May 1963
May 1, 1963
Diplomatic sources in Port-au-Prince reported that Haiti had agreed to allow 22 political refugees in asylum in the Dominican Republic's Embassy to leave the country. The decision to allow the refugees to leave was reported as a five-man committee from the Organization of American States began investigating charges that Haiti had violated Dominican sovereignty by entering the Dominican Embassy. (1:1)
Criticism of aid to the United Arab Republic echoed in Congress. Senator Jacob Javits of New York called for a defense pact to protect Israel. Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota recommended an embargo on arms shipments to the entire Middle East area. (1:3)
A Revolution Command Council opposed to the Jordanian regime was set up by exiles under the command of King Hussein's former Chief of Staff. In Israel, concern mounted over Jordan's decision to declare a state of emergency in frontier areas. (1:3)
Pakistan's Resident, Mohammad Ayub Khan sent a message to the Council of the Central Treaty Organization's foreign ministers in Karachi and said that no "peace-loving nation" should try to tip the balance of power in the area. (7:1-7)
The flag of Indonesia fluttered over West Iran, the section of New Guinea that was once controlled by the Dutch. The territory has been under United Nations administration since last year. (1:2-4)
U.S. to boycott Soviet fete because of Castro. (pg. 1)
Pathet Lao broadens talks beyond cease-fire. (pg. 9)
U.S. withdraws support for Cuban exile council. (pg. 11)
Meany deplores Clay's call for cut in aid. (pg. 13)
Kennedy's 1964 drive to get new director. (pg. 19)
Kennedy asks tax help for political givers. (pg. 21)
White House fetes Grand Duchess Charlotte. (pg. 3)
U.S. Backs compromise cotton subsidy plan. (pg. 50)
May 2, 1963
The Government of France will build a nuclear test center in the Tahiti Islands in the Pacific. The center will be used for the development of a French thermonuclear bomb. The new move follows Algerian and African protests on nuclear tests in the Sahara. (1:1)
An announcement by Sir Winston Churchill that he would not run again for Parliament closes a Parliamentary career unrivaled in Britain's history. (1:2)
The decision of a former Marine officer not to attend a White House reception has apparently taken President Kennedy out of an embarrassing situation. The officer, a Medal of Honor winner, was discharged from the service amid allegations involving him in the death of a Cuban at the Guantanamo Naval Base. (14:3)
Adoula asks Belgium for direct aid on army. (pg. 10)
Brig. Gen. Joseph M. Tully, a D-day commander, died. (pg. 35)
Dillon cautiously indicates support of Saxon. (pg. 45)
May 3, 1963
The United States protested to Haiti yesterday against President Francois Duvalier's "inflammatory" statements and harassment of American officials in Port-au-Prince. (1:1)
Another warning from the United States urged the United Arab Republic, Syria and Iraq to cease their propaganda campaign against the Jordanian, monarchy. The United States and Britain took some military precautions in the Mideast amid reports of a possible coup against King Hussein. (1:2)
The Algerians agreed to compensate Europeans whose farms were nationalized if the French, will speed the withdrawal of their troops from Algeria. (1:2-3)
Two members of an American expedition conquered Mount Everest in the first attempt by Americans to scale the 29,028-foot peak, the world's highest. (1:1)
The Government said there were more nonfarm jobs now than ever thus lifting the over-all total at work to 68,100,000. (1:2)
Thomas H. Kuchel charged right-wing extremists peddled "fright" such as rumors that African troops were being trained in Georgia for a United Nations coup d'etat in Washington. (9:3-5)
Democratic strategists in Washington are proposing Representative Samuel S. Stratton as the Democratic candidate for the Senate next year in New York, as an opponent for Senator Kenneth B. Keating. (1:6-7)
Port-au-Prince fears new liquidation by Duvalier. (2)
Bosch asks American states to break with Haiti. (2)
India and West split on military aid program. (4)
Soviet seeks wider trade with West Berlin. (6)
Rise in debt limit sent to floor of House. (12)
Hoffa explains plan for overseas picketing. (13)
U.S. again delays two-man Gemini orbits. (5)
President Kennedy stiffens stand on tariffs. (39)
May 4, 1963
Without giving a reason, the regime of President Francois Duvalier declared Haiti under martial law yesterday. Underground forces have promised to overthrow the Government by Pay 15, but no unusual military activity was apparent. (1:8)
Six Syrian Cabinet ministers resigned from the two-month-old regime, posing a threat to the union of their country with Iraq and the United Arab Republic. (1:6)
American-British efforts to obtain a Kashmir settlement between India and Pakistan have reached an impasse. (2:1)
Two helicopters of the International Control Commission in Laos were reported fired upon and set aflame near the Plaine des Jarres airstrip. (1:8)
Highway patrolmen arrested 10 persons "Freedom Walkers" on Alabama's border. They had set out last Wednesday from Chattanooga, Tenn., to complete the walk of the ambushed postman, William Moore. (1:2-4)
A Senate Appropriations Committee restored $50,000,000 of the $70,000,000 that the House had cut from the Post Office Department's funds for fiscal year 1964. (1:1)
Robert Kennedy warns on denial of Negro rights. (8)
New helicopter gets stability of airplane. (50)
May 5 1963
President Juan Bosch of the Dominican Republic threatened yesterday to invade Haiti if the Duvalier regime fails to grant safe-conduct to all refugees in the Dominican embassy at Port-au-Prince. No safe-conduct passes were said to have been issued so far. (1:1)
The Kennedy Administration is said to be reluctant to send in Marines who are aboard Navy ships just outside Haitian waters. (1:2)
Premier Ahmed Ben Bella of Algeria said to President Nasser that he wanted to lead his nation into the United Arab Republic. (1:5)
In Lebanon, continued purges of pro-Nasser personnel from the Syrian army and civil service were reported. (30:1)
A reorganization of top Soviet leaders was indicated by the illness of Frol R. Kozlov, second man under Premier Khrushchev. (10:1)
West Germany and the United States have agreed in principle on the make-up and control of a multinational nuclear sea force. U.S. officials said that surface ships with Polaris missiles would be used rather than submarines. (14:3)
The Justice Department took a hand toward affecting a truce in the strained Birmingham racial situation. The chief of the department's Civil Rights Division arrived in the Alabama city. (1:2-4)
The Securities and Exchange Commission will ask Congress for broader police powers. Specifically, these powers would apply to quotations of prices in the over-the-counter market, which are handled privately. (46:1)
Peace Corps idea spreading to other nations. (4)
Thai aide cites subversion by Laos Reds. (45)
Democratic fund-raisers to be President's host. (84)
New postal code to speed the delivery of mail. (86)
Dr. Arno A. Brasch, nuclear physicist, died. (86)
May 6, 1963
A group of prominent American citizens, among them Adm. Arleigh A. Burke and Edward Teller, the physicist, has formed a new Committee for a Free Cuba; the first newsletter of which described a training camp for Latinó American guerrillas. (1:7)
Algeria's Foreign Minister, Mohammed Khemisti died of a bullet wound suffered April 11. (1:7)
Per Jacobsson, Swedish managing director of the International Monetary Fund, died after a heart attack. (1:4)
Evidence has been sighted by Americans and Vietnamese that Communists have been parachuting supplies to Vietcong guerrillas. (1:5-6)
