Tropical Storm Alma Signals Coast With Warnings
The Weather Bureau in Miami issued a 5 am advisory on tropical storm Alma. Gale warnings stretch from Morehead City to Cape Charles with small craft advised to stay in port. Alma center near 34.5 N 76.8 W, about 20 miles southeast of Morehead City moving northeast at 15 mph. Winds up to 45 mph in squalls, heavier on the eastern semicircle. rains expected along the coast northwest of the center.
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Weather Bureau
Miami
Alma
Morehead City
N. C
Cape Charles
Carolinas
Cape May
N. J
Space Center Workers Now Back on Job
In Huntsville Alabama Marshall Space Flight Center returned to normal staffing after a strike by about 150 AFL-CIO IBEW electricians began August 14. Pickets protested non union electricians hired by a subcontractor. About 1 200 members of other trades honored the picket lines and several moonshot projects were hampered.
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Huntsville
Ala
Marshall Space Flight Center
Afl-Cio International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Justice Department Probes ICC Merger Talks Involving Rail Firms
A Justice Department lawyer said he must learn what occurred when three Interstate Commerce Commissioners met last fall with top officers of Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads amid merger discussions. The meeting, held four to five months before the merger bid, aimed to brief regulators on resumed talks.
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Justice Department
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Joseph V. Gallagher
ICC
Gallagher
James M. Symes
Symes
Alfred E. Perlman
Central
New Haven
Perlman
Auerbach
New England
Vermont lawmakers seek manpower survey of 1000 highway workers
A Vermont legislative commission plans a study of the Highway Department workforce, funding a manpower survey with 5000 dollars to hire outside consultants. They will meet Auditor David V. Anderson to finalize a report on the state garage operations and review prior testimony over by-pass project records.
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Highway Department
State House
Department of Administration
James Oakes
R-Windham
Commission
David V. Anderson
William Peeter
Oakes
Attorney General
Keyser
Atty
Charles J. Adams
Edward Loomis
Brattleboro
Set Deadline For Candidates To School Board
A special Greater Bennington Schools meeting at Molly Stark School on Monday Sept 17 at 8 p.m. will allow voters to elect a Prudential Committee member and an auditor. Candidates for Robert M. Wilson's unexpired Prudential Committee post must file intentions with Stewart E. Allen from Aug 29 through Sept 3. Wilson resigns to serve as Union High School District vice chairman. The auditor seat covers the unexpired term of Robert E. Stabler who is relocating to Wilmington Delaware. Written notice is not required for candidacy to the auditor post.
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Greater Bennington Schools, Inc
Molly Stark
Prudential Committee
Stewart E. Allen
Robert M. Wilson
Wilson
Union High School
Greater Bennington
Rober E. Stabler
Wilmington
Dela
DuPont Co
Road Workers Walk Off Job Near Derby Line Vermont
About 100 workers on a 3 mile Vermont interstate link near Derby Line walked off the job. The nonunion crew from Fabi and Sons Ltd of Sherbrooke Quebec seeks across the board wage boosts near $1 an hour and aims for union accreditation for laborers carpenters and truck drivers on the project, which is about half finished.
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Vermont
Quebec
Fabi and Sons Ldt
Sherbrooke, Que
Canada
Fabi
Police Dogs Rex and Bo Bo Join Lexington K-9 Corps
Rex and Bo Bo became members of Lexington Kentucky Police Department K-9 Corps after their owners bought licenses 52 days ago but left the dogs to roam unlicensed. Officials hurriedly purchased and backdated licenses to July 1 to correct the oversight.
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Lexington
Rex
Bo Bo
Police Department
Senate group allocates Montpelier post office funds
A U S Senate committee earmarked 509000 for completing Montpelier's new federal building, restoring funds cut weeks earlier. Senator George D Aiken predicted swift approval in both chambers. The money adds to the initial 12 million for the project and the building will house the citys new post office.
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Senate
Montpelier
U.S
George D. Aiken
House
New Series of Quakes Shakes Italy
Strong earthquakes rocked southern Italy in the Bari to Naples belt with no immediate casualties. A violent quake struck Bari at noon, another tremor hit across Italy to Naples, and a 20 second quake reached Athens. The shocks were felt in Reggio Calabria and Messina, Sicily, amid a historic seismic region. Jacqueline Kennedy was sightseeing in Amalfi during the tremor though she did not notice it.
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Bari
Italy
Naples
Athens
Greece
Adriatic Sea
Reggio Calabria
Strait of Messina
Messina
Sicily
Amalfi
Jacqueline Kennedy
Kennedy Name Sparks Debate In Massachusetts Senate Race
In Boston, Edward J. McCormack Jr. attacks Edward Kennedy over using the Kennedy name, arguing a candidacy under Edward Moore Kennedy would be a joke. Kennedy counters that campaigns should focus on Massachusetts residents' destiny, not family power.
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Boston
Kennedy
Edward Moore
Edward Moore Kennedy
U.S. Senate
Massachusetts
Edward J. McCormack Jr
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
McCormack
Algeria seeks unity among guerrilla groups in eastern meeting
In Setif, Col. Houari Boumedienne summons Wilayas 1 2 5 and 6 to forge a united front against anti Ben Bella guerrillas controlling Algiers and surrounding areas. Wilaya 4 holds Algiers with about 20 000 troops. Wilaya 3 and 4 allied against the central command while Boumedienne's troops are largely untested.
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Algeria
Algiers
Wilayas 3 and 4
Ahmed Ben Bella
Boumedienne
Ben Bella
France
Wilaya 4
Wilaya 3
Kabylie Mountains
Morocco
Tunisia
Political Bureau
Oran
Spacecraft trajectory tweaks for Mariner 2 Venus flight
Cape Canaveral reports a 37.3 pound motor key to steering Mariner 2 toward Venus after a 180 million mile flight. Ground controls plan a midcourse burn next Tuesday to adjust path within 25 thousand miles of Venus, aiming for a December close approach.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
Venus
United States
Mariner 2
Earth
Space
Soviet Union
Two-Stage Nike-Cajun Rocket Launch at Eglin Range
A two-stage Nike-Cajun high altitude rocket was launched successfully at Eglin Air Force Base Florida to collect infrared data from the surrounding area and atmosphere for use in the manned space program.
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Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Eglin Gulf Test Range
Kennedy Pushes Private Satellite Bill For Global Network
President Kennedy has the communications satellite bill on his desk as the House backed the Senate version 372 to 10. The measure creates a private corporation to run the U.S. portion of an international space relay network with 15 directors and stock offered to the public at $100 a share.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S
House
Senate
Satellite Corporation
Slain Bay State man identified in Robeson County
Carl Schirmer Jr. 22, a Boston music publisher's son, was found shot twice near Lumberton North Carolina. Arthur R. King 23 of Wakefield Massachusetts faced a murder warrant as the FBI said he admitted the slaying in Boston while being questioned.
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Lumberton
N. C
Carl Schirmer Jr
Boston
Massachusetts
Robeson County
Malcolm G. McLeod
Arthur R. King
Wakefield
Mass
Schirmer
FBI
King
John W. Eagan
Greenville
S. C
Here
Eagan
Florida
Young Schirmer
University of Jacksonvile
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