October 1963
October 1, 1963
Diplomats at the United Nations believe that the Soviet Union is seriously concerned that Communist China may develop nuclear weapons. Soviet preoccupation with this problem and its bitter dispute with China are viewed as reasons for the slow pace of current East-West talks. (1:3-3)
The possible sale of three million tons of American wheat to the Soviet Union faces slight Congressional opposition, according to two Senate committee chairmen. But they indicated that Congress would be very reluctant to endorse such a tale. (1:6-7)
Premier Khrushchev admitted that a poor harvest this year had placed the Soviet Union in a "difficult position." He called for expansion of chemical fertilizer output and more irrigation systems to protect against "all eventualities." (1:7)
To help meet the cost of keeping the United Nations force in the Congo for another six months, the United States and other Western nations have agreed to special donations totaling about $1,300,000. (1:5)
The Ecumenical Council Vatican II held the first general meeting of its resumed session and debated "the mystery of the Church," the first chapter of the theme "de Ecclesia." (3:1)
President Kennedy was reported to have suspended an earlier Administration decision to reduce the number of American troops in West Germany by 40,000. He was said to have acted after urgings from Foreign Minister Gerhard Schroder. (1:4)
President Kennedy told a meeting of world financial leaders in Washington that he realized that once the United States overcame its deficit in international payments, it would be more difficult for other nations to increase their reserves.
But, then he added, the United States would then support the measures necessary to supply the world with adequate dollar reserves. (1:8; P.16)
For the first time in its six-year history, the Commission on Civil Rights issued a unanimous report, calling for uniform voter standards, and legislation and executive action in nearly all fields to wipe out racial discrimination. (1:1; P.20)
State policemen in Alabama arrested two white men and held them for questioning in connection with recent bombings in Birmingham. No charges were placed against the men, who have been linked with the Ku Klux Klan. The arrests caught the F.B.I. and the local authorities by surprise. (1:2-3)
A nuclear generator that will produce a steady flow of 25 watts for five years has been successfully used as the sole electric power source on a satellite. The unit was shot into space recently. (1:6)
The explosion of the core of a galaxy, until recently a theoretical event, has been photographed by the world's largest telescope. The picture is thought to show the explosion some 1,500,000 years "old" (1:2-5)
New Dominican regime seeks diplomatic support. (pg. 2)
Gronouski "overwhelmed" upon taking oath. (pg. 16)
Senate approves $7 billion agriculture outlay. (pg. 47)
October 2, 1963
Britain's Foreign Secretary, the Earl of Home, told the United Nations General Assembly yesterday that Premier Khrushchev's renunciation of war was the key that opened the door to better East-West relations. The next steps toward accommodation, he suggested, should be in preventing the spread of nuclear weapons, safeguarding against surprise attack and banning nuclear weapons from outer space. (1:1; Excerpts, 14)
Hinting at a new Chinese Communist attitude, the Mayor of Peking said that China believes a world war can be prevented with the united effort and concerted struggle of peoples of the world. (1:2)
Member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency, including the Soviet bloc, approved a safeguards system for large nuclear reactors. It is designed to prevent diversion of nuclear equipment supplied through the agency from peaceful uses to military production. (1:3)
President Ahmed Ben Bella said that all remaining French-owned farms in Algeria would be nationalized. (1:1)
Silver trumpets, rolling drums, thumping cannons--all the pomp and circumstance--attended the arrival in Washington of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. (1:2-4)
The highest military pay raise in history became effective, providing increases ranging from $8 a month for privates to 120 a month for officers in middle ranks. (1:45)
The Justice Department said the Government was against a merger of the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads as contrary to the public interest. (1:2-3)
White voters in Cambridge, Md., defeated a measure designed to end racial discrimination at most restaurants and lunch counters and the city's one 10-room hotel. It appeared many Negroes had boycotted the vote. (1:8)
In Birmingham, two suspects in the recent bombings there were charged with possession of dynamite without a permit, a misdemeanor. (22:3-5)
The Senate voted to extend the life of the Civil Rights Commission for one year. The next move is up to the House, where action may be delayed. (1:7)
Ben Bella's foes, in stronghold, discuss revolt. (5)
Deposed Dominican leader arrives in Puerto Rico. (7)
Orangeburg, S.C., jails 1,000 Negroes in 4 days. (26)
Interest rising in New Hampshire primary. (31)
Crowd hisses Barnett as he visits Princeton. (27)
Walter Cornell, Navy hero in war, died. (41)
October 3, 1963
The United States feels that the war in South Vietnam may be won by the end of 1965 if the nation's political crisis does not "significantly" affect military action. A statement issued after a meeting of the National Security Council last night at the White House warned that while repressive action by the Saigon regime had not yet affected the war effort, "it could do so in the future." (1:8)
An agreement that would keep nuclear weapons from being orbited in space is a possibility in the current East-West talks, according to Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko. (1:6-7)
The General Assembly was told by Israel that a "constant stream" of weapons was pouring into the Arab countries, endangering peace in the Middle East. (6:5-6)
A decision by President Kennedy to send an Ambassador to Haiti was reversed following the coup d'etat in the Dominican Republic last week. The President had decided to hold off because he did not want to give the impression that the United States supported dictatorial regimes. (11:1)
Emergency powers to deal with armed opposition will be sought by President Ahmed Ben Bella's regime in Algeria. In addition, the Government called for "vigilance committees" to safeguard the revolution. (1:7)
Ten of the world's most powerful industrial nations have undertaken the first major negotiation and study of the world's financial system Communiqué of the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. (1:4)
House action on the Senate-approved bill to continue the Civil Rights Commission for another year was blocked by a Southern objection. Plans now call for calling the measure up next Monday under suspension of the rules which requires a two-thirds vote for passage. (1:7-8)
The Defense Department began collecting information on discrimination against Negro servicemen outside some of the nation's military bases. (19:4)
First Lady begins vacation in Greece. (3)
Kennedy and Selassie laud African aims. (6)
Colombia's economic program lagging. (8)
Honduran President denies a coup is imminent. (12)
Outlook now cloudy on wheat deal with Soviet. (14)
President will speak in Arkansas today. (18)
Senate votes aid to U.S. fishing fleet. (72)
Henry R. Heeren, editor at The Times, died. (35)
Saxon is criticized by bank supervisor. (47)
Europe views Kennedy's payments program. (47)
October 4, 1963
The same three diplomats who initiated the test-ban agreement in Moscow last August agreed "in principle" in New York last night that the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union would ban nuclear weapons from orbiting space vehicles. (1:6-3)
Shortly before dawn on a holiday called "Day of the Soldier," the armed forces of Honduras overthrew the Government of President Ramon Villeda Morales. The President was sent into exile in Costa Rica. (1:5)
It was the fourth military take-over in Latin America this year and was viewed in Washington as another powerful blow to the Alliance for Progress. Indications were that the United States would not recognize the new government and would break off diplomatic relations with Honduras. (1:4)
There appeared to be serious disagreement over United States policies in South Vietnam between Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge and the head of the Central Intelligence Agency there. It is known that Mr. Lodge would be happier with a new C.I.A. chief. (1:6)
The National Aeronautics and Space Agency charged that Project Mercury contractors had delivered spare parts that were 50 per cent defective, and built space capsules with more than 500 defects. The details of many malfunctions were summarized in a 440-page book reviewing the results of Project Mercury. (1:6)
While the President stood only a few feet away, Gov. Orval E. Faubus criticized Mr. Kennedy's approach to civil rights, but praised his Administration for its support "of a great conservation program." Mr. Kennedy was attending the dedication of a dam and reservoir on the Little Red River. (1:2-3)
A manufacturer of automation equipment told Congress that automation was a major factor in eliminating more than 40,000 jobs each week. (1:2-3)
A Maryland physician was indicted on charges of falsifying research data on five new drugs and submitting the bogus reports to the Government. (37:8)
Ben Bella and Algerian opponents seek accord. (3)
Emperor Haile Selassie arrives in New York. (3)
Belgium to share cost of force in Congo. (3)
Kashmir chief seeks tighter tie with India.
