Military Manpower Approved by Congress
Washington AP Congress approved Kennedy's call up of 250000 reservists for one year and extended active duty tours. The measure authorizes 3250 million dollars plus 207.6 million for civil defense shelters. Senate already passed it. Bruce Alger and Eugene Siler opposed. Pentagon plans expanded service across Army Navy Air Force with bases under study for training use. About 60 ships to be added or kept in service. Bill Williams of Middletown completes a Dairy School with Southern States. An estimated 400 billion cubic feet of Canadian natural gas will be imported in 1961.
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Washington
Conress
Kennedy
House
West Berlin
Senate
Bruce Alger
R-Tex
Eugene Siler
R-Ky
Defense Department
Army
Pentagon
MacDill
Florida
Chennault
Louisiana
Donaldson
South Carolina
Laughlin
Texas
Navy
Nye Named Ritchie Commander at Fort Ritchie
Colonel David B. Nye, a 24 year Army veteran and West Point graduate, assumes command of Fort Ritchie succeeding Colonel Percy H. Lash Jr. Nye, married with one college student child, is a Pearl Harbor and Normandy veteran who has held posts from Chicago to Japan and taught at Fort Sill.
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David B. Nye
Ft. Ritchie
Col Nye
Percy H. Lash Jr
West Point
Col
Ritchie
Col. Nye
Heatters Lth Army
Chicago
Pearl Harbor
Normandy
France
Ft. Sill
Okla
Japan
Thule
Aye
Army Command and General Staff College
Leavenworth
Kan
Hard Crabs Dumped In Truck Accident
A panel truck carrying Chesapeake Bay hard crabs overturned on U S 50 near Wye Mills Maryland after striking a phone booth and a roadside stand sending hundreds of live crabs into the area. Driver Walter Moody 20 of Atlantic City was treated for head lacerations at Easton Memorial Hospital. An elderly man James E Thompson Sr of Queenstown injured as crabs spilled from the truck.
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Wye Mills
U. S. 50
Chesapeake Bay
Easton
Imd
Walter Moody
Atlantic City
N. J
Easton Memorial Hospital
James E. Thompson Sr
Queenstown
Easton Hospital
American Businessmen Favor Common Market
American businessmen see the European Common Market as a major opportunity rather than a threat, noting tariff liberalization among members may boost trade with the United States while some warn it could hamper U.S. business. The feature contrasts Inner Six and Outer Seven efforts with broader implications for American interests.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
NEW, York
United Kingdom
Switzerland
Austria
Portugal
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
U.S
TV revival forecast amid Minow push and live drama hopes
The article notes signs of a television revival under FCC chief Minow with CBS Defenders and live drama plans. It cites Rose and Brodkin adapting The Defender from Studio One with E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as a father son legal team, shot in New York for artistic climate and fewer interferences. It also mentions NBC Theater 61 and Steve Allen returning live, plus broader industry talk of a renaissance in TV quality.
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Kleiner Newspaper Enterprise Assn
New York
NEA
FCC
Newton Minow
CBS
The
Defenders
Studio One
Reginald Rose
Ralph Bellamy
Rose
Herb Brodkin
Playhouse 90
G. Marshall
Robert Reeds
Perry Mason
iWe
Brodkin
NBC
Fred Coe
Steve Allen
Netwarkubs
Frontier Circus
Minow
Hollywood Sausage Factory
TV Guide
Hollywood
Netwo
Herb Brockin
Union Ends GM Wage Pact Amid Negotiations
DETROIT AP The United Auto Workers served notice it will terminate its wage agreement with General Motors at midnight Aug 31 GM also plans termination but may consider a limited extension if negotiations progress The union rejects GM price profit formula while labor action follows a history of four month transitions and plant walkouts A Burdette vehicle crash caused 750 in damage with costs to Costello Burdette and Ausherman autos also damaged
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Detroit
Mich
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors Corp
General Motors
UAW
UAW GM Termination Sparks Harassment Claims and Ford Response
UAW Vice President Leonard Woodcock accuses General Motors of policies to harass the union after the 1958 termination, including voiding the union shop and dues checkoff, cutting union representation time, and removing the appeals step. Ford officials say GM’s move shifts heat away from Ford. Navy eyes new hydrokeel landing craft to speed up from nine to over 30 knots, with an 89,000 contract and air-stream lift reducing hull friction.
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UAW
Leonard Woodcock
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Baltimore
Navy
Marine Corps
Anti-Friction Hull Corp
Laurel, Ald
Frank J. Storke
Lauder
Storke
Local Youth Completes Air Force Training Milestones
John Axline of Knoxville has completed Basic Training at Lackland AFB Texas and fourteen weeks of Aircraft and Missile Maintenance schooling in Amarillo. After a home leave he heads to Altus Oklahoma for further schooling following his prior employment at the Government Printing Office in Washington.
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John Axline
Samuel Axline
Knoxville
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Amarillo
Altus
Okla
Government Printing Office
Washington
Preparatory Sessions Open for Inter-American Conference
Sessions open in Punta del Este Uruguay as preparatory meetings lead to Saturday talks on President Kennedy's Alliance for Progress program at the Inter-American Economic Conference.
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
Kennedy
Alliance For Progrest
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