GM UAW Near End Of Three Year Contract Pact
General Motors and the United Auto Workers move toward a three year national deal that would raise hourly pay by about 12 cents annually for GM's 350 000 members. The agreement, aiming to calm strikes, includes pension boosts and cost sharing with workers giving up a small cost of living increase and part of the annual wage improvement.
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Detroit
General Mo- Corp
United Auto Workers
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Fisher Body
Mansfield
Ohio
Marion, Inc
Pittsburgh
Reuther
Marion
General Motors
Miss America Two Time Winner Reflects On Fame
Mrs. Frederick Stanton Townley discusses her Miss America wins in 1922 and 1923. She recalls the early days in Columbus Ohio and the Atlantic City pageant, noting she preferred to stay in the background while avoiding lingering fame. Mary Catherine Campbell, later Mrs. Townley, spoke during a rare reminiscence at lunch.
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New York
Frederick Stanton Townley
Mary Catherine Campbell
Atlantic City
Columbus
Ohio
Columbus Dispatch
Mike Fanning
Mary Catherine
Blondes Dominate Miss America Preliminary Rounds
Atlantic City AP Blondes lead in Miss America Pageant preliminaries with Miss Utah Carolyn Lasater winning talent and Miss Arkansas Frances Jane Anderson taking swimsuit honors. Minnesota and Texas also win in other categories as the finals approach with 10 semifinalists to be chosen tonight. Vermont's Janice Cole faces talent hurdles and pivots to Shakespeare.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Miss Utah
Miss Arkansas
Carolyn Lasater
Utah
Frances Jane Anderson
Miss Anderson
Minnesota
Nancee Parkinson
Shakespeare
Youthful Gang Leaders Plead For Compassion
On Chicago's South Side three young gang lords known as Little Man Frank and George spoke to about 200 residents and shop owners pleading for understanding and help to stop juvenile gang activity. They described troubled pasts including reformatories and prison stints and urged a compassionate approach from the community and police.
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Chicago
South Side
Frank
George
Allies warn USSR over air corridors to Berlin
The United States Britain and France delivered a firm warning to the Soviet Union in Moscow that any interference with Allied flights in the West Berlin air corridors will provoke aggressive action. The notes insist rights to air access derive from joint Allied victory in Germany and early postwar practice.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
West Germany
West Berlin
Kremlin
Moscow
Bartain
Berlin
West Ber
Lin
Russia
Hamburg
Buckeburg
Frankfurt On Main
Fourer
Allied Air Directorate
Allied Control Council For
Germany
East Germany
U. S
White House
Khrushchev Says Ready for Businesslike Talks with Kennedy
Soviet Premier Khrushchev declared readiness for businesslike talks with President Kennedy on urgent world problems during a visit marking Indian Prime Minister Nehru’s stay. He condemned Kennedy’s nuclear testing decision and warned of another military tragedy, urging a German peace treaty with two German states as a path to end war. He warned the USSR has power to strike any aggressor and urged Western governments not to delay by negotiations.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Nehru
Germany
Soviet Union
German Democratic Republic
Senator Smith Criticizes Kennedy Over Navy Base Contract
Sen. Margaret Chase Smith of Maine charges President Kennedy with politics in defense matters after she learns of a $1,551,425 Dow Air Force Base medical facilities contract. She accuses Edmund Muskie of releasing details to Bangor Daily News with White House input and notes late notification.
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Washington
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Kennedy
United States
Armed Services
Democratic Party
Faucher To Teach At Lisbon Falls
Marcel Faucher a 20 Taylor street Biddeford teacher coach at St Louis High for six years will teach French in the Lisbon Falls Elementary School He will not coach there Dudley Coyne replaces Faucher on the St Louis staff Brother Gilbert athletic director says a meeting will be held soon to set up coaching arrangements
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Marcel Faucher
Taylor Street
Biddeford
St. Louis High School
Lisbon Falls
St. Louis
Faucher
Dudley Coyne
Cheverus
University of Maine
Brother Gilbert
Wagner Beats DeSapio as Insurgent Wins New York Mayoral Primary
Mayor Robert F. Wagner defeats Tammany Hall led by Carmine G. DeSapio on an anti bossism platform amid a record Democratic primary turnout of 743,130. Wagner’s victory reshapes city politics with Lanigan defeating DeSapio in Manhattan and Wagner set to face Louis Lefkowitz in November.
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NEW York
Robert F. Wagner
Tammany Hall
Carmine G. DeSaipo
Wagner
Arthur Levitt
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Tam
Manhattan Democratic Organization
DeSapio
Greenwich Village
James S. Lanigan
New York County
Tammany
Abe Stark
Paul R. Screvane
Screvane
Abraham Beame
Wagoner
Stark
Brooklyn
Lawrence E. Gerosa
iSen
Herbert H. Lehman
Franklin D. Roosvelt
Lanigan
Adlai E. Stevenson
United Nations
Manhattan
TV Filming of Troops At Berlin Crossing Sparks Probe
Washington AP report says the Pentagon with White House approval opened an inquiry into the U S Army role in the Jack Paar TV broadcast at the Friedrichstrasse crossing between West and East Berlin. Assistant Secretary Arthur Sylvester called reports disgraceful and warned of poor judgment if Army officers were involved. The scene included colonels, a major, captains, lieutenants and about 50 enlisted men in bulletproof gear with jeeps ready for battle.
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Washington
Pentagon
White House
U.S. Army
Ack Paar TV
West
East Berlin
Washington Evening Star
Arthur Sylvester
Sible
Friedrichstrasse
Sgis
Jack Paar
Revolutionary Cotton Carding System Is Unveiled In South
In Columbus Georgia Swift spin ning mills unveiled Otis B Alston s dual carding system to revamp cotton processing. President Henry W Swift signed a license with W Frank Lowell of Saco Lowell Shops Boston granting exclusive worldwide merchandising rights. The system combines two carding machines to improve fiber straightening and reduce imperfections without new machinery.
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South
Columbus
Swift Spinning Mills
Swift
Otis B. Alston
Henry W. Swift
W. Frank Lowell
Saco-Lowell Shops
Boston
Mass
Saco- Lowell
Sys
Alston
Drug May Prevent Radiation Damage
Chicago report outlines promising but undeveloped drugs to shield humans from radiation. Dr. Robert E. Lyle of the University of New Hampshire said current pills offer no complete protection and that sulfur and nitrogen compounds may provide some defense by reducing protein damage in cells. He stressed the need for an antiradiation agent amid medical X ray use and nuclear risks.
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Chicago
Robert E. Lyle
University of New Hampshire
Lyle
American Chemical Society
Fallout Cloud From Soviet Tests Spreads Across North America
A U S Weather Bureau official says radioactive debris from the first of four Soviet nuclear tests is likely to cross the northern United States by this weekend. The cloud should move east over the northern states and toward Europe by Sunday.
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Washington
United States
Lester Machta
U.S. Weather Bureau
Machta
Nevada
Th Atomic Energy Commission
Atlantic
Europe
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Paul Beaupre
Gerard Letellier
Walter Petrin
Henry Camire
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Fea. Corp
Old Orchard Beach
Knotty Pine Recreation
I. Zaitlin & Sons, Inc
Elm Street
Biddeford, Maine
Sen. Smith
Saco
York Institute Museum
Factory Island
York Institute
Main Street
Post Office
Don Rhodes
Sen Oe
By Frank Carey
Associated Press
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Idaho
Canada
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Leslie Caron
Maurice Chevalier
Charles Boyer
Mutual Theatre
LePage
Journal
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