Explosion Wrecks Olin Mathieson Plant injuring 25
An explosion at the Olin Mathieson Chemical plant in Brandenburg Kentucky injures more than 25 workers and destroys multiple concrete buildings. Ten hospitalized, power cut, cause not yet determined. The blast occurred at 5 10 am in the electric oxide area, with one missing man later accounted for. The plant has 550 employees and has had no prior accidents in 11 years.
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Brandenburg, Ky
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
Poe Street
Elizabethtown
Street
Brandenburg
Ohio River
Kennedy Appeal Delays Pan Am Pilot Strike
President Kennedy's 10th hour appeal postpones at least until midnight a Pan Am pilots strike that would halt flights to 114 cities in 80 lands. Labor Secretary Goldberg resumes talks with Pan Am management and the Air Line Pilots Association to seek a permanent solution and possibly arbitrate the jet crew dispute. The union ponders Kennedy's plan after putting off a 24 hour strike by 1,400 pilots.
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Washington
Kennedy
Pan American World Airways
Air Line Pilots Association
Arthur J. Goldberg
Pan Américan
Goldberg
Interim rail service fate hinges on two surveys
Rutland Vermont reports indicate continued talks over an interim rail line plan depend on two surveys. Francis Esposito of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen says further discussion requires receipt and study of the Coverdale & Colpitts economic survey and Austin Noble’s tax report to Gov. Keyser. Vermont Public Service Board chair John Paterson expects another meeting next week.
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Rutland
Francis J. Esposito
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
New York
Coverdale & Colpitts
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Austin Noble
Brotherhood
Noble
Esposito
John D. Paterson
Vermont Public Service Board
Brotherhoods
Three Catholics Excommunicated Over School Desegregation Fight
Archbishop Rummel excommunicated Leander Perez Sr Jackson Ricau and Mrs B J Gallot Jr for defying an order to desegregate parochial schools. They remain able to attend Mass and confess but may not receive Communion. The decree bars appeals to the Vatican.
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Joseph Francis Rummel
New Orleans
B. J. Gaillot Jr
H. Perez Sr
Leander H. Per
Ez Sr
Jackson G. Ricau
Presegregation Citizens Council
Teamsters Boss Expects Truck Drivers' Agreement
James Hoffa warned a New Hampshire trucking contract with Teamsters drivers could be finalized by day’s end after talks in Manchester. He cited language tweaks to fit New Hampshire Vermont traffic, with a Vermont-linked pact likely. A strike remains possible if talks fail. current wage is 2.56 per hour for 45 hours, with proposals for eight cent raises and an eight hour day with overtime after eight hours.
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Manchester
N.H
James Hoffa
Teamsters Union
New Hampshire
Hoffa
New Hampshire-Vermont
Vermont
Henry Pariseau
Pariseau
Auclair Trucking Co
Manchstr
Teamsters
Balloon Recovery Effort Near Searsburg Draws From Ancient Tech
A weather balloon with instruments is stuck in a tree on a Searsburg cliff near William Carpenter’s Heather Place. Wardens Wayne Rowell and Eugene Lock attempted to shoot the box down with a gun and felled a tree, but the cord proved too strong. Rowell plans bow and arrow attempts with a line attached, recalling a prior similar incident two years ago near Jacksonville Road.
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Searsburg
U. S
Bennington-Windham
Heather
William Carpenter
Wayne Rowell
Wilmington Areas
Eugene Lock
New England Power Co
Rowell
Jacksonville Road
U.S. Weather Bureau
Bradley Field
Conn
Leo Berry
Copper Mines Reaped Millions in Stockpile Profits
Stockpiling investigators testified that copper mining firms under government contract diverted shipments to sell at high profits. Witnesses told a Senate subcommittee led by Sen. Symington that nearly 3 million dollars in windfall profits were reaped during a 1954 55 strike causing copper shortages and pressure on U S industrial plants.
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Washington
Senate
Subcommittee
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Symington
U.S
Powell to Leave Hospital for Secret Out-of-State Vacation
Governor Wesley Powell, after recovering from a heart attack a month earlier, will be discharged from Exeter Hospital tomorrow and depart immediately for a secret out-of-state vacation site.
