Communist influence in dock strike eyed by FBI probe
Baltimore dock strike voices call for FBI inquiry into possible Communist involvement amid a rejected contract offer. ILA official William Haile welcomed scrutiny and James Reynolds urged FBI tests in New York and Baltimore, while union and management tensions persist with an 18 day walkout.
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Baltimore, Md
Striking International Longshoremen's Assesiation
FBI
William Haile
Internation 4
The
ILA
Asst
Libor
James J. Reynolds" Jr
Steamship Trade Association of
Baltimore
Trade Association
Gulf Coasts
New York
Living Costs Edge Upward in December Report
Washington AP reports December consumer prices rose one tenth of one percent, ending 1964 with a moderate advance. The CPI reached 108.8, meaning 1957-39 base items cost $19.88 in December versus $10 then. Factory workers gain about 4 percent purchasing power. hourly pay hikes affect about 45,000 workers with escalator clauses and 1,600 Baltimore transit workers with two-cent boosts. Higher food and energy prices drove the rise, with lettuce and other produce surging due to bad weather.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statis
Ilus
Trie- Thame
Serosjace
Chemical
Baltimore Transit
New Wax Museum Opens on Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood tourists will soon have a new attraction on Hollywood Boulevard at Highland Avenue. Spoony Singh has opened Tussaud's Hollywood Wax Museum, a California version with gore and famous figures. Ver Grahn, curator, guided a preview featuring horror and glamor sections, with statues of Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, Kennedy, Johnson, Queen Victoria and others.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Hollywood T Boulevard
Grauman
Ndia-Borma
Cana
Spoony Singh
Hollwood Boulevard
Highland Avenue
Tussaud
Ver Grahn
San Francisco
Vancouver
Seatte Works
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
Yalta
Rocket Failure Spoils Launch At Cape Kennedy Florida
An unusual rocket setback halted a mission to launch a gold plated scientific package 24 508 miles into space to study the earths magnetic field. A Blue Scout booster appeared to lift off but failed when the second stage encountered trouble about 160 seconds after launch causing a range safety destruct signal. The third stage separated prematurely and the fourth stage failed to ignite as the payload fell harmlessly into the Atlantic, southwest of Ascension Island.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
Rex Harrison the dropout turned star of film and stage
HAL BOYLE profiles Rex Harrison, a school dropout who built a storied acting career. At 56 he is pair-bonded with Rachel Roberts, with an expected Oscar nod for My Fair Lady. He ignores fuss, prefers simple living in Portofino, and lives by a no-frills philosophy: live for the moment, tomorrow is for dying.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Rex Harrison
Halls of Learning
Liverpool Repertory Company
Rachel Roberts
Rex
Engishman
Harrison
Rachel
Portofino
Italian Riviera
Veterans group opposes 11 VA hospital closures
The American Legion and other veterans groups protested the plan to close 11 VA hospitals and facilities including one in McKinney Texas. They urged that the budget savings cited by the administration harm veterans abroad and at home, arguing the move contradicts the Great Society goals and endangers disabled veterans and their families. They urged reconsideration and testimony from VA and budget officials.
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Washington
American Legion
Veterans
McKinney
Tex
Johnson
Budget Bureau
W. J.driver
Donald Johnson
Legion
Sea- Palate Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
Great Society
Veterans Administration
Amvets
Sparkman to Lead Fight on Johnson Foreign Aid Bill
Senate and Foreign Relations role shifts as Sparkman D Alabama offers to steer the 3.33 billion foreign aid bill while Fulbright D Arkansas resists steering. Sparkman says it is a committee responsibility, but Fulbright wants separate economic and military authorization bills, facing House opposition.
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Washington
John Sparkman
D-Als
Senate
Johnson
Fulbright
D-Ark
Sparkman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Mutilated Bodies Of 2G1s Found In Vietnam
The mutilated bodies of two U S Army enlisted men were found near Qui Nhon after they disappeared on a fishing trip with two companions. All four had been shot in the back of the head. Preliminary U S military word points to Viet Cong guerrillas, with uncertainty on whether mutilation occurred before or after death. Names given include Sgt Harold E Strong of Virginia and Spec William E Swaykos of New Jersey, with the other two identified as Sgt James Cordova and Spec Roger Buss.
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Saigon
South Viet. Nam
Qui Nhon
U.S
Harold E. Strong
Rita Strong
Alexandria
Diana Hollen
Cleveland
Ohio
William E. Swaykos
Walter, Swaykos
Bloomfield
James Cordova
Glen Burnie
Spec
Roger Buss
Cottage Grove
Wis
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Fuller Brothers
Laredo
U. S
Royal Master Premium Tire
U. Royal Laredo Tire
Esquire
Moore's Shoe Store
Texas
Cou Delow
TSO
S. J Rogers
N. Jay Rogers
Texas Avenue
Veterans’ Group
Wilson Bakery
Bayway Sei
Siie
David Murdoch
Mudroch
Lee College
Chicago School of Interior Design
David
Culpeppers
FD. Murdoch
Jefferson
Mr. Murdoch
Joanne Hartison
Highlands
Joanne
David Criss
Kevin Scott
Jan Denise
Hartt Drive
Bowie
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