Federal Payroll Hits Record High in 1963
Senator Byrd reports federal payroll costs rose to 15.3 billion dollars in fiscal 1963, up nearly one billion from 1962, with civilian employment averaging 2,493,374. For July 1964, employment reached 2,518,900 as increases and wage hikes continued. Also notes Northeast Airlines Florida route petition and Kennedy on Russian trawlers near Cape Cod, urging penalties for intrusions into U.S. waters.
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UPI
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D-Va
Byrd
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F. Bradford Morse
R-Mass
Northeast Airlines
Florida
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Atlantic
Cape Cod
Mass
Kennedy
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Accidental Falls Kill Two Sooner Workers
Two Oklahoma men died in separate falls while working in Kansas City and McAlester. James Standridge, 39, of Parsons Kansas, fell five stories from a building after a rope broke and died four hours later in a McAlester hospital. Marcus Kinney, 33, of Miami Oklahoma, fell 13 stories on his first day at a downtown Kansas City job when a cable gave way during a descent.
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United Press International
James Standridge
Parsons
Kan
McAlester Hospital
Standridge
Marcus Kinney
Miami
Okla
Kansas City
Kinney
80-Year-Old Man Rescues Child From Well
In Clayton Bertie Gibson an 80-year-old man with a heart ailment descended 25 feet into a well to save two-year-old Sarah Lee Robinson. The child fell in while playing and was lifted to safety by Gibson. The boy brother alerted the mother as Gibson risked his life, earning praise from the physician.
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Clayton
Bertie Gibson
Sarah Lee Robinson
Leonard William Robinson
John Paul
Executive Defined by Labor Dept Sets Weekly Minimum
Washington officials say a man must earn at least 100 dollars weekly and supervise two or more employees to be defined as an executive by government standards. The Labor Department released the criteria on Thursday.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
Quotes In The News From Across The World
A U S Army sergeant who defected to Red China says he is returning to the West with his wife and three sons for a better future. An editorial broadcast by Peking Radio accuses Russia of betraying the socialist camp to satisfy the two Chinas scheme. Bayard Rustin urges jobless Americans to stage street protests to pressure government for work.
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Albert C. Belhomme
Red China
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China
Tokyo
Peking Radio
Russia
U.S
Washington
Bayard Rustin
Hoover named longest living U S president since Adams
The Britannica Book of the Year recognizes Herbert Hoover as the longest living U S president since John Adams. The note highlights Hoover surpassing Adams in longevity among former presidents.
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Herbert Hoover
U. S
John Adams
Sadist Sought As Knife Killer
New York police hunted a sadist suspected of killing two young women in their East Side apartment. Janice Wylie, 21, Newsweek researcher, and Emily Hoffert, 22, were found bound with torn sheets. both stabbed repeatedly. Wylie had received obscene phone calls. her father Max Wylie suggested a troubled caller.
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New York
Janice Wylie
Newsweek Magazine
Miss Wylie
Max Wylie
Emily Hoffert
Wylie
Miss Hoffert
Philip Wylie
Henry E. Hoffert
Minneapolis
East Side
Patricia Tolles
Milton Halpern
Kaiser Employees To Split $314000 At Fontana Plant
United Steelworkers at Kaiser Steel Corp. Fontana Plant will split 314000 for July under the company union sharing plan. Since March the plan has distributed 1824000 among workers. For July 4800 employees will benefit, about 40 cents per participating hour, 16 percent of standard wages, with July cost savings of 847000.
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Calif
United Steelworkers
Kaiser Steel Corp
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