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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1960
Page
13
GOP platform writers review 200 testimony entries urging limits on federal economic and social programs while Nixon allies seek a civil rights plank. Democrats push for expanded federal action in education housing and urban development, with Southern delegates calling for moderation.
Sen. John F. Kennedy and W. Averell Harriman discussed a proposal to ask Congress for an additional two billion dollars for defense this year to back a hard foreign policy toward the Soviet Union Harriman said the details would come from Kennedy. The talks come as Kennedy prepares for foreign policy briefings and campaign discussions with advisers.
Washington reports the United States will call the Soviet bluff on threats. Secretary of State Herter says Washington will press ahead with UN-backed efforts in Congo and defend vital interests with firm, swift responses.
A Duke University professor and prize winning novelist, Dr. Charles A. Fenton, 41, leaped from the 12th floor of the Washington Duke Hotel in Durham at 5 18 am. Coroner ruled the death a self inflicted act. Fenton, a Yale PhD in American literature, served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during 1940 4. He left no note.
Washington AP reports a sharp rise in polio cases last week with 95 total, 69 paralytic, up from 49 total and 39 paralytic the prior week. From Jan 1 to July 16 total paralytic cases reached 457, compared with 969 in 1959 and 437 in 1958. Rhode Island added 24 new cases while California and South Carolina had 12 each, together more than half the weekly state total. paralytic cases in those states reached 37, over half the national count.
Secretary Herter warns Khrushchev against threatening Congo intervention while Washington pursues a bluff policy to test Soviet resolve. The State Department reiterates support for UN peace efforts and notes notes on armed U.S. service presence in Leopoldville and continued aerial reconnaissance.
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