A large but peaceful demonstration was carried out by several hundred Negroes in Birmingham, Ala. Only a few arrests were made. Meanwhile, a Justice Department official, Burke Marshall, held more talks with Negro and white leaders. (1:3-4)
In Washington Representative Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., said the nation's capital would be the scene of a massive race riot unless the social factors that produced racial tension were removed. (59:3-4)
Defense Secretary McNamara asked the Navy to restudy its proposed construction of a nuclear-powered surface fleet. (1:6)
May 7, 1963
The Council of the Organization of American States called on Haiti and the Dominican Republic to avoid conflict and let the O.A.S.-help settle their dispute. (1:1)
In Vietnamese back country near Saigon, a United States Army lieutenant and two South Vietnamese soldiers were slain in an ambush by Communist guerrillas. (1:1)
In neighboring Laos, Premier Souvanna Phouma said that he was still studying proposals on a cease-fire made by the pro-Communists at their last meeting. (8:3-6)
The Communist party in Moscow said it supported Kurdish forces trying to achieve autonomy within Iraq. The Kurds' leader, until now an anti-Communist, was praised by Pravda. (1:2)
Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson was said to be ready to give President Kennedy a firm commitment to accept nuclear weapons for Canada's air division in Europe and her air components in the North American Defense Command. (1:2)
A United States Army captain and sergeant in Germany defected to the Eastern zone to seek political asylum. (1:3-4)
Birmingham police arrested about 1,000 in a chanting anti segregation march. (1:4-7)
Senator John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky accused both parties of paying "lip services to the cause of civil rights." (33:1-3)
A new chief of Naval Operations, Adm. David L. McDonald, was appointed by the President, who also extended for only one year, the office of Gen. Curtis LeMay, the Air Force Chief of Staff. (1:3)
The Air Force said that another attempt would be made to put copper "needles" in a 2,000-mile-high belt around the earth. (29:2)
A House subcommittee voted unanimously to limit a $1,195,000,000 higher education bill to construction rants and loans, with no provision for student loans, lab. (1:6)
India agrees to mediation on Kashmir. (7)
Ben-Gurion sure Israel is target of Arab plot. (10)
Monty Woolley, the stage and screen actor, died. (43)
May 8, 1963
The United States yesterday ordered the evacuation from Haiti of 220 dependents of United States Government employees there. At Haiti's request, the threat of war with the Dominican Republic will be taken up by the United Nations Security Council today despite criticism of this move by the United States. (1:1)
The Dominicans themselves will ask for economic sanctions against Haiti. (1:2)
A British businessman and a former Soviet official pleaded guilty to espionage charges in a Moscow military court. (1:2-3)
Prime Minister-Macmillan suggested the formation of two commissions to supervise Britain's security procedures. (3:6)
With an armored car and water hoses, Birmingham police drove hundreds of Negro anti-segregation demonstrators off the streets. (1:8)
President Kennedy said the ideal solution for the racial situation would be one made by Birmingham itself. (1:7)
Theodore R. McKeldin won the mayoralty of Baltimore. The 62-year-old Republican liberal defeated Philip H. Goodman, the Democratic incumbent who had the support of President Kennedy. (13:1-4)
The House passed a bill to limit the use by Congressmen of so-called counterpart funds on their trips abroad. If the Senate approves, Congressmen either will have to justify their expenses or be on a per diem basis like the executive branch. (1:4)
Women in capital stage nuclear test-ban. (pg. 17)
Drive begun to curb bias in trades. (pg. 30)
Second Telstar satellite is placed in orbit. (pg. 1)
May 9, 1963
The Organization of American States decided yesterday to make another attempt to ease the threat of a clash between the Dominican Republic and its neighbor, Haiti. The O.A.S. issued another appeal to Haiti and agreed to send a special mission to Port-au-Prince with broadened powers. (1:1)
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, Primate of Poland, arrived in Rome from Warsaw. Reports that secret talks between the Vatican and the Soviet Union are an attempt to improve relations between church and state in Communist-bloc nations with large Roman Catholic populations. (1:2-4)
Leaders of a movement to build a United Europe appear to have abandoned hope that the European Economic Community, without Britain, can lead to their goal. Many now favor a European nuclear force that would include Britain as a means of uniting Europe and cementing political ties. (1:2)
In Birmingham, Ala., a truce prevailed as Negro and white leaders discussed their differences. The truce was threatened when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was returned to jail. Later, he was freed on bail. But he warned that unless a settlement was arranged by 11 A.M. today, Negroes would resume demonstrations. (1:8)
President Kennedy said that Birmingham business leaders had promised "substantial steps" in an effort to meet the "justifiable needs of the Negro community." The President indicated that it was his hope the racial strife would be settled peacefully within 24 hours. (1:7; P.16)
An Administration official took issue with a recommendation that no more than $4,000,000,000 was needed for foreign assistance programs in the next year. Foreign Aid Administer David Bell said the $4,500,000,000 requested by President Kennedy was needed for "United States and free world security." (1:4)
President warns on Middle East security. (pg. 1)
U.N. urged to deter South African race policies. (pg. 2)
Norstad urges-3-man nuclear control for NATO. (pg. 6)
Emergency rule is decreed in British Guiana. (pg. 9)
Kennedy hopeful of Soviet aid on Laos. (pg. 14)
India backs plan on Kashmir mediation. (pg. 14)
Indonesia spurs fight on Malaysia federation. (pg. 14)
Kennedy endorses aid for India steel mill. (pg. 15)
Kennedy warns on wheat referendum. (pg. 21)
Mississippi riots linked to President. (pg. 17)
U. S. drive aims to spur maritime trade. (pg. 74)
Southern Baptists hail Truman at 79. (pg. 24)
Japan denies steel cartel charge. (pg. 53)
"While much remains to be settled before the situation can be termed satisfactory, we can hope that tensions will ease, and that this case history, which has so far only narrowly avoided widespread violence and fatalities, will remind every state, every community and every citizen how urgent it is that all bars to equal opportunity and treatment be removed as promptly as possible.". President Kennedy, commenting on the Birmingham racial crisis. (1:7)
May 10, 1963
A Senate subcommittee reported yesterday that at least 17,500 Russians were still in Cuba, Furthermore, the subcommittee said it was "quite possible" that Soviet missiles were still concealed and could become operational " in a matter of hours." The panel noted that the C.I.A. believed all Soviet missiles and bombers had been withdrawn. (1:1)
Haiti is reported to have told the Organization of American States that she would prevent an O.A.S. fact-finding unit from returning to Port-au-Prince. (1:3)
In Port-au-Prince, a veteran diplomat has warned: "The people are petrified. Nobody sees anybody and nobody talks to anybody." He was describing the state of terror of the country's educated class. (3:2-4)
The Chinese Communists have informed the Kremlin that a number of high Peking party officials would leave for Moscow next month in an effort to smooth over their ideological differences. (1:2)
