August 1963
August 1, 1963
The United Nations Security Council urged all nations yesterday to impose an embargo on arms shipments to Portugal. The Council also urged Portugal to recognize her African territories right to "self-determination and independence" and to take immediate steps toward granting it. The requests were contained in a resolution adopted by a vote of 8 to 0. The United States, Britain and France abstained. (1:8; P.9)
Secretary General Thant was asked to take charge of the "self-determination" processes in the proposed Federation of Malaysia. The request was made in a cable from Indonesia, Malaya and the Philippines. (1:6)
United States officials believe that Communist China-will not launch major aggression in Asia. But the Administration does not rule out the possibility that Peking may step up minor "face saving" incidents along its borders. (1:5-6)
Citing "unreasonable and discriminatory standards," the Justice Department filed the largest voting discrimination suit since the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1957. It asked a Federal District Court to order the immediate registration of 2,032 Negroes who had been rejected by officials in Jefferson County, Ala., which includes Birmingham. (1:2)
A-Pentagon directive authorizing military commanders to place "off limits" any areas where relentless segregation is practiced was assailed by Senator Barry Goldwater. (1:2-3)
The House Foreign Affairs Committee rejected a ban on any foreign aid project costing more than $100,000,000 except with Congress' specific approval. The ban would have prevented a long-term loan to India for building a steel plant unless Congress approved it after a survey. (1:6-7)
A Federal civil rights committee agreed with the demonstrators' charge that Negroes were denied employment in most of the city's building trades. It warned that if unions continued their present practices, they would soon face a form of "civil service" selection by a Government agency. (12:1)
Bonn defers decision on test-ban treaty. (pg. 2)
Argentine electoral unit names Illia as President. (pg. 4)
Democrats hail House victory-in Pennsylvania. (pg. 55)
Eisenhower backs "proper demonstrations." (pg. 11)
New Yorkers instruct Negro children in Virginia. (pg. 1.6)
Wirtz denounces maritime strike bill. (pg. 54)
August 2, 1963
In an apparent effort to persuade France to sign the nuclear test ban treaty, the United States and Britain have offered to provide her with more military aid. The President declined to give details, but he left the impression that he would consider sharing nuclear knowledge and weaponry with France. (1:8; P.10)
Communist China, according to the President, could create a "potentially more dangerous situation than any we have faced since the end of World War II." He said this would be so in the nineteen-seventies if Peking maintained its present policies and had developed a nuclear capability. (1:7)
To bolster India's defenses against Communist China, the Soviet Union has offered her guided missiles and other weapons. Indian sources said Moscow had placed no restrictions on using the weapons. (1:8)
Secretary of State Rusk stay in the Soviet Union for three or four days after the signing of the nuclear treaty Monday. (1:7)
The President pledged he would continue to press his civil rights program, even though it might be politically hazardous. (1:2)
Desegregation of all public parks, playgrounds, community centers and cultural facilities in New Orleans was ordered by three Federal judges. Private groups may continue to use the public facilities if such use is not a veiled attempt to maintain segregation. (1:3)
The Labor Department announced that employment increased last month to a record 70,851,000. The number seeking work has also increased, leaving little change, in net unemployment. (1:6-7)
President Kennedy called on all citizens to induce school dropouts to return to the classroom next month. He was allocating $250,000 from the Presidential Emergency Fund to pay guidance counselors in the schools. (13:1-2)
Adm. David L. McDonald took command of the Navy. Adm. George W. Anderson, formally retired after 40 years in uniform to become Ambassador to Portugal. (8:4-6)
Soviet accuses two Americans of espionage. (pg. 2)
Asian chiefs differ on U.N. Malaysia role. (pg. 4)
President lauds servicemen in Annapolis visit. (pg. 1)
Space agency funds restored by Senate panel. (pg. 1)
Zuckert denies interest conflict in TFX award. (pg. 7)
Senators complete hearings on Kennedy rail plan. (pg. 53)
Judge Walter Jones, received Presidential vote. (pg. 27)
August 3, 1963
Secretary of gate Rusk is prepared to tell the Soviet Union that an East-West non-aggression pact would be unfeasible. The President was reported interested in the possibilities of a non-aggression pact, but wary of its effect on NATO relationships. (1:8)
West Germany is hoping to prevent East Germany from enhancing its international status by acceding to the nuclear test ban treaty to be signed in Moscow Monday. The Bonn Government is pressing its Western Allies to attach a protocol to the treaty that would deny to East Germany any claim to status as a sovereign power. (1:7)
Communist China, which has condemned the nuclear agreement, handed a letter to all foreign missions calling for a world conference on disarmament. Peking asked for the dismantling of all military bases on foreign soil. (2:4)
Adlai E. Stevenson told the United Nations Security Council the United States would stop all sales of military equipment-to South Africa until it ended its segregation policies. Washington would oppose sanctions against that country as "bad law and bad policy." (1:5-6; P.6)
The Labor Secretary rejected an appeal by the construction industry to delay applying strict new standards to eliminate discrimination in apprenticeship programs. (1:4)
Organized labor put up $160,000 last May so the anti-segregation demonstrators in Birmingham could be released from jail. The money, used to back bail bonds, cemented the racial settlement-there. (18:4)
The Atomic Energy Commission announced it would spend $3,000,000 to test the hazard of breathing radiation-polluted air. (2:3-5)
Turkey, a nation in doubt, turns to West. (pg. 1)
U.N. troops fight North Korea patrol. (pg. 1)
Ottawa concludes big wheat deal with Peking. (pg. 3)
J. M. Landis, ex-U.S. aide, admits tax evasion. (pg. 1)
August 4, 1963
The Kremlin accused Communist China of insincerely proposing a disarmament plan to mask its refusal to sign the test ban treaty. (1:7)
