Labor Strife Threatens as Railroads and Steel Loom
AP reports that railroad negotiations extended to 12:01 a.m. next Tuesday with 200,000 workers on alert for possible changes. The dispute centers on 40,000 diesel locomotive firemen jobs, while steelworkers weigh reopening talks after a Wage Policy Committee meeting. Union and management actions could lead to arbitration or a strike, with broader economic signals noting a steel production drop and rising auto output.
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New York
W. Willard Wirtz
Congress
United Steelworkers Union
Management-Union
Conscientious Objector Sentenced To Prison
David F. Noble a 26 year old Kennebunk minister of Jehovahs Witnesses was sentenced to one year in federal prison for refusing to obey his draft board order to work at Maine Medical Center in lieu of military service. He pleaded guilty April 18 and rejected last minute plea for court appointed counsel.
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U.S. District Court
David F. Noble
Kennebunk
Jehovah's Witnesses
U. S. District Court
Edward T. Gignoux
Noble
Gignoux
Maine Medical Center
Biddeford
U. S
William F. McKinley
Great Plains drought relief with continuing hot spots
The Associated Press reports rains across the Great Plains avert disaster for many farmers though the South and Southwest remain drought affected. While Montana to Texas see relief and a better harvest than prior years, eastern Colorado, southwestern Kansas, Texas, Arizona, Arkansas and Louisiana still face distress with potential livestock sales and reduced wheat yields.
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Associated Press
Great Plains
Southwest
Montana
Texas
Deep South
Colorado
Kansas
Arizona
Arkansas
Louisiana
Dave Pearce
South
Mississippi
Si Corley
Wyoming
Midwest
Dakotas
Minnesota
Iowa
Budget Showdown Delays Augusta Supplementary Bill
Augusta AP reports a 3.7 million supplementary budget stalled in the House at enactment, despite prior approval in both chambers. The sticking point is a 4 cent sales tax hike blocked by the House after Senate enactment. Key foe Rep Kenneth P. MacLeod warned funds for current and new services are unclear as the House tabled the measure by a 63-22 vote. The session also rejected a plan to back regional vocational schools, criticized as opening doors to many districts and rising costs tied to Sinclair Act concerns.
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Reed
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Kenneth P. MacLeod
House
MacLeod
Brewer
Myron D. Rust
York
State Board of Education
First Silent Quarrel Starter Among Good Family
A compact note outlines a quarrel where the first voice is silent, yet the dispute arises within a respected family. The piece hints at Gen era dynamics and social propriety, leaving the exact fault lines unstated while emphasizing the social context and plausible motives.
Spacewoman Reported Set To Follow Red Into Orbit
Moscow reports a second cosmonaut woman may follow Valery Bykovsky into orbit as he completes hours in space. Ludmilla, a 25 year old trainee acclaimed for weightlessness, could lift off from central Siberia to join the five day Bykovsky mission. Khrushchev hinted a second flight in discussions with Harold Wilson as Mercury ends.
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Spacewoman
Moscow
Russia
Valery Fedorovich Bykovsky
Outer Space
Tass
Bykovsky
Ludmilla
Siberia
Khrushchev
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Soviet Union
United States
West
Negroes Pay Tribute to Evers in Mississippi Funeral
In Jackson Mississippi thousands mourn Medgar Evers the slain NAACP leader. The National Council of Churches urged bells to toll for 15 minutes at noon and a mass funeral procession was planned amid tense race relations. Police awaited decisions on procession while officials reported a shooting of a white youth nearby. Evers body to be buried at Arlington after services at the 3000 seat Negro Masonic Temple.
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Jackson
Miss
Edgar Evers
National Council of Churches
United States
Evers
M. Pierce
Masonic Temple
Martin H. McGee
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mississippi
Collins Funeral Home
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
NAACP
Donald L. Tucker
Greenwood
Medgar
D.L
Tucker
Lee Re Aan
The
Kennedy Steps In On Railway Work Rules Clash
President Kennedy moves to resolve a looming nationwide rail strike by meeting Monday with railroad negotiators and five unions representing about 200,000 on train employees. The White House plan includes labor officials as mediators to push toward a settlement before rules take effect, potentially eliminating up to 40,000 firemen from strait and yard trains.
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Washington
Kennedy
W. Willard Wirtz
James J. Reynolds
Leverett Edwards
National Mediation Board
Streight
White House
Labor Department
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Switchmen’s Union of North America and
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
The
Independent Brotherhood of Locomotive ‘Engineers and Order of Railway
Researchers Create Virus From Man Made Chemicals
CHICAGO AP The Tribune reports two researchers Drs Alvin J Glasky and Jacob C Holper of Abbott Laboratories created an active virus from man made chemicals marking a milestone in synthesizing life The synthesis involved two virus families and used triphosphate nucleotides with RNA synthetase from calf kidney cells infected with influenza to enable viral multiplication
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the Tribune
Roy Gibbons
The
Tribune
Alvin J. Glasky
Jacob C. Holper
Abbott Laboratories of
North
Dr. Glasky
University of Illinois
Funeral rites for slain NAACP official in Jackson
Racial leaders gather for funeral services for Medgar Evers, the NAACP official shot in Jackson, Mississippi. The event brings together prominent figures and mourners amid national mourning.
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