Conditional Dock Pact Aims To End Nationwide Maritime Walkout
A conditional four year contract with immediate 4 percent rise and 2 percent raises each year could end the two week old nationwide maritime strike. It calls for a fact finding on foreign flag vessel unionization and requires similar agreement with Masters Mates Pilots and the American Radio Association. Seamen gain equalized vacations with officers and a 30 day annual vacation.
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New York
National Maritime Union
David L. Cole
Kennedy
American Merchant Marine Institute
Tanker Labor Committee
American Radio Association
River Tonnage On Ouachita Hits Record In May
Barge shipping on the Ouachita River set a new May record with 72,560 tons far above the previous 1960 high. Detailed May tonnages include gravel 18 610 tons and pipe 25 205 tons, with inbound 33 304 tons and outbound 18 960 tons. The report notes 1960 was the best navigation year and 1961 shows rising monthly averages, driven by gravel origins from the Mississippi and higher overall river commerce.
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Ouachita River
H. K. Thatcher
Thatcher
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Opelousas Man Killed by Train
Clement Benoit a 35 year old Opelousas resident was killed at a city crossing when a Southern Pacific freight train struck him. The 89 car train applied emergency brakes but could not avoid the fatal impact inside Opelousas city limits near Lafayette.
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Clement Benoit
Southern Pacific
Howard Collins
Lafayette
Benoit
Grasshopper Invasion Worsens Great Plains Drought
In five states and three Canadian provinces, vast grasshopper swarms exacerbate drought in the Great Plains. Firefighters battled a 5 000 acre prairie blaze near the Little Missouri River as 53 North Dakota counties gain disaster status and more counties may join the aid list.
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Great Plains
Canadian
Helena
Mont
Montana
Wyoming
Williston
North Dakota
Little Missouri River
Norris Ellertsson
Mississippi student vows on flagging freedom rides
James H. Meredith says continued freedom rides to Jackson are senseless and detrimental as he attempts to enroll at the all white University of Mississippi. In Memphis a jury convicts Freddie Green, 19, of murdering a young white girl and fixes his punishment at death in the electric chair.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Jackson
Memphis
Freddie Green
Nine Labor Market Areas Drop From Unemployment List
Washington AP reports improving job opportunities led to nine major labor market areas being dropped this month from the Labor Department list of areas of substantial unemployment. One area was added.
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Washington
Labor Department
Kennedy Signs Housing Bill Aiding Millions
President Kennedy signed a housing bill officials say could make three million moderate income families eligible to buy homes. Chrysler faced a hard line from the United Auto Workers as it reported red ink and no concessions expected in upcoming contract talks. Flames rekindled on the Polish freighter Polanica near Camden New Jersey before being extinguished. International Paper Southern Kraft mills extend contract negotiations with unions as a deadline is pushed back in Mobile Alabama.
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Washington
Kennedy
Administration
Detroit
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers Union
Mobile, Ala
International Paper Co
Southern Kraft Division Mills
Governor Jimmie H. Davis photographs aboard horse Sunshine
In Baton Rouge the governor rode Sunshine onto the capitol steps for an album cover photo. The stunt, kept unannounced, has no official explanation. A photo of Davis with the horse appears in local chatter on CHIT-CHAT.
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Capitol
Jimmie H. Davis
Baton Rouge
Davis
Today’s Chuckle Inspires Finding Joy in Daily Tasks
A light-hearted column suggests changing perspective to enjoy daily work. It urges readers to find value in routine duties by adopting a positive mindset and trying new attitudes toward tasks.
Holiday Warning for Fourth of July Traffic
Police across the Twin Cities and Ouachita parish will enforce traffic rules en masse for a four day Fourth of July weekend beginning at 6 p m tonight. Officers will be on round the clock duty to curb drunk driving speeders and reckless driving as heavy traffic peaks Tuesday afternoon and through late evening tonight and mid day Saturday. Boating violations will be minimized with river patrols and area departments will monitor vehicular offenses.
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Twin Cities
Ouachita Parish
M. E. Kidd
Louisiana
Bailey Grant
Ouachita River
Monroe
West Monroe
James C. Kelly, Jr
South Conference plan backed by Louisiana mayors
A three man committee led by Monroe Mayor W L Howard with unanimous support from the Louisiana Municipal Association aims to form a southern conference. A steering session is set for next Friday in Baton Rouge with invited southern mayors to discuss national legislation, southern problems, education on the south, and local issues. Mayor Clyde Fant of Shreveport supports a constructive conference, while a steering committee will be named from participants.
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Louisiana
Dixie
Louisiana Municipal Association
W. L
Jack) Howard
Monroe
Baton Rouge
Howard
LMA
Clyde Fant
Shreveport
Cade's Trial Set For Fall Denied Motions
Judge Jesse Heard denied two motions to quash in the Cade indictment in Fourth District Court. Troy Bland Cade, 30, Monroe, faces criminal anarchy and flag desecration charges. Anarchy trial set for November 6 at 10 a.m. and flag desecration trial for October 6. Cade pleaded not guilty.
