Success Marks Steel's Efforts To Hike Prices
The steel industry moved into the mop up stage of its first sizable price increases since 1958 with most firms posting hikes around three percent on select large tonnage products. President Kennedy weighed in cautiously while AT&T chairman Frederick Kappel praised the moves as potentially boosting the economy. U.S. Steel and Kaiser Steel joined the rise, signaling a broader industry shift ahead of a congressional inquiry into steel prices and production.
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New York
Kennedy
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Wheeling Steel Corp
Frederick Kappel
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Wheeling
U.S. Steel Corp
Kaiser Steel Corp
Caliifornia
Destructive Tornadoes Rip Through Three States
Destructive tornadoes and damaging thunderstorms swept Illinois Indiana and Michigan killing one person injuring scores and causing extensive property loss. The hardest hit area was Kankakee Illinois with Bourbonnais and nearby communities taking heavy damage including Olivet College. A 24 year old woman died fleeing with her infant. about 200 people were left homeless. The storm also damaged property in northern Indiana and Gusts and hail caused windows and car damage in northern Ohio near Cleveland.
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Midwest
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Kankakee
Ill
Chicago
Bourbonnais
Leon Blanchette
Sandra Rivard
Olivet College
Jasper County
Gifford
Rensselaer
Cleveland
Ohio
Ohio Turnpike
US Weather Bureau
Cleveland Hopkins
Sandusky
Toledo
Women Enter Workforce Says No War on Men
Norman Walker reports from Washington on fears that rising female employment will push men onto unemployment roles. Labor Department officials say no real basis for fear. a third of married women hold paid jobs and women’s participation grows faster than men. Wirtz notes women fill many essential roles and contribute to production. earnings support families and living costs.
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Washington
Labor Department
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Associated Press
Fire devastates Electronic Devices Inc building in Ohio
A one story building housing Electronic Devices Inc in North Ridgeville was destroyed by a fire early today. The cause was not determined immediately and no injuries were reported.
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Lorain, Ohio
Electronic Devices Inc
North Ridgeville
Weather outlook with cooler night and mild warmth tomorrow
The atmosphere will clear tonight and temperatures fall to the 50s. Tomorrow will be warmer windy and humid with a chance of scattered showers. Yesterday reached a high of 88 and a low of 63 with today’s low at 63 by 8 a.m.
Youth Shot In Fleeing East German Armored Car
East German youth Wolfgang Engels, 19, was shot in the chest and hand while fleeing Berlin in an army armored car. He escaped over the wall into West Berlin after the vehicle became jammed in the barrier. A West Berlin officer and bystanders witnessed the dramatic escape and clash with border guards.
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Berlin
Red Wall
Wolfgang Engels
West Berlin
Eisenstrasse
Engels
Second Wall
East Berlin
Neukoelin
Miro Cardona to Release Resignation Document
Dr Jose Miro Cardona head of the Cuban Revolutionary Council is expected tonight to publish a 20 page statement accusing the United States of bad faith It may double as a resignation letter over lack of action against Fidel Castro The council had refused Miro permission to quit after a Washington conference and the State Department reportedly urged withholding publication to resolve differences The official cited abuse from the department as a reason to make the document public
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Miami
Fla
Cuban Revolutionary Council
United States
Jose Miro Cardona
Fidel Castro
Miro
Washington
Castro
State Department
Council
Paris Opposes Revisions to Evian Military Clauses
Paris government says it will oppose any revision of the Evian accords military provisions. The stance follows Algerian Premier Ahmed Ben Bella's request to halt French atomic tests in the Sahara. The 1962 agreement granted Algeria independence and allowed France to use Sahara bases for five years.
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Paris
Algeria
Ahmed Ben Bella
Sahara
Evian
France
Civil rights funds spat and cancer discovery noted
In Congress a plan to deny federal funds to Mississippi over segregation sparked a civil rights clash while Dr. Jorgen Fogh reports a cancer inhibiting substance slows human cancer cells without harming normal cells. Southern senators condemned the funding cut proposal though some praised the commission’s bold push for action.
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Washington
Mississippi
Congress
Atlantic City
N.J
Jorgen Fogh
South
Foch
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
Fogh
New York
Sloan-Kettering Institute For Cancer Research
Controversy Threatens Kennedy Civil Rights Expansion Plan
The revival of controversy could hinder administration efforts to win congressional approval for Kennedy's four year extension of the civil rights commission and broader powers. If Congress does not act, the commission would terminate in November. The issue is seen as the sole civil rights matter likely to reach a vote this year, with further Kennedy program moves postponed to the election year. Chairman James C. Fastland of Mississippi leads the Senate Judiciary panel.
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Kennedy
Commission
Congress
James C. Fastland
Miss
Senate Judiciary
Thieves Return Church Money After Robbery
In Nashville at St Henry's Catholic Church a late night call and letter revealed thieves returned 121 dollars and 149 checks after Easter morning robbery. The letter asks forgiveness and notes Ignet received a scalp wound from the incident. The assailants promise to repay the remainder.
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Nashville, Tenn
St. Henry's Catholic Church
Michael Ignet
Nashville Tennessean
Keating says Cuba troop shifts negate Kennedy easing
Sen Kenneth B Keating charges no real Cuban troop reduction since November claiming 17 000 Soviet personnel remain in place and new arrivals match departures He criticizes U S Navy ships not searching Cuban waters and urges a firm bipartisan long term policy to dislodge the Soviets amid editor group briefings in Washington AP report by Sterling F Green
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Washington
Kennedy
Kenneth B. Keating
Cuba
Keating
New York
American Society of Newspaper Editors
U.S
Cuban
Caribbean
Navy
Dean Rusk
George W. Ball
W.P Averell Harriman
Congress
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Dmiss
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