Full agreement on terms for settling the racial crisis in Birmingham was reached early today after Negro leaders had reduced their demands. The provisions of the agreement reportedly include "pledges to desegregate facilities in large downtown stores and to promote qualified Negro employees. (1:8)
The leader of the Black Muslims, Malcolm X, warned that Birmingham would look like a picnic compared to racial strife elsewhere unless whites gave into the Negro's demands for equality. (1:8)
President Kennedy argued publicly with an economic aid of former President Eisenhower over why the Government should or should not spend more, in which he said more money was needed for the space budget. (1:5)
James Hoffa was charged in an indictment handed down by Federal grand jury in Nashville with trying to rig a jury that tried him last fall. (1:6-7)
U.S. and South Vietnam reach hamlet accord. (pg. 1)
Israelis welcome statement by Kennedy on Mideast. (pg. 8)
Kennedy pays tribute to Paderewski at grave. (pg. 17)
May 11, 1963
Defense problems of Canada and the United States were discussed on Cape Cod by Prime Minister Lester Pearson and President: -Kennedy yesterday. The indications were strong that an understanding had been achieved on acceptance of nuclear weapons by Canada for continental defense, although Mr. Pearson said that no agreement had been reached. (1:4)
The United States is urging its European allies to cooperate in the formation of an Atlantic Alliance nuclear force. Sources said the Kennedy Administration wants at least six allies in on the project, not just West Germany. (1:5)
Haiti's foreign minister assured Secretary of State Rusk that a fact-finding commission of the Organization of American States could return to Haiti without opposition from the Duvalier regime. The minister, Rene Chalmers, also said American citizens would be allowed to leave the country. He conferred in Washington after President Duvalier declared safe conduct would not be granted to seven Haitians who are in the Dominican Embassy. (1:2-3)
A Soviet proposal to set up a joint police force in the capital of Laos through joint East-West action was rejected by Britain. Lord Home turned down the suggestion because he said, it would be an interference in Laos's internal affairs. (1:2-3)
Premier Castro said on television that the United States had taken some steps that might encourage better relations with Cuba. In an interview, he mentioned prisoner exchanges and fewer anti-Castro raids as "steps in the right direction." (2:1-3)
An apparent end to five weeks of racial strife in Birmingham was created by full agreement on a limed desegregation package plan. The plan commits white business and civic leaders to action pledges, but leaves out city officials (1:1; P.8)
Frank, informal meetings by a dozen men in the home of a Negro insurance executive produced the settlement. (9:1-8)
The agreement was hailed by Attorney General Kennedy and other Justice Department officials in Washington. (1:1)
Meanwhile, the House Education and Labor Committee approved a $1,195,000,000 bill for construction of classrooms and other college facilities, omitting the student-loan provisions requested by the President. (23:2)
Company denies knowing it would get TFX. (pg. 6)
Malcolm X denounces child demonstrations. (pg. 9)
U.S. business seen neglecting Mexican market. (pg. 28)
May 12, 1963
After two days of cordial talks on Cape Cod, President Kennedy and Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson issued a communiqué yesterday emphasizing close United States-Canadian relations. Mr. Pearson confirmed his intention to fulfill Canada's defense commitments, taken to mean that he will accept nuclear warheads soon for Canada-based missiles, thus easing relations with Washington. Relations were strained during the Government of Former Prime Minister Diefenbaker. (1:8; Text, 8)
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Campobello Island estate in New Brunswick Province was given to the American and Canadian Governments for public uses. (1:6-7)
John XXIII became the first Pope to call on a President of the Italian Republic and the second to visit a head of Italian state. (1:5-7)
A Congressional study group proposed that direct military aid to Western Europe be shifted from the United States to some members of the Atlantic alliance. A House Foreign Affairs subcommittee said that in addition to the direct aid, which would end under the proposal, the U.S. was paying more than its share of the alliance's budget. (1:7)
West Germany is expected to take greater responsibility for the defense of-Western Europe. Two German Army corps are expected to take up new positions that will enable United States and British units to shorten their lines. In London, sources said the British are gaining support in the U.S. for their argument that the Atlantic alliance should have a global rather than a localized defense outlook. (1:6)
Oleg V. Penkovsky was sentenced in Moscow to be shot. The former Soviet official's co-defendant at their espionage trial, Greville M. Wynne, a British businessman, was sentenced to three years in prison and five in "labor colonies." (1:2-3)
Thousands of angry Negroes poured into streets near Birmingham's business district and fought policemen, firemen and deputy sheriffs. Several persons were injured in the rioting, which was touched off by the bombing of a Negro motel and the home of the younger brother of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the integration leader. (1:1)
"While it is essential that there should be respect for the common border which symbolizes the independence and national identity of two countries, it is also important that this border should not be a barrier to cooperation which could benefit both of them. Wise cooperation across the boarder can enhance rather than diminish the sovereignty of each country by making it stronger and more prosperous than before." President Kennedy and Prime Minister Pearson. (3-4)
Final preparations began at Cocoa Beach, Fla., for this country's fourth and longest manned space flight. Maj. L. Gordon Cooper Jr. of the Air Force reviewed all pre-launching activities for his journey slated to begin Tuesday morning. The flight plan calls for 22 orbits in 34 hours, televised for the first time to ground stations. (1:3)
Exploding grenades form the basis of a charting system that may outline the earth's primordial surface beneath the ocean floor. The new technique, similar to the conventional echo-sounder, was described by Dr. Maurice Ewing, director of-Columbia-University's ecological observatory, his brother and their co-workers. (1:3-4)
The largest farm campaign ever is being waged over the wheat production control plan on which farmers will vote May 21. Agriculture Secretary Freeman has been accused of pressing local committees for "Yes" votes, while opponents say the vote will show whether farmers will be "free" or "controlled from Washington." (64:1-5)
Soviet Ambassador talks with Rusk on arms. (4)
School dropouts seen facing job scarcity. (49)
May 13, 1963
President Kennedy dispatched Federal troops to areas near Birmingham last night in case more racial violence flares. The President also ordered preliminary steps taken toward Federalizing the Alabama National Guard, which then could be ready in minutes. As he spoke at the White House, armed forces units trained in riot control were on their way. Mr. Kennedy warned citizens of the Alabama city against repetition of yesterday's demonstrations and urged them to restore the atmosphere of last week's agreement. (1:5-8; Text, 25)
