Diefenbaker Starts Action to Bolster Canadian Dollar
Ottawa reports a belt tightening austerity regime with tariff hikes and government spending cuts to defend the Canadian dollar. Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker said measures are temporary and will be supported by over $1 billion in short term aid, largely from the United States, while the Bank of Canada raised rates to 6 percent.
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Canada Today
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Diefenbaker
Canada
United States
U.S
Bank of Canada
Washington
U. S. Treasury
U.S. Treasury Department
International Monetary Fund
U S Ships Move To Bolster Formosa Patrol
U S warships race from Japan to reinforce the 7th Fleet along the Formosa Strait amid reports of a Communist buildup opposite Quemoy and Matsu. Navy officials in Honolulu call the deployment routine in light of the threats and evacuations, with claims of 400000 Communist troops and 300 planes on the invasion front.
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Formosa
U.S
Japan
7Th Fleet
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Matsu
Yokosuka
Pacific Fleet
Honolulu
Formosa Strait
Red China
Fukien
Navy
Coral
Defense Ministry
Administration Moves to Salvage Part of Battered Program
Washington AP report on Kennedy aides and congressional leaders racing to salvage parts of the stalled agenda. Focus areas include a $277 million stopgap, tax extensions preserving $4 billion in revenue, and potential revival of farm and welfare measures before fiscal year end.
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Washington
White House
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Senate
House Appropriations Committees
Mansfield
Humphrey
Sides Act to Settle Air Feud
New York AP report on labor mediation aiming to end the Eastern Air Lines and Pan American aviation strike crisis. Labor officials and mediators push talks after engineers walkout halting flights. federal court restrains Pan Am engineers. Circumstances center on cockpit crew makeup and the Trans World Airlines settlement precedent.
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Labor Department
Eastern Air Lines
Pan American World Airways
Eastern
Pan Am
United States
Puerto Rico
Bermuda
W. Willard Wirtz
Francis A. O'Neill Jr
National Mediation Board
Afl-Cio
Flight Engineers International Association
Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
Trans World Airlines
Trans World
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Kennedy
Aflcio
George Meany
Brooklyn
George Rosling
National Railway Labor Act
Supreme Court strikes down California narcotics law
The Supreme Court ruled 6-2 that a California statute making narcotic addiction or unprescribed use a crime is unconstitutional. Justice Stewart delivered the majority opinion. Justice White dissented noting concerns about the ruling, joined by Justice Clark. Justice Frankfurter did not participate.
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Supreme Court
California
Stewart
Justice White
Justice Clark
Justice Frankfurter
Herald Announces Five Part Series on Alcoholism
The Austin Daily Herald begins a five article series addressing alcoholism as a major health issue. It outlines the challenge and modern responses, noting the campaign’s fresh elements alongside longstanding concerns.
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Herald
Austin Daily Herald Today
Kennedy Returns to White House
President Kennedy flew to Washington by helicopter returning from Glen Ora estate near Middleburg Virginia where Mrs Kennedy and the children Caroline and John Jr remained over the weekend.
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White House
Washington
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Middleburg
Caroline
John Jr
Andersen Files for Congress in 6th District Nomination
In Saint Paul former Governor C Elmer Andersen now mayor of Nissaa filed for the Republican nomination for Congress in the 6th District. About 700 pastors and delegates expected at the opening of the American Lutheran Churches convention in Iowa at WAVERLY. The stock market remained sharply lower in heavy early trading in New York. In Park Rapids Robert Harguth a 16 year old drowned while trying to retrieve a drifting boat near Waseca.
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Nissaa
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Iowa
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New York
Bearhead Lake State Park Dedication Near Ely Minnesota
Minnesota announces the dedication of Bearhead Lake State Park, a 5000 acre wilderness area near Ely. Governor Andersen and NPS Director Conrad Wirth will attend the ceremony as officials mark the park's opening for recreation and camping away from crowded routes.
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Eagles Nest Lakes
Highway 169
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Conrad Wirth
National Park Service
Pro-Red Slams U S Troops in Thailand Amid Laos Crisis
Laos Premier Souvanna Phouma hands leadership to Red leaning half-brother as pro Communist minister Phoumi Vongvichit denounces U S forces in neighboring Thailand. Vongvichit claims the move threatens Laos neutrality while Cabinet debates foreign policy and recognition deals.
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Thailand
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Phoumi Vongvichit
Souvanna
France
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Pathet Lao
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Many
Poland
China
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Khang Khay
Paris
Financier Sarlie denies fraud charges returns to New York
Jacques Sarlie, tied to Wall Street figure Edward M Gilbert, returned from Paris and denied leaving the United States to defraud creditors. He said McDonnell & Co impropery acted on Gilbert’s orders to buy Bruce stock for his account. Gilbert remains in Brazil amid an extradition fight. Manhattan DA investigates. Billie Sol Estes lawyers seek immediate trial on state felony charges in Pecos, Texas. judge to rule.
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Wall
Sarlie
Gilbert
Brazil
New York
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E. L. Bruce Co
Bruce
Celotex Corp
Feldman
McDonnell & Co
Pecos
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
J. H. Staley
West Texas
Ford ends strike as production resumes after union vote
Ford Motor Co moves back to production after United Auto Workers Local 420 members approve a settlement ending a lengthy walkout at the Walton Hills stamping plant. About 39,000 workers nationwide return by midnight with full resume by next Monday, while assembly plants reopen midweek.
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Ford Motor Co
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Afl-Cio
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Ford
Gan
Talks on Berlin urged as Big Four notes sent to Moscow
United States and Britain pressed for early East West talks on Berlin with three Western powers sending notes to Moscow. Rusk and Home met to align policies while reports say the Soviet leadership faces a food crisis and may resist Western concessions without counter moves.
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U.S
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