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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1964
Page
6
The House Ways and Means Committee dropped President Johnson’s health care proposal for the aged, dealing a heavy blow to its chances this year. The panel deadlocked while trying to draft a bill to raise Social Security cash payments, with more sessions planned later.
Paris dispatch says President Charles de Gaulle greeted Cambodian chief of state Prince Norodom Sihanouk for a three day visit. The two leaders planned to push neutralization as the only feasible way to end the Vietnam War.
World War I hero Sgt. Alvin York is on the critical list at Nashville Veterans Hospital with pneumonia in his right lung and falling blood pressure. A hospital spokesman says pneumoniae and possible blood clot or infection may be the cause. York remains gravely ill.
Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda won the first no confidence motion since taking office in July 1960. The Liberal Democratic party defeated the censure motion 270 to 164, with Socialists and Communists leading the challenge.
Kuwait lending Algeria 21 million dollars for a 500 mile pipeline from the Sahara to the Mediterranean, Kuwait radio announced. Algeria aims to transport oil to European markets via the new route.
The 4,600 ton freighter Liao yuan arrived in Tokyo with 3,000 tons of corn from Tsingtao under a private trade deal.
AP reports both governments announced an accord allowing Xinhua News Agency to operate in Bonn and DPA to open an office in Peking. The agreement formalizes reciprocal news cooperation between Communist China and West Germany.
The Exile News Service claims Cuba has mined the northwest coast facing Florida to prevent anti Castro landings and to deter exits. Mines are said to be placed 600 feet apart along the Pinar del Rio Province coast.
The Thomasville weather reporting station will close Tuesday as part of a national economy move ordered by President Johnson. Meteorologist C E Skillman opened the station in 1955 and will oversee removal of office supplies, while observations will continue at the Federal Building under James C Gaither and the Agriculture Marketing Service.
Gov. Carl E. Sanders vows to appeal to the U S Supreme Court if a federal three judge panel does not lift the preliminary ban on a new constitution from the November ballot. Atty. Gen. Eugene Cook coordinates the legal challenge and plans rapid action.
A Macy s fireworks show on the Hudson ends in tragedy when a barge explodes killing two men Anthony Amato 60 of Secaucus New Jersey and Anthony De Francisco 40 of Sparkill New York. Four others are rescued and treated for burns. Thousands watched as two other barges continued firing.
The FTC seeks a rule requiring all cigarette packs and advertising to disclose that smoking is a health hazard and may cause death. Labels must warn by January 1, 1965 and ads by July 1, 1965. The language is left to manufacturers to phrase clearly and conspicuously.
General Maxwell D. Taylor will become U S ambassador to South Vietnam and command civilian and military efforts. He will serve under President Johnson with Westmoreland and Johnson in key posts as Lodge defends his decision amid Senate confirmation expectations. Senator Morse opposes the appointment, signaling a Senate fight.
Madalyn Murray and her family fled Baltimore after a court dispute over her daughter in a religiously charged case. They stopped in San Francisco and continued to Hawaii seeking asylum as authorities pursue assault and custody charges tied to the controversy.
Partly cloudy and warm today with scattered thundershowers. Forecast suggests unsettled conditions continuing into Thursday with isolated storms. Details appear on page 10.
Thomasville will join Southern Airways 15th anniversary celebration at Moultrie Thomasville Airport on Thursday. Frank W. Hulse will share a birthday cake at 2:20 p.m. as roses are presented. Rose Queen Rebecca Lanier may attend with local chamber officials. Southern Airways, founded in 1943, serves 59 cities across nine states and claims a perfect safety record while carrying over 3.5 million passengers.
Former CIA director Allen Dulles heads to Mississippi on a White House mission to aid the search for three missing civil rights workers. FBI and state officers intensified door to door hunts after the trio disappeared near Philadelphia with a burned station wagon found near a swamp.
Two civil rights activists Ronald Ridenour and Howard Kirchenbaum were arrested in Moss Point Mississippi on vagrancy and investigation charges. They were tracked in the Jackson Park Negro settlement after a brief chase and said to be canvassing homes with three others present.
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