Free bargaining myth looms as rail strike nears
AP analysis notes free collective bargaining under Taft Hartley is limited by government rules and public welfare needs. Railroads seek 40 000 firings amid a potential strike. Kennedy may urge Congress to grant compulsory arbitration or seize railroads if talks fail by July 10.
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Washington
Kennedy
Labor - Management
Congress
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
W. Willard Wirtz
Truman
Eisenhower Withholds Backing in 1964 GOP Race
Washington AP reports Eisenhower shows no clear backing for Goldwater or Rockefeller in the 1964 GOP nomination. Dewey backs Rockefeller, Javits and Keating stay loyal to Rockefeller, Scranton eyes a favorite son run, and Morton notes Eisenhower’s broad influence without committing to a candidate.
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Washington
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Kenneth B. Keating
Rockefeller
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
New York
Scranton
George Romney
Michigan
Thruston B. Morton
Lucius D. Clay
Eisenhower
Vote Books In Jackson Are Closed
In Jackson Mississippi the vote registrar closed the books for registration amid civil rights protests and a push for voter registration. Officials cite staff limits ahead of the August Democratic primary while Maj. details note laws about registration deadlines and future elections. The Library of Congress reports large braille and talking book output for the blind across the United States.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
R. L. T. Smith
Hinds County
H. S. Ashford
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Ashford
M. M. McGowan
Leon Hendrick
Medgar Evers
Washington
API
Library of Congress
Division
Alaska
Florida
Hawaii
Virgin Islands
National Geographic Magazine
Promotion of Negroes in Dallas Post Office Sparks Dispute
In Dallas three college educated Negroes won promotions amid charges of racial preference. Postmaster General Day and critics debate whether merit or race drove the moves as the Post Office strengthens equal opportunity programs across the nation. In New York a separate report notes home buyers favor modern kitchens with built in gas ranges as a selling point for new houses.
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Dallas
Washington
Dallas, Tex
Bruce Alger
R-Tex
Clarence Mitchell
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Post Office Department
Richard J. Murphy
Murphy
J. Edward Day
University of Oklahoma
Post Office
Kennedy
South
Day
Texas
W. B. Hudson
Buford R. Tyler
Andrew J. Calloway
Herschel Gillins
John W. Macy Jr
Civil Service Commission
New York
UPI
Margaret Spader
Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association
Man Catches Nerve in Decade-Long Murder Case
Welby Lee of Tompkinsville says his 181% year pursuit led to the arrest of a suspect in the 1944 hit-and-run death of his father Newt Lee. The driver struck Newt as he crossed a road in heavy rain on New Year’s Eve, 1944, and fled after briefly returning to inspect the scene. A bumper guard was the only clue.
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Tompkinsville, Ky
Welby Lee
Lee
Newt Lee
Stomach symbolism and crime entwined in early report
The article blends cultural notes on the Japanese hara with an Indiana crime tale. It cites Ikeda on steadiness, explains stomach as willpower, then details Welby Lee’s pursuit of Grover Jones, leading to Jones’s second degree murder indictment in Tennessee after 18 years of investigation.
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Tokyo
Hayato Ikeda
Japan
Welby Lee
Indianapolis
Grover Jones
Lee
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
Tennessee
Jones
Clay County
Tenn
July 4 Traffic Toll Reaches Record 556 Killed
AP reports the four day Independence Day period ended with 556 deaths from traffic accidents, the highest four day toll on record. The tally covered 102 hours from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday, surpassing 509 deaths in 1961.
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Chicago
Youth Who Killed Skier Faces Death
Thomas Lee Bean, 18, was convicted of first degree murder in the dismemberment slaying of Sonja McCas kie, 24, a former Olympic skier. A gas chamber sentence was recommended and set for July 15. defense may appeal.
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Reno
Nev
Thomas Lee Bean
Nevada
Sonja McCaskie
Joseph Dettling
Dist
Grant L. Bowen
William Baggio
Harry Anderson
Bean
Washoe County
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Associated Press News
First National Stores
North Bennington Rd
Bennington, VA
Ike
Rocky
Barry
By Jack Bell
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Margaretta Murphy
Hugh Scott
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Morton
Gen
Goldwater
Bett Saving
Aluminum
H. Greenberg & Son
Main St
Bennington
Kitchen
Miss McCaskie
Elgin
Scotland
San Francisco
Anderson
North Adams, Mass
Manhattan
East 28Th St
Lex
Dunhams
Elm Street
Rain Coats
Pyrap
Pitkins
Rae
Deer Meadow
Route 9
Wilmington
Town of
D.L
Vic
M.C. Rubey
Newfane, VT
Howard Reansons
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