Rail Wreck Kills Two On Port Authority Line
A Hudson Tubes train collided with a parked diesel at Harrison Jersey City area, killing Mary Misiak and Quinton Villaneuva and injuring 28 others. Scranton man Thomas Langan helped evacuate passengers, praised by fellow travelers for his actions. Service between Journal Square and Newark halted after the early morning crash.
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John Curley Harrison
N.J
Hudson Tubes
Scranton
Bertha Goleniak
Harrison
Mrs. Misiak
Langan
Churchmen urge Congress to pass civil rights program
Protestant Catholic and Jewish leaders told Congress that segregation is immoral and racism is blasphemy urging immediate enactment of Kennedy civil rights legislation. Dr. Blake John Cronin and Rabbi Ir explained the social revolution as Senate and House hearings pushed to outlaw segregation nationwide.
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Washington
Congress
Eugene Carson Blake
John M. Blank
Council of America
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Kennedy
Blake
United Presbyterian Church
Maryland
John F. Cronin
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate Judiciary Committee
D-Miss
Erwin N. Griswold
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Harvard Law School
Senate Commerce Committee
Griswold
Civil Rights Commission
Nevada
Hawthorne
Unpaid Scholastic Insurance Claims Hit Summit NC
State Insurance Commissioner Lanier disclosed about 200000 in scholastic accident claims against Summit Insurance Co of America after refusing to renew its North Carolina license. The firm faced claims totaling roughly 1.3 million in premiums and possible receivership if unpaid claims persist.
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Raleigh
Greensboro
Edwin S. Lanier
Lanier
Summit Insurance Co. of America
North Carolina
Jack W. Franks
Walker Agency of
Charlotte
Franks
Walker Agency
Scholastic Insurance
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Summit Insurance
Greensboro National Life Insurance Co
Summit
Credit
Scholastic Accident
Summit Isurance Company
Franks Finance Co
Pos
Insurance Department
General Assembly
Cambridge Business Leader Quits Over Racial Accommodation Debate
Levi B. Phillips Jr., head of the Dorchester Business and Citizens Association, resigns after directors vote to push an equal accommodations amendment to a public vote. The move comes as Cambridge seeks to ease racial tensions following a Washington agreement between Black and white leaders.
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Cambridge, Md
Washington
Levi B. Phillips Jr
Dorchester Business and Citizens Association
Calvin W. Mowbray
Phillips
Association
Cambridge
Test Ban Treaty Faces Senate Vote Ambiguity
In Washington the Senate awaits fate of a nuclear test ban as U S and Soviet negotiators near final draft. Secretary Rusk and Foster briefed the Foreign Relations Committee while Fulbright cautioned no commitment yet. Agreement awaits Harriman initials and federal review before signing plans proceed. Khrushchev proposals include NATO Warsaw pact nonaggression measures and troop reductions.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Moscow
Dean Rusk
Disarmament Agency
William C. Foster
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
United States
Rusk
Foster
Fulbright
Ber
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Khrushchev
Germany
Work Rules Delay Is Requested
Washington Democrats press for a 30 day postponement of new rail work rules as hearings begin on Kennedy plan. Chairman Oren Harris asks Daniel Loomis for a rapid answer while unions threaten a walkout and railroads warn of costs from unneeded labor. Loomis says postponement would hurt an ailing industry after years of negotiations.
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Washington
Oren Harris
D-Ark
House Commerce Committee
Congress
Harris
Daniel P. Loomis
Association of American Railroads
Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Loomis
W. Williard Wirtz
Wreckage Sighted Near Candor Brings Helicopter Search
Montgomery County sheriff reports sighting of plane wreckage possibly from an Army helicopter missing on a Ft. Bragg to Charlotte and Greensboro flight. Two men aboard, crew names unavailable, Army and local officers scour the area as FAA confirms no trace near Charlotte.
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Candor
N.C
Montgomery County
Greensboro
Ft. Bragg
Charlotte
Federal Aviation Agency
Fayetteville
Test Ban Treaty Nears Completion In Moscow Talks
After a long negotiation session in Moscow, the nuclear test ban treaty was reported completed and could be signed Thursday. Khrushchev linked the pact to a broader peace climate and a possible nonaggression pact, though no final decision on tying the two was stated. Officials noted an eleventh hour hitch but delegates remained hopeful.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Tass
Spiridonovka Palace
U.S
W. Bor Harriman
Britain
Lord Hailsham
Andrei A. Gromyko
Pickets Lie In Mud To Block Brooklyn Center Trucks
In Brooklyn, Negro and white pickets locked arms to block supply trucks at Downstate Medical Center construction to win more building trades jobs for Negroes and Puerto Ricans. Twelve protesters were arrested as others continued at Rutgers housing site. overall arrests in city reached 449.
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New York
Brooklyn
Downstate Medical Center
Rutgers
Lower East Side
Manhattan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Queens
New
Milton Galamison
Governors Conference Signal Civil Rights Debate Shift
A Democratic committee at the 55th annual governors conference in Miami Beach canceled its endorsement of Kennedy’s elder care proposal and called for another year of study. Republicans offered an alternate Kerr Mills expansion, while civil rights issues remained a political focal point as Johnson urged responsible action.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
Mark C.hatfield
Oregon
Kerr-Mills
Hatfield
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
White House
State House
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Bat Attacks Baby in Salisbury Rabid Bat Case Reported
A bat attacked Virginia Mae Smith a one and a half year old in a Salisbury family car. The bat was rabid per State Health Department tests. The child received anti rabies shots as doctors monitor her condition. The bat was killed and sent to Raleigh for testing.
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Salisbury
State Health Department
Virginia Mae Smith
Here
Peggy Sue
Rowan Memorial Hospital
Raleigh
Leaders of Soviet bloc meet in Moscow for economic talks
Moscow hosts leaders from Poland Czechoslovakia East Germany Romania Bulgaria Hungary and Mongolia for a Council for Mutual Economic Assistance meeting led by Premier Khrushchev. Talks aim to synchronize policies and may run until the weekend amid China Soviet tensions.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Poland
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Mongolia
Council For Mutual Economic Assistance
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Red
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