Humphrey disputes high profit claims on nickel stockpile contracts
George M. Humphrey former secretary of the Treasury told Senate investigators that Hanna mining contracts with the nickel stockpile yielded, he says, efficient use of funds and full repayment with interest. He disputed government auditors estimates of profits and noted Hanna net profit of 7.54 million over seven years while government paid below market prices and benefited from taxes and power credits.
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Washington (Ap
George M. Humphrey
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate
Humphrey
Cleveland
M. A. Hanna Co
Hanna
Humphry
Special Armed Services Subcommittee
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hanna Nickel
Bonneville
Humphreys
U.S
Nickle
Riddle
Ore
Harry Truman
Eisenhower
Quebec
Labrador
Government weighs injunction to halt Huntsville space strike
U S officials met in urgent session to seek a federal court injunction to stop picketing that halted work at the Space Development Center in Huntsville Alabama. The AFL-CIO union Local 558 is involved with about 1500 workers refusing to cross lines. The NLRB plans to seek a court order to ban the picketing possibly by today or Friday.
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Washington
U.S. Space Development Center
Huntsville
Ala
Stuart Rothman
National Labor Relations Board
Afl-Clo
al Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Afl-Cio
United States
Russia
NLRB
Tunnel For Water Cleared In Rocky Mountain Project
President Kennedy signed a law authorizing the Frying Pan Arkansas Reclamation and Power Project a 13 year 170 million plan to tunnel through the Rockies in Colorado and move water to the eastern slope for irrigation municipal supply and power. Congress will consider initial funding this year as the project moves forward promised benefits for Colorado and the nation.
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Washington
TAP
Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Kennedy
Coass
Congress
France Surrenders Final Indian Colonial Claims
New Delhi AP. France formally cedes to India the four coastal enclaves of French India ending centuries of colonial presence. The transfer covers 186 square miles with about 500000 people and follows the de facto 1954 Paris transfer. The act closes a long period of European competition in India.
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New Delhi
India
France
French India
Pondicherry
Paris
Britain
Portugal
Holland
Robbery Clues Surface as Manhunt for Mail Truck Bandits Expands
Boston police uncovered three fingerprints on a burned car linked to a Plymouth mail truck heist worth 1.5 million dollars. Investigators seek five suspects, including two men nicknamed Tony and Buster, with federal, state, and postal authorities coordinating a nationwide manhunt led by Chief Postal Inspector Henry B. Montague.
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Boston
Plymouth
Joseph Leonard
Revere
Post Ofice Department
FBI
Tony
Buster
Henry B. Montague
Post Office Department
Montague
Washington
Michael J. Cullinane
Massachusetts State Police
Eight-Day Oil Proration Set by Texas Commission
The Railroad Commission kept Texas oil wells on an eight day production cycle for September, the eighth straight month of record low yield. Most major producers favored the eight day plan, with a few seeking seven days. Pre hearing nominations totaled 2 537 720 barrels daily, while forecast demand was 2 505 000. Protests against foreign imports appeared in the hearing room as locals urged reduced foreign oil and tighter controls.
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Austin
Texas
Bureau of Mines
Texas St
Arabia
Texas Land Owners and Independent Producers Association
Controls On Milk Sought
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman asked Congress for immediate legislation to authorize production controls on milk to prevent a price support program breakdown. He warned the department buys surplus butter risking freezer space and notes dairy income is harmed while taxpayers bear over 500 million dollars yearly in surplus butter cheese and dry milk costs. The marketing year ending April 30 set a record at 597 million dollars.
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Washington (Ap
Orville Freeman
Congress
Allen Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Freeman
Third border shooting reported near East German frontier
West German authorities said East German border guards shot and likely killed a comrade near Rotheul on Wednesday after an East German patrol leader crossed the border seeking asylum. The incident followed two other border shootings in less than 48 hours.
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Kronach
Germany
East Germany
Rotheul
Godpord
Changes Proposed In Well Spacing Rules
The commission discussed three major oil well spacing changes: raise statewide spacing to 40 acres, move well setback from property lines from 330 to 660 feet, and double inter-well distance to 1,320 feet. Murray said the proposal aims for uniform, efficient field development and would not alter existing special rules.
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Austin
The
Railroad Commission
Commission
W. J. Murray
Basic Commission
Murray
Wichita Falls
Abilene
San Angelo
Gulf Coast
Cooler Weather Lifts Into Area After Severe Thunderstorms
A mild cool front from the Panhandle brought scattered showers, a 66 degree low, and 0.01 inch of rain in Snyder. South Texas saw deadly lightning, a tornado near Mission, and four inches of rain. San Antonio, Laredo, and Amarillo reported hail and wind as temperatures cooled from the 100s to the upper 60s and 70s in some areas.
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Snyder
Panhandle
South Texas
Associated Press
Texas Panhandle
Rio Grande Valley
Mission
Baltazar Mendoza
Anastacio Martinez
van Ormy
San Antonio
Edward Aylesworth
Alamo
Laredo
Texas
Falfurrias
Beeville
Brownsville
Victoria
Amarillo
Presidio
Mercury
San Angelo
el Paso
Junction
Wink
Midland
Waco
Galveston
Weather Bureau
North
New Guinea Dispute Ends Dutch Yield Claim
United Nations announces a 13 year struggle over West New Guinea resolved with the Netherlands ceding control. A U.N. administrator will govern the western half and a plebiscite in 1969 will decide final disposition. Indonesia and the Netherlands expect phased transfers and U.N. oversight beginning Oct. 1.
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New Guinea
Man Harrelson
United Nations
N.Y
West New Guinea
Netherlands
U. N
Indonesia
Far East
Iraq
U.N. General Assembly
U.N
Thant
Congo
World Organization
Meany and Reuther Clash Over AFL CIO Power
Reports of a rift between AFL CIO leaders Meany and Reuther drew a no comment from a spokesman during a morning Executive Council session. The Times cited heated exchanges over appointments and policy power, including Reuther’s push to name Ralph Helstein to the 2 1/2 man Executive Council, replacing Leland Buckmaster.
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Chicago
Aflcio
George Meany
Walter Reuther
Meany
Reuther
United Auto Workers
Afl-Cio
New York Times
Executive Council
CIO
Times
Ralph Helstein
United Packing House Union
Helstein
Leland
Buckmaster
United Rubber Workers
Weather outlook across Texas with scattered thundershowers
Multiple regional forecasts show high temperatures from the mid 60s to mid 70s across North Central, Northeast, Northwest, South Central, Southeast, and Southwest Texas. Tonight lows vary 64 to 79 with variable winds and cooler extremes in the north. Widely scattered thundershowers expected mainly in northern areas today and Friday.
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Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
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