The President was concerned over a riot of about 2,500 Negroes following bombings of a motel and an integration leader's home. About 50 persons were injured in the riot. Before it was under control, police were attacked and six stores burned. (1:6-7; Text, 24)
Alabama's Gov. George Wallace wired the President that there were enough state and local forces to handle the situation. The official questioned the President's right to send troops. (1:7)
Argentina's Cabinet-resigned yesterday in a crisis set off by the Interior Minister, who demanded a political purge of hundreds of persons he regarded as public enemies. The Administration of President Guido seemed likely to survive, however, as the President sought to limit the changes. (1:1)
With Hungarian membership .a possibility at the next United Nations session, the State Department was considering resuming normal relations with Janos Kadar's Communist regime. (1:2-3)
Attacks by tribesmen armed with poisoned arrows marred an election campaign in Kenya. Eighteen Africans and a police inspector were injured in running fights. Bowmen appeared to be lying in wait along the route to be taken by Jomo Kenyatta, president of Kenya's major party. (9:1)
In Italy, the Christian Democrats' secretary general, Aldo Moro, is being put forward as a candidate to succeed Premier Amintore Fanfani, accused of being the main cause of his party's loss in votes during the recent election. (4:3)
Successful release in space of 400,000,000 copper needles was confirmed by radar. Thinner than human hair, the needles were ejected mom a satellite to study world radio communication. (1:5)
An emergency board studying the railroad work rules dispute will report today to President Kennedy. It was expected that the future of 65,000 jobs, including those of firemen on diesels, and pay increases would be topics recommended for arbitration. (19:5)
Spain seeks early talks on U.S. bases. (4)
Businessmen indicate confidence in Kennedy. (43)
May 14, 1963
The United States canceled three Nevada nuclear tests following a hint on Moscow's radio that the Soviet. Union would resume its own blasts unless the action was-taken. Earlier, the White House confirmed without comment that Soviet Premier Khrushchev had sent a note to President Kennedy. The British Foreign Office said the note was in reply to a U.S.-British appeal for an early nuclear test ban agreement. (1:1)
The commander in chief of Argentina's army pledged yesterday that national elections would be held. Gen. Juan Carlos Ongania said in a memorandum to his men that the Government must be turned over to constitutional authorities by next Oct. 17. (1:4)
Criticism of the Organization of American States came from Senator J.W. Fulbright. The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said the O.A.S. handling of the Haiti situation displayed "a considerable amount of apathy." As an O.A.S. fact-finding team was returning to the Caribbean, Senator Fulbright said that the possibility of a Communist take-over in Haiti could not be discounted. (1:2-3)
At the United Nations, Haiti's vote in the General Assembly was at issue because she has not yet paid her assessment. Five other members hurriedly paid part of theirs, enough to retain their votes, and Haiti was expected to follow suit by the 3 P.M. deadline today. (1:1)
Britain's Aviation Minister, Julian Amery, accused the United States Civil Aeronautics Board of "inciting" Pan American World Airways and Trans World Airlines to break our law by not raising fares. (1:2-3)
President Kennedy left further use of Federal Force in Birmingham up to Alabama Gov. George Wallace and local authorities, Mr. Kennedy told the state official in a telegram, "I trust that we can count on your constructive cooperation." (1:8; Text, 2E)
In a move to quell racial disturbances, about 3,000 infantrymen, paratroopers and other troops moved into Alabama. (26:4)
As the Army moved in, state and local officers in Birmingham relaxed security measures. Virtual martial law was lifted from a 28-block Negro area. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. urged Negroes to keep the peace while F.B.I. agents investigated charges of police brutality lodged by demonstrators. (1:6-7)
A quiet move to head off the use of troops was made by Alabama's Congressional delegation: whose members petitioned the President to withdraw them. Unlike reaction to previous use of Federal forces in racial disturbances, there were no outbursts or cries of outrage. (26:8)
But the spectacle of Negroes being attacked by police dogs in Birmingham is causing concern of American officials in Africa where America's image has sustained a major blot. (27:5)
The Supreme Court left the way open for treble damage suits against manufacturers of electrical equipment charged with conspiring to fix prices. The high court left standing two lower court rulings that rejected the manufacturers' arguments that the statute of limitations barred claim against them. (1:8)
In another action, the court refused to hear the objections of Marcos Perez Jimenez, the former Venezuelan dictator who is fighting extradition. (4:4-6)
House votes whipping by teachers in D.C. (41)
Nine Navy ships in position to recover Cooper. (17)
Car output nears 3-million mark for year. (53)
May 15, 1963
A 100-mile-long sheltered stretch of ocean in the Bahamas will become an anti-submarine test range built jointly by the United States and Britain. The range, sanctioned by the Bahamas Government, will not be used to test explosives. (1:2)
The Civil Aeronautics Board capitulated to British pressure and allowed United States airlines to raise their fares on Atlantic routes. The move, aimed at bringing fares to the level of European carriers, brought sharp reaction from the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, who called it "a complete surrender by this Government without a "fight." (1:3)
Premier Khrushchev's latest note to President Kennedy did not help break the impasse in the Geneva nuclear test ban talks, a Moscow source said, although the United States promptly canceled a Nevada test series; The source said the Kremlin held to an earlier view that it had already made-enough concessions. (1:2)
Recommendations were made to settle the long dispute over railroad work rules that would eventually eliminate most Diesel firemen in freight and yard work. A Presidential emergency board suggested among other things that firemen keep their jobs where safety is a concern. The proposals, not binding on either side, emphasized collective bargaining. (1:8; Excerpts, 18)
White business and civic leaders in Birmingham refused to sign a public statement endorsing the limited desegregation plan agreed on last Friday. It was thought that the absence of such endorsement would endanger the racial truce. (1:7)
President Kennedy and his brother, the Attorney General, received a sympathetic reaction from Alabama editors on the decision to send troops. The President told them that if "nonviolent" Negro moves for civil rights failed, the way might be clear foil militant racists like the Black Muslims. (26:7-8)
Maj. L. Gordon Cooper Jr. never left the ground because of a radar problem in Bermuda, but the astronaut's 22-orbit space flight is definitely scheduled for today following the condition's correction. (1:4)
A series of related changes in top Government jobs included the resignation of Newton N. Minow as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. His post will be filled by a commission member. (1:8)
Kennedy offers bill to extend jobless aid. (20)
U.S. lays up the Savanna for 4-6 months. (78)
May 16, 1963
Astronaut, Maj. L. Gordon Cooper Jr., was circling the earth at 17,546 miles an hour every 88 minutes 45 seconds. Major Cooper and his "Faith 7" capsule were in fine shape, following a path so close to plan that he sped over each point in the global tracking net within seconds of the timetable worked out weeks ago. (1:8; Excerpts, 20)
