Engineers Strike Threat Settled in All Night Bargaining
Washington confirms a settlement ending the engineers strike threat against Trans World Airlines after an all night session. The agreement cuts cockpit crews from four to three, preserves union identity for the 600 Flight Engineers International Association members, and allows one week of talks before mediator Feinsinger's procedures decide unresolved issues.
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Washington
Trans World Airlines
Arthur J. Goldberg
Kennedy
TWA
Pan American World Airways
Eastern Airlines
Goldberg
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Flight Engineers International Association
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Union
White House Warns on Chinese Buildup Opposite Quemoy Matsu
The White House expressed concern over a large troop buildup by Chinese Communist forces opposite the Quemoy and Matsu islands. Press secretary Salinger noted the expansion of air and ground troops, described as the largest since the Korean War, triggering questions about U S defense policy and potential actions. President Kennedy has not announced a personal stance on defending the offshore islands amid past campaign debates with Nixon.
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Washington
White House
Quemoy
Matsu
Pierre Salinger
Korea
Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
United States
U.S
China
Nixon
Sign Firm Official Tells Of Meeting
A Union Metal Manufacturers official testified that Kidd Brewer was hired as the firm North Carolina agent after being introduced by former highway engineer Robert A. Burch. The lunch at Brewer's hilltop home in 1957 preceded Brewer's appointment and a planned 10 percent commission on state sales.
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Raleigh (Ap
A _ sign company
Raleigh
Kidd Brewer
Brewer
Robert A. Burch
J. A. Coblentz
Union Metal Manufacturers
Canton
Ohio
Burch
North Carolina
Highway Department
Coblentz
Grandson of Wilson among four missing on Himalayan ascent
Prof Woodrow Wilson Sayre 43 and three other climbers vanished after leaving Katmandu May 2 for an ascent of Gyachung Kang 25 910 feet. Sayre an associate professor at Tufts, joined by Norman Hansen Roger Hart and Lee Duttle. The party planned a leisurely climb with no fixed route.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson Sayre
Mt. Gyachung Kang
Sayre
Tufts University
Medford
Mass
Norman Hansen
Boston
Washington
Mt. McKinley
Roger Alan Hart
Tufts
Lee Duttle
Philippines
U.S
United Nations
Edith Warren Chase
Martha
Jennifer
Lexington
Hart
Robert W. Hart
Lynn
Rusk Calls Berlin Wall An affront to human dignity
Secretary of State Dean Rusk toured West Berlin observing the wall and Brandenburg Gate and said it will be broken down one day. He urged renewed talks with the Soviet Union to find a basis for negotiating Berlin's future while expressing resolve to meet American duties and West Berlin’s hopes.
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Berlin
Dean Rusk
Red Wall
Rusk
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Iron Curtain
Potsdamerplatz
Paris
Brandenburg Gate
East Berlin
Unter den Linden
Students in White House visit honor class act
President Kennedy greeted Glen Lake Community High School graduates at the White House after they donated $700 of trip funds to classmate Duane Richardson who has cancer. Outpouring of gifts from many sources enabled the trip to proceed, with Kennedy praising their hometown lessons and promising to sign items for the students.
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Kennedy
Michigan
White House
Duane Richardson
Joseph E. Mohbat
Washington
Glen Lake Community High School
Richardson
Lower
X15 Rockets 47 Miles Into Space
Edwards Air Force Base Calif AP Maj Robert M White piloted the X15 to an altitude of 250000 feet and about 3682 mph, meeting its designed max. He praised the view and demonstrated the craft could reach the target height with an 80 second burn and controlled descent. Future flights aim higher as engineers study heat and control for reentry.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Robert M. White
Space Agency
Joe Walker
White
North American Aviation
Rogers
Earth
Mocksville Mishap Kills Five
Five people died in a Wednesday crash on U S 64 when an automobile attempting to pass traffic collided with an oncoming car. Ernest Lenny Goforth 22 his wife and two children died along with Linda Goforth 17 William L 15 months and Pamee Gail 4 months. Hoyle Reeves 20 of Harm ony also perished in the other vehicle.
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Mocksville
N.C
U.S. 64
Highway Patrol
Ernest Lenny Goforth
Rt. 5
Linda Goforth
William L
Pamee Gal Gail
New Atlantic Pacific Canal Consideration Explored
The United States studied sites in Panama and Colombia for a possible new Atlantic Pacific canal. Officials say the Panama Canal could be obsolete or congested by 1980, prompting a plan for congressional authority to conduct surveys in both countries. Ambassadors Arango and Sanz de Santamaria were briefed at the State Department on the proposal.
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Washington
United States
Panama
Colombia
Panama Canal
Augusto Guillermo Arango
Carlos Sanz de Santamaria
State Department
Congress
Sites for a new Atlantic-Pacific ship canal explored
Possible locations include the Gulf of San Blas route across Panama via a mid Isthmus river to the Pacific, the Sabana River path ending at the Gulf of San Miguel, and a Colombian site near the Panama border using the Atrato and Truando rivers. A sea level canal could replace locks, with Panama and Colombia offering the strongest options.
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Gulf of San Blas
Panama
Pacific
Sabana River
Gulf of San Miguel
Budget Bureau
Roberto Chiari
Washington
Kennedy
Nicaragua
Mexico
Colombia
Isthmus
Panama Waterway
Panama Canal
Moslems Return to Work Amid Algiers Truce Hopes
Moslems in Algiers resume duties in most city services and private firms. Officials report near full return to work, street cleaning resumes, and Moslem auxiliary police begin patrolling European districts as optimism grows that the truce will hold despite ongoing violence by the Secret Army Organization in eastern and western Algeria. In Oran, a gas installation blast blames the Secret Army, while eastern Algerian terrorists burn Bone city hall. European exodus from Algiers continues as curfew lifts and foreigners camp outside airline offices awaiting uncertain peace.
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Andrew Borowiec
Algiers
Algeria
National Liberation Front
Oran
Secret
Bone
Aligeria
Iairline
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