Union Leader Defends FiveHour Day Push With Determination
Gordon M. Freeman, president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, defended the union stance for shorter work hours amid criticism from President Kennedy and administration figures. He said unemployment and automation pressure support continued efforts for shorter hours or weeks, and pledged support to locals fighting to keep members employed.
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UPI
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Orr
Kennedy
New York
Gordon M. Freeman
Cdc
IREW
Freeman
Justice Dept Opposition to Satellite Monopoly Proposed
The Justice Department told the Senate Space Sciences Committee it would be unconscionable for the government to hand over a satellite system to a private monopoly. Nicholas Katzenbach argued a privately owned corporation with broad stock ownership would create a monopoly funded by taxpayers, while opponents urged restricting ownership to a few firms. He noted no requirement that all stockholders be technically qualified.
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Justice Department
Federal Communications
U.S
Toa Limited
Department
Senate Space Sciences
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
International Telephone & Telegraph Company
Washington
Katzenbach
Nicholas Katzenbach
Vongly
Aleangly
Sen
Robert Kerr
D-Okla
Corporation Wuld
Water Right Expert Hired to Fight Suit
The City Council hired Altayney Paul D. Enestrand of La Mesa as counsel in a Superior Court suit filed by the Central and West Basin Water Replenishment. The case seeks interpretation of state water code amendments affecting underground supply allotment and adjudication of groundwater rights tied to Long Beach and Lakewood wells, with private and municipal water departments as defendants. Engstrands will be paid 35 dollars an hour plus expenses.
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Altayney
Paul D. Enestrandev
la Mesa
West Basin
Distri Water Department
Mrnicipal Water
Long Beach
Lakewood Water and Power Co
Heavy Seas Peril Tanker in Atlantic
A. H. Dumont reported to the Coast Guard needing assistance 240 miles east of Norfolk amid heavy seas as cargo shifted. The Coast Guard cutter Cherokee joined, while the Chinese ship Chung Lee requested aid 120 miles east of Norfolk. Abseema and Chitta cutters were dispatched from Norfolk and Morehead City, N.C.
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Portsmouth
A. H. Dumont
Coast Guard
Ishance
Norfolk
Gherokee
Chung Lee
Abseema
Morfolk
Chitta
Morehond City
N.C
Norcross Co bid low on Marina del Rey project
Norcross Co of Long Beach submitted the lowest bid for waterfront facilities at Marina del Rey near 1 Segundo. The Norcross bid was 262,744 dollars, with the highest bid 315,500 dollars and the county engineer estimating 285,000 dollars. The project covers a Coast Guard dock reinforced concrete piling walls four ton boat hoist a small boat dock and pontoon system for fire department use lighting fuel services locks water and electrical services and a public address system.
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Tom Norcross Co
Long Beach
Los Angeles County
Marina del Rey
1 Segundo
Norcross
Coast Guard
Lise
Fire
Canada Saboteurs Blast Power Lines Near Nelson BC
Debris from a blast felled a steel tower lifting power lines into Kootenay Lake, cutting electricity for about 1,000 workers. Police and dogs tracked the area but found no clues. The act is labeled a major industrial sabotage by Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. and linked to Doukhobor Sons of Freedom suspects.
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Kootenay Lake
British Columbia
East Kootenay
Minling and Smelting &Co
Sons of Freedom
Doukhobor
Id J
Jobless Drop to 19 Month Low in February Figures
Washington reports February unemployment at 5.8 percent, a 19 month low. Employment rose by 731,000 from January to 65,785,000, far above the normal seasonal rise of 130,000. Job losses totaled about 120,009, with the workforce at 4,5413,00.
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Washington
al Keller-Shan
Ittalian
Labor Department
Moon Trip Return Seen Possible by 1968
Civil defense officials say a manned lunar mission and return could occur as early as 1968 with about 200 people left homeless by a Savannah fire. NASA Administrator James Webb cautioned Glenn era craft still requires automatic control to prevent in-flight issues and ensure proper attitude for a safe return.
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Savannah
Civil Defense
Washington
James F. Webb
United States
Savarition
Bul
National Aeronautics Aid, Space Administration
Webb
Advertising Council
NASA
John H. Glenn Jr
U.S
Glenn
Palatka-born Gen Stilwell Remembered in Military History
The article notes Gen Joseph W. Stilwell born in Palatka in 1883, a U. S. Military Academy graduate who served in World War I and commanded units in Asia and the China Burma India Theater before his death in 1946. It mentions his relation to the 10th Army and other commands.
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Bedicate Army Base
Palatka
Fila
Lower
Joseph W. Stillwell
China
Birmaid Trdit
Stilwell
U.S. Military Academy
WS. 10Th Army
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