Auto Workers Target Expanded Fringe Benefits in 1964 Drive
The United Auto Workers plan a broad push for improved fringe benefits in 1964, focusing on pensions and retirees’ health coverage. President Walter Reuther says wage hikes may be sacrificed to finance broader benefits, and industry profits are cited as justification.
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Detroit
Lmited Auto Workers Union
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Johnson
Reuther
General Motors Corp
Emil Mazey
UAW International
Rights Sacrifice Threats Rise From Chapel Hill to CORE Rally
In Chapel Hill a white minister warned he would burn himself Easter Sunday to protest civil rights barriers, while CORE leader James Farmer cautioned the threat reflected one man’s view. A rally drew 220 protesters and 39 arrests at local restaurants, as tensions over integration flared and a white business owner faced assault and entry charges.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
Cox
North Carolina
Univer
Dey
B. Elton Cox
Congress of Racial Wuung
New York
James Farmer
CORE
Farmer
Main Street
Brady's
Austin Watts
Rosemary Ezra
Watts
J. W. Henry
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Wheat Deal Sale to Be Announced
Washington reports a 26 million bushel wheat sale to the Soviet Union, with 7.84 million bushels durum likely from Cargill Inc. Subsidies average 78.5 cents per durum, higher than other sales, prompting congressional questions about shipping costs. Substantial mentions of USIA reforms and public figures fill subsequent items.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Cargill, Inc
Minneapolis
Agriculture Department
Continental Grain Co
New York
Department
Bus Routes Are Sold in Pennsylvania
The Reading Co. sells its four Pennsylvania bus routes to Capitol Bus Co. of Harrisburg and Safeway Trails of Virginia. The routes include Philadelphia to Pottsville, Philadelphia to Allentown Bethlehem and Tamaqua, and Lancaster to Reading and Allentown. Negotiations are completed. only formal written agreement remains to be done Tuesday.
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Philadelphia
Reading Co
Pennsylvania
Capitol Bus Co
Harrisburg
Safeway Trails
Virginia
Reading
Pottsville
Allentown
Bethlehem
Tamaqua
Shamokin
Lancaster
Pennsylvania Tests Steel License Plates for 1970 Use
Harrisburg AP reports the state will test steel license plates on about 100 000 cars next year to gauge durability under various weather conditions. If favorable, steel plates would replace aluminum ones, though not before 1970 due to existing 1965 aluminum commitments and ongoing production in state correctional facilities.
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Harrisburg
Arthur Sampson
Oil Into Food
Memphis AP report says the American Institute of Chemical Engineers opened its convention with talks on transforming petroleum into food and on making shoes from plastic.
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Memphis, Tenn
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Old Penn Station Yields to Sports
The century old Penn Station in New York is demolished to clear space for a new Madison Square Garden complex. Demolition began Oct 28 and the 550 daily trains will continue to run on underground tracks as scaffolding and signs replace the Roman inspired marble facade. The project, including a 22 000 seat arena and 33 story tower, is scheduled for completion in 1966.
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New York
Pennsylvania Station
Caracalla
Italy
Madison Square Garden
America
Penn
New York City
Stanford White
31St
33Rd Streets
Seventh and
Eighth Avenues
Madison Avenue
27Th Street
Madison Square
Eighth Avenue
49Th
50Th Streets
Beatles Over Nixon Head at Greensboro Airport
Jeresa Crater, 13, asked Richard Nixon if he liked the Beatles at Greensboro Airport. Nixon replied that his daughter liked them but they were a bit over his head and he did not understand them. The scene shows the Beatles as a ragé among teens and sparked light exchange with the former president.
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Greensboro
N.C
Jeresa Crater
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
England
Teresa
Viet Cong raid on Kontum compound wounds American officer
In Kontum, Viet Cong guerrillas attacked a U.S. military detachment at 4:30 am. Spec. 4 Gale D. Flinn of Fowler, Kansas, killed two attackers. one American officer was wounded and treated at a field hospital. Maj. Gen. Timmes presented the Army Commendation Medal to Flinn for his actions. A second bombing in Saigon wounded six Americans and one Vietnamese, with police noting possible personal motives.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Charles J. Timmes
Military Advisory Assistance Command
Viet Nam
Kontum
Gale D. Flinn
Fowler, Kat
Timmes
Flinn
Nha Trang
26 Are Rescued 26 Are Rescued
In distant seas about 600 miles east of Japan the 7750 ton Liberia freighter Agia Erinil lost hull integrity after two leaks. The President Wilson reported rescuing 18 crew and another unidentified ship saved the remaining eight. The ship was en route from Portland to Japan with scrap iron.
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Tokyo
Japan
Wilson
Agia Erinil
Lloyd’s Register of Ships
Portland
Ore
Groundhogs Predict Six More Weeks of Winter in PA
Both Quarryville and Punxsutawney Phil sightings forecast six more weeks of cold weather. Groundhog Club leaders claim their respective forecast is valid while attendees include U.S. Rep. Albert Johnson. Lodge members parade after the event in Lancaster County.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Sam Light
Punxsutawney Groundhog Club
Punxsutawney Phil
Quarryville Club
Punxsutawney Club
Phil
Light
U.S
Albert Johnson
R-Pa
Quarryville
Lancaster County
Inew
70 Die In Train Collision
The Firefly Express carrying a holiday crowd of 1030 collided with a standing freight 65 miles southeast of Buenos Aires. About 70 people are killed and hundreds more injured or missing as a wreckage fire rages. Engineer Mondine of the freight survived and warned his fireman to jump.
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Altamirano
Argentina
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Ismael Mondine
Ferry 91 Saved After Procida Collision
In dense fog a Naples to Ischia ferry with 80 passengers and crew of 40 struck rocks 500 yards off Procida. All aboard were evacuated within an hour as Procida and Ischia boats rushed to the scene.
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Naples
Italy
Naples-to-Ischia
Procida
Ischia
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Ford Motor Co
General Motors
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Alto
Flint
Mich
Russia
Lidia Skoblikova
Innsbruck
Austria
United States Information Agency
Commission
Congress
USIA
J. Leonard Reinschof
WSB
Atlenta
Carl T. Rowan
ABC
Radiotelevision
John F. Kennedy
Georgetown
National City Christian Church
Air Force
Richard L. Bohannon
Newport News
Liz
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Toronto
Burton
Old Penn Station
Penn Station
Beatles
Robert Herr
Herr
Hamburg
Germany
Paris
Socialist Party
Gaston Defferre
Marseille
Charles de Gaulle
London
Alec Douglas-Hume
Kennedy-Nixon
Britain
Douglas-Home
Harold Wilson
Dar ES Salaam, Tanganyika
Tanganyika
Job Lusinde
Hong Kong
Jeo-Fin Meyer
Ghana
Peking
Red China
Meyer
Africa
France
China
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