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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1963
Page
8
Police in Puebla Mexico freed 55 workers held by 15 gunmen for five days at a textile factory. Officers moved in quietly and seized the gunmen without a shot being fired. The captors had aimed to pressure workers into changing unions after days of constant guard.
Washington AP Senators report unions have submitted a new proposal to railroads as bargaining resumes under Labor Department pressure. Union leader L. J. Wagner said response from carriers is not yet received while AAR president Daniel Loomis expresses skepticism. Congress debates approach as Aug 29 work-rule deadline looms and five unions oppose transferring bargaining to ICC. Neil Speirs vows to resist outsourcing economic decisions to a third party.
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania rain fell as expected on July 29 marking the town’s 77th rain day in 87 years. The shower began with a steady rain and ended with scattered sprinkles late in the day.
Los Angeles AP report on the National Urban League briefing. Criminologist Joseph Lohman of UC Berkeley argues the racial crisis tests American democracy as Negro youth face high delinquency and blocked cultural assimilation. Nelson C. Jackson cites discrimination driving unemployment and housing and education issues, noting eight million Negro students drop out of high school yearly.
Publisher Weekly presents a list of fiction and non fiction best sellers. The lineup includes The Shoes of the Fisherman by Morris West The Glass Blowers by Daphne du Maurier and Raise High the Roof Beam Carpenters and Seymour by J D Salinger The Moon Spinners by Mary Stewart The Sand Pebbles by Richard McKenna and Elizabeth Appleton by John O Hara plus non fiction titles such as The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck and The Great Hunger by Cecil Woodham Smith.
In Tuskegee and across the Deep South Negroes press a major registration push. Clergy and civic groups run clinics, transport, and door to door canvassing to convert nonvoters into registered citizens, potentially shifting political power in tight elections.
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