3 Soviet bloc lands seeking wheat from U.S. (1)
Gilpatric expected to quit Pentagon at Xmas. (15)
Kowalski gets hearing on subversive post. (16)
Goldwater says Kennedy is helping Soviet. (20)
Settlement near in chicken controversy. (47)
U.S. payments deficit rate is cut in half. (49)
October 5, 1963
President Kennedy was reported yesterday to have recalled "for consultations" the head of the Central Intelligence Agency operations in South Vietnam. The move was presumably to end his policy dispute with Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge. Doubt was expressed that the C.I.A. chief would be sent back to Saigon. (1:8)
Civil servants in South Vietnam have been ordered by the Government to hand in signed statements outlining their thoughts and actions during the recent Buddhist crisis and the subsequent martial law period. The idea is to find out which civil servants are disloyal. (1:8)
In Brazil, President Joao Goulart asked Congress to approve a state of siege in view of the "serious internal commotion." He acted after being urged by the chiefs of the armed forces and after a series of strikes and threats to paralyze the country. (1:7)
Col. Osvaldo Lopez Arellano, chief of the Honduran armed forces, proclaimed himself chief of state and announced the dissolution of the legislature. Public demonstrations and mass meetings were banned. (1:6)
The United States announced the withdrawal of all economic and military aid personnel from the Dominican Republic and Honduras. (1:5)
While praising the United Nations, Emperor Haile Selassie recalled in the General Assembly yesterday a day 27 years ago when he made a vain appeal to the League of Nations to help his country against a aggression, when Italy attacked Ethiopia. (1:4-7; Excerpts, 35)
The Defense Department withdrew overseas special duty pay from about 375,000 servicemen. Only enlisted men were affected, most of them stationed in Western Europe, Japan and Hawaii. (1:1)
Representative F. Edward Hebert, chairman of a House Armed Services subcommittee, said that there was "too much interference" by civilians at the Pentagon in the Reserve Officers Training Corps programs. (7:2-4)
Malaysia denies "alien" influence. (2)
Earl of Home confers with President Kennedy. (2)
Selassie walks in parade in tribute to city. (3)
Suit against aide disturbs Senate Democrats. (19)
"The United Nations has dared to act, when the League dared not--in Asia, in Suez, in the Congo . . . The spotlight of world opinion, focused by the United Nations upon the transgressions of the renegades of human society, has thus far proved an effective safeguard against unchecked aggression and unrestricted violation of human rights." Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia. (1:4)
Weather Bureau drops the Nimbus satellite. (53)
U.S.-Philippine textile talks broken off. (20)
U.S. to arbitrate chicken war damage. (28)
October 6, 1963
An attack by South Vietnamese plain-clothes policemen on three American news correspondents in Saigon was denounced yesterday by the State Department. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge had protested "the physical assault in the most serious terms." (1:8)
In Algeria, the Government continued its efforts to overcome rebel forces in Kabylia. A brief exchange of shots occurred at a Government roadblock near a fishing village. (1:5)
Gen. Maxwell Taylor will go to Rawalpindi next month to continue high-level discussions on the differences between the United States and Pakistan. The two countries are divided over American aid to India and Pakistan's relations with Communist China. (1:6-7)
In Honduras, anti-junta sharpshooters began an attack with machine guns and small arms in Tegucigalpa against the regime that on Wednesday ousted President Villeda Morales. (1:3)
The French Foreign Minister, Maurice Couve de Murville, will meet in Washington this week with President Kennedy and Secretary of State Rusk. One of his main objectives will be to gain recognition and acceptance of France's independent role in the Atlantic community. (1:4)
Tariff negotiations between the United States and 52 other nations are off to a slow start in Geneva. (1:7)
The House Judiciary Committed begins work this week on the most sweeping civil rights legislation ever seriously considered by Congress. The bill, as it emerged from a subcommittee, goes well beyond the Administration's proposals. (1:2)
After trips into the West and South, President Kennedy and his aides are reported encouraged about his prospects for re-election. Several more trips are planned for this fall to Massachusetts, New York, Florida and Texas. (53:1)
Growing pains and a shortage of engineering manpower are being encountered by the manned spacecraft center in Houston, which is developing the Apollo capsule, a lunar landing by 1970 could be jeopardized. (71:1-5)
Macmillan step on retirement is expected soon. (2)
Adenauer warns West against aid to Soviet. (6)
United States suggesting a test of NATO fleet. (8)
Soviet planes are said to peril airlines. (9)
Indonesians favor Peking in Communist split. (18)
Peru asks United States aid for land reform. (32)
Eisenhower sees no real East-West thaw. (39)
Kennedy and aides are optimistic on '64. (53)
U.S. judges back bill that curbs them. (74)
Federal Judgeships fail to satisfy rights leaders. (75)
Hurricane eases threat to U.S. and Bahamas. (87)
United States fever researchers leave Bolivia. (34)
Vito Mussolini, editor and nephew of Duce, died. (89)
October 7, 1963
The Soviet Union set a major condition before it would take further steps toward relaxing East-West tension. The condition was that the West abandon its proposed multination nuclear armed fleet. (1:8)
The Soviet press agency indicated publicly for the first time that the grain supplies available to the Government this year from domestic production would be as much as 18 per cent below the 1962 level. (1:7)
The violence in South Vietnam has rekindled the Washington policy debate that President Kennedy had tried to dampen. Renewed demands are expected calling for the Administration to apply strong pressures on the Saigon Government to change its policies and personnel. In the United Nations the treatment of Buddhists in Vietnam will be taken up today in the first major issue of the General Assembly session. (1:5)
Leading lawyers and political figures in the Dominican Republic called on the new Government to resign, reconvene the legislature and let Congress determine the country's course. Former President Juan D. Bosch called in a radio broadcast for a popular uprising to restore "freedom and legality." (1:8)
The foreign ministers of Costa Rica, El Salvador and Nicaragua, meeting in Managua urged Honduras to restore her Congress and President. (13:1)
Vice Adm. Hyman G. Rickover disclosed that the completion of some atomic submarines was being held up because of poor workmanship by industrial contractors. (1:7)
A stop-gap bill to keep the Civil Rights Commission alive for another year has passed the Senate and will go before the House under suspension of the rules, which limits debate. (1:4)
Selassie warns colonialism must be ended. (3)
Ben Bella offers to settle crisis peacefully. (3)
Iran's Parliament reopens after 2-1/2 years. (7)
Hondurans accuse Cubans of leading snipers. (12)
Three Latin nations study action on crops. (13)
Dillon backs sale of wheat to Soviet Russia. (9)
Accord on satellite frequencies sought at Geneva. (22)
Joint moon trip is held inefficient. (23)
Bulgarian troupe begins its U.S. tour here. (36)
Refet Pasha, Turkish general and Ataturk aide, died. (31)
Soviet Union is said to be asking loans. (47)
Record U.S. sugar-beet crop is expected. (47)
October 8, 1963
The Administration was reported yesterday to have suspended commercial exports to South Vietnam. (1:8)
