Fire Danger Peaks Across New England amid Heat and Drought
New England officials warn a weekend peak in woods fire danger with extreme risk in Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. Temperatures in the mid eighties and 15 to 20 mph winds heighten fire threat. bans on open fires or smoking in woodlands are being considered or enacted across three states.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Clarence E. Edson
William Messeck
Granite State
Weather Bureau
Boston
Vermont Truckmen Will Be Polled On Settlement
Frederick C. Dykeman business agent for Vermont's Teamsters Union will poll about 1 000 members before signing any contract to end the contract dispute that has idled half the drivers. Hoffa meets NH carriers officials in Manchester as both sides near a two state settlement. Dykeman said no Vermont contract would be signed in New Hampshire until union member proposals are discussed.
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Manchester
N. H
Frederick C. Dykeman
Vermont
Teamsters Union
Dykeman
Teamster
James Hoffa
New Hampshire
Interpretations of Laws Tangled in Job Policy Debates
Vermont coverage analyzes De Matteo Construction Co alleged union help only policy for the state first pari mutuel track. DES to check claims. NLRA rules on employer union membership conditions remain contested. Governor Keyser seeks union preference for local workers.
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Pelier
National Labor Relations Act
F. Ray Keyser
NLRA
Geisha Garden and Pools Planned at Mount Snow Resort
Mount Snow will add a glass enclosed tropical garden in front of Snow Lake Lodge with two Japanese pools, one free form and one 140 degree square pool, spanning 50 by 30 feet. The facility will open this summer beside Snow Lake and include a flowing waterfall and tropical plants.
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West Dover
Mount Snow
Snow Lake
Boy bike trips 66 miles to Bradford to visit grandparents
Donald Luther, 14, rode his bicycle from Buffalo to Bradford, a 66 mile trek under sunny skies with temperatures in the 80s. He said the hills were rough and he walked some sections, but he completed the trip in eight hours to satisfy his long standing urge to accomplish something.
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Bradford
Donald Luther
Buffalo
N.Y
Charles Burns
Donald
States Split on Daylight Time Switch Many Regions Change
The nation shifts clocks for daylight time with Maine Vermont New Hampshire Rhode Island Connecticut Massachusetts New York New Jersey California Washington Delaware Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Nevada all moving forward. Nevada’s White Pine and Lincoln stay on year round Mountain Standard Time. Mixed regions include Pennsylvania Montana Ohio Maryland Virginia West Virginia Missouri Oregon Idaho Iowa New Mexico Indiana with varied local schedules and end dates.
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Iowa
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Anaconda
Vermilion
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Bellaire
Ohio River
Cleveland
Akron
Youngs
Johnson Denies Plane Incident Posed Dangers
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson said a Dallas Love Field taxi mishap that involved a twin engine T 29 Sabreliner posing no danger to him and Lady Bird. He said the plane moved slowly during a brake test and neither he nor his wife were shaken, as they traveled to Washington.
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Baltimore
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dallas, Tex
Lady Bird
Johnsons
Love Field
Friendship International
Ben-Mont strike continues as union rejects company offer
Nine-week walkout by Ben-Mont local 534 of the Printing Specialties and Paper Products union remains active after a 79 to 45 vote against submitting the three-year offer to a secret ballot. The dispute affects over 200 workers at Ben-Mont and nearby Flint Ink Corp. in Vermont, with talks referencing wage increases and shifts in skilled labor pay.
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Ben-Mont
Printing Specialties and Paper Products Union
Peter Tufo
Northport
N.Y
Flint Ink Corp
Vermont
Dobeckman
Dow Chemical Co
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union of North America
Afl-Cio
Four Steel Firms Indicted for Price and Bid Fixing
Federal grand jury indicted United States Steel Corp and Bethlehem Steel Co along with Erie Forge & Steel Corp and Midvale Hoppenstal Co and the Open Die Forging Institute Inc on antitrust charges. The case covers forged steel sales to the Army and Navy valued at about 100 million yearly. The indictment also involves five company executives and a trade association. Stock market reacted quickly with steel issues leading declines.
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New York
United States Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Co
United States Steel
Bethlehem
U.S. Steel
Kennedy
Army
Navy
Etcc
Erie Forge & Steel Corp
Erie
Midvale-Hoppenstal Co
Philadelphia
Open Die Forging Institute Inc
New York City
Boston Mothers Agree In Boston Blockade
Boston mothers end seven day truce in their barricade against trucks at Columbia Point housing project after pledges of more police protection and lower speed limits. They will resume picketing next Thursday unless Mount Vernon Street is barred to trucks during school crossing times. The move followed the death of 6 year old Laura Ann Ewing who was struck by a rubbish truck en route to a dump. she was buried yesterday.
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Boston
Columbia Point
Mount Vernon Street
Laura Ann Ewing
Unions Reject Partial Rutland Railway Service Plan
Labor representatives rejected a state proposal to restore partial service on the Rutland Railway. Four union brothershoods met Public Service Commissioner John D. Paterson but warned the plan could threaten their position in the ICC abandonment case and lose strike benefits. Paterson said no progress was made and held little hope for consent.
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Rutland
Public Service
John D. Paterson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Paterson
Brotherhoods
Reds Still Talk Despite Threats On US Tests
Washington reports a Berlin meeting planned between Secretary of State Rusk and Soviet Ambassador Dobyrin amid U S atmospheric nuclear test tensions. A second U S burst looms as Khrushchev weighs reaction and Macmillan urges continued disarmament talks for world peace.
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Dean Rusk
Anatoly F. Dodbrynin
Berlin
Moscow
U.S
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Harold Macmillan
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Macmillan
Rockets Launch British Units and Space Probes
The United States and Britain launched a Thor-Delta rocket carrying British experiments into orbit, marking the first international satellite to study the ionosphere and cosmic radiation. At Wallops Island a Nike-Cajun rocket sent Japanese instruments aloft for upper atmosphere readings. Ranger 4 crashed on the moon after a 64 hour voyage, while Mariner planned for Venus and Cosmos 4 by the Soviet Union added to a busy space day.
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Fla
United States
Russia
Wallops Island
U.S
Moon
Venus
Mariner
Ranger
America
Pacific
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