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Exeter
N.H
Wesley Powell
Exeter Hospital
GI Reservist Seeks Exoneration Over Kennedy Critique
Pfc. Larry D. Chidester a 24 year old automotive mechanic in the 115th Ordnance Co faces court martial for soliciting and encouraging unit members to sign a letter critical of President Kennedy. The letter sent to Sen. Bennett is signed by 75 of 100 company members. Chidester says he acted on his right to voice opinion. The trial tentatively set for April 23.
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115Th Ordnance Co
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Bennett
Washington
Congress
Kennedy
Rusk Satisfied After Berlin Talks with Dobrynin
Secretary of State Rusk, speaking after the first Berlin discussion with Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin, is moderately satisfied and plans to brief Allies Monday. Talks aim to set future procedures and may resume later this month in Washington.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Berlin
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Rusk
Dobryn
Bonn
U.S
Dobrynin
Andrei A. Gromyko
New York
Moscow
Gromyko
Llewellyn E Thompson
Geneva
Church Organist Sues Over 1961 Explosion for 100000
The Second Congregational Church and Paul J. Williams with Marjorie Williams filed a 100000 suit in County Court against Vermont Gas Corp and Burgess Brothers. They seek damages for injuries and property loss from a Aug 8 1961 church explosion believed caused by a bent gas line during parking lot work. Marjorie Williams seeks compensation for severe personal injuries.
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Vermont Gas Corp
Burgess Brothers
Second Congregational Church
Second Congregational Church, Inc
Paul J
Marjorie Williams
Elm St
Burgess Bros
Kennedy seen naming panel to study steel industry woes
A White House conference follows Hubert Humphrey's proposal for a nonpartisan commission to examine steel pricing and industry health. Senators Douglas Kefauver Dirksen Smith Goldwater weigh in with varying support and skepticism as Humphrey urges a fair, comprehensive inquiry with management labor economists and public representatives.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Union Leaders Reject Ben Mont Offer After Talks
The Ben Mont strike by Local 534 of the Printing Specialties and Paper Products Union continues as representatives rejected a new company proposal. The three year contract would have no first year wage rise and minor increases later, with orders to cut top wage for new hires. Over 200 workers at Ben Mont and nearby Flint Ink Corp. are affected as the last contract expired December 31.
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Ben-Mont
Printing Specialties and Paper Products Union
John J. O'Reilly
Concord
N.H
Peter Tufo
Tufo
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union of North America
Dobeckman
Dow Chemical Co
Ben- Mont
Flint Ink Corp
Vermont
Parking Case To Be Argued For High Court
The Vermont Supreme Court will hear arguments on the Bennington parallel parking case May 2 in Montpelier at 2 p.m. The Village of Bennington appealed after Chancery Court continued an injunction restraining trustees from enacting a parking ordinance passed in May 1961. Merchants on 13 Main Street sought counsel and injunctions to block the ordinance which would shift parking on Main Street from diagonal to parallel. The village contends the injunction questions the trustees’ power. village attorney Reuben Levin will represent the village with Stephen H. Gilman and John P. Morrissey for claimants.
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Vermont Supreme Court
Bennington
Montpelier
Supreme Court
Chancery Court
Natt L. Divoll Jr
Main Street
Reuben Levin
Stephen H. Gilman
John P. Morrissey
Senate Approves 950 Million for U S Agencies
The Senate approved 560 million in emergency funds for disaster relief space research and operations, plus 25.6 million for the U.N. Congo assessment. The bill includes 85 million for NASA Saturn Centaur and propulsion work, and 71 million for land acquisition and construction in missile range and Mississippi test facility.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
U.N Congo
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Atlantic Missile Range
Mississippi
Poeter Backs Off From Vermont Legislature Run
William Poeter, stepping down as Vermont highway commissioner next month, will not seek a seat in the 1963 Legislature. He discussed a potential bid with Rep. Orin C. Carpenter and chose not to run against him. Poeter will remain acting commissioner until May 1 when Russell A. Holden takes over.
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Randolph
William Poeter
Vermont
Poeter
Orin C. Carpenter
Peeter
Russell A. Holden
Burlington
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Egidio Vagnozzi
United States
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Grunewald Forest
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D-Ill
House Economic Committee
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
John J. Williams
R-Del
Everett M. Dirksen
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Goldwater
Ben-Mont Management
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