Kennedy Seeks Early Steel settlement to avert strike
President Kennedy aims for a quick steel labor settlement to prevent a strike and inventory buildup. He could invoke Taft Hartley 90 day cooling off to curb a walkout and officials warn against stockpiling as negotiations continue with the Steelworkers Union and Kaiser Steel amid industry pressure.
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Norman Walker
Associated Press
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Kaiser Steel
U.S. Steel
Kaiser
George W
Argentina to sever ties with Cuba this week
Buenos Aires says Argentina will break relations with Fidel Castro's regime later this week. A Foreign Ministry spokesman called the move unofficially reported, amid military leaders boycotting a king’s banquet and pressing for a rightward shift in foreign policy.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Cuba
Foreign Ministry
Ing
Arturo Frondizi
Leopold
Belgium
Fidel Castro
The Argument You Win With Your Wife Isn’t Ever Yet
An odd proverb-like note questions how often a dispute with a wife ends in victory. It suggests that marital arguments rarely conclude with a true win and invites reflection on lasting harmony versus temporary edge.
Weather forecast ahead of weekend in Middletown
A forecast predicts highs around 41 and lows near 25 starting Friday. Tonight will be warmer, with a low around 11. Tomorrow's high about 17. Light snow tonight in Middletown, with weekend showers. Yesterday's high reached 14 and overnight low 3 above at 7 am.
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Middletown
German Mine Blast Fatal for 44 Miners with 220 Missing
A fiery explosion at the Luisenthal coal mine near Saarbruecken left 44 miners dead and 220 still unaccounted for as 216 workers reportedly reached safety. The blast collapsed large sections of the mine and chaotic rescue efforts followed.
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Saarbruecken
Germany
Luisenthal
Sarrland
Alsbach
Voelklingen
Ruhr
Saar
Reder
East Germany
Kennedy proposes Communications Satellite Corporation plan
President Kennedy urges Congress to charter a public and corporate space TV venture with over 1 billion in Class A voting shares to the public and carrier firms. The plan envisions satellites as space relay stations enabling global telecasts and international communications, funded by a proposed Communications Satellite Corporation under the Communications Safe Act of 1962.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Communications Satellite Corporation
House
Senate
Won't Try Putsch Declared by French Rebels
The Secret Army Organization says it will intensify resistance and mobilize, but rejects an immediate uprising to block Algerian independence. It promises a massive, methodical rise of the population and accelerated mobilization of air forces to combat De Gaulle and defend peace in French Algeria.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Call
France
Algeria
de Gaulle
Secret
Cuba tightens controls to phase out cash use
The Cuban government issued new regulations to throttle private enterprise and curb cash transactions. Most payments must go through the National Bank with invoices and bank transfer forms, while cash needs special permission. Income taxes on gross income tighten the squeeze on private business and state takeover of labor insurance follows a ban on private insurers.
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Havana
Ansual Bank
National Bank
Cuba
Council of Ministers
Osvaldo Corticos
Fidel Castro
Kennedy challenges Japanese youth to fight poverty disease
U S Attorney General Robert F Kennedy urged Japanese students at a Osaka petroleum institute to join a worldwide effort against poverty ignorance and disease. He praised youth potential while amid warm welcomes and scattered protests by Communist supporters during his six day trip in Japan.
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Osaka
Japan
U.S
Robert F. Kennedy
Tolhome
Kyoto
Kennedy
Communist Party
The
Petroleum Institute
Two U.S. Copters Lost In Vietnam Operations
Two U S Army helicopters were lost and three others hit by Communist fire in two combat missions over three days near Saigon. No American or Vietnamese casualties reported. Viet Cong guerrillas reportedly evaded encirclement as assault forces moved in.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Ole Oded
United States
Auctioneer Flies Red Flag Over Tax Sale That Never Happened
In Boston a tax sale collapsed when officials failed to notify the real property department about a razed South Boston three family house. The auctioneer and assistants were present, one bidder nearby, but the building had been razed last October and the omission doomed the sale.
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Boston
Building Department
South Boston
Real Property Department
Forrestal's Son Named To NSC Staff
Washington AP report says Michael V. Forrestal of New York, 34, an attorney and son of the late Secretary James V. Forrestal, was named a senior member of the National Security Council staff. He fills the vacancy created by Carl Kaysen becoming deputy special assistant to the President for national security affairs. The NSC, led by the President, is the top policy body for heat and cold war strategy, convening state and defense secretaries with top intelligence and military officials.
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Washington
White House
Michael V. Forrrestal
New York
National Security Council
Forrestal
James V. Forrestal
Carl Kaysen
State
Defense
Democrats Hint Stockpiling Probe Will Hit GOP
Washington AP Democrats hint they have found a ruse for political explosions against Republicans in a stockpiling inquiry led by Symington. Humphrey predicts "interesting revelations" about storage of strategic materials and favorable light on Eisenhower figures, with preliminary probes showing no legalities yet. Republicans and some Democrats foresee the inquiry hitting both parties over pricing, production, and depreciation schemes.
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Crats
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Stuart Smington
D-Mo
Kennedy
Humphrey
Eisenhower
Symington Committee
Flying Saucers? Humbug Air Force Says No UFO Threat
The Air Force concluded after 15 years that 7369 UFO reports from 1947 to last year show no spacecraft from other planets. In 1961 alone 488 reports were studied. 10 remained unidentified, with most sightings traced to aircraft balloons birds or atmospheric effects. A new beacon mistaken for an object and meteor shower flashes were also noted.
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Washington
Air Force
Intelligent Council
Office of Aerial Phenomena
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Goldberg
Steelworkers Union
Pittsburgh
Yoijoro Kay Ohgitani
San Francisco
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Hokkaido
Frondizi
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Castro
Center Eee Ckstees Seaesese
Radio-Tv
Klueg
Jeik
U.S. Army
Kaiserlauten
Saarlands
Paul Simonis
Moing
Strasbourg
By Andrew Borowiec
Fidel
Evale
R. Kennedy
Communist Party of America
Okia Kennedy
Viet Nam
NSC
GOP
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