Air Line Strike Talks Reopen Ambiguous Hope Dims
Washington AP reports renewed airline strike negotiations opened with sharp charges from AFL CIO official Joseph Ramsey who said talks have shown no real progress since the walkout began. Union negotiator Ramsey accused carriers of protecting profits while workers seek a fairer share. Eastern National Northwest Trans World United executives, via chief negotiator William Curtin, backed emergency board recommendations and pressed for a settlement framework.
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Washington
Joseph Ramsey
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Congress
Ramsey
William J. Curtin
Eastern
National
Northwest
Trans World
United
Emergency Board
Grenada clash as patrols scatter civil rights marchers
In Grenada Mississippi highway patrols with billy clubs and guns dispersed about 300 Negro demonstrators around the county jail while 100 white onlookers jeered. Civil rights leaders planned new actions as trials for 43 workers proceed and two white men face preliminary charges after a late night shooting near a Negro church.
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Grenada
Miss
Grenada County
Jackson
Mississippi
Memphis
Tenn
Reds Shoot Down 3 Copters, 2 Jets
In Saigon a Viet Cong air attack downed three American helicopters, killing four U.S. and nine South Vietnamese soldiers, while two U.S. jets were lost. A Navy fighter-bomber marked the 285th plane lost in the 17 month air war, as bombing hit an oil depot near Dien Bien Phu. Ground fighting eased. a Viet Cong regiment fled toward the Cambodian border after heavy losses, and multiple helicopters were shot down with no casualties reported on some incidents. An Air Force Skyhawk from the carrier Constellation went down during an armed recon mission.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Dien Bien Phu
U.S. 1St Infantry
Ca Mau
An Nuyen
Chu Lai
Reds
Striking Farm Hands Begin 400 Mile March to Austin
A band of Mexican American field workers starts a 400 mile march from Rio Grande City aiming to pressure Gov. Connally for a $1.25 minimum wage and union recognition. The group travels through Corpus Christi and San Antonio toward a Labor Day rally at the capitol with clergy and community supporters.
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San Juan, Tex
State Capitol
Rio Grande Valley
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Skidmore
Pettus
Poth
California
San Joaquin Valley
Texas
California Union
National Farm Workers Association
Austin
Texas Afl-Cio
Capitol
John B. Connally
Rio Grande City
Tex
Rio Grande River
Starr County
U.S
Eugene Nelson
Polls Show U S Pleased With War Conduct
Under secretary of State George W Ball announced polls show rising U S public approval of the Viet Nam war after the bombing of oil installations in the north. He cited potential long range effects on North Viet Nam's view of prospects.
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Washington
George W. Ball
North
Viet Nam
Democracy in Viet Nam Faces Long Road Ahead
An AP analysis notes Vietnamese belief in a fairy tale of 100 eggs as a cultural symbol, while U.S. advisers push for Western democracy. It cites deep regional loyalties, autocratic history, and distrust in government as obstacles, contrasted with glimpses of desire for freedom and global democratic trends. The wartime context and mass losses among officials further hinder democratic prospects in South Vietnam.
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Saigon
U.S
Viet Nam
Europe
The
United
Prince Lac Long Quan
Au Co
Viet
China tells Viet Cong to rely on own strength in war
The official Peo ples Daily article broadcast by New China News Agency urged the Vietnamese Communists to depend on themselves to wage and win the revolution against the United States in Vietnam, signaling that Beijing would not send volunteers.
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Tokyo
China
United States
Viet Nam
Peking
People’s Daily
New China News Agency
Skyhawk crash and Viet Cong losses in Cambodia border action
An Air Force Skyhawk pilot is listed missing after a dawn crash near Vinh with an explosion reported by an accompanying airman. A US Phantom was downed but crews were rescued. Capts Weeks and Lennon bailed out and were rescued within 20 minutes. The battle near the Cambodian frontier left 238 Viet Cong dead, eight captured, as Operation Fl Paso began June 2. U S forces reported total Viet Cong losses of 854 killed, 37 captured, 188 weapons seized.
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Sion
Vinh
North Viet Nam
Thomas P. Weeks Jr
Moundville
Ala
Frank J. Lennon
Pawtucket
R.I
Air
U. S
Cambodia
Weather forecasts mix heat and humidity this week
Weathermen warn hot humid conditions persist through late week despite cooler damp today. A possible thundershower tonight with a low in the lower 70s. Tomorrow and most of the week will reach the 90s after yesterday’s 98 high and 68 overnight. Middletown reported 0.65 inch of rain yesterday.
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Middletown
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AFL
Across the Street
Suggs Ingram
CIO International Association of Machinists
Labor Department
James J. Reynolds
Airlines
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Northwest Airlines
Chesapeake & Ohio and
Baltimore & Ohio System
Barbara Daniels
New York
New York Mills
Ann Landers
Dr. Crane
House
Jalens
Constellation
Nam
Tors
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