Food and Gas Prices Hit Record COL Increase
The July cost of living rose half a percent to a record high for the second straight month led by food and gasoline. The Labor Department notes the consumer price index at 107.1 with the 1957-59 base and cites a 1.5 percent year over year rise driven by food housing medical care and tobacco. Adjusted wages rise for about 1,025,000 workers across automotive aerospace farm and construction equipment sectors, with varied cent to hourly increases and city index adjustments.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Arnold Chase
Railroads Face Possible Nationwide Strike As Deadline Nears
Railroads warn a nationwide strike could begin Thursday as lines suspend freight acceptance and delay passenger service to reach destinations before the deadline. Union leaders and lawmakers debate arbitration over crew makeup and diesel fireman cuts, with Congress unlikely to act in time.
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Washington
Congress
Lodge Talks With Nhu as Saigon Eases Martial Rule
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge met Ngo Dinh Nhu for over two hours in Saigon amid a political religious crisis. Martial law hints of easing include curfew lift and provincial changes while troops remain concentrated. The National Assembly election was postponed and university campuses faced security measures as protests and Buddhist concerns widen.
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South Viet Nam
Nhu
National Assembly
Diem
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Kennedy
Frederick E.nolting
Ton That Dinh
Dinh
Wisconsin to Join Aid to Aged Program Next July
Wisconsin will participate in the federally supported Health Assistance Payments Act starting July 1 under the Kerr-Mills framework. The program funds medical aid for low income residents over 65 who lack old age assistance, with asset limits and state admin via private providers under state and federal financing.
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Wisconsin
Public Welfare Department
Thomas J. Lucas
Division of Public Assistance
Eisenhower
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Adm
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Atomic Energy Commission
Kerr - Mills
Lucas
State Public Welfare Department
True backward flight limited to hummingbirds among birds
The statement notes that among birds only hummingbirds can achieve true backward flight. It highlights a unique aerial ability tied to hummingbirds' wing mechanics and agile hovering skills.
Milwaukee Man Dies From 1963 Highway Crash
Milwaukeean John Schoenecker, 66, dies in hospital from injuries suffered in a two car collision on Milwaukee's North Side. Five others are injured. The 1963 Wisconsin highway toll reaches 543 on this date, down from 594 a year earlier.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
John Schoenecker
Pleads No Contest To Mailing Obscene Photographs
Ronald Larkee, 50, of Weyauwega, pleaded no contest in U S District Court on Monday to mailing obscene photographs and letters. He remained free on a $1,000 bond awaiting final determination of the charge.
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Ronald Larkee
Weyauwega
U.S
Sardinia Eyes Bottled Sardines to Boost Sales
Canning experts on Sardinia seek a method to market sardines in bottles rather than tins to boost sales. The island, famed for its fish, explores alternative packaging to attract buyers and expand distribution.
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Cagliari
Sardinia
Rank Wins Plaudits Driller Could Peel An Orange With Big Outfit
In Hazleton Pennsylvania Mike Rank a 39 year old from Beth el Connecticut operated a 65 ton drilling rig to finish an escape hole for miners David Fellin and Henry Throne. Rank kept steady under danger carefully pausing as needed and completing the 300 plus foot bore with an 18 inch bit. Authorities and the rescue team hailed Rank for his nerve and precision at the final thaw of the operation.
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Beth‘el
Iear
Rank
Fellin
Anna
Charmbury
Throne
Rescue miners emerge after long underground ordeal
Fellin and Throne survived 329 hours in a cramped refuge as rescue teams drilled an escape hole. Crowds cheered at surface as the two miners reached safety, shared thanks, and described the harrowing ascent and final moments.
Classroom explosion wrecks room at Burns Catholic school
A late Monday night explosion shattered a classroom at Our Lady of Good Harbor in Buras Louisiana and ignited a fire. No injuries were reported as firefighters contained the blaze. The blast damaged a wall in an adjacent room and cracked walls in a teachers lounge and two lavatories. Officials said sisters had received a weekend warning call.
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Buras
Our Lady of Good Harbor
Dynamite blast near coed’s home sparks investigation
In Columbia South Carolina a nighttime dynamite explosion cratered a field near Henri Monteith, a Negro coed set to enter the all white University of South Carolina by court order. No injuries reported. a window was shattered on her uncle’s home. A late model car fled the scene at high speed as deputies pursued.
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Columbia
S.C
University of South Carolina
Henri Monteith
Rebecca Monteith
H.D. Monteith
Fairfield County
Livestock Market Report From South St Paul and Chicago Text
Reported by Swift and Company with noon quotations for hogs cattle and produce. Hogs and cattle prices show declines and steady ranges with weight classes and regional quotes from South St Paul and Chicago Mercantile Exchange markets.
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South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Ann Landers Advice Columns Mood and Marital Dilemmas
Letters discuss reasons for a limp handshake and arthritis, keeping a secret about a late husband while planning a new marriage, and the social costs of hotel lodging versus home life. Readers offer anecdotes on finances and shared misery, with Ann Landers dispensing guidance and a call for problem submissions.
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