Steel Talks Fizzle in Pittsburgh Amid Wage Tug
AP reports collapsed steel labor talks after two weeks of bargaining with no middle ground reached. United Steelworkers Union seeks 8 cents hourly in 430,000 mills while industry offers 6 to 8 cents. Government urged quick resumption. Kennedy aides indicate a reasonable settlement is in national interest. officials expect a brief recess and return to talks within a week or so.
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Ptitsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
Unnion
David J. McDonald
Arthur J. Goldberg
Washington
Kennedy
Pittsburgh
Mike
Goldberg
Corry Civil Defense unit ends year with high readiness
The Corry Civil Defense unit reported 2,820 hours of duty last year including 800 hours at parades and 500 for Centennial celebrations. The unit stored emergency equipment at two accessible sites, a hospital basement and East Main street building, ensuring rapid response.
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Corry Civil de Tenise
Corry
Clifford Holcomb
Japan
Corry ‘Memorial Hospital
East Main Street
Civil Defense
Garland
Spartansburg
Columbus
Erie
Armory
Corry Foam Products ‘Co
Corryite Ohioan Fined In Police Court As Drunks
Corryite resident Thomas Duncan 52 of Dayton pled guilty to drunken charge in city police court. Magistrate Porter Auer fined him 2 dollars and 5 dollars costs and he paid and released. Woodard 49 of First avenue, chronic offender, pleaded guilty to drunken charges for the 10th time. He was fined 20 dollars and 5 dollars costs and released after payment.
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Dayton
Ohio
Porter Auer
Thomas
Duncan
Woodard
First Avenue
Wattlard
Ese
Wols
Thasnuffer Fitte
Woorlard
Scranton and Van Zandt Endorsed for State Ticket
Harrisburg AP reports U S Reps William Scranton and James B Van Zandt were endorsed by Republican leaders to lead the statewide ticket for November. The party plans to present their candidates to county leaders at a Tuesday meeting after negotiations that followed the May primary fight for the gubernatorial nomination.
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Harrisburg
U. S
William W. Scranton
James B. Ven. Zandt
George J
Scranton
For. Avemo
Fandt
Tor Tesalary
Blan
Welned
Abi
Superior Court
Robert E. Woodside
Hugh Scott
Scranton Asd
Scott
Blovitt
Woodside
Florida
Capitol
Area Woman Dies As Fire Sweeps Home
A Meadville area woman, Mrs. Ralph Knickerbocker, died in a fire that swept her home on Little Cooley-Centerville road. Her husband and four grandchildren, Dolly Gibson eight, Cathy Knickerbocker eight, Bobby Knickerbocker six, and Billy Ons paugh five, were saved. Neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Davison raced to help as flames rose, with the cause linked to an overheated coal stove. Fire units from Centerville Bloomfield Lincolnville and Townville battled subfreezing temperatures to bring the blaze under control.
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Meadville
Athens ‘Township
Knickerbocker
Dolly Gibson
Cathy Knickerbocker
Davisons
Bobby Knickerbocker
Billy Onspaugh
Centerville
Bloomfield
Lincolnville
Townville
Plane Crash Kills 95 as Jamaica Bay Salvage Proceeds
The American Airlines jet plunged into Jamaica Bay after takeoff from Idlewild, killing 95 aboard and injuring none. Salvage crews recovered 72 bodies with 11 identified. flight recorders may reveal cause. Civil Aeronautics Board probes possible tail stabilizer failure and electrical jack issues.
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Yahway
Civil, Aeronautics Board
Tira
Examinatoi Ind
Kennedy says US to resume atmospheric nuclear tests
President Kennedy warns of tiny but real fallout risks from new US atmospheric nuclear tests. He pledges tests will be conducted over open sea near the equator to minimize fallout, with radiation kept within Federal standards. He notes Soviet tests concentrate fallout in the north, while US aims to limit impact.
