Pownal Track Picketers Briefly Halted as Court Orders Stop
About 70 union carpenters and laborers in Massachusetts and Vermont largely paused picketing at the Pownal race track after a Vermont Superior Court judge issued an injunction ordering cessation of picketing and related disruptive actions. Workers planned to attend the July 24 hearing to challenge the injunction and seek to prove allegations against them.
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U.S. 7
Vermont State Line
Williamstown
Mass
Pownal Racetrack
Pownal
State Line
Vermont
F. Ray Keyser
Chelsea
Wylde
Keyser
Sherman
Bennington
George M. Fienberg
Fienberg
Martin DeMatteo Construction Co
Quincy
E. Morrissey, Inc
Order In Chancery
George Benedict
Carlton T. Wylde
Lindberg B. Farmion
North Adams
Bennington County
Hagerman
High Court ruling on water case stirs village boundary issues
Vermont Supreme Court found the Public Service Board overstepped in dismissing a Randolph water rates petition involving customers outside the village. Public Service Board Chairman John D. Paterson said the decision highlights gaps in state law and may prompt 1963 legislative changes to protect consumers outside municipal boundaries. The ruling could influence changes sought by Old Bennington residents in transferring Putnam’s private water company to Bennington.
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Montpelier Public Service Board
John D. Paterson
Vermont Supreme Court
PSB
High Court
Randolph
Adams C. Dixon
Charles R. Ross
Public Service Commission
Fect
Paterson
Bennington
Hamilton L. Shields
Loyal Nash
Henry W. Putnam
Putnam
Saskatchewan doctors push compromise in Medicare dispute
In Saskatchewan the strike by most doctors continues as talks for a compromise on the compulsory Medical Care Insurance Act proceed. Doctors demand major changes while the government ties modifications to the doctors returning to practice and allows limited outside work. Both sides spoke at a CCF convention in Saskatoon, amid fears of government control over medicine.
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Saskatoon
Socialist
The
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
CCF
Strike at Groton Halls Delays Nuclear Submarine Build
8700 General Dynamics Electric Boat workers in Groton Connecticut halted production on 11 nuclear submarines after rejecting a two year contract offer raising pay by 14 cents an hour. AFL CIO Metal Trades Council unions seek seniority provisions. mediators plan talks to resolve the dispute.
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Groton, Conn
General Dynamics’ Electric Boat Division
Afl-Cio
The
Metal Trades Council of
New London County
Kennedy Aides Poll Congress on Attitudes to Tax Cut
Kennedy aides survey Democratic lawmakers on mood toward an immediate tax cut to cushion the economy. Senate leader Mansfield says results mixed and no decision yet. Byrd opposes further tax reductions while Mills signals possible conditions including withholding on interest and dividends.
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Kennedy
Congress
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Mills
House
Byrd
Never Again Girl Plunges 2000 Feet In Parachute Fail
Lois Ann Frotten, 20, failed to open her emergency chute during a first jump over Mystic Lake in Marstons Mills Massachusetts. She fell 2000 feet, landed in water, and survived with facial cuts. Instructor Jack L LaRoche and bystanders helped reach the injured woman.
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Lois Ann Frotten
Mystic Lake
Cape Cod Hospital
Hyannis
Scott Connell
Miss Frotten
Connell
Fred Whitely
Grl
Whitely
Jack L. LaRoche
Watertown
Brewster
Mass
Boston
Crawford H. Hollidge
Lake Shore
John Burke
West Yarmouth
Marstons Mill A
Hollidge
Peruvian Military Junta Suppresses Demonstrators
In Lima protests continued Wednesday night but were quickly dispersed by the military junta which seized power overthrowing President Manuel Prado. Troops fired, tear gas and water cannon. three students wounded as labor leaders weighed a general strike. The United States denounced the coup and halted Alliance for Progress aid while keeping diplomatic ties tenuous.
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Lima
Peru
Manuel Prado
Confederation of Labor
United States
Alliance For Progress
U.S
James Loeb
Government Palace
Peru Military Seizure in Lima Hints at Regional Backlash
An AP analysis says Peru's army ousted the government amid personalismo and anti reform aims, a move that may bolster Castroists and jeopardize Alliance for Progress. It notes Argentina's parallel seizure and warns Peru's action could intensify Latin American tensions and risk violence in the region.
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Peru
Latin America
Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
Lima
Argentina
United States
Haya
Congress
Odria
U S Withdrawal Sought by Russia
Secretary of State Dean Rusk plans a major Geneva effort to persuade the Soviets to drop demands for withdrawal of U S British and French forces from West Berlin. Kennedy and Rusk hope negotiations can move past Berlin to avert repeated East West crises. Rusk will depart for Geneva at midnight and arrives Friday afternoon.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Geneva
Russia
Rusk
Kennedy
Berlin
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Edward DePina
Iron Workers
DePina
John R. Sherman
Carpenters
Electricians
Saskatchewan
Groton Halls
Pioneer
Harry F. Byrd
Dva
Senate Finance Committee
Get
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means Committee
Ure
Marston Mills, Mass
William L. Ryan
Hemisphere
Victor Raul Haya de la Torre
Popular Revolutionary Alliance Party
Fernando Belaunde Terry
Manuel Odria
West Berlin
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