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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1964
Page
7
Washington AP reports May prices mostly steady with food and housing easing while other consumer goods rose. The U S Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI index remained at 107.8 for a second month, meaning a typical basket cost $10.78 in April and May compared with the 1957 59 base.
Reports from Saigon indicate government forces killed more than 100 Communist guerrillas in a major clash about 60 miles northeast of Saigon in the game area where troops had a setback last Friday.
Guidance system trouble forces a second postponement of the Atlas Centaur launch set for 9 a m. The 113 foot rocket countdown halted two hours before liftoff and no new date was announced.
In Rome the Chamber of Deputies rejected Premier Aldo Moro's plan to provide financial aid to church and other private schools, delivering a sharp rebuke to his center left coalition formed a year earlier.
An 18 member Mexican delegation ends a two week tour of Soviet industrial facilities and says it will urge increased purchases of Soviet industrial equipment. The mission also visited Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia and Poland and included specialists in oil petrochemical mining machine tools building equipment agricultural machinery electric power and railroads.
Brussels Belgium AP reports Parliament will consider a compromise plan backed by the government and medical profession after ten months of dispute and a nationwide doctors strike in April.
In Valletta the Roman Catholic Church plans a vigilance committee to ensure tourist conduct. The government had banned public kissing earlier this week and police report visitors appearing at resort spots dressed indecently.
A chartered bus carrying 32 passengers from Los Angeles overturned on Highway 99 two miles north of Madera. At least three people died and the remaining passengers were injured and transported to Madera County Hospital.
Washington reports argue China’s military capability is waning due to worn air force fleets, outdated tanks, and fuel shortages. Moscow cut aid after a Sino-Soviet split, limiting future arming. US officials warn a ground war is unlikely but air power could strike supply lines and industrial centers inside China.
Presidential fact-finder Allen Dulles says he does not foresee an explosion over the disappearance of three civil rights workers in Mississippi. Sailors from the Meridian naval air station joined FBI and highway police in a mud-filled search near Philadelphia as President Johnson orders more help and civil rights leaders seek action.
A truck carrying ammonium nitrate exploded near Marshalls Creek Pennsylvania killing six people and injuring about ten. Firefighters died and homes near Route 209 were damaged as snakes and debris scattered. Witnesses described a rapid blaze and a large crater formed by the blast.
The topless swimsuit sparks crowds nationwide. In Los Angeles a live model in the suit attracts shoppers and deputies who confirm no arrest for nudity. In Oklahoma City about 900 people, mostly male, gather at a housing project after a radio stunt promises a blonde model arriving by helicopter.
Mary Jo Smith of Coolidge was chosen state president of the Georgia 4 H Club Council for the coming year. A Central High School honor student, she previously led the Central 4H Club and served as Thomas County Council secretary and girls vice president.
A masked gunman robbed a Citizens and Southern Bank branch in Buckhead and escaped with 23000 dollars after forcing about a dozen employees into a vault. The captives were freed after five minutes when a late arriving employee noticed a distress signal through an air vent. The robber fled in a bank employee’s car, later found abandoned.
Gov. Farris Bryant flew to St Augustine to oversee a crisis as a mob attacked civil rights marchers. Dr. Martin Luther King said the city was saved by nonretaliation, while federal court orders and National Guard talks framed the tension and arrests rose.
An Associated Press survey shows Barry Goldwater losing eight first ballot votes and William Scranton down seven. Goldwater holds 686 delegates, 31 above the 655 needed at the San Francisco convention. Scranton stands at 131, with shifts from Ohio, Florida, New Jersey, and West Virginia altering the early tallies.
Hansell Chastain of the Georgia Livestock Association cites a federal live stock report predicting an eight percent drop in the pig crop from 1963 to 1964. The agency shows pig crops from December 1963 to May 1964 at 46,479,000 versus 50,340,000 a year earlier, signaling higher pork prices in coming months.
White House press secretary George Reedy admitted an item from an earlier briefing was inadvertently inaccurate regarding Marines in Mississippi aiding the civil rights workers search. He had said 200 Marines from Meridian would join with eight helicopters, later clarifying the information and noting a cooperative effort with Gov. Johnson and Mississippi forces.
In a briefing the White House acknowledged a misstatement about all levels cooperating. Spokesman James Reedy said eight Marine helicopters were reported but likely were Navy aircraft, and he called the earlier claim an inadvertence with no further explanation.
Alabama Governor George Wallace told about 9 000 cheering supporters at the Mississippi Coliseum that he is indeed a candidate for president. He promised a clear voter choice and framed the campaign as a fight against a liberal left wing movement threatening Americans.
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