The flight enabled the first transmission of TV pictures from an orbiting American space capsule. (20:1)
President Francois Duvalier dispelled reports that he plans to flee Haiti. He accused the United States of trying to create panic by evacuating the dependents of its official personnel. But he also seemed to be urging a high-level United States-Haitian conference. (1:3)
The United Nations General Assembly session, was called because of-the United Nations' near-bankruptcy, resulting from the nonpayment of $l06,000,000 in assessments for its forces in the Congo and the Middle East. (1:2)
The United States is urging Mr. Thant to speed the establishment of a United Nations "presence" in Yemen. Washington is disturbed by reports that Cairo is rotating, rather than withdrawing its 28,000-man force in Yemen. (1:2)
The President's Science Advisory Committee warned the nation on the use of pesticides. They called for a "more judicious use" of the-chemicals and more research into potential health hazards. (1:1; Excerpts, 28)
In Birmingham, Ala., 60 business leaders implied support to the token desegregation plan that brought a truce in the city's racial crisis. (1:7)
Wallace to sue U.S. on use of troops. (23)
C.A.B. to press for cut in Atlantic fares. (13) New F.C.C. chairman assails Tip conformity. (1)
May 17, 1963
After a superbly executed 22-orbit flight and a dramatic descent, Maj. L. Gordon Cooper Jr. landed safely yesterday in the Pacific. His journey of 34 hours 20 minutes covered about 597,000 miles--about four times as long as the longest previous American flight. Electronic trouble caused a difficult final phase of flight. Cooper had to perform a critical series of operations usually left to an automatic, computerized system. (1:8; Excerpts. (20))
President Kennedy telephoned his warmest congratulations to Major Cooper and invited the astronaut and his family to the White House Monday. (1:7)
Seven weeks-before a scheduled high-level Soviet-Chinese conference, the Chinese head of state has apparently ruled out any possible compromise in the Communist world's ideological quarrel. The Chinese leader, Liu Shao-chi, extolled the policies of Stalin as an antidote to the "revisionist" doctrines of Premier Khrushchev. (1:1)
The United States had "under urgent study" its relations with the Duvalier Government of tension-ridden Haiti. Washington was to keep its ambassador in Port-au-Prince and its fleet off the Haitian coast to protect American citizens there if violence breaks out. (1:3)
The French seem interested in having Mr. Kennedy include Paris in his European trip next month. (1:2)
Chancellor Adenauer's controversial Treaty of Cooperation with France was ratified by the West German Parliament.
Negro leaders in Birmingham, Ala., will seek clarification of a desegregation accord that brought a truce in the city's racial strife. (1:8)
3 previous space flights produced crisis. (18.)
Stevenson warns of rift over Cuba. (3)
Morocco set to elect legislature today. (8)
2 U.S. copter pilots downed in North Korea. (12)
Direct talks fail in Kashmir dispute. (12)
Senate approves feed-grain bill, backing Kennedy. (1)
Malcolm X assails Kennedy on racial policies. (14)
U.S. judge upholds Alabama U. integration. (14)
Moscow concedes failure of Mars probe. (20)
Herter girds for tough talks in Geneva. (44)
U.S. payments deficit rose in the quarter. (44)
Yugoslavia upsets U.S. five by 75-73. (42)
May 18, 1963
Washington had suspended diplomatic relations with Haiti. The United States move is motivated by the belief that the new six-year term of President Francois Duvalier is based on irregular electoral procedures. Ambassador Raymond L. Thurston and his senior aides are remaining in the Haitian capital for the present but they have cut off all contacts with the Duvalier Government. (1:1)
President Kennedy, who will begin a European trip about June 20, will meet Pope John during his visit to Italy. The White House denied reports that Mr. Kennedy also planned to confer with either President de Gaulle or Prime Minister Macmillan. (1:2)
West Germany warned Britain that Bonn would insist on enforcement of an Atlantic alliance embargo on steel pipe exports to the Soviet Union. West Germany was prepared to present the issue at the NATO Council meeting in Ottawa next week. (1:1)
The United States suggested to. Poland that a removal of barriers against Polish imports might depend upon Poland's cooperation in maintaining the cease-fire in Laos. The Polish member of the International Control Commission has obstructed efforts to implement the Geneva accords. (1:3-4)
The White House decided to delay a triumphal welcome for Major Cooper and his family from Monday to Tuesday to give the Air Force officer "more breathing time." (8:8)
Canada delaying decision on NATO atom force. (3)
Haiti to pay United Nations and keep her vote. (5)
Kenya begins electing first African-government. (10)
Nashville, on edge, awaits Kennedy visit. (12)
Greensboro, N.C. arrests 350 in Negro protest. (13)
U.S. reassures- critics of orbiting needles. (9)
Omar Loutfi, Egyptian, was U.N. official, died. (1)
May 19, 1963
The Atlantic allies will readjust some of their nuclear warfare planning this week and compromise their differences over the "interallied nuclear force," at a meeting in Ottawa, which opens Wednesday. (1:1)
The United States, the European Common Market and other major agricultural nations agreed in principle on new trade accords that could deeply affect domestic farm policies. However, they failed to resolve a United States-European deadlock over reducing tariffs on nonfarm products. (1:7)
Pravda had printed a major statement defending the many Soviet writers who have been assailed recently in Moscow for deviations from Communist policy. (9:1)
Just one week after racial disorders in Alabama and Tennessee, President Kennedy made a one-day tour of the two states, spoke forthrightly about civil rights--and was well received. Mr. Kennedy declared that Negroes' efforts to secure their rights were "in the highest traditions of American freedom." (63:3-5; Transcript, 62)
At Muscle Shoals, Ala., he shook hands with defiant Gov. George C. Wallace. The President's talk with Mr. Wallace was amicable but not warm. (1:8)
The campaign for three "states' rights" amendments to the Constitution is running into stiff opposition. Politicians, newspapers, civic groups and labor unions are beginning to speak out against them. Critical tests are due soon in Ohio and New Jersey. (1:6)
The N.A.A.C.P. announced a major campaign against Northern school segregation based on housing patterns. (1:7)
Soviet warns on Polaris for merchant ships. (3)
U.S. under fire in Africa over Birmingham. (14)
Louisiana hotel segregation law is upset. (67)
Kennedy to dedicate war memorial. (83)
May 20, 1963
At the tariff reduction talks in Geneva the United States is insisting that a coming round of major bargaining on tariffs should be based on equal percentage cuts by the major parties, preferably 50 per cent. This formula is opposed by the Common Market nations, particularly France. (1;8)
President Kennedy's blue and white jet airliner flew from Washington to Moscow in 8 hours 38 minutes 42 seconds--a nonstop record. The American party was led by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, who plans to inspect Soviet atomic installations and conclude a new U.S.-Soviet exchange agreement. (1:4-6)
President Sukarno has been named Indonesia's chief of state for life. (8:4-7)
President Kennedy found a warm welcome in Tennessee and Alabama Saturday that may help to nullify the political threat of segregationists like Alabama's Gov. George C. Wallace. (1:5)
