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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1964
Page
6
A Commerce Department report shows U.S. debt to foreign governments and enterprises increased by about 1 billion dollars in the fiscal year ending last June 20, bringing total indebtedness to roughly 16.6 billion. Foreigners added about 2.1 billion to the debts, and interest collected was about 8.475 million.
President Johnson invited top Washington aides to Johnson City for a Christmas break end and resumed work on a roughly 100 billion budget and the State of the Union. John Gleason Jr. resigns as veterans administrator January 1 to return to First National Bank of Chicago as first vice president. William Driver will be promoted to administrator of veterans affairs, and John Horne will chair the Home Loan Bank Board replacing Joseph McMurray who resigns January 25 to become Queens College president. Special assistants Moyers Valenti Busby and Goodwin join to aid on the State of the Union.
The Daniel Boone submarine with sixteen 1,800 mile range Polaris missiles sailed from Guam into waters off the Asian mainland. It marks the first of an expected seven submarines for the Far Western Pacific station. Defense officials said the move coincides with China’s recent nuclear test, but noted no direct link.
The World Health Organization in a year end report foresees eventual smallpox eradication with agency aid. It notes malaria eradication progress in India Ceylon Indonesia Middle East and Africa with stopping spraying in many areas. Measles vaccines were tested in six countries and trials are under analysis. Tuberculosis remains a major killer with 3,006,000 annual deaths and 15,000,000 infected globally.
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