In the United Nations, the Soviet Union stalled a move in the General Assembly to send a fact-finding mission to South Vietnam to investigate charges of Buddhist repression. Western diplomats said the Russians may want a full-scale debate so they can protest the presence of American troops in Vietnam. (1:6-7)
Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu, the first lady of South Vietnam, arrived in New York last night, but no Federal, state or city officials were at the airport. She said she hoped to learn "why we can't get along better." (1:8)
The General Assembly was told by the Cuban delegate that the United States was waging an "undeclared war against the Castro regime" and that was why Cuba would not sign the nuclear treaty. (10:2)
Soviet diplomats were reported to have made an informal approach to American officials for the purchase of 4 million tons of wheat. They indicated they were ready to pay cash as soon as President Kennedy approved the deal. (1:7)
In Brazil, President Joao Goulart withdrew from Congress his request for state-of-siege powers. (8:3)
Haiti's death toll from Hurricane Flora was reported between 2,000 and 4,000 people. (1:1)
The American Red Cross offered assistance and the United States said it would help if asked. (1:2)
While 16 Government officials and Congressional leaders crowded around him, President Kennedy ratified the nuclear test-ban treaty. He pledged the United States would support the treaty "in letter and in spirit." (1:5; Text, 3)
The House approved a bill to extend the life of the Civil Rights Commission one year. The measure now goes to the White House. (1:3)
The House Appropriations Committee eliminated from the civil defense budget the $195,000,000 fallout shelter program authorized by the House last month. (27:3-5)
The committee also voted $5,100,000,000 for the civilian space agency. This is below the level space officials insisted was necessary to put a man on the moon in this decade. (1:2)
The resignation of the secretary to the Senate Democratic majority was accepted by Senator Mike Mansfield. (1:1)
Two Chinese aides defected to Soviet Union. (2)
De Gaulle Expected to visit U.S. in 1964. (5)
Portuguese Army leads drive to woo Africans. (13)
Morocco to withdraw troops from frontier. (15)
Vice President role disavowed for Eisenhower. (28)
Nixon is critical of Kennedy policies. (37)
October 9, 1963
Prime Minister Macmillan was admitted to a London hospital last night for an operation. (1:8)
Two days of friendly but frank ministerial talks with the French have convinced the Administration that President de Gaulle is determined to pursue military and political independence of Washington. (1:4)
The West German Government was not considering participation in an independent European atomic force sponsored by France. The Government instead was still committed to the multi-nation force proposed by the United States. (1:5)
The United Nations General Assembly agreed to send a fact-finding mission to South Vietnam. It will investigate charges of Buddhists that they are being oppressed by the Government. (1:7)
Representative Wayne L. Hays asked for an investigation to determine why the State Department gave Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu of South Vietnam a diplomatic visa. (10:4)
Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu's father, Tran Van Chuong, who recently resigned as South Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States, called for a selective cut in American aid to his country. (10:5-6)
President Kennedy is expected to announce today approval of the sale of American wheat to the Soviet Union. Agriculture officials charged Canada with seeking to fix the world price of wheat, which would damage American international wheat transactions. (1:6-7)
Legislation that would ban racial and religious discrimination in restaurants, stores and other places of public accommodation was approved by the Senate Commerce Committee. The Justice Department was pleased, though the measure was more conciliatory than one it had requested. (1:1)
In Birmingham, the first of three men charged with possession of dynamite in the wake of racial bombings there was convicted. He was given the maximum sentence of six months at hard labor and fined $l00 and court costs. (28.1-3)
The Senate approved a five-year vocational education program designed to make a long-range attack on unemployment. The measure now goes to compromise conferences with the House. (1:2)
The President's Consumer Advisory Council believes that low-income taxpayers should get a bigger share of the pending tax-cut than the Administration proposed. (17:1-3)
Igor Cassini, New York society columnist, pleaded no contest in Federal Court to four counts of failing to register as a paid publicity agent for the Dominican Republic dictator, Rafael Trujillo. (1:1)
If Mayor Wagner wants next year's Democratic Senatorial nomination all he has to do is say so, as far as the White House is concerned. Any attempt to select another Democrat against the Mayor's wishes could lead to party strife. (1:2-3)
Kennedy said to weigh Asian trip this winter. (1)
Algeria reports fight on Moroccan border. (2)
Africans press economic fight against apartheid. (7)
Scientist named to direct development of Apollo. (12)
Nixon against wheat sale to Soviet. (19)
October 10, 1963
With the disclosure yesterday that her first Mirage-IV supersonic bombers are operational, France joined the world's military atomic powers. (1:4)
Canada announced a new agreement allowing the United States of supply nuclear air-to-air missiles to force of both countries on Canadian soil. (2:3)
At the United Nations, an official of the Central African Republic expressed admiration for the Kennedy Administration's drive to eliminate racial discrimination. (9:1-4)
President Kennedy vigorously defended the Central Intelligence Agency in South Vietnam, it was "wholly untrue" that the agency had been pursuing an independent course. (1:3)
The President announced his approval of a $250,000,000 sale of wheat to the Soviet Union. To be sold commercially at world prices for cash or short-term credit, the wheat will be for use only in Russia and her satellites. Sales to Cuba and Communist China were ruled out. Asserting that the sale was- not a change in trade policy, Mr. Kennedy said it would benefit many sectors of American economy. (1:8; P.18)
The sale of wheat will reduce the United States' surplus, which last month was around a billion bushels. (21:5)
The Department of Agriculture disclosed a strong official protest to Canada over Ottawa's recent sale of wheat at fixed prices. Canada's action had jeopardized traditional consultations with Washington. (1:6-7)
With an eye toward expanding exports to Communist countries, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee decided to review trade policy. (1:5)
The two held in New York were Ivan D. Egorov and his wife, Aleksandra Egorov. They flew to Europe from Idlewild Airport. (7:1)
A special Commission on the Statutes of Women advised that redress be sought through the courts instead of by pushing for a Constitutional amendment. In its report to President Kennedy, the Committee said such an amendment to guarantee women's rights was not needed. (1:2-3)
NATO envoys begin planning nuclear fleet. (pg. 2)
Illegal export trade weakens Congo Government. (pg. 5)
Group picks provisional Dominican ruler. (pg. 8)
Illia becomes President of Argentina today. (pg. 8)
U.S. chamber backs wheat sale to Soviet. (pg. 8)
Pauling cites U.S. and Soviet "overkill" capacity. (pg. 9)
Navy still seeks a nuclear powered carrier. (pg. 9)
Kennedy hails Mrs. Roosevelt as stamp is issued. (pg. 12)
Georgians predict Kennedy victory in state. (pg. 11)
U.S. judge refuses to enter teamster case. (pg. 23)
Kennedy announces a second Met Opera company. (pg. 1)
Pennsy chairman assails U.S. rail merger plan. (pg. 29)
October 11, 1963
Six hours after a successful operation, Prime Minister Macmillan of Britain announced his retirement yesterday. (1:6-8)