A new effort to keep lobbyists from getting any of the $73,000,000 voted by Congress to pay Philippine war-damage claims will be pressed in the Senate this week. (1:6)
May 21, 1963
President Cemal Gursel of Turkey reported today that forces loyal to him had crushed a brief revolt against the Government. (1:5)
European Common Market members at Geneva rejected a last minute American compromise aimed at an agreement to lower world trade barriers. The gap between the two sides appeared large. The ministerial meeting ends today and the possibility of agreement seems remote. (1:2-3)
The Soviet Union has offered to sell machine tools to Britain--the same ones the United States has supplied in the past. Leaders of a British trade mission to Moscow favored the deal, saying that "we need the business." (13:3)
To meet the threat from Communist China, India wants $1,500,000,000-in military aid from the United States and the British Commonwealth. The request for help, to be spread over three years, was reported to have been made to top U.S. officials by Indian officials in Washington. (7:1-4)
The Supreme Court said that any city with an official policy of segregation may not prosecute Negroes for seeking: service in privately owned stores. Where a city has ordinances or official statements upholding segregation, the Court said, a store owner's refusal to serve Negroes can be laid to the state and is, therefore, unconstitutional. On this reasoning, the Court set aside convictions of 28 Negro and three white students for sit-in demonstrations. (1:5-8)
About 1,100 Negro students in Birmingham were expelled from school or suspended. They had been arrested in anti-segregation demonstrations. Soon after, integration leaders urged the Alabama city's 21,877 other Negro students to withdraw in sympathy, but the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. later canceled the boycott. (1:6)
Senator Abraham A. Ribicoff called for adoption of a six-point program that would give limited Federal aid to private schools. One point was to allow income tax credits for parents with children in private institutions. (1:7)
In a 7-to-2 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the New York Stock Exchange is not immune to antitrust laws. The decision could lead to award of damages against the market place if it acts improperly, although the Court did not say the Exchange was liable for monopolistic practices to the same extent as private corporations. (1:4)
Diefenbaker assails U.S. role in election. (15)
President calls for approval of wheat control plan. (1)
Yeoman Drummond revises spying accounts. (27)
May 22, 1963
Because of an important United States concession, a last minute agreement on reducing world tariffs was reached yesterday in Geneva. The accord, between the United States and the European Common Market, left much to be solved but averted outright failure at a ministerial meeting. Washington said the accord was satisfactory. The concession was on the principle that high tariffs should be cut; by more than low tariffs. (1:8)
The Secretary General of Italy's Communist party threatened a wave of unrest if the country's Cabinet crisis is settled by isolating his party. The leader, Palmiro Togliatti, called for a new Government so pronouncedly leftist that it can be support by Communists and Socialists alike. (1:6)
In Canada, Britain's Foreign Secretary Lord Home rejected any European nuclear force that would exclude the role of United States power in the Atlantic alliance. (5:3-7)
The Soviet Union and the United States signed an agreement in Moscow for cooperation in nuclear studies including exchange of research specialists. (4:3)
An astronaut from Oklahoma--partly shy, partly bold and every inch a hero---saw a lot, of Washington. The President decorated him, Congress heard him speak and 200,000 citizens hailed his 22-orbit trip around the earth. He was Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr., who said of his reception, "Oh, everything has been wonderful." (1:6-7; Text, 20)
The 36-year-old Air Force pilot was introduced to 18-month old John F. Kennedy Jr., who mumbled, "Cooper, Cooper" to his mother and sucked his thumb. (21:4-8)
Behind the public acclaim, politicians and astronauts were maneuvering to impress Congress with the space program and particularly its $5,700,000,000 budget for fiscal 1964. (1:7)
A Federal judge in Birmingham told the University of Alabama it must admit two Negro students on June 10. Alabama's Governor, George C. Wallace, said soon after that he would defy the court order. University lawyers then filed a motion indicating willingness to admit the students, but at a later date. (1:2)
In a staggering upset vote, farmers defeated the Administration's program of stiff production controls and high price supports on wheat. As a result, they face a $1.25 support price for 1964, and a huge surplus. (1:2)
Admiral Anderson chosen envoy to Portugal. (14)
Treasury borrows 53 million in currencies. (53)
May 23, 1963
Stiffening its posture toward the United Nations, the Soviet Union announced yesterday that it would not pay its share of any expenses it regarded as "unlawfully" approved by the General Assembly. The Soviet delegate told the Assembly's Budgetary Committee that Moscow would deduct $1,161,635.17 from its payments for the 1963 budget. Other Communist nations are expected to follow the Soviet example further aggravating the United Nations financial crisis. (1:1)
The NATO Ministerial Council, meeting in Ottawa, approved the establishment of an allied nuclear force drawn from 10 of the 15 member nations. The plan, backed by the United States and Britain, was accepted after France expressed no objection. (1:2)
Francois Duvalier capped his second inauguration as President of Haiti with a speech to 50,000 persons massed in front of his palace. (1:4)
In a hideout, Clement Barbot, the most hunted man in Haiti, told two newsmen that the army and others would help him overthrow the dictator. (3:2-3)
President Kennedy sharply denied Republican suggestions that the United States might abandon the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba. It "has never been considered," he said, "it will not be done." (1:1; Text. of President's news conference, 18)
Mr. Kennedy also appeared nettled by reports that high officials in Saigon had complained about the size of the American advisory mission in South Vietnam. (10:3)
Two teams of the United States Mount Everest Expedition have reached the summit of the world's highest mountain, one by the hitherto unclimbed West Ridge. (1:2)
The decisive rejection by wheat farmers of the Administration's production control plan touched off a political scramble and a harvest of demands for new legislation. Jubilant Republicans renewed their pledge to work for such legislation, but their ranks are divided and the Democratic leadership in Congress is opposed to it. President Kennedy said the farmers' vote meant lower prices and a greater surplus. He foresaw no further wheat legislation by Congress this year, but he did not rule it out entirely. (1:8)
The Administration is considering new legislation to deal with another problem--racial segregation at lunch counters and in schools. The proposals are expected to be ready next week. At his news conference, the President said the Administration was seeking ways to 'provide a legal outlet" for the Negro frustrations that erupted in violence in Birmingham, Ala. (1:6)
Reinstatement of the 1,100 Negro pupils who were suspended after the demonstrations was ordered by Chief Judge Elbert P. Tattle in Atlanta. His ruling came only six hours after a Federal judge in Birmingham had refused to issue the order.
