Wirtz Proposes Settlement in Rail Labor Dispute
Labor Secretary Wirtz introduces new settlement proposals to avert a nationwide rail strike. He aims to resolve key issues on diesel locomotive firemen and train crew site rules, with arbitration as a possible path and ICC involvement under the administration plan. The Commerce Committee reviews mediation efforts ahead of Wednesday talks.
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Wirtz
William J. Eaton
United Press International
Washington
UPD
W. Willard Wirtz
Kennedy
Senate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Labor and Management
Board of
Commerce Committee
Secretary of Labor
Dave
Martial Law Declared In Viet Nam Amid Buddhist Protests
Reports from Danang say martial law was imposed after clashes during a mass Buddhist march protesting alleged government discrimination. A Vietnamese soldier was wounded and a Jeep damaged. Saigon sources cite 3,000 protesters and additional injuries. The Buddhist body criticized troop harshness and warned of an inevitable coup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Sheehan
U Press International
SAIC
UPI
Danang
Saigon
Ngo Dinh Diem
Roeman
1St Army Corps
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Diem
Open House Planned for Taylor Junior High in Lovington
Lovington hosts an open house Sunday for Taylor Junior High, a modern new facility named for Kyle Taylor. The building, by Barrett-Moore of El Paso with Schaefer Merrell Pendleton as architects, costs 922311.40 dollars with 400000 paid and 522000 debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Lovington
Kyle (Son) Taylor
Barrett-Moore Company
el Paso
Schaefer-Merrell-Pendleton and Associates
Clovis
Police Crackdown on Demonstrators in Plaquemine Cafeterias
Police and deputies arrested 44 demonstrators in Plaquemine Louisiana after sit ins at segregated cafeterias. Authorities used tear gas and cattle prods as crowds gathered, with 17 arrests the night before and more protests anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Schaefer
United Press International
Plaquemine
UPD
Iberville Parish
Civl
Yeggs Loot Jack's Bar
Burglars broke into Jack's Bar northeast of Tatum between 6 and 9 p.m. Sunday and stole 13 cases of liquor and 1 case of whiskey pints plus $432.05 in cash. W. H. Fort Jr. of the Lea County Sheriff and Francis La Due of the New Mexico State Police investigated tire marks and footprints at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Tatum
W. H. Fort, Jr
Lea County
Temperatures Yesterday Reported in Local Almanac
The graph shows a low of 63 at 5 a.m. and a high of 84 at 2 p.m. across yesterday's conditions, reflecting a mild to warm day with a steady daytime rise.
Miner Lew Bova Is Found Alive After Eight Days
Hazleton Pa. rescuers drill a six inch hole to 327 feet into the mine and confirm Lew Bova alive eight days after entombment. His wife Eva 32, shaken by the news, is escorted home as crowds cheer and officials monitor the scene. The event marks a dramatic turn in a long mine rescue effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russ Green
United Press International
Hazleton
Pennsylvania
Lewis Bova
Eva
Pattonville
Bova
Dillon Urges Tax Support for Foreign Securities Tax
Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon urged the House Ways & Means Committee to back Kennedy’s equalization tax on foreign securities sold in U.S. markets to curb dollar outflows. He cited a first-half payments deficit running well over 4 billion dollars and warned against delaying action.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
House
U.S
Dillon
Ways & Means Committee
Kennedy
Kennedy says safeguards ready as test resumption planned
President Kennedy said preparations at Johnston Island in the Pacific are under way for immediate resumption of atmospheric testing if Russia violates the nuclear test ban treaty. He cited four safeguards including active nuclear laboratories and $33 million in contracts for harbor dredging and pier work, plus underground testing continuing. The briefing noted a decline in Soviet troops in Cuba and a planned meeting with Khrushchev was deferred.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Johnston Island
Pacific
U.S
Russia
Cuba
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Congress
Desperadoes Nabbed In Lovington Encounter
Two men described as desperadoes were captured by Lea County sheriff's deputies after a 8:30 a.m. tip about two suspects in a late model Chevrolet with Arizona plates en route to Lovington to pick up a prisoner. The pair, an Arizona sheriff and a bondsman, were intercepted after a road check. The report also notes ongoing U.S. nuclear test activity and a Kennedy administration statement defending test decisions amid calls by Dr. Edward Teller for public air tests.
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Lea County Sheriff's Department
Mallamar
Sheriff's Office
Arizona
Lovington
Edward H. Teller
Teller
Senate
Protest Filed to Block Liquor License Transfer Near College
A protest to the Lea County Board of Commissioners seeks to block Glen Farmer from moving a liquor license seven miles north of Hobbs toward Lovington near the proposed College of the Southwest campus. Dr. Kenneth Osborn and W. L. Greebon filed the protest, with county action to be considered by Howard Babcock.
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Lea County Board of Commissioners
College of the Southwest
Kenneth Osborn
Lovington
College
W. L. Greebon
Hobbs
Howard Babcock
Santa Fe
New Mexico Liquor Central Division
Glen Farmer
New Mexico State Line
Bronco
Texas
Farmer
George W. Van Zandt Funeral Today in DeLeon
Funeral services for George W. Van Zandt of Tatum are set for 10 a.m. today at Higgenbotham Funeral Home in DeLeon, Texas. He died Monday morning at Loving ton Sea General Hospital. Burial will follow at De Leon Cemetery. Smith Yarbro Funeral Home arranged the services.
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George W. van Zandt
Tatum
Lovington Sea General Hospital
Higgenbotham Funeral Home
DeLeon
Texas
de Leon Cemetery
Smith Yarbro Funeral Home
Miners Entombed Three Reach Life or Death Drill
Three miners trapped 331 feet underground eight days after a mine cave in faced a life or death rescue as a 12 inch drill reached 190 feet. Fellin and Throne survived the collapse but Bova remained unheard since Monday, with rescue teams continuing to bore a path to 35 feet above their position.
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Bova
David Fellin
Henry Throne
Fellin
Throne
Gordon Smith
Louis Marino
Debritko
H. Beecher Charmbury
Clyde Machamer
Tower
Debriko
Democratic Party Leader Calvin Horn Refutes Socialist Control Claims
Roswell UPI reports state Democratic Party chairman Calvin Horn, speaking at Roswell High School, is expected to rebut Republican charges that Democratic leaders at national and state levels are controlled by Socialists.
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Roswell
UPI
Democratic Party
Calvin Horn
Roswell High School
Horn
Republican Central Committee
Oil and gas leases awarded in Lea County New Mexico
State land sale in Lea County netted 241711 dollars for 16179 acres. Highest sealed bid came from Great Western Drilling Co for 960 acres near Caprock, while L C Harris of Roswell led the highest ore bid at 16200 dollars for 600 acres south of Caprock. Aztec Oil Co placed the top oral bid at 97.46 per acre for 594.27 acres near Monument.
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Santa FE
UPI
Lea County
Great Western Drilling Company
Midland
Texas
Caprock
Franklin
Aston and Fair
Roswell
Lovington
L. C. Harris
Aztec Oil Co
Dalles
Monument
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Taylor School
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Yeggs
Jack's Bar
Merriman Smith
White House
National Security Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Glenn T. Seaborg
United States
Board of Commissioners
Board For New Mexico Electric Service Company
Dorsey and Company
Jimmy Caldwell
Caldwell
George van Zandt
City
TMA
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