N Y Faces Deadline On Teachers
A three member mediation panel met with union officials and the Board of Education in mid town New York less than 48 hours before a possible illegal teachers strike. The UFT demands include higher starting salaries and pay raises across levels. The board has offered $12 million in raises but delayed to next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPD
Board of Education
United Federation of Teachers
UFT
Robert F. Wagner
Calvin Gross
Charles Cogen
Gross
Cogen
Supreme Court
Wagner
Theodore H. Kheel
Teen plans to enlist in Army derailed by stockade prank
Sixteen year old Tom Doles of Wichita said a practical joke by friend Larry Avis led to his eight days in Fort Riley stockade after being listed as AWOL. Doles had planned to enlist on September 23, two days after his seventeenth birthday.
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Wichita
Kan
Tom Doles
Doles
Fort Riley
Kansas City
Larry Avis
Avis
Ft. Hood
Tex
Army
Ft. Riley
Book Mobile Here Monday With First Edition Girl Scout Handbooks
A book mobile will operate on the south side of the City Library from 3 to 5 30 p m on Monday. It will sell First Edition Girl Scout handbooks for 1 00 each. These books may become valuable collector items in the future.
Barnes All Around Cowboy at Lea County Fair Rodeo
Fair officials crowned Barnes of Tulsa Oklahoma as all around cowboy after three days amid a 2600 attendance. He earned 392.50 dollars by placing in bull riding bareback bronc riding and steer wrestling with first, third and second in respective averages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea County Electric Cooperative
Lea County Fair
Champion of Democracy
Houston Barnes
Tulsa
Okla
Lea County
Barnes
Gary Garner
Lubbock
Texas
Ross Loney
Mont
Art Riley
Glen Franklin
House
N.M
Laddy
Airmen Bail Out Near Holloman Air Force Base
Two California airmen ejected from an F101 Voodoo near Holloman AFB due to engine trouble. Lt. Robert Bush and radar operator John K. Bodahl landed about six miles from the base, were in good condition, and kept for observation before possible release to return to Oxnard AFB. The jet was destroyed in an uninhabited area.
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Alamogordo
APD
California
Holloman Air Force Base
Holloman
Robert Bush
John K. Bodahl
Oxnard Afb
Calif
Third Defector Homeward Bound
Scott L. Rush, the third Korean War defector to return from Communist China, crossed into Hong Kong and said he felt foolish for not repatriating earlier. He described disillusionment, harsh living conditions, and growing anti Russian sentiment in China while expressing eagerness to see an American flag upon return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Smith
United Press International
Hong Kong
UPD
U. S. Army
Scott L. Rush
China
Rush
Marietta
Ohio
Tucson
Ariz
United States
Helen
Betty Jean
Wuhan
Lowell D. Skinner
Akeron
Albert C. Belhomme
Temperatures Reported Yesterday
Yesterday saw a low of 67 degrees at 3 a.m. and a high of 93 degrees at 3 p.m. Local workers noted a wide temperature swing and rapid afternoon warming in the area.
Job Picture Unchanged
Washington reports the August unemployment at 3.857 million, the lowest in eight months, while overall employment and the labor force fell. The unemployment rate eased to 5.5 percent from 5.6 percent as fewer people including teens sought work, with a notable drop in farm employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPD
Labor Department
Department
U.S
Arkansas Girl Donna Axum Crowned Miss America 1964
Donna Axum, 21, a University of Arkansas senior, was crowned Miss America 1964 at Convention Hall in Atlantic City. She received a white ermine and red velvet cape and a bouquet of American Beauty roses as family watched and cameras rolled. Finalists included Rosanne Tueller, Susan Phering, Martha Truett, and Susan Bergstrom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
APD
District of Columbia
Rosanne Tueller
Hawaii
Susan Phering
Tennessee
Martha Truett
Arizona
Susan Bergstrom
Johnsons Tour Going over Big in Helsinki
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson opened the America Days celebration in Helsinki with a ticker tape feeling. About 10 000 cheering Finns lined Alexander Street as Johnson Lady Bird and Lynda Bird arrived. A crowd of around 500 breached police lines during the speech, while Johnson spoke with Kekkonen for an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsinki
Finland
UPD
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Kekkonen
Peace Corps Training Boost To Arroyo Seco
In Arroyo Seco New Mexico a Peace Corps training group of 24 volunteers works with villagers to form water and industry committees. They trench for aqueducts build a weaving workshop and plan recreation facilities as they adapt to local needs and expect to deploy to Colombia and Peru later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arroyo Seco
Robert E. Huber
United Press International Santa FE
UPD
New Mexico
Taos
Peace Corps
Tom Trujillo
Trujillo
Columbia
Peru
Tom Walker
Wellesley
Mass
Walker
Nancy O’leary
Woodstock, Jr
Dale
Janice Funk
Omaha
Nebraska
Shriver
Sergeant Shriver
America
South America
United States
Wallace Touts Layman Explanation in Round of School Closures
Governor Wallace travels to Birmingham to confer with constitutional lawyers over eight school closures spurred by his segregation policy. He plans a televised forum to defend desegregation opposition as white protests erupt in Huntsville and Birmingham while Negro attorneys seek to reopen shuttered schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William O. Bryant
United Press International
Birmingham
Ala
UPD
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Tuskegee
Huntsville
United Americans For Constitutional Government
Sandi Moore Leaves Crop Dusting for Miss America Path
Sandi Moore of Loving New Mexico plans to quit crop dusting after winning her state Miss America contest representation for Carlsbad. The 19 year old hopes to pursue commercial art after graduating from the University of New Mexico while enjoying reading piano writing and trampolining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
UPD
New Mexico
Sandi Moore
Loving
Carlsbad
Convention Hall
Sandi
University of New Mexico
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N.Y
Leader
Lions Club
Lovington Lions Club
Arkansas
Gary Spivey
Madison
Ind
Nning
and the Yucca
R. B. Searcy
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