Nationwide Phone Strike Ends With New 6 to 12 Cent Hike
The four day nationwide strike by 23,800 telephone exchange installers ended as contract talks yielded a pay increase of 6 to 12 cents an hour plus benefits. Return to work began across states with long distance operators resuming duties as negotiators hailed the agreement, calling it the highest Bell system settlement of the year.
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New York
Western Electric
Bell Telephone
Dunne
CWA
Bank Robbery in Elk Creek Virginia Nets $15000
Two young armed bandits robbed Elk Creek bank taking $15,000 after ordering cashier Fletcher Wingate to turn and tie up. Suspects fled in a late model Oldsmobile toward Galax with coveralls and a possible false beard. Police blocked routes into North Carolina as search focuses toward Baywood near the border.
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Elk Creek
Fletcher Wingate
Wingate
Virginia
Galax
Dalhart
Blue Ridge Parkway
Grayson
Carroll
North Carolina
Baywood
North Carolina-Virginia
Liquid Lye Attack Blinds Teen at Jefferson High
16 year old David Ozersky suffered eye and burn injuries after a classmate hurled a bottle of liquid lye in a history classroom at Thomas Jefferson High School. Maurice Kessler 17 allegedly carried out the revenge attack while another student and a teacher were burned by splatter. Police describe the incident as a revenge act.
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New York
David Ozersky
Ozersky
Maurice Kessler
Stu
St. Clare’s Hospital
Guy
Kessler
Thomas Jefferson High School
Holland Resigns New Zealand Premiership
Prime Minister Sidney G. Holland quit today due to ill health and Deputy Keith Holyoake was named to succeed him. Lord Cobham summoned Holyoake to confirm appointment and the new PM kept the current National cabinet and executive council in place. Holland will stay in the Cabinet as a member without portfolio.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Sidney G. Holland
Keith Holyoake
Lord Cobham
Holyoake
Government House
National Party
Cabint
Holland
Gleaming Missile Is Fired from Cape Canaveral
A large cigar shaped Thor missile was launched from the Cape Canaveral missile test center at 9 25 AM. The craft rose 15 to 20 miles before curving eastward and climbing further with a flaming tail and white smoke. Spectators watched fumes near the base before launch. Assistant Defense Secretary Donald Quarles attended the base and his report may influence the decision on Air Force Thor or Army Jupiter production.
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Missile Test Center
Cape Canaveral
Fla. W
Air Force Thor
Thor
Quarles
Asst
Defense
Donald Quarles
Wilson
Air Force
Army Jupiter
Faubus Attorneys Walk Out During Arkansas Hearing
In Little Rock the Faubus legal team quit the injunction hearing claiming no U.S. court jurisdiction after Judge Davies rejected a motion to dismiss the government's suit seeking to end interference with desegregation at Central High. The judge ordered witnesses and the court proceeded.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orval Faubus
U. S. A Ee
Thomas Harper
Faubus
U.S. District Court
Arkansas
U. S
Military Gains Are Claimed by Secretary Wilson
Secretary of Defense Wilson asserts gains on the Russians and cites a 100000 man force reduction set for June 30 to 2600000 active personnel. He predicts further cuts with the Air Force to shed wings, Army to deactivate another division, and Navy to retire more ships without impairing current production.
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Washington
Wilson
Army
Navy
Teamsters Election May Be Delayed
Federal Judge J Dickinson Letts indicated he would sign an order directing the Teamsters Union to show cause why the election of new officers should not be delayed He heard arguments from a New York area rank and file group contending delegates for the convention were illegally designated as the Hoffa backed leadership faces possible postponement of the vote until fresh delegates are chosen.
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Washington
Federal Dist
J. Dickinson Letts
Teamsters Union
Teamster
Riy
James R. Hoffa
Letts
Teamsters
Florida
Godfrey P. Schmidt
New York Area
Hoffa
Midwest Teamsters
Eeen Nae Bec Schmidt
Psychiatristsalient Grimes Insanity Claim At Slaying Trial
In Beaufort, Dr. Harry Brick testified Grimes was temporarily insane at the time of shooting Haywood Paul after discovering his wife with Paul under a tobacco barn shelter. The defense argues Grimes was not in full possession of his faculties and that the shock of the affair provoked the act. The trial proceeds with more witnesses and possible night sessions to finish before the weekend.
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Bryan Haislip
Washington
N.C
Beaufort Superior Court
J. D. Grimes Jr
Haywood Paul
Harry Brick
Richmond
Grimes
Paul
Dr. Brick
Brick
Wilfred T. Waterhouse
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Joseph W. Parker
Arrests in Liquor Crackdown Hit Lincoln and Gaston Counties
Federal and local officers in Gaston and Lincoln counties arrested 17 people in a liquor operation sweep. Nine Lincoln County defendants waived hearings and posted bonds. 175 gallons of untaxed white liquor were seized on a home porch. In Gastonia eight men were arrested with bonds posted, led by several named residents. four more arrests occurred in Mecklenburg County.
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Lincolnton
N.C
Gaston
Lincoln
Lincoln County
U.S. Dist
Shelby
Gastonia
Tom Evans
Charlie Knight
Carl Treskeld
Tom Yarborough
Pachal Head
Howard Gantt
Russell Whitworth
Kate Reynolds
Cherryville
Knight
Federal
Alcoholic and Tobacco Tax Unit
Two Point
Mecklenburg County
Catawba River
Mount Holly
Robert Aiken
Harlan Aiken
Sanford Aiken
Peter
William McMurray
Victory Church Road
Here
Lee Burgess
New
Rt. 3
John Dewey Hester
Rt. 4
Stove Stevenson Shultz
Rt. 1
Crouse
Raymond A. Jack Gates
Mecklenburg Abc Board
McMurray
Mauney
Thamesville Clears Cyanide Cleanup After Train Crash
Thamesville Ontario residents exhale as 25 000 pounds of deadly cyanide from a truck train collision are removed. Workers scoop the substance to a disposal ditch then ship it to Niagara Falls New York for processing while 10 000 pounds of sodium hyperchloride neutralize remaining hazards. The cargo split after the CN train crash near midnight, releasing copper and sodium cyanide dust and pellets over 300 feet with dust piles two to three feet high.
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Thamesville
Ont
Ontario
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Canadian National Railways
Gromyko Returns to UN Warns on Middle East Tensions
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko warned the United Nations that the USSR cannot remain an impassive observer as Western powers push the Middle East toward conflict. He blamed NATO for pressuring Syria and accused the West of attempts to dominate the region by force.
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United Nations
N. Y
Soviet Union
U.N
Middle East
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
Kremlin
Gromyko
General Assembly
Near
Convict To Produce Weapon In Murder Trial
A Wake Superior Court trial features Edward Turcotte claiming self defense in the slaying of Martin Chavis at Central Prison. Turcotte says a state knife was not the murder weapon and will reveal hidden weapons, while others charged include eight inmates and several outside defendants. Judge Hall granted a nonsuit for James Gregory.
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Raleigh
Wake Superior Court
Edward Turcotte
East Providence
R.I
Turcotte
Martin Chavis
Central Prison
Chavis
Robeson County
C. W. Hall
James Gregory
Mobile
Ala
Joseph Brewer
New York City
Babson
Rockingham
Fred Day Bowmen
High Point
Jacque Lee Schneider
Greensboro
Olen Montgomery
Ralph Douglas Byers
Floyd Reeves
Winstom Salem
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City Hall
Westams Wastile Cs
Communications Workers of America
Davies
Maureen Lyons
Bronx
Thomas Rosetti
Maureen
Nan Cabot
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Syria
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