Premier Khrushchev called on Prime Minister Macmillan and President Kennedy to renew East-West efforts toward insuring peace as the nuclear test-ban treaty went into effect. The Soviet leader said the pact "does not remove the danger of war." (1:7)
Washington and Moscow were reported close to agreement on establishment of consulates in Chicago and Leningrad and on beginning direct air service between New York and the Soviet capital. (1:6)
A political crisis in Kenya broke out when the Kenya African Democratic Union said it would form an independent republic within the country's boundaries. (1:6)
The United Nations Special Political Committee voted to urge South Africa to call off its trials of Government opponents and release all political prisoners. (1:8)
Professor Linus Pauling of the California Institute of Technology was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1962, which was not awarded last year. (1:5-6)
The Administration's Alliance for Progress program in Latin America was termed a failure by Governor Rockefeller. He outlined a 6-point assistance program of his own. (1:4)
The House tuned down a joint Soviet-United States space flight to the moon. (1:1)
Defending his decision to sell wheat to Russia, President Kennedy told Congress that failure to make the sale might renew cold war tensions. (1:5)
Gen. Lucius D. Clay wrote that large cut-backs in the aid program could impair security. General Clay said he was disappointed in the House aid cuts. (1:4)
The Defense Department revealed that an Amy sergeant once assigned to a code-breaking agency had given classified materials to the Soviet Union for two years before committing suicide. A spokesman said the soldier had no access to codes. (1:7)
Dr. Jaroslav Kremel, a Czech who had sought asylum here, has returned to his native land. The Justice Department said the decision was his own. (1:7)
Algeria moves forces against insurgents. (pg. 3)
O.A.S. group studies military coups. (pg. 10)
Kennedy orders aid for Italy after flood. (pg. 15)
Nuclear test ban treaty goes into effect. (pg.17)
Russians tend Berlin autobahn shutdown. (pg. 18)
Kennedy gives Collier Trophy to the astronauts. (pg.19)
Eisenhower urges U.S. to exploit Sino-Soviet rift. (pg. 20)
Mayor at O'Dwyer dinner, says he likes job. (pg. 27)
Wallace touring South for free electors. (pg. 24)
Chicago saving-and-loan troubles worry U.S. (pg. 53)
Justice Department seeks to block bank merger. (57)
Soviet gold sales on Continent puzzle London. (65)
October 12, 1963
Washington protested to Moscow yesterday over the blockade of a military convoy outside West Berlin. As the hours passed, and "no satisfactory" reply came from the Kremlin, the Administration became more uneasy. The situation was not yet viewed as alarming, however. (1:6-8)
In Bonn, Chancellor Adenauer submitted his resignation as head of the West German Government. (2:1)
Britain's Foreign Secretary, the Earl of Home, agreed to become a candidate for Prime Minister to succeed Harold Macmillan. (1:4)
Two friends who contributed sparkle to French artistic life, Edith Piaf and Jean Cocteau died within seven hours of each other. (19:6-7)
At the United Nations, the General Assembly voted 106 to 1 to ask South Africa to drop a trial of political figures and release all political prisoners held for opposing apartheid. Yielding to world opinion, the United States, Britain and seven other nations that had abstained in committee joined the vote in favor. (1:6-7)
The Assembly's budgetary Committee voted funds to keep the U.N. military force in the Congo for the first half of next year. (4:3)
Fighting in Algeria broke out as Government troops negotiated mountain roads to capture three rebel strongholds. (1:6)
The State Department said that two Soviet spy suspects held in New York were being exchanged for two Americans held in the Soviet Union on similar charges. (1:5)
Blough proposes talks on dumping. (pg. 53)
U.S. seeking to unsnarl patent policies. (pg. 53)
October 13, 1963
In an abrupt about-face, Soviet guards yesterday yielded to Western pressure and allowed an American military convoy to proceed to West Berlin after holding it up for 52 hours.
At the Babelsberg checkpoint, the Russians suddenly dropped their demand to count the soldiers in the trucks. (1:8)
President Kennedy and his advisers blamed the blockade on a misunderstanding rather than on Soviet intentions to provoke an incident. (1:7)
Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella claimed complete military victory over the Kabyle rebels and said that their leader would be arrested 'as soon as possible." Mr. Ben Bella also announced that a congress of all political groups would convene next year to iron out dissatisfaction. (1:7)
The Administration's tax bill may include a plan under which no one will have to pay so much as 50 per cent of his income in taxes. It is sponsored-by Senator Russell Long of the Senate Finance Committee. It may receive Administration support. (1:4)
By telephone, President Kennedy and Prime Minister Pearson of Canada discussed the difficulties on the Great Lakes between two Canadian unions. The President later expressed hope for a quick settlement. (1:2)
A steadily deteriorating relationship between labor federation of the United States and Canada was seen as an abrasive in the resolution of the Lakes dispute. (42:4-6)
A white-haired Jesuit priest who spent 23 years in Siberia and a 24-year-old former Fulbright scholar arrived in New York in an exchange with Russia for a Soviet couple held in New York on espionage charges. (1:6)
October 14, 1963
Leaders of the world's major Communist parties are expected to gather in Moscow early next month to review the conflict between the Kremlin and Peking. The conference, according to sources in Moscow yesterday, should lay the groundwork for another meeting that might result in excluding Communist China from the world Communist movement. (1:3)
The issue of seating Communist China in the United Nations will be taken up today by the General Assembly. The United States expects the Assembly once again to vote down Peking's membership. (6:3)
United Nations delegates of the Unites States, Africa and Asia will confer with Denmark's Foreign Minister today on how the Security Council might resolve the dispute over white supremacy in South Africa. The Nordic nations have suggested that a United Nations guarantee might quiet the whites' fear of giving Africans equality. (1:5)
Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu accused Washington of going sift on Communism and of basing its policies toward Vietnam on domestic political concerns. (1:4)
Strong civil rights advocates do not have the votes in Congress to pass legislation meeting their own desires, and by pressing for too much they risk alternating other votes. Attorney General Kennedy will go before a House committee tomorrow to try to rescue the bill from the political impasse. (1:8)
Western Republicans accused the Kennedy Administration of exploiting "individual human dignity for political purposes." They pictured the Administration as having "bungled the natural progress of equal opportunity." (24:3)
President Kennedy was described as a man "subject to moods" and sometimes discouraged at his inability "to get everything done as quickly as he would like to get it done." The description came from Theodore C. Sorensen, the President's special counsel. (24:4)
An amendment to the foreign aid bill that would cancel aid to all Latin American countries where democratic regimes were overthrown this year is to be submitted to the Senate tomorrow. It was written by Senator Wayne Morse, the Oregon Democrat who heads the subcommittee on Latin America. (1:1)
Mayor Wagner told a radio audience that being Mayor was a lot more important than being a United States Senator." (1:7)
Dominican aide seized consulate here. (pg.1)
Jordan's King eases relations with Nasser. (pg.1)
India rejects Chinese plan on border talks. (pg. 4)
Chou scores U.S. on "aggression" toward China. (pg.5)