The sister of South Vietnam's President, Ngo Dinh Diem, sharply accused Buddhist leaders of treason and murder. She called the leaders "so-called holy men who use Communist tactics." Ninh Nhu, the President's brother, said a continuing religious crisis could bring about a Government coup that would crush the Buddhists. (1:5)
The Pentagon abandoned its experimental Army rotation plan that excluded dependents. After a series of troop unit shifts to Germany, Army officials said that the plan did not save dollars as originally intended. Instead, it created morale problems and "personnel turbulence." (1:1)
Philip L. Gram, president of the Washington Post and chairman of Newsweek's board, died of a gunshot wound, reportedly self-inflicted. (1:2)
Cuba found straddling Peking-Moscow rift. (pg.1)
93 nations found backing test ban treaty. (pg. 3)
Soviet to open oil pipeline to East Germany. (pg. 6)
Farland's resignation deplored in Panama. (pg. 29)
Kennedy shuns role of prophet of baby's sex. (pg. 39)
Rivals in Mississippi assail the Kennedys. (pg 44)
August 5, 1963
Moscow stepped up its bitter attack on the Chinese Communists yesterday for their opposition to the nuclear test-ban treaty. The Kremlin's 5,000-word statement all but monopolized Soviet front pages with its insistence on pursuing the course of "peaceful coexistence" with the West. Newspapers also printed Peking's proposal that a worldwide conference be aimed at eliminating all nuclear weapons. (1:8)
Because he said recently that he had never seen evidence of religious persecution, United States Ambassador to South Vietnam, Frederick F. Nolting, has become the center of a political controversy between the Buddhists and the Government. (2:3-4)
Evidence about a national crime syndicate, described as the most detailed ever seen in Washington, is being supplied to the Government by an informer. He is 68-year-old Joseph Valachi, narcotics trafficker and killer. For nearly a year he has been giving the F.B.I. an account of organized crime. (1:4)
McNamara to confer with Adenauer today. (pg. 6)
Gov. Brown backs Federal civil rights bill. (pg. 21)
Syncom relays Kennedy photo to Africa. (pg. 16)
August 6, 1963
In the white marble Catherine Hall in the Kremlin, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko and the British Foreign Secretary, the Earl of Home, signed three copies of the limited test ban treaty. (1:8; pg. 12)
A complex process of ratification now faces the test ban pact and it may take up to two months before the agreement formally takes effect. The most complicated procedure is in the United States, with Senate ratification necessary. (13:5-8)
The West German Government said it wanted to know more about its political implications. Bonn is worried that the East German regime may have a way to gain international recognition. (1:7)
The test ban treaty was denounced by Chinese delegates attending an antinuclear weapons conference in Hiroshima. (13:1-3)
Administration proposals to increase the taxes paid by the oil and gas industry were weakened further by the House Ways and Means Committee. Only one Administration request involving the industry has survived committee action. That one would yield about $40,000,000 more in taxes. (1:2-3)
Union and management representatives stayed away from a meeting arranged by the city's Commission on Human Rights with four civil rights leaders. The rights leaders angrily called for an intensification of demonstrations at construction sites. Building industry officials said they did not attend because of a Washington meeting on job discrimination tomorrow. "Too many cooks," complained the head of the commission. (1:1)
Bandits hack 64 to death in Colombia. (Pg. 5)
Americans help Poland teach English at Krakow. (pg. 5)
U. S. reducing strength of troops in Europe. (pg. 9)
Reservists' term is cut to six years. (pg. 10)
5,000 ask for puppy from Kennedys. (pg. 1)
August 7, 1983
Haitian garrisons in small towns and outposts were reported yesterday to be joining the rebel invaders led by Gen. Leon Cantave. The exiles were headed Southwest and hoping to slice through Haiti. In the capital, Port-au-Prince, widespread arrests by the Government were reported and President Francois Duvalier was said to be digging in at his heavily fortified palace. (1 2-3)
At an emergency session of the Organization of American States in Washington, Haiti charged that the Dominican Republic had helped to prepare the invasion force. The Dominican Republic denied it. (1:2)
Fidel Castro is reported to feel more confident of his grip over the Cuban people than at any time since the revolution of 1959. He views a successful United States attack as unlikely and sees the rest of Latin America as a crop of ripe peaches ready to fall in his lap. (2:6-8)
Secretary will attempt to allay West German concern that East Germany can become a party to the treaty and gain world sovereignty. (7:2-7)
The United States announced that it was looking over a list of products imported from the European Common Market countries, and would increase the tariffs on some. The action is in retaliation for an increase in European tariffs on American poultry. (1:1)
In a rare display of party unity, Northern and Southern Democrats voted together in the House to reject a Republican's amendment, which would have denied Federal aid to state-run job training schools that practice racial segregation. (1:7)
In the Senate, the long-contested public defenders program was approved and sent to the House, where it has died in three previous Congresses. (19:1)
Roy Wilkins urged the G.O.P. to "out-Kennedy the Kennedy's on civil rights if it wanted Negro votes. (19:4)
Soviet and other envoys walk out of Peking rally. (pg. 8)
Military raises approved by Senate, 84 to 0. (pg. l)
Gen. Lindsay Silvester, of 7th Armored Division dies. (pg. 33)
August 8, 1963
Haiti claimed yesterday to have broken up an invasion by exiles and sent most of the force scurrying back to the neighboring Dominican Republic. (1:1)
The limited nuclear test ban treaty will go to the Senate today. President Kennedy will send a 3,000-word message explaining the three-power pact, which will become binding on the United States after ratification. (1:3)
By a 9 to 0 vote, the United Nations Security Council called on member countries to stop arms shipments to South Africa. Only Britain and France abstained in the vote. (1:2; P.11)
Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu, sister-in-law of South Vietnam-s President, charged that the United States Embassy in Saigon had "threatened and blackmailed" the Government. (1:4)
Soon after his premature birth, the second son of Mr. John F. Kennedy was taken to Boston for treatment of a respiratory ailment. Named Patrick Bouvier Kennedy. He was born at Otis Air Force Base. (1:4-7)
