Conditional Agreement Is Reached
New York AP report states a conditional agreement between the National Maritime Union and two shipping groups the American Merchant Marine Institute and the Tanker Labor Service Committee. The pact becomes binding only after two additional unions join. The fact finding board will file its report with President Kennedy at 9 a.m. Monday, with mediation possible if no further progress occurs.
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New York
National Maritime Union
David L. Cole
Kennedy
Factfinding Board
American Merchant Marine Institute
Tanker Labor Service Committee
Cole
National
New Red Jet May Top U S Bomber Fleet
Washington AP reports the Soviet Union unveiled a four jet delta wing bomber in Moscow for an air show, with officials assessing it as potentially longer and more powerful than the current US long range nuclear bomber fleet. The plane, code named Bounder by US authorities, has been under development for years and may be produced in quantity though details are scarce.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Moscow
U.S
Fidel's Militia Heads Off Invasion With U.S. Vehicles
Fidel's militiamen reportedly used cars sold by U.S. merchants to head off invasion efforts. The piece claims continued U.S. sales of vehicles and machinery to Castro, funded by Cuban exports and a dollars-for-goods scheme via Britain that transfers American equipment into Cuban hands.
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Victor Riesel
the Herald
Castro
Fidel
U.S
Britain
England
London
Urge to Kill a Girl: Police Chief’s Son Charged
James H. Wilson 25, son of a northern California police chief, was arrested in Long Beach after a woman he allegedly killed was found with 28 stab wounds. A six inch knife lay beside the body of Carol N. Mack 21. Wilson confessed to an urge to kill and was jailed on suspicion of murder. his father noted a prior mental hospital stay.
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Long Beach
Calif.a
James H. Wilson
Wilson
Husky
California
Carol N. Mack
Mahnomen
Minn
Bernard Carmona
Boy's Death Report Proves to be False
Gary P. Ewert, 15, injured in an automobile collision in which a Springfield man died, was reported in good condition in a Rochester hospital. A previous report that the youth had died was in error as the year’s traffic toll reached 299.
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Constellation
Alcoa Puriton
Baltimore
Rochester, Minn
Gary P. Ewert
Springfield
Minn
Rochester
Group Gains Pledges for Open Occupancy
GREAT NECK New York AP interracial relations group says it has 12 000 signers of open occupancy pledges allowing Negroes to buy or rent expensive homes in this exclusive residential area.
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Great Neck
N.Y
Armored Units Move to Kuwait's Border
Armored reinforcements moved toward Kuwait's northern border with Iraq as Iraqi forces reportedly strengthened positions after Kassem claimed the oil-rich sheikdom. Britain pledged aid. Saudi Arabia and Arab League members voiced support while Lebanon recalled its Iraqi envoy. The border area remained tense and Kuwait prepared for possible conflict.
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Kuwait
Iraq
Abdel Karim Kas
Britain
Bahrain
Persian Gulf
Bulwark
Karachi
Royal Marine Commandos
Far East
Singapore
Saudi Arabia
Sheik Abdullah As-Salim As-Saba
Sheik Abdullah Mubarak
Beirut
Arab League
Abdel Khaled Hassouna
League
Kassem
Hassouna
Abdullah
Lebanon
Saed Salam
Fulbright Warns Against Unilateral Military Action
Sen. J. W. Fulbright urges the United States to reject the dangerous doctrine of unilateral military intervention to halt communism. In a Senate speech he warns against costly commitments over peripheral struggles and highlights Cuba and Laos while delaying Berlin.
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Washington
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
United States
Fulbright
Cuba
Latin America
Asia
Africa
Laos
Governors Form Informal GOP Consultation Group
Hawaii Governor William F. Quinn announced that 16 Republican governors will work together in an informal group. The idea grew from meetings at the 53rd annual Governors Conference which concluded Wednesday.
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William F. Quinn
Hawaii
Grasshoppers Invade North Plains Areas
Massive grasshopper invasions stretch across five states and three Canadian provinces worsening drought in the Great Plains. Firefighters battled prairie blazes near the Little Missouri River as disaster declarations expanded to additional Montana Wyoming and South Dakota counties. Officials consider adding 30 counties to disaster aid eligibility as containment efforts continue.
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Great Plains
Helena
Mont
Montana
Wyoming
Williston
North Dakota
Little
Missouri River
Norris Ellertson
Bismarck
N. D
South Dakota
Washington
Minnesota
North
Ellertson
ASC
Six-Inch Rain Triggers Floods Around Muscatine Iowa
Six inches of rain flooded Muscatine and overflowed streams in a four hour period. High water closed some roads and sank boats on the Mississippi River. Mud Creek flooded houses shifting foundations as residents faced marooned woman and child and farmland damage.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Mississippi River
Davenport
New Orleans
C. E. Richard Packing
Pentagon Brass Are Probing Secret Information Leak
The FBI is investigating a leak of Pentagon secrets, confirmed by News Secretary Pierre Salinger. A Chicago Sun-Times Washington dispatch claims President Kennedy ordered the FBI and military intelligence to trace how highly classified Berlin crisis plans reached a national publication before reaching the White House.
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Washington
THFBI
Pentagon
White House
Pierre Salinger
FBI
Chicago Sun-Times
Kennedy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Berlin
Refugees Flee North Angola as Fighting Spreads
Thousands flee across the Congo border as African rebels and Portuguese troops clash in northern Angola. About 100000 displaced, 40000 in the Congo's lower region endure hunger with rice and dried fish. UN ships 200 tons weekly to avert famine amid reports of brutal reprisals.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Angola
Portugal
U.N
Lower
Atlantic Ocean
United Nations
Area Polls Gauge Public View Of 1961 Legislature
The Herald reports a spot poll of 10 Minnesota residents on the 1961 legislature. Results show 10 percent good, 60 percent fair, 30 percent poor performance. 75 percent favored dairy laws and withholding tax as greatest accomplishment. 20 percent cited sales tax as failure, 30 percent re redistricting, 40 percent no opinion.
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the Herald
Minnesota
Andersen
Minnesota Plans Drought Aid Programming
Minnesota advances drought relief by drafting an overall state economic development plan. About 40 representatives from state departments met to prepare planning material for federal aid prerequisites. Distressed areas include Hibbing Virginia Brainerd Grand Rapids.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
James Clark
Department of Business Development
Hibbing - Virginia
Brainerd
Grand Rapids
Areas Named Drought Disaster Regions in North Dakota and Minnesota
Washington AP reports Cass and Richland Counties in North Dakota are drought disaster areas designated by Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman. The new Minnesota areas include Carlton Polk Morrison Todd and the west Otter Tail section.
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Washington
Cass
Richland
North Dakota
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Minnesota
Carlton
Polk
Morrison
Todd
Otter Tail
Two Willmar Men Die in Shotgun Shooting
Willmar Minnesota police report two men, 43 year old Jack Denhardt and 44 year old Noel Haugen, were fatally shot while sitting on apartment steps. Glen Richardson 45, a South Dakota farmer, told police he had to do it and planned to take a life then himself but missed. Richardson is held without charges as the investigation continues.
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Jack Denhardt
Noel Haugen
Chief McLane
Richardson
McLane
Haugen
Denhardt
Police Hunt Woman in Kidnaping and Slaying
Buffalo police issued a statewide alarm for a slender attractive woman pictured by 14 witnesses as the kidnap slayer of Andrew Ashley. Clues include trousers and toweling found in Delaware Park where Ashley was killed. A woman matching the composite description was taken in Amherst but later released after questioning and charged only with public intoxication.
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Buffalo (Ap
Andrew Ashley
Delaware Park
Andy
Amherst
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