Maritime strike spreads nationwide crippling ports and talks
Fed mediators urge resumption of peace talks as seven unions representing 85 000 seamen push for bargaining. Reports hint at a possible injunction to force shipping back to work while 30 port cities face disruption. Violence erupts with pickets and arrests as White House weighs action and union demands for foreign flag shipping loom.
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Pierce Lehmbeck
New York
White House
New Jersey
Louisiana
Texas
Massachusetts
Texaco
Camden
N.J
National Maritime Union
Summer Heat Wave From West Continues Amid Fires
The first heat wave lingers in the West with severe fire danger across California and New Mexico. Pasco and Spokane report triple digit highs while Seattle sets an all time June record. weather relief is not in sight. A tanker pilot dies in Gila National Forest fire suppression.
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California
Washington
Pasco
Walla Walla
Spokane
Seattle
New Mexico
Forest Service
Verde Beede
San Leandro
Calif
Gila National Forest
Tonto National Forest
Arizona
Good Things Don’t Come Black White in Duluth
In Duluth Minnesota Patrolmen McLaughlin and Greene chased three baby skunks that blocked traffic by the Municipal Garage. City workers were sprayed and bystanders scented as they tried to scare the animals away. The trio were captured and released in New Heights after a long-handled rake and bag helped, raising questions about cleaning bills.
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Duluth
Minn
Phillip McLaughlin
Jack Greene
Duluth Heights
McLaughlin
Greene
New Heights
Andersen Family Attends Governor’s Conference in Honolulu
Gov. Elmer L. Andersen, his wife and two teenagers depart Monday for the 53rd annual Governor's Conference in Honolulu. Andersen will join study panels on national defense and education on June 25 and 27 and fly back to Minnesota on July 1.
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ST. Paul
Elmer L. Andersen
Honolulu
Andersen
Minnesota
President Kennedy rests at Glenora estate after public appearance
President Kennedy, improving after back treatment, settles with family at Glenora estate Middleburg, Virginia. Dr Janet Travell plans ultrasound therapy. he may walk short distances soon. He addressed the economic aid program amid debate in Congress and urged long term foreign aid to fight communism.
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Kennedy
Virginia
Middleburg
Glenora Estate
Caroline
John Jr
Washington
Janet Travell
White House
Andrew T. Hatcher
Travell
Hatcher
Conference On International Economic and Social Development
Congress
Rockefeller and King rally for civil rights in Albany
Gov Nelson Rockefeller hosts Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference fund raiser in Albany. The two men praised each other as a Negro church audience of about 2000 applauded the exchange and Gandhi inspired nonviolence principles.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Martin Luther King Jr
Mahatma Gandhi
New York
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
South
India
Rockefeller
Dr. King
New York City
Fifty Three Minnesota Methodist Churches Get New Pastors
At Hamline University the Minnesota Methodist conference announced July 1 transfers appointing 53 churches with new pastors. Two district superintendents were named Edward Martin of Hibbing for the northeast and George Butters of Minneapolis for the southeast.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota Methodist
T. Otto Nall
Hamline University
Edward
Martin
Hibbing
George Butters
Minneapolis
Air Force Satellite Blasted Into Space Carries Secret Payload
Discoverer No 25 launched from Vandenberg at 4 03 p m PDT in fog to polar orbit 18th in its series. It weighs 2100 pounds and may stay aloft four days to gather data with capsule recovery plans involving aircraft and ships.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Pacific
Hawaii
Alaska
Czech Diplomat Faces U S Spy Allegations at U N Desk
Miroslav Nacvalac, a Czech U N mission official, is accused of seeking US agent help while claiming American intelligence proposed large payments. A UN spokesman says the US sought Nacvalac's expulsion while Czech protests allege US promises of wealth. The case involves threats and potential defection, with details about a Czech origin American contact and a hostage scenario.
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U. S
Miroslav Nacvalac
United Nations
Zdenek Cernik
U. N
New York
U.N
U.S
Nacvalac
United States
Stevenson arrives in Peru amid leftist student protests
Adlai Stevenson faced crowded demonstrations in Lima as leftist students protested his visit to discuss Kennedy era plans for Latin America living standards. Police used tear gas to disperse crowds. Stevenson, greeted at the airport, avoided the clashes and planned meetings with Peru’s political leaders before continuing his tour to Ecuador and Colombia.
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Lima
Peru
Adlai Stevenson
Kennedy
Stevenson
Latin America
Soro
U.S. Information Agency
Santiago
Chile
Bolivia
Manuel Prado
Pedro Beltran
Ecuador
Colombia
Washington
Weather outlook: below normal temps in Northeast and South
The Weather Bureau projects 30 day temperatures from mid June to mid July will be below seasonal norms in the Northeast and southern half east of the Continental Divide. Above normal heat is seen west of the divide and in the northern Plains with the Pacific Northwest hit hardest. Rainfall should exceed normal in the southern Plains and south Atlantic states, while the Midwest and Far West may see below normal rainfall.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Continental Divide
Divide
Plains
Pacific Northwest
South Atlantic States
Midwest
Far West
It Can Happen in Austin Community Hotel Success Story
Nacogdoches residents built a 95 room community hotel that opened April 1 1955. Stock was sold to 1 056 people raising 600000 with 450000 borrowed. The Ferdonia Hotel reports a 96.5 percent occupancy and a 27 percent rise in retail sales. The piece urges Austin to replicate the model with town cooperation.
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Nacogdoches
Texas
Austin
Ardell Nemitz
Red Cedar Inn
Red Cedar
Ferdonia
Herbert Wilson
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