Fire destroys miles of Jersey City stockyards and piers
A massive blaze razed a square mile of abandoned stockyards and Hudson River piers in Jersey City, trapping three firefighters on a tower. The fire, fueled by a 30 mph wind, damaged six piers and five float bridges, with initial estimates in the millions and dozens hospitalizations. Firefighters worked hours to control the flames as railroad workers moved freight cars from the site.
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Jersey City
N.J
UPI
Hudson River
New York
New York Pier 3
Coast Guard
Peter Calvanico
Jeresey City Medical Center
The
Pennsylvania Railroad
Freedom Fast feeds 600 Mississippi families for a week
In Waltham Massachusetts the Freedom Fast effort raised funds from 40 colleges with students skipping meals to provide $15 000 of staple foods. Brandeis University founders William Caspe and Bruce Fleegler organized the drive financed by Teamsters Union transport. Food will reach Cleveland Greenwood Sidon Mentor City Vicksburg and Canton Mississippi in a week.
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Waltham
Mass
UPI
Mississippi
Brandeis University
William Caspe
New York
Bruce Fleegler
New Kensington
Teamsters Union
Cleveland
Greenwood
Sidon
Mentor City
Vicksburg
Canton
Miss
Fast For Freedom’’ Movement
Brandeis
Japan and Soviet Trade Proposals Add Tension in Asia
The 1961 Mikoyan visit to Japan highlights Soviet pressure over nuclear test bans and postwar issues. Tokyo coolly rejected Khrushchev’s peace treaty and Kurile return terms while considering Moscow's demand for a $350 million goods purchase program and new five year plan with favorable credit.
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Anastas I. Mikoyan
Japan
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Khrushchev
Mikoyan
Soviet Union
Kurile Islands
Rat Fight and Trade Shifts Shape New York Politics
A Reform Democrat claims New York Citys 8 million population equals rats. Seymour Postner accuses the Health Department of overclaiming 250 000 rats. calls for 10 to 15 years. Separately Japan pursues trade with China and Soviet links, as Red China boosts imports from Japan and seeks UN recognition, affecting US foreign policy.
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New York
UPI
New York City
Reform
Seymour Postner
City Health Department
Japan
Red China
Science Seeks Answers to Zero Tolerance Pesticide Problem
Federal farm and health officials turn to the National Academy of Sciences for guidance on zero tolerance pesticide residues. Advances in detection now reveal traces once undetectable, prompting action such as the withdrawal of a pesticide registration used on alfalfa after milk samples showed traces in the Washington-Baltimore area. Dr. M R Clarkson notes improved measurement capabilities drive these findings.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Farm and Health Officials
National Academy of Sciences
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Agriculture Department
Washington-Baltimore
M. R. Clarkson
Research Service
Clarkson
House Agriculture Committee
Agriculture ‘Department
Health, Education, and Welfare Departments
National Academy of Sciences- National Research Council
Lynda Byrd Johnson’s White House visit ends with friend’s return
Warrie Lynn Smith, roommate of Lynda Bird Johnson, leaves Washington to reenroll at the University of Texas after four months at the White House. The piece notes Warrie’s fond memories and Johnson’s affectionate remarks. Also referenced are college traditions at Oxford and pesticide residue debates in Washington.
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Warrie Lynn Smith
Lynda Byrd Johnson
White House
Warrie
University of Texas
Johnson
White and Negro Clergy Plan Pulpit Exchange
New Hampshire Methodist ministers plan to exchange pulpits with Negro Methodist clergymen from the South to promote integration. Rev. James K. Mathews said the plan, effective next month, would cover salaries homes and all aspects of the ministers’ work. The Hampton conference of about 250 delegates also voted to unite with Negro conferences in Baltimore and to press senators to end the Civil Rights Bill filibuster.
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Hampton, N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
South
James K. Mathews
Boston
Mathews
The
Methodist Church
Hampton
Washington
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Thomas J. McIntyre
D-N.h
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Lynda Bird
San Antonio
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Harvey Gantt
Clemson College
Charleston
Hormel
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Triple ‘‘S
Grand Union Empire
Salem’s
Main Street
South St
UY Eee
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
John F. Kennedy Library
Cincinnati
Caroline
Hoover
Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
America
Lyndon B Johnson
Eugene Black
Robert F Kennedy
Kennedy Library
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