Strike Averted as Railways Postpone Job Cuts
Washington reports a nationwide rail strike was averted after railroads agreed to a 30 day extension to 12 01 a m Aug 29 1963 to allow Congress to act on Kennedy plan transferring work rules oversight to the Interstate Commerce Commission The move followed pressure from House and Senate commerce committees and unions warned that the new rules would scrap thousands of jobs and trigger a national walkout.
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Senate Commerce
Congress
Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commision
ICC
Loomis
Senate
Congress of the United States
J. E. Wolfe
National Railway Labor Conference
John Pastore
D-R.i
Senate Commerce Committee
Labor unions contest right to work petition signatures in Oklahoma
Organized labor challenges 70 817 of 214 000 signatures on right to work petitions claiming many signers were not registered voters. Hearings resumed before state Supreme Court referee Marian Opala as AFL-CIO officials testified on duplicate signatures and list checking methods. The court will review after further testimony and proceed to a decision.
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Oklahoma City
Organized Labor
State Supreme Court
Marian Opala
William Kessler
Oklahoma Afl-Cio
Roy Tillman
Afl-Cio
Madge McPherron
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Opala
Nuclear test ban initialled by US Britain and USSR
The United States Britain and the Soviet Union initialled a partial nuclear test ban treaty in Moscow at Spiridonovka Palace. Harriman Hailsham and Gromyko led the ceremony as last minute revisions were completed after ten days of talks. The accord bans atmospheric outer space and underwater tests while underground tests may continue. The treaty awaits Senate and Parliament approval with a signing ceremony planned next week.
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Constitution
Moscow
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Spiridonovka Palace
W. Averell Harriman
Lord Hailsham
Andrei Gromyko
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Harriman
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Gromyko
Hailsham
Khrushchev
U.S. Senate
Roundbow Troop Exchange Brings British Artillery To Fort Sill
British soldiers of the 29th Commando Regiment arrive at Sheppard AFB en route to Fort Sill for Exercise Roundbow. Fort Sill sends Battery A 2nd Howitzer Battalion 2nd Artillery to England for six weeks of training. Maj. Gen. Griffing bids farewell as the exchange aims to test interoperability under battlefield conditions.
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Fort Sill
Ter
2Nd Artillery
England
L. S. Griffing
29Th Commando Regiment
Royal Artillery
Plymouth
Edmund
Ted) Dowling
Sheppard
Dalene E. Bailey
Dowling
McNair Hall
Post
Army
U.S
Eugene Voelkel
Charles R. Leach
George W. Watkins
Ward testifies in British sex scandal trial
Dr. Stephen Ward labeled himself thoroughly immoral as he testified at his Old Bailey trial over earnings from Christine Keeler and seducing girls. He denied Christine was a prostitute, defended himself against Mandy Rice-Davies and others, and recalled introductions to Profumo via Viscount Astor as eggs shattered near Christine outside the court.
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Lee
UPI
Stephen Ward
Ward
Christine Keeler
John Profumo
Britain
Old Bailey Court
Miss Keeler
Christine
Profumo
Viscount Astor
Cleveden
Harold Macmillan
John Burge
Mandy Rice-Davies
Astor
Fairbanks
Mandy
Jackie Kennedy to Celebrate 34th Birthday at Cape Cod
Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy will mark her 34th birthday with a Cape Cod family gathering at the summer home leased by the President. The First Lady plans to stay about three more weeks, then return to Washington around August 19. She will undergo a caesarean birth at Walter Reed Hospital with date kept secret. The Air Force spent about 5000 to upgrade a hospital wing at Otis AFB for potential use during her stay.
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Washington
UPI
Jacqueline Kennedy
Cape Cod
White House
One Hundred Twenty ROTC Cadets Commissioned At Fort Sill Rites
Closing ceremonies at Fort Sill Artillery Bowl end six weeks of general military science training for 1823 cadets. One hundred twenty cadets, including John B. Milton of New Mexico State University, receive commissions as second lieutenants.
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Fort Sill
Artillery Bowl
L. S. Griffing
John B. Milton
New Mexico State University
Hugh Milton
Army
Forecast Shows Showers After Hot Oklahoma Day
Temperatures near 100 in southwest Oklahoma gave way to a U S Weather Bureau forecast of widely scattered thundershowers for the Lawton Fort Sill area Friday. Highs should reach 102 in Lawton today and 101 Friday with a 76 degree overnight low.
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Oklahoma
U.S. Weather Bureau
Lawton-Fort Sill
Lawton
McAlester
Broken Bow
Mother Reunites At Bedside Of Dying 21 Month Old
Oklahoma Acting Gov. Leo Winters halted a governor’s warrant to arrest Jean Crawford so she could reach her 21 month old son Richard at University Hospital. Doctors call the disease incurable, and two of her other children have died from the same illness. The note adds that a court will decide guilt, if any, on unrelated attempted check theft charges.
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Oklahoma City
Leo Winters
Winters
Jean Crawford
Richard Crawford
University Hospital
Crawford
Wichita Falls
Tex
Budget requests exceed county funds in new fiscal year
County budget requests totaling 610486.94 exceed the available appropriation of 523531.51 by 86955.43. The excise board will decide where to cut to fit the funds, with the sheriff’s department the largest request at 150121 and proposing hires and prisoner feeding increases.
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Sheriff's Department
Sheriff's Office
Sheriff's
Board of County Commissioners
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Craig S. Abbott
Texas A&m
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