Maritime Strike Threatens Paralyze American Merchant Marine
A nationwide maritime strike led by seven unions spreads from port to port threatening to halt 990 ships. Some 80 000 officers and crewmen walk out as labor talks continue under Arthur Goldberg amid stalled negotiations and picket lines at major ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gulf Coast
Arthur J. Goldberg
Kennedy
Joseph Curran
Big
National Maritime Union
International Longshoremen’s Association
The
Teamsters Union
Union Oil Work
Ers
Central Labor Councils
Goldberg
Liberia
Panama
Honduras
Seafarers International Union
American Merchant Marine Institute
National Committee For Maritime Bargaining
Deputizing County Traffic Patrolmen Debated at Board Meeting
La Crosse County considers deputizing traffic patrolmen after Sheriff Boma refused reappointment. The issue drew panel review by sheriff and highway committees alongside two state bills to place traffic police under the sheriff or create separate traffic departments under civil service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
Gerald A. Peterson
la Crosse 5Th Ward
William S. Boma
Henry Rebhan
Campbell
Peterson
Boma
Rebhan
Edward Tabbert
U S Seeks Extended Dominican Republic Inquiry At OAS
The United States pushed for a longer Dominican Republic probe at the Organization of American States. U S envoy Gerald Drew said he was overridden by Panamanian chair and urged continued study amid claims of repression and political prisoners.
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Washington
United States
Dominican Republic
Organization of American States
U.S
OAS
Caribbean
State Department
Rafael L. Trujillo
Trujillo
Gerald Drew
Panama
Augusto Arango
Drew
Arango
Commission
Khrushchev Restates Berlin Demands and War Threats
Premier Khrushchev’s Vienna position and TV speech renewed Berlin tensions. He urged a peace treaty this year, warned against changing borders with a thermonuclear war, and pressed for a three member control system to enforce a nuclear test ban. The West seeks disarmament guarantees and refuses to commit without enforceable checks.
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Vienna
Tass
Khrushchev
Germany
West Berlin
Berlin
West Germany
East Germany
Soviet Bloc
West
Europe
Daily Sketch
Mr. K
Geneva
Woman Hit By Truck Killed on City Street
An elderly woman, Augusta Jagow aged 77 of 808 West Ave South, was struck and killed at West Avenue and Ferry Street about 12:45 p.m. Friday by a flatbed truck driven by Arnold J. Hauser of 1424 State St. Hauser, a plaster contractor driver, said he heard a thud and thought he hit the curb.
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West Avenue
Ferry Street
Augusta Jagow
West Ave. S
Arnold J. Hauser
State St
Hauser
John Poellinger
Low Bids On Parking Ramp Total 428 500
Bids totaling 428 500 for a Market Square Parking Ramp were opened by the board of public works. WMC Inc led the general contract at 384 000 with other low bids from Bernie Buchner 9 488 Schneider Heating 31 319 and Clark Bracken 31 700.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Square
Board of Public Works
Gage and Martinson
New York
WMC, Inc
Winona
Bernie Buchner
Ira Haupt
New York Stock Exchange
Chapman and Cutler
la Crosse Telephone Corp
Northern States Power Co
Nels Johnson Construction Co., Inc
Peter Nelson and Son, Inc
R. H. Lovold, Inc
French Jet Tips Burns On Nose At Lisbon Airport
A French Air France Boeing 707 landing in Lisbon tipped onto its nose and burned. The undercarriage collapsed during touchdown at Portela Airport. Three passengers were bruised. 116 others aboard escaped unharmed as emergency exits opened and much baggage and mail burned. The jet was en route from Paris to Peru via the Azores and Venezuela.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Air France
Paris
Peru
Azores
Venezuela
Portela
Plane piloting 71 year old Belle Hetzel attends Michigan 1911 reunion
Belle Hetzel, a 71 year old former Omaha high school teacher, lands her plane to attend a University of Michigan class of 1911 reunion in Ann Arbor. She notes she has piloted airplanes for 31 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor, Mich
Belle Hetzel
University of Michigan
Omaha, Neb
Localities Need PR Men Says Meeting
World Conference of Local Governments told 800 mayors from 51 free world countries that every city hall should have a public relations office to inform citizens about civic affairs. Hans Riemer of Vienna warned offices fail if used to hide errors or promote politics. Eisenhower opened the session, condemning overcentralization and urging local governments to maintain responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
World Conference of Local Governments
Earthquake Felt 2,700 Miles South of Boston in Colombia
A very strong quake was recorded by the Boston College seismograph station placing the epicenter 2,700 miles south of Boston in north central Colombia, South America.
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Weston
Mass
Boston College
Boston
Colombia
South America
Kennedy To Press Foreign Aid Program
President Kennedy on crutches due to a back injury will present his $4.8 billion foreign aid plan at the National Conference on International Economic and Social Development. He seeks to shore up support amid congressional criticism as he travels to Washington for the speech and later greets his wife at National Airport.
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Kennedy
Jacqueline
Washington National Airport
Greece
UPI
Washington
International Economic and Social Development
Congress
Washington National
Janet Travell
White House
Dr. Travell
Will Build West Of Courthouse
La Crosse County Board rejected a plan to place a new building in the Civic Center and affirmed building a safety building west of the courthouse on Courthouse Square. The 25 to 15 vote followed hours of debate with earlier 23 to 17 alignment in favor of the original jail and offices site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse County Board
Civic Center
Courthouse Square
Candeub and
Fleissig
4Th
7Th
State
la’ Crosse
4Th and
Badger
la Crosse
Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare
Division of Corrections
Leo Kihm
la ‘Crosse
W. L. Christopherson
Town of Burns
Jerome Klos
Chicago
Market Square
Merritt Gibson
la Crosse 4Th Ward
Beffore
Senate OKs highway bill with billboard bonus extension
The Senate approved a multi billion dollar interstate financing bill with a two year billboard protection bonus. The measure expands federal funding to about 90 percent of costs, updates annual allocations through 1974, and returns to the House for its version. The bill extends the billboard incentive to raise federal funds for states regulating billboards within 660 feet of the interstate.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
House
Board Control
George H. Falion
D-Md
House Public Roads
Paul H. Douglas
Ill
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Marine Engineers Beneficial A
American Radio Association
Radio Officers Union
Staff Officers Union
Park Department
Maynard Stratman
Village of
Bangor
Stratman
Parks Committee
Parks
Carl Johnson
la Crosse 3Rd Ward
Johnson
D.R
By Ben F. Meyer
By Anthony White
London
Soviet Union
Moscow
Hal Boyle
Hans Riemer
Austria
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Charles Akin
University of Minnesota
Peace Corps
Akin
Minneapolis
Rutgers University
Columbia
By Jerome R. Rosso
di Salvo
Correcstions Division
Welfare Departement
Owe
Supervise Ors Russell Aldrich
Carl Bruhnke
George Bruhn
Farmington
Robert Carroll
Levi Cavadini
Irene Christopher
Clarence Dunnam
Billboard
By Joe Hall
Madison
Chester Dempsey
Hartford
Allen Busby
Milwaukee
Earl Leverich
Sparta
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