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Washington
Kennedy
Federal Radiation Council
Pacific
Equator
Christmas Island
United States
Kennedy Pledges Nuclear Tests If Soviet Ban Fails
President Kennedy said the United States will begin nuclear air tests in the Pacific next month unless the Soviet Union accepts a cheatproof test ban. He urged Moscow to return to negotiations for a fully effective treaty to end such tests and warned that Soviet gains could threaten the free world. The British backed the proposal. Japan urged reconsideration. Geneva hosts an 18 nation disarmament conference starting March 14.
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Kenney
United States
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Washington
Pacific
Moscow
Kremlin
Tass
U.S.A
Britain
Japan
Congress
Geneva
Harold Mao
Khrushchev
Kennedy okays resumed atmospheric nuclear tests
President Kennedy announced the United States will resume atmospheric nuclear weapons tests unless the Soviet Union agrees to a foolproof inspection system. The decision had unanimous support from top officials, based on National Security Council findings and an all-star briefings panel including Rusk, McNamara, Lemnitzer, Seaborg, and others.
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Washington
Kennedy
U. S
Soviet Union
National Security” Council
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
U S Delivers Planes and Helicopters to South Viet Nam
The United States sent 30 single engine fighter planes to South Viet Nam to fight Communist guerrillas and arrived with five troop carrying helicopters for U S Army helicopter companies aiding South Vietnamese forces aboard the carrier Breton.
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U. S
Viet Nam
Saigon
South Viet Nam
United States
Breton
Congressman Wall Doxey Dies in Memphis at 69
Memphis authorities report former Mississippi congressman Wall Doxey, a Democrat who served from 1929 to 1943, died yesterday in a Memphis hospital at age 69.
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Memphis
Tenn
Wall Doxey
Mississippi
Health Head Warns OF Scarlet Fever Epidemic
Dr. Felix Shubert, health director, warned Erie yesterd ay of a possible scarlet fever outbreak if preventative steps are not taken. Forty cases were reported in February, the highest in years, with calls to keep ill children home and report all cases to the health department for prompt diagnosis and treatment.
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Arie
Erle
Felix
Shubert
Ety
Man Held For Murder Of Wife Over Jealous Rage
A 31 year old meat cutter Keith Feathers of Frederick Maryland was held without bail after a magistrate's hearing on murder charges. His wife Betty Feathers was found shot five times January 28. Feathers claimed he could not stand to see his wife with another man, with the shooting possibly occurring near Route 340 in Washington County or in Frederick, and the body found in Feathers car in Frederick.
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Washington
Frederick
Maryland
Winchester
Feathers
Alfred Heddon
State Roads Commission
Route 340
Washington County
Heddon
Divers Race to Recover Wreckage in Airline Crash
Divers at the crash site of an American Airlines jet work amid icy conditions as investigators seek clues to the cause. Navy and airline teams coordinate search over the wreckage and gather debris and bodies in the frozen waters.
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Gens
American Airlines
Body of Robert Burkholder Recovered From Conodoguinet Creek
In Carlisle Pennsylvania the body of Robert Burkholder of Newville was recovered from Conodoguinet Creek. State Police said his body became wedged in a makeshift beat cop stand after two men were in a small boat. One man escaped, another remains missing after the vessel tipped.
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Carlisle
Robert Burkholder
Newville
Conodoguinet Creek
Vara
Lon Burkholder
Swan
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Ulten
James Hammond
Penelec
Chamber of Commerce
Long
Corryite
Republican
van Zandt
Jamaica Bay
Idlewild
New York
W. Alton Jones
Cities Service Co
Cities Service
Jones
U.S
Nation
Russia
Chiefs of Staff
Glenn L. Seaborg
The
Atomic Energy Commission
William Foster
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Lyndon B. Johnson
McGeorge Bundy
Harold L. Brown
Defense Research and Engineering
Jamaica’ Bay
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