Senate to Act On Pay Hikes For Soldiers
The Senate plans to act on a pay raise bill for about 2 million military personnel, boosting most monthly pay by 5 to 230 dollars and adding hostile duty pay for Cold War postings in Vietnam and Korea. The measure, costing about 1.23 billion annually, differs from the House plan by pensions and service-time thresholds, aiming to retain experienced troops with Kennedy and the Pentagon backing.
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South Korea
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Pentagon
Senate Docket Advances Pay and Space Program Figures
A related page two report notes proposals to raise pay by five percent for enlisted personnel and eight to twelve percent for officers if the measure passes. A House Senate conference panel would reconcile bills. Also listed are a $5.49 billion Labor HEW, related agencies appropriation and a $5.51 billion space program authorization.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Distance Dial Plan To Begin For Bell Telephone Area
Bell Telephone announces a Dial 1 for Distance plan starting August 18 for LEhigh Ludlow and 833 exchanges with Tremont Hubbard Lowell and Kingswood unaffected. The 494 exchange joins in October. Long distance calls require dialing 1 then area code then number from affected exchanges.
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Ludlow
Tremont
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Lowell
Kingswood
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Easton
Reading
Norristown
Langhorne
Malvern
Ike Returns To Normandy On Sentimental Journey
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower sails from Portsmouth on the destroyer Ghurka for a Normandy visit tied to the 20th anniversary of D Day. The trip mirrors his wartime command, and a new telephony system aims to shorten long distance calls during WWII commemoration efforts.
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Portsmouth
England
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tremont
Hubbard
Normandy
Europe
Eisenhower
Ghurka
Southwick House
Delco Baseball League tightens race in standings
Inside Your Daily Times lists the Delco Baseball League title chase as highly competitive with updates across pages. The edition highlights charity drives for veterans, ongoing racial crisis coverage, parent child coping advice from Dr Lonnie Car ton, and assorted features in Amusements, Bridge, Classifieds, Comics, and obituaries.
Bodek offers 61.5 acres in Marple for zoning change
Upper Darby developer Ralph Bodek proposes gifting 61.5 acres of the White Manor tract to Marple Township for a country club in exchange for rezoning to allow 1,788 apartments on the remaining 92.5 acres. Public hearing set for Sept. 5. land valued at about 750,000.
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Upper Darby
Ralph Bodek
Marple
White Manor Country Club
Bodek
Moscow
United States
Bodek Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Andrei A. Gromyko
Public club plan eyed for Delaware County tract
A township considered buying a tract to operate as a public country club for over a year. Bodek promised the project would feature the finest type apartments in the entire Delaware County area with rents from 165 to 175 dollars a month. A special committee headed by...
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Meee
Gelug IL UI Ue Sile
Bodek
Delaware County
Mercury To Hit 90 Again This Week
The forecast calls for a high near 90 Wednesday after a spell of moderate temperatures. Skies should be mostly sunny and hot with humidity rising and a chance of evening thundershowers. A warm, humid Thursday with scattered showers is expected, while a Monday rain event dropped up to five inches in parts of Iowa and prompted flood warnings along Four Mole and Beav ercreeks at Des Moines.
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Iowa
Four Mole
Beavercreeks
Des Moines
Plan to retrain workers after General Steel closure
A plan announced for General Steel Industries Ridley Township closure includes retraining about 770 workers. John G. Pew Jr leads an Advisory Committee to coordinate training with federal funds, targeting machine tool operators, sheet metal workers, auto mechanics, body repairers, transmission specialists, and custodial staff. Local industries and the State Employment Service will aid.
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Ridley Township
U.S
Pew
Ford
Chester
General Steel
Harold Thompson
Three Youths Electrocuted on Farm Near Mitchell
Three youths from Glen Carbon identified as Richard Slemmey 17 William Shatz Jr 16 and Bill Henry 20 were killed when a long irrigation pipe touched power lines while moving it between ditches on a Mitchell area farm. State police say four others were present but survived.
