Wage Hike Ends 10-Day Rail Strike
Negotiators announce a contract settling the nationwide rail strike with 42 percent wage increases over 42 months for about 200000 workers. Picket lines on ten strikebound railroads to be removed at noon as a 18 day labor dispute ends after marathon talks at the Labor Department.
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Washington
Labor Department
Luna
Usery
REACH
Charles Luna
United Transportation Union
John T. Hilpz Jr
W. J. Usery
U S backs United Nations seat for China amid shift
Secretary of State William P Rogers announced the United States will support seating Communist China at the United Nations General Assembly this fall and oppose moves to oust Nationalist China. He cited roughly 700 million Communists and 14 million Nationalists and left Security Council details to UN members.
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Washington
William P Rogers
United States
United Nations General Assembly
China
U.N. Security Council
U.N
Santa Fe Plans Service Quickly
A Santa Fe Railway spokesman said freight operations would resume as soon as workers return. The four Amtrak passenger trains will restart Tuesday if noon pickets are removed and staff returns.
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Santa Fe
Topeka, Kan
Santa Fe Railway
Amtrak
Loren Simmons
U S Steel Raises Prices After Steel Workers Pact
U S Steel hiked prices on most products by about 8 percent to offset higher costs from a new three year contract granting a 30 percent average pay raise to 500000 union workers. Shutdowns persisted at many mills as companies prepared for a weekend strike.
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Pittsburgh
US. Steel Corp
Steel Industry
United Steelworkers
U.S. Steel
U.S .Steel
Kansas City Man Drowns at Perry Lake
Larry P. De Graeve, 18, Kansas City Kansas, drowned Sunday at Perry Lake near the Perry Dam. His body was recovered about 1 p.m. in nine feet of water, nine feet from shore. He had been swimming with Richard Vasquez and Mike Caldwell when he tired and sank, in a roped-off area crowded with hundreds of swimmers. The death marks the fourth drowning at the lake this season, all on Sundays, with prior victims including Silas Hamilton and Mary Robinson.
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Perry Lake
Larry P. de Graeve
Kansas City
Kan
Perry Dam
Clarence Alexander
Jefferson County
Sheriff's Department
Corps of Engineers
Fish and Game
Carl Eisenhower
de Graeve
Richard Vasquez
Merriam
de Grave
Vasquez
Mike Caldwell
Rock Creek
Oscar Davis
Longview
Silas Hamilton
Conn
Lawrence
Mary Robinson
Low Cost Auto Insurance Ad and Show at Tuc
Gene Doane Agency promotes low cost auto insurance for courteous drivers. Len Barry and Sensational Showmen perform in Tuc at 9:00 p.m. Tickets available at the door after the Student Union bathroom advertisement.
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Gene Doane Agency
Len Barry
Weather to warm. mild and cloudy Tuesday ahead
After a spell of record lows in Lawrence this weekend the forecast calls for a cool but rising trend through the week. Highs near 90 Tuesday with 60s tonight, a 30 percent chance of precip tonight then 10 percent Tuesday. Winds and a stalled front near the Kansas-Nebraska border support a slow warming pattern. July rainfall at KU observatory reached 7.06 inches, boosting yearly totals to 22.68 inches, above average.
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Lawrence
Kansas University Weather Observatory
Kansas-Nebraska
Apollo 15 astronauts lift off from moon mission
Apollo 15 crew David Scott and James Irwin blasted from the lunar surface aboard the Falcon, linking with James Worden aboard Endeavour. They resumed lunar exploration totaling nearly 19 hours outside, gathered hundreds of pounds of rocks, and planned to return to Earth after two more days in lunar orbit.
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Space Center
Houston
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Endeavour
Worden
Hadley Base
Moon
Falcon
Lunar
Earth
Scott
Irwin
Gerald Griffin
Mission Control
Rille
Lunar Lander
North Complex
Fairgrounds Bu s tle For Douglas County Fair Opens
Douglas County Fair returns with bustling preparations as 4 H club members clean the grounds. Livestock judging and contests begin at 11 a.m. with multiple shows through Saturday, including Browning Family concert and Blackburn Singers performances.
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Douglas County Fairgrounds
Douglas County
4-H Club
Fairgrounds
Browning
Blackburn Singers
Pride and Joy
Farmers of America
FFA
Journal-World Photo
Will Hess
Local forecast and event ad at Oliver Hall
Partly cloudy and mild forecast noted with page reference. The National Federation of Students of German Convention is announced at Oliver Hall with admission at the door and dates Monday through Wednesday. Rumsey Funeral Home provides experienced personal service with contact number 843-5111.
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National Federation of Students of German Convention
Oliver Hall
Mon
Pue
Auv
Rumsey Funeral Home
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National Rail
Nixon
Union
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United Nations
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Peking
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Perry
Russell Stover
Rexall
Astros
Itmar
Air Force
Rita Rousseau
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