Kennedy warns of foreign aid cuts hurting U S exports
President Kennedy addressed 400 White House Conference on Export Expansion executives warning that House reductions in foreign aid would harm private commerce and the balance of payments. He urged support to restore aid, noting most commitments fund U S expenditures and aid can boost exports. Secretary Wirtz urged expanding exports to close employment and payments gaps.
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Washington
Kennedy
House
White House
Senate
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Willard Wirtz
Negro Students Enter Mercer University
Three Negro students have entered Mercer University for the first desegregation at the Baptist institution in Macon Georgia. About 500 students registered for classes and began orientation procedures with no incidents reported.
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Macon
Mercer University
Weather report from station for twenty four hours
Weather Experiment Station records 24 hour period ending 7 am Tuesday with a high of 76 and a low of 57 degrees and a trace of precipitation.
Petition for 262000 Drainage District Circulation Planned
City officials begin circulating petitions to create a 262000 drainage district funding the 640000 street improvement project. Area mostly in Ward 1 south of the MP tracks and east of Main Street will get Edgewood 16th to 57, 6th Street, Shover Road, Laurel to 67, and 5th Street upgrades with a full storm sewer. Revenue bonds to be issued repaid by property owners within 120 days.
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Main Street
Edgewood
16Th
6Th Street
Main
Shover
Highway 4
Laurel St
Laurel Street
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South Walnut
Budget Cut Must, Not Talk, Push Tax Plan Forward
Washington reports House Republican leader Charles Halleck says budget cutting action rather than a speech is needed to move Kennedy’s tax reduction through Congress this year. Halleck will listen to Kennedy’s tax address but maintains his stance on voluntary spending reductions. Democratic leaders claim votes exist to pass an $11 billion tax cut next week, while Senate opposition and Senator Byrd demand spending reductions to accompany any tax cuts.
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Charles A. Halleck
Kennedy
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Halleck
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Senate
Harry’ F. Byrd
D-Va
Byrd
Finance Committee
Britain Opens Fylingdales Radar Station for Early Warning
Britain activates the Fylingdales radar station at FYLINGDALES England enabling warning against hostile missiles. The RAF will operate it as part of a chain from Greenland to Alaska, with the United States funding most of the $120 million cost except $16 million.
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Alaska
Arkansas Young Democrats urge clubs to greet Kennedy in Little Rock
The executive committee of the Arkansas Young Democrats urges all state Yoting Democrats clubs to send a delegation to Little Rock on October 3 to welcome President Kennedy who will visit the state after attending dedication ceremonies for Greers Ferry Dam at Heber Springs during the Livestock Exposition.
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Associated Press
Arkadelphia
Garland Votes on 1.5 Million Industrial Bond Plan
Garland County voters decide on a 1.5 million industrial bond to fund a new aluminum processing plant and expand an industrial park on Highway 270 east of Hot Springs. Backers say the project would create about 200 jobs and generate a 1 million dollar annual payroll.
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Garland County
Typhoon Gloria Causes Up To 15 Million In Damage
Government sources estimate typhoon Gloria caused 10 to 15 million dollars in damage in northern Formosa. The storm hit the northern coast of the Chinese Nationalist island last Wednesday, killing at least 202 people. Air Force helicopters began dropping supplies to affected villages.
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Taipei
Formosa
Final Rites for Mrs Westbrook at Beebe
Mrs Mattie Westbrook 91 of Beebe died Saturday at Searcy. Final rites were held Monday. Survivors include three stepsons led by Tobe Westbrook of Hope and four stepdaughters including Mrs R M Bruner of Hope.
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Searcy
Tobe Westbrook
Hope
R. M. Bruner
Shaw recalls ferment and hope in politics during youth
New York AP interview with Irwin Shaw notes his shift to production with In the French Style, fears of script carelessness when authors are not present, and his view of cities as oppressive while fondly recalling 1940s ferment, insecurity, generosity, and political optimism.
