Docks Stand Still as 60000 Longshoremen Strike Coastwide
New York reports sixty thousand longshoremen walk off in ports from Maine to Texas. The AFL-CIO International Longshoremen's Association leader says it is a 100 percent effective strike. Two transatlantic liners, the Sylvania and Leonardo da Vinci, docked in New York with White collar workers aiding luggage offload. A three-man fact finding board was named to seek a Taft-Hartley cooling off order, with work hoped to resume under federal injunction by Monday. Estimated losses exceed $20 million.
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New York
Maine
Texas
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Thomas W. Gleason
Afl-Cio International Longshoremen's Association
Transatlantic
Johnson
Board of
Afl-Cio International Longshoremen’s Association
Joseph Curran
Afl-Cio National Maritime Union
Curran
White House
Senate probes Baker case reopen slow start
The Senate Rules Committee opened the Bobby Baker inquiry with minimal fanfare and no testimony yet on a $35,000 payoff alleged in a District of Columbia Stadium contract. James A. Blaser, district buildings chief and contracting officer for the 50,000 seat stadium, testified about firm selection and bid openings showing McCloskey & Co. of Philadelphia submitting the low bid of 14,247,187.50 dollars.
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Washington
Senate
Bobby Baker
District of Columbia
Senate Rules Committee
James A. Blaser
McCloskey & Co
Philadelphia
John J. Williams
R-Del
Matthew H. McCloskey
Don B. Reynolds
Williams
Reynolds
Baker
Kennedy-Johnson
Unification Petition Forms Sought by Schools Statewide
Topeka officials report about 125 school boards may seek unification under the 193 law. By Weekday 106 boards had requested petition forms. The plan aims to consolidate districts to provide grades 1-12 under one board and reduce districts from 1,847 to 1,192. States counties approving unification include Wyandotte, Johnson, Reno, Saline, and many others.
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Topeka
Department of Public Instruction
Unoase
George D. Keith
Wyanedotte
Greeley
Cloud
Ellsworth
Jackson, Jefferson
Kingman, Ness
Phillips
Pottawatomie
Rawlins
Reno
Saline
Stafford
Thomas
Wabaunsee
Allen, Barber
Bourbon
Chase
Chauta
Neosho
Chanute
Erie
Wilson
Woodson
Yates Center
Toronto
Intercepted Letter About Gulf Coast Dock Strike
Intercepted missive questions if dock workers strike along the Gulf coast will stop Hilda from sailing to harbors and unloading cargo. The sender signs as Nute.
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Gulf Coast
Hilda
Traffic Fatalities Log Sees 475 in 1964 Topeka
Topeka reports 24 hour period ending 9 am Thursday shows ongoing traffic fatalities with 1964 total at 475, versus 1963 period at 43. The Kansas log tracks daily death tolls across the state for September through October.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather summary for Kansas with cooling trend and showers
AREA FORECAST calls for northerly winds early Friday with Friday partly cloudy and cooler conditions and showers. TOPEKA reports warm windy weather with high 80s today, cooling in the north tonight and Friday with possible thundershowers, lows 45 to 50 northwest to near 60 southeast. Wichita 73, Goodland 64, Topeka 48 this morning, Hill City 65. Total precipitation for September recorded by FAA 2.50 inches.
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FAA
Topeka
Kansas
Wichita
Goodland
Hill City
100s Seek Safety From Horrid Hilda
New Orleans reports Hurricane Hilda packing 125 mph winds as it nears the Gulf Coast. The Weather Bureau upgraded it to severe status at 10 am EST. Louisiana or Texas appears likely targets with possible coastal flooding. An underground nuclear detonation in Mississippi was postponed for safety. A cargo ship north of Hilda’s eye reported waves and a deck truck washed overboard.
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New Orleans
Isilda
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Hilda
Louisiana
Texas
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Tatum
Hattiesburg
Miss
New Orleans Coast Guard
Corneliu B III
Industrial Development Fund Planned in Chanute Drive
A joint Chanute Development Corp and Chamber of Commerce meeting approved a plan to raise an industrial development fund by selling additional stock through local subscriptions. No date set. preparations to begin soon as a need arises. Three prospects are considering Chanute as a location.
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Development Corporation
Chamber of Commerce Industrial Committee
Channer’s
Chanute
Chanute Development
Bruce Burris
Earl Bain
C. H. Cunningham
Joe Balch
Kenneth Brown
Chamber
Fred Harris
Chamber - Development Corporation
United Fund Reaches $6 566 as Drive Progresses
United Fund contributions totaled 6 566 today, about 30 percent of the 21 906 19 goal. 416 contributors have given. M M Mowrey urges workers in the Business and Professional and Payroll and Employe divisions to contribute as received. The drive nears the end of its second week. United Fund office at 3 Santa Fe is open 9 a m to 5 p m weekdays. Contributions can be mailed to United Fund Post Office Box 264 Chanute.
