Warren Commission report to be released next weekend
Washington AP All seven Warren Commission members including Earl Warren and Allen Dulles prepared to unveil findings on the Kennedy assassination. The report concludes Oswald acted alone from a sniper's perch, and Ruby had no plot links, with extensive testimony to follow.
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Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Earl Warren
Dallas
Johnson
White House
George Reedy
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Warren
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
John J. McCloy
Germany
Richard B. Russell
Dga
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Hale Boggs
D-La
Gerald Ford
Reich
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lee Harvey Oswald
Texas School
Fight to Free 4 Trapped Men in Nevada Nuclear Shaft
Four workers are trapped 1800 feet underground in a four foot diameter steel shaft after a steel cable supporting electrical cable snapped. Three crews work in eight hour shifts to extract the mass of cable, with 3000 pounds already withdrawn and 6000 more to go. The men are described as comfortable and cheerful awaiting rescue.
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Mercury. Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
ABC
Tentative agreement ends rail labor strike threat
NEIL GILBRIDE reports negotiators announced a tentative settlement on a major job security dispute for 150,000 shop workers. The accord came 14 hours before a 6 a.m. strike deadline and ends a second nationwide rail tieup scare since April as management and labor claim progress on key issues.
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Michael Fox
Pennsylvania
Long Island
Southern Railway System
Florida East Coast
General Motors Bargaining Accelerates Under Strike Threat
Detroit AP report says General Motors and the United Auto Workers pressed talks to avert a nationwide walkout at the nation’s largest auto maker. UAW President Walter Reuther issued a double strike notice with a 10 am Friday deadline for a new national contract and a one-week grace period for unresolved local at-the-plant demands.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Walter Reuther
Cincinnati Youths Die In Crash
In Cincinnati three Central High School students were killed when their car crashed after leaving school. Driver George Watson 17 and passengers Jerry James 18 and James Jobst 15 died. Injured were Edward Snelling Jr. and Dan Roam 17. Watson lost control near the school, hitting a utility pole and a tree.
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Cincinnati
Central High School
George Watson
Jerry James
James Jobst
Edward Snelling Jr
Dan Roam
Watson
Hurricane Gladys Shifts Path Off Atlantic Coast
The hurricane Gladys hovered off North Carolina with winds near peak levels but dropping slightly. An unexpected course change brought danger zones from Cape Hatteras to Sandy Hook, with the Weather Bureau issuing a hurricane watch and predicting tides three to four feet above normal from Cape Hatteras to New York and lower Chesapeake Bay.
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Manteo, N
Gladys
North Carolina
Miami
Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Sandy Hook
Weather Bureau
New York
Chesapeake Bay
California Fire Nearing Control
A monster forest fire that roared across Napa Valley toward Calistoga and Santa Rosa neared control after burning about 25 homes and forcing 2,000 residents to evacuate. Firefighters, aided by borate bombers, contained the blaze from Rincon Valley to the Ursuline Convent as winds eased, with no major injuries reported.
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Napa Valley
Santa Rosa
Sonoma County
Sonoma County Hospital
Rincon Valley
Ursuline Convent
California Division of Forestry
Napa
Valley of the Moon
Jack London
San Francisco
Luther Burbank
California
Weather cools after 91 degree day with showers
Yesterday reached 91 with a low of 69 this morning. Cooler tonight and tomorrow expected. Showers and thunderstorms tomorrow will help lower temperatures. Rain earlier today was negligible.
Vatican approves shared papal episcopal authority
Vatican City AP reports the Vatican Ecumenical Council backed the idea that the Pope and all Roman Catholic bishops form a single governing body. The decisive eight vote series advances collegiality and shared governance in the church.
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Vatican City
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Morse Attacks Liberal Colleagues On Reapportionment
Sen Wayne Morse of Oregon blasted liberal colleagues for backing even mild changes to Dirksen reapportionment and vowed a one man filibuster to block any challenge to the Supreme Court order. The standoff delays adjournment as Mansfield and Dirksen press a population based plan while Anderson seeks a nonbinding sense of Congress substitute. The Senate narrowly defeated a compromise proposal 42 to 40.
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Wayne Morse
Senate
Dirksen
Supreme Court
Oregon Democrat
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Mansfield
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N.m
Congress
Union Leaders End 48 Hour Saigon Strike After Compromise
In Saigon, union leaders halted a 48 hour warning strike after reaching a government accord. Vo Van Tai, secretary-general of the Vietnamese Labor Confederation Saigon Council, declared victory and said workers may return to duties. normal activity expected by Wednesday morning.
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Saigon South Viet Nam
Saigon
Vo van Tai
Vietnamese Labor Confederation
Tai
Destroyers Exit Tonkin After Radar Clash
American destroyers were reported out of the Gulf of Tonkin after firing on radar targets Friday. U.S. officials said no debris or bodies were found, an inquiry is underway, and V. S. vessels will continue to roam international waters. Tass alleged five ships were sunk, a claim denied by Washington.
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Washington
Gulf of Tonkin
U.S
Gulf
Navy
Far East
Tass
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Los Angeles
United States
North
Viet Nam
China
Moscow
Mass Demonstration Threat as Government Negotiations Continue
About 2,000 workers massed at the labor union headquarters with banners ready, awaiting word on talks with a government team led by Deputy Premier Nguyen Xuan Oan. A union spokesman said workers arrested an alleged Viet Cong agent found to be linked to the Communists. Police received the agent, communications were restored, and multiple sectors remained idle despite expected normalizing by Wednesday.
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Nguyen Xuan Oan
Nguyen Khanh
Government pledges and protests cloud Viet Nam labor crisis
Government sources say strikers received the rest of today as a holiday while Premier Nguyen Khanh’s regime promises reinstatement for fired textile workers. A 20 000 strong general strike pressed sweeping demands as authorities ban lockouts and bar firing workers during the state of emergency. Tian Tai declares victory while labor leaders fear Communist Viet Cong influence and protesters press toward the premier’s office amid a stormy, tense Saigon scene.
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Nguyen Khana
Viet Cong
Saigon
Viet Nam
Nha Trang
Khan
Students seize radio station and siege province chief house
Reports from Qui Nhon say students virtually controlled the city after taking over the radio station and laying siege to the province chief's house. They demanded government cutbacks tied to the late President Ngo Dinh Diem's regime. Ban Me Thuot remained calm after a small insurrection by mountain tribesmen that killed 17 lowland Vietnamese officers and soldiers.
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Qui Nhon
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ban Me Thuot
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