Steel Peace Is Achieved In Historic Labor Accord
Negotiators reached a 21 month contract ending steel labor strife with no strike or fixed deadline. The pact covering about 400000 basic steelworkers extends job security and benefits through May 1965, including 13 week vacations for long serving workers and extended hospital coverage. The agreement was praised for a calmer bargaining climate under a Human Relations Committee that avoided formal strike deadlines.
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Pittsburgh
S AP
United Steelworkers and Industry
USW
R. Conrad Cooper
U.S. Steel Corp
Cochairman
David J. McDonald
Steelworkers
McDonald
United Steelworkers
Uneasy Calm Over Danville Amid Racial Demonstrations
Danville Virginia settled into an uneasy calm as three weeks of racial demonstrations eased behind closed doors. Grand jury reconvened to continue investigation into the marches and indictments. Motel owners met with the racial advisory committee on desegregation while a handful of protesters remained at the High Street Church. Thirty nine demonstrators broke a truce and were jailed, and city officials stressed no link between pupil placement and unrest.
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Danville
Corporation Court
Julian R. Stinson
High Street Baptist Church
Stinson
Ricky
Pearlsburg
Cardinals Fail To Elect Pope On Fourth Ballot
Vatican City AP report says eighty cardinals conducted four ballots in the conclave but did not elect a pope. Black smoke from the Sistine Chapel indicated failure as crowds of about 25,000 in St. Peter's Square prayed and watched for signals.
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Vatican City
Sistine Chapel
St. Peter’s Square
John XXIII
Bianche
Nero
Vatican
St. Peter's Basilica
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli
Popeius XII
Carlo Cardinal Chiarlo
Vatican Curia
Clemente Cardinal Micara
Rome
Antonio Cardinal Barbieri
Montevideo
Luis Cardinal Concha
Bogota
Sexton
Giles County
Sherriff
John Hopkins
Laing
Ricky
Titan 2 Missile Firing From Vandenberg Base Successful
A Titan 2 intercontinental missile launched from a concrete silo at Vandenberg Air Force Base California and flew over the Pacific missile range. It was the fourth test from the base with prior attempts at this site. The range and target area were not disclosed and the aim is to test the total weapons system.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Pacific Missile Range
Air Force
Commando Forces Sneak Into Cuba Plotting Raid
Cuban Revolutionary Council claims its fighters have covertly landed in multiple points in Cuba to start an operation that would end Communist rule. They say the venture involves perfectly armed invaders merging with an underground network and receiving farmer aid. U.S. officials say no large scale invasion is known and they have limited information.
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Miami
Fla
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Cuba
Council
Underground
Jose Miro Cardona
Kennedy
Castro
Kennedy Celebrates West Virginia Centenary in Rain
President Kennedy joined a rain soaked crowd in Charleston for West Virginia’s 100th anniversary as a state. About 10 000 people heard Kennedy praise the state founders and his political debt to West Virginia while recalling the 1863 birth during Civil War era turmoil.
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Kennedy
West Virginia
Charleston
White House
State Capitol
Capitol
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Washington
Capitol Plaza
Alleghenies
Virginia
Gettysburg
Barron
I Cohen Dies In Washington
Isadore Cohen age 80 longtime Bluefield resident died after a brief illness in Washington Hospital Center. He operated a jewelry store and theatre in Bluefield then joined Sun Life Assurance. He founded Bluefield Symphony Orchestra and held leadership roles in the Chamber of Commerce Bnai Brith and other civic groups. He was born in Kyiv Russia and lived in Bluefield and Washington with his family.
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Isadore Cohen
Bluefield
Washington Hospital Center
Washington, D. C
Flora Charlotte Greenspan
Emanuel B. Cohen
Washington
Sun Life Assurance Co
Canada
West Virginia Cancer Society
Ahab Ahavath Sholom Congregation
Bluefield-Princeton Jewish Charities
Community Concert Association
Kyiv
Russia
Negro leaders reject JFK call for truce in protests
The Associated Press reports major Negro leaders spurning President Kennedy's appeal for a truce in anti segregation demonstrations nationwide. Some leaders, including Roy Wilkins and James Farmer, defend protests as an American right while others urge pause if alternatives are offered and community leaders can negotiate with officials.
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Kennedy
Equal Rights
North Carolina
NAACP
Terry Sanford
Kelly “Alexander
Charlotte
The
Alexander
Thresher Sinking Likely From Engine Room Pipe Rupture
The Navy announced a court of inquiry findings that the atomic submarine Thresher most likely sank from a ruptured engine room pipe under heavy sea pressure. The 12 volume inquiry cleared personnel of blame and found no sabotage evident. The sub with 129 aboard was lost in 8,400 feet off the New England coast on April 10. no survivors or final aboard report exist.
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Washington
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Fred Korth
New England
I Navy
Court
Navy Department
Profumo Contempt Ruling Shocks House of Commons
The House of Commons condemned John Profumo for lying about his affair with Christine Keeler. Keeler under guard after threats, Ward faces new charges as police prepare prosecution and Keeler testifies. Officials debate whether to pursue a select committee or privy council inquiry into the sex scandal.
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London
House of Commons
John A. Profumo
Christine Keeler
Lin
West End
Profumo
Miss Keeler
Eugene Ivanov
Scotland Yard
Stephen Ward
Lord Aster
Cliveden
Ivanov
Keeler
Ward
Solemmn
Iain McLeod
Harold Macmillan
John Profumo
Labor
Macmillan
George Brown
McLeod
Labor Party
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Privy Council
John ‘XXII
Cuban commando action sparks liberation hopes
Reported by officials in Washington that Cuban revolutionary council claims to have sent commando forces into Cuba. predictions of liberation follow. Demonstrations draw a cautious response from Negro spokesmen. some would back actions if a suitable substitute is found.
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Cuba
Washington
Kennedy
Steelworkers Union
Basic Steel Industry
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