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Glen Carbon
Mitchell
Richard Slemmey
William Shatz Jr
Bill Henry
Goldwater urges Republicans to target Democrats in widening rift
In Washington and Terre Haute report, Barry Goldwater criticizes GOP infighting over tax and radical right labels as he declines immediate support for Nelson Rockefeller. He says Republicans must unite to face Democrats, while questions linger about Rockefeller’s 1964 bid and Goldwater’s stance on radical-right figures.
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Bar
Ry Goldwater
Arizona Republic
Terre Haute
Ind
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York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Tentary
Goldwater
Calvin L. Hughes
Rockefeller
Air Force
San Antonio
Tex
Hughes
Ing
New York
Mao
Communist Party
Document Confirms Red China Trouble
Tokyo dispatch reports U S State Department documents that reveal unrest and shakeups in Red China's army amid Mao Zedong’s 1958-1961 programs. Disputes with Khrushchev led to Peng Dehuai’s dismissal in 1959 and halted Soviet aid, with China hinting at potential dissension as the PLA, Navy, and Air Force move under Mao’s control.
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Red China
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Mao Tzetung
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Khrushchev
Peng Teh-huai
He Lheng
Huang Ko-cheng
Peng
China
Mao
Ekhrushchev
Family Moves Without Fight in Chicago South Side
A fourth Negro family moved into a largely white South Side apartment building without incident. Earlier in the week two other Negro families moved into nearby buildings, with a third family on the same block. Nightly disorders had followed the first moves, and about 140 police remain to prevent further trouble.
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South Side
30 Cows and Bull Go Underground in Shelter Test
In Elkhorn Neb a two week test starts with thirty Guernsey cows and a bull moved underground to study animal response to a nuclear fallout shelter. J Gordon Roberts of Omaha conducts the $35 000 shelter test built in 1961 on Roberts dairy farm to be exercised briefly outside after the first days, simulating post attack recovery.
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Neb
Guernsey
J. Gordon Roberts
Omaha
Roberts
Forgot Pants Delays Denver Concert at Red Rocks
The AP reports a five minute delay at Red Rocks Amphitheater Monday night as conductor Vasilios Priakos forgot his trousers delaying the show. The incident caused a brief pause before the performance resumed with Priakos taking the podium without the missing item.
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Red Rocks Amphitheater
Vasilios Priakos
Exiled soldiers land in Cap Haitien amid Haiti invasion report
Unconfirmed AP report states Haitian exile forces captured Cap Haitien and Fort Liberte as exiles reportedly landed near the Dominican border. Cap Haitien imposed with curfew. Dominican and Haitian officials scramble amid claims of cross-border militants and evacuations.
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Dominican Republic
Francois
Papa Doc) Duvalier
Cap Haitien
Haiti
Port Au Prince
Duvalier
Strong Man
Dominican Frontier
Hispaniola
Juan Bosch
Listin Diaria
Bosch
Maj. Ten
Victor Vinas Roman
Hatti
OAS
Fern D. Baguidy
Fort Liberte
Derac
Trow
Limanade
Citadel Radio
U.S
Dauphin Sisal Plantation
Dominican
Invasion Leader Cantave Led Haiti Plot to Oust Duvalier
Gen Leon Cantave, Haiti’s armed forces chief for five months in 1957, led an invasion under the National Democratic Union banner to oust Duvalier. He said he sought no presidency, just removal, while a staging area off an unnamed island was used. Former officers in Santo Domingo joined the effort as rebels plan a military civilian government in north Haiti. Cantave became army chief previously.
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Leon Cantave
National Democratic Union
Cantave
Duvalier
Paul Verna
Santo Domingo
Verna
Haiti
Stop Searching The Heavens Daily Times Want Ad
Help wanted and recruitment appeal urging readers to place low cost classifieds in Daily Times Market Place. Provides multiple local dial lines for ad takers and county line numbers for quick placement and better selection.
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