Clean Up Begins As Rains End
Tulsa area and neighboring states sift through flood damage as rains abate. Gov Edmondson declares major disaster in Oklahoma while Civil Defense estimates millions in damages. About 200 families left homeless and 1000 volunteers sandbag the Arkansas River in Tulsa area. Bixby and Guthrie suffer severe flooding as residents brace for a return home.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
J. Howard Edmondson
Oklahoma Civil Defense
Tom Brett
Texas
Nueces River
Trinity River
Dallas-Fort Worth
Sabine
Edmondson
Bixby
Guthrie
Woman's promise to be on time carries much wait
A lighthearted note reports a woman vows punctuality and the joke rests on the weight of waiting. The item plays on timing and social expectations in a brief humorous aside.
Soviet Lunik III nears first lunar reports from Moscow
Soviet scientists monitor the Lunik III as it flies to the moon to transmit the first data from the far side. The 614 pound spacecraft is expected to send electronic signals and perhaps pictures while tracking its return glide to a cigar shaped Earth orbit.
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Moscow
Moon
Earth
Soviet Observatory
I. A. Khvostikov
Tass
Reds Peace Theme Challenged by CIA Official
Gen. C. P. Cabell deputy CIA director accused Khrushchev of promoting peaceful coexistence while Moscow supports armed Laotian guerrillas in North Viet Nam and moves to subvert the free world. He cited Soviet and Red Chinese actions in Africa and urged wary Western nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Nikita Khrushchev
Viet Nam
C. P. Cabell
Central Intelligence Agency
Africa
Forecast of 5000 mph vertical takeoff plane by Lockheed
Hall L. Hibbard of Lockheed predicts a 5000 mile per hour airliner that can land and take off vertically may be developed soon. He spoke at Delft, stating the craft could resemble a skin diver’s flipper or a finned electric shaver, with wings to be decided after further study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
Calif
Hall L. Hibbard
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Delft
Netherlands
Moonshot Set for Late November at Cape Canaveral
U S Moonshot likely to launch during a four day window starting November 24 from Cape Canaveral The plan aims to send a 375 pound satellite into lunar orbit using an Atlas Able rocket The previous Atlas Able failed in September and the pad repair will take about five months
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Hospitals Not Always Kept Clean
A Boston researcher urges every hospital hire a full time infection officer to oversee cleanliness. Dr Carl W Walter of Peter Bent Brigham Hospital spoke to the Ohio State Nurses Assn about staphylococcus infections and the need to restrict entry to restricted areas, including changes of shoes for visitors. Delegates at the nurses convention were to elect officers and vote on policy resolutions today.
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Cincinnati
Boston
Carl W. Walter
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Ohio State Nurses Assn
Mecca
Dr. Walter
Turning Cooler with Scattered Showers Expected
A cold front moves through bringing occasional rain through Wednesday. Today remains cloudy with a high near 80. Tonight and Tuesday turn partly cloudy and cooler with occasional rain or drizzle. Lows around 58 and highs near 79. Middletown yesterday reached 88 and a low of 66 this morning. Rainfall before 8 a.m. totaled .08 inches.
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Middletown
Green Lady With Knife Reported Near Philadelphia Schools
A Philadelphia psychiatrist explains the "green lady" scare as a power of suggestion amid fear of crime. Reports claimed a green clad figure with a knife harassing and stabbing children near West Philadelphia schools, but no evidence or witnesses verified the incidents. The two day scare prompted police searches of four buildings.
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Philadelphia
West Philadelphia
Green Lady
Kenneth Appel
University of Pennsylvania
Appel
Dr. Appel
Steel Talks Strike Will Continue
The United Steelworker Union pledges to keep the 84 day strike after rejecting an industry settlement as inadequate. President David J. McDonald says no further talks are planned and warns of potential Taft-Hartley action to end the walkout.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworker Union
Waniy
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Eisenhower
R. Conrad Cooper
U.S. Steel
Meany and Randolph Clash Over Racial Policy in Unions
New York. AFL-CIO President George Meany and A. Philip Randolph agree on eradicating Jim Crow in unions but differ on method. They clashed at the AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting in San Francisco last month. Randolph urged not tolerating segregated locals even if sought by Negro members.
