Kennedy poised to seek law to avert rail walkout
President Kennedy considers legislation as carriers and unions, after months of talks, inch toward a solution on rule changes and crew staffing. A six member committee briefed him before his Hyannis Port trip, citing carrier featherbedding costs and union safety concerns over firemen’s job roles. Kennedy prepared a message to Congress with aides as talks continued.
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Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Andrews Air Force Base
Congress
Theodore C. Sorenson
Rockefeller Sees Victory In Civil Rights Stand
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller led Republicans at the National Governors Conference urging a stand on civil rights while Democrats pressed for unanimity rules. A two hour debate was set for Tuesday with potential cancellation if a morning vote devolved into a fight over civil rights.
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Rocky
Miami Beach
Vpc
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Conference
Rockefeller
Auucus
Edmund
Pat) Brown
Lifornia
Tuheling Sen
Barry
Arizona
George C. Wallace
Albania
Ross R. Barnett
Missisippi
New England
Mark 0. Hatfield
Oregon
GOP
William E. Miller
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
George Romney
Michigan
Hatfield
Lubbock Man Connally and Rockefeller Bride Meet
Connally met Rockefeller's bride and spoke of her warm personality while Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson to deliver the major address at the conference banquet. Governors Rosellini and Rosson described the gathering's new importance as Connally joined a panel with other governors during the tech and oil sessions.
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Conna
Rockefeller
Lyndon B. Johnson
Washington
Albert D. Rosellini
Connally
O'Neal
Govs. Rockefeller
Endi- Rosson
Sott Peabody
Massachusetts
Lubbock
James “A. Rhodes
Ohio
Ision
Louthan J
Dowell Motors
Petersburg
Oil Compact Comi
Mission
Doss Rosson
Barbara Shelton
Amarillo
Henry Rodgers
Sam Rosson
Trinity Baptist Church
Priest and babysitter escape by swimming from sinking Pontchartrain wreck
One of 24 mile wide Lake Pontchartrain wreck inched submerged as the stern sank to 12 feet. Flotation gear kept the bow above water. Hours later Father Savageau and the babysitter swam ashore after traveling miles through gasoline fumes and enduring burns from gas and sun.
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Lake Pontchartrain
River boat mishap leaves two hospitalized as floods rage
A water rescue on the Iroquois River ends with Father Savageau pulling a girl to safety near Mandeville State Park. The girl is said to have used a combination seat cushion life preserver, while Mrs. Martine remains hospitalized in Covington. Meantime severe storms lash Florida Illinois Indiana and Mobile Alabama with heavy rain and hail.
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Father Savageau
Lanne
Mandeville State Park
Martine
Alpine
Dallas
Florida
Chicago
Kentland
Ind
Iroquois
New Orleans
Fons
Tombleau State Park
Hammond
Breif
Mobile
Ala
Montello
Wis
Two Lost After Gulf Air Crash Near Port Isabel
In a Gulf of Mexico wreck off Port Isabel Texas a private plane carrying G Charles Childre 48 president of Texas Continental Life Insurance Co San Antonio and E W Samuels about 60 treasurer disappeared after a Saturday night takeoff wreckage sighted 22 miles offshore Sunday. no bodies recovered and search expanded.
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Port Isabel
San Antonio
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Brownsville J
G. Charles Childre
Texas Continental Life Insurance Company
Childre
E. W. Samuels
Coast
Lightning Kills Eight In Italy
An AP report from Rome notes a weekend of storms and tremors, with eight deaths from lightning across several communities. Peasants in fields, a woman in a home, a man in a store, and a patient in a clinic garden died as buildings collapsed and a Rome farm line loco motive was disabled halting traffic. Reiti, northwest of Rome, reported casualties from falling cornice stones after successive shocks.
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Rome
Italy
Maly
Reiti
Girl Scout Falls 100 Feet in England Outing
Patricia Ward age nine tumbled over a 100 foot cliff during a troop outing in Cromer England. She received a head injury but was found conscious and treated at the scene.
Guards Watch Eclipse as Jail Breakers Flee
In Portland Maine three Cumberland County Jail trustees fled during a solar eclipse. Guards and other trustees witnessed the event from the front lawn. William Bradford Jr Ernest W Cobb and Dennis M Hall were recaptured about 414 hours later in a local bar.
