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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1963
Page
7
President Johnson signed a bill creating a federal college aid partnership to meet rising enrollments. The measure authorizes 1.195 billion dollars in federal outlays over three years to fund construction of classrooms laboratories and libraries across the nation.
South Korean leader Chung Hee Park announced the dissolution of the military revolutionary council he commanded in a coup 31 months earlier. He spoke to hundreds of officers at the junta headquarters, signaling an end to the council's revolutionary banners.
Gen Maxwell I. Taylor arrives for a three day reappraisal of U S military aid to India amid feared Chinese invasion threats along the Himalayan frontier. He is to confer with Prime Minister Nehru and Defense Minister Chavan and bowles before departing for Pakistan.
C K Yen assumed the premiership of Nationalist China pledging to continue the former government's policy of fighting Communism and recovering the mainland. He said anti Communist guerrilla operations on the mainland would be intensified.
Greece’s new premier George Papandreou defends a private aircraft purchase for the royal family, saying the caretaker government initiated the deal and his cabinet should honor the contract despite opposition from newspapers allied with the prior Caramanlis government. Astronaut John Glenn attends Wright brothers tribute near Kitty Hawk.
In central Viet Nam a helicopter crash claimed the lives of three U.S. airmen. Their bodies were found on a lonely beach and flown to Saigon for autopsy. A separate Tennessee case saw Daniel Loomis order Davy Crockett jailed after a wife’s warrant against her husband.
Police charge Eddie Weissman 19 of Manhattan with homicide after a New York City College student star Mike Schaffer 19 sophomore and high scorer in a 7 44 victory was struck by a car that aimed at a group of students after a game. Weissman admits being in the car but denies aiming at anyone.
A Baldwin Hills Reservoir failure unleashed 300 million gallons of water flooding Los Angeles area homes and businesses. Sixty four homes destroyed, 82 seriously damaged, up to 10 inches of mud. three dead. Investigations to determine dam failure underway as disaster aid activates loans.
Washington AP The House debates foreign aid appropriations as Congress ends its term with a $2.8017 billion package, far below Kennedy requests. President Johnson urges reversal to avoid perceived weakness, while Adlai Stevenson condemns the U.N. funding cuts as harming aid to children refugees and developing nations.
Moscow reports a 4.3 percent cut in the 1964 military budget and a 53 percent rise in investments for consumer goods over two years. Khrushchev aims to feed the people with more bread and fewer guns while boosting agriculture housing light industry and food processing in 1964 65.
Snow fell in scattered northern areas but most of the eastern two thirds remained clear and cold. The season's deepest low temperatures swept the eastern Plains Midwest and Northeast as the long cold spell continued. Weather Bureau noted a warming trend along the Rockies and southwestern regions with some relief possible in places.
Willie Dean Chastain 101 Law 8t was charged Friday with assault with intent to kill over a reported stabbing of his brother Cleo Chastain 40 of Ellabelle who remains in poor condition at Archbold Memorial Hospital. The Times Enterprise apologizes for an erroneous racial designation in the sheriff's report.
A 4-year-old Cairo man, Winifred Maxwell, was seriously injured Saturday when a car lost control on a curve five miles west of Thomasville on the Cairo Road. He suffered fractures to the left leg and arm, a brain concussion, and chest injuries. the vehicle was demolished per State Patrol Trooper Billy Turner.
Representatives from the Thomasville Thomas County Chamber of Commerce and the Grady County Chamber of Commerce plan a December meeting as page six indicates continuation on page six.
Communist led tin miners in Catavi Bolivia continue to hold 19 hostages including four Americans as Vice President Lechin explains a release deal. U S Ambassador Henderson and Peace Corps chief Singer escort Lechin to Oruro while government orders troop withdrawal and hopes rise for quick freedom.
Gov. Carl E. Sanders will not intervene in the Baker County incident. Col. Lowell T. Conner of the Dept. of Public Safety will handle the case and provide a written report with lie detector results. The governor awaits Conner's report before any action.
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