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Kennedy, has launching complex at Cape Canaveral, Fla., "shall be known ture, every inflection in an effort to <k> everything possible vowed that his own administration will seek "a. new Ameri-. hereafter as Cape Kennedy." to insure the success of his talk. can greatness."- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER Before he began speaking, he removed a footstool from In effect, the new President's brief_ Thanksgiving ad- He also said that the neighboring launch pads now be- under his feet, had an aide adjust the cushion which propped dress to the nation was in appeal to put "this midnight of ing built for the moon exploration program—pads which him up in front of his desk lectern and waited patiently tragedy" into the past and to look ahead to the work that Kennedy inspected from a helicopter 13 days ago—"shall while another White House staff member pulled the Presi- must be done. hereafter be known as the John F. Kennedy Space Center." dent'! breast pocket handkerchief until the proper imount "A great leader is dead; a great nation must move on," Johnson marked the passing of his predecessor, also, by of wftite was showing, he declared.. "Yesterday is not burs to .recover., but tomorrow calling for an end to hatred and fanaticism. Referring to the When it was over, his wife Lady Bird who was aittinj is ours to win or lose. I am resolved that we shall win the five presidents he has known, including Kennedy, Johnson nearby out of camera range nodded approval. tomorrows before,us." said: HEAVY SCHEDULE "In each administration the greatest burden that the : And. Johnson himself plunged into the work with a heavy president had to bear had been the burden of his own coun- schedule today that included meetings with his chief mili- trymen's unthinking and unreasoning hate and division." tary, diplomatic and intelligence advisors. Johnson appealed to all segments of society "to banish .Speaking of his aims Johnson declared in his radio and rancor from our words and malice from our hearts, to Civil Rights television address last night: close down the poison spring of hatred and intolerance and . "I pledge to you the best within me to work for a new fanaticism." American greatness—a new day when peace is more secure, And he asked his countrymen to join this victory resolve, when justice is more universal, when freedom is more strong "determined that from this midnight of tragedy, we shall in every home of all mankind." move toward a new American greatness. Johnson's At the same time, Johnson was not unmindful of the NODS APPROVAL sudden death of Kennedy. Johnson's own determination to win was apparent to The new chief executive announced that "to honor his those who sat in the oval White House office as he delivered Main Issue WASHINGTON (AP) — The ted. Yet the new President can political necessity of getting iot afford in an election y*»r JOHNSON USES ROCKER — President Lyndon B. It's Now Cape Kennedy Congressional action on civil iot to get what Negro voter*!** rights is President Johnson's ;ard as meaningful Civil rights Johnson brought his own rocking chair to the White CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (AP) — Cape Canaveral today Bryant said Johnson telephoned him Wednesday night biggest domestic problem—just •gislation. - Home «nd has used it during meetings with visiron in bears the name of Cape Kennedy, honoring martyred John F. that he was planning to rename the facility. as it was John F, Kennedy's. Kennedy's strength with the the oval office of the White House, He hat hid the Kennedy, who designated it as the blastoff point for trips to "I concurred freely," Bryant said. "Cape Canaveral The current mood of modera- Negroes, was unquestioned, John- the moon. is uniquely President Kennedy's. While it was there before, tion among the lawmakers may ehair in hii home for the past two yean. The late Presi- ion's is not readily- assessable. President Lyndon B. Johnson also named this Florida it was his because of the emphasis he placed on space." produce some relatively speedy If the. President has to com- dent Kennedy,, whom Johnson succeeded, frequently used East Coast's vast facilities for rocketry "The John F. Kennedy Dr. Kurt H. Debus, director of the launch operations cen- action on aid to education, voca- romise the rights bill to get such a chair while talking to visitors. Space Center." ter for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, tional training and other bills ingress' approval for it, he said Johnson's idea was "very