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New York
Afl-Cio
George Meany
A. Philip Randolph
Meany
Randolph
San Francisco
Committee Rejects Offer as Unacceptable for Monday Morning
The committee labeled the proposal completely unsatisfactory and refused the offer, citing lack of favorable terms and timing for the upcoming Monday morning workflow. Officials urged revisions and clearer conditions before resubmission.
Breakup follows brief night bargaining in mills dispute
After a short night negotiation, both sides blamed the other in a rapid round of statements. The industry cites a 15 cent hourly increase over two years, while the union values the offer at 10.2 cents. Both sides demand union language changes granting management broader control over working conditions in the mills. An industry statement signed by Cooper says the industry will not buy peace at that price.
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Cooper
Union Raps Attack On High Wages
The president of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union, C. A. Knight of Denver, denounces the campaign portraying high wages as inflationary. He says industry leaders and part of the press have framed wage gains as harmful, even swaying some union members. The OCAW and ICWU conventions in Cleveland urged financial aid for striking steelworkers.
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Cleveland
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
C. A. Knight
Denver
Knight
Steelworkers Strike Tied to ICWU Presidency
Walter L. Mitchell, president of the ICWU, told his delegates that the steelworkers strike is their strike. He argued negotiations mirror chemical industry fights over flexibility and prerogatives used to disguise speedup and stretchout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Mitchell
ICWU
Taft Hartley invoked to curb docks strike at 80 day back to work order
Palm Springs AP reports President Fisenhower invoked the Taft Hartley Act allowing a government backed 80 day back to work court order in the docks strike. A separate AP item notes Willem Van Rie, a 30 year old Dutch ship radio operator, waives extradition to Boston over the death of Lynn Kauffman, 23, of Chicago, whose body was found Sept 19. A Cape Canaveral AP dispatch confirms an Atlas missile test over the Atlantic reaching a 5500 mile range with objectives met and the craft returned to target area.
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Eisenhower
New York
Taft-Hartley
Wage Policy Committee
Palm Springs
Calif
Fisenhower
Boston
Willem van Rie
Lynn Kauffman
Chicago
Boston Harbor
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Atlantic
Washington
Congress stalls bill to write off antique money losses
Washington AP reports Congress again failed to act on a bill to recognize and write off antique paper currency worth about 150 million dollars that has vanished from circulation. The proposal would free 103 million dollars in reserves tied up in old large notes and gold certificates, trimming debt and interest costs by over 10,000 dollars daily.
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Washington
Congress
Jack Westland
R-Wash
Brent Spence Day
Treasury
Youths Fight In Brooklyn
In Brooklyn a group of white youths attacked eight Negro teenagers near a Brownsville area school center. Ernest Arnstrong, 16, was slashed in the chest and treated at a hospital. Police held four youths identified by Arnstrong as part of the gang. Investigators said no gangs were involved and the motive remained unclear.
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New York
Brooklyn
Wee
Brownsville
Ernest Arnstrong
Armstrong
Where To Start Washers Cant Agree On Wall Cleaning
Philadelphia. Richard Levin of the personnel department cites two schools of wall washing: start at bottom and rise or start at top and descend. Over 80 civil service applicants seek a wall washers test for five openings. Proponents cite efficiency and water use. top-down advocates claim logical removal of runoff.
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Philadelphia
Richard Levin
Levin
Civil Service
U.S
Levin's Wall-Washing Stance: Any Method Passes If Clean
Levin states he does not care about the wall-washing method used by applicants. As long as the wall ends up clean, he will approve, even if the worker begins in the middle and goes in both directions.
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Levin
Inquest Into Bank Note Redemptions and Currency Mix
The piece explains that when old bank notes appear in a bank till they must be turned to the Treasury for redemption, but redemptions are tiny. It cites 1890 Treasury notes with only 25 thousand redeemed in 18 years, suggests most are destroyed, and notes about 32 billion dollars in public circulation. It details 10 currency issues including 27 billion Federal Reserve notes and gold backing around 25 to 35 percent. It also mentions 37 million in Federal Reserve notes considered antique.
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Treasury
Federal Reserve
Reserve
Federal Reserve Banks
Sam
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