Seaman Rescued After Six Days in Bait Box
Russell C. Swift, 45, a commercial fisherman from West Springfield Pennsylvania, survived six days adrift in a four by three by four foot bait box after his boat sank near Fort Myers Florida. A Coast Guard plane spotted the box guiding a fishing boat then another helicopter took Swift to Fort Myers for treatment. He endured sunburn and dehydration and remained calm, calling it routine.
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Russell C. Swift
Swift
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Coast Guard
West Springfield
Howard Greer
Business Taxes Dominate New York Revenue in 1962
The Tax Foundation reports that 84 percent of New York's $94 billion in fiscal 1962 tax receipts came from business. This highlights the major role of corporate and business taxation in state revenue.
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New York
UPI
Tax Foundation
U S Cuts Off Support in Buddhist Fuss
UPI reports U.S. military leaders ordered advisers not to accompany Vietnamese units suppressing Buddhist protests. General Harkins directed Americans to avoid aiding either side amid tensions between Diem’s Catholic government and Buddhist groups.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
UPI
United States
Ngo Dinh Diem
Paul D. Harkins
Harkins
Diem
Madame Nhu
Hue
Ray Herndon
Kennedy signs equal pay for women measure into law
President Kennedy signed a bill extending equal pay to women performing the same work as men in factories stores and service establishments covered by the federal minimum wage law. The measure affects about 27.5 million workers and ties equal pay to minimum wage rules. The law excludes hotel cafe and laundries pay laterally but covers some supermarket workers. administration notes enforcement by the Labor Department wage hour division. The signing also included a request for day care funding and tax deductions for working mothers with nearly 500000 children unsupervised daily.
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UPI
Kennedy
Congress
Labor Department
FHA approves light weight drain pipes saving builders ninety dollars
New York report indicates the Federal Housing Administration approved light weight plastic drain pipes. The Chemists Association says this change could save home builders about 90 dollars per house in construction costs.
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New York
UPI
Federal Housing Administration
Manufacturing Chemists Association
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