Kennedy invokes Taft-Hartley to halt maritime strike
President Kennedy uses the Taft-Hartley Act to stop a longshore and ship operator dispute that threatens U S food oil and military movement. He creates a three member emergency board to report facts and may seek an 80 day cooling off injunction. The strike involves 70 000 seamen and 15 unions with vast economic impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
David L. Cole
Cole
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Samuel J. Rosenman
New York
James J. Healy
Harvard Business School
Board of Inquiry
Federal Mediation and Concilation Service
Emergency Board of Inquiry
Betancourt Faces Revolt In Venezuéla
In Caracas and Barcelona, early uprising by troops against President Romulo Betancourt sparked rebel action centering on Barcelona where rebels seized a radio station and claimed control of Anzoategui governor Gen Rafael Solorzano. Loyal forces, air power, and police backed by the Navy and army halted the revolt with raids on La Guaira and Barcelona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Venezuela
Barcelona
Romulo Betancourt
Anzoategui
Rafael Solorzano
Radio Tropical of
Caribbean
la Guaira
Betancourt
National Guard
Federal Police
Record Weekend Traffic Toll Near All Time High
The first official summer weekend in Wisconsin brought fine weather and a traffic toll of 21 deaths, just one short of the non-holiday record. The toll rose since Friday with multiple fatal crashes across Green County Berlin and Delafield areas, including the Albany crossroad collision killing John W. Smith and his family. Survivors and victims' details are listed, with the 1961 toll at 379 and a year-ago toll of 341.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Albany
Green County
Berlin
Green Lake County
Dennis H. Jurgens
Wauwatosa
Waukesha
Delafield
Marge Gannon
Madison
Darlington
James Garvey
U.S. 41
Fond du Lac
Rex Peterson
Milwaukee
Herbert Steenberg
Robert Carlson
Milwau
Tragic Five Killed In Albany Rail Car Crash
Randy Lee Smith survives as the Smith family of Evansville perishes in a train auto collision at the Highway 59 crossing near Albany. Father John W. Smith mother Marilyn and two daughters Tammy Marie Beckie Lynn die, brother Roger dies later, Randy is treated for a broken leg. Magnolia residents rally for funeral help as church members offer prayers.
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John W. Smith
Evansville
Albany
Milwaukee Road
Smith
Marilyn
Tammy Marie
Becky Lynn
Roger
St. Clare Hospital
Monroe
Randy Smith
Berlin
Lester Kurtzbein
Rodney Puesghner
John Isely
Fond du Lac
Randy
St.Clare Hospital
Sharer Funeral Home
Greenwood Cemetery
New Glarus
Monticello
Smiths
Highway 59
Beckie Lynn
Magnolia
Sterling
Magnolia Advent Christian Church
James Osborn
Ten anti Castro prisoners hope for new talks on swap
In Key West ten prisoners await developments that could free 1,187 Cuban detainees. John Hooker Jr. returns from Miami for a third meeting as a contact between prisoners and the Tractors for Freedom Committee. Castro rejected a 500-tractor offer, raising talks of a face-saving settlement.
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Key West
Fla
Cuba
John Hooker Jr
Tractors For Freedom Committee
Miami
Havana
Hooker
Eleanor Roosevelt
Milton Eisenhower
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Fidel Castro
Castro
United States
Washington
U.S. Coast Guard
Tractors For Freedom
John Hooker
UPI
Seven Die in Head On Collision on Buffalo Overpass
Seven people were killed in a Sunday night head-on crash on a hump backed overpass with blind approaches near Buffalo. Victims included Florence Bendynek and her two daughters Diane and Elaine, Leon Kerchoff, Donald Hiller, Rose Marie Palewodzewski, and Cornelius Sperduti. Only survivor was Anthony Bendynek.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Florence Bendynek
Depew
Diane
Elaine
Leon Kerchoff
Donald Hiller
Cheektowaga
Rose Marie Palewodzewski
Cornelius Sperduti
Lockport
Anthony Bendynek
Car Crash Kills Four Driving To Church In Minnesota
Four persons traveling to a church died when their car collided with a Canadian National Railway freight train near Baudette Minnesota. The crash occurred as the train traveling about 45 mph struck the car, hurling it and the occupants across the crossing. Only one occupant survived, Albert Kopkie. Several other weekend traffic deaths in Minnesota raised the 1961 toll to 290.
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Associated Press
Church
Baudette
Minnesota
Albert Kopkie
Kopkie
Otto Huaciek
Lake of the Woods
Canadian National Railway
Ropkie
Joe Forney
Governors Back Kennedy On W Berlin Crisis
Honolulu AP Governors for both parties pledged support for President Kennedy in dealings with the Soviets on Berlin and other crisis areas. Governor Patterson of Alabama criticized Kennedy's domestic policies and the handling of the Freedom Riders issue by Attorney General Robert Kennedy. Governor Rockefeller of New York urged a moratorium on political criticism of the administration’s international moves.
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Honolulu
Kennedy
Berlin
John Patterson
Alabama
Patterson
Freedom Riders
Robert Kennedy
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
NMU President Warns of Worse Ship Tie up If Injunction Sought
National Maritime Union President Joseph Curran warned that a Taft Hartley injunction to end the current maritime strike could trigger a larger shipping walkout next fall. He spoke at the AFL CIO meeting in Unity House, Pa, noting his union would comply with an injunction but that unresolved issues must eventually be bargained with shipowners. Curran and William Steinberg explained the situation to AFL CIO leaders while internal labor tensions threaten the unity of the movement.
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National Maritime Union
Seafarers International Union
National Marine Engineers
International Organizations of Masters, Mates and Pilots
American Radio Association
The
Radio Officers Union
Staff Officers Association
Gulf
West
Hawaii
Kennedy
Associated Press
Unity House
Joseph Curran
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Curran
NMU
Afl-Cio
William Steinberg
Steinberg
George Meany
Eisenhower and Nixon to boost Pennsylvania campaign
In Hershey Pennsylvania Eisenhower and Nixon meet at a $100 fund raising dinner to aid Republicans in Pennsylvania. Nixon plans a 30 minute speech on party rebuilding and city strength while Eisenhower offers brief remarks and may discuss a possible Senate bid.
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Hershey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Pennsylvania
Nixon
Eisenhower
IGOP
George S. .Bloom
Senate
Joseph S. Clark
David L. Lawrence
Bloom
Woman Maniac Sought For Drowning Boy In Buffalo
Police hunt a 5-year-old’s description of a dark-haired woman linked to the drowning death of 3-year-old Andrew Ashley in Delaware Park. More than 300 officers and volunteers searched the area after the child was reported missing Friday afternoon.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Andrew Ashley Andrew
Delaware Park
Andrew
Erie County Medical Examiner's
Richard Edgington
Jeandy
Frank Sedita
Venezuelan revolt hits Miraflores palace amid unrest
The Miraflores palace faced a revolt with a steel-helmeted guard and armored cars previously used in uprisings. Gen Pedro Jose Quevedo warned the army would crush personal adventures as 1961 sees multiple revolts against Betancourt's regime. Communists tied to the unrest after Betancourt denounced Soviet Chinese interference. Betancourt had suspended constitutional guarantees on Jan 23 following a Red plot to imitate Castro's Cuba.
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Miraflores
Pedro Jose Quevedo
Betancourt
Fidel Castro
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