Dominican party rejects election plan. (pg. 13)
Alexander resigns as Maritime Administrator. (pg. 58)
Apollo engine trouble appears to be solved. (pg. 28)
October 15, 1963
Following a battle between Algerian and Moroccan troops around oasis villages in the Sahara, the Algerian Government charged that several thousand Moroccan soldiers, supported by tanks and planes, had invaded Algeria and taken up positions 25 miles inside the border. Foreign Minister Boutefika called the attack a "flagrant violation" of the United Nations Charter, and warned of "extremely grave consequences." The Moroccan Government said that only a battalion of troops had been used in the fighting, and that the force was occupying Moroccan territory. (1:8)
A United States offer the train foreign servicemen aboard an American ship has reportedly been accepted by seven NATO nations. Supporters of the fleet idea think that other NATO countries, including France may eventually be tempted to join. (1:7)
Chatting informally Adlai Stevenson foresaw a day when the Soviet Union "may be an ally of the West" against Communist China. (14:3)
Two men claiming to be consul general of the Dominican Republic fired verbal bombshells at each other between the first and third floors of the Dominican Consulate. (16:4)
Citing "pressing private affairs," Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth abruptly tendered his resignation to President Kennedy. The President immediately appointed Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul Nitze to replace him. (1:1)
The U.S. Supreme Court indicated it might make retroactive its ruling requiring states to provide lawyers for poor criminals. Thousands of prisoners, convicted without counsel, could demand new trials. (1:6)
Convoy permits Soviet tank on road to Berlin. (pg. 1)
U.N. urges delay in autonomy of South Rhodesia. (pg.1)
South Koreans vote for a President. (pg. 11)
Passman critical of aid to Indonesia. (pg. 16)
Iran and Common Market sign agreement. (pg. SS)
October 16, 1963
A general mobilization of Algeria's Liberation Army was ordered yesterday by President Ahmed Ben Bella to meet what he called Moroccan aggression. He also called for the assembling of trucks to carry troops to the disputed Sahara frontier. (1:8)
In Paris, the United States and France are reported to have taken the first wary steps toward talks on nuclear cooperation. (1:5)
The ruling junta in the Dominican Republic has taken sharp exception to what it said was a suggestion by the United States that it give power to a constitutional government. Spencer M. King, the U. S. charge d'affaires, denied that he had done anything more than reiterate Washington's opposition to governments brought to power by military coups. (1:6-7)
A resolution that would outlaw all weapons of mass destruction in space was introduced at the United Nations. It was sponsored by seventeen members of the 18-nation Disarmament Committee. (1:6)
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy asked the House Judiciary Committee to put aside partisanship and agree on a civil rights measure. (1:1)
The New York Mirror faded into history last night. It sold its name, goodwill and "other intangible assets" to the newspaper with the largest circulation -- the New York News. (1:2-4)
Saigon students reported defecting to guerrillas. (Page 7)
Kennedy greets Lemass at White House. (Page 8)
Eighty-seven nations aid U.N. funds. (Page 13)
Lacerda charges Goulart aides plotted to kill him. (Page 15)
Trans-Atlantic TV links 5 in historic discussion. (Page 29)
Limit on U. S. aid to research is seen. (Page 28)
Adm. Alan G. Kirk, naval hero and diplomat, died. (Page 45)
October 17, 1963
As Algerian and Moroccan negotiators resumed talks in Marrakesh yesterday, fighting continued on the border. (1:1)
Nine British Army trucks were held up for nine hours by Soviet soldiers on the autobahn in East Germany. Officials saw an increase in Soviet harassment, and a British battalion was reported to be returning early to Berlin. (1:3)
In Bonn, Dr. Ludwig Erhard was elected Chancellor by the Bundestag, succeeding Dr. Konrad Adenauer. (1:2)
The leader of South Korea's military junta, Chung Hee Park, became President with less than 45 per cent of the ballots cast on Tuesday. (1:2-4)
President Tito of Yugoslavia arrived in colonial Williamsburg, Va., for a visit to the United States. Plans for a visit by Marshal Tito in 1957 were canceled after President Eisenhower was criticized for seeking to dignify a Communist regime. (1:1)
A B-58 bomber of the U.S. Air Force set down at Greenham Common and chalked up a new record for the flight from Japan to Britain--8 hours 35 minutes. The jet averaged 935 miles an hour and was refueled in the air five times. (1:4-6)
The Judiciary Committee agreed to trim some provisions of the bill. The chairman, Representative Emanuel Celler, endorsed the strategy of Attorney General Kennedy, which included a call for bipartisan agreement. (1:8)
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to turn down aid to countries that ship arms or strategic materials to Cuba. In approving an amendment to the $4,227,000,000 aid bill, the committee also rejected a proposal to reduce the limit on aid to Latin America. (1:5)
With the firing of an Atlas Agena B rocket at Cape Canaveral, the United States began a project to detect any violations of the treaty clause banning nuclear tests in space. (1:6)
Grounded by a minor heart aliment, Maj. Donald K. Slayton has given the Air Force his resignation as an astronaut. (21:4)
Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin gave the United Nations General Assembly his ideas on where Washington and Moscow can cooperate on space exploration. (22:3)
In an effort to capture the 800,000 circulation of the discontinued New York Mirror, the evening Journal-American tried and failed to put out a special nighttime edition. The attempt was thwarted by the pressmen's union. (1:6-7)
Betancourt stresses reform to combat Reds. (pg.4)
Dominicans hint a new bid for U.S. recognition. (pg.5)
Albania calls on U.N. to seat Red China. (pg. 10)
Poland is expelling two U.S. diplomats. (pg. 12)
U.S. acts to prohibit atomic weapons in space. (pg. 14)
Kennedy opposes 4-year terms for Joint Chiefs. (pg. 24)
Teamsters lose Baltimore electoral vote. (pg.27)
American to buy U.S.-built supersonic planes. (pg.70)
Joseph B. Whitty, Brooklyn Democratic leader dies. (pg. 35)
U.S. Common Market agree on arbitration. (pg. 49)
October 18, 1963
As pickets jeered and Congressmen protested, President Tito of Yugoslavia went through a Washington welcome yesterday complete with a 21-gun salute and champagne toasts. The maverick Communist leader had lunch with President Kennedy and talked with him for two hours about East-West relations. (1:6; P.2)
Negotiations to end the fighting between Algeria and Morocco broke down and border fighting was said to be continuing. The Algerian delegation left and knew nothing about returning. (1:7)
Although aid to the United Arab Republic has not been halted, Washington has told Cairo that future money will depend on Egyptian troop withdrawals from the civil war in Yemen. (7:1)
The brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem charged that the Central Intelligence Agency had tried to promote a Government takeover by Buddhists. (1:8)
The Defense Department and the space agency agreed to cooperate on developing a manned space station. (1:1)
Senator J. W. Fulbright asked Congress to cut the space agency's budget to give more funds to education and employment programs. (12:5)
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to hold back aid from regimes that come to power through overthrow of constitutionally elected governments. (1:6)
The morning tabloid Mirror demise of the prompted former Vice President Nixon to ask President Kennedy to call a meeting of labor and management aimed at preventing further shutdowns.