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Irwin Shaw
Shaw
Switzerland
Noboy
New Yorker
Birmingham Negroes Blame Gov Wallace for Slayings
Birmingham residents furious after the Sunday bombing at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church vow to march on Montgomery to press Gov. George C. Wallace, blaming him for the racial tensions behind the deaths of four girls. About 1,200 rally participants endorse the march. funerals are set for Denise McNair, Addie Mae Collins, and Cynthia Wesley, with Carol Robertson laid to rest.
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Birmingham
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Montgomery
George C. Wallace
State House
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Sixteenth Street Baptist
Carol Robertson
St. John’s African Methodist Episcopal Church
Fred Shuttiesworth
Sixth Avenue South Baptist Church
Denise McNair
Addie Mae Collins
Cynthia Wesley
Washington
This Day in History for September 18, 1964
Highlights include the 1759 surrender of Quebec after the Plains of Abraham battle in which Montcalm and Wolfe died. Washington laid the Capitol cornerstone in 1798. Chile proclaimed independence in 1810. Manchuria was invaded in 1931. Poland fled to France in 1939. Allied troops linked with the British in the Netherlands in 1944. The Soviet Union announced atomic bomb tests ten years ago, and disarmament talks opened at the UN in 1954. Tyros 6 launch marked a second US weather satellite in operation a year ago.
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Wolfe
George Washington
Washington
Chile
Spain
Manchuria
France
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Soviet Union
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
John Foster Dulles
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.N. General Assembly
New York
Cape Canaveral
United States
Arkansas Exhibit Financing For New York Worlds Fair
Governor Faubus confirmed AIDC and Publicity and Parks Commission will share exhibit funding up to 50 000 dollars per year each with AIDC covering its full share and additional funds to be raised by a drive. Publicity and Parks may cap at 10 000 dollars. Exhibit costs are estimated at 300 000 to 400 000 dollars. Faubus may use emergency funds and seek legislative support if the effort succeeds.
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Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
AIDC
Publicity and Parks Commission
Winthrop Rockefeller
Faubus
L. A
Dial
Brinkley
Parks Commission
Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller laments eroded will to resist communism
ACCORD, N.Y. Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller says the will to resist communism has been eroded everywhere due to actions by President Kennedy's Democratic administration. Speaking to Ulster County Republicans, he hints at a 1964 presidential bid but does not elaborate on his plans. He alleges Kennedy Administration failed in leadership and action on major problems.
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N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Kennedy
Ulster County Republican Committee
Rockefeller
Washington
U.S
Elston Ross 44 Dies in Texarkana Hospital
Elston Ross, 44, died Monday in a Texarkana hospital. He is survived by his wife, two daughters Carolyn and Brenda, a son Ronald Ross, all of Hooks, Texas. His parents Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Ross of Hope, a brother Lonnie of Hope, and two sisters Ches ter Marlar of Daingerfield and Mrs James Morrow of Unknown. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at First Methodist Church in Hooks.
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Texarkana
Carolyn
Brenda
Ronald Ross
Hooks
Texas
W. R. Ross
Hope
Lonnie of
Chester Marlar
Daingerfield
James Morrow
First Methodist Church
Army Engineers award $2.45 million levee project contract
Bulletin from Washington reports the Army Engineers awarded List and Clark Construction Co of Kansas City a 2 446 358 contract for a 2 1/2 mile levee a pumping station and service road tied to the Millwood Reservoir project near Ashdown Arkansas.
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Washington
Army Engineers
List and Clark Construction Co
Kansas City
Millwood Reservoir
Ashdown
Ack
Mrs Hawthorne Dies at 62 Near Fulton
Florence L. Hawthorne, 62, died Monday at her home near Fulton. Survived by husband Walter. two sons W. Hawthorne of Fulton and B. T. Simmons of Hot Springs. four daughters Shirley Pettie of Hope Bobby Jean Mills of Hobbs N M Muriel Jackson of Philadelphia and Ferrell Hawthorne of California. three sisters Maudie Tucker Broken Bow Ella Clayton McNab Julia Chandler Bastrop La. Arrangements by Herndan Cornelius.
