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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1964
Page
3
Thousands of West Berliners queued for wall passes to East Berlin as 17 offices opened under an agreement with East German authorities. About 10,000 stood in line by opening, with passes issued for October 30 to November 12 and the Christmas period. a border guard reportedly fled into the U S sector.
The Weather Bureau reported the day’s low of 27 degrees in Houston Millinocket and Old Town Maine. The high reached 102 degrees in Needles Imperial and Thermal California.
The U S Defense Department confirms the destroyers Edwards and Mor ton were involved in the September third Tonkin Gulf clash. Officials declined to confirm whether any PT boats were sunk as radar showed four vessels approaching and a crewman from Edwards claimed two PT boats were sunk and one damaged.
UPI reports House and Senate conferees failed to resolve the Medicare fight. The Senate favored a health plan for the elderly under Social Security, while the House opposed. Voting on the issue produced a 4-2 Senate tally for the plan and a 3-9 House rejection, leaving no further sessions planned.
President Johnson told about 7 000 at Johns Hopkins University that the United States must use its nuclear power with restraint to deter extinction and not press ultimatums. He contrasted his cautious approach with Goldwater’s stance on Cuba and Vietnam, urging unity and peace in a dangerous era. He cited past crises in Cyprus Africa and Asia and recalled the Cuban missile crisis and North Vietnamese torpedo bases as examples of restraint.
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller's ex wife Happy Rockefeller loses a custody battle in state supreme court. Judge Joseph F. Gagliardi upholds a 1963 divorce decree granting absolute custody to Dr. James Slater Murphy, noting the children are healthy and better kept together as a unit. Melinda to be returned to her father. visitation terms to be set if parties fail to agree by October 15.
The Labor Department reports the seasonally adjusted jobless rate at 5.2 percent for September, with a rise among married men from 2.6 to 2.9 percent. Harold Goldstein says the change is not statistically significant though monitored, while teen unemployment drops to 14.2 percent and total unemployed number stands at 3.3 million.
The Chinese Communist Party celebrated its 15th year in power with a mass parade in Tiananmen Square and speeches denouncing U.S. imperialism. Amid the pomp, there was no confirmation of a nuclear test despite U.S. predictions. Secretary Rusk had suggested China might explode a device soon, but sources in Peking claimed the claim was unfounded. Western and Russian monitoring kept alert for any blast while Mao Zedong, Liu Shao-chi, and Chou En-lai led leaders from several nations at the event.
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