Racial leaders in the city rejected Governor Rockefeller's agreement of Tuesday. The leaders, who make up the Joint Committee for Equal Employment Opportunity, said the accord "didn't go far enough." They urged further picketing of the Downstate Medical Center. (1:8)
Castro's confident mood tied to Red schism. (pg. 8)
Suit challenges voter literacy test in English. (pg. 25)
Zuckert lists 12 in Senate TFX inquiry. (pg. 32)
August 9, 1963
Thirty-one foreign envoys signed one of the original limited nuclear test ban treaties at the State Department. (2:2-3)
Twenty-two other nations signed the agreement in Moscow Secretary Rusk is to receive from West German Foreign Minister Schroeder a list of U.S. commitments necessary before Bonn will sign the treaty. (2:1)
As part of a possible broad revision in its Soviet-bloc policy, the United States was preparing resumption of full diplomatic relations with Hungary. The State Department belief is that Eastern European countries want to become more friendly. (1:5)
Haiti asked the Organization of American States to help get Haitian exiles out of the Dominican Republic. The exiles were pictured as "a threat to Haiti's peace and security." (7:1)
Treasury officials and House Democrats drafted a version of the Administration's proposal for income tax cuts that would save individuals and corporations about $2,730,000,000 less than President Kennedy requested. (1:7)
The House approved a retention of the temporary national debt limit at $309,000,000,000 until Nov. 30. (20:6)
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy died shortly after 4 A.M. today. (1:7)
Macmillan calls for United Nations reforms. (pg. 2)
Poland steps up curbs on Catholic Church. (pg. 3)
Czechs rehabilitate Slansky, executed in 1952. (pg. 3)
Robert Kennedy and Ervin almost agree on Point. (pg. 8)
U.S. acts to curb pollution of four rivers. (pg. 25)
Zuckert opposes a TFX flight competition. (pg. 35)
Balking gambler gets prison term under U.S. law. (pg. 15)
August 10, 1963
Responding to a request, Secretary General Thant agreed to find out how North Borneo and Sarawak feel about joining the proposed Federation of Malaysia. Mr. Thant stipulated that his decision must be binding and not subject to ratification. (1:7)
Cairo was asked by-Syria and Iraq to cooperate in stopping the deterioration of inter-Arab relations. They put responsibility for the state of affairs on President Nasser who withdrew from a tripartite unity agreement signed last April. (1:5)
The House-Foreign Affairs Committee reported out a reduced $4,087,075,000 aid authorization bill. The Representatives warned India and Pakistan to expect less money unless more progress came toward settling the Kashmir dispute. Similar threats went to the United Arab Republic and Indonesia. (1:4)
Restoring more than half of the earlier reductions, the Senate voted $5,511,520,400 for the space agency's budget. The sum nonetheless represented a 3.5 per cent reduction from the Administration's request. (1:3)
Indictment of nine leaders and members of the Albany Movement, a militant Negro group in the South, was announced in Washington. They were charged by a Federal jury in Macon, Ga., with perjury and obstruction of justice. (1:2)
The talk of Ibadan: City cheers Peace Corps. (pg. 4)
Reserve assails Saxon for bond rulings. (pg. 21)
August 11, 1963
West Germany announced yesterday that it would accede to the Moscow treaty for a limited ban on nuclear- tests. (1:8)
The United States Army garrison in West Berlin will be reduced by 600 men beginning next month. The Army authorities said it would be offset by the arrival of new equipment. (3:5-6)
The Spanish Government announced that some autonomy would be given to its possessions in West Africa. The action was viewed as a gesture aimed at independent Africa and at Portugal, which Spain is quietly pressing to adopt similar reforms. (1:5)
The Public Health Service reported that the amount of strontium 90 found in milk doubled during May as compared with May of 1962. The increase in the fallout of the radioactive isotope was attributed to 1962's nuclear tests in the atmosphere. (1:7)
Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee died in Washington. (1:2-3)
Jagan says that U.S. intimidates government. (pg. 28)
Russians reduce submarine activity off U.S. (pg. 29) Cuba to take over 70 per cent of farms. (pg. 29)
New outbreak of fighting in Haiti indicated. (pg. 30)
Alabama justice scores the Supreme Court. (pg. 49)
Gemini rendezvous simulated at NASA hanger. (pg. 2)
August 12, 1963
Spain is seeking to improve its relations with the nonaligned nations and revise its position with the Soviet Union, with which it has not had diplomatic relations since 1939. The Franco regime also hopes to participate in East-West talks. (1:4)
President Nasser of the United Arab Republic thanked homecoming Egyptian troops for their service in Yemen. He declined to speak of further troop withdrawals from Yemen. (1:7)
Leading members of the American Bar Association moved to halt endorsement of a Constitutional amendment that would remove state limits on legislative reapportionment. (16:1)
Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia says that the public accommodations part of the Administration's rights bill would bring the country into Socialism. (12:6)
Korea arrests ex-Premier critical of Gen. Park. (pg. 1)
Israel bids U.N. head off Syrian crisis. (pg. 4)
U.S. will lend and give $50,000,000 for Skopje. (pg. 6)
Haiti making bid for French amity. (pg. 6)
U.S. students visiting Cuba run out of money. (pg. 7)
Republican advises Kennedy to make tax deal. (pg. 17)
U.S. keeps Wightman Cup with 6-1 victory. (pg. 27)
August 13, 1963
West German envoys will sign the nuclear treaty pact in London, Moscow and Washington to emphasize Bonn's claim to represent all the German nation before the world. (13:6-8)
Premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar warned that he would defend Portugal's African territories if the newly independent African states "turn their threats into acts of war." (1:2-3)
Gen. Marcos Perez Jimenez, the former dictator of Venezuela, was told by the State Department to go home to face charges of embezzlement of more than $13,000,000. The Venezuelan Government picked him up in Miami where he has been in jail since December. Venezuela promised a fair trial. (1:4)
The Kennedy Administration has submitted to Congress a greatly revised tax program. It would reduce the taxes of upper income people more than originally proposed and reduce those of the lower-income taxpayers by a little less. (1:5)
