Job Market Boom Near Record Peak
Washington reports more than 18 million Americans in factory work as production expands to wartime levels. Labor officials cite steel and metal industries, automation, and higher hours driving gains, with forecasts reflecting strong consumer and business demand for goods and services.
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Blast Rips Alcoa Plant in Logans Ferry Area
An explosion and fire at the Alcoa plant north of Pittsburgh leveled a building and critically burned two workers. The blast hit a ball mill on the Allegheny River at Logans Ferry, pa, about 15 miles north of the city. The plant makes aluminum power and flakes used in paints and pigments. The material is highly volatile, a plant spokesman said.
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Gemini Computer Mystery Halts Reentry Plan
Gemini mission notes a computer puzzle causing a ballistic reentry. Charles Mathews and crew discuss dry lubricant issues and near rendezvous with a second stage. Astronauts McDivitt and White faced higher G forces. officials pledge further testing and investigation.
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Priest Stops Traffic During Desperate Gasoline Run In Tennessee
In Gaslinburg area a Chattanooga pilot F A Steele Jr credited an unknown priest with halting traffic to help him refuel and land safely on a highway. Steele described traffic as heavy and thanked the priest who disappeared before he could express gratitude. A separate Norris Lake drowning reported a 15 year old, Steve Wyrick, attempting to swim a channel near Cedar Creek, drowning after stating he could not swim. Police later noted a home invasion in Chattanooga where a teenage girl and her mother were beaten by a Black intruder who threatened the girl’s life. In Court, Judge Tillman Grant denied bond for three white men accused of raping a Black woman in Chattanooga. Knoxville reports TVA officials will travel to Washington to testify on Tellico and Tims Ford dam projects.
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Toronado to Lead Olds Front-Wheel Drive Cars
DETROIT UP I says Oldsmobile will introduce the Toronado. It will be a 1964 model in a class with Buick Riviera and Ford Thunderbird and cost about 4500 dollars. The car, shown to newsmen at GM proving grounds, features front wheel drive and a sleek six passenger hardtop design.
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Heavy Rain and Tornadoes Hit Plains and South West
Severe weather swept across the plains and mountain regions Monday night with heavy rain and hail. Tornadoes touched down near Cheyenne Crossing in South Dakota and near Black Hawk and Lead, with strong winds reported in Akron Colorado and gusts up to 92 mph. Waterspouts sighted near Vale paraiso Florida and heavy rainfall drenched Bemidji Minnesota and Jacksonville Naval Air Station Florida. Summer heat persisted in many areas with highs in the 80s and 90s across Kansas Texas and California deserts.
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Lady Bird Didn't Want LBJ To Run
New York dispatch reports Lyndon Johnson accepted the 1960 vice presidential offer despite his wife Lady Bird Kennedy and friends objections. Historian Arthur M. Schlesinger says Kennedy told a friend Johnson grabbed at the offer as if taking a pocket object.
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