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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1963
Page
12
President Kennedy cited improving yet challenged economic indicators at a Washington news conference. He noted a 6.2 billion 1963 deficit drop and a 4.1 billion cash deficit, urging rapid action on tax cuts to curb unemployment and fuel growth amid fiscal constraints.
President Kennedy says South Africa should not be expelled from the United Nations despite apartheid. He notes the Afro Asian bloc may push for sanctions including an arms embargo, but adds the administration has not decided and faces military and diplomatic considerations.
United Nations debate on apartheid faces a tame session after South Africa boycotts the Council gathering. African nations sought embargo or expulsion and aimed to gain world sympathy, while Portugal rejects independence moves for Angola and Mozambique. President Kennedy signals broad hostility to racial segregation and opposes expulsion, noting NATO ties and U S arms policy toward South Africa.
Hector Hill an American art student aged 29 drowned in Cuba while traveling against a State Department ban. His body rests in a Key West funeral home with 241 dollars owed before shipment home for burial, a sum his Brooklyn brother Howard says his widow cannot pay. The Cuban Foreign Minister offered to fly the body to New York but the plane could not land due to Cuban assets and American creditor concerns cited by the State Department.
The Chronicle Telegram announces mailing and advertising rates for Lorain County and surrounding areas. Rates list single copy price carrier delivery weekly and annual subscriptions with distinctions for Ohio and outside Ohio.
In Farmville Virginia Prince Edward County residents begin a seven week summer program for about 300 Black children who have had no public schooling since 1959. Queens College students and New York teachers run classes in church homes and two local churches amid white resistance and court battles.
In Washington a sharp cut in government spending fuels optimism for House approval of President Kennedy’s tax cut. Navy Secretary Fred Korth attends the seventh hearing in a probe of the controversial 695-703 fighter contract award. In Columbus Governor Rhodes vetoes a poorly drafted bill aimed at attorney access to prisoners before charges are filed.
Irving Berlin has moved into an office at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios as preparations begin for the movie Say It With Music. Berlin will work with producer Arthur Freed on preproduction planning and during filming.
Two American soldiers from the Seventh Infantry Division were swept away by the Hanjin River north of Seoul while trying to cross it. They were not identified pending next of kin notification and are presumed dead, according to U.S. Army authorities.
President Kennedy described a possible partial test ban outlawing atmospheric and underwater tests while underground tests continue. He urged widening talks to gain adherence from other nations and noted aims to involve France and Red China, with caution on a summit. Talks with Har riman and Hailsham progress reported from Moscow.
UPI reports the U S Air Force base at Alconbury England has put its five year old guard dog Charlie back on duty with a set of false teeth after he lost his real teeth from chewing concrete wire fences and wooden posts.
President Kennedy and NASA officials defended the costly moon effort as Senator Webb pressed to restore nearly 500 million dollars cut from a 3.7 billion budget. Webb warned Congress could delay the lunar landing if funding remains reduced, while Kennedy urged continuing the race to reach the moon this decade. NASA also awarded a six month study contract to Space Technology Laboratories to improve management of the manned space flight program.
Ward's Automotive Reports shows domestic new car sales reaching 177 427 in the first ten days of July with a total of 3 953 000 for the year. GM led with 53.8 percent share followed by Ford 24.4 percent Chrysler 14.7 percent American Motors 6.2 percent and Studebaker 9 percent.
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