Cost of Living Rises To A New September High
The Labor Department reports the consumer price index rising 0.2 percent to 126.8 of the 1947-49 base, marking a year over year gain of 1.3 percent. Higher housing and clothing costs drive the rise, with auto prices falling due to dealer discounts. Factory after tax earnings remain nearly unchanged while buying power dips slightly.
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Washington
Labor Department
Robert Myers
Labor Statistics
Judge rules rail strike illegal in Vermont case
Federal Judge Ernest W Gibson ruled the five week strike by Rutland Railway workers illegal and ordered them to return by 12:01 a m Thursday. He issued an injunction against four operating brotherhoods after barring Vermont from operating the railroad under receivership. Rutland counsel Thomas Lynch predicted partial freight service could resume by November 1.
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Brattleboro
UPI
Ernest W. Gibson
Rutland Railway
Gibson
State of Vermont
Thomas Lynch
Rutland
Truck plunges from bridge onto Thruway no toll ticket
William Oakes of Averyl Park Rensselaer County drove a gasoline tank truck onto the Thruway at Route 102 near Columbia County village Monday. The vehicle skidded off a bridge and plunged 20 feet to the Berkshire Spur. Oakes escaped injury.
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Chatham
William Oakes
Averyl Park
Rensselaer
Oakes
Columbia County
Berkshire
Perse Wins 1960 Nobel Prize in Literature
French poet and former diplomat Saint-John Perse, real name Alexis Leger, receives the 1960 Nobel Prize for Literature worth 43 627 dollars. Cited for his visionary imagery reflecting contemporary times, with Hammarskjeld among supporters. Perse long served in French diplomacy before exile to the United States.
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Stockholm
Saint- John Perse
United States
Swedish Academy of Letters
U.N
Dag Hammarskjeld
Swedish Academy
Perse
White House weighs releasing polls on U S prestige overseas
Senator Kennedy accuses the administration of concealing polls showing a drop in U S prestige abroad. Representative Moss says executive privilege blocked staff access to whether USIA suppressed such reports, while White House aides deny knowledge of any reports.
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Washington
White House
U. S
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
John E. Moss
Dcalif
House
Government Operations Subcommittee
US Information Agency
Moss
Thomas Roderick
USLA
USIA
George V. Allen
J. C. Hagerty
Committee On Information Activities Abroad
New York Parks Bond Lacks Voter Opposition
Albany voters face a $75 million bond for parks and recreation areas to preserve open spaces against suburban development. The plan, backed by Gov Rockefeller, funds expansions and local projects with $35 million for state parks and $40 million for cities and counties, with a pay as you go stance cited by critics.
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Albany
Gov. Rockefeller
New York City
Rockefeller
Windsor department store blast kills at least ten
A gas triggered explosion at Metropolitan Stores Ltd in Windsor Ontario collapsed walls and sent debris into the street. Ten people died, seven bodies recovered, one more died in hospital, and at least 99 were treated for injuries as rescue crews pulled others from rubble. Store staff described a sudden blast after gas line ignition.
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Windsor
Ont
Henry Birdenwil
J. A. Anderson
Metropolitan Stores Ltd
Joseph Halford
Charles Ingram
Howard Sehram
Halford
German Troops Return to France to Train as Allies
In a rapid move mirroring postwar shifts, West German army units totaling about 2,400 will train in Eastern France for three weeks starting Nov 3. Training sites include Lisssonne and Mourmelon with French facilities under joint control, as part of a Adenauer de Gaulle accord.
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Paris
France
French Defense Ministry
Konrad Adenauer
Charles de Gaulle
Figaro
Defense Ministry
Lissonne
Laon
Aisne
Mourmelon
Chalons-sur- Marne
Marne
Sissonne
Betancourt says Venezuela crushed revolutionaries
President Betancourt claimed six days of riots ended as armed forces crushed revolutionists seen as trying to carry Cuban methods into Venezuela. Troops were sent into streets of Caracas while demonstrators cheered the Soviet Union and Fidel Castro.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Soviet Union
Fidel Castro
New York Papers Hit with Citywide Guild Strike
American Newspaper Guild members at all seven major New York City dailies vote to strike near Tuesday unless a work agreement is reached. The Times asks federal mediation service to join discussions as Guild units including Herald Tribune, Post, Daily News, Mirror, Journal American, and World Telegram & Sun authorize strikes.
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NEW Yorks
American Newspaper Guild
New York City
The
New York Times
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Herald Tribune
Times
the Post
Daily News
Daily Mirror
the Journal-American
the World-Telegram & Sun
Bishop Gercke Resigns After 37 Years In Tucson
The Most Rev. Daniel Gercke age 86 resigns as bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Tucson Ariz due to age and health. His successor is Bishop Francis Green who has been coadjutor since May 11. Pope John XXII promotes Gercke to titular archbishop of Cotyaeum. Announcement made by Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi in Washington.
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Washington
Daniel Gercke
Tucson Ariz
Francis Green
John XII
Gercke
Cotyaeum
Tucson
Egidio Vagnozzi
United States
Young Rochester boy cited as nation's youngest football casualty
Michael R Head an 18 month old from Rochester Illinois fractured his right leg Tuesday when he kicked a football and fell, joining local news as a noted sports mishap.
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Rochester
Ill
Michael R. Head
UN Orders Mobutu To Withdraw Troops From Congo Capital
The United Nations ordered Col. Mobutu to pull unruly troops from Leopoldville after a four day rampage. U.N. Rajesh Dayal said Mobutu agreed to move his soldiers to barracks by Thursday amid Belgian influence and fears of Lumumba’s return.
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Congo
United Nations
Joseph Mobutu
U.N
Rajeshwar Dasal
India
Mobutu
United
Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba
Chhef Rajeshawar Dayal
USN
Kennedy Attacks Secrecy Clamp in Campaign
In a Michigan stop Kennedy assails the Eisenhower administration for hiding government information for political ends. He cites a State and Defense Department survey and questions why bid records and foreign aid data were kept from the public. He demands Nixon release the full report and accuses the administration of distrust of the people.
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John F. Kennedy
Michigan
Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
U. S
Congressional
Econome
India
Laos
Pakistan
Bolivia
Nixon
United States Information Agency
King appeals four month jail term for sit-in
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr leading 79 arrests in Atlanta sit-ins seeks speedy appeal after being sentenced to four months in a public works camp for driving without a Georgia license. Dekalb County Judge Oscar Mitchell denied motions, bail, and questioned probation length. Roy Wilkins called the sentence shocking.
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Decatur
UPI
Martin Luther King Jr
Oscar Mitchell
Dekalb County
Montgomery
Ala
Atlanta
Georgia
Georgie Sells
King
Alabama
D. L. Hollowell
Rich
Jack Smith
Smith
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Martin King, Jr
Atlanta, Ga
German Jets Brush Past Queen Elizabeth II Flight
West German defense ministers demanded answers after two Sabre jets buzzed the Comet airliner carrying Queen Elizabeth II home to Britain. The fighters, marked with Luftwaffe crosses, missed the plane by about 50 feet near the Dutch border as the Royal group traveled over 1 000 mph. Buckingham Palace said the queen and Prince Philip were unaware of the incident until informed later.
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Germany
West German
Defense Ministry
Elizabeth I
Britain
West Germany
Luftwaffe
Buckingham Palace
Prince Philip
Denmark
Frank Stevens
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