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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1963
Page
2
The Pentagon announces that each of 16 combat divisions will double its nuclear strength with new lighter ammunition and a secretive dart rifle for infantry use. A six inch diameter atomic artillery shell extends range to 8-10 miles from a 155 mm howitzer, while dart rounds enable thousands of shots per soldier. Firing tests planned for February.
The Times-Enterprise editorial condemns a federal appeals court ruling overruling the Communist Party conviction for failure to register as a Soviet agent. It argues that a conflicting law shields the party, urging civil rights safeguards against dictatorship and warning of dangerous precedent.
Chicago principal Robert Newman tests a theory by opening a paperback store at an elementary school. Sales prove children buy and own books, with titles like The Wizard of Oz and Tom Sawyer, suggesting ownership boosts reading despite TVs and adapters.
President Johnson's administration accepts a long wait before possible peace with Red China. Roger Hilsman argues successors may be more realistic as Mao and top leaders age. Policy remains strength and firmness despite some thaw with the Soviet Union. Chen Yi says China needs 100 years to modernize.
Sen. Herman E. Talmadge says President Johnson would carry Georgia by a substantial majority if the election were held now. He notes Johnson’s Southern support may face some disadvantages and that civil rights legislation would need moderation in the House to avoid a Senate clash. He praises Johnson as an able leader and expects Johnson to push through much of his program.
New York AP reports a humorous gripe about breaking every dish and glass despite scientific advances. The writer notes constant mishaps with glasses china and vases, jokes about plastic coatings, and recalls a gift set promising a year of durability that fails when a glass breaks soon after purchase.
The five wise virgins were prepared with oil and ready when the bridegroom arrived, while the five foolish ones were late. The parable warns that outward Christianity is not enough without inner spiritual change and the Holy Spirit.
AP poll of 20 Georgia GOP leaders shows Goldwater losing ground since Kennedy's death with nine naming him as leader and nine expressing no opinion. Nixon and Rockefeller named as other possibilities, while many foresee Johnson keeping Georgia Democratic. Delegates cite Johnson's Southern presence and Kennedy aftermath shifting support.
Washington argues against a proposed tax on Americans buying foreign securities. The piece warns such Schachtian isolationism harms free capital flows, risks retaliations, and undermines democratic capitalism, urging pragmatic yet principled policy.
Andrew Overby, formerly Treasury assistant secretary and New York banker, tells Hollywood convention that the proposed tax on foreign securities purchases harms long term balance of payments and offers little near term benefit. An IBA report calls the tax a protective tariff to curb imports of foreign securities.
The piece lists key milestones: Washington’s army at Valley Forge in 1777, 13th Amendment taking effect in 1865, a deadly Lumberton train wreck in 1943, Joyce conviction upheld in 1945, Italian Christmas amnesty in 1958, Atlas ICBM launch in 1958, and South Korea's constitution approval in 1963.
A discussion on office climate shows that workers differ in comfort with heat and cold. Some prefer cooler spaces in winter, others tolerate warmth, while in summer air conditioning splits opinions. The piece notes pleasing all workers continuously is nearly impossible.
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