Fierce Skirmish Heats Korea Issue
Thirteen American soldiers from the First Cavalry Division fought off seven grenade hurling North Korean raiders in the longest clash of eight days of renewed action on the Korean front. Five Americans were scratched, with no known Communist casualties reported. the attack occurred near a narrow finger of the DMZ about 13 miles from Panmunjom as U.N. forces pressed North Korea to halt raids south of the frontier.
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First Cavalry Division
Korea
Narrow Finger
108 M P H Wit by U S Auto Racer
Utah patrol reports Craig Breedlove, 26, of Los Angeles set a land speed record at Bonneville Salt Flats with two runs reaching 388 and 428.47 mph on a jet powered tricycle named Spirit of America. He surpassed the prior 394.2 mph mark set 16 years earlier by John Cabb of England on the same salt flats.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
Utah Highway Patrol
Craig Breedlove
Los Angeles
Breedlove
Utah- Nevada
Salt Lake City
John Cabb
England
Salt Speedway
Space Agency to Launch Ionosphere Satellite in September
Launch planned by the U S Space Agency in late September for a small satellite to study the ionosphere, the reflective layer of the upper atmosphere enabling long-distance radio communication. The mission aims to gather data on ionospheric behavior and its impact on radio signals.
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Point Arguello
Calif
U.S. Space Agency
Wirtz Keeps Rail Union Talks Going
Washington AP Secretary of Labor Wirtz summoned railroad management and union leaders to restart negotiations over a long running jobs dispute. With a potential nationwide tie up looming on August 29, the Labor Department pressed both sides to bargain earnestly, offering key suggestions as a framework for tough talks.
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Asst
James J. Reynolds
Reynolds
Wirtz
Arbitration Clause Big Hurdle In GE IUE Talks
The International Union of Electrical Workers opened contract talks with General Electric in New York City amid a major dispute over arbitration of grievances. IUE negotiator John Callahan said the arbitration clause is the largest hurdle, while GE's Philip Moore urged narrowing arbitration access. The union threatened court action to force arbitration on 60 of 260 grievances, highlighting a central clash affecting the tentative agreement. Local union leaders and GE officials voiced cautious optimism, with wider implications from a 1980 Supreme Court ruling regarding arbitration.
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International Union of Electrical Workers
General Electric Co
New York City
John H. Callahan
Schenectady
The
Eagle
Callahan
Britton Jw. Saterlee
Pittsfield
Saterlee
GIS
IUE
Philip D. Moore
New York
Pittsfield GH
Iue-Ge
Moore
TUK
the Eagle
Joseph J. LaCasse
IUH
U.S. Supreme Court
Rusk Says at Ceremony It's Only First Step
West Germany will not sign the atomic test ban treaty now, spokesman Karl von Hase said, citing concerns over East German prestige and awaiting U.S. Senate discussion. East German leader Walter Ulbricht favors signing, while Adenauer receives McNamara's return and says the issue wasn’t discussed.
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Robert S. McNamara
U.S. Secretary of Defense
Washington
Adenauer
McNamara
Wahn
New Blasts Follow Bomb In Italian Town
Three explosions rocked Bolzano today, amid a wave of unrest by German speaking residents in the north Italian Alpine town. The violence follows a bomb dropped into a police barracks chimney 24 hours earlier, injuring two prisoners and prompting calls for greater regional autonomy.
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Bolzano
Italy
South Tyrol
Malaysia Accord Signed at Manila Summit
Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines wrapped up a three nation summit with a pledge to foster peace and progress in Southeast Asia. Officials signed documents aimed at closer cooperation and resolving the Malaysia dispute, including guidance to U N Secretary General U Thant on gauging North Borneo and Sarawak wishes as they join Singapore and Malaya in the Malaysia Federation on August 31.
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Manila
Malaya
Indonesia
Philippines
Southeast Asia
Philippine Foreign Ministry
Malaysia
U.N
U Thant
North Borneo
Sarawak
Singapore
Malaysia Federation
Five Day Forecast Temperatures Shift Through the Week
The forecast projects average temperatures over five days with a low around the seasonal 69 degrees. Expect rising warmth on Wednesday followed by cooler Thursday and Friday and a warmer Saturday. Showers are likely late Wednesday and again near Saturday.
James Keegan Dies at 71 in Florida Hospital
James E. Keegan former Pittsfield Boys' Club superintendent, who led the club to national prominence, died last night at Memorial Hospital in Sarasota Florida after a long illness. He would have turned 72 today.
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James Keegan
Florida
James E. Keegan
Pittsfield Boys' Club
Sarasota
Fla., Memorial Hospital
Gromyko Attests Toasts Friendship in Moscow
In Moscow the United States Britain and the Soviet Union signed a partial nuclear test ban treaty at 4:34 p.m. Moscow time in the grand Kremlin palace with Rusk Home and Gromyko present. Khrushchev witnessed the signing as diplomats hailed a first step toward easing tensions and halting atmospheric, space and underground tests.
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Moscow
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Grand Kremlin Palace
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Andrei A. Gromyko
Khrushchev
Rusk
Gromyko
U.N. Scretary
U Thant
Home
Thant
Adlai E. Stevenson
United Nations
U.S
Sen
J. W. Fulbright D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Delegates Startled Soviet Press Lashes China and USSR
The Kremlin was deeply angered by Peking's July 31 charge that the Soviet Union sold out to imperialists. The Chinese statement accused Moscow of signing the response to end nuclear tests in air, space, and underwater. The Soviet reply, printed beside the Chinese statement, blasted Beijing for not agreeing to the treaty.
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Moscow
Red China
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Peking
United States
One Legged Scout Hikes 50 Miles Across Divide
Butte Mont AP report about Roy Scout who hiked 50 miles across the Continental Divide with 33 scouts and two leaders. He did the trip on crutches, traversing streams rocks and felled trees. The group crossed the divide four times during the trek through challenging terrain.
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Butte
Mont
Roy
Continental Divide
Robert Reppelle
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