A divided Federal Appeals Court ruled that it was not yet time to tell Prince Edward County to reopen its closed public schools. (22:3)
Supreme Court Justice Arthur J. Goldberg assailed those lawyers and judges who defy the Court's decisions. He urged opposition through democratic channels rather than obstruction. (1:8)
A group of Negro doctors meeting in Los Angeles reported that while some racial barriers in the field of medicine have gone down, there was still discrimination. (22:8)
U.N. team named for survey on Malaysia. (pg. 1)
Draft ruling detains American in Greece. (pg. 2)
American arrested at port in Haiti. (pg. 6)
Cairo order nationalized 240 industries. (pg. 15)
President and children visit Mrs. Kennedy. (pg. 13)
Valachi story of Schuster slaying called hearsay. (pg. 38)
Episcopal Bishops back Kennedy on rights. (pg. 7)
John D. Calhoun, ex-deputy attorney general dies. (pg. 31)
Atlantic Refining selling Venezuelan properties. (pg. 41)
Philippines protest curb on dress imports. (pg. 41)
August 14, 1963
Secretary of Defense McNamara gave his "unequivocal support" yesterday to the nuclear test ban treaty. (1:9; P.14)
Ferhat Abbas, president of the Algerian parliament, said he was quitting and leaving the country because of the Premier's "one-man rule." (1:7)
In protest against the Government's religious policies, another Buddhist in Vietnam, a novice priest, burned himself to death. (1:7)
Two top officials of the Boston and Maine Railroad and its former president were indicted on charges that they got $71,500 in personal profit from a railroad deal. The deal involved the allegedly noncompetitive sale of 10 railroad cars. (1:2)
The executive council of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. withheld endorsements of Aug. 28 civil rights march on Washington. It said, however, it supported the purposes. (21:1)
To help the racial crisis, a group of leading lawyers has decided to provide counsel for some racial demonstrators in the South unable to get it. The lawyers will also work in courts and communities to end discrimination. (1:2)
Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon predicted a budget deficit of $1,100,000,000 for the 1964 fiscal year. That is $2,800,000,000 lower than the President' estimate of last January. (1:4)
The Senate began debate on a proposal to create a domestic peace corps. The chief sponsor of the bill, Senator Harrison A. Williams, New Jersey Democrat' said the volunteers would be "seedsmen" of hope among millions of Americans. (12:2)
U.S. hospital leaves a grateful Yugoslavia. (pg. 2)
Nehru rules out early accord on Kashmir. (pg. 3)
Portugal plans plebiscite on territories. (pg. 7)
O.A.S. drafting Haitian-Dominican peace plan. (pg. 10)
Big pay rise for Cabinet and Congress urged. (pg. 1)
U.S. aide named to help African U.N. envoys. (pg. 6)
Negroes' school planned in Virginia county. (pg. 26)
Todd yards to service Japanese-built ships. (pg. 66)
August 15, 1963
The Chinese Communist Government accused the- Soviet Union of backing out on a promise to help Peking construct atomic bombs. The Chinese Government charged that Moscow was "in collusion with American imperialism." (1:3)
The United States has opened the way for new talks with the Soviet Union about space exploration. The move suggests that the two powers might arrange discussions prior to a meeting of the 28-nation Committee on Outer Space scheduled for Sept. 9. (1:1)
The military situation in the vital Mekong Delta is deteriorating for the troops of South Vietnam. A communist build-up in the country's agricultural heartland has persisted despite an American drive. (1:2)
Inspired by the Tennessee Valley Authority, a $150,000,000 irrigation project for the Dominican Republic was being considered by the Alliance for Progress. (8:3)
The Senate approved by a three-vote margin the Administration's bill for a domestic peace corps. (1:6-7)
The Joint Chiefs of Staff gave their support to ratification of the treaty to ban some nuclear tests. (1:1)
The opposite view was given by Dr. Edward Teller. (10:1)
Virginia's Governor disclosed plans to educate about 1,700 Negro children in Prince Edward County on a private basis. (1:4-7)
The so-called "bricks and mortar bill," providing for construction of college buildings, was passed by the Senate. (1:7)
Algeria accuses Israel of plot. (pg. 2)
Levitt bids U.S. end housing discrimination. (pg. 15)
August 16, 1963
The State Department described the "kidnapping" of 19 Cuban refugees from a British islet by Cuban forces. The refugees were taken off the Bahaman islet of Anguilla Cay Tuesday and taken to Cuba, where at least four were charged with plotting raids for the Central Intelligence Agency. (1:2-3)
A Latin-American committee suggested that the Dominican Republic limit activities of Haitian exiles on its land to relax tension with neighboring Haiti. (6:6-8)
Washington specialists on Soviet-Chinese affairs believe that the abrupt end of the two-year assistance program has seriously damaged China's nuclear production. (1:6)
Bowing to angry strikers in Brazzaville, Fulbert Youlou resigned as President of the Congo Republic. The Army took over immediately with two captains in command until a new Government is formed. (1:2)
Details of an alleged plot to assassinate Morocco's King Hassan II, with the help of United States arms, were made public in Rabat. Nearly all the plotters were described as members of the leftist National Union o’ Popular Forces (2:1)
The House Ways and Means Committee, while voting to double the $50 exclusion for dividend income approved repeal of the 4per cent tax credit. (1:8)
The A.F.L.-C.I.O. said that the $2,100,000,000 tax cut approved by the committee for corporations was indefensible when compared with the cuts for individuals. The group said that a large cut for moderate and low income taxpayers was essential to boost buying. (24:7)
A Senate Committee asked the Joint Chiefs of Staff to supply data on national security measures to reduce the disadvantages in the nuclear test-ban treaty. The request went to the Defense Department on a motion by Senator Henry M. Jackson, who is skeptical of the pact. (1:4)
Former President Eisenhower implied that he would support the treaty later. (1:5)
By a 6-to-5 vote, Mississippi's State College Board voted against any action that would prevent James H. Meredith from graduating from the University of Mississippi. Governor Ross R. Barnett thus apparently failed in attempts to bar the Negro student's graduation. (1:6)
India "profit" on steel plant aid is seen. (pg. 2)
Peru develops independent attitude toward U.S. (pg. 7)
Braceros bill voted by Senate, 63 to 24. (pg. 12)
President cancels Georgia Tech speech. (pg. 24)
