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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1963
Page
7
President Johnson met with top diplomats and military advisors to discuss the defense budget and NATO problems. The White House said he stressed maintaining national military strength while matching a dollar of value sent in the field to a dollar spent at home.
The U S Information Agency released a survey showing highly favorable foreign press reaction to President Johnson in his first days. Based on material through Dec 2, the world press expresses confidence in Johnson.
Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home will meet Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson in Ottawa from February 10 to 12. The visit precedes Douglas-Home's trip to Washington for talks with President Johnson on February 12 and 13.
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization cites Communist subversion from North Viet Nam and neutral Laos as the region’s biggest threat aided by propaganda broadcasts from Red China and Hanoi in a year end report.
A conference of 21 Asian nations urged faster development through trade liberalization, regional industrial projects, and the creation of an Asian development bank. Technical committees will study lower ocean shipping rates and coordinated air transport.
In Parliament Defense Minister Paul Hellyer said Ottawa will save 52 million by trimming 28 079 personnel. He described retirements transfers civilian shifts and reserve removals as part of the consolidation plan. Guatemala resumes full diplomatic relations with the Dominican Republic after earlier recalls. Spain receives first of seven US HU16B antisubmarine aircraft.
Texas Governor John Connally is greeted by his children Sharon 14 and Mark 11 as he lands back in Austin after safe return. Mrs Connally is seen nearby accompanying the governor during the arrival.
President Johnson, speaking at two closed meetings with officials, says the United States must be strong, just, temperate and patient. He expands his foreign policy stance at a National Security Council session and later to 800 State Department officials.
President Johnson awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 28 Americans and foreigners chosen by Kennedy for their achievement in public affairs education science health letters and the arts. The medal is the highest civilian honor in peacetime.
Washington report notes Republican readers undecided on Senator Barry Goldwater's lead in the 1964 nominating race. Rumors persist of a Nixon bid in New Hampshire while Goldwater and Governor Nelson Rockefeller pause campaign activity after JFK's assassination.
About 125 physicians from the Southeastern Gulf Area completed a two day medical seminar. Seminar Chairman Dr. John King praised top notch speakers and high caliber lectures. Some 80 out-of-town doctors attended from Columbus Atlanta LaGrange and other parts of Georgia plus Jacksonville Naples and the Florida Panhandle.
The FBI reportedly finished a bulky report on President Kennedy's assassination and forwarded it to the Justice Department. The Warren Commission may examine the findings, and legislation granting subpoena power to the commission is being drafted. President Johnson promised full public release, but timing remains undetermined.
The presidential commission investigating President Kennedy's assassination holds its first meeting at the National Archives Building in Washington. Pictured from left are Allen, Hale, Cooper, Warren, Russ, McCloy, and Ford, with one member not shown.
Retail sales in eight Southwest Georgia counties rose by more than 6 million in the July to September quarter 1963. Thomas County saw about a 1 million increase to 11,478,825 from 10,542,389, with a year earlier total of 10,125,900. Other counties reported 3,690,264 in Brooks, 14,286,585 in Colquitt, and 6,355,826 in Decatur.
In Moscow the Soviet Communist party urged an end to open polemics with Red China and proposed private discussions to settle bilateral differences. Pravda warned against dramatizing disputes and signaled readiness for a world Communist meeting after no progress on bilateral talks last summer. The piece implies a long wait with time potentially eroding Chinese opposition.
On December 7 the nation marks Pearl Harbor with the Arizona memorial and flag at half mast for 1,102 buried there. Navy personnel and visitors honor 2,300 fallen Americans while the country grieves President’s assassination.
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