Dominican Republic in grip of political crisis. (pg. 12)
Senator Gore attacks Dillon on economic policy. (pg. 15)
3 generals back fixed terms for Joint Chiefs. (pg. 16)
Wagner welcomes Ireland's Prime Minister. (pg. 16)
First Negro voter registers in Louisiana County. (pg. 19)
Rep. Utt calls Jessica Mitford pro-Communist. (pg. 63)
October 19, 1963
Queen Elizabeth II asked Lord Home, the Foreign Secretary, yesterday to become Prime Minister. His three rival candidates for the appointment were reported to have refused so far to serve under him. Lord Home said that his decision to accept the post could not yet be made. (1:6-8)
Washington, officials expressed relief that a successor to Prime Minister Macmillan had been found and happiness that it was Lord Home who has often worked with the State Department since 1960. (2:5)
U.S. military police detained a Soviet Army sedan in West Berlin. (1:8)
Algerian troops opened an offensive in northeast Morocco by attacking the border village of Ich, Moroccan officials said. (1:7)
An informed source in Washington said that Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth's resignation was required by the Administration because of an "indiscretion" involving the use of Navy stationary. Information available indicated that it did not amount to conflict of interest. (1:1)
The House Armed Services subcommittee approved a bill that gives a four-year term of office to members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff whose terms have so far been unspecified. (1:2)
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee authorized $4,202,365,000 worth of foreign aid. The measure had been pared by $1 billion, and the President asked that it be restored to a $4,087,000,000 level. (1:6-7)
October 20, 1963
The Earl of Home, the first peer to become Prime Minister of Britain in this century, quelled a revolt in his party and accepted yesterday the appointment from Queen Elizabeth II. (1:7-8; P.3)
Western observers saw Algerian-Moroccan border dispute as an inevitable situation where the prestige of two different Arab regimes is at stake over an old issue. Moroccan claims-- and Algeria's refusal to discuss-- them to a large portion of Algerian Sahara. (17:1)
Foreign Minister Gromyko denied press reports that he was pessimistic about the conduct of East-West negotiations. (1:6)
Fred Korth, the Secretary of the Navy, admitted carrying on a large private business correspondence while in office, but denied that the Administration had demanded his resignation because of it. Earlier Government sources said that Mr. Korth's resignation had been requested because he appeared to be using his position to offer hospitality to friends and former business acquaintances. (1:1P.65)
The Pentagon is conducting a major research program on weapons to destroy hostile satellites. (1:7)
Wearing academic robes in the University of Maine's football stadium, President Kennedy spoke in defense of his efforts to negotiate with the Soviet Union. The speech stressed the nuclear test-ban treaty and the pending wheat sale as instruments in the cold war's "thaw." (1:6; P.38)
The Labor Department issued new regulations, apparently close to the old voluntary plan, designed to end racial discrimination in apprenticeship programs. (1:3)
October 21, 1963
In Morocco for a state visit, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia entered the diplomacy surrounding the Moroccan border conflict with Algeria. (1:5)
From entrenched positions on South Vietnam's Mekong Delta, Vietcong guerrillas inflicted heavy casualties on attacking Government troops. (1:4-5)
With clubs and tear gas, policemen in the Dominican Republic broke up demonstrations aimed at the military-supported civilian junta that replaced President Juan Bosch. (1:4)
The Canadian Government ordered union seamen back to vessels they left while preparing for a march on Ottawa today. The demonstration was scheduled as a protest against laws placing a Government trusteeship over the Seafarers International Union of Canada. (1:1)
President Kennedy rested at Cape Cod following a tour of New England in which he demonstrated an increased political interest in Senator Barry Goldwater. It seemed more clear that the President now regards the Arizona conservative as the man to beat, a prospect which does not fill Mr. Kennedy with dismay. (1:2)
Iraq says Syrians aid war on Kurds. (1)
Officers quitting services at sharply higher rate. (14)
Diana Churchill, Sir Winston's eldest daughter, died. (31)
October 22, 1963
The United States told the commander of South Vietnam's Special Forces that the United States will no longer pay his troops' salaries when they are used in political missions. The troops will receive American financial aid only when in combat against the Communist Vietcong and only if they notify American advisers of their movements.
The General Assembly again voted to keep Communist China out of the United Nations. The vote was 57 against and 41 for. Twelve countries abstained. The margin of defeat was slightly bigger than last year's. (1:2)
A Soviet trade delegation arrived in the United States to negotiate the purchase of $250 million worth of wheat. The four-man group was led by Sergei A. Borisov, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade. (1:1)
As 15,000 American soldiers and airmen took part in the biggest trans-Atlantic airlift ever attempted (5:1-4) West Germany asked for clarification of an American official's statement that the United States planned an eventual reduction of forces overseas. (1:4)
To improve the quality and quantity of artillery firepower overseas, the Army was replacing some present weapons with more powerful, more mobile missiles. (1:5)
Emperor Haile Selassie in Algiers to try to mediate the border fighting between Morocco and Algeria, was greeted by President Ahmed Ben Bella. (1:3)
A Federal grand jury in New York has subpoenaed major steel companies in connection with a broad inquiry into steel prices.
The Government notified American industry that virtually the entire United States tariff list of some 6,000 individual products would be subject to major reduction in forthcoming trade negotiations. (1:6-7)
The Senate passed a $1,895,000,000 college aid bill, which now goes to a joint committee trial will try to work out differences between the House and Senate versions. (1:6-7)
The House sent to the President legislation authorizing a $329 million program to deal with problems of mental health and retardation. (26:4)
Two foes of Tito seized in his hotel. (1)
New rebel force leaves Congo for Angola. (2)
Moscow assails 2 U.S. military programs. (6)
U.S. intercepts force of anti-Castro raiders. (16)
Israel eases travel restrictions on Arab citizens. (22)
U.S. opposes Barnett's plea for a jury trial. (31)
2,600 pay tribute to Mrs. Roosevelt. (33)
Adm. James Kauffman, fought Axis submarines, died. (38)
October 23, 1963
In efforts to solidify the Atlantic alliance, President Kennedy will meet in Washington next month with West Germany's new Chancellor, Ludwig Erhard. The President also hopes to meet with Britain's new Prime Minister, the Earl of Home, before the end of the year and with President de Gaulle early next year. (1:8)
While Defense Department officials were cautiously paving the way for the withdrawal of some American infantry units from Europe after 1964. (17:3), 14,500 United States soldiers, carrying shoulder weapons and personal gear, continued to stream into West Germany in a test exercise. (1:7)
At the United Nations, President Tito of Yugoslavia urged the General Assembly to codify the principles of "peaceful coexistence." He also called for the elimination of economic embargoes and other discriminatory measures among nations. (1:1) (Excerpts, pg. 14)
The Yugoslav leader's aides canceled a reception planned for 7,200 guests charging the New York City police could not provide adequate protection. (15:1)
Cuban jet fighters attacked a United States-owned ore ship. None of the crew was injured. The ship was said to have sailed accidentally into the thick of a battle between Cuban coastal defenses and a raiding party of exiles. (1:2-4)
Algeria rejected Ethiopia's call for a three-power summit conference with Morocco. (1:5)
A group of American military and civilian officials in South Vietnam has called for a temporary halt and consolidation of the strategic hamlet program in the Mekong delta because it is overextended. (2:4-6)
In Chicago, 225,000 pupils stayed away from classes on the occasion of a "Freedom Day" boycott. (1:1)
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee urged that countries that can "take care of themselves" be eliminated from the foreign aid program and that some aid operations be shifted to international institutions like the World Bank. (1:6)
President Kennedy announced that international scientists would be allowed to openly examine and discuss proposed experiments by the Government that might adversely affect man's environment. (1:2; Text, pg. 24)
The Government has agreed to pay 24 per cent of whatever damages are fixed in lawsuits growing out of the collision of two airliners over Staten Island in 1960. (1:2-3)
Senate revises extradition treaty with Brazil. (pg. 6)