Comm. of Patents resigns; is hailed by Kennedy. (pg. 25)
Titles are chosen for White House Library. (pg. 1)
Negro rally aide denies charge by Thurmond. (pg. 10) U.S. monetary gold stock falls $50,000,000. (pg. 31)
August 17, 1963
In Geneva, the U.S. disarmament delegate said that to prevent surprise attacks, the United States was ready to accept the Soviet proposal for placing inspectors on either side of the Iron Curtain. (1:1; P.2)
The Soviet armed forces newspapers-charged Washington with taking two-faced attitude toward the nuclear test ban treaty. The paper referred to the two underground nuclear tests conducted since the signing. (1:1)
Final arrangements were completed to arm Canada's air defense system with U.S. nuclear warheads. The agreement specified U.S. control of the arms on Canadian soil until hostilities break out, at which time Canada would decide whether to use the weapons. (1:2-3)
Mr. Rusk expressed "deep distress" over the Buddhist quarrel with the Government of South Vietnam. (1:4)
Concerning Portugal's recent attack on Washington's African policies Mr. Rusk said that when Premier Salazar equated U.S. and Soviet support of African self-determination he had distorted U.S. objectives there. (1:2)
The nation's railroads and their unions agreed to submit to arbitration two key issues in the four-year controversy over work rules they nearly broke up last night over how to apply the principle. (1:8)
An agreement between Washington and Moscow to cooperate on weather and communication satellites also calls for a round-the-clock link between the two capitals to trade cloud pictures. (1:6)
After a 20,000-foot parachute jump, the American pilot of an F-86 jet was rescued by the crew of a Russian trawler in Massachusetts. (1:2-5)
Provisional government formed in Brazzaville. (pg. 6)
Racial tension eased at U.S. base in Japan. (pg. 7)
March on Washington to rely on the police. (pg. 8)
Shipping industry and seamen sign 6-year pact. (pg. 46)
NASA's biggest contract for moon trip signed. (pg. 25)
August 18, 1963
The West German Foreign Ministry said yesterday that a proposal for the North Atlantic Council to take up safeguards against surprise attack had been sit to Washington. This was viewed as new East-West talks. (1:8)
Pravda attacked the agreement between Washington and Ottawa under which Canada will receive United States nuclear warheads. (3:1)
Administration advisers on Latin America disclosed that leaders below the border were no longer so preoccupied with ideological issues such as Cuba as they are with development of their own nations. (1:4)
Rumania sides with Soviet Union against China. (pg. 3)
Greece seeks to end draft problem for visitors. (pg. 6)
Song is released by court in Seoul. (pg. 14)
New regime in Brazzaville pledges reforms. (pg. 21)
Ed Gardner, Archie of radio's "Duffy's Tavern." (pg. 80)
August 19, 1963
The Alliance for Progress marked its second anniversary yesterday with plans to streamline its leadership. Planners said the Alliance must appear less like a United States aid program and give more responsibility to Latin Americans. (1:8)
Haiti's Foreign Minister reported that armed exiles led a second-invasion attempt last week from a base in the Dominican Republic. Government troops repelled the attempt and the group of about 100 men had retreated across the border. (1:7)
About 15,000 Buddhists in Saigon pledged hunger strikes on behalf of their religious dispute with the South Vietnamese Government of Premier Ngo Dinh Diem. (1:5-7)
Gov. Orval E. Faubus of Arkansas said that Republican chances for the White House in 1964 were "very good." The Democrat said that at present "it would be very difficult for Mr. Kennedy to carry Arkansas." (15:1-7)
A bachelor of arts degree in political science was conferred upon James H. Meredith, who thereby became the first Negro to graduate from the University of Mississippi. (1:5)
A union leader in Portland, Ore., has refused to send to his locals a questionnaire from the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity saying that it tends to establish minority groups. (11:1)
Two youngsters to get White House puppies. (10)
22 TV cameras to watch rights march. (49)
Kennedy economic library no policy help. (35)
U.S. swimmers set two world marks in Japan. (32)
August 20, 1963
In Congressional testimony, Gen. Thomas S. Power, head of the strategic air force, was flatly against the nuclear test-ban treaty. Gen. Curtis E. LeMay of the Air Force said that if the pact had not been signed he would be against it, but since it had, he was for it. And Gen. David M. Shoup of the Marines stated he favored it. (1:8)
Premier Khrushchev prepared to begin his third visit to Yugoslavia today. (8:3)
The unrest in Saigon was underlined by President Ngo Dinh Diem's chief adviser, Ngo Dinh Nhu, who warned that a coup d'etat was inevitable. (1:5)
The House of Representatives was told that any cut in the $4,087,750,000 foreign-aid bill would put "severe strains" on United States efforts to provide security and promote solvency of free nations. (1:6)
The nation's balance of payments deficit worsened in the second quarter of the year. The deficit, which has been with the Government since 1957, reached an annual rate of $5,200,000,000. (1:7)
Compulsory aspects of a Federal plan to prevent racial discrimination in apprenticeship programs were firmly rejected by union plumbers and their employers. (1:2)
A Federal judge in Alabama approved a plan to admit Negroes to the Birmingham white schools on Sept. 4 in what will be the first public school desegregation in the state. (19:1)
President Kennedy will meet with civil rights leaders when they take part in the march on Washington on Aug. 28. (16:5)
Haiti demands O.A.S. guard Dominican border. British send carrier to aid in Sarawak fight. (14) Export-Import Bank re-approved by Congress. (43)
August 21, 1963
Official reports reaching Washington convinced the Government that the conflict between the Government of President Ngo Dinh Diem and the Buddhists had created a situation that threatened the security of the Saigon Government and also that of American forces there. (1:8)
Meanwhile, the Government's other problem, the Communists, were reported to have overrun the strategic hamlet of Ben Tuong, which the American advisers and the Vietnamese had considered a showplace. (1:5)
The number of Soviet troops in Cuba has declined in the last two and a half months, according to President Kennedy. The total is believed to be down to 10,000. (1:5)
Israel accused Syria of a "grave act of aggression," citing the killing of two Israelis in the Jordan valley, Israel called on the United Nations Security Council to take "urgent action." (1:8)
President Kennedy told a news conference that a dynamic foreign policy and the aid program could not be separated. (1:7)
President Kennedy made it clear that he did not approve of any racial quota system to get jobs for Negroes. (1:1; Text; 14)
The President ticked off the-safeguards proposed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff in carrying out the nuclear test ban treaty and said they would be diligently carried out. (1:4)
The amount of fallout entering the country's milk supply could be substantially reduced, according to a St. Louis study, by proper fertilization of pastures. (34:2-7)
Boycott of Olympics is threatened by Kenya. (2)
President stresses allies' voice on new pact. (10)
Imports of steel called "unfair." (11)
Walters named to Kefauver's Senate seat. (17)
U.S. health unit scored on grants, (34)
August 22, 1963
The State Department criticized the South Vietnamese Government for violating its assurances that a reconciliation with Buddhists was being sought. The department also said it deplored repressive measures apparently taken by Saigon against Buddhist leaders. President Kennedy ordered Henry Cabot Lodge, the new Ambassador to Premier Ngo Dinh Diem's capital, to fly there from Tokyo immediately. (1:8)
Government troops and policemen sacked Buddhist pagodas throughout the country. (1:6-7; Text, 2)
The armed forces of the United Arab Republic were alerted to face "Israeli aggression against Syria," and Iraq placed her forces under Syrian command. Premier Salah el-Bitar of Syria called in the envoys of United Nations Security Council members to give them his side of the clashes that occurred Wednesday along the truce line. (1:5)
Most members of the North Atlantic Council supported Bonn's position and showed opposition to any surprise-attack agreement with the Kremlin that would limit observers to East or West Germany. (1:7)
In early voting on the foreign aid bill, Republicans maintained their position and Southern Democrats stayed away. (1:7-8)
The Administration's efforts to arrange methods for a voluntary solution to the country's rail dispute collapsed. Meetings on the subject were being dissolved. (1:2-3)
Indonesian Army is widening its civic role. (4)
U.S. sees Haitian situation as explosive. (14)
McClellan and Javits quarrel at TFX hearing. (13)
Kennedy fights G.O.P. plan to curb tax cut. (22)
Udall assails Goldwater in water dispute. (22)
House group favors extension of bracero program. (28)
A.E.C. scored on fallout in Nevada. (12)
White House list pleases university presses. (24)
Commodore J.H. Magruder Jr. of Navy died. (27)
August 23, 1963
In protest against his Government's treatment of the Buddhists, Tran Van Chuong resigned as Ambassador to Washington from South Vietnam. (1:2)
At the United Nations, the President of the Security Council called an emergency meeting for today to take up the border crisis between Syria and Israel. (1:1)
Under Secretary of State George Ball will leave next week for visits with Pakistani and Portuguese heads of state. Mr. Ball will hold Lisbon discussions on military facilities in the Azores. Pakistan has shown interest in better relations with Communist China. (1:1)
By demanding an overnight printing of the amended foreign aid bill, House Republicans postponed final action on the 4,087,750 measure until today, when many Democrats leave for the weekend. The maneuver came after defeats by Administration forces of attempts to pare the bill. (1:2)
The Senate Commerce Committee was said to be preparing a bill that would submit the nationwide rail dispute to independent arbitration. (1:6-7)
Published testimony revealed that suggestions for awarding the TFX fighter plane contract were discussed with the White House by Defense Secretary McNamara before the contract was let. The Secretary advised Mr. Kennedy of the tentative selection of the General Dynamics Corp. apparently without seeing military reports on the competing Boeing Co. (1:7)
Lewis L. Strauss urged the Senate to adopt qualifications of the nuclear treaty. The former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission testified that he disagreed that the pact "on balance" was in the national interest. (10:2-3)
Mayor Wagner ordered City Hall civil rights pickets removed. The directive ended 44 days of sit-ins culminating in a ruckus in which three policemen were hurt. (1:6; P.11)
Soviet Union and Jordan to establish ties. (pg. 6)
Belgrade polite, but doesn't cheer Khrushchev. (pg. 6)
Britain protests seizure of Cubans in Bahamas. (pg. 8)
Dr. Arthur P. Noyes, psychiatrist and author. (pg. 25)
Eric Johnston served under three Presidents dies. (pg. 1)
August 24, 1963
With the brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem reported in power, anti-American feeling and student unrest prevailed yesterday in-South Vietnam. Sources in Saigon said that Ngo Dinh Nhu, the President's brother, was the power in his country, having advocated the attacks on Buddhist pagodas. (1:1)
The State Department said help for Saigon against the Vietcong would continue. (1:2-3)
In Paris, the chance that the Government might fall caused Buddhist exiles to step up activity by giving the U.S. Embassy a petition calling for withdrawal of Washington' support of the present regime. (2:8)
Britain said she had warned the Soviet Union that a breakdown was near in the Geneva peace accord on Laos. London's Foreign Office said with regret that Moscow apparently was not ready to intervene against the pro-Communist faction. (1:2)
U. Thant, the United Nations Secretary General, told the Security Council that Israel and Syria had accepted a U.N. cease fire. (1:5)
Haiti's Legislature suspended all individual rights and eve President Francois Duvalier new powers for six months. (1:4)
The House cut more than half a billion dollars from the revised foreign aid bill. The action brought from President Kennedy a charge of a "shocking and thoughtless partisan attack." (1:8)
A compromise space authorization by a Senate-House conference committee would thus give the Space Agency $36,179,600 less than the White House request. (1:7)
The Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill to place the rail dispute under consideration of a seven-member arbitration board. To go before the full Senate on Monday, the bill will have only three days in the House before the strike deadline on Wednesday midnight. (1:6)
Plans for a nationwide all-Negro political party for 1964 Congressional and local elections got under way with the opening of offices in Harlem. A formal announcement of the Freedom Now party will be made at the march on Washington.
Moscow likens Chinese to Hitler and Napoleon. (pg. 3)
Thurmond calls McNamara deceptive on treaty. (pg. 10)
Kennedy and Nigerian talk by Syncom II. (pg. 46)
August 25, 1963
Amid mounting student unrest in South Vietnam, its Government announced yesterday that all public and private secondary schools and Saigon University would be closed. Another announcement said that Saigon's Foreign Secretary had resigned because of ill health and would get a three-month vacation. (1:8)
In an interview, Mr. Nhu said that Americans and others abroad had been taken in by the suicides and other tactics of the Buddhists and their followers. He assailed the State Department and other critics of his brother's regime. (1:6-7)
The Kennedy Administration, considering Haiti's shaky political-stance, was contemplating a broadened plan for educational and technical aid for Port-au-Prince. (31:1)
In notes delivered to American and British embassies, the Soviet Union insisted that East Germany was a "full and equal" participant in the nuclear test ban pact. (1:4)'
The Defense Department said that the White House had ordered sharp expansion of underground nuclear testing. (1:3)
After the railroads posted notice of work rules changes, the five unions gave their members authority to strike at the same time: 12:01 A.M. Thursday. (1:1)
The March on Washington headquarters reported that 40,000 persons from New York City's Metropolitan area would take part in the Aug. 28 civil rights demonstration. (81:1-2)
Khrushchev, in Yugoslavia, asks partnership. (pg. 1)
Cambodia will cut ties with South Vietnam. (pg. 4)
Birth date for Federation of Malaysia read. (pg. 6)
Bulgaria seeking an accord with Greece. (pg. 12)
West suggests that U.N. force stay in Congo. (pg. 22)
Ben Bella's draft constitution is criticized. (pg. 29)
Kennedy studies reports on Cape Cod weekend. (pg. 40)
Wallace gets backing for '64 Presidential move. (pg. 63)
U.S. is maintaining charm of Cape Cod. (pg. 43)
Glen Gray, led Casa Loma Orchestra dies. (pg. 83)
August 26, 1963
Since the regime's repression of Buddhist, some previously pro-Government Americans in Saigon were speculating about how and by whom President Diem could be replaced. (3:6-8)
Washington postponed decision on a firm policy to take pending a meeting between its Ambassador Henry Cabot Ledge, and President Diem. (1:6-7)
Ngo Dinh Nhu was pleased with the success of his plans. The President's brother and emergent political figure was said to be contemplating relaxation of some restrictions such as the curfew. (3:1)
An Israeli soldier was killed and a Jordanian soldier wounded in a 40-minute outburst of firing in Jerusalem. Both sides complained to the United Nations armistice commission. (1:7)
An American building contractor left Haiti after five days without obtaining the release of his son, held in jail on charges of running guns to rebel forces. (5:1)
Chicago faces a critical era of racial tensions surrounding Negro demands for equality in public education, housing and employment. The situation, aggravated by past friction, is described as potentially more explosive than that in the South. (1:3-5)
Negroes in Mississippi cast ballots in churches across the state to reinforce their contention that they are not allowed to vote in tomorrow's Democratic primary runoff 'for the office of Governor. (18:6)
Robeson to convalesce in East Germany. (pg. 2)
Americans in Saigon turn against Diem's rule. (pg. 3)
U.S. funds build children's hospital in Cracow. (pg. 2)
August 27, 1963
South Vietnam's military leaders were pointedly absolved by the State Department yesterday of responsibility in last week's "brutal" repression of Buddhist leaders. Washington's statement underlined an emerging policy of encouraging Vietnamese army commanders to intervene in the country's shaky politics. (1:8)
The entire diplomatic staff of South Vietnam's embassy in Washington resigned, citing "repressive measures against Buddhists, professors and students." (1:6-7)
In Paris, Dr. Pham Huy Co., a physician and anti-Communist politician, called upon the United States to oust President Diem and install a provisional regime. (3:6)
The Cambodians charged the Vietnamese with cattle rustling by torpedo boat. (2:5-7)
A South African spokesman at the United Nations said that his country's ambassadors to the United States, Britain, Canada and the U.N. had been called home. There was speculation that South African might be planning to leave the U.N. (6:3-4)
The Soviet Ambassador, Anatoly F. Dobrynin, gave President Kennedy a personal message from Premier Khrushchev. The President agreed to meet with Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko for further discussions on lessening tensions. (1:5)
Former President Eisenhower gave qualified support to the nuclear test ban treaty, while former President Truman voiced unconditional support. (1:6; P.10)
Two miners trapped two weeks 308 feet underground were pulled to safety early this morning. (1:2-5)
A 30-year, $400,000,000 program to develop the water resources of five Colorado basin states was proposed by the Interior Department. (1:2)
The White House announced the names of 10 rights leaders who will meet with the President. (23:1-2)
U.A.R. and Iraq announce accord after talks. (pg. 5)
First of travel-ban violators back from Cuba. (pg.13)
August 28, 1963
The South Vietnamese Government said the State Department's views on the situation in Saigon were "erroneous." Moreover, the Government said, military leaders in South Vietnam supported the measures taken against the Buddhists and were also forewarned of the imposition of martial law. (1:1)
Washington has made it clear that it no longer offers unqualified support to President Ngo Dinh Diem. (1:2)
It appears virtually impossible Washington officials say, to cut the $500,000,000 in yearly aid to South Vietnam without risking collapse of the war effort against the Communists. (3:2-4)
In Madrid, 54 American students, who visited Cuba, waited for a plane back home. Some expressed disappointment with Cuba, but added they thought Premier Castro was "simply wonderful." (17:3)
The Senate voted to forbid a railroad strike for six months and the House was expected to take the same action today. (1:8)
Leaders of the Teamsters Union, headed by James R. Hoffa, met in Washington to consider two agreements that would cover intercity trucking operations and local hauling. The union estimates the agreements could cover 14,000 concerns with 450,000 employees. (41:1)
