Senate Rail Arbitration Act Deadline Looms in House Action
The House Interstate Commerce Committee approved a bill to arbitrate rail work rules dispute amid a looming nationwide strike. The measure mirrors Senate proposals and aims to create a seven member board to settle two core issues while limiting arbitration on wages, with leadership racing to finish before Thursday.
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House
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Walcuses
Senate Commerce Committee
Seventmman
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Butte Explosion Kills Suspects In Dynamite Theft Probe
In Butte Montana a dynamite theft drama ends in a blast. Officials say several people may have died as authorities race to identify victims amid scattered remains. Deputies near the scene were injured but not seriously. The LaValle Powder Co. owner and a suspect group planned an ambush in a park dump where the explosives were to be paid for and picked up.
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Bill Dalling
Dalling
Orn
William P. Lavelle Jr
LaValle Powder Co
LaVelle
Thomas
Ter
Sherill Ken Cunningham
Waterloo Man Dies After Writing Will Then Crashing Car
A Waterloo man, 23, wrote a will and left it with his wife before his car left Iowa 81 near Waterloo, a death by own action. In a related crash, Ray Gardner, 48, of Evansdale died. five others were injured, two critically, including Melvin Gardner and 14 year old Dennis Gardner. The weekend highway toll rose to six with accidents across the area.
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Black Hawk County
Towa
Eugene Smith
Robert Harriman
Harriman
Iowa
Ray Gardner
Evansdale
Melvin Gardner
Dennis Gardner
Gary Clark
Gerald
James McDonald
Balloyue
Victor Lorenzem
Dubuque
Jacob ‘Truaz
Brandat
Benton County
Urbana
Missouri
Valley
Helene Gereseek
Oraaha
Barbara Rettig
Fairmount
Color Bias in Iowa Property Project Claims Discrimination
Des Moines resident James N. Bethel charged a real estate developer refused to sell him a lot because he is Black. He quoted a firm representative saying selling to a Negro family could cause other buyers to back out, potentially ruining the company. Bethel, a 43 year old social worker at Glenwood State School, and his wife visited Poweshiek County asking to buy a lot, and received an alleged “personal invitation” before being told the sale might fall to a Black family.
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Town Recreational Development Co
Bethel
Holiday Lake
Glenwood State School
Poweshlek County
Santopinbat Afley
Large Gain In Consumer Buying Clears Upward Trend
Washington survey taken in mid July indicates consumer optimism with 18.2 percent of families planning to buy a used auto in the next seven to nine months, highest July reading in four years. Additionally 5.2 percent expect to buy a new or used house, the strongest housing-wage signal since 1960.
Clay Slams Kennedy Aid Bill Cut Criticism from Gen Clay
General Lucius D. Clay joined administration forces in denouncing the $585 million reduction in Kennedy's foreign aid authorization. He warned the drastic cut could weaken the U S position and free world security if allowed to stand.
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Lucius D. Clay
Kennedy
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Clay
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Launch Vehicle For Test Apollo Command Module
A two section launch vehicle 29 feet tall 3 feet in diameter at White Sands New Mexico will power initial Apollo program test flights. It uses seven solid fueled motors igniting together to produce about 310000 pounds thrust. The flight model will test the Apollo command section at 30000 feet to assess flight worthiness. The Apollo program aims to carry three men to the Moon area, land two, and return all three.
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Garth
Lodge Presents Credentials to Diem in Saigon Crisis
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge met Ngo Dinh Diem in a two minute ceremony as thousands of university students marched to protest Diem rule. Police halted demonstrations, fired rifle rounds wounding students, and martial law tightened across Saigon while Buddhist opposition faced further crackdown.
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Body of Missing Airman Found Near Crash Site
The body of Capt. Leonard A. Theis, 29, a BAT medium jet bomber crewman from San Fernando, California, was found about three miles south of Tevin Tow a near the wreckage site. Maj. Julian G. Hill, Offutt AFB Public Information officer, said the discovery followed the collision that left several missing and injured crewmen after the two planes went down Monday.