October 24, 1963
The State Department said yesterday that Henry Cabot Lodge, the United States Ambassador, would return soon from Saigon to give a top-level estimate of the situation in South Vietnam. Washington is interested in the effect of its efforts to reform the Ngo Government by economic pressure since the Buddhist crisis. (1:1)
In Saigon, the U.N. mission arrived to begin an investigation of alleged Government persecution of the Buddhists. (8:3-4)
The Soviet Union's Communist party asked world Communism to oppose Peking's attempt to replace "Leninism with Maoism." The appeal, which contended that 65 parties had already announced support for Moscow, contained a sharp new attack on Chinese ideology. (1:2-3)
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia approved Algeria's proposal for a special meeting of 30 African foreign ministers to consider Algeria's border troubles with Morocco. The Emperor then left Algiers after five days of unsuccessful efforts to achieve a settlement between President Ahmed Ben Bella and King Hassan II. (1:2)
By renouncing his ancient titles, Britain's new Prime Minister became a commoner named Sir Alec Douglas-Home. (1:3)
President Kennedy met secretly with House leaders of both parties in a last ditch attempt to head off defeat for the civil rights bill in the House Judiciary Committee today. (1:8)
Dr. Ralph J. Bunche attacked both Negro and white extremists in a speech at Tougaloo Southern Christian College, Jackson, Miss. The U.N. Under Secretary also warned that token appeasement of Negro civil rights demands was not enough. (24:1)
The Government authorized the first of what is expected to be a series of sales of American grain to the Soviet bloc. The Commerce Department issued an export license to a Minneapolis trader covering 1,200,000 bushels of corn -- worth $1,929,384 -- to be shipped to Hungary. (1:6)
Senator B. Everett Jordan, chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, said that his group would start a full investigation of the outside business affairs of Robert G. Baker, former secretary to the Senate majority, who resigned. (1:7)
In Federal Court, three trade associations representing 265 insurance companies agreed to end an alleged conspiracy whereby damaged cares were sent to appraisers and repair shops they controlled. (27:7)
U. S. will not cease its pressure on Cuba. (pg. 15)
Tito gets heavy police guard on trip to country. (pg. 3)
Fund soliciting is attributed to Wirtz. (pg. 19)
Moon rocket shot postponed by U. S. (pg. 16)
October 25, 1963
In a victory for the new Conservative Government, Britain's Parliament recessed yesterday, until Nov. 12. Opposition parties delivered a strong attack against the proposal by the Prime Minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home to postpone the reopening until that date, five days after a by-election in which the former, peer hopes to win a seat in the House of Commons. (1:8)
President Ben Bella of Algeria announced that a leader of the subsiding anti-Government rebellion had come over to the Government side to help fight Morocco. The leader, Col. Mohand ou el Hadj, was said to have visited Algiers with troops on their way to the border. (1:7)
Flag-waving Texas foes of the United Nations pushed and struck Adlai E. Stevenson and spat in his face as he left a United Nations Day rally in Dallas. Mr. Stevenson, the United States delegate at the United Nations, had been heckled during his speech. He told a woman assailant, "It's all right to have your own views, but don't hit anyone." (1:6-7)
A Greek has won a Nobel Prize for literature: Giorgos Seferiades, a 63-year-old former diplomat who writes poetry under the name of Giorgos Seferis. (1:8)
The maritime dispute in Canada appeared resolved as the Seafarers International Union voted in Montreal to return to the ships. However, labor spokesmen in New York said that the settlement seemed to be more apparent than real. (1:2)
The struggle to solve the impasse over the civil rights bill continued. At the White House, President Kennedy talked with Representative Charles A. Halleck, the House Republican leader, whose support on a bill the Administration is seeking. There were no clear indications of what would be acceptable to him. (1:1)
Significant steps to open up job opportunities for Negroes in Alabama are apparently being made by the United States Steel Corporation. However, the largest employer in Birmingham is so far reluctant to wield its economic influence against racial tension despite a call for such action by the company's critics. (1:2-3)
For the second time in two days, the Government approved a private sale of corn to Hungary. Two new export licenses were issued covering 1,400,000 bushels. (1:5)
"Big Lift" to Germany done in 63 hours. (pg. 13)
President signs mental retardation bill. (pg. 16)
October 26, 1963
President Ahmed Ben Bella of Algeria agreed yesterday to meet in Tunisia with King Hassan II of Morocco and with five other African heads of state to discuss the Algerian-Moroccan border fight. The conference will be informally led by the Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Selassie. The five other participating countries will be the UAR, Guinea, Tunisia, Mali and Libya. (1:8)
The United Nations team in South Vietnam began assembling the facts about the Buddhist quarrel with the Government, but found only two monks at one pagoda. A visit to a second was abruptly canceled by the Diem regime. (1:5)
In Bonn, Secretary of State Rusk appeared to have convinced West German leaders that Washington would not cut back its 250,000 man force stationed in West Germany. (1:6-7)
Probably arousing Congressional controversy, Defense Secretary McNamara turned down the Navy's request for a second nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Instead, the Secretary ordered construction of a conventionally driven ship "to avoid further delay." The months-long argument over design was reported to have led to a dispute after which Fred Korth resigned as Navy Secretary. (1:4)
One hundred Dallas civic leaders sent a telegram of apology to Adlai E. Stevenson and President Kennedy, expressing shame that "extremists" struck and spat on the country's chief representative to the United Nations. (1:2-3)
Three Negroes in the Dallas post office, given preferential promotions over 53 white persons last June, were reassigned by the Post Office Department which called the promotion a "technical" violation of merit procedure. (11:4-5)
The Administration continued to work behind the scenes for agreement by Tuesday on a civil rights bill in the House Judiciary Committee. (11:3)
After his departure was delayed 40 minutes by a bomb scare, President Tito of Yugoslavia sailed for Britain from Pier 40, where the police held pickets at a safe distance. (1:7)
Court rules De Sapio lost primary contest. (pg. 12)
October 27, 1963
In a speech published yesterday, Premier Khrushchev called for an end of polemics in the ideological dispute between Moscow and Peking. The Soviet leader proposed that both sides in the dispute let time determine whose point of view was "correct." (1:8)
The Soviet leader also published a statement declaring his country out of the race to the moon. Mr. Khrushchev said that Moscow has no present plans to send cosmonauts to the moon, and he wished success for the United States mission to the planet scheduled for 1970. (1:4)
Mr. Khrushchev said that the Soviet Union would not buy American wheat if there were any "discriminatory conditions" attached. Two weeks ago, President Kennedy said wheat should be carried on American ships and that export licenses granted "for delivery to and use in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe only." (1:6-7)
The Russians complained because American cargo rates were higher than those of foreign flag ships. (4:1)
In a prepared speech, Under Secretary of State Averell Harriman warned against being taken in by the treaty for a limited nuclear test ban or the lessening in tensions that followed. In an address at Harriman, N.Y. he said that Premier Khrushchev had convinced him that the ideological conflict continues. (1:7)
Secretary of State Rusk, in talks with West German leaders in Bonn, spoke frankly of the reluctance of Western Europe to take up its share of responsibility for the Atlantic alliance. In a Frankfurt speech today, he is expected to offer the possibility of a strategic nuclear defense for Europe. (9:1)
Quotation of the Day: "When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses." -- President Kennedy, at Amherst College ceremony honoring Robert Frost. (1:3)
President Kennedy dedicated a library on the Amherst College campus to the late poet, Robert Frost. Mr. Kennedy called Frost "one of the granite figures of our time" and urged renewed national recognition of artists. (1:2-3; Text, pg. 87)
The Civil Rights Commission issued a staff report accusing the Defense Department of ignoring the plight of many Negro servicemen forced to live in slums. The report also said that because of the lack of "an aggressive policy" on housing, many Negroes were forced to live away from their families. (1:4-5)
300 United States tanks rumble across Germany. (Pg. 3)
