Some Progress Reported As Rails, Unions Resume Talk
Washington reports both sides meet at the bargaining table for the first time in weeks over jobs. Carrier chief negotiator J E Wolfe says 24 to 48 hours will show if progress is real or mere shadow boxing. Secretary of Labor Wirtz scheduled the session.
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Washington
J. E. Wolfe
W. Willard Wirtz
Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Congress
Senate
Legislative Branch
Labor Department
Unemployment rises in Vermont for week ending Aug 3
Vermont jobless claims rose 209 to 3938 in the week ending Aug 3. Initial claims up 68 to 586 reflect mainly new unemployment from apparel and textile industries, service and households, and wholesale and retail trade. Weeks of unemployment claimed rose 141 to 3352, 4 percent higher than prior week and 45 percent above last year. Women accounted for 54 percent of claims.
Water Board Approves Village Main Extensions
Water commissioners approved two extensions to Bennington Village water mains on Monday night. The Vermont Soldiers Home inquiry on ceasing its private supply was tabled pending policy and rate details. The Home, a large user, relies on village water during droughts and repairs its own system.
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Bennington Village
Water Commissioners
Vermont Soldiers Home
State Institution
Charles E. Dewey
Main St
Dewey Trust Estate
Stark Street
George Kerbs
Morgan Street
Col
E.H. Giles
Giles
Water Board
Bald Mountain
Park Street Extension
Brooklyn
Cmsr
Herbert Horst
See Water Board
Big Three Begin Talks on Lowering East West Tensions
In Moscow, U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk and British Foreign Secretary Lord Home met Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko after the partial nuclear test ban was signed. They then dined at a Lenin Hills villa to assess if the ban signals a breakthrough for new peace moves and possible NATO Warsaw pact non aggression steps.
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Moscow
U.S
Dean Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
Lord Home
John Pastore
D-Ri
George Aiken
R-Vt
William Fullbright
D-Ark
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
U.N
Adlai Stevenson
U Thant
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Andrei A. Gromyko
Foreign Ministry
Lenin Hills
Khrushchev
Rusk
Adlai E. Stevenson
United Nations
William
Particu
Averell Harriman
Lord Hailsham
Great Britain
Russia
Haitian exile forces seize Cap Haitien amid invasion report
Reports from Santo Domingo said Haitian exiles, led by Gen. Leon Cantave, captured Cap Haitien and nearby towns as they invaded Haiti to overthrow Duvalier. Dominican authorities tightened border controls while evacuation of American families and asylum seekers occurred in the area.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Francois
Papa Doc) Duvalier
Cap Haitien
Haiti
Port Au Prince
Duvalier
Leon Cantave
National Democratic Union
Cantave
Listin Diario
Fort Liberte
Derac
Troy
Limonade
U.S
Dauphin Sisal Plantation
Dominican
U S Ambush Fails to Get Korean Reds
U S forces in the Korean DMZ set ambush positions Monday night and withdrew at dawn without contact with North Korean troops. The large, combat ready unit, details classified, aimed to stop Red patrols entering U N territory near Panmunjom.
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U.S. 1St Cavalry Division
Korea
Demilitarized Zone
United Nations
U.S
Bennington Churches Back Civil Rights Rally Plan
Two Bennington churches endorsed the Aug. 28 Washington civil rights rally but avoided full backing of the Vermont March for Civil Rights. Local leaders, including Vermont Church Council members, will coordinate participation and seek appointments with congressmen as the movement aims to press for racial justice peacefully.
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Bennington
Washington
Vermont
Vermont Church Council
North Bennington
Congress
Martin Luther King
A. Philip Randolph
The
Brotherhood of Pullman Sleeping Car Porters
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Francis B. Flanagan
St. Francis de Sales
Flanagan
Donald A. Webster
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Webster
House of Bishops
American Episcopal Church
Jaspar A. Steele
Trinity Methodist Church
Montpelier
Kennon Moody
Williston
Clark W. Condon
Arlington
Levin
Irving Adler
Mrs. Adler
Yellow Coach Lines Inc
Pittsfield
Mass
Robert T. Stafford
Adler
National Coordinating Committee
Stafford
Negro Vote-ins Seen In Mississippi Primary
Jackson AP reports tense election day as about 450000 Mississippians vote in the Democratic primary amid fears of unregistered Negroes attempting to vote under affidavit. Officials warn the plan targets those not registered, while the attorney general says the law covers only registered names missing from polls.
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Mississippi
Jackson, Miss
Joe Patterson
Kennedy
J. P. Coleman
Ackerman
Paul Johnson
Hattiesburg
Robert Mason
Magee Welder
Charles Sullivan
Clarksdale
Coleman
Johnson
Sullivan
Ruchel Phillips
Ed Bishop
Ross Barnett
Barnett
Anti Segregation Leaders Plan Legislative Effort
In Washington AP reports Negro leaders and white sympathizers hold a strategy conference to press for civil rights legislation. The three day meeting gathers several hundred participants nationwide to enable them to meet with lawmakers and push for action.
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Washington
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Inside Humanity and the test ban and civil rights march plan
Columnist Bradford Smith discusses the test ban. George Fager captivates Manchester for United Counseling Service. John Pennel repeats his pole vault record at the U S British meet. The Deepening Crisis piece covers Negro militancy and demands civil rights legislation. Civil rights leaders plan grass roots action. a mass march for jobs and freedom is set for August 28 with organizers affirming it will go ahead rain or shine regardless of Congress.
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Bradford Smith
George Fager
Manchester
United Counseling Service
Congress
NAACP
Walter Fauntroy
Washington
Sy Posner
New York
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Hispaniola
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Panmunjom
Sandgate Methodist Church
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John Pennel
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