Anti-Strike Rail Bill Begun In Senate Action
The Senate Commerce Committee opened drafting a bill to block a nationwide railroad strike and provide for arbitration of the four year rail labor dispute. Chairman Magnuson said the measure would allow for reasonable arbitration and keep railroads running as the strike deadline looms. The plan targets swift action with a Monday Senate vote, Wednesday House vote, and presidential signing before the 12:01 a.m. strike.
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Washington
API
Senate Commerce Committee
Committee
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Magnuson
United States
Congress
Senate
House
Kemnedy
Oren Harris
D-Ark
House Commerce Committee
Rules Committee
Terrorist activity by the FLQ in Quebec resurges
In Montreal the underground Quebec Liberation Front fireside alert renews with a door fire at a downtown armory seven minutes after an anonymous call claiming FLQ membership warned police. A railway bridge near Montreal was later damaged by a bomb after another FLQ warning. The group seeks secession for French Quebec. its March campaign left one dead and several injured with eighteen arrests.
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Montreal
Quebec Liberation Front
FLQ
St. Lawrence Seaway
Quebec
Canada
Michigan Deficit Slashed 73 Percent Despite Chaos
LANSING Mich AP Michigan cuts its general fund deficit from 85.6 million dollars on June 30 1962 to 22 million as of June 3 this year. Controller Glenn Allen Jr says if the economy remains strong the deficit could drop to 5 million annually with another strong year for the auto industry. The improvement follows tax changes pushed by a Republican controlled 1962 legislature after Romney predecessor Swainson.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
George Romney
Glenn Allen Jr
Allen
Romney
John Swainson
Aid Authorization Clears the House
The House near final approval of President Kennedy's 4.1 billion foreign aid authorization bill with Democratic control and Republican efforts to cut funding rejected. Key amendments upheld include bans on aid to Cuba tied ships, Bokaro steel mill loans, a 2 percent minimum interest rate, and allocating half funds to private enterprise for development.
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Washington
House
Kennedy
Otto Passman
D-La
Cuba
Florida
Dante B. Fascell
U.S
Bokaro
India
William S. Broomfield
R-Mich
Senate
Alliance
Progress
State Raise Favored Expanded to 20 Percent for Faculty
A Massachusetts legislative committee filed a favorable report on a bill for a 10 percent state employee raise, adding about 3 million to cost. A revised draft proposes a 20 percent raise for faculty at state colleges and upperclassmen grade upgrades, with lowest pay grades up two steps.
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Boston
UPI
Legis Jlative Committee On Public Service Today
Gov. Peabody
Julius Ansel
House
John F. Thompson
D-Ludlow
Ansel
Local Boy Rescues Man During Pittsfield Test
Finn YT 16 of Pittsfield a Park Department junior completed the practical lifesaving portion of a swimming test when he spotted Thomas Conkling 33 trapped under a dock. Finn pulled Conkling to safety though his course did not cover the method, and Conkling was treated at General Hospital for oxygen lack and released after recovery.
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Finn
Bar- Lim St
Conkling
Pittsfield
General Hospital
Park Department
Pontoosue
Thomas Conkling
Eleanor Rd
Scientists Fly To Beulah May Seed Storm
AP reports scientists flew from Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico toward hurricane Beulah to decide on seeding the storm with chemicals. The Weather Bureau says Navy planes left this morning and return by 7 p.m. Puerto Rico time. Dr. Robert H. Simpson of Project Storm Fury announced the plan in Miami as Beulah drives toward open seas with up to 80 mph winds.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Navy
Roosevelt Roads Air Station
Robert H. Simpson
Miami
Beulah
Fastest Cargo Plane Launched by J.F.K
President Kennedy pushes a ceremonial gold key at the White House ceremony marking the roll out of the CL41 jet military transport. The event, held with the plane at Marietta Georgia, began with a hangar door opening at Dobbins Air Force Base to release the aircraft.
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Washington
Kennedy
United States
White House
Marietta
Dobbins Air Force Base
Mine Shaft Drill Nears Trapped Miners In Hazleton
Rescue teams drilled an escape shaft within hearing distance of two buried miners in Hazleton Pennsylvania after two failures and several breakdowns. Foreman Louis Marino said mid afternoon completion was likely as miners David Feltin and Henry Throne, trapped 11 days, monitored progress by telephone and Geiger readings while authorities debated using a cobalt probe and a remote control TV camera to aid discovery. Governor Scranton planned a site visit.
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Hazleton
UPI
David Feltin
Louis Marino
Pittston
Gordon Smith
Fellin
Throne
Atomic Faergy Commission
H. Beecher Charmbury
State Secretary of Mines
William W. Scranton
State Survey Finds 1.4 Percent Negroes in Unions
Special to The Eagle Boston report shows 1.4 percent of about 20 000 union members in 50 trades are Black. Only 1.1 percent of apprentices are Black, with housing projects in Boston and Pittsfield showing limited nonwhite presence. The GAD notes 12 of 75 private secondary schools discriminated in admissions and plans remedies.
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Eagle Boston
State Commission Against Discrimination
Boston
Pittsfield
CAD
GAD
Mildred Mahoney
Winchester
Lawyer Gets Job To Clear Garage Mess
In Boston Samuel A Vatenti was named temporary chairman of the Massachusetts Parking Authority by Gov. Peabody to replace suspended member Joseph W Monahan Jy in the wake of the Boston Common Garage case. Vatenti promised to remove the ugly cloud from recent court action and proceed with all deliberate speed. Silverio remains on the board as a member, succeeding as chairman.
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Boston
UPI
Valenti
Thomas J.buckley
Joseph BR. Silverio
MPA
Silverio
turmoil grows as SAIGON army takes control of ministries
In Saigon President Diem’s government loses power as the military takes control of ministries during martial law. U.S. Ambassador Lodge meets Buddhist monks in asylum at the American aid mission, while resignations mount among Diem loyalists and Vietnamese diplomats in protest of the crackdown.
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Viet Nam
Foom
Tran van Chuong
United States
United Nations
Oday
Vu van Mau
Saigon
Ngo Dinh Diem
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Kennedy
Diem
Frederick E. Nolting, J Jr
Watcr
Hist
India
Mau
Chuangs
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Chuong
Washington Post
Cao van Luan
Hue University
Luan
Ngo Dinh Thuc
Nhu
Kennedy Nigeria Chief Have Chat Via Satellite
President Kennedy and Nigeria Prime Minister Abubakar Balewa spoke across the Atlantic by the Syncon satellite in a ceremony inaugurating the satellite. The chat featured the Morse phrase What hath God wrought as Kennedy smiled from the White House and Balewa spoke from a Nigerian naval ship and Lagos harbor. The event included radio links Washington New York and Lagos as part of a broader demonstration of space communications.
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Washington
Kennedy
Nigeria
Atlantic
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Morse
New Age
Samuel F. B. Morse
Capitol
Alfred Vail
Baltimore
White Horse
Balowa
U.S Navy
Kingsport
Lagos
Washington, New York
Five Day Forecast Near Seasonal Norm With Showers
The forecast calls for temperatures through Wednesday to average near the seasonal normal of 65 degrees. No significant day to day changes expected. Showers are possible on Wednesday.
GOP Chairman Urges Peabody I Reorganize DPW
Boston AP report notes Republican state committee chairman Fred eric Dumaine Jr accuses DPW Commissioner Jack P. Ricciardi of excessive overtime. He demands Gov. Endicott Peabody reorganize the department after disclosure of 2.9 million dollars in overtime and overall overtime exceeding 10 percent of a 28 million payroll, vs a 2 percent state average.
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Boston
Republican State Committee
Frederic Dumaine Jr
Department of Public Works
Jack P. Ricciardi
GOP
Endicott Peabody
DPW
Comptralier
Joseph Alecks
du Imaine
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