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Fulton
Walter
W. Hawthorne
B. T. Simmons
Hot Springs
Fou
Shirley Pettie
Hope
Bobby Jean Mills
Hobbs
N.M
Muriel Jackson
Philadelphia
Ferrell Hawthorne
Herndan Cornelius
Low Fulton Bridge Is Protected
Texarkana Arkansas AP The Red River Valley Association plans to air views against a low level bridge across the Red River near Fulton at an Army Engineers public hearing on Oct 10 The association executive vice president L R Matthias of Shreveport Louisiana says the Fulton bridge would preclude navigation on the river behind it The bridge is proposed by the state Highway Department.
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Red River Valley Association
Red River
Fulton
Army Engineers
Line Association
L. R. Matthias
Shreveport
State Highway Department
Arkansas Highway Department
Miller Courthouse
Gel
Hope livestock auction nets 598 head at $55,912
Community notes report Hope Livestock Commission weekly sale totaling 598 head bringing $55,912. VFW Auxiliary plans to honor Gold Star Mothers in Hempstead County with a dinner. Hope Boosters eye the Hope Morriston game. Naval recruit Danny Key completes training at Great Lakes. Plus, updates on parades, football lineups, and a bridge level dispute under Interstate 20.
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Hope Livestock Commission
VFW
Hempstead County
George Waldeon
P. O. Box
Hope
Hurricane Cindy Hammers Texas Coast
Hurricane Cindy struck the Texas coast near Galveston to Port Arthur with 80 mph winds, then weakened inland. Refugees fled Cameron Parish while Port Arthur Beaumont and Galveston prepared. officials reported minor damage and spared homes, with 10,000 expected refugees fed if needed. Offshore rigs faced 30-foot waves and 55 mph winds as emergency services mobilized.
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Tex
Texas Coast
At & A.m
Texas
Louisiana
Galveston
Port Arthur-Beaumont
Orange
Cameron Parish
Carla
Cameron
Audrey
Civil Defense
Texas Department of Public Safety
Carl Reon
Cindy
Beaumont
Gulf of Mexico
Oll
Lake Charles
Alfred EB. Roberts
Salvation Army
Export Expansion urged by Wirtz at White House meet
Secretary of Labor Wirtz urged U S businessmen to broaden exports to close employment and balance of payments gaps. The White House Conference on Export Expansion drew 400 industry leaders in Washington with President Kennedy and four Cabinet officers present. Wirtz noted every $1 billion in exports creates about 150000 jobs and that export production engages 14 to 15 percent of payrolls in light machinery chemicals and metals. He linked high wages productivity and labor standards with growing exports.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
White House
Kennedy
T Han
Senate ratification gains after Ervin backs treaty
Senator Fann Ervin of North Carolina endorsed the limited nuclear test ban pact, boosting pro ratification sentiment to 78 of the 100 senators. Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield expressed optimism a vote could occur this week on reservations and understandings if final ratification moves to next week. Ervin called backing the toughest decision of his nine year Senate career, citing leadership stakes for the United States.
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Washington
Fann Ervin
D-N.c
Ervin
Senate
United States
Bul
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Kennedy
Grain deal could boost U S wheat sales abroad
Washington notes a Canada Russia wheat sale worth 500 million dollars, 228 million bushels over 100 months with 33 million shipped to Cuba. Kennedy aides see sunshine for U S exports while critics call it a breach of Western Hemisphere solidarity. Russia cites bad weather for crop shortfall.
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U.S
Canada
Soviet Union
Ottawa
Russia
Cuba
Kenneth Keating
Khrushchev
United States
Kremlin
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