Hope Held For Steel Compact
Pittsburgh AP reports steel labor talks broke off after more than two weeks of bargaining with offers swapped but no middle ground. Union seeks about 10 cents an hour, industry offers 6 to 8 cents, amid possible government urging to resume negotiations for a speedy settlement in the public interest.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
David J. McDonald
Arthur J. Goldberg
Washington
Kennedy
Home Town To Welcome Astronaut John Glenn Jr
New Concord Ohio prepares for a mass welcome as an estimated 50 000 residents crowd the 2 127 town for astronaut John Glenn’s six hour stop. A luncheon parade and speech at Muskingum College Gymnasium precede a return to Cape Canaveral for scientific work.
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New Concord
Ohio
John H. Glenn Jr
Space
John Glenn
Florida
Washgton
New York
Muskingum College
Washington
Cape Canaveral
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John
James K. Taylor
Work Law Gets Study
AUGUSTA AP A special committee studying the Employment Security Law and its application held its second meeting to chart its future course. Rep. Peter A. Thaanum said the panel is starting at the beginning and reviewing the law for needed attention. The group, created by the 100th Legislature, did not hold public hearings. The law was revised by the last Legislature with higher unemployment benefit provisions to take effect next October.
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Augusta
Peter A. Thaanum
R-Winthrop
ESC
Father Joy at Sixth Consecutive Baby Daughter
A light humorous note celebrates a father’s happiness at the birth of his sixth daughter in a sequence of daughters. The item highlights the novelty and warmth of the family milestone with a playful tone.
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Copr
Gen
Fea. Corp
Libya Student Finds Saco School Similar
Young Donald Holman a transfer student from Libya will follow the same grammar school curriculum in Saco with one missing subject Arabic. He attended an American school at Wheelus Air Force Base in Tripoli where his father Sgt. Robert Holman was stationed. Donald’s new teacher Mrs. Arnold Hill finds him well prepared and alert with word skills. He noted mosques replace churches in Libya and drew a mosque at the blackboard.
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Donald Holman
Libya
Saco
Tripoli
Wheelus Air Force Base
Sgt
Robert Holman
Donald
Arnold Hill
Bonython School
North Africa
Sgt. Holman
Gary
Jordan School
Early Guard Release For Teachers And Students
Secretary of Defense McNamara authorized early release of certain teachers and students called to active duty as Reservists or National Guardsmen. About 600 to 700 teachers and 2,500 students could leave service up to 90 days early to pursue teaching jobs or enter college, with demobilization not earlier than 10 days before their school or college start. Release may begin in July with most in late August. Affected individuals must show acceptance by an institution.
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Washington
Secretary of
Robert S. McNamara
Berlin
Pentagon
Penagon
Burma Coup Brings Gen Ne Win to Dictatorial Power
Tanks and armed convoys moved through Rangoon as Gen. Ne Win took control, forming a military revolutionary council with himself as defense finance and justice minister. The civilian cabinet members were detained, while the public appeared largely untroubled amid the upheaval.
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Rangoon
Burma
Ne Win
Win
U Nu
Revolutionary Council
Defense
Finance
Ang Gyi
U Thi Han
U Win Maung
Salistic Party
China
Inquiry Into Plane Crash Continues
The investigation into the American Airlines Boeing 707 crash over Jamaica Bay centers on a possible control system failure though no definite evidence supports that. Salvage crews recovered 72 bodies with 11 identified as searchers combed the bay for remains of the single worst U.S. commercial air disaster.
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New York
American Airlines
Jamaica Bay
Idlewild
Kennedy Moves to Test Nuclear War Feasibility
President Kennedy announced the United States will begin nuclear air tests in the Pacific late next month unless the Soviet Union agrees quickly to a cheatproof test ban. He urged Moscow to return to talks for a fully effective treaty, warning further Soviet tests could provide a powerful offensive and defensive capability unless a halt is achieved.
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Washington
United States
Pacific
Moscow
Kennedy
Reds
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Ry Oberr Unen
Free World
Tass
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
House
Carlos 4. Rolleck Oi
Adiana
U. S
Dirksen
Congress Leaders Back Kennedy Nuclear Test Plan
Congressional leaders from both parties endorsed President Kennedy's plan to resume atmospheric nuclear testing next month unless the Soviet Union accepts an enforceable test ban. Senate leaders Mansfield and Dirksen praised the decision, while Rep Holifield and Speaker McCormack framed it as a responsible step toward a genuine treaty and noted projected fallout risks as minimal.
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U.S.A
Britain
Kennedy
Japan
Congress
Geneva
Harold Macmillan
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
U.S
Washington
United States
Russia
Senate
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Kenney
Mansfield
Chet Holifield
D-Calif
House Committee On Atomic Energy
U. S
House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Penalties For Airline Travel OK'd
The Civil Aeronautics Board on Friday authorized 11 domestic trunk airlines to enforce penalties for passengers who reserve space and do not use it or cancel in advance. Fines range from 5 to 40 dollars, or 50 percent of the first remaining ticket coupon, with refunds to passengers when space is sold to others.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
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