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Troy Bland Cade
Monroe
Land
Fourth District Court
Cade
Bailey Street
United States
Nation of Islam
Ouachita Parish
T. H. Scott
Heard
Louisiana
Geor
Farmer In New York Protests With Cadillac Sign
William T. Smith, a 1,200 acre dairy and poultry farmer in New York, places a $6,100 Cadillac with a sign protesting federal crop payments. He has received 3049 dollars so far and expects 3450 more for keeping 104 acres out of production under Kennedy's one year program. The sign declares we bought this car with money we received for not growing corn.
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William T. Smith
N.Y
Big Flats
Smith
Southcentral
New York State
Kennedy
Educational TV Near Readiness in New York
A group of prominent citizens will run WNTA TV on a noncommercial basis becoming the metro area’s first educational station. They signed to buy from National Telefilm Associates for 6.2 million dollars, with Channel 13 transmission from the Empire State Building. The sale includes AM and FM radio stations and is led by Howard C. Sheperd, former First National City Bank chairman.
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New York
Wntatv
National Telefilm Associates, Inc
Wnta-Tv
Empire State Building
Howard C. Sheperd
First National City Bank
Rocket Failure Halts Mars Dust Project at Wallops Island
A Scout rocket launched from Wallops Island at 12 06 p m carried an instrument package to study space dust that could threaten space travel. The project aimed to learn how tiny particles at 45 miles per second might erode or puncture a spacecraft, but the fourth stage failed to ignite at 12 19 p m according to NASA.
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Wallops Island
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Monroe First Air Mail Anniversary Noted in Local History
The 30th anniversary of Monroe Louisiana's air mail route is celebrated this Saturday. The first Monroe pickup occurred July 1 1931 by plane, marked by a first day cover addressed to Edward J LaMonica. The cover features Fort Miro 1785 imagery and the legend Fort Miro First Flight Air Mail Route Monroe Louisiana.
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Monroe
Edward J. LaMonica
Fort Miro
Louisiana
British Warships Speed To Kuwait In Oil Crisis
Beir ut reports say British warships including at least two aircraft carriers four frigates landing craft and marines head for the Persian Gulf and Red Sea amid a crisis over oil rich Kuwait. Iraqi premier Kasem claims Kuwait is part of Iraq as troops and armor move to the frontier. Prime Minister Macmillan says Britain has taken normal precautionary measures.
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UPS
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Kuwait
Iraq
Middle East
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Lebanon
Karim Kassem
New Jersey
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London
Harold Mace
Kennedy Frees Former Red Organizer Winston
President Kennedy ordered the release of Henry Winston former organizational secretary of the Communist Party via commutation to time served Winston who is blind and a surgery patient had been among 11 top communists convicted in 1949 of conspiracy to overthrow the government. He surrendered in 1956 and received a three year term for contempt. He would have finished Jan 4 1962 with good behavior credit.
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Washington
Kennedy
Henry Winston
Communist Party
U.S.A
Justice Department
Winston
Davis Plans To Defend Interim Committees In Louisiana
Gov Jimmie H Davis plans a state wide TV hook up next week to defend interim committees expenditures. Rep Edward J Lebreton said Davis told the Little Hoover Commission he would justify costs and explain the state's finances after meeting in Baton Rouge.
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New Orleans
Jimmie H. Davis
Edward J. Lebreton
Little Hoover Commission
Davis
Baton Rouge
Lebreton
Senate
House
Little Hoover
14 Persons Identify Her By Composite
A nationwide alert targets a slender, dark haired woman blamed for the kidnapping and killing of Andrew Ashley 3 in Delaware Park. Police say 14 observers matched the suspect description, while a woman fitting the profile was briefly detained in Amherst and released for intoxication.
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Buffalo
Andrew Ashley
Delaware Park
Andy
Amherst
Delaware Park Lake
Troop Reinforcement Considered for Berlin Crisis
The Kennedy administration weighs sending more U S troops to Europe to bolster NATO defenses against a Soviet threat to West Berlin. Secretary Rusk affirms firm Berlin rights while favoring peaceful talks and possible tolerable peace options. A secret NSC meeting and an FBI probe into defense secrecy are also noted.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
West Berlin
Khrushchev
Dean Rusk
United States
Berlin
Rusk
Talks Underway To Swap Powers For Soviet Spy
Negotiations reportedly advance to exchange Col Rudolf Abel for U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers. Russians seek release of both prisoners to a neutral country for political asylum, preserving the fiction Abel was not their man in New York. Abel, convicted 1957 in Brooklyn, is imprisoned in Atlanta. Powers was captured May 1, 1960 and sentenced to ten years.
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New York
UPS
Col
Rudolf Ivanovich Abel
Francis Gary Powers
New York World Telegram
Scripps-Howard
Abel
Dispatch
Oliver W. Powers
Russia
Brooklyn
Atlanta
Weekend Showers Forecast For Northeast Louisiana
Clear to partly cloudy and warm conditions will persist in northeast Louisiana through Saturday with widely scattered showers expected Saturday afternoon. Highs near 92 and lows around 66. At Selman Field Thursday the temperature rose from 67 to 90 with no rain reported by FAA weather staff.
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Louisiana
Mercury
Selman Field
FAA
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