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United Fund
M. M. Mowrey
General Drive
Santa Fe
Chanute
Bill Young
Doctor trials new rewiring method offer hope for paraplegics
Salt Lake City reports University of Utah neurosurgeon Dr. Theodore Roberts is testing a re wiring technique to restore sensation and movement in paralyzed patients. He cautions more work is needed but notes a patient injured seven years ago regained some leg movement and sensation after the procedure.
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Salt Lake City, Utah
University of Utah College of Medicine
Theodore
Dr. Roberts
Mexico Deportation Ties Kinne Couple to Case
Samuel Francis Puglise of Chicago, boyfriend of Sharon E. Kinne of Independence, Missouri, was deported from Mexico as an undesirable alien. He traveled with two immigration agents to San Antonio, Texas. Kinne faces homicide charges in a Sept. 18 Chicago death, having come to Mexico as Puglise's wife. A pistol was found on Puglise. weapon charge dropped before deportation.
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Mexico City
Samuel Francis Puglise
Chicago
Sharon E. Kinne
Independence, Mo
San Antonio, Tex
FBI Arrests Trip In Connection With Bombings
Three White men were arrested in Mississippi on charges of illegal use of explosives in connection with two bombings that damaged homes near McComb. Identified as Ernest Zeeck Jimmy Wilson and Paul Wilson, the suspects face possible death penalties if convicted. no injuries were reported.
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Washington
Mississippi
McComb
Justice Department
Paul Johnson
FBI
State Highway Patrol
Pike County
J. R. Warren
J. Edgar Hoover
Johnson
Ernest Frederick Zeeck
Jimmy Prinston Wilson
Paul Dewey Wilson
Jayess
Miss
Wilson
Paul Wilson
James Baker Sr
Baker
Aylene Quin
Summitt Street
Mee Comb
Baker House
Five Boston Firefighters Die in Factory Wall Collapse
AP report says five firefighters were buried when a wall collapsed during a blaze at a vacant toy factory in Boston. The dead include Pvt. John Clougherty, Lt. John Goswell, Lt. John McCorkle, Pvt. James Sheedy, and Pvt. Frank Murphy, ages 31 to 53. a dozen others and one civilian injured. Chief Clougherty, father of the fallen, mourned as a second wall collapsed ten minutes later, sparing more lives but burying a fire truck and ambulance.
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Boston
John Clougherty
Clougherty
Frank Murphy
John Goswell
John McCorkle
James B. Sheedy
Boston City Hospital
William Terrenzi
Tail Section of Thresher Located by Navy Search
The Navy announced that undersea searches this summer located the tail section of the sunken submarine Thresher and the sub's sail bearing its number 593. The wreck lies about 8,400 feet deep, roughly 220 miles east of Boston, with 129 sailors lost in April 1963 during deep dive tests off New England.
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Washington
Navy
New England
Boston
Thresher
August Dip in Kansas Employment Tally
Kansas employment at mid August totaled an estimated 789,300, down from 827,600 in mid July. Nonfarm wage and salary employment fell to 581,900 as unemployment held near July levels at 26,600, with factory workweeks at about 41.7 hours and hourly earnings at 2.62. Weekly earnings averaged 109.01 dollars, compared with 109.37 in July and 105.17 in August 1963.
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Topeka
Kansas
Boy Plays Center For Both Elevens
Clarence Barker filled center for both sides of a Fredonia Junior High intra squad game after Steve Durham, the planned center for the black team, fell from a tree and could not play. Barker played center for the whites both when his team had the ball and when the other squad had possession, with the whites winning 12 to 0.
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Fredonia
Kan
Clarence Barker
Steve Durham
Barker
Spending Authority Refused to Extend Time for Passage
The House rejected a 193-158 roll call to extend spending authority for 10 days in a bid to push quick passage of remaining adjournment items. Republicans led the move as administration items linger in the Senate, with current temporary funding expiring at midnight Wednesday. The two bills cover foreign aid and several agencies, having already cleared the Senate.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Viet Cong Far From Victory Says U.S. Ambassador
U S Ambassador Maxwell Taylor said Viet Cong are far from military victory in South Vietnam yet warned of a serious government crisis. He argued the counterinsurgency program requires a strong, popular-supported government to be effective, or the military situation may not improve.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Tribune Phone Line Pickup Instructions
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Industrial Development Community Fund Planned
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Gery
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