Rail unions plan action as railroads press work rule changes
Five railroad unions met in Cleveland to decide on responses to management plans aimed at saving costs by changes viewed as eliminating 80,000 jobs. July to Aug deadline sets drama with 180 railroads involved and possible White House intervention.
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Cleveland, Ohio
White House
Kennedy
J E. Wolfe
Railroads’ Bargaining Committee
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
The
Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Switchmen’s Union
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Peru Maps Counterattack To Increasing Opposition
Peru's military junta met to plan a counteroffensive against growing domestic and international opposition after a two day old dictatorship. A mission to Washington may seek reversal of U S aid cuts as strikes surge among students, labor, and farm workers. Reported arrests rose while hints of a civilian figurehead presidency circulated amid APRA unrest.
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Tary
Washington
U. S
Liberty
la Prensa
Argentina
Victor Raul Haya de la Torre
Jack Duncan
W. R. Grace & Co
Duncan
Haya
Popular Revolutionary Alliance
APRA
Lima
Search Continued For Curtis In Sherburns Mills Pond
Dive teams failed to locate missing Biddeford pharmacist Hosea A Curtis after a pond search in Sherburns Mills Shapleigh. Crews planned to drain the pond this afternoon in hopes of finding the 53 year old man overdue from a fishing trip when his car was found the previous night.
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Biddeford
Hosea A. Curtis
Sherburn's Mills
Shapleigh
Curtis
Chuckle Lease: Big Type Giveth and Small Type Taketh
A humorous contract definition notes that the large print promises much while the fine print reserves rights to retract or limit such promises, illustrating a witty disparity between bold terms and restrictive clauses.
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Fea, Corp
Laos Peace Treaty Praised by Gromyko at Geneva
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko hailed the Laos agreement as a regional and global peace guarantee while arriving for a 14 nation signing in Geneva. He predicted Laos would become united neutral and independent, noting past obstacles as artificial. Dean and Green signaled blunt talks ahead on Berlin disarmament and nuclear test ban issues.
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Geneva
Andrei A. Gromyko
Soviet Union
Laos
Southeast Asia
Gromyko
U.S
Dean Rusk
Berlin
Jungle Kingdom
W. Averell Harriman
Souvanna Phouma
Howard Green
Canada
International Control Commission
United States
Arthur H. Dean
Spacecraft To Venus All Set For 140 Day Voyage
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP The United States prepares to launch Mariner I aboard an Atlas Agena B for a 140 day voyage to Venus. The 446 pound craft will pass Venus on Dec 8 within 10,000 miles and relay data on its cloud layer and atmosphere. It may reveal Venus magnetic field radiation belts surface temperatures rotation and other planetary facts. Data will also illuminate interplanetary space conditions and Earth sun relations as the craft speeds toward its 226 million mile target.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Venus
United States
Mariner I
Earth
Mariner
Fishing Boat Found Empty Near Marsh River
FRANKFORT A missing fisherman is feared drowned after his boat was found in the Marsh river. Sheriff Hoel Sanker said 27-year old Donald McMillan disappeared after leaving his home Thursday. The boat contained his gear but his paddle was missing. Deputies and game wardens dragged the stream and a Fish and Game Department plane scoured the area.
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Frankfort
Marsh River
Hoel Sanker
Donald McMillan
McMillan
Sanker
Fish and Game Department
NATO Chief Resigns as European Commander
President Kennedy accepted the resignation of Gen. Lauris Norstad from his posts as supreme Allied commander in Europe and NATO forces chief. Reports said Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer or Gen. Maxwell Taylor could replace him, with Norstad citing a long career in one field and a November retirement. He informed NATO and U.S. leaders and said the move comes amid ongoing crisis but no unusual pressure.
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Washington
Kennedy
Lauris Norstad
Europe
NATO
White House
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Norstad
Maxwel D. Tayor
Paris
United States
le Monde
Larry
Berlin
U.S
European Command
NATO Council
Council
Eastern moves to replace strikers with jet copilots
Eastern Air Lines plans to use 80 jet copilots to qualify as flight engineers and resume service by July 24 after a strike by flight engineers halted operations since June 23. Holdout engineers may lose posts. copilots will fill unmanned positions during training period.
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Miami
Fla
Eastern Air Lines
Eastern
International Association of Flight Engineers
Washington
Engineers Union
Air Line Pilots ‘Association
Nike Zeus Antimissile Test Hailed By Supporters
Washington AP congressional backers hailed Nike Zeus as a major weapons breakthrough after a 48 foot missile intercepted a high speed target 4,500 miles from California. Defense officials urged caution, noting no nuclear charge, while McNamara kept production on hold until full testing.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Kwajalein
mid-Pacific
Vandenberg Air Force Base
California
McNamara
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Ing
George P. Miller
D-Calif
House Space Committee
Pacific Marshall Islands
Sen
Strom Thurmond
Ds.c
United States
Khrushchev
Russia
U.S
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