Auto Union Renews GM Strike Bid
The United Auto Workers demand a 15 percent profit sharing wage package from General Motors, aiming to avoid a strike set for 10 a.m. Wednesday. GM cites a $1,000 three-year pay-envelope gain and notes the AMC agreement’s structure as a reference point for potential terms.
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Auto Union
Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors Corp
UAW
American Motors Corp
General Motors
Louis G. Seaton
AMC
Seaton
Ford
Chrysler
Experts Hunt For Clues In Plane Crash Near Chicago
Chicago investigators and more than 50 specialists from government and industry examined records and debris from a Trans World Airlines Constellation that killed 78 aboard. Teams focused on seven areas including operations structures and human factors as they worked through mud and rain at Hinsdale site.
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Chicago
Trans World Airlines Constellation
Hinsdale
Civil Aeronautics Board
Federal Aviation Agency
FBI
Chicago and Suburban
Cook
DuPage County
Kennedy plans new world disarmament proposal for U N
President Kennedy intends to present a broad U S disarmament plan to the United Nations after the General Assembly reconvenes on September 19. Officials say it covers nuclear and conventional weapons and responds to Russia ending its three year moratorium on testing.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
United Nations
U. S
Russia
West Berlin
U. S. Air Force
Europe
NATO
U.S
Reds Seek To Justify New Nuclear Blasts
Moscow officials and Soviet media push the resumption of nuclear tests as a peace measure. Pravda banners the peace committee stance while biologists from the Academy of Sciences back the decision, saying it strengthens the socialist camp and world peace, despite prior denouncements.
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Moscow
Central Asia
Pravda
Soviet Peace Committee
Organization of Soviet Biologists
Peace Committee
Academy of Sciences
Soviet Union
French Police Arrest 20 in Plot Probe Across France
French police seized documents from a dispersed anti government movement and arrested 20 members, while leaders remain at large. The documents name Joseph Ortiz as a leader of a provisional government for a French Algeria and show the courier network used to direct plastic hazardous device incidents. Most arrests occurred in southwestern France.
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Paris
France
Interior Ministry
Algeria
Joseph Ortiz
Ortiz
Majorca
Kennedy seeks restoration of aid fund cuts
President Kennedy urged Congress to restore foreign aid funds to near the authorized 4.25 billion level, warning billions spent on defense lose meaning if developing nations fall to communism. He cited Eisenhower support and pressed for funds close to the original request as his Cape Cod Labor Day weekend trip continued aboard the Cruiser Marlin with Mrs. Kennedy and Caroline.
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Hyannisport
Mass
Kennedy
Congress
Cape Cod
White House
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
House
Hazy
Nantucket Sound
Caroline
Fly Your Flag On Labor Day
Labor day in America is a holiday that emphasizes workers rights to organize and negotiate as free men. The Gazette reports 5 600 Eastern Iowa families have obtained flags through its public service offer and most will fly the flag Monday. Flags are available in The Gazette lobby until noon today and all day Monday for 3 dollars, 3 30 by mail, with profits benefiting Camp Good Health.
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America
Iowa
The
Gazette
Public Service
Camp Good Health Budget Notes 1961 Summary
The document lists memorial gifts including 25.00 in memory of Abbie Slapnicka and Henry Bite, and notes contributions from Lorraine Mitchell and Mt. Hermon Lodge No. 263 A F and A M. It references a City Realty Neighborhood fair organized by local residents and lists a 7,840.59 budget with 9,300.04 yet to be raised and 1,459.41 remaining.
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Abbie Slapnicka
Henry Bite
Lorraine Mitchell
William Cree
WA Begum
Charles E. Hurka
Mt. Hermon Lodge No
A.F
A.M
Victor
City Realty Neighborhood Fair
Charlene
Cathy Scolaro
Jerry
Terry McBowen
Margaret
Mary Bolby
Computer with Personality Made by Nebraska Educator
Albuquerque AP report notes psychologist Dr. John C. Loehlin of the University of Nebraska introduced Aldous a computer with personality. Aldous responds to situations learns from experience and can introspect answering coded questions about feelings. He lacks initiative and a human unconscious mind but may help study personality and provide good clean fun.
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New York
Aldous
John C. Loehlin
University of Nebraska
Loehlin
Soviet Increases Working Hours
The Soviet Union announced Saturday night it would raise working hours in certain industries to strengthen defenses after resuming nuclear tests. The plan, supported by the state controlled Council of Trade Unions and carried by Tass, signals a near-certain decision, with workers framed as urging the move.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Council of Trade Unions
Tass
Berliner Ensemble Director Declines Return to East Berlin
Peter Palitzsch, head of the Berliner Ensemble, says he will not return to Communist East Berlin. He arrived in Ulm to direct a play loaned from the Reds shortly before barricades rose on Aug 13.
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Ulm
Germany
East Berlin
Berthold Brecht
Peter Palitzsch
Ensemble’ Theater
Reds
Berlin
Iowa school mergers begin three part Gazette series
The Gazette starts a three part series on school mergers. The first story covers a brand new district, the second a somewhat older one, and the third a long established district. The series explores whether district consolidations improve or worsen local schooling.
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Iowa
the Gazette Today
Iowa News
Pope John XXIII urges truth and justice for world peace
At Castel Gandolfo the Pope warned that world peace could be endangered if men ignore the call of truth and concord that comes from God. He spoke during a general audience at his summer residence.
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
John XXIII
Sunshine and Snow Contrast in U S Weather Picture
Sunshine and snow created a sharp weather contrast across the United States. Snowplows operated in Yellowstone National Park as six inches accumulated there. Snow covered high elevations in the Rockies from Colorado to western Montana while temperatures dropped to the 40s and 50s behind a cool front extending from the eastern Dakotas into Kansas and Colorado.
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Chicago
U.S
Yellowstone Park
Rockies
Colorado
Montana
Dakotas
Kansas
Severe Storms Cut Power Across Iowa Cities
Thunderstorms swept central and western Iowa with high winds and heavy rain. Fort Dodge residents lost power for hours as lines fell and a hospital faced outage. KQTV and KVFD went off air while streets flooded and a low-lying intersection saw six feet of water. Carroll and Rockwell City recorded winds to 65 mph with soaking rainfall.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Fort Dodge
KQTV
KVFD
Carroll
Rockwell City
Cedar Rapids Thundershowers Fall Short Saturday Night
Weather forecast warned of scattered severe thunderstorms with possible hail and winds up to 65 mph for Cedar Rapids Saturday night. The storm weakened by midnight with airport rainfall of .03 inches between 11:25 and midnight and light rain and calm conditions at midnight. Downtown Cedar Rapids saw isolated strong winds and light to moderate rain.
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Weather Bureau
Cedar Rapids
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