UAW Plans Rapid Strike Vote Across Big Three
United Auto Workers move to hold quick strike ballots for over 500000 workers at General Motors Ford and Chrysler as three year contracts near expiration August 31. Executive Board authorized votes while rejecting AMC ballot. Progress update expected by August 29 with potential strike funding over 42 million.
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Detroit, Mich
United Auto
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
UAW
International
American Motors Corp
AMC
Executive Board
Walter Reuther
Pact aims for progress as American states sign Punta del Este pledge
At Punta del Este Uruguay twenty American states prepare to sign a declaration completing Kennedy's Alliance for Progress. The plan seeks over a billion dollars in aid to Latin economies by next March and stresses self-help to counter communism and Castroism. Cuba’s Ernesto Guevara abstains as final decisions loom on Cuban participation.
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
Punta de Este
U.S
Cuba
Ernesto Guevara
Latin
America
Guevara
Inter- American Development Bank
U.S. Disarmament Plan Expected This Fall
John J. McCloy, Kennedy’s disarmament adviser, says Washington is drafting a far-reaching plan due this fall. He asserts the U S could propose a disarmament plan as or more dramatic than the Soviet proposal and envisions an international police or peace-keeping mechanism to enforce drastic reductions, with Communist China included.
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New York
John J. McCloy
Kennedy
United States
McCloy
Soviet Union
McIjear Hs
China
DiSalle condemns Ohio utilities as lobbyland in Painesville
Gov Michael V DiSalle told about 1000 Lake County Democrats that public utilities enjoy a favored position in Ohio and urged a new rate formula. He criticized the Republican legislature for blocking changes and said utilities must provide fair returns while protecting consumers and business growth. He noted eleven companies account for a large share of consumer charges.
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Painesville, Ohio
East Ohio Gas Co
Michael V .DiSalle
Ohio
Lake County
Painesville
Columbus
DiSalle
Kennedy summons Thompson on Berlin crisis talks
President Kennedy orders Llewellyn Thompson the U S ambassador to Moscow to confer in Washington on the Berlin crisis intensified by Soviet steps to choke off refugee flows from East Germany to West Berlin. Secretary of State Rusk denounces the crackdown as a flagrant violation of commitments and vows protests through official channels.
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Kennedy
Llewellyn E. Thompson
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Moscow
Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
Dean Rusk
East
Russia
Germany
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Rusk
Soviet Union
White House
Thompson
Hyannisort
Mass
State Department Offiials
Paris
Ngon
Britain
France
Berin
Rusk Blames Communists for Berlin Crisis Surge
Secretary of State Rusk declared Communist authorities deny East Germans self determination and Americans freedom of choice. He blamed the Communists for the dangerous Berlin situation unfolding months before Khrushchev’s threatened separate peace with East Germany.
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East Germany
Berlin
Khrushchev
Berlin Gate Closes as East German Clamp Tightens
At the Brandenburg Gate West Berlin clashes with East German forces intensify as the gate is closed and phone links to the West are severed. Police say gas and tear bombs were used, with thousands gathered amid barricades, rail control, and a refugee flow cut to a trickle.
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Karl Maron
Gata
West Germany
Bonn
East Berlin
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Borough Hall
East and
Willy Brandt
Communist Party
Weather returns cool dry pattern for Miami Valley
The Miami Valley forecast shows cool, generally dry weather pattern for most of the week with temperatures about four degrees below normal. Scattered thunder showers expected Wednesday and possibly next weekend. Tomorrow's high near 80, tonight's low in the upper 50s as Middletown reached 77 at 3:15 pm and 58 this morning.
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Miami Valley
Weather Bureau
Middletown
Eichmann Defense Attacks Israeli Nazi Trial Case
West German lawyer Robert Servatius rejected the Israeli indictment against Adolf Eichmann as he argued before the three judge tribunal. He challenged jurisdiction noting Israel did not exist at the time and claimed Eichmann's role was to oversee transport of Jews to death camps rather than to commit crimes personally. The summation nears its end with a verdict expected after a October recess.
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Jerusalm
Adolf Eichmann
Gestapo
Antawn
Servatius
Eichmann
Israel
Jet Crews Sweat Out Collision Over Pacific
SACRAMENTO Calif AP Two damaged jets a bomber and a tanker circled high above the Pacific for 20 tense minutes after colliding. Skippers talked by radio with Air Force brass and engineers from the plane maker deciding whether to ditch 50 miles off the coast or attempt Mather AFB. They landed at Mather successfully with no injuries. damage included two-thirds of the B52 tail stabilizer and an engine wear on the KC135.
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Calif
Pacific
Air Force
Mather Air Force Base
Here
Mather
No Chance for Advancement or Marriage Here Joke
A secretary jokes to a colleague that there is no chance for advancement raises or marriage, highlighting the bleak humor of a stagnant workplace. The line captures a punchy, era specific quip about career and romance prospects.
Rockefeller Moves To Seize NYC Schools In Emergency Session
Gov Nelson Rockefeller calls a special legislative session to consider placing New York City's troubled school system under state control. Mayor Wagner denounces the move as grandstanding as the nine member school board faces fraud and payoffs charges amid a heated mayoral primary campaign.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Republcan
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Rockefeller
Board of Education
State Board of Regents
Arthur Levitt
City Democratic Organization
Chinese Reds Training Cuban Officers Reported
The Ta Tao news agency in Formosa quoted underground mainland contacts alleging that about 80 Cuban officers are receiving antiguerilla and artillery training at Nanjing. The report could not be independently confirmed.
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Taipei
Formosa
Nanking
Ta Tao
Boy Survives 27 Hours After Colorado Plane Crash
In Salida Colorado Kevin McKnight six of Tulsa survived 27 hours strapped in a wrecked twin engine plane high on a mountain after a crash that killed his father Charles M. McKnight 56 mother Mary Alice Wallace 38 and brother Michael 12. Brother Guy nine was injured as searchers directed to the scene by a spotting plane. Kevin stayed awake in pain and hungry asking for pork and beans with lots of black pepper until rescue.
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Colo
Kevin McKnight
Harold Thonoff
Kevin
Tulsa
Okla
Colorado
Charles M. McKnight
Mary Alice Wallace
Michael McKnight
Guy
Thonoff
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