Kennedy Urges Atlantic Partnership

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29867, 6 July 1962, Page 17

Kennedy Urges Atlantic Partnership

(N.Z. Press Association-^Copyright)

PHILADELPHIA, July 4. One hundred thousand people cheered a Fourth of July pledge by President Kennedy today to strive for a "concrete Atlantic partnership’’ for peace and freedom with the emerging union of Europe. The United States would be prepared to discuss with Europe “a mutually beneficial partnership” which ultimately could achieve “a world of law and free choice, banishing the world of war and coercion,” said Mr Kennedy. A united Europe would be a partner with which the United States could deal on a basis of full equality in all the great and burdensome tasks of building and defending a community of free nations. "Building the Atlantic partnership will not be cheaply or easily finished,” the President declared in an Independence Daj- address prepared for delivery to the annual conference of State Governors. The United States, acting on its own, could not establish justice throughout the world, meet common defence and other needs. But, joined

with other free nations, it could do all this and more. .“We can assist the developing nations to throw off the yoke of poverty. We can balance our world-wide trade and payments at the highest possible level of growth," he said.

Big-Game Fish

Big-game fish taken from Mayor Island waters during the Tauranga season which closed on Saturday, numbered 684. The heaviest fish of the season was a 7801 b tiger shark, landed by a Tauranga surgeon, Mr H. H. Gilbert. Tackle used was an 801 b line, and a New Zealand record has been claimed. The season’s total includes 57 marlin, 59 sharks, 487 yellowtail, 61 tuna and 20 of other varieties.—(P.A.)

Jazz Society,—The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of the Christchurch Jazz Society:— President. Mr D W Rooney; vice-president. Mr R. Jone's: secretary. Miss N. O’Daniels; committee. Miss P. Mills, Messrs J. N. Tbtty, G. Christie, L. Brown, P. ter Huppen, and D. Knibb.