Grain Vanishing Sparks Senate Inquiry Call
Senate Republicans press for a congressional probe into the disappearance of 24 million bushels of U S grain during a Austria bound barter exchange. They warn the loss may involve diversion to Western Germany for dollars, while officials say some shipments could have surfaced in West Germany and insist no U S loss occurred. The push includes a request for a special Senate committee with funding to investigate and possible collusion.
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Washington
Senate
Congressional
U.S
Austria
John J. Williams
Del
Germany
Lester P. Condon
Agriculure Department
West Germany
Condon
United States
Williams
Justice Department
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Jack Miller
Lown
Orville L. Freeman
Weather holds heat with scattered showers ahead of cool front
The forecast notes continued hot humid conditions with showers today and tomorrow. A cooling air mass from the west arrives tomorrow promising relief after temperatures remained in the 90s yesterday and dropped to about 70 this morning.
Congress Alone Can Stop Strike
President Kennedy faces a looming national rail shutdown as a presidential panel drafts a report on the four year dispute between railroads and unions. The panel’s preliminary draft will be reviewed before submission to the White House and Congress, which will consider legislation to block the threatened walkout.
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John Koenig JR
Washington
Congress
White House
Kennedy
Witness Located in Gold Case Inquest Opens in Cleveland
Cuya hoga County coroner’s inquest into the gangland style killing of investment promoter Mervin L. Gold begins after a key witness, Miss Allene Leonards, a Garfield Heights teacher, is found and subpoenaed to testify. Birns produced her as his alibi witness for the night of the slaying. Mrs. Gold and police chief Vorndra cek were named among potential witnesses. If she fails to appear, the inquest will recess and reconvene when located.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Samuel R. Gerber
Mervin L. Gold
Allene Leonards
Garfield Heights
Cuyahoga Falls
Raymond Keefe
Gerber
Miss Leonards
James R. Willis
Gold
Lilly
Solon
John Vorndracek
Alex
Shondor) Birns
Birns
Iron Age warns strike would halt steel mills and auto plants
New York AP reports Iron Age magazine says a railroad strike would force immediate closures of some steel mills and auto plants. Mills lack transport for finished goods while auto plants cannot easily switch to trucks or barges, risking shutdowns within hours.
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New York
Iron Age Magazine
Rail unions dispute narrows path to stoppage relief
In a pointed stance, officials say legislation remains the only way to avert a nationwide rail strike. They accuse management of pressuring unions while unions refuse to address make-work practices at the bargaining table.
Labor dispute sparks bargaining call from officials
The statement argues against penalizing management in the dispute resolution. Secretary of Labor Wirtz urged continued bargaining, blaming carriers and five operating unions for the failure to reach an agreement.
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Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Partial Test Ban Seen in Moscow Talks
In Moscow negotiations the United States Britain and the Soviet Union edge toward a partial nuclear test ban. Hariman Hailsham and top Soviet officials meet in a friendly atmosphere as discussions focus on prohibiting atmospheric outer space and underwater detonations and on inspection limits for underground tests.
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Moscow
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Lord Hailsham
Khrushchev
North Atlantic Alliance
Warsaw Pact
Lieved
Chuckle: Truth More Stranger Than Fiction in Daily Life
A lighthearted note suggests truth can be stranger than fiction because real events occur less often than imagined. The quip hints at the oddities people encounter daily and the humor found in everyday surprises.
Cambridge Seeks Progress On City Race Problems
A mixed white and Negro committee in Cambridge Maryland aims to resolve racial tensions focusing on public accommodations and later school integration and housing. Negro leaders warned of renewed demonstrations if no report by 3 p.m. Wednesday, as National Guardsmen and state police patrolled after a grazing injury near a white area.
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Cambridge, Md
Stanley Branche
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
National
Savannah
SEC opens second installment of stock market inquiry
The Securities and Exchange Commission releases the second part of its stock market probe under tight secrecy. Reporters will be confined for five hours before being allowed to report on the 2,100 page document, with focus on exchanges and over the counter markets. The inquiry is expected to praise self policing by the NYSE and American Stock Exchange.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Wall Street
SEC
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
SEC Probe Focuses On Floor Traders and Brokerage Insiders
The SEC investigation led by Attorney Milton H. Cohen of Chicago is expected to fault the performance of certain floor traders specialists and brokerage house insiders.
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SEC
Milton H. Cohen
Chicago
Ashland Highway Crash Claims 27 Year Old Resident
Audra Homer Garner a 27 year old man with Sandusky address 605 Huron Street was killed in a highway crash early today in northwestern Ashland County Ohio AP report notes the fatal accident occurred during morning hours near Ashland Ohio authorities have yet to release further details or identify other involved parties.
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Ashland
Ohio
Audra
Homer Garner
Huron St
Sandusky
Ashland County
Racial Unrest Spurs Arrests and Injuries in Several Cities
In Charleston South Carolina five policemen and one firefighter were injured by bricks and stones amid the first violence of theracial demonstrations. Ninety five Black residents were arrested. In Cambridge Maryland a National Guard officer’s wife felt a graze on her hand during a flare up as a 24 hour moratorium on protests and a curfew relaxation coincided with a new biracial committee meeting.
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New York
Alexander J. Clarke
Lot
National Guard
Racial Tension Flare Across Cities With Limited Protests
Reports from Savannah, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Birmingham describe scattered gunfire, planned demonstrations by Marlon Brando at Maryland venues, a court appeal over desegregation in Jackson public schools, and a biracial committee forming in Birmingham to address social and economic issues amid continued unrest.
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Los Angeles
Marlon Brando
Gwynn Oak Amusement Park
Baltimore
Cambridge
New Orleans
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jackson, Miss
Wrong Way Corrigan Still Secretive After Fame
In an orange grove near Santa Ana California an old barn houses Corrigan’s plane Lizzy once photographed widely. Douglas Wrong Way Corrigan, famed for a 1938 New York to Dublin flight, now refuses interviews, sells talks, and lives quietly as an orange grower with a secretive image.
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Corrigan
Los Angeles
Douglas
New York
Dublin
Long Beach
Calif
Orange Grove
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Lindbergh
California
Ireland
Fire kills four girls in Rutland home
Four young daughters of Andrew and Rosella Large died in a home fire in Rutland Meigs County Ohio. Loretta Violet Barbara and Virginia ages 10 8 6 and 4 were found on the second floor where the home had no heat source or stove. The parents and two sons escaped and were being treated for injuries while investigators searched for the fire cause.
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Rutland
Ohio
Andrew Large
Loretta
Violet
Barbara
Virginia
Andrew
Rosella
James
Clinton
Meigs County
Reds Seek Softer Tone in China Soviet Split Talks
In Moscow Chinese and Soviet negotiators resume talks amid word they plan a communique to ease tensions after a day’s recess. Rumors swirl that Premier Khrushchev uses differences with China to pressure Western negotiators over test ban talks.
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Moscow
Khrushchee
China
U.S
Senate
Red China
Peking People’s Daily
United States Today
Soviet Union
Anti Castro Movement Plans Permanent Cuban Pressure
Manuel Artime, leader of the 1961 invasion, says he will relocate to Central America to base the anti Castro effort. He envisions long term damage to Cuba’s economy with financing from Americans and Latin groups. He cites U S moral support but seeks broader backing while Miami restricts operations.
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Miami
Fla
Manuel Ave Lume
United States
Central America
Cuba
Artime
Washington
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