National Railway Strike Looms as Job Cuts Advance
National unions plan to strike if rail carriers proceed with thousands of job cuts. Kennedy likely to invoke Railway Labor Act emergency provisions to halt action for two months. A formal Chicago court ruling could delay strike plans, with a presidential board to study issues and push settlement.
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Marilyn Monroe final rites in quiet procession at Westwood
Marilyn Monroe’s funeral plans were announced as police prepared for crowds outside the Chapel of the Palms in Westwood. The 36 year old star, found dead from a barbiturate overdose, will be buried in a green dress with a 35 minute non denominational service led by Pastor A J Soldan.
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Joe DiMaggio
Bernice Miracle
Dollar Days At Biddeford Saco Stores
The annual Dollar Days sale runs Friday through Saturday in Biddeford and Saco stores with special buys for shoppers. The Biddeford Saco Merchants committee sponsors the event, with William Smith as chairman and members Roland Vincent Albini Martin John R. Gibson and Clayton W. Cartmill.
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Biddeford-Saco Merchants Committee
William Smith
Roland Vincent
Albini Martin
John R. Gibson
Clayton W. Cartmill
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Visits Italy in Private Holiday
Jacqueline Kennedy and daughter Caroline arrived in Rome for a private two week vacation at Ravello on the Amalfi coast. They stay at Villa Episcopio rented by Princess Lee Radziwill and Prince Stanislas, with Italian police and U.S. Secret Service guarding the site. The First Lady will mostly remain at the villa and beach, with brief trips to Capri and Pompeii.
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Jacqueline Kennedy
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Italy
Amalfi
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Leopold Stokowski
Juliana
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Richard Wagner
Victor Emmanuel III
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U.S
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Mrs. Kennedy
Jacqueline
Agen Wade
Isle of
Capri
Pompeii
Kennedy
Preacher Pilgrimage Reaches Albany in Civil Rights Support
A first group of about 100 ministers arrived in Albany Georgia to back integration efforts. Dr Milton A Reid of Petersburg Virginia said they would not leave Albany until word from President Kennedy. The clergy from Virginia North Carolina and other states are linked to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference led by Dr Martin Luther King Jr who was jailed during protests against segregation.
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Albany
Milton A. Reid
Petersburg
Reid
White House
Kennedy
S. H. LaGarde
Edenton
N.C
Virgil Wood
Lynchburg
Curtis Harris
Hopewell
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King Jr
Crowd To Greet JFK On Arrival In Maine
In Brunswick 60,000 are expected to welcome President Kennedy as his plane lands at the Naval Air Station with a 21 gun salute from Maine National Guard units. A military band will play Hail to the Chief as he inspects an honor guard and speaks at the summer festival before a White House helicopter takes him to Gene Tunney’s John’s Island home near Boothbay Harbor. This marks his first Maine visit since election.
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Gene Tunney
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Kennedy
Maine
Hodges Sees Recovery In US Textile Industry
Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges told President Kennedy the health of the textile and apparel sector is improved. He cited import controls under the international cotton textile agreement and overall economic recovery as key factors. Cotton consumption averaged 35,400 bales daily in early 1962, up 11 percent from 1960-61, with profits rising and employment returning toward prerecession levels from 865,000 in Feb 1961 to 89,000 in June.
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Washington
Luther H. Hodges
Kennedy
Hodges
Cabinet Textile Advisory Committee
US Pushes For Atomic Test Ban
Dean Rusk pressed Soviet ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin on a pact to outlaw atomic testing. The hour long talks at the State Department followed Geneva discussions where Arthur Dean offered to cut detection stations by more than half, but Soviet delegates gave only informal thumbs down.
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Dean Rusk
Anatoly F. Bobrynin
U.S
Rusk
Dobrynin
State Department
Geneva
United States
Arthur Dean
Dean
Finkbine Sees Swedish Doctor For Thalidomide Abortion
Sherri Finkbine, a Phoenix television personality, met a Swedish physician and plans to seek Royal Medical Board approval for an abortion next week after thalidomide exposure during early pregnancy. Her husband said the abortion application would be filed soon. The story notes thalidomide's link to birth defects and reports of deformed births in Norway and Germany as the drug's legacy.
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Sherri Finkbine
Robert
Phoenix
Ariz
Royal Medical Board
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Arizona
Finkbine
Oslo
Jon Bjoernson
Norway
Germany
JFK Seen By Business as Anti-Industry Yet Open to Dialogue
Washington AP report notes President Kennedy tries to reassure businessmen he is not anti business by meeting groups and exchanging letters with leaders like David Rockefeller. Despite efforts, many quarters remain skeptical, citing discrepancies between words and actions and fear of his steel policy and budget stance. A Cabinet official cites that a tax depreciation break of about 1.5 billion dollars was possible earlier. Policy advisers weigh in on shaping economic policy and the perception gap persists.
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Kennedy
David Rockefeller
Chase Manhattan Bank
New York
White House
Roger Blough
U.S. Steel
Yale
Herbert Hoover
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ducky Thanks To Third Grader In Roslyn Park
Beth Abrams a Roslyn third grader painted a wooden sign warning drivers to watch out for ducks at Roslyn Park Pond. The sign on a Main Street pole drew local attention and prompted support from Dr. Roger Gary and others cited in the Roslyn story.
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N.Y
Bruce
Beth Abrams
Beth
Roslyn Park
Main Street
Robert E. Abrams
New York Post
Roger Gary
Romney Tops Michigan Primary Vote in Unopposed Run
Former automaker George Romney led Michigan Republicans with 380,540 votes as he ran unopposed for the gubernatorial nomination. Gov. John B. Swainson, also unopposed, had 266,066 votes. Turnout was light, with Romney leading outstate while Swainson carried Detroit and Wayne County.
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George Romney
Michigan
Frank Carlson
James B. Pearson
Kansas
Edward V. Long
Missouri
Romney
American Motors
John B.swainson
Swainson
Detroit
Wayne County
Today's Chuckle Wife Joke Prompted by Mind Change
A comic exchange features a wife declaring she has changed her mind and her husband replying with relief that it works better now. The quip reflects light domestic humor and a playful dynamic.
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