Transit Strike Binds New York City Traffic Chaos
New York city faced a two day transit strike with heavy car congestion, prompting Mayor Lindsay to warn against driving into Manhattan. Traffic eased as drivers started two hours earlier, and Quill of the Transport Workers Union awaited a show cause in State Supreme Court.
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Manhattan
John ¥. Lindsay
Lindsay
Henry A. Barnes
Barnes
Corns
Corns Muters
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
AFL Cio
State Supreme Court
U S Shifts Its Orders For Steel
Washington AP Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara directed future deliveries of structural steel away from Bethlehem Steel and other firms raising prices. He urged defense procurement officers to use suppliers that have not increased prices, as Inland Steel announced a price rise. The move could affect about 20 thousand tons yearly of structural shapes and piles, roughly five percent of industry output, with possible cancellations of existing contracts after review.
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Washington
Robert 8. McNamara
Bethlehem Steel Corp
McNamara
Defense
Arthur Sylvester
Inland Steel Co
Bethlehem
Defense Department
Sylvester
Damage suit seeks 125000 in Des Moines
Homer Mayhew of Sioux City sues Town-Illinois Telephone Co of New London for 125000 in a personal injury action filed in U S District Court here claiming a fall from a pole while dismantling lines east of Linn Grove on May 18, 1563. The utility contends Mayhew worked for Turner and Turner should pay any damages.
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Des Moines
Homer Mayhew
Sioux City
Town-Ilinois' Telephone Co
New London
U.S
Mayhew
Turner
Violence Threatens Dominican Republic Amid Dismissal Demands
The Dominican Republic faces renewed violence fears as provisional president Hector Garcia-Godoy prepares a response to demands that military chiefs be dismissed. In other notes, gunpowder production resumes in East Alton after a strike, a trailer home fire kills a couple in Sioux City, and a church fire near Mount Pleasant prompts questions of arson. A Jakarta report notes two Garuda DC3s crashed or disappeared with 34 aboard in South Sumatra.
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Santo ‘Domingo
Hector Garcia-Godoy
Alton
Viet Nam
Olin
Sioux City
Church Mount Pleasant
First Presbyterian Church
William Sater
Jakarta
Indonesia
Sumatra
Garuda
Rail Unions Seek 25 Percent Wage Boost on Railroads
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen asked major railroads for a 25 percent basic wage increase, a cost of living clause, night shift differential, and supplemental pensions. About 30,000 workers including help ers, hostlers, and engineers would be affected across roughly 194 railroads. President H B Gilbert announced that notices were served for the wage demand amid rail profits.
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Viet Cong Eludes Pursuit in Delta Invasion
U S paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade launched their first major Mekong Delta invasion but Viet Cong forces withdrew deeper into marshlands near the Plain of Reeds. Reports say 111 Viet Cong killed, 7 captured, 02 detained by U S and 125 guerrillas killed by Vietnamese troops. US airstrikes, tank support, and flamethrowers marked the operation along with coastal and central highland actions.
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Viet Nam
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Mekong
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Lery
Plain of Reeds
A. US
W73rd
Binh Duong
Tuy Hoa
Phu Yen
Quang Ngai City
Quang Ngai
da Nang
Drawbaugh Heads Muscatine County Board Reorganization
Richard Drawbaugh of Fruitland was named chair as Muscatine county supervisors reorganized the board. New members James Stelzner and Leroy Taylor joined. several appointments and district assignments were made, including changes to social welfare, justice of the peace finances, and the Muscatine conservation board budget.
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Muscatine County
Board of Supervisors
Richard Drawbaugh
Fruitland
James Stelaner
Muscatine
Leroy Taylor
County Board of Social Welfare
Herschel Flater
Wilton
Fritz Belter
Loran Walch
Robert Kaufman
Stebner
Mildred Mosher
West Liberty
C. J. Rosenberger
Elmer Ihms
Crawbaugh
Burton Mills
Nichols
Thnis
Stelzner
City of Muscatine
Lake Township
Taylor
Montpelier
Sweetland
Bloomington
Crawhaugh
Walter Ryder
Muscatine Township
A. J. Phillips
Phillips
Ryder
Ray Hockersmith
Peace envoys press on despite Hanoi blasts
Washington reports two Johnson peace envoys pressed ahead with talks as Hanoi denounced U S moves as trickery. Nhan Dan demanded Washington halt all war actions and meet four conditions for talks while Ho Chi Minh repeated terms for negotiations. China and Japan also criticized American diplomacy as a cover for war expansion.
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Johnson
Hanoi
Communist Party
Nhan Dan
U.S
United States
W. Averell Harriman
Pakistan
Mohammed ‘Ayub Khan
G. Mennen
Williams
Africa
North Viet Nam
Nhan
Dan
Ho Chi
Minh
Asahi Shimbun
A Havana
Sitka Fire Destroys Historic Business District
A 3.5 million fire devastated Sitka Alaska damaging much of the historic downtown and the 1799 Russian Orthodox St Michael's Cathedral. No casualties were reported as authorities assessed the damage and considered federal disaster aid while leaders pledged to rebuild. The 3300 resident town sits on Baranof Island with Sitka’s main street hosting the landmark cathedral.
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Sitka
Alaska
Juneau
William A. Bean
Egan
Johnson
Woolden Cathedral
Sitka’s
St. Michael's Russian Orthodox Cathedral
Fears Rise as Havana Talks Open Worldwide Conference
In Havana the Tricontinental Conference of Solidarity opens with fears of renewed Communist subversion. Venezuelan President Raul Leoni calls the peace of the continent at stake as leaders from Brazil Peru and Colombia voice concern over guerrilla tactics favored by delegates. The meeting draws observers from Latin America Asia and Africa worried about regional stability.
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Havana
Cuba
Raul Leoni
Venezuela
Brazil
Peru
Colombia
Former Paper Columnist Dies in Walter Reed Hospital
Washington report notes Marguerite Higgins a famed journalist who covered the Korean War and later wrote a column syndicated by Newsday. She was wife of retired Air Force Maj. Sen. William Hall and had edited The Muscatine Journal page until about a month ago. Weather details indicate variable temperatures and light precipitation through the week.
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Washington
Marguerite Higgins
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Miss Higgins
Air Force
William ‘Hall
Newsday
Muscatine Journal
Northwest Hit By Cold Heavy Snow
Arctic air and heavy snowfall swept the Northwest with six inches in Missoula and four inches in Great Falls. Winds up to 75 mph lashed Montana as temperatures were expected to plunge to 20 below. A separate storm dropped half a foot from the Midwest to New England, closing schools and highways.
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Associated Press
Northwest
Oregon
Montana
Continental Divide
Pacific Coast
Missoula
Great Falls
Mont
Livingston
Midwest
New England
Governor Defends Use of Highway Plane in License Bid
DES MOINES AF Gov Harold Hughes defends the Highway Commission plane use by Derby Thompson, Burlington Republican and vice chairman, to secure a pilot's license. Thompson was reported using the plane to pursue his multi engine license during a week long hunting trip in Mexico.
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Harold Hughes
Mexico
Highway Commission
Derby Thompson
Thompson
Burlington
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