Nation's rail strike threat drives unions to walkout
Six AFL-CIO shop crafts call a strike set for 6 am Tuesday Sept 22 potentially crippling U S rail traffic. Michael Fox, president, says mandatory action follows failed bargaining and a presidential emergency board recommendation on job security and pay protections. Pennsylvan ia Railroad is not affected. negotiations continue with other lines as federal mediators seek to avert disruption.
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Washington
Michael Fox
Afl-Cio
Fox
Khrushchev Denies New Soviet Weapon Claim
Moscow AP reports Premier Khrushchev denied saying the Soviet Union has a weapon that can destroy mankind. He said scientists showed him a terrible weapon but not a nuclear bomb and gave no details. Japanese lawmakers had claimed Khrushchev mentioned a secret device capable of eradicating all life.
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Khrushchev
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Ford and UAW strike settlement reached with bonuses
Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers announced a new contract mirroring Chrysler with a Christmas bonus funded by the supplemental unemployment benefit fund. Walter Reuther said the bonus could range from 25 to 100 dollars per worker and target start in 1965. The agreement also adds enhanced pensions, earlier retirement, extended vacation, more paid holidays, larger insurance, and fully company paid health coverage for employees and retirees, with higher severance pay. The deal comes just before an 10 am strike deadline for Ford and a Chrysler white collar walkout was averted. Working conditions gain 12 minutes of relief time daily for machine paced workers. The fund and non economic differences were noted.
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Chrysler Corp
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Malcolm Denise
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Denise
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Douglas Frazier
U.S. Supreme Court
Atlanta, Ga
Humphrey Holds Rally At Alamo
Senator Hubert Humphrey campaigned in San Antonio with speeches at the Alamo and John F Kennedy Memorial High School. He praised President Johnson and attacked Barry Goldwater amid a 5,000 strong crowd including Goldwater supporters. Police reported noisy demonstrations but no trouble as Humphrey urged unity and good sportsmanship.
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Johnson
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Weather snapshot for Texas regions smoothed by OCR
Snyder reports fair warm weather with highs near 87 Thursday and 90s on Saturday. Temperatures range from the 50s to the mid 70s tonight across North Central to West Texas with scattered showers possible in Northwest and South Central regions and coast showers in the southeast.
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Alabama Decision Is Appealed
The three judge federal panel ruling against enforcing the civil rights public accommodations section at Ollie's Barbecue in Birmingham has been appealed to the U S Supreme Court. The Justice Department filed notice of appeal in Washington. The McClungs claim they refused service to Negroes since the law’s July 2 enactment.
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Walter Gewin
Tuscaloosa
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Hurricane Gladys Moves Toward Mainland Amid Saturn Launch
Hurricane Gladys, the twin of Dora, tracked west-northwest toward the U.S. mainland from 800 miles east of Miami. It carried 125 mile-per-hour winds at the center with hurricane force winds extending up to 100 miles northeast and 50 miles southwest. Forecasters expected continued motion at about 10 mph for 12 to 18 hours with little change in size or intensity while Cape Kennedy planned a scheduled Saturn 1 rocket launch.
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Dora
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Easthind Sale Oked by FCