November 1963
November 1, 1963
One day after signing a cease-fire pact with Algeria, Morocco severed diplomatic ties yesterday with Cuba. Accusing Syria and the United Arab Republic of "extreme hostility," Morocco also recalled her Ambassadors from those Arab countries. The Moroccan Foreign Minister charged that Cuba had sent volunteers and military aid to Algeria. He said that the recall of the Ambassadors might lead to similar breaks with Damascus and Cairo. (1:8)
Rabat's moves reflected an ideological split in the Arab world between Socialist and royalist regimes. (2:2-3)
Premier Fidel Castro charged in a broadcast that the Central Intelligence Agency was operating a ship called the Rex for sabotage missions against Cuba. He said that two of the ship's boats and several agents had been captured. A vessel called the Rex was moored at Palm Beach. (1:7)
At his news conference, President Kennedy promised West Germany that there were no plans to reduce the number of U. S. combat troops there. The President said that in addition to the six divisions in West Germany, he intended to keep there smaller units sent as temporary reinforcements in 1961. (1:4)
West Germany has set a high priority on a national territorial force of reservists to back up NATO combat units. (4:3-6)
The Defense Ministry is also "reconsidering" -- which probably means canceling -- a proposed $70-million outlay for Lockheed Starfighter training planes. (5:1)
At the United Nations, the General Assembly's 111-member Political Committee voted 97 to 1 to call for further efforts toward a full ban on nuclear testing. (1:6)
On Moscow's avowed withdrawal from the manned moon race, President Kennedy told his audience of reporters, "I would not make any bets at all on Soviet intentions." Mr. Kennedy, suggesting that the United States assume the race is still on, held that the "essential" space program should continue. (1:1; Text, pg. 14)
Declining to go into details, Mr. Kennedy indicated that the wheat sale to Russia, still stalled over American cargo rates, would be concluded soon. (13:1)
On the political side of things, the President assured the conference that Vice President Johnson would be on the Democratic ticket next year despite reports that he might be "dumped." From this assurance came the basic assumption that Mr. Kennedy himself would be a candidate. (1:2-3)
House Armed Services subcommittee investigators said that a shutdown of four ground computer stations and 17 radar facilities, opposed by the Air Force, had hurt the nation's defenses. They blamed Defense Secretary McNamara for misinforming the President on how to implement the program. (1:5)
Senate leaders of both parties proposed that $385 million be pared from the foreign aid bill. The move, designed to prevent a bigger bite and further delay, was opposed by Senator Wayne Morse, the region Democrat, who is trying to send the measure back to a House committee. (1:1)
As the 5.5 per cent national unemployment rate was reported virtually unchanged for the month (1:2) a Presidential commission chairman told the Senate Labor subcommittee of a plan to attack poverty on a broad scale in the Appalachian area from Pennsylvania to Alabama. (1:3-4)
At least 62 persons were killed and hundreds injured in a gas explosion beneath a crowded grandstand at the opening of an ice show in the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis. (1:5-7)
U. S. favor arises as an issue in Greece. (pg. 6)
Kennedy defends Korth in TFX inquiry. (pg. 17)
Bill to fight retardation is signed. (pg. 15)
Huge new radar is shown by United States. (pg. 43)
Kennedy scores Quality Stabilization Bill. (pg. 45)
U.S. Argentine rift develops over oil contracts. (pg. 45)
November 2, 1963
High officials in Washington confirmed yesterday the unconditional surrender of President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam to insurgent armed forces leaders. The military-controlled Saigon radio reported that President Diem and his brother, Ngo Dinh Thu, had committed suicide. The military leaders were said to have told the United States Ambassador, Henry Cabot Lodge, that they intend to turn the Government over to civilian officials, prompting speculation of diplomatic recognition from Washington soon. (1:8)
As a "precautionary measure," the Defense Department ordered vessels of the Seventh Fleet to South Vietnamese waters as protection for Americans. Defense Secretary McNamara issued the order at 11 A.M. Eastern standard time, about eight hours after the first report. (1:6-7)
Without making public statements to this effect, the Kennedy Administration welcomes the coup as an aid in the war against Communist-led guerrillas. Officials who denied direct involvement conceded that President Kennedy's denunciation of President Ngo Dinh Diem and other pressures made the revolt possible. (1:5)
Congressional sources said the Administration had told them that the coup took Washington by surprise. (2:6)
Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu bitterly accused the U. S. Government of having incited the revolt. The sister-in-law of President Ngo Dinh Diem said that she would not seek asylum in the United States, "whose Government has stabbed my Government." (1:7)
In New York, a former special assistant to President Ngo Dinh Diem said that "sane" relations with the United States and vigorous handling of the guerrilla war were the new junta's main goals. (4:6)
The Soviet Union launched Flight 1, a new variety of unmanned satellite that performed horizontal and vertical maneuvers. At a diplomatic reception in Moscow, Premier Khrushchev announced the launching one week after saying that Russia was out of the race with the United States to the moon. He also noted that Moscow was studying President Kennedy's proposal for a joint moon flight. (1:1)
By a vote of 46 to 29, the Senate blocked a move to return the foreign aid authorization to the Foreign Relations Committee for possible cuts. The vote also set the stage for approval next week to cut the bill by $385 million. (1:3)
A three-judge Federal court in Americus, Ga., decided to prohibit prosecution of four civil rights workers on charges of insurrection against the state. By a 2-to-1 vote, the panel also directed local authorities to set bail for the defendants and two others, five of whom were held since an anti-segregation demonstration on Aug. 8. (1:2)
In Richmond, Va., a Federal Court of Appeals ruled unconstitutional the "separate but equal" clause in a Federal law granting construction funds for hospitals. (12:8)
Bonn welcomes Kennedy comments on troops. (pg. 7)
Pentagon denies McNamara misled President. (pg. 8)
Baker says Senator Kerr gave him $35,000. (pg. 11)
November 3, 1963
Private military sources in Saigon said yesterday that President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam and his brother, Ngo Dinh Nhu, had been assassinated. Conflicting reports from military broadcasts said the two leaders had committed suicide, a report that met with skepticism because of the brothers' Roman Catholic faith. Reliable sources said the President and his brother were arrested separately by insurgent troops and killed on their way to headquarters. With the military in control, the capital was the scene of jubilation as youths ransacked homes and offices of Government officials. (1:5-8)
Canceling plans to attend a football game, President Kennedy met twice with security advisers on the question of relations with the new Saigon regime. While they waited for the Government to take a more permanent shape, the White House and Defense Department kept official silence. (1:6-7)
The Soviet press viewed the new Saigon leadership as just another "puppet regime" of the United States. Although there were signs of pleasure in Moscow that Ngo Dinh Diem was no longer on the political scene, the Russians saw no change in the war against Vietcong guerrillas. (1:6)
Neutralists in Laos, South Vietnam's neighbor, watched developments with the hope that the Diem Government's demise might help Premier Souvanna Phouma to hold together Laos's shaky regime. (26:1)
In California, Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu, the wife of President Ngo Dinh Diem's brother, wiped away tears and told a news conference that she rejected Washington's disclaimers of involvement with the revolt. She also rejected the possibility that her husband and brother-in-law were suicides. (1:5)
Trying to solve the high cargo rate impasse, the United States has given the Russians a new proposal for getting the wheat sales under way. It includes a lowered rate and division of some wheat between American and foreign-flag vessels, whose rates have been $10 to $13 a ton lower. (1:1)
The Administration's concern has been aroused over a provision of the foreign aid bill that requires suspension of funds to a country deciding to "repudiate or nullify" contracts with United States citizens or companies. Washington's concern is primarily about the effect on the new Governments of Peru and Argentina. (42:1)
In Washington, George F. Kennan, in a report on his recent Ambassadorship to Yugoslavia, said he would not have taken the job if he had known that Congress would be the "main impediment" to his performance. Mr. Kennan also said he had been denied access to Yugoslavian data. (1:3-4)
On the political side of things, an Associated Press survey showed that Senator Barry Goldwater was far ahead of former Vice President Nixon and Governor Rockefeller for the Republican Presidential nomination. (47:1-2)
U. S. to prod NATO allies on sharing burdens. (pg. 10)
Caplin checking up on taxpayers abroad. (pg. 48)
Many Mississippi moderates leave the state. (pg. 82)
November 4, 1963
With many exiles returning to South Vietnam yesterday, the leaders of the coup d'etat kept up their elimination of the former Government's supporters. The three key generals in the uprising were said to be working well toward forming a military civilian Government that was expected to have a military emphasis. (1:7-8)
From Washington, the State Department sent an offer to Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu in California to help get three of her children out of South Vietnam. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge advised the ruling military leaders in Saigon that Washington was concerned for the safety of the children. (1:7)
As fighting continued despite a signed cease-fire, Morocco was reported to be seeking a United Nations Security Council hearing on her border dispute with Algeria. The response by France and the United States, which hope for a direct settlement, was said to be unenthusiastic. (1:6)
The opposition Center Union party of Greece led in national elections over the National Radical Union, headed by the former Premier, Constantine Caramanlis, who early today announced his retirement from politics. (1:8)
In a civil ceremony in Moscow, the world's first spacewoman, Capt. Valentina V. Tereshkova, became the bride of her fellow astronaut, Maj. Andriyan G. Nikolayev. (1:2-5)
Eliminating previous uncertainty, Soviet scientists disclosed that their maneuverable satellite launched Friday had been controlled from the earth, rather than through programming before launching. (2:4)
A Federal aviation official said in Washington that the Russians were designing a supersonic airliner in an effort to beat the West to it. The official, Gordon Bain, said the Soviet Union had a good start. (1:5)
Reports filed in the House show that public funds of Mississippi are being used to support an active lobby against rights legislation. They show that $20,000 has been paid by a tax-supported state agency. (16:1)
As the battle lines formed in the South for the Presidential election, it appeared doubtful that Democrats, Dixiecrats or Republicans, even with Senator Barry Goldwater, could win a majority of electoral votes. (1:2)
The teamsters union said 500 locals had voted "overwhelmingly" to authorize their president, James R. Hoffa, to negotiate national trucking contracts. A union officer said a small opposition to such contracts, which would further centralize the union's power, would be quelled. (1:4)
Eleven "dead" found alive in German mine. (pg. 1)
Berlin unruffled by U. S. troop cutback. (pg. 7)
McNamara faces fight on atom carrier. (pg. 22)
General Aniline announces decline in profits. (pg. 55)
November 5, 1963
The Kennedy Administration is deeply disturbed over the reported assassinations of President Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother, Ngo Dinh Nhu. If it conclusively develops that the two men were killed by insurgent soldiers, the Administration is expected to issue a strong condemnation of the new Vietnamese rulers. (1:2-3)
Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu will leave the United States tomorrow for Rome. She and her eldest daughter are expected to join her three other children, who are reported on their way out of South Vietnam. (12:6-8)
Three Soviet armored personnel carriers blocked a United States Army convoy when it attempted to break through a check point on the autobahn to West Berlin. The convoy had been detained since early morning. (1:1)
Senate leaders of both parties and Democratic Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon continued deadlocked over how much the $4.2 billion foreign aid authorization bill should be cut. The Senator asked for heavier reductions than the $385 million compromise offered by the leadership. (1:2)
Spokesmen for a business group told the Senate Finance Committee that the Administration's $11 billion tax cut bill should not be delayed until next year. The committee chairman, Senator Harry Byrd, was unimpressed. (16:3)
Governor Rockefeller plans to announce formally on Thursday that he is a candidate for the Republican nomination for President. (1:7)
The Democrats are expected to retain the Governorship of Mississippi, despite a serious challenge from the Republican candidate. The latter has been hurt by Senator Goldwater's proposal to sell the Tennessee Valley Authority to private interests. (19:5)
Kentucky's gubernatorial election today is seen as a test of President Kennedy's civil rights policies. The Republicans have been attacking those policies, but the Democrats are expected to win. (20:7)
Mayor Wagner has made it clear in private conversations that he will definitely run for the United States Senate next year. He has told friends that he has the approval of President Kennedy and the Attorney General to seek the seat of Republican Senator Kennedy B. Keating. (1:7-8)
Roy M. Cohn asked a Federal judge to dismiss a perjury indictment against him, because, he said, two Government lawyers had deliberately leaked information to news media to inflame the public and a grand jury investigating him. (1:8)
Johnson gets welcome in Luxembourg. (pg. 6)
Polaris base in Spain disputed in NATO. (pg. 9)
Philadelphia vote may test Kennedy popularity. (pg. 20)
November 6, 1963
Lt. Gov. Paul B. Johnson Jr., pledged to continue Governor Barnett's defiance of the Federal Government, was elected Governor over strong Republican opposition. The G.O.P. candidate succeeded in establishing a two-party system there. (1:7)
In Kentucky, a Democrat won the governorship by a narrow margin over a Republican who had attacked the President's civil rights policies and those of the state administration. The vote, however, reflected a sharp drop in Democratic strength. (1:6)
A heavy vote was cast in Philadelphia's mayoralty election, with Mayor James H. J. Tate, who had strong support from President Kennedy, the victor. (1:6-7)
Soviet authorities backed down and released a United States Army convoy that had been detained between West Germany and Berlin since 9 A.M. Monday. Earlier the Russians had allowed British and French convoys to pass. (1:1)
A step-by-step account of the military coup that overturned the Ngo Dinh Diem regime reveals that the vanity of one ambitious young general appears to have been a key factor in a train of events that took the lives of the President and his brother. (1:2-4)
Three scientists, two American and one West German, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. And an Italian and West German shared the Chemistry prize. (1:7)
By a 42-40 vote, the Senate repudiated a bipartisan leadership agreement on the foreign aid authorization bill and cut an extra $25 million from development loans. (1:3)
The State Department announced the removal of Otto F. Otepka as chief security evaluations officer. He was charged with having given confidential documents to the Senate Internal Security subcommittee. (1:8)
The Federal Reserve Board raised from 50 to 70 percent the margin requirement for buying securities listed on a stock exchange. It means that buyers must put up at least 70 per cent of the price of stocks in cash and can borrow only 30 percent. (1:4)
Mayor Wagner issued a strong denial of a report that he had told friends or party leaders he would run for the Senate next year. (47:6-8)
Unified Western policy on Soviet trade sought. (pg. 1)
U. S. believes firmness broke blockade. (pg. 2)
Caramanlis changes mind, decides not to retire. (pg. 7)
Mrs. Nhu cancels plans to fly to Rome. (pg. 17)
Pentagon consolidates "brush-fire" forces. (pg. 12)
Wiesner leaving post as President's science aide. (pg. 14)
Head of Baker inquiry asks outside counsel. (pg. 23)
Eisenhower finds Goldwater acceptable. (pg. 49)
Auburn, ordered to accept Negroes. (pg. 25)
November 7, 1963
In Moscow, Premier Khrushchev told a group of American businessmen yesterday that if the Berlin convoy dispute had continued, "it is possible that you and I would not be here today." Some observers thought that the Soviet leader implied the threat of war, but he did not state it. He asserted instead that the Russian soldiers on the autobahn could not have yielded and that the solution was reached on Wednesday when the United States convoy agreed to "observe the established procedure." (1:8)
The American commander in Berlin said that Soviet demands for a count of the 44 troops had been rejected and that the demands constituted an attempt "to call the shots on Allied access to Berlin." (4:4; Text, pg. 3)
Washington, refusing to argue about who won the showdown, sent a protest note to Moscow along with Britain and France. State Department officials said privately that it was the Russians who backed down. (1:6-7)
On another topic, the Soviet leader told the visiting executives that the Soviet Union aimed to maintain its moon program. Asserting the excellence of the Soviet economy, Mr. Khrushchev said that Moscow's manned space program would now be more leisurely. (1:5)
On the wheat deal, Mr. Khrushchev indicated that he had turned down a reported United States compromise on shipping rates. He said, "It may well happen that we may let you eat your own grain." (1:8)
The foreign aid bill suffered another bite at the hands of the Senate, which voted a $125 million cut in the President's Contingency Fund by a vote of 86 to 3. The net cuts on the floor to date thus came to $460 million for the authorization. The ceiling on economic and military aid has been placed at $3,742,000,000. (1:7)
Ties came to light between Robert G. Baker and a Las Vegas gambler who is linked to the underworld. An executive of Pan American World Airways complained that the former secretary to the Senate Democratic majority had also involved him and his company in the inquiry. (1:3)
The teamsters union bargaining policy committee unanimously approved wage and fringe-benefit demands of $600 million on the trucking industry that James R. Hoffa, the union president, said would mean a rise in rates. An industry spokesman called the demands "outrageous." (1:4)
In the wake of state and local elections, President Kennedy was described as being "very satisfied" about the results. The Democratic Party suffered more bruises to its prestige than actual losses. (1:2)
U. S. is berated by the Soviet Union in U.N. (pg. 5)
Yugoslav Reds applaud Kennan's remarks. (pg. 15)
College aid compromise passed by House. (pg. 23)
November 8, 1963
The United States extended diplomatic recognition to South Vietnam's provisional government last night, less than a week after the overthrow of President Ngo Dinh Diem. In an announcement timed to coincide with a note delivered in Saigon, the State Department expressed to South Vietnam's military leaders the hope that cordial relations would continue. The note was a formal reply to a request for recognition, the extension of which opens the door for renewal of a $95-million-a-year commercial-imports aid program. (1:1)
Premier Khrushchev and Soviet leaders watched a military parade in Red Square held to celebrate the 46th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. Silvery 50-ft ground-to-air rockets trundled by, displaying for the first time what the Kremlin says is a deadly antimissile missile. (1:2-5)
At the U.N., diplomatic sources said Moscow and Washington had reached general agreement on legal principles governing the peaceful uses of space. They said success of talks between the two powers indicated Soviet abandonment of an all-or-nothing approach. (1:2)
A committee of Parliament members from Atlantic Alliance countries said that the mixed-manned nuclear force, proposed by the United States, was a "military superfluity and therefore a waste." (1:2-3)
In 450 words, Governor Rockefeller made it official that he will seek the Republican nomination for President in 1964. (1:8; Text, p. 18)
Mr. Rockefeller's long-awaited announcement met with a "no comment" from representatives of both men most directly involved: President Kennedy and Senator Barry Goldwater. (18:1)
In Washington, prospects improved for a sale of wheat to the Soviet Union and its satellites as grain traders and Communists resumed direct negotiations. (1:6)
The Senate voted to disqualify the UAR and Indonesia as future foreign aid recipients. A restriction to the aid authorization was passed by a 65-to-13 vote. The Senate also tightened the ban on aid to Yugoslavia. (1:1)
Harriman flies to Argentina in oil dispute. (pg. 12)
Eleven rescued after two weeks in German mine. (pg. 15)
Nitze is questioned sharply in Senate. (pg. 16)
Chemist is chosen as successor to Wiesner. (pg. 35)
Wirtz urges an end to bias in unions. (pg. 19)
Apollo lunar capsule gets first flight test. (pg. 16)
Seaborg backs nuclear plants in populated area. (pg. 16)
Measles-polio vaccine is found effective. (pg. 39)
November 9, 1963
At his Washington news conference, Secretary of State Rusk said yesterday that South Vietnam's anti-Communist war effort would gain headway under Saigon's provisional government. Mr. Rusk said the new military-civilian government had moved quickly to resolve internal political problems that had plagued the war effort under the deposed Government of President Ngo Dinh Diem. (1:7)
The head of the military rulers, Maj. Gen. Duong Van Minh, said in Saigon that the Government had been overthrown because the war could not be won under its leadership. At the time, he said, Army morale was low. (4:5)
Taking 57.35 percent of the vote, Sir Alec Douglas-Home easily defeated six opponents in the Kinross election to take his seat in the House of Commons. The Prime Minister's victory gave the Conservatives some solace for their defeat Thursday in Luton. (1:4)
The Pentagon announced that, with other weapons becoming more numerous, 19 B-47 bombers stationed in Britain would be withdrawn soon, leaving 40 there. (3:1)
At the Ecumenical Council, sharp criticism of the Vatican's Holy Office by a progressive West German Cardinal drew an emotional defense from the office's secretary, an Italian Cardinal who is a leading conservative. (1:5)
American bishops at the Council praised a document saying that the Jews cannot be justly blamed for the death of Jesus. A spokesman for the sponsor of the paper, which became an official Council document, expressed hope that the Church's supreme legislative body would discuss it. (1:6)
President Kennedy told Protestant leaders in New York City that drastic foreign aid cuts by Congress would imperil the chances for peaceful progress. Mr. Kennedy said that the widening gulf between the United States and backward countries was an invitation to subversion, agitation and brush-fire wars. (1:8; Text, pg. 10)
In another last-minute Administration attempt to rescue the aid program from cuts, Secretary of State Rusk took up the theme by accusing Congress of a tendency to "legislate foreign policy." (1:7; Text, pg. 10)
The Senate, however, provided the Administration with its first victory on the bill. It voted 55 to 14 to restore Presidential authority to continue most favored-nation trade treatment regarding Yugoslavia and Poland, the only Soviet satellites that have it. (1:6)
In Washington, United States and Soviet negotiators agreed on ground rules for the private $250 million wheat sale to Communist countries. The first sale, for about $7,600,000 including previously disputed shipping costs, was quickly made to Hungary by a Minneapolis concern. (1:5)
On other pending legislation, Administration leaders virtually abandoned hope for Senate action on tax reduction and civil rights, both high on the President's priority list. Such a prospect would not kill the measures but postpone them until 1964, when their prospects were seen as improved. (1:1)
Efforts to reach a Senate-House compromise on the education bill collapsed, perhaps endangering the school-aid program. (12:4)
The Air Force was reported to be spending vast sums from a $200 million budget to develop advanced missile warheads able to penetrate any Russian defense system. (1:3)
Johnson reassures Belgians on U. S. treaty ties. (pg. 11)
November 10, 1963
Reliable sources in Washington confirmed yesterday that the $95-million-a-year commodity import aid program to South Vietnam has been resumed. The program, the only one suspended during the final weeks of President Ngo Dinh Diem's Government, financed most of the country's commercial imports and, indirectly, its budget. (1:8)
Diplomats in Saigon said that the speed with which the new military Government had consolidated its power had posed problems for the Communist regime in North Vietnam. (4:1)
In California, Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu expressed the conviction that she would be called back to her country as the only one who could unify it. (4:2-6)
Japan's worst mine accident since World War II and a triple train wreck near Yokahama took a death toll of at least 491 persons. (1:6-7)
A source in Paris said that President de Gaulle believed he must retain office until 1970, a year after the military agreements of the Atlantic alliance come up for revision, so that he might uphold his policy of military and political independence. (1:7)
Denying that Chinese troops are replacing Russians in Cuba, Government officials in Washington estimated that 5,000 Soviet soldiers remain, half the number of last August. They expressed confidence that all combat units have departed. (26:1)
It was revealed in Washington that Robert G. Baker, former secretary to the Senate majority, used his influence to push a tax amendment through Congress, hoping it would help his financial difficulties. Sponsored by Senator John J. Sparkman, the Alabama Democrat, the amendment received the approval of the Treasury Dept. (1:5)
Another Washington report said that the head waiter of the House of Representatives' dining room had gone to Paris for an Atlantic alliance meeting at the invitation of Representative Wayne L. Hays, member of the House Committee that oversees Congressional junkets. (1:6)
Two of three State Department officials who have repeatedly denied eavesdropping electronically on a colleague were placed on "administrative leave" as the security case surrounding Otto F. Otepka took on broader implications. (1:4)
It was also learned that the TFX hearings would resume Nov. 18 with Deputy Defense Secretary Gilpatric answering questions about the details of his practice as private attorney for General Dynamics Corporation, winner of the fighter plane contract. (1:5-6)
Johnson reassures Market on trade talks. (pg. 23)
ëLBJ-TV' is center of F.C.C. dispute. (pg. 65)
Atoka is put on map by the Kennedys. (pg. 50)
LSD found an aid to mentally ill children. (pg. 46)
November 11, 1963
Relations between the United States and Argentina were strained last night over United States oil contracts that Argentina has threatened to cancel. W. Averell Harriman, in high-level weekend meetings, was said to have warned Argentine leaders that cancellation of the contracts, representing a $300 million investment, might impair future public and private economic aid. As he left for an inter-American meeting in Brazil, the Under Secretary of State had no assurances the contracts would not be terminated. (1:1)
Domestic political problems of the United States and Brazil cast a shadow over the Alliance for Progress' annual ministerial-level meeting, which opens today in Sao Paulo. (11:1)
A Washington report said the elder statesman of Communism in Cuba, Dr. Juan Marinello, had been dismissed as rector of the University of Havana. The move was viewed as more evidence of the schism between Premier Castro and his orthodox Communist allies. (1:2)
In its Government newspaper, Moscow denied Western press reports quoting Premier Khrushchev as saying that if the United States attacked Cuba, the Soviet Union would retaliate with an attack on some of its pro-American neighbors. (2:4)
Fearing a new Soviet incursion in Africa, Washington officials were disturbed by Somali's decision to turn down a United States aid offer in favor of a larger one from Moscow. (1:1)
Shifting to a policy of direct personal contact, the U. S. Information Agency has begun cutting back its mass distribution of American books, movies and periodicals in Western Europe. With a new focus on intellectuals and opinion makers, the agency has started to close its four offices outside Paris. (1:5)
Rep. Wayne Hays said in London that the headwaiter of the House dining room had acted as a messenger without pay for the U. S. delegation to last week's Atlantic Alliance meeting in Paris. The Ohio Democrat said that Ernest Petinaud received expense money from available House funds and had done a good job. (1:6-7)
A survey of the 50 states less than two years after the Supreme Court's decision in the Tennessee legislative districting case showed that resulting lawsuits and reapportionments had a widespread effect on law and politics. (1:6-7)
It appeared that the "Bobby Baker case" would move into the area of tax "loop-holes" after disclosure that the former secretary to the Senate majority had bought stock in a Milwaukee company, the tax problems of which had interested Rep. John W. Byrnes of Wisconsin. (1:7-8)
A controversy involving scientists and politicians is approaching a showdown on a $150 million proposal to build an atom smasher for a group of Midwestern universities. (1:7)
Ignore right wing on foreign policy: Stevenson. (pg. 6)
Algerians praise Rusk's stand on border conflict. (pg. 8)
Shipping groups approve the grain-sales rules. (pg. 62)
Minister charges racial snub at Kennedy dinner. (pg. 41)
November 12, 1963
President Joao Goulart of Brazil yesterday challenged the validity of the Alliance for Progress as a workable solution for Latin America's economic problems. He told an Alliance meeting in Sao Paulo that the Latin countries should unite in trade and aid policies and end the "continual bleeding of our economies." (1:8)
On the heels of W. Averell Harriman's departure from Buenos Aires, the Argentine Government hinted that it was spurning his advice and would go ahead with plans to annul United States oil contracts in Argentina. Washington officials feared that the action might diminish Congressional appropriations for the Alliance for Progress. (1:7)
Ten Latin American members of the United Nations introduced a watered-down arms resolution under which the General Assembly would endorse studies of the measures needed to make Latin America a nuclear-free zone. (2:3)
With new cultural exchange talks scheduled to begin in Moscow next week, the relative calm in East-West relations is not expected to lead to any significant expansion of contacts. In fact, hard bargaining may be necessary to keep the program at its present level. (1:6)
Two appointments to command military assignments in South Vietnam's strategic Mekong Delta have indicated to United States military men in Saigon. That the new Government intends to wage a more aggressive war against the Communists. (1:4)
As a gentle breeze rustled the dry leaves near the Arlington National Cemetery, President Kennedy placed a wreath on the Tomb of the Unkowns to honor the nation's veterans, living and dead. (1:3)
November 13, 1963
A quiet, graying, 52-year-old political scientist, Prof. Frederick C. Barghoorn of Yale, has been arrested in Moscow on charges of spying. The Foreign Ministry did not announce a date or place of arrest, which came less than two weeks after three Russians and an American were arrested in Englewood, N.J., on spy charges. (1:8)
For "reasons of national security," the diplomats of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Rumania were barred from 355 counties of the United States. However, the restrictions were not applied to resident newspaper men, tourists and other East European visitors. (1:8)
Secretary of Defense McNamara, Secretary of State Rusk and other high officials will go to Honolulu next Wednesday for a one-day strategy meeting on South Vietnam. They will receive a report from Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge on the recent coup. (1:6)
The coup by South Vietnam's military leaders is reported to have weakened the position of Gen. Paul D. Harkins, commander of American advisory forces there. The General is said to be a symbol to the new Government of the old order. (1:7)
In neighboring Cambodia, Prince Norodom Sihanouk announced that he would renounce further United States aid as of Jan. 1. While this will make Cambodia poorer, he said, she will be more independent. (6:3-5)
The Justice Department is investigating reports that Robert G. Baker, the former secretary to the Senate majority, promised to use his influence to speed clearance of a certificate for a meat importer. In return, he was to receive a commission (allegedly). (1:5)
By a vote of 44-31, the Senate refused to put new restrictions on aid to Latin America under the Alliance for Progress. Earlier it had adopted a curb on the President's use of foreign aid funds. (1:4)
The Supreme Court declined to examine a petition from the teamsters union president, James R. Hoffa, thus paving the way for his trial. He had challenged his indictment on jury-tampering charges in Nashville. (29:5)
A Federal-state program designed to relieve destitution in the chronically depressed Appalachian region was announced. It would stress highway construction, expansion of the beef cattle industry, more flood control projects and grants for vocational training. Some Kentuckians said the program was not extensive enough. (26:3-5)
O.A.S. calls meeting on Latin coups. (pg. 8)
Latins see crisis in Alliance for Progress. (pg. 11)
Soviet intellectuals to seek cultural ties in U. S. (pg. 13)
Heller calls for speed in reduction of taxes. (pg. 21)
Estes refuses to answer Senators' questions. (pg. 25)
November 14, 1963
It was disclosed yesterday that the United States and nine other industrial nations are considering creation of a new unit of international currency. Made up of such currencies as the dollar, the German mark, the French franc and the British pound, the new unit would be the center of a plan to improve the international monetary system and lessen the burden on the dollar. The plan, now under study, is aimed at allowing currencies of prosperous Western European nations to play a greater role in the money system. (1:8)
At an Alliance for Progress meeting in Brazil, W. Averell Harriman said that the United States had fulfilled its commitment by making $2.3 billion available to Latin America in the last 27 months. The Under Secretary of State then suggested that if the aid program was lagging, it was largely the fault of Latin America. (1:5; Text, pg. 12)
In Moscow, Foy D. Kohler, the United States Ambassador, demanded the release of Prof. Frederick C. Barghoorn, the Yale-professor, held in the Soviet Union on spy charges. In a 15-minute meeting with Deputy Foreign Minster Valerian A. Zorin, the Ambassador denied the charges against Barghoorn and asked to see the prisoner. (1:7)
Interrupting disarmament debate in a United Nations committee, the United States, France and Britain replied sharply to Soviet criticism of West Germany's strengthening of its defense. The French delegate said the real cause of tension in Europe was, among other things, the threat to Berlin. (1:6)
Washington sources said that the U. S. commander in South Vietnam, Gen. Paul D. Harkins, would retain his post longer than scheduled and would be extended on active duty beyond the retirement age. (1:8)
Leaving the United States for Rome, Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu charged that the deposed South Vietnamese regime of her brother-in-law was betrayed for "a few dollars" in United States aid. (3:1)
Preparing for the 1964 elections, the A.F.L.-C.I.O. indicated that one of its prime political aims was to fight what it called "the growing threat of the right wing." One major effort in its early start on the election will be a $750,000 register-and-vote campaign directed at union members. (1:1)
Twenty million dollars more was cut from the foreign-aid bill by the Senate, which voted 51 to 41 to uphold an amendment by Senator Wayne Morse. The amendment reduced a fund to support budgets of countries receiving military aid. (1:4)
The Senate Appropriations Committee dealt a budgetary blow to the space agency by voting it a $5.19 billion authorization that will probably mean a $500 million reduction in the agency's program. (21:3)
The House gave the Peace Corps a vote of confidence, authorizing a $120 million budget that calls for a $43 million increase. (1:5-6)
An American meat packer said that his plant in Haiti was still paying Robert G. Baker a commission on every pound of meat it exports to the United States and Puerto Rico. (1:3)
The Liberal Party confirmed that three major unions have agreed to support its drive for 600,000 New York State votes for President Kennedy next year. A party spokesman said that unions now affiliated with the Liberals claimed a membership of 500,000. (1:2)
Sukarno appoints himself Premier. (pg. 3)
Reds fire on U. S. and South Korean troops. (pg. 4)
U. S. denies charge of plan for atomic blast. (pg. 4)
Compromise medical-care plan is offered. (pg. 15)
U. S. to give Kentucky aid this winter. (pg. 21)
Nixon sees his role as Republican unifier. (pg. 28)
President to arrive without a police escort. (pg. 29)
Argentina, U. S. face showdown over oil deal. (pg. 49)
S.E.C. stock study is found moderate. (pg. 49)
Treasury trims $100 million off bill auction. (pg. 49)
November 15, 1963
In a forceful stand on the arrest of Prof. Frederick C. Barghoorn, President Kennedy said at his news conference yesterday that the political scientist was not engaged in any intelligence activities in the Soviet Union. Ruling out another prisoner exchange, Mr. Kennedy demanded the Yale professor's prompt release in Moscow. The President postponed meetings on a new cultural exchange program and hinted that the affair might interfere with the wheat deal. (1:8; Text, pg. 18)
A 16-man Soviet cultural mission in Washington received cool treatment because of the case, including cancellation of an invitation to attend a roundtable discussion at Georgetown University. (1:7)
On another topic, President Kennedy said that details of troop withdrawals from South Vietnam depend on forthcoming policy meetings in Honolulu, but he expressed the intention of bringing "several hundred" back before January. (13:1)
The U. S. Embassy in Saigon has suggested to the country's military ruler that mixing with the rural population is more important now than general elections. (12:4-6)
The Pentagon announced that three squadrons of 48 C-130 air transport planes based in France, would be recalled, thus cutting the number of planes on European airlift duty by 40 percent. (1:5)
Turning to his legislative program, President Kennedy conceded that tax reduction and civil rights measures would probably not pass Congress this session. With a smile, the President said, "This is going to be an 18-month delivery," a prediction that the two programs, and others, would be passed next year. (1:1)
Mr. Kennedy's smile vanished as he took up the foreign aid bill and the $480 million worth of cuts made in it by the Senate. The President said that because of unwarranted paring of the authorization, the Senate had interfered with foreign policy. (1:6)
After the news conference, President Kennedy went to Elkton, Md., where he cut a blue and gray ribbon opening a key section of a north-south highway. (19:3-4)
Then he flew to New York City's LaGuardia Airport, and, without motorcycle escort, drove 12 miles through rush-hour traffic, arriving 28 minutes later in Manhattan to address the A.F.L.-C.I.O. convention today. (19:1)
In the convention's opening address, the labor federation's president, George Meany, said that automation was becoming "a curse to society." (1:3)
Considered by some a G.O.P. Presidential dark horse, Governor Romney of Michigan suffered a blow to his prestige inflicted by his state legislature where Republicans joined Democrats to kill his tax program. (1:2)
In Washington, the Commerce Department reported a dramatic improvement in the United States' balance of payments for the third quarter of 1963. After adjustments, the deficit was only $385 million, lowest quarterly figure since late 1957. (1:4-5)
U. S. to discuss immunity for U. N. witnesses. (pg. 2)
Britain backs United States in nuclear talks. (pg. 3)
Brazil drops fight at Alliance for Progress talks. (pg. 7)
U. S. sells 100,000 more tons of wheat to Hungary. (pg. 6)
President cites case on foreign policy powers. (pg. 17)
Goldwater asks change in T.V.A. control. (pg. 21)
November 16, 1963
In a Moscow interview, a Soviet deputy foreign minister said yesterday that "legal authorities" would decide the fate of Prof. Frederick C. Barghoorn, held by the Soviet Union on spy charges. The official, Valerian A. Zorin, said that the Yale political scientist was "not doing his proper work" as a scholar while in the Soviet Union. Mr. Zorin also criticized Washington for "artificially" linking the case to the cultural exchange program. (1:5)
The Argentine Government issued decrees last night voiding all foreign oil contracts. Most heavily affected were United States companies. The decrees signed by President Arturo Illia made no mention of compensation and announced the appointment of a federal attorney to "initiate action" to recover alleged losses from the contracts. (1:1-2)
The head of the U. S. Military Assistance Group in South Vietnam said 1,000 American troops would be withdrawn next month. Their departure will reduce the military contingent to 15,500 men. (1:7)
Washington sources said that Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu, sister-in-law of South Vietnam's late President, failed to pay thousands of dollars of hotel and merchants' bills before she left the United States. (6:4)
The international committee of the Baath party took control of the Government of Iraq. The council, including Syrian, Lebanese and other Arab members, dissolved the regional committee. (5:2)
After three weeks of debate, the Senate approved a foreign-aid bill authorizing $3.7 billion in expenditures, $800 million less than President Kennedy's revised request. By a 63-17 vote, the battered bill was sent to House negotiators for adjustment of differences. Passage was made possible by the Administration's willingness to suspend Export-Import Bank underwriting of the wheat deal with the Communist bloc, a proposal that will be taken up separately later. (1:6-3)
American grain merchants reported that the wheat sales to the Soviet Union was snagged again over Soviet refusal to accept offers now. With trade talks still in progress and new ones being sought, Washington sources indicated that Moscow was still unsatisfied with U. S. shipping rates worked out earlier. (1:7)
On another Administration proposal, the Senate Finance Committee voted against cutting short its debate on the $11 billion tax-reduction bill and removed the last hope for its passage this year. (11:2-3)
In New York City, President Kennedy told an overflow crowd of unionists at the Americana Hotel that providing jobs was the country's most important issue, even ahead of civil rights. Delegates to the A.F.L.-C.I.O. convention, who represent major Democratic resources, gave the President a warm response. (1:4-5; Text, pg. 10)
The Federal Reserve Board in Washington reported that industrial production for October rose to a record after a lag in the two previous months. The Labor Department also put out a report on non-farm employment which, it said, rose by 100,000. (1:3)
Upsetting a National Labor Relations Board ruling, a Federal Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., decided that an employer may go out of business to avoid unionization of employees if the shutdown is permanent and unfeigned. (13:3-4)
In a far-reaching decision, the Federal Communications Commission voted 4 to 3 to deny the American Broadcasting Company's plea for authorization of seven independent television stations. (1:1)
U. S. disturbed by Argentine oil move. (pg. 1)
U. S., British aides criticize Europe farm plan. (pg. 11)
Senators hold up Nitze's approval. (pg. 9)
President pays call on the C.Y.O. convention. (pg. 11)
Kennedy saves view at wife's old home. (pg. 1)
Two accused as spies plead not guilty in Jersey. (pg. 3)
November 17, 1963
Looking haggard and nervous, Prof. Frederick C. Barghoorn arrived in London yesterday after the Soviet Union abruptly released him. The Russians did not withdraw their charge that the 52-year-old Yale professor had been spying. An announcement said that he was released and expelled because of the "personal concern" of President Kennedy. (1:6-8)
The Administration was "gratified" by the release of the professor and indicated it would try to reach an agreement with the Russians to prevent a repetition of such an arrest. (1:6-7)
President Kennedy is reportedly very reluctant to suspend economic aid to Argentina despite Congressional demands following Argentina's cancellation of American oil contracts. Officials in Washington indicated they wanted to wait and see what steps, if any, would be taken to provide fair compensation to the United States companies. (1:1)
Peru has indicated that her decision on changing the status of an oil subsidiary of Standard Oil of New Jersey was still open to negotiation. This assurance was given to W. Averell Harriman, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. (3:1)
In Laos, neutralist and pro-Communist forces have reportedly agreed to end their fighting in the Plaines des Jarres. Representatives of Britain and the Soviet Union attended a 90-minute meeting that arranged the truce. (1:7)
Pope Paul has told the leadership of the Ecumenical Council that he wants the present session to reveal publicly some of its decisions before it adjourns on December 4. He is said to feel that the world should know the council has actually "done something." (1:2)
Peering through binoculars, President Kennedy witnessed the firing of a Polaris missile launched from a submarine at Cape Canaveral. He was full of questions during a three-hour tour of the space center. He also saw the Saturn I launching vehicle that will carry the largest payload ever into orbit next month. (1:2-4)
The Justice Department has cleared Deputy Defense Secretary Roswell L. Gilpatric of any "legal or ethical conflict of interest" in the controversial TFX case. He is scheduled to testify before the Senate Permanent Investigating Subcommittee, which reopens its hearings on the contract tomorrow. (1:4)
The Roman Catholic Bishops of the United States urged the nation to rally its moral energies toward achieving "full recognition" of Negroes' rights. They said the country was "morally tortured" by racial injustice in schools, jobs, housing and in other areas. (1:2-3; Text, pg. 85)
U. S.-Soviet relations becloud anniversary. (pg. 34)
U. S. officials differ on Soviet Army's power. (pg. 38)
Gronouski campaigns among Polish-Americans. (pg. 56)
U. S. court halts work at Merrywood estate. (pg. 64)
Birmingham hopeful as peace endures. (pg. 81)
New federal prison has no bars or walls. (pg. 130)
November 18, 1963
In his first public statement since his arrest in the Soviet Union on spy charges, Prof. Frederick C. Barghoorn said last night that there were "many inexplicable and mysterious aspects of this episode." He said he would probably never know why the Soviet Government arrested him and held him for 16 days.
In Washington, Administration sources said without much enthusiasm that cultural exchange negotiations with the Soviet Union, suspended after Professor Barghoorn's arrest, would now go ahead. But no date has been set for the American contingent to leave, and it was understood that the State Department first wanted to evaluate the Barghoorn case. (1:6-7)
On the basis of intelligence reports, Washington sources predicted that the Soviet Union would continue its $400 million-a-year aid to Cuba despite political strains between Moscow and Havana. (1:4)
As United States companies continued to produce oil in Argentina despite contract cancellations (7:1) the possibility that President Kennedy would see Argentina's Vice President in Miami Beach today fell through with the cancellation of the Argentine's trip. Mr. Kennedy has so far refused to discuss Argentina's action and is understood to be against suspending aid as some Congressmen have proposed. (1:5)
In the deserts and mountains of Nevada, a large group of investigators is looking into an industry that has an annual turnover of hundreds of millions of dollars -- gambling. The reinvestment of this cash has created a new force in American life that extends from the underworld to the Government and careers of public figures. (1:2-3)
After a three-week-lull in progress on civil rights legislation, Deputy Attorney General Nicholas deB. Katzenbach expressed the Administration's hope that a bill would pass the House before Christmas. Despite prospects for continued rough sledding for the measure in the Rules Committee, Mr. Katzenbach discounted hints that the Administration had abandoned hope for early action. (14:1)
Eisenhower urges troop cutback in Europe. (pg. 15)
Goldberg urges world court on human rights. (pg. 26)
Interracial marriages upheld for Catholics. (pg. 47)
November 19, 1963
Although not mentioning Argentina by name, President Kennedy made it clear last night that he strongly disapproved of that country's revocation of oil contracts with American companies. Addressing the Inter-American Press Association in Miami, he denounced the action as contrary to the principles of international law. (1:8; Text, pg. 14)
Argentina, meanwhile, went to court to ask damages from the oil companies it nationalized. The Government called on the court to decide the amount the companies invested, what taxes they owed, what royalties were paid and what "damage and harm" were done by "irrational exploitation." (14:3)
At the U.N., Cuba charged in a debate on a proposed nuclear-free zone in Latin America that the United States was pursuing policies of aggression, intervention and provocation in the Caribbean. The United States replied that Cuba was conducting infiltration, subversion and terrorism against other Latin countries. (15:1)
Defense Secretary McNamara said the Western allies held a strong military superiority over the Soviet Union and added: "I would not trade our strategic posture for that of the Soviet at any point in the coming decade." (1:6-7)
The United States told the countries of the North Atlantic alliance that if they restricted trade credits to the Soviet Union for a five-year period it might help control Soviet arms spending. The British, prepared to offer credits for 15 years, did not appear swayed. (1:6-7)
In Iraq, President Abdel Salam Arif said he had consolidated his overthrow of the Baathist regime and strengthened his control over the armed forces. He ordered the disarming of the Baathist-trained National Guard. (1:7)
The long-awaited schema on ecumenism -- the unity of all Christians -- was greeted at the Ecumenical Council by the loudest applause of the session. However, three patriarchs from the Middle East and an Italian Cardinal attacked its passages absolving the Jews of guilt in the Crucifixion. (1:7-8)
All the trappings of a political campaign -- bands, bunting, buttons and speeches -- were in evidence as President Kennedy barnstormed along the east and west coasts of Florida. In a speech to businessmen, he denied that the Democrats were out to "soak the rich." (1:5; Text, pg. 29)
The Supreme Court invited the Justice Department to express its views on whether a state may ever enforce a private owner's decision to exclude Negroes from his place of business. (1:2-3)
The convention of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. was told by its only Negro vice president that the federation was being pulled apart by racial discrimination in some unions. A. Philip Randolph added that labor was failing to throw its full weight into the rights struggle. (45:1)
Two security officials in the State Department resigned after having admitted they gave misleading testimony to the Senate Internal Security subcommittee. They played a key role in the dismissal of Otto F. Otepka as the department's chief security evaluations officer. (21:1)
The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations formally raised the question of conflict of interest in the role of Roswell L. Gilpatric in the TFX contract award. The Deputy Defense Secretary immediately answered that his decision was based only on national defense considerations. (1:2)
Nyerere urges world attack on poverty. (pg. 2)
Kennedy opens new drive for aged-care bill. (pg. 22)
Relief for Appalachia is encouraged. (pg. 16)
U. S. denies leaks to press in Roy Cohn case. (pg. 32)
November 20, 1963
Soviet and Chinese Communist officials are consulting in Moscow on the possibility of holding a new conference to seek a settlement of their ideological differences. If a meeting is agreed upon, it is expected to take place in Peking early next year. (1:8)
After meeting with State Department officials, Prof. Frederick C. Barghoorn told newsmen that he was arrested by the Soviet police after a stranger thrust a roll of papers into his hands. (1:6-7)
In a blunt interview, Argentina's Foreign Minister warned that "reprisals" by the United States over Argentina's cancellation of oil contracts of American companies would be unwise and ineffective. He implied that moves could be made by the Government against other foreign investors. (1:5)
At the U.N., a resolution aimed at barring nuclear weapons from all of Latin America was approved by the General Assembly's Political Committee. (3:1)
In Cambodia, Prince Norodom Sihanouk charged that United States aid was being used to undermine him and he severed economic and military ties. He added that American equipment had been used by rebels operating from South Vietnam. (1:7)
Prolonged applause greeted the introduction at the Ecumenical Council of a text asserting the Roman Catholic Church's belief in religious liberty. It was recalled that the late Pope John XXIII had ordered a document prepared that would deny Jewish guilt in the death of Jesus. (1:8)
Former President Eisenhower rededicated the national cemetery at Gettysburg; 100 years after Lincoln delivered his address there. (1:3-4)
The American Federation of Government Employees has filed a formal complaint with the Agriculture Department charging it, in effect, with running a "company union." It is the first "unfair labor practice" charge in history against the Federal Government. (1:1)
The A.F.L.-C.I.O. convention adopted a broad economic program that, among other things, called for the establishment of a national planning agency to set priorities in applying resources to needs. (24:4)
The Senate Republican Leader, Everett McKinley Dirksen, voided strong opposition to a resolution that would require Senators to disclose their financial holdings. (35:1)
Johnson's name brought up in TFX inquiry. (pg. 18)
Kennedy's trip stirs party row in Texas. (pg. 34)
Third bomb explodes near Tuscaloosa campus. (pg. 32)
November 21, 1963
The position of the South Vietnamese Government was reported to be critical in the Mekong delta region south of Saigon. Well-armed Vietcong rebels have seized the initiative. Capitalizing on the Government's military caution, the Communists are seriously threatening Government control of two provinces. (1:5)
At a Peking banquet, communist China's Foreign Minister pledged "resolute support" for Cambodia's "just and patriotic struggle" against United States imperialism. (1:4)
Two persons were killed in Venezuela and a dozen others were injured as policemen and soldiers continued their drive against pro-Communist terrorists who are trying to topple the Government of President Romulo Betancourt. (3:1)
In a reorganization move, Defense Secretary McNamara gave the Air Force a larger role in the space effort by transferring some missile and tracking facilities from the Navy. Several major shifts in military commanders were also announced by the White House in what the Pentagon explained were efforts to improve management by clarifying responsibilities. (1:1)
By an informal vote of 5 to 4, investigating Senators expressed their confidence in Deputy Defense Secretary Roswell L. Gilpatric's role in the award of the TFX airplane contract to General Dynamics Corp. (20:4-6)
Taking the Administration by surprise, the Senate dealt a heavy blow to the moon project by paring the space budget to $5.1 billion. On two close votes, the Senate cut back the budget request to a level already approved by the House -- $612 million less than President Kennedy originally asked. (1:2)
Earlier in the day, Mr. Kennedy issued a new invitation to foreign countries and companies to join with the private U. S. Communications Satellite Corp. in creating a global satellite system. (25:4)
Two Federal judges in Nashville, Tenn., disbarred an attorney for James R. Hoffa from practicing before it on grounds that the lawyers conspired to bribe a prospective juror in the Teamster Union president's jury-tampering trial. (1:7)
A possible end to the chicken tariff war was indicated by the formal report of a special panel of trade experts. It said that the European Common Market's stiff duties on chicken imports had caused the United States a loss of $26 million. Both Washington and the Common Market countries were expected to abide by the figure, which was substantially less than the U. S. estimate. (1:1-2)
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company announced that in June it would split its stock two for one. The world's largest corporation also announced a 10-cent increase in its quarterly dividend and said that it would offer one additional share next February for each 20 shares held. One effect of all the news was a $7.62 a share increase in price on the N.Y. Stock Exchange. (1:8)
U. S. alters refugee stand, angering Israel. (pg. 19)
U. S. to keep Barghoorn report secret. (pg. 21)
Civil rights bill sent to Rules Committee. (pg. 34)
Mrs. Kennedy returns to social scene. (pg. 29)
Public power not in plan for Appalachia. (pg. 34)
Meany charges A.M.A. fraud in aged-care battle. (pg.33)
November 22, 1963
Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia has asked the French Government for economic and military aid to replace the United States program, which he canceled Tuesday. As French officials studied the request, it was announced that Paris has renewed a commercial agreement with the Communist regime of North Vietnam. The indications were that diplomatic relations between Paris and Hanoi would follow. (1:8)
Proclaiming the interest of France and West Germany in a close Atlantic partnership, Dr. Ludwig Erhard arrived in Paris on his first trip as Bonn's new Chancellor. (1:6-7)
Officials in Madrid announced a new Spanish effort to gain closer ties with France and other Western European nations. They said that negotiations with Paris on trade and loans were nearing completion. (10:3)
In a victory for liturgical reform, the Vatican Council authorized the use of vernacular languages for Roman Catholic sacraments. (1:5)
The Congo Government in effect suspended relations with the Soviet Union and asked Moscow's embassy staff in Leopoldville to leave. Two Soviet diplomats arrested Tuesday were also expelled. (1:6-7)
In Washington, the State Department said that Washington quietly suspended arms shipments to Indonesia last September to show strong opposition to President Sukarno's hostility toward Malaysia. (1:7)
Large crowds in San Antonio and Houston welcomed President Kennedy, who began a trip across Texas' shifting political sands by defending his space program at a health center dedication. From San Antonio, the President flew to Houston for a dinner honoring an influential Texas Congressman, Albert Thomas. (1:1)
Administration officials in Washington said that Mr. Kennedy will personally give Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer the $50,000 Enrico Fermi Award at a White House Ceremony on Dec. 2. The noted physicist was declared a security risk during the Eisenhower Administration. (1:4)
In Harrisburg, Pa., Under Secretary of Commerce Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. angrily rebuked Governor Scranton's administration for reacting suspiciously to a Federal plan to aid impoverished Appalachian states. (27:1)
Rep. John W. Byrnes of Wisconsin received applause from most of his colleagues for a 50-minute defense of his stock purchase in a company for which he had obtained a favorable tax ruling. (1:2)
The chairman of the Senate Rules Committee said that Mrs. Gertrude Novak, a former business associate of Robert G. Baker, had "opened up several avenues of information" about the business dealings of the former Senate employee. (52:1)
U-2 wreckage is found in the Gulf of Mexico. (pg. 2)
Ikeda's party easily wins the Japanese election. (pg. 3)
United States-Soviet accord reached on space. (pg. 19)
Senate panel approves Nitze by 11 to 3. (pg. 19)
A.M.A. presents its case on aged care. (pg. 24)
Halleck doubts rights vote this year. (pg. 25)
C.B.S. proposes expansion of Presidential debates. (pg. 27)
Obituaries: Robert Stroud, "Birdman of Alcatraz." (pg. 37)
November 23, 1963
President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed by an assassin yesterday as his motorcade rolled through Dallas. The President suffered a gunshot wound in the head and died in Parkland Hospital at 1 P.M. Central standard time without regaining consciousness. (1:7-8)
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, riding in the third car behind the President, was unhurt. He was sworn in as Mr. Kennedy's successor. Gov. John B. Connally of Texas, in Mr. Kennedy's car, was severely wounded in the head and chest by other shots, all of which apparently came from a building just off the motorcade route. Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Connally, who accompanied their husbands, were uninjured. (1:7-8)
Local and Federal officers charged a 24-year-old former Marine with the assassination. He was identified as Lee Harvey Oswald, who was arrested in a theater after allegedly killing a policeman. The suspect was further described as an adherent of the left-wing "Fair Play for Cuba Committee" who had lived in the Soviet Union. (1:4)
Stunned and shaken but calm, President Lyndon B. Johnson returned to Washington just after 6 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, to take over the country's leadership.