fitting." He added that it when they return from their ould lose ground sharply with The surprise action last night drew mostly favorable IAP Wirephofo) might help NASA obtain funds for making space travel a holiday next week. Negroes, particularly if the Re- comment here but it posed some problems for businesses reality. But the fierce controversy mblicans nominate a strong civ- which have capitalized on the Cape Canaveral name, At Cocoa Beach, closest civilian community to the Cape, over the late president's pro- rights advocate. Some officials, including Gov. Farris Bryant of Florida Bernard Fischer, operator of a restaurant, said "I think gram for an expansion of racial No Compromise and missile-space program executives, drew heartening in- changing the name of the center is a wonderful idea." equality will test all of John There now is no apparent way ference that Johnson's action means full-speed ahead on the "I don't know about renaming the cape—it's been Cape son's vaunted ability to tack i move past the barrier of a Thousands man-in-the-mooa flight and other projects President Ken- Canaveral since it was named anything," he said. with the legislative wind to outhern Democratic filibuster niedy pushed. Fred Boyer, map consultant for the Rollins College Li- reach his objective. the §enate • a bill containing Johnson told a nationwide television and radio audience in brary, said that name appears on a 1593 war map. "Canave- Calls for Action he controversial section that his Thanksgiving message that "Station No. 1, Atlantic Mis- ral" is a Spanish word meaning cane or reed field. Johnson has called for action would, enforce desegregation on sile Range,, will hereafter be known1 as the John F. Kennedy The cape was a sandy, scrub-grown 15,000-acre site when now on Kennedy's civil rights selected businesses dealing with View Grave Space Center." the government bought, it about 1950 for missile experimenta- legislation. The possibilities of he public. He added that Cape Canaveral "shall hereafter be known tion. The tract was bought partly because it was isolated. It getting it likely will be dis- If Robert F. Kennedy remains as Cape Kennedy." also was inexpensive. cussed today at a meeting be- as attorney general and Johnson tween Johnson and Roy Wilkins, follows his advice.in this field, executive secretary of the Na- the President would refute to tional Association for the Ad- compromise this provision any Five Killed vancement of Colored'People: further,. -.••.- ' Reds Push Space Effort Kennedy's relations with Con- The attorney general think* WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 200,000 Americans put gress were building to a crisis that; any civil rights legislation their Thanksgiving dinners (or a while and mat}* their In Accidents WASHINGTON (AP) —Pres nouncement Is in the vicinity of miles, are believed to be oper- i situation Johnson has inher- without a strong public accom- way on a bleak and gray day. up a hill to a grave. , . Went Johnson, exponent, of a the Marshall Islands, where ating in Turkey., These provide modations, provision would be previous rockets have been di- Three Jittle schoolgirls brought * poem withihtm and reafl In .?JeW: Jerseyvigorous national space pro- data on ;the initial phase of ' unacceptable to .Negroes. gram, found himself confronted rected. The other is northward flights. •;.• •••••-••-- False Home leaders began oilinj up By THE ASSOCIATED IRESS today with dramatic new evl- in the Pacific, generally east of Another powerful station in two old parliamentary mpvei to Four little litters picked chrysanthemums bora their grand- . Five elderly persons died in dence ot Russia's intensified Tokyo. the Aleutian Islands can pick up prevent the Southern-led Rules mother's garden and dropped them by the grave. traffic accidents in New Jersey pace In the race, The. U.S. is able to track So- the image of the rockets as they Plague Hits Committee from blocking action on Thanksgiving Day, including The Soviet Union Thursday viet rockets virtually from the soar high above eastern Russia out (he civil right* bat.. *The-ipayir' oi a great city put a massive wretUi there. A A Milford couple who perished night announced a new series of point of launching in the Caspi- and the Maritime Provinces One would bypass the commit- White House aide sought for words and found only: "He would in flames when the gas. tank of rocket tests in the Pacific an Sea area to the impact point and follow them down to where Yolunteers tee; the other would temporarily have won in 1964 by 10 million votes." Mrs.