Pope again is reported gravely ill. (16)
Kennedy agrees to separate school-aid bill. (1)
President here today to dedicate memorial. (19)
Astronauts ask Kennedy to back another flight. (27)
President opposes spankings in the schools. (33)
May 24, 1963
About 125,000 Muscovites, gathered in sun-drenched Lenin Stadium, bid a lusty, cheering farewell yesterday to Cuba's Premier Castro. Though somewhat weary after four weeks of sightseeing, Dr. Castro used expansive gestures in expressing his "deepest gratitude" for the friendship of Premier Khrushchev and the Soviet people. Mr. Khrushchev, looking tanned and vigorous, warned the United States that any blockade or attack against Cuba would provoke a crisis graver than the confrontation of last October. (1:1; Excerpts, 12)
Adlai E. Stevenson warned that Moscow's decision to refuse to pay for some programs in the United Nations' regular budget threatened the effectiveness of the U.N. (1:2)
Uganda's Prime Minister, Milton Obote, demanded an end to white rule in Africa, by force if necessary, and assailed racial segregation in Alabama. He called on the conference of 31 African leaders in Addis Ababa to work together for African unity. (1:3)
In the Himalayas, an American expedition triumphantly announced that two of its teams had met near the top of Mount Everest after scaling it from two sides. (33:5)
Since the American farmers' rejection of a new wheat production control plan may depress wheat prices, the Administration moved to prevent its upsetting world markets. President Kennedy authorized Agriculture Secretary Freeman to prevent any dumping of wheat abroad in line with the International Wheat Agreement of 1949. (1:8)
The farmers' rejection of the Administration's plan dealt a serious blow to the 30-year-old philosophy that Government control of surplus production is the only solution to the "farm problem." The farmers raised a large crop of economic questions. (36:5-6)
The Alabama Supreme Court upheld unanimously the claim to office of a new government in Birmingham pledged to resolve the city's racial crisis. Mayor Albert Boutwell and nine councilmen took over from the three commissioners who had sought to continue serving under a form of government rejected by the voters. (1:4)
In Washington the Federal Government asked the Supreme Court to reject Alabama's suit seeking the removal of Federal troops from the Birmingham area. It urged the Court to clarify the President's power to use troops to protect constitutional rights. (37; 7)
The Securities and Exchange Commission and Wall Street leaders have agreed on several proposals for enlarging the commission's authority to police securities trading. The accord involves setting up minimum qualifications for securities dealers and changes in penalties for violating regulations. (1:7)
President Kennedy, paying a 24-hour visit to New York, dedicated the Fast Coast Memorial in Battery Park to the 4,596 servicemen who died in the western Atlantic in World War II. (1:5; Text, 14)
In the evening, the President was the guest of honor at an informal fund-raising birthday party. The party, in the Waldorf-Astoria, was attended by more than 600 persons who had each given at least $1,000 to the Democratic National Committee. (14:1)
Senate panel backs 309 billion debt limit. (25)
Jury deadlock ends Drummond trial. (8)
May 25, 1963
As Premier Castro continued his visit to the Soviet Union, Moscow announced last night that Premier Khrushchev had accepted an invitation from Dr. Castro to visit Cuba. No date was set. (1:1)
The Kennedy Administration has pledged long-term military aid to India to help her meet any new attacks by Communist China. (1:2)
The United States' European allies, according to Secretary of State Rusk, will henceforth take part in much of. NATO's nuclear planning and their bombers will be poised to strike at Soviet bases threatening them. Mr. Rusk said these were the main results of a three-day NATO ministerial conference that ended in Ottawa. (1:2-3; Text, 2)
Sharp division over how free African nations should be unified was registered at the African leaders' conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ghana urged a union with a strong central government, while Nigeria and other countries espoused the slow evolution of a looser organization. (1:5)
Three days after a Federal judge ordered the University of Alabama to admit two Negroes on June 10, the Justice Department asked a Federal court to enjoin Gov. George C. Wallace from interfering. The Governor has pledged to "stand in the schoolhouse door" to prevent their admission. A hearing was set for June 3. (1:8)
Attorney General Robert Kennedy, who signed the Alabama complaint, met secretly in New York with a group of prominent Negroes to get their views on ways to fight segregation and discrimination in the North. The group, which included writers and other professional persons, was understood to have told Mr. Kennedy that race relations in the North had become "explosive." (1:6-7)
In Atlanta, a Federal appeals court overruled a Federal judge's order blocking desegregation of schools in Savannah and Chatham County, Ga. The court directed the judge to issue a desegregation order. (8:4)
President Kennedy ended a 24-hour visit to New York in a bustle of political conferences. A 30-minute private talk with William H. McKeon, the Democratic State Chairman, involved the 1964 Senatorial election. (26:4)
A 27-year-old Teamsters Union shop steward who opposed the chief of his local, Anthony (Tony Pro) Provenzano, was fatally shot as he left his home in Hoboken to go to work. The victim was Walter Glockner, a former marine. (51:1-2)
May 26, 1963
Hoping to thwart a new nuclear-testing race, President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan are preparing a letter to Premier Khrushchev to find out whether there is any chance of obtaining a test-ban accord in the next three months. The Western leaders appear convinced that unless an agreement can be achieved soon, the hope of getting one will be relatively slight. (1:1)
The leaders of 30 independent African nations agreed to unite in an Organization of African Unity. (1:3)
Foreign Minister Couve de Murville of France met with President Kennedy at the White House and then had luncheon with Secretary of State Rusk. The talks were understood to involve some basic differences in French-American relations. (1:2)
Italy's President, Antonio Segni, asked Aldo Moro, political secretary of the Christian Democratic Party, to form a government to replace the one headed by Amintore Fanfani, who resigned May 16. (1:2)
Foreseeing a "bullish" economy, the Kennedy Administration has decided to make a real effort this year to obtain major tax reform, as well as tax reduction. The Administration now believes there is almost no possibility of a recession in the near future, and it is willing to fight for its reform proposals, even at the risk of delaying enactment of tax cuts until the final hours of this Congressional session. (1:8)
The national debt is threatening to break through its $305,000,000,000 ceiling. The Senate will not complete action on raising the ceiling until Tuesday and speedy action could raise it in time to avoid a breakthrough Wednesday. But the Treasury Department cannot take this chance, and its sharpest brains are devising plans to avoid it. (1:7)
A long-unused weapon to help resolve labor disputes has been reactivated by President Kennedy. He appointed 12 men to the national labor-management panel authorized by the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947. President Eisenhower never made use of it. (1:6)
James Baldwin said a meeting between Attorney General Kennedy and a group of prominent Negroes Friday was "heated but significant." But the writer said that Mr. Kennedy "does not understand the extent of growing racial strife" in the North. (1:6-7)
Orvil E. Dryfoos, president and publisher of the New York Times , died of a heart ailment in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. (1:4-5)
March by 2,000 in Scotland protests Polaris. (2)
Vinson asks 4-year terms for Joint Chiefs. (1)
May 27, 1963
Acknowledging the deteriorating situation in strife-torn Laos, the Russians have initiated new talks with Britain on a possible joint peace appeal to the warring factions there. Britain and the Soviet Union were co-chairman of last year's 14-nation conference in Geneva, which pledged to guarantee Laotian neutrality and independence. British officials were cautious in assessing the Soviet initiative because of two futile attempts to obtain joint action with the Russians. The British also believe the Chinese and North Vietnamese not the Russians, dominate Communist policy in Laos. (1:8)
