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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1963
Page
9
Dist. Judge Joe R. Brown announced the February 3 trial of Jack Ruby for the slaying of Lee Harvey Oswald will not be televised. The judge also banned still cameras recording equipment and TV cameras from the courtroom after considering the issue.
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara arrives in Saigon for a precondition on the three month war review. He says the visit will cover progress problems and solutions of the U.S. Viet Nam program. He departs for Washington on Friday. Du Pont patriarch Trence du Pont dies in Wilmington after a long illness.
London crowds enjoy dazzling skyward sights as Regent Street glitters with oversized diamondlike stars and Oxford Street hangs flaming orbs in pink, green, blue and yellow. The vibrant display marks a decade of the capital’s festive tradition.
New York Idlewild Airport will be renamed John F Kennedy International Airport on Tuesday marking the third name change in nine years. The airport has never officially used Idlewild as its name and the Idlewild reference comes from the golf course on which it was built. Mayor Robert F Wagner signed the law changing the name Wednesday.
The General Electric Co. reached out-of-court settlements totaling nearly $1 million in 32 suits tied to the 1961 antitrust decisions. U.S. District Judge Sylvester Ryan approved the deals on Wednesday, with Consolidated Edison Co. of New York receiving the largest settlement, nearly $6 million.
The Supreme Soviet gave unanimous approval to Khrushchev's 46 billion dollar plan to expand the chemical industry and fertilizer production. Parliament also endorsed the 1964 and 1965 budgets funding the first phase of the seven year chemical industry plan.
An Extension Service engineer H. B. Goolsby says Georgia has about 2 million dollars invested in mechanical cotton pickers with 2,164 machines in use statewide this year. The average value per picker is estimated around ten thousand dollars.
Two masked gunmen robbed a Georgia Railroad Bank branch at Daniel Village Augusta taking about 50 000. An FBI agent present fired on the fleeing suspects and both escaped in a stolen car abandoned on Lake Forest Drive. Movie cameras in the bank captured footage.
President Johnson will spend Christmas at his Texas ranch with family and kinfolk, enjoying a quiet holiday after lighting the national tree. He may hunt or relax in the hills, with red velvet stockings and a cedar tree decorating the ranch as the family exchanges gifts in a large reunion.
A massive Arctic outbreak blankets 13 states with subzero temps. From Vermont to Maine record snowfall ranges from 9 to 17 inches, while Chicago and Bemidji set new cold records. Cattle stranded in Missouri river area. a six month old child dies from exposure in Alabama.
An Air Force report details widespread looting at former U S air bases in Morocco after handover to the Moroccan government. Latrines and electric motors were taken, and at least one Arab was electrocuted in the thefts as U S bombers ceased using the bases earlier this year.
West Berliners crossed into East Berlin today with new Communist passes to visit relatives for the first time in over two years. Police reported six crossing with 22 more earlier. large lines formed at five wall crossings as East Germany expanded openings and cleared roadblocks.
Paul Goodman a Bethel high school student won KDWB radio contest for the biggest Christmas cookie weighing about 2 300 pounds. He sold to classmates to raise funds for the project and built the monster cookie by gluing pig slabs together in a pickup truck.
A Christmas card mailed December 14 from Heswall Manchester England was delivered to Kit Cocroft son of Mr and Mrs C C CocCroft at 431 Glenwood Drive Thomasville. Readers note the elderly senders run a local grocery, Cocroft worked as a Winnant volunteer.
Salvation Army leader Thomas Farnsworth warns hundreds in Thomasville and Thomas County face a hungry Christmas unless aid arrives. He cites nearly 600 requests for assistance this year and says groceries are the urgent need, not toys or clothes, as kettles raise little this year due to cold weather and low donations.
The Associated Press account of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s assassination is offered for pre publication, urging Times Enterprise readers to order now. The item is priced at 2 dollars plus six cents tax, with 25 cents mailing, and a coupon on page 9.
The Senate rejected an amendment by Sen. Morse to cut defense pact country aid from 380 million to 309 million, keeping the total at about 3.3 billion. President Johnson warned against further cuts as the chamber prepared for final action and possible further reductions.
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