By plane and train, by bus and car, thousands of Negroes and whites are marching on Washington today for jobs and freedom. Police and troops were ready; the sale of alcoholic beverages was banned and all street parking has been forbidden. (1:3)
For 50 cents, the marchers will be able to buy packaged lunches containing a cheese sandwich, marble cake and an apple. A group of volunteers in New York City made 80,000 sandwiches to be sold in the capital. (1:4-7)
In Mississippi, Lieut. Gov. Paul B. Johnson, Jr., won the Democratic nomination for Governor by a decisive margin. Mr. Johnson is pledged to continue the militant racist policies of Gov. Ross R. Barnett. (1:2)
The Consumer Price Index rose in July half of 1 per cent to 107.1. (1:4-5)
Cambodia breaks relations with Vietnam. (pg. 3)
Soviet Union restrains propaganda against U.S. (pg. 3)
U.N.'s chief observer in Yemen resigns. (pg. 7)
Union leader says Jagan plots Red alliances. . 10)
Kennedy suffers recurrence of back ailment. (pg. 14)
Harlem children coached by volunteer tutors. (pg. 22)
Kennedy urges equal health care for all. (pg. 24)
Thomas Richardson, leader in civil rights. (pg. 33)
W. E. B. DuBois, Negro leader and writer. (pg. 33)
August 29, 1963
Without violence, the march on Washington was the greatest assembly for redress of grievances in the capital's history. The crowd, moving from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial, sang freedom songs and listened to their leaders' speeches. The emphasis was on "freedom" and "now". (1:4-8; P.21)
Four arrests were made, including that of the deputy commander of the Rican Nazi party. (20:1-8)
Some Congressmen mingled with the demonstrators and met leaders, but the effect on Capitol Hill appeared to be small. (1:4)
In an hour-long conference, President Kennedy met with the demonstration's 10 weary leaders. At its end, Mr. Kennedy said "the cause of 20,000,000 Negroes has been advanced." (1:7; P.16)
Adlai E. Stevenson said Syria should be condemned by the United Nations Security Council for the recent slaying of two young-Israeli farmers. Mr. Stevenson rejected Syria's countercharges against Israel, saying that a U.N. inquiry had failed to support them. (1:3; P.2)
The Administration reaffirmed its stand that South Vietnamese military leaders were not behind the assaults on Buddhist pagodas. (1:2)
The House -gassed a bill to prevent a national rail strike at 12:01 A.M. today. President Kennedy signed the bill, the same one passed by the Senate. The new law submits to arbitration two key issues in the dispute and prevents a walkout for 180 days. (1:1-2; P.13)
Sukarno says he will heed U.N. survey. (pg. 4)
Four hundred integrated in Chattanooga. (pg. 15)
Race between Navy ship and freighter ends. (pg. 58)
August 30, 1963
President de Gaulle of France offered yesterday to help North and South Vietnam unify and repel foreign influences. These were taken as references to Washington's commitment in Saigon and those of Moscow and Peking in Hanoi. (1:5)
Top leaders of Communist China and North Vietnam, Mao Tse-tung and Ho Chi-minh appeal for world opposition to the "United States-Ngo Dinh Diem clique." (2:8)
A report from Saigon said that Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge again refused to surrender the Government-two Buddhists who took refuge in an American office during the attacks on pagodas last week. (1:6-7)
The Government of Malaya said that the proposed Federation of Malaysia would be formed Sept. 16. It declared that the move would be made regardless of the findings of a United Nations study in North Borneo, to be completed two days before. (1:7-8)
A group of American students who had defied the travel ban on Cuba arrived in New York and protested efforts to invalidate their passports. Ten of the 50 were served with subpoenas for the House Un-American Activities Committee. (1:4-5)
The Foreign Relations Committee voted to send the nuclear treaty to the Senate floor. The committee did not attach formal reservation that might threaten renegotiation of the three-power pact, and by so doing, followed Administrative wishes. (1:8)
Gen. Speidel, German, retires from NATO post. (pg. 3)
Brennan finds Supreme Court survival imperiled. (pg I_3)
Five more found alive in mine in Utah. (pg. 1)
Virginia County integrates calmly. (pg. 12).
Subsidized lines branded unfair competition. (pg. 48)'
Building unions boycotting Labor Day parade. (pg. 49)
August 31, 1963
French President de Gaulle's remarks, Administration officials indicated that the question of unifying or neutralizing Vietnam was unrealistic. They said it would remain so as long as the North Vietnamese Communists maintained pressure on South Vietnam. (1:8)
Fifty-five miles north of Saigon, two American pilots were killed and three passengers injured as Vietcong ground fire downed two of 21 helicopters and struck most of the other. (2:.1)
A 'Hot line" communications link went into effect between Moscow and Washington. (1:3)
The Soviet delegate to the United Nations sided with Syria against a Western attempt to blame Damascus for the slaying of two Israeli farmers. (1-2)
As a result of Pakistan's signing of an aviation agreement with Communist China, the Unites States postponed a$4,300,000 loan to build an airport at the East Pakistani capital of Dacca. (1:5)
At an outdoor news conference on Cape Cod, President Kennedy stressed that the foreign aid -cat voted by the House "involves the security" of the United States and the balance of world power. (1:4)
House investigators urged a closer look at Soviet trawlers carr3ing electronic equipment that sometimes sail well within the three-mile limit along the Florida coastline. (1:7-8)
Unions and management in the rail dispute told the Labor Department they wanted President Kennedy to name the three neutral arbitrators provided by the recent laws postponing a strike. (1:1)
The Administration has withdrawn all financial assistance to-a Florida home bolder charged with refusing to sell a house to a Negro, under the President's anti-discrimination housing order. (8;5)
James M. Landis, an adviser to Presidents Roosevelt, Truman and Kennedy, was sentenced to 30 days in prison for failing to file income tax returns on time. (1:1)
Schroder to fly to Washington for talks. (Pg. 3)
Radford opposes test ban treaty. (pg. 3)
Hoover describes power of organized crime. (pg. 42)
Gold loss for quarter is set at $1,000,000,000. (pg.20)
U.S. backs coal-to-gasoline research project. (pg. 20)