Trains End Four Day Walkout Firemen Return To Service
Trains resumed across eight major railroads from Maine to California after firemen ended a four day strike under pressure from President Johnson and federal fines. The agreement included pledges of no reprisals against strikers or crossing workers, easing delays and allowing the first commuter train to depart in Chicago.
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Neil Gilbride
Washington
Johnson
H. E. Gilbert
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Locomotive
Ilinois Central
Chicago
Maine
Florida
California
Gilbert
U.S. Dist
Alexander Holtzoff
Holtzoff
W. Willard Wirtz
Central of Georgia
Seaboard Air Line
Illinois Central
Union Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Grand Trunk Western
Boston & Maine
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Rail Strike Costs Hit Across Nation and Oklahoma Event
The four day rail strike idled more than 200,000 workers in 38 states, costing carriers about 5 million dollars daily and wages for striking firemen at 320,000 daily. Major lines faced delays in mail and shipments as Union Pacific and Illinois Central noted resumed services. In Oklahoma City, Robbie Frey won the women’s bowling tournament with a 6,444 pin total, earning 1,750 dollars. Mali adopts a mixed marriage code permitting monogamy or polygamy.
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The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Union Pacific Railroad
Ilinois Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
Penn
Pittsburgh
Oklahoma
ITV
Okla
Robbie Frey
Torrance
Calif
LaVerne Carter
St. Louis
Oklahoma City
Toni Calvery
Ann Slattery
Ethel Glasco
Mrs. Carter
Betty Mivelaz
Betty Maw
Weather Report From Experiment Station
Weather experiment station report for 24 hours ending at 7 a m Monday shows high 74 and low 42. Arkansas skies are cloudy to partly cloudy tonight with a cooler turn and a chance of light frost in some sections.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jim Wood
Berry High School
Clifton
Randy) Baker
Banks High
Weed
University Hospital
Arkansas
Sheffield
Moon Orbit Reported by the Russians
The Soviet government announced at the Communist party congress that Luna 10 has orbited the moon, marking a step toward a manned lunar landing and signaling a victory over the United States whose moon program lags behind. The record of Luna 10 was broadcast to delegates and played with the Internationale.
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Henry S. Bradsher
Moscow
Communist Party Congress
United States
Krem In
Luna 10
West Germany
Bochum Observantry
Arkansas Judicial Reform Petition Circulating
Arkansas Judiciary Commission will circulate petitions to place a statewide judicial reform act on the ballot. The proposal would remove many judgeships from partisan elections, create countywide municipal courts, establish family courts within probate courts, and shift selection of high court judges to nominating commissions with retention votes.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Judciary Commission
Mitchell
Upe
Supreme Court
Circuit
Chancery
Rock Island Opens Kansas City Headquarters
Rock Island Railroad established a new headquarters in Kansas City Kansas to oversee operations in 14 states. About 1,200 local workers join roughly 10,873 Rock Island employees nationwide, as district offices in Des Moines Iowa and El Reno Oklahoma closed and staff moved. Additional transfers from Chicago and Rock Island.
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Kansas City
Kan
Rock Island Railroad
Des Moines
Iowa
el Reno
Okla
Chicago
Rock Island
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