Milk Strike Paralyzes Chicago Milk Supply
A day and night City Hall conference yielded a tentative accord between dairy workers and milk companies aimed at ending a strike that has halted about 90 percent of the Chicago area's milk flow. With no milk available, shoppers rely on canned and powdered substitutes as parents fear weekend shortages. The dispute centers on wages and the two striking locals and firms work toward an agreement as residents describe the disruption.
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Chicago
Judy McGregor
Hazel Crest
McGregor
Glenview
Paula Fassnacht
Kennedy eyes broad reserve of actions on Berlin crisis
Secretary Rusk and President Kennedy plan a sequence of military and diplomatic moves with NATO allies to shape talks with the Soviet Union. Western leaders consider possible troop posture changes, propaganda limits, and arms assurances as a pathway to a peaceful settlement, with a potential summit in the background.
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Washington
United States
Berlin
Dean Rusk
Paris
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Khrushchev
Kennedy
Rusk
NATO
Europe
U.S
State Department
White House
West Berlin
West
Outsiders Take Control at Chrysler in Boardroom Shakeup
Outside directors who hold no management roles have seized control of Chrysler Corp after a New York meeting. L. L Tex Colbert resigns as chairman and CEO, Lynn A Townsend becomes president, while Colbert receives a new post and remaining stock options. The move follows years of clashes with dissident stockholders amid losses and a costly cost-cutting drive.
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Ben Phlegar
Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Walter Chrysler
New York
L. L (Tex) Colbert
Lynn A Townsend
Colbert
Chrysler of Canada, Ltd
Chrysler
Townsend
George H. Love
Pittsburgh
Corporation
Love
R. E. McNeill
Neil McElroy
Cincinnatti
L. F. McCollum
Houston
British Bonds Fall to Record Lows on Austerity Plan
British government bonds dropped to record lows on the stock exchange as stock prices fell across the board. The decline followed the Conservative government's new austerity program, which won strong parliamentary approval, though wages workers voiced upset.
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Stock Exchange
Bank of England
Harold Macmillan
Tells Commons
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Commons
Bristol
Hertfordshire
Kent
National Association of Schoolmasters
Assail
Post Office
London Stock Exchange
Williams Heads UF Study Unit For 1961 Campaign
Grant Williams chairs a new Austin United Fund committee to study a revised action plan for the 1961 campaign. Merrill Rolfson, president, announced the group will consider soliciting by class type rather than by house. Members include John R. Jones Ardell Nemitz Rollo Sissell Clarence Smith and Gil Thompson. The panel will visit other cities using group style solicitation and report recommendations to the board.
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Grant Williams
Austin United Fund
Merrill Rolfson
Williams
John R. Jones
Ardell Nemitz
Rollo Sissell
Clarence Smith
Gil Thompson
Austin
Chandler Leaves $600000 Estate
The will of screen actor Jeff Chandler leaving a gross estate of $600000 in trust for two daughters was admitted to probate by Superior Court Judge Clarke E. Stephens. The document dated June 9, 1959 names daughters Jamie and Dana, ages 14 and 11, born to Chandler and former wife Marjorie Hoschelle Chandler.
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Los Angeles
Jeff Chandler
Superior Court
Clarke E. Stephens
Jamie
Dana
Marjorie Hoschelle Chandler
Grieving Father Links TV to Son's Killing
William Earl Franks says his 11 year old son learned to kill from television. The boy allegedly killed rural mail carrier Joseph R. Thompson after stopping him with a flag on a mailbox near Grant Alabama. No charges filed yet as authorities investigate the rifle and burned car evidence.
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Guntersville
Ala
William Earl Franks
Marshall County
Joseph R. Thompson
Grant
William Earl
Franks
36 Asian African Nations Urge U.N. Back Tunisia
A bloc of 36 Asian and African states urged the U.N. Security Council to back Tunisia’s demand for France to withdraw troops and give up the Bizerte naval base. Dag Hammarskjold prepared a report on his Tunisia mission as France refused talks.
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Goldberg United Nations
N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Tunisia
France
Bizerte
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Yugoslavia
Council
Leopoldo Benites
Ecuador
Hammarskjold
Paris
Habib Bourguiba
United States
Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.S
Charles de Gaulle
Orig
County Board Approves Rural Zoning Ordinance in Mower County
The Mower County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a rural zoning ordinance after a public hearing. About 15 residents attended with few objections as Dr. Paul C. Leck outlined five use zones and the plan’s reach five miles around Austin and within one mile of I 60.
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Mower County
County Planning Commission
County Board of Commissioners
Paul C. Leck
Planning Commission
City of
Austin
Andersen Says People Fed Up With Politics
Gov. Elmer L. Andersen said voters are fed up with politics as usual and lawmakers should act on redistricting or risk losing support. He spoke during a listening tour across districts 1 2 and 3, criticizing legislative stalling and the missed tax vote on the taconite amendment.
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ST. Paul
Elmer L. Andersen
Ple
Main Street
House
Wisconsin Senate OKs 3 Percent Sales Tax
The Wisconsin Senate approved a 3 percent sales tax by a 17 to 16 vote with Lt. Gov. Warren Knowles casting the tie breaking ballot. The 11 hour debate ended as four Republican Mavericks and the Democratic minority opposed the measure before it moved to the Assembly.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Senate
Warren Knowles
Senate
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