Eight leading scientists, three of them Nobel laureates, spoke out in support of the nation's program for landing men on the moon. Seeking to rebut criticism of the program's size, cost and urgency, they termed it "an important contribution to the future welfare and security" of the nation. (1:4-5)
The Air Force is due to complete in a few months a series of studies that might lead to dramatic new space missions-or a sharp cutback in its present missions. The studies were prompted by the changing character of air-weapons technology and the Administration's refusal to accept past Air Force estimates of its future needs. (1:4)
Starting with a talk today with a group of theater owners, Attorney General Kennedy will hold a series of meetings this week to explore ways of advancing equal rights for Negroes. A source close to Mr. Kennedy conceded that his meeting with Negro intellectuals Friday had been a failure. (1:1-2)
May 28, 1963
Thirty-four Senators from both sides of the aisle made a move yesterday to offer the Soviet Union an agreement banning all atmospheric and underwater nuclear tests. Senator Thomas J. Dodd introduced a resolution asking the President to offer such an agreement. The resolution, sponsored by a total of 28 Democrats and six Republicans also urged U.S. suspension of tests as long as the Soviets also abstain, even if Moscow rejects the agreement. (1:1)
In Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta won a clear victory in the nine-day national elections. He will become the British colony's first African Prime Minister. (1:2)
The Supreme Court banned "indefinite delay" in the desegregation of public schools. The unanimous opinion was part of a ruling that Memphis, Tenn., must desegregate its parks and playgrounds quickly. Written by Justice Arthur J. Goldberg, the opinion said in effect that the days of evasion and token integration are over. (1:6-8; Text, 24)
The high court also rejected the legal challenge by Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama to the posting of Federal troops in Birmingham. (1:6-7)
In Birmingham, where Negroes continue to boycott all-white businesses, retail sales have dropped substantially in the last month. (24:8)
The Senate passed the Administration's mental health program by a vote of 72 to 1 after liberal and Southern Democrats defeated a civil rights rider to it. By a 43 to 27 vote, defeat came for an amendment that would have withheld Federal funds from states having segregated mental health programs. (1:5)
U.S. aid in Congo marred by goods' misuse. (1)
May 29, 1963
The United States has started a last-minute effort to dissuade President Sukarno of Indonesia from imposing severe restrictions on three foreign oil companies-two of them American. (1:1)
The Justice Department is studying a broad proposal for legislative action that would prohibit racial discrimination in stores and restaurants selling products that have crossed state lines. Virtually all commercial enterprises would be affected by the invocation of the commerce power of the Constitution. (1:8)
In another Federal court, a judge refused to order total desegregation of Birmingham's public schools. Judge Seybourn H. Lynne said the "good faith" of the Alabama city's school board on the integration issue had not yet been tested. He warned, however, that he would order desegregation if it developed that the state pupil-placement law was being used to maintain segregation. (1:6-7)
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to reduce the capital-gains tax on the sale of assets-held at least three years. The new scale would be 4.2 per cent to 19.5 per cent--down from the present range of between 10 and 25 per cent: (1:5)
On the other side of the ledger, an increase in the national debt limit to a record high was approved by the Senate. The bill provides a new limit of $309,000,000,000 up $4,000,000,000. (15:1)
The Senators also sent to the White House the bill giving women equal pay for equal work. By so doing, the Senate ' accepted House amendments and avoided the need for a conference. (1:3)
President Kennedy celebrates his 46th birthday today with two parties--one given by his staff and the other for family only. (12:1)
May 30, 1963
The Kremlin has shown no interest in a nuclear test-ban accord that might be acceptable to Washington, according to Secretary of State Rusk. Mr. Rusk disclosed that 12 days ago he had again proposed to the Soviet Ambassador an agreement to end tests in the atmosphere and under water-without inspection--but the Ambassador indicated no interest. (1:1)
The Administration reflected increased concern over a rising storm of civil rights problems not only in the South but also across the nation. At a luncheon attended by nine Democratic Governors, only one from a Southern state, President Kennedy called for equal opportunities for all citizens, regardless of race.
In neighboring Alabama, a resolution endorsing Gov. George C. Wallace's promised defiance of a court order to integrate the University of Alabama was approved in the State Senate. A compromise agreement that included an appeal against mob violence ended a lengthy filibuster. (9:3)
In uneasy Birmingham, Ala., a Federal judge ruled that the Justice Department did not have the right to sue for desegregation of two Alabama school systems. (1:6-7)
In the midst of a rigorous working day, President Kennedy conceded that yesterday was his 46th birthday. Before attending a dinner aboard the yacht Sequoia he told reporters "You all look older today." (1:2-4)
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to impose sharp restrictions on tax benefits available to corporation executives through stock-option plans. But the committee declined to approve provisions as stringent as the President had requested. (1:6)
Voting 6 to 1, the Federal Communications Commission decided to outlaw option time, the device by which television networks pre-empt air time on their affiliated stations. The decision reversed the commission's approval of option time three years ago as necessary for network operations. (1:3)
May 31, 1963
A tenfold increase in mutual currency assistance was announced yesterday by Britain and the United States. Under the arrangement, London and Washington agree to exchange each other's currency when the pound or the dollar are threatened by speculation or when foreign currency holdings are needed to cushion gold losses. (1:85)
Another note from President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan seeking to revive the negotiations for a nuclear test-ban treaty is expected to-be delivered to Premier Khrushchev today. (1:6)
Mr. Kennedy is anxious about the expected explosion of a crude nuclear device by Communist China. Administration leaders believe Peking will be Washington's major foreign affairs problem over the next decade. (1:8)
Prime Minister Abdul Rahman of Malaya and President Sukarno of Indonesia met in Tokyo to discuss their bitter feud. It is centered on Indonesia's campaign to prevent Malaya from joining the new nation of Malaysia. (1:7)
Off the coast of Africa, Italy is preparing to launch an earth satellite from an oceanic platform. Using a United States rocket, the Italians hope next ear to orbit the first vehicle around the Equator. (3:1)
Addressing a Memorial Day audience at a Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg, Pa., Vice President Johnson declared that whites and Negroes must work together "to lead the way through this moment of challenge and decision." (1:2-3)
As desegregation demands continued in the South, the police in Tallahassee, Fla., used tear gas to disperse a group of 150 Negro students. (1:4)
Acting under a court order, city officials in Memphis agreed to desegregate all recreational facilities. But they announced that public swimming pool and wading pools would be closed "for the time being." (26:4)
A vessel searching for the nuclear submarine Thresher, which sank off the Massachusetts coast April 10 with 129 men aboard, took the first photographs of the lost craft. The Navy announced the pictures clearly showed sections of the Thresher's hull and diving fins. (1:5)
President Kennedy silently led the nation's Memorial Day observance by planting a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery. Then he motored a quarter of a mile to stand at the grave of James Forrestal, the first Secretary of Defense. (4:3)