Atlanta Firemen Strike Over Wages And Hours
More than 500 of Atlanta's 728 firemen walked out in a dispute over wages and hours. Mayor Allen urged return, promising budget consideration later this year. Union leader Martin said most who left were near pension and that a city injunction may follow. The walkout created concerns of a public hazard as a new firemen's union seeks contract negotiations and improved pay.
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Atlanta
Atlanta, Ga
Ivan Allen Jr
Allen
James I. Martin
Presi
Dent
Auania Firefighters, Union
Martin
New Firemen’s Union
Marlin
California Republicans clash over candidate paths in primary
California's GOP primary sees Brown and Christopher trading attacks as Reagan campaigns across the state. Christopher accuses Reagan of past Communistfront ties while Brown supporters target Christopher's milk price record. Reagan touts a Creative Society critique of Johnson's Great Society. Mundt by large margin defeats Murphy in South Dakota.
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Barry Goldwater
Nelson A. Rockefeller
California
Goldwater
Reagan
Christopher
Rockefeller
Brown
Yorty
Sacramento
Earl Warren
United States
William F. Knowland
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
White House
Creative Society
Johnson
Christpher
San Francisco
Goodwin J. Knight
Senate
Anderson
Sioux Falls
S.D
U.S
Karl E. Mundt
Richard Murphy
South Dakota
GOP
Mundt
Murphy
NATO Ministers Debate East-West Security Conference
Western ministers discussed NATO's role toward the East bloc and a possible security conference in Europe. Rusk warned against new tensions, urged unity with the Soviet Union, and emphasized that NATO should not be sole policy tool. Dialogue considered American participation, German reunification, and East Germany's status.
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Charles de Gaulle
Soviet Union
Gerhard Schroeder
Rusk
Couve de Murville
NATO
Schroeder
Michael Stewart
East Germany
Paris
Warsaw Pact
Moscow
Brussels
Per Haekkerup
NATO Permanent Council
West
Benin
Cuba
Viet Nam
United States
America
NATO Council
Germany
Berlin
Alma Cast Heard In Miami Hurricane Strikes Cuba
U S Weather Bureau bulletin places Alma near 20 3 N 83 6 W about 200 miles south southwest of Havana with winds up to 60 mph and gales 225 miles from the center as Cuba and Isla de Pines evacuate. Forecasters warn of uncertain path toward Florida and urge Miami residents to follow advisories.
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Miami
Las Villas
U.S. Weather Bureau
Isle of Pines
Cuba
Honduras
Alma
Havana
Fidel Castro
Pinar del Rio
Matanzas
Cape Kennedy
Florida
Cayman Brac
Caribbean
Castro
Key West
Florida Peninsula
Las Villas Provices
Tadio
Surgidero
Nueva Gerona
Cuban
Communist Party
Piedmont Hires Negro Pilot From Durham Warren Wheeler joins Piedmont as co pilot
Warren Wheeler a 22 year old native of Durham has been hired as a full time Piedmont Airlines co pilot. Davis president of Piedmont Aviation says Wheeler is among the few Black pilots in commercial aviation and was hired under standard company qualifications. Wheeler has about seven years of flying experience and studied at A T College for a year.
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Piedmont
Durham
Winston-Salem, N.C
Piedmont Airlines
Warren Wheeler
Wheeler
United States
Thomas H. Davis
Piedmont Aviation
John H. Wheeler
The
Mechanics and Farmers Bank of Durham
Oklahoma
Davis
Raleigh-Durham
Wilmington
Raleigh-Durham Aviation, Inc
Terry Sanford
A&t College
Morehead College
Atlanta
Robbery at Long Meadow Maryland National Bank
A white male robber 5-10 tall, 39 to 42, wearing a gray green suit, tan hat, and horn rims, robbed the Long Meadow branch at 1:35 p.m. with a snub nose 38 revolver. He fled south on Maryland 65 in a 1960 black sedan with Virginia plates 246 057 after threatening bystanders. three customers and three tellers were present. Tulley and Lauritzen linked to the case via license records. the contractor will appear before U.S. Commissioner Stanley King in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Long Meadow
Maryland National Bank
Tulley
Lauritzen
U.S
Stanley King
Alexandria
Lester B. Ridenour
Ridenour
Maryland
Virginia
OGO Satellites Probe Earth Weather and Seas
The OGO program aims to study Earth's geomagnetic field and solar radiation effects to improve communications for astronauts and ground tracking stations. Historical notes mention early weather influence theories, hurricane alerts near Key West, and Cuban droughts and storms affecting agriculture and livestock in the 1960s.
