Pilots Cite Job Losses At Inquiry
Senate hearing hears pilots and employees warn that dropping Northeast Airlines routes could trigger extensive unemployment in New England. CAB ruling denies permanent status on New York to Florida flights, prompting debate over subsidies and alternative employment. Milton Anderson questions Eastern and National capacity to absorb laid off workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Northeast Airlines
New York
Civil Aeronautics Board
Northeast
New York - Florida
Eastern
National Airlines
New England
Senate Aviation Subcommittee
A.S
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Monroney
Florida
CAB
Milton H. Anderson
Alan S. Boyd
National
New York-Florida
Anderson
Malcolm A. MacIntyre
Eastern Airlines
Elderly Buddhist Monk Dies by Self Immolation in Hue
In Hue Vietnam 12,000 troops kept streets quiet as martial law ruled until night. A 71 year old monk burned himself to death at Tu Campagoda signaling renewed antigovernment protests against President Ngo Dinh Diem.
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Hue
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Tu Campagoda
Thich Tien Dieu
LeMay Reluctantly Backs Test Ban Amid Stumbles
In Washington Gen Curtis LeMay joined the Joint Chiefs in endorsing the limited nuclear test ban but appeared more reluctant and troubled than peers. Senator Goldwater criticized the chiefs and urged delay for fuller review as Stennis noted LeMay stressing full safeguards.
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Washington
Curtis E. LeMay
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
LeMay
Air Force
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Armed Services and
Atomic Energy Committees
J. W. Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
McCone
Fulbright
Senate
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Joint Chiefs
Armed Services Committee
Goldwater
Air Force Reserve
Stennis
Rusk Doubts Observers-Troop Link For Berlin Pact
Secretary of State Dean Rusk voiced doubt that a U S Soviet deal on exchanging observers to guard against surprise attack can be tied to troop cuts in Germany. He noted Khrushchev’s July 19 speech suggested observers at key sites but warned linking it to force reductions reduces the odds of quick agreement.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Germany
Khrushchev
Rusk
U.S
Geneva
Charles C. Stelle
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Europe
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations
United States
West Germany
Local Ministers to Aid March on Washington Effort
Several Vermont clergymen and a Quaker organized support for the August 28 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. They will arrange transportation from Burlington and Bennington, coordinate with the Vermont Council of Churches, and host a prayer service on August 27 to back the rally. Bishop Butterfield plans to attend, urging aid for justice for all.
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Washington
Donald A. Webster
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
St. Peter’s Church
W. Earle Forman
First Church of God
Charles J. Parsley
North Bennington
Vermont Council of Churches
Burlington
Bennington
Father Webster
Harvey D. Butterfield
Episcopal
Vermont
Butterfield
Mr. Forman
Bennington Council
Social Action
State Council
Parsley
Forman
Union
Church of God
North
Bennington Road
Arbitration Deal Ends Rail Strike Threat Amid Big Train Robbery
Washington AP reports acceptance of binding arbitration on firemen jobs and train crew makeup ends looming rail strike two weeks before the Aug 29 deadline. Labor secretary Wirtz says a three-person board from carriers unions and two public members will decide these issues. In Britain, two couples and a single man face charges over the Great Train Robbery as Scotland Yard reports loot found and big players still at large.
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Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
Congress
Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
House Commerce
White House
London
Britain
Scotland Yard
Controls Spelled Out Canada To Accept Nuclear Warheads
Canada and the United States agreed to equip Canadian forces with American nuclear warheads. Prime Minister Lester Pearson said a hot line for instant communication with President Kennedy would be set up. The US would retain control and warheads would be delivered to Canadian units in Europe and Canada within weeks. A joint decision would be needed to fire them. US custodial units to be stationed at Canadian posts.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Lester B. Pearson
Kennedy
Washington
Pearson
Europe
U.S
Paul Martin
Walton Butterworth
Liberal Party
Woman Killed In Train Crash Near Bethel Connecticut
A self propelled rail car crashed into a parked freight train south of Bethel station injuring 25 or more and killing Mrs. Everett Hurlburt of Roxbury. The diesel powered car left Norwalk and collided with the freight on a siding near a warehouse.
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Bethel
New Haven Railroad
Ex-Dictator Perez Jimenez Faces Venezuela Court
Venezuelan police brought ex dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez from Miami to Caracas to stand trial for embezzling at least 13 million dollars. He was placed in an air conditioned high security cell after landing at a base 60 miles from the capital. Perez Jimenez fled in 1958 and was jailed in 1962 before U S Supreme Court rejection of a delaying maneuver.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Marcos Perez Jimenez
United States
Jimenez
Miami
Fla
Romulo Betancourt
Perez Jimenez
Miami Beach
Flor
Dominican Republic
Florida
Indian Creek
U.S. Supreme Court
Arthur Goldberg
Cuba Protests Planes Attack Blamed on U S Operatives
Reports indicate two small planes struck Cuba with one bomb near Moron sugar mill in Camaguey Province and another over Havana Bay refinery. The Armed Forces Ministry blamed pirates armed by the CIA, while Cuban officials said one bomb exploded harmlessly and a dud followed. The Moron attack caused a local blackout per the Revolutionary Recovery Insurrectional Movement in Miami.
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Havana
Cuba
Armed Forces Ministry
Central Intelligence Agency
United States
Camaguey
Moron
Nico Lopez
Havana Bay
U.S. Esso
Fidel Castro
Revolutionary Recovery Insurrectional Movement
Miami
Fla
Matanzas
Two Americans Die In Vietnamese Bomber Crash
A Vietnamese fighter bomber with two American pilots crashed in the central highlands Friday after a strafing run on a Communist guerrilla emplacement. American sources said both pilots are presumed dead.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Central Highlands
Daley Criticizes News Coverage Of Protests In Chicago
Mayor Richard J. Daley said racial demonstrations may stop if not given publicity and urged rules of decency in picketing at his home and at the Chicago Board of Education. He noted reporters face a duty to avoid manufacturing news while protests target school policy on pupil assignment.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Clair M. Roddewig
Chicago Board of Education
Benjamin C. Willis
Picketing Halted by Court Order in East St. Louis
A circuit court issued a temporary injunction banning further demonstrations by Negro groups at the First National Bank amid protests over discriminatory hiring. Police arrested 170 during a noisy confrontation, including James Peake, NAACP Midwest field representative. The NAACP groups plan to protest at other East St. Louis financial institutions.
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East ST. Louis, Ill
First National Bank
East St. Louis
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Savings and Loan
Joseph E. Flemming
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Naacp Youth Council
Peake
Midwest
NAACP
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Fox Point
Providence
R.I
Barry
Madison
Wis
GOP
Senate Preparedness
University of Wisconsin
Berlin
Atlantic Alliance
Roger Foster Jr
Associated Press
James Peake
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