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Mississippi Candidates All For Segregation
Mississippi voters face a primary with five Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls all pledging to uphold segregation. Former Gov. Coleman and Lt. Gov. Johnson promise action to preserve segregation if elected while rival Phillips champions states’ rights and segregation. Independent Ed Bishop also in the general contest. Primary polling opens Tuesday and closes at 6 p m local time. Voter access limited by machines in only 7 states with about 443 000 expected voters. Governor Barrett, blocked from Meredith admission to Ole Miss, stayed out of the fight and Johnson faces federal contempt charges over past actions in the Meredith case.
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Mississippi
J. BP. Coleman
Paul Johnson
Rabel Phillips
Phillips
Ed Bishop
Ross Barrett
James Gi. Meredith
All White
University’ of
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Dike Barnett
Meredith
Ol Ole Migs
Cold Morning Temp Drops Into 30s Across Northeast
Associated Press reports cool weather in the northeastern quarter of the nation with temperatures dipping to the 30s. Morning readings fell into the 30s in Pennsylvania and New England for a second day, with Pellston Michigan recording 36 degrees.
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Slightly Warmer Weather Expected Across Region
Warmer conditions were forecast tonight after a cool weekend. Sunday highs reached 74 while early today dipped to the 30s, then rose again by noon. Rainfall from Saturday storms measured 0.287 inches locally. Temperatures were near normal for the rest of the week with readings in Bradford and Phillipsburg at 39 and many areas in the 40s and 50s. Night temps were in the 70s and 80s in the South with generally dry conditions nationwide. Thunderstorms moved across the Northern Plains Rockies and Virginia.
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Drill Bit Breaks First Part of Plug in Shaft
In Hazleton Pa a drill bit breached the first section of the plug at the bottom of the escape hole for Henry Throne and David Fellin. Rescue teams slowed the giant rig as they prepared to enlarge the shaft and lift the trio one by one in a steel capsule designed to fit the 18 inch hole. Fellin 58 Throne 28 and Lon Boya 42 have been underground more than 300 feet for 13 days since Aug 13. Louis Bova 42 remains unaccounted for.
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Henry Throne
David Fellin
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Ellin
Wife of Captain Held by Reds in North Korea
Frangfort Michigan May l For days Captain Carleton Voltz US Army has been imprisoned by North Korea Communists. His wife Suzanne says she lives with anxiety and nightmares fearing torture. Voltz and Captain Benny Stutts were captured during a May Staller helicopter shoot down near the DMZ. UN officials have pressed for release. North Korea denies and calls them spies. Voltz contemplates traveling to Washington while remaining restrained in comments.
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Carleton
U. S
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Voltz
Oak Park
Ill
Benny Stutts
Florence
Ala
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Korea
Jaint. Military Armistics Commission
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United Nations
Chang Chung-hwan
Ha Han
Director Denies Discrimination At Anamosa Reformatory
Des Moines reports an inmate from Des Moines named John Smith, 35, a Negro serving 10 years for car theft, alleged racial bias in work and training assignments at Anamosa Reformatory. State Director Ben Baer found no grounds for the claim after review by the governor’s office. Smith’s letter to the NAACP dated August was part of a disciplinary order for insolence to prison staff.
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Drivers Urged to Watch for Schoolchildren
Des Moines reports State Safety Commissioner William Sueppel urges extra caution as children begin school. He warns drivers to watch for crosswalks and school zones, have parents walk routes, and observe bus loading stops. Patrolmen will ticket drivers passing stopped school buses.
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William Sueppel
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JFK Agrees to Early Parley With Gromyko
President Kennedy agrees to an early meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to discuss steps toward the limited nuclear test ban treaty. Ambassador Dobrynin delivered Khrushchev’s letter thanking Kennedy for signing the pact and hinted Khrushchev might attend the United Nations General Assembly next month.
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