France seeking to expand trade with China. (Pg. 13)
United States may send milk to South Vietnam. (pg. 28)
Boycotting Louisiana Negroes go 20 miles to buy. (pg. 65)
Brazil may seek Latin-U.S. treaty. (pg. 40)
U. S. atom exhibit makes hit in Belgrade. (pg. 7)
U. S. aiding atomic research in Israel. (pg. 8)
October 28, 1963
From Frankfurt's historic Paulskirche, Secretary Rusk issued a call yesterday for a stronger Atlantic alliance with Western Europe taking the initiative. Mr. Rusk said that, if European powers attained greater political unity, they could expect more responsibility for their own nuclear defense. His statement was interpreted as a sign of United States willingness to drop objections to a multinational fleet of surface ships equipped with Polaris atomic missiles. (1: 8; Text, pg. 6)
The United States was urged to seek an agreement between the Arab states and Israel on repatriation of the Palestinian refugees to Israel or their resettlement. (12:3)
Hours after a Buddhist monk burned himself to death in Saigon, the United Nations team investigating Buddhists anti-Government complaints began an itinerary of its own choosing. The seven-man group did not witness the event. (12:5)
Despite what Mr. Khrushchev said, United States observers expected that Russia's space efforts would continue for awhile, probably with attempts to orbit and join two or more space craft. Such a project might be a forerunner of a space platform. (1:7)
The Soviet leader's announcement raised a belief among Congressional and Administration sources that the Apollo lunar program might slow down. The effect was seen as possibly causing a reluctance to provide more funds for the program. (1:6)
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey called for a bold review of trade policy with the Soviet Union. The Minnesota Democrat advocated relaxing restrictions on non-strategic materials and tightening them on military items. (1:7-8)
For the first time, President Kennedy and his family worshipped at a public church. They attended St. Stephen the Martyr Roman Catholic Church in Middleburg, Va., and stayed in their new Atoka house. (1:3-6)
"Big Lift" shows U. S. flying array is near. (pg. 6)
Press group says Government hides news. (pg. 7)
October 29, 1963
Communist China's Foreign Minister, Marshal Chen Yi, was quoted yesterday as having said that it would be several years before China could test an atomic bomb. He attributed the delay to the country's backward industrial base. Unsurprised Government analysts cited the Soviet Union's aid withdrawal as the main reason for the postponement. (1:1)
A deliberately non-controversial resolution agreed upon privately by the United States and the Soviet Union was rejected at the United Nations by eight neutral countries. Dealing with future nuclear test ban talks, the resolution was confined to getting talks resumed and skipped such things as inspection of underground tests. (1:2)
The Social Committee of the General Assembly adopted a declaration condemning all forms of racial discrimination. The United States, abstained, saying the document threatened certain freedoms in opposing race bias. (1:6; Text, pg. 10)
At the 35th Congress of the Italian Socialist party, it appeared almost certain that the congress would authorize its leader, Pietro Nenni, to negotiate the entry of the party into a center-left government. (3:1)
On the eve of peace talks between Morocco and Algeria, Morocco announced that her troops had projected deep into disputed territory along the Algerian frontier; moving to within eight miles of a strategic mineral center. (1:2-3)
The Administration and House Republican leaders reached substantial agreement on a bipartisan civil rights bill. The new draft includes in modified form a section civil rights groups regard as vital. This would set up a national fair employment practices commission to fight job discrimination. (1:8)
As the Senate began debate on a $4.2 billion foreign-aid-authorization bill, Senator Fulbright said any big cut would be very risky. Senator Morse said the bill would provide another year of "bloated, wasteful, uneconomic" aid.
Former Senator Tom Connally of Texas, who served for 36 years in Congress, died at the age of 86. An effective orator, he rallied support for American membership in the United Nations. (1:5-.6)
The Democratic majority of a Senate subcommittee charged that the Kerr-Mills Program for medical care of the aging was "ineffective and a piecemeal approach." The Republican minority dissented. (16:3)
The national space agency announced a reorganization of the manned space flight program hoping to clarify the sometimes confused responsibilities. (12:4)
Many space officials feel that if Russia does not intend to challenge the United States in a moon race then this country should do everything reasonable to clinch a victory. (12:5-6)
Britain unveils fighter-bomber in rivalry with U. S. (pg. 5)
Navy to close eight oceanographic offices. (pg. 70)
U. S. manufacturers seen easing Europe outlays. (pg. 45)
October 30, 1963
Western diplomats in Morocco fear an East-West arms race may be starting in North Africa. A result of the border conflict between Algeria and Morocco, it may go on for months after the present crisis has died down. (1:1)
The United States charged that North Vietnam has been sending arms shipments to Laos this month in violation of the Geneva accord. Reports indicated that as many as 150 trucks have been counted on a single day moving along one supply route. (1:2)
Senator J. W. Fulbright warned President de Gaulle that his policies were disrupting the Atlantic alliance and could drive the United States out of Europe. (1:4)
The United States told the United Nations that progress toward general and complete disarmament was necessarily linked to progress in establishing an international peacekeeping force. (1:2-3)
In Canada, the Liberal minority Government triumphed over two Opposition challenges to its policy of close cooperation with the United States in defense. (1:2-3)
A revised civil rights bill favored by President Kennedy and House Republican leaders was approved by the House Judiciary Committee. (1:8)
Roger Blough, chairman of United States Steel, rejected suggestions that his corporation should use its economic influence to ease racial tensions in Birmingham. He said it was quite beyond what a corporation should and can do. (1:7)
The F.B.I. announced the arrest of an electrical engineer for a New Jersey company and a chauffeur for a Russian trading corporation on espionage charges. The conspiracy allegedly involved documents and other data on a highly sensitive Air Force contract. (5:7)
The Senate majority leader said that the present session could now run until a minute before the official opening of the 1964 session on Jan. 3. (20:3-4)
A group of shouting pickets hurled placards and leaflets at Chief Justice Earl Warren and Mrs. Warren as they left the New York City Bar Association building. The pickets, protesting "liberal" court decisions, did not hit them. (1:6-7)
Thant said to lose hope on Yemen accord. (Page 3)
Wife of Philby joins him in Moscow. (Page 4)
U. N. team questions Buddhists in Vietnam prison. (Page 11)
A.T. & T. accused of monopoly bid on cable use. (Page 52)
Adolphe Menjou, suave and debonair film actor, died today. (Page 39)
White House delays Reserve appointment. (Page 53)
October 31, 1963
In Mali's Presidential palace, the leaders of Algeria and Morocco yesterday signed a cease-fire agreement, effective midnight Nov. 1, to end their undeclared Sahara border war. The compromise measure called for a neutral demilitarized zone and the convening of a meeting of 30 African foreign ministers. (1:8)
Recent assurances to the contrary, it was authoritatively reported in Paris that the withdrawal of a 5,000-man armored cavalry regiment from West Germany has been planned by the United States. Secretary of State Rusk and Army Secretary Vance have both said that no reductions were contemplated. (1:4)
At the United Nations, the chief Soviet delegate charged that Washington's plan for a mixed-manned nuclear fleet was meant to give nuclear arms to West Germany. (2:5)
After a cool reception in racially disturbed South Philadelphia, President Kennedy gave a forceful account of the civil rights progress in his Administration. But he also told a Democratic fund-raising dinner that the issue "is still very much with us". (1:3)
Following their implication in a spy ring, three members of the Soviet mission to the United Nations were ordered to leave the country within 48 hours. A fourth Russian and a New Jersey engineer, accused of passing Strategic Air Command secrets to the diplomats, were held without bail. (1:7)
The State Department moved to restrict foreign diplomats to the tax-free purchase of one automobile a year. (12:4)
With a couple of Democratic innovations, a bill raising the national debt limit to $315 billion until next June 29 was passed by a partisan vote in the House Ways and Means Committee. (19:1)
Italian Premier due to quit in week. (Page 2)
Laotian Premier asks Soviet to help bring peace. (Page 8)
Kennedy appoints moderate to Reserve Board. (Page 1)
Rose Kennedy tells of her retarded child. (Page 21)