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OGO
Earth
North Pole
South Pole
Space
Mississippi march resumes after Meredith shot during walk
Civil rights leader Meredith, 33, was shot on the Memphis Jackson walk as he neared Hernando Mississippi with a plan to resume the march. Dick Gregory retraced Meredith’s route toward Memphis while authorities pledged protection for continued demonstrations and a larger Mississippi march.
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China
King
Jackson
Soldwater
Memphis
Meredith
Mississippi
Selma
University of Mississippi
Miss
Dick Gregory
Hernando
Aubrey James Norvell
Gregory
Lillian
Chicago
Johnson
Mississippi primary with mixed civil rights voting
Incumbent Democrats Abernethy Whitten Williams and Colmer led in primary races amid a surge in Black voter registration. A Freedom Democratic ticket opposed major candidates, while federal observers monitored 14 counties after the Meredith shooting and Norvell arrest.
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Page One
Tom Abernethy
Jamie Whitten
John Bell Williams
William Colmer
Whitley
Freedom Democratic Party
Abernethy
Whitten
Williams
G. V. Montgomery
J. O. Hollis
Carthage
Walker
L. L. McAllister
Meridian
Jed Jasper County
Travis Buckley
Spain
Buckley
FBI
Vernon Dahmer
Hattiesburg
Colmer
House
Edward A. Khayat
Moss Point
Jackson County
Lawrence Guyot
Pass Christian
Negro Freedom Democratic
Jefferson
Fayette
Panola
Sunflower
Bolivar
James H. Meredith
Heber Ladner
Justice Department
Jackson
Greenwood
John Doar
Department
Surveyor 1 Sends 1048 Moon Photos in 250 Degree Heat
Surveyor 1 captured a record 1048 images from the moon despite 250 degree heat. Jet Propulsion Laboratory crews at Goldstone say the camera stayed safe in the antenna shadow as the lunar noon sun raged overhead. A new rock near a spacecraft leg and fatigue among the team are noted while the camera will rest Wednesday and Thursday.
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Surveyor
Moon
Pasadena
Calif
Surveyor 1
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Lhrough
Goldstone
Gemini eight days debriefing ahead of June 17 news conference
Debrief outlines Gemini missions with June 17 briefing. Gemini 10 crew John W Young and Michael Collins target July 18 for a three day flight with a 50 minute space walk. Docking issues on Gemini 9 linked to ATDA shroud lanyard misattachment. inspectors traced lanyard wiring and procedure gaps. Cernan helmet visor fogging cut short his space walk to 2 hours 5 minutes.
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Air Force
Martin Co
John W. Young
Michael Collins
Young
Collins
Space
Agena
Stafford
Space Agency
Cernan
Rights Fight Flares Over Open Housing Proposal
Bitter opposition grows as the housing measure faces debate in the Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Emanuel Celler. Senator Javits urges swift action on the civil rights bill, linking the Meredith shooting to the need for nondiscriminatory jury selection and broader protections. Senate Leader Dirksen calls the Meredith attack a ghastly case likely to provoke renewed mischief and sentiment.
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Mathias
Emanuel Cellier
D-N.y
Judiciary Committee
Celler
Jacob K. Javits
R-Nlv
Senate
Meredith
Javits
Mississippi
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Viet Nam Buddhist unrest and US Viet Nam war actions
In Da Nang Buddhist protests escalate as soldiers remove domestic altars and the crowd repositions them amid tear gas. Saigon set for a Constituent Assembly election while military rule looms. In the central highlands the 101st Airborne defeats a North Vietnamese unit, with 77 killed, and the 25th Infantry takes a Viet Cong weapons cache near Cu Chi. Hawthorne operation targets North Vietnamese troops along the Ho Chi Minh trail with air strikes and artillery.
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Hue
da Nang
U.S
Saigon
Electoral Commission
Alany Atteers
South Viet Nam
101St Airborne
Central Highlands
Screaming Eagles
U.S. 25Th Infantry
Cu Chi
Highlands
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Hawthorne
Kontum
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Bill Williams
6Th Missile Battalion
Navy
Flora
Cleo
Norvell
Justice of the Peace
B. L. Garner
Ed W
Joyce
Katzenbach
Avithin
Senate Judiciary, Subcommittee On
Gemini
Holiday Inn Restaurant
Dorothy Jones
WRTM
Lillian W. Yates
Nashville Sound
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