Unions Picket Missile Bases
Two major labor unions organized picket lines at Lockheed Missile and Space Division and Douglas Aircraft locations. The International Association of Machinists and the United Auto Workers targeted key plants handling significant portions of the U S space and missile program in coordinated actions.
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Los Angeles
United States
International Assn. of
United Auto Workers
Lockheed Aircraft
Missiles and Space Division
Douglas Aircraft
Nixon and Johnson Win Texas Delegation Support
In Austin and San Antonio, Democrats and Republicans pledged strong backing for their national ticket. Johnson secured Texas' 61 votes with a 2,252 to 40 convention margin, while Nixon won unanimous GOP backing with Goldwater favored for vice president. Pickets and strikes expanded across missile and aerospace plants nationwide, involving IAM and UAW members at Lockheed and Douglas locations, with thousands of workers affected.
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Austin
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Massachuetts
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Los Angeles
R. D. Randolph
Democratic National
Navy
Air Force
Discoverer
Samos
Midas
IAM
Lockheed
Sunnyvale
van Nuys
Santa Cruz
Vandenberg Air Force Base
California
Point Mugu
Point Arguello
Long Beach
Douglas
Charlotte
N.C
Tulsa
Okla
San Francisco Bay Area
Calif
UAW
How Tall Is a Giant How Monterrey Little League Began
NBC aired a 90 minute documentary about the Monterrey Little League birth and rise to the world championship, highlighting 12 year old Angel Macias and the raggedy pants team from 1957. The program mixed English dubbing and on air drama with a focus on courage and youth.
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New York
NBC
Humane Socity
Monterrey Roosters
Ernie Ford
Monterrey
Kent
Williamsport
California
Angel Macias
Angel
Retired Deere Leader Burton Peek Dies at 88
Burton F. Peek, 88, former president and board chairman of Deere & Co., died Tuesday in Moline Illinois. He joined Deere as a director and vice president in 1911, served as president in 1942, and led the board through 1956 before retirement.
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Moline, Ill
Burton F. Peek
Deere & Co
CBS
Ann Sheri
West Rejects Soviet Disarmament Plan at Conference
The United States and France called the Soviet disarmament plan unacceptable in its current form at a 10 nation conference. Ambassador Fredrick M. Eaton warned the proposal would disrupt East-West power balance and raise war danger.
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United States
France
U.S
Fredrick
Eaton
Disarmament Talks Hit Hurdles In 1960 Session
Garden City Telegram reports on French delegate Jules Moeh telling Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin that abolition of all armed forces is unrealizable now and urges preliminary measures toward a treaty for total disarmament while noting the difficulty of removing nuclear capable vehicles and American forces from Western Europe.
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Jules Moeh
Valerian Zorin
Emporia Senior Named Secretary of Group
Judy Miller a senior at Emporia State College was elected secretary of the college division of the Future Business Leaders of America at its national convention. The organization comprises about 54000 students pursuing business careers. The atmosphere on Mars is mostly carbon dioxide.
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Chicago
Judy Miller
Emporia State College
The
Future Business Leaders of America
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Europe
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Colorado
America
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Garden City
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