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Portland
Maine
UPN
Cumberland County
William Bradford Jr
Ernest W. Cobb
Dennis M. Hall
South Portland
NO MORE BLASTS NECESSARY Nuclear Tests Valuable For Building Antimissile Setup
The United States weighs further high altitude nuclear tests to improve an antimissile system while scientists note radar discrimination and communications disruption from past atmospheric blasts. Nike-Zeus and Nike-X depend on advanced radar and missiles like Sprint to intercept ICBM targets. diplomats warn that a test ban may hinge on a Soviet nonaggression pact as initialing nears.
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Fred 8
Hoffman
Thhey
Washington
United States
Pacific
U.S
Lecoys
Army
Negro Civil Rights Marches Across Several States
Nationwide protests report 100 Negroes and 70 whites marching on a Lawrence Kansas courthouse as part of NAACP action. Violence flared briefly in Savannah and Cambridge but was suppressed. Police arrest drugstore sitters in Somerville and Ocala as integration efforts face opposition from white groups including Klan members in Savannah park. Public demonstrations occur from Topeka to Panama City with calls to challenge segregation in banks and restaurants.
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Savannah
Courthhouse
Lawrence
Kan
Cambridge
Jackson
Miss
Camridge
Eye Bank
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of
Dougas County
Topeka
Samuel Jackson
Durham
N.C
Havelock
Cherry Point Marine Air Station
Tennessee
Somerville
Tenn
Ocala
Fla
Mation County
Panama City
Lancaster
Ku Klux Klan
Philippine Foreign Secretary Quits Post
Multiple leaders resign or face charges as regional turmoil unfolds. In Manila Vice President Pelaez resigns as foreign secretary while in Cairo new weapons rumors surface. In Saigon Buddhists attack a pamphleteer at the Main Pagoda. Houston marks Death Day at the memorial museum. Kashmir resort Pahalgam hit by a cloudburst feared to have killed tourists.
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UPI
Manila
Emmanuel Pelaez
Milan
Italy
Cairo
United
Arab Republic
Link-Auto
Harry S. Stonehill
Bruno Furlotti
Palaez
Houseman
Salvadoriand
Niversary
Gamal Marino
Abdul Nasser
New Delhi
UPD
Pahalgam
Kashmir
Test Ban Talks Resume With Soviet Union
Premier Janos Kadar Khrushchev’s wife and Alexei Adzhubei portend high level talks on the partial test ban. Harriman and Lord Hailsham to resume discussions with the Soviets as fear grows in Washington and Moscow over a potential nuclear tests treaty.
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Washington
Moscow
Soviet Union
Andrei Gromyko
Khrushchev
U.S. Senate
Britain
Janos Kadar
Alexei Adzhubei
Izvestia
Harriman
British Science
Lord Hailsham
Colorado Negro Nominated to NLRB by Kennedy
President Kennedy announced on Sunday the nomination of Howard Jenkins Jr., a Denver native, as a member of the National Labor Relations Board. Jenkins, 48, would fill the term of Philip Ray Rodgers expiring August 27 and would earn $20,000 annually, reflecting admin emphasis on civil rights and political aims.
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Hyannisport
Mass
UPI
Kennedy
Howard Jenkins Jr
National Labor Relations Board
Denver
Philip Ray Rodgers
Jenkins
China and Soviet Clash Over History and Rival Communists
The article notes the stalled Sino Soviet talks with no communique signed and reports a new Soviet critique of Chinese history praising Ghengis Khan. It recalls anecdotes circulating among Soviet scholars and Khrushchev's warning against Chinese willingness to risk nuclear war. The piece discusses evolving detente prospects and ideological rifts.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Peking
Khrushchev
China
Prairie Fires Once Major Scourge For Open Plains
A historical account recalls Phelps White battling a massive prairie fire at Yellowhouse Ranch on the High Plains. Wind shifts trapped White and his team as his wife’s ledger records the 1940s accident and medical care in Portales and Roswell. The piece notes fire fighting tactics, neighborly aid, and the broader danger of prairie blazes across the plains.
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Mexico
New
White
J. Phelps White
Phelps White
Spur-Matador
Amiong
Yellowhouse
J. P. White
Yellowhouse Ranch
Whitharral
Phelps
Lubbock
M.C. Overton
Ta Hamamnd
Fanne
Births and prairie fires stir memory in Texas tales
The report lists numerous birth announcements from families in West Texas and nearby towns, noting weights and times at various hospitals. It recalls historic prairie fires across Bailey, Lamb, and nearby counties, describing the XIT era and heroics of cowboys and pioneer women who fed firefighters through long nights.
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L. L. French
Plains
Olton
Hassell
French
Clint Younger
Caprock
Charlie Reynolds
Schreier
Lamb County
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West ‘Texas Hospital
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Charles Short
St. Mary's Hospital
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Tahoka Ya
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