Rail Talks Inch Forward Amid Arbitration Push
Washington AP reports progress in railroad talks as unions tentatively accept a Labor Department plan for arbitration on firemen and train crew makeup. Carriers’ chief negotiator questions sincerity, while officials study legal issues. If no settlement or legislation occurs, railroads threaten to impose job-eliminating rules Aug 29, with a potential national strike and about 32,000 firemen at stake. Kennedy proposed ICC interim ruling while negotiations continue.
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Washington
Labor Department
Secretary of Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
J. B. Wolfe
Wolfe
Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Girl 11 Sells Maps To Astronauts Homes
In SOUSTON Texas 11 year old Cathleen Wakeland sold homemade maps showing the homes of astronauts for 10 cents each earning 3.10. City Marshal Lancon halted sales to protect the astronauts privacy. Cathleen plans a new batch with her mother backing, noting sightseers and media may visit Taylor Lake Village to inspect the homes.
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Cathleen Wakeland
Houston
Tex
Taylor Lake Village
Girl
Jeach
A. A
Lancon
Cathleen
W. R. Wakeland
Siow
Wakeland
Greensboro Wreck: Virginia Man Killed in North Greensboro Crash
A Virginia man, Talmadge L. Jones of Wilson, was killed in a two-vehicle crash on U S 29 in North Greensboro. His wife Dora Jones and their year-old child were listed in critical condition. Clyde Eugene Shaver of Greensboro, driver of the other car, was injured and reported in satisfactory condition.
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Greensboro
Virginia
John M. Hightower
Talmadge L. Jones
Washington
Moscow
Peking
Moeth
Wilson
Khrushchev
Rusk
United States
Soviet Union
Clyde Eugene Shaver
Rt. 5
Dean Rusk
Kids Arrive Despite Transplant
WELLSTON Okla AP Seven years and two children ago Edith Helm received a kidney from her twin sister Wanda Foster. The sisters made medical history by living normal lives. Edith, the first woman to get a kidney transplant, was 20 and ill with glomerulonephritis. Wanda donated a kidney May 24 1956, and both sisters have remained in good health as Edith hopes for another baby.
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Wellston
Okla
Edith Helm
Wanda Foster
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Boston
Helm
Sand Springs
Tulsa
Foster
Ferry sinks off Okinawa with hundreds aboard
A 300 ton ferry Midori Maru capsized near Naha on Okinawa island, carrying as many as 240 people. 18 rescued, two confirmed dead, many missing. Rescue involving U S military helicopters and surface vessels saved 156 and recovered 29, with several more unaccounted for. The vessel left Tomari port at 11 am local time for Kumejima, sinking around 12 05 pm.
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Naa
Okinawa
per_sons
U.S
Naha
Tomari
Kumejima Island
Brinkwater
Ostermiller
Brancroft
Nixon
Shannon McCune
The
Ryukyus
U.S. Army
CA. Wyllie
Buddhist Crisis Escalates in South Viet Nam
Pressure for outside intervention grows as Buddhist leaders in Saigon warn of new bloodshed to follow. Cables urge Kennedy and U Thant to act, while Hue reports a 15 year old monk’s suicide by self immolation. Government lifts martial law as monks gather at Tu Dam pagoda and barbed wire surrounds the coffin.
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Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Kennedy
U.N
U Thant
Diem
RSS
Gunewardene
Ceylon
United Nations
U.N. General Assembly
Thant
Burma
Hue
Tu Dam
Scandinavian beauty wins Miss International 1964 crown
Gudrun Byarnadottir, 20, from Iceland, crowned Miss International 1964 in Long Beach after competitions featuring 86 contestants. She spoke of her Icelandic hometown, studied in London as a secretary, and modeled in Paris. Runners-up included Miss England Diana Westbury and Miss Austria Xenia Doppler.
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Gudrun Bjarnadottir
Iceland
Long Beach
Calif
Tania Verstak
Australia
AP Wirephota
Dial Torgerson
Miss Tosland
Jean
Paris
Lorne Green
Sation
Yur Talawhend
Wy Voucviscu
Long Beach Civic Auditorium
Ytri-Njardvik
Copenhagen
London
Pitman College
England
Diana Westbury
Derbyshire
Austria
Xenian Doppler
Vienna
Joyce Bryan
Miami
Fla
Yoo-Mi Choi
Soon Chun Icity
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Souston, Tex
Ed North
Jones
Enbinla
Voruuic
Pavers SE Soenemeeete
BOS
Andrei A. Gromyko
Enterprise
Bob Jackson
Dick Swaim
Arthur Edson
William Ryan
Naba
Asahi
Kyushu Yusen Steamship Co
Japan
Kyushu
Ryukyu Maritime Transport, Co
Peter Arnett
Associated Press
Alva Swanson
John
Vicki
Mike
Jeff
Bul
Wil Bridge
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