor Ludwig Erhard. The Kremlin and West German press office announced the visit timing and program would be arranged through diplomatic channels. Khrushchev currently in Prague meets East Bloc leaders as Western policy toward Germany looms large.
Sgt Alvin C York, World War I hero, died at Nashville Veterans Hospital at 76. President Johnson led tributes and an Army escort will attend his funeral at York's Chapel on the Wolf River. York built his White House farm in 1922 and rose to fame in the Argonne Forest.
Hurricane Dora veered away from the northern Leeward Islands with winds up to 115 mph and a slower 15 mph forward pace. Weather Bureau notes no longer any danger to Caribbean lands though heavy surf may affect the Leeward Islands. Dora moves west-northwest toward a recurving northern path.
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