May living costs dip slightly as meats pull prices down
Consumer price index holds at 127.4 of the 1947-49 base for eight months with a small May drop driven by meats and poultry. Nonfood costs rise slightly and wage adjustments follow index moves, affecting about 123,000 workers with small pay increases and 23,000 workers facing a one cent cut.
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Witte
Robert J. Myers
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Pacific Airmotive Corp
U.S
Missing Bake r sisters’ car found in Winston-Salem
The 1961 model car linked to missing Thomasville girls Barbara Ann and Thelma Jane Baker was located in Winston-Salem after being abandoned at an appliance company parking lot. The vehicle showed about 1300 miles on the speedometer and contained no clues to the girls’ whereabouts. Authorities had long searched for both the vehicle and the missing sisters.
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Winston-Salem
Thomasville
Barbara Ann
Thelma Jane Baker
State Highway Patrol
Albert Baker
Lake Street
Motor Vehicles Department
Winston - Salem
SEC to Probe Mutual Funds for Fees and Practices
The Securities and Exchange Commission said it will investigate mutual funds to see if investors are protected from high fees and dubious management. SEC Chairman William L. Cary testified before a House subcommittee that work is underway despite a possible congressional $750,000 inquiry into stock exchanges. Cary cited growing complaints and potential conflicts among funds brokers underwriters and directors.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Congress
SEC
William L. Cary
House Commerce Subcommittee
Cary
John D. Dingell
D-Mich
Nationwide System 13 Indicted in Illegal Phone Line Gambling
The Justice Department announced indictments against 13 men for using illegal long distance lines to run a nation wide horse race betting operation. A 20 count indictment from a New Orleans grand jury names defendants across 10 cities including New Orleans Baton Rouge New York Chicago Los Angeles Las Vegas Atlantic City Miami Biloxi and Newport Ky. Bond set at 25000 each. Names include Benjamin Lassoff Robert Lassoff Myron Deckelbaum Gilbert Beckley Alfred Mones Sam Di Piazza Louis Bagneris Eugene Nolan Charles Perez Harold Brouphy Anthony Glori oso Alfred Reyn Peter Martino and others.
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Washington
Justice Department
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
New York City
Chicago
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Atlantic City
N.J
Miami
Biloxi
Miss
Newport
Benjamin Lassoff
Robert Lassoff
Myron Deckelbaum
Cincinnati
Ohio
Gilbert Lee Beckley
Surfside
Fla
Alfred Mones
Miami Beach
Sam di Piazza
Louis E. Bagneris
Arabi
Eugene A. Nolan
Charles A. Perez
Harold Brouphy
Anthony Glorioso
Alfred Reyn
Peter Joseph Martino
Tito Reported Ill With Tonsillitis In Belgrade
AP reports President Tito of Yugoslavia was ill with acute tonsillitis and fever. A Brioni bulletin from three doctors stated his condition shows considerable improvement but stressed ongoing treatment under medical supervision.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
Brioni
Fact-Finders Meet On Strike To Report To Kennedy
A three man fact finding board convenes in New York to speed a report on the maritime strike for President Kennedy. The inquiry could trigger an 80 day cooling off period under Taft Hartley and pave the way for possible injunctions in federal court. Union leaders oppose the move while ship owners welcome Kennedy cooperation.
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Andrew Meisels
NEW York
Kennedy
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf Coast
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Prisoner reports conflict over Castro prisoners
In Key West Florida conflicting reports emerge about the fate of Fidel Castro bound prisoners. Havana radio claims the prisoners will return to Cuba to report failed negotiations while the prisoners deny plans to leave and say they are continuing to seek freedom for their companions. American officials say they have no knowledge of any departure plans. John Hooker Jr. plans to travel from Miami to Key West with new information for the prisoners.
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Key West
Fla
Fidel Castro
Havana Radio
Cuba
Tractors For Freedom Committee
John Hooker Jr
Tractors Committee
Miami
TV Testimony on Sponsor Control at FCC Hearing
Fred Coe told a Federal Communications Commission hearing sponsors should have the right to control their television programs. He said responsibility for diversity rests with station owners networks and the government. He noted sponsors balked at references to the gas chamber during Nuernberg coverage and opposed plane crashes in sponsored dramas. Audrey Gellen added a fear psychosis grips TV drama among advertisers.
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NEW York
Fred Coe
Federal Communications Commission
Coe
American Gas Association
Audrey Gellen
Kennedy Space Funds Backed for Moon and Space Efforts
The Senate Space Committee unanimously approved a 1.8 billion dollars authorization for next year. Funds cover manned spacecraft, weather and communications satellites, and ambitious moon projects including an eventual landing and return.
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Ispace Funds
Washington
Kennedy
Soviet Union
Senate Space Committee
Emergency Proclaimed In Kuwait Amid Iraq Assertive Claim
A Kuwait state of emergency was proclaimed as Iraq presses to annex Kuwait. Kuwait asks Arab League admission with Britain pledging support and Jordan backing truth and justice.
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Kuwait
Beirut
Lebanon
Iraq
Abdel Aziz Hassan
Cairo
Arab League
Middle East
League
Dardiri Ismail
Abdel Khalek Hassana
Kuwait-Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Sheik Abdullah al- Salim
Sabah
Britain
U.A.R
Hassan
Abdel Karim Kassem
Hussein
Jordan
London
Soviet Union
Kassem
Senate OKs Kennedy Social Security Bill in 1961
The Senate passed Kennedy's Social Security bill 36 to 0, paving the way for a House Senate conference. It would raise retirement age to 62, lift minimum checks, boost widow benefits, and add about 160,000 beneficiaries. Funding comes from tax increases on employers employees and self employed.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
House- Senate
House
Welfare Department
Cuba
Storm Ravages North Carolina Farms and Towns
Savage storms ripped through North Carolina causing tornadic winds hail and heavy rain. Northwestern Jones County and a belt from Charlotte to the Virginia line were hardest hit with widespread crop and barn damage and trees uprooted. No direct injuries reported though one person hospitalized after a weather related auto crash.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Jones County
Charlotte
Virginia
Henderson
Mount Olive
Kenansville
Eichmann Defends Role With Hand Drawn Charts
Adolf Eichmann used five charts to argue he acted under top orders and was bypassed. Defense lawyer Servatius said deportations to death camps were run by senior SS in Budapest while Eichmann only organized trains. On his sixth day, Eichmann described a vast Nazi bureaucracy aimed to show no personal responsibility.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Gestapo
Eichmann
Hungary
Robert Servatius
Budapest
Servatius
Debt Limit Hike Approved by Senate Finance Panel
The Senate Finance Committee backed a House bill to raise the national debt limit by 5 billion to a temporary ceiling of 293 billion. Secretary Dillon urged swift action to prevent a drop to 285 billion and to cover next week’s bills as the Treasury anticipates a 3 billion deficit in fiscal 1961.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Congress
Treasury
Dillon
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