Rail strike looms as Javits seeks seizure powers
Sen. Jacob Javits announces a plan to give President Kennedy authority to seize the nation’s railroads if a nationwide strike proceeds. He will offer the measure as an amendment to the Commerce Committee bill urging arbitration of rail work rules. The Senate considers the proposal amid expected floor fights as the strike deadline nears.
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Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
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Senate Commerce Committee
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Congress
Israelis and Jordanians trade fire in Jerusalem border clash
Israeli and Jordanian forces exchanged rifle mortar bazooka and machinegun fire for hours in Jerusalem. Both sides accused the other of violating the UN truce. Two U.N. teams began an investigation as casualties were reported on both sides.
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Rescue Nearing For Coal Miners
The final drilling stage to reach two miners trapped 308 feet underground began afternoon in Sheppton Pennsylvania. Workers aimed to bring Henry Throne 28 and David Fellin 58 to the surface within hours while a separate effort to reach Louis Bova 42 from another chamber progressed with a 3 inch bore before getting stuck for hours.
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John Glenn
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John Adams
Quarry Collapse Fatal to Two Workers
In Quincy Massachusetts a granite quarry landslide buried six workers. Two men died and three others were injured with officials initially reporting three deaths and three injuries.
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Quincy, Mass
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Weather Summary: Clear Skies and Hot Day Ahead
The forecast shows mostly clear skies with 15 to 25 mph winds. Temperatures peak near 103 degrees with a low of 70 after a 101/71 day yesterday. Relative humidity around noon at 16 percent. sunrise at 5 07 and sunset at 6 17.
Explosion Kills Four in Butte Dynamite Heist
In Butte Montana sheriff reports four or more bodies linked to a dynamite theft. An area rendezvous between slag heaps exploded destroying cars and shattering windows over a ten mile radius. 186 cases of blasting powder stolen from La Velle Powder Co. days earlier may have contributed to the blast.
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Butte, Mont
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Silver Bow
William Dalling
Butte
Dalling
la Velle Powder Co
East German Border Skirmish Spurs Berlin Political Clash
East German guards fired at a 22 year old fleeing through barbed wire into the French sector Reinickendorf district, wounding none as shots missed. A 2-year-old border guard ran through wire to the American sector in uniform with a machine pistol. In West Berlin Willy Brandt pressed an offensive in the SDP CDU dispute over methods.
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West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Social Democratic Party
SDP
Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democcratic Party
CDU
Students Clubbed By the Thousands In Viet Terrorism
Saigon reports say troops and police clubbed and beat Vietnamese students in the streets and hauled 1 000 to 2 000 to a military camp in trucks bearing a U S aid programme symbol. In Hue mass arrests and government speakers denounced Buddhist leaders and criticized the opposition.
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Viet Nam
UPI
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Hue
Imperial Citadel
250000 Rights Marchers Expected in Washington
Bishop Stephen G. Spottswood of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, NAACP board chairman, predicted a quarter of a million people would take part in Washington DC's civil rights march, the highest figure yet estimated by march officials.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Stephen G. Spottswood
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
National Board of Directors
Two-Gun Robin Hoods Hold Up Las Vegas Bar
A dawn robbery at Fritzi's Bar on Fremont Street left about $200 in the hands of two armed men. The duo, described as working men with a Robin Hood pose, sipped beers before threatening patrons and commanding the bartender to empty the till.
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Las Vegas
Darrel Marogue
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Hunt Spreads For British Train Bandits
Scotland Yard put three Londoners on its wanted list for questioning about the 7.3 million robbery of the Royal Mail and extended the manhunt across the British Isles Spain and Italy. Mug shots and descriptions were distributed in all three countries as citizens tipped in with possible whereabouts for Roy John The Weasel James Bruce and others receiving a 728000 reward.
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Italy
Roy John
James
Bruce
France Hikes Budget for Nuclear Arms
Paris reports President Charles De Gaulle boosted next year’s military budget by one billion francs to accelerate France’s autonomous nuclear strike capability. Financial circles say the move enlarges funding for the go it alone deterrent program.
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