Living Cost Jumps Again To New High
The July cost of living rose half a percent to a record high, with food and gasoline driving gains. The Bureau of Labor Statistics with index 107.1 shows costs up 15 percent from a year ago due to food housing medical care and tobacco. Despite the rise, official says the past year remains reasonably stable. Cost increase prompts 1 to 2 cent an hour pay raises for about 1,025,000 workers, mainly in automotive aerospace farm and construction equipment sectors. 775,000 will gain 2 cents in automotive.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Arnold Chase
Telephone Co and Union Diverge on Talks in Boston
The New England Telephone and Telegraph Co and the International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers offered conflicting views on a new contract. The company says it proposed arbitration and a wage hike for about 12,000 union members plus 15,600 others, with raises from 2 to 5 dollars weekly. Union president Edward L. Garvin says negotiators are far apart and emphasizes arbitration as the path forward. The union members in traffic, directory and accounting departments extend a contract that expired at midnight Saturday.
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Boston AP
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
Independent
International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers
Edward L. Garvin
Capital Rights March Prep Throng Washington Ahead
Washington prepares for a large rights march set for tomorrow with estimates of 100000 to 250000 civilians. Officials and residents map last minute security and logistics as workers return to the capital for the event. The ellipse near the Washington Monument is marked as a staging area, with six football fields noted for crowd management. Police posted no parking signs to control traffic.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Washington Monument
Constitution Avenue
Lincoln Memorial
Lincoln
Extra Racing Days Bill Faces House Action Today
The Massachusetts House is to consider a measure adding 42 days of flat racing to Berkshire Downs in Hancock. It follows Senate approval but includes an amendment aligning with Speaker Thompson’s view against earmarking dates for a single track. Gov Peabody’s stance remains wary of added dates amid a cloud of racing concerns.
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House
Senate
John E. Powers
South Boston
Hawaii
Ways and Means Committee
John F. Thompson
Ludlow
Massachusetts
Suffolk Downs
New England
Revere
Racing Commission
Hancock
Salvatore A. Rizzo
Scarsdale
N.Y
Hancock Track
President Powers
Powers
Thompson
Endicott Peabody
Peabody
Fouse
Driver Beats Base Accordion in Classified Sale
Mrs. Jerry Le Beau reports an item ad ran three days at 146 Sampson Park. Clubs were sold by 5:30 first day, accordion remained. Classifieds list 51 drivers and golf gear, irons, bags, and a 120 base accordion priced at 100 dollars.
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Jerry LeBeau
Sampson Parkway
Lodge May Have Eased Saigon Curb
AP reports US Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge met with Nga Dinh Nhu amid Saigon political crisis. Curfew discussions floated, martial law easing hinted as barbed wire removed near Saigon University area. Civilian censors replace military ones. troop concentrations rise downtown. State Department notes Vietnamese leaders unaware of monk arrests. USAid stance unclear pending police reform.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nga Dinh Nhu
Nga Dinh Diem
South Viet Nam
Nhu
Tron
Saigon University
Soan
Sai- Bon
South Viet Nam Postpones National Assembly Elections
South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem delayed the National Assembly elections amid a Buddhist crisis. A government press release gave no reason. The move follows the arrest of Foreign Minister Vu Van Mau and rising student protests.
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Washington
State Department
Diem
U.S
Richard S. Phillips
Phillips
Voice of America
Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPI
Nga Dinh Diem
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Mau
Thick Tinh Khiet
Khiet
Torust
Massachusetts Senate Rejects Conventions Bill in 17-18 Vote
Boston AP Mass Senate kills House bill to tighten state convention rules. It would have required statewide candidates missing convention entry or under 20 percent delegate votes to file 10,000 signatures for September primary, while those over 20 percent would file 2,500 signatures.
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Boston
Massachusetts Senate
House
Two Miners Rescued From 309-Foot Shaft After Two Weeks
In Sheppton Pennsylvania two coal miners Henry Throne and David Fellin were pulled to safety from a 309 foot shaft after over a week of efforts. Fellin sang during ascent and Throne danced. A third miner Louis Bova remained trapped. Both survivors were hospitalized in good condition after the rescue.
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Sheppton
UPI
Henry Throne
David Fellin
Fellin
Throne
David Kellin
Louis Bova
Wife of Miner Still Entombed Is Hospitalized
SHENANDOAH Ba. UPI Mrs Eva Bova 32 wife of trapped miner in Shepp ton Pit was admitted to a hospital in shock. She has an eight month old son. Though her husband has not been heard since last Tuesday David Fellin says a colleague hopes he is alive. A three inch diamond drill reached depth but was halted to protect the rescue. Fellin reported life signs from the entombed man by tapping on rocks.
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Shenandoah
UPI
Eva Bova
Sheppton
Pit
Bova
David Fellin
IBM Feck
Fellin-Thrane
Fellin
Envoys Resign At Washington
The South Vietnamese embassy staff in Washington resigned en masse charging the Saigon government of repressive acts against Buddhists professors and students. Ambassador Tran Van Chuong and his wife, observer at the UN, quit. First Secretary Ngo Ton Dat resigned in protest. others including Neuyen Duy Lien, Bui Quy Lan, and Du Kim Long also stepped down. The armed forces attache office remained uninvolved.
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Washington
Saigon
Ngo Dinh Diem
Tran van Chuong
Viet Nam
United Nations
Chuongs
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Diem
Ngo Ton Dat
Neuyen Duy Lien
Bui Quy Lan
du Kim Long
South Viet Nam
Congress Gives Hope For Action
The railroads announce an embargo on freight and passenger services starting at 12:01 am Thursday as Congress debates four year old work rules. Senate and House leaders aim to pass measures creating a arbitration board to resolve key issues while unions and railroads anticipate secondary questions. Potential presidential seizure options surface amid looming strike deadlines.
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Reading
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House Commerce Committee
Mike Mansfield
Montana
House
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D-Mass
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Kennedy
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Rules Committee
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Senate Commerce Committee
Severmman Arbitration Board
Oiers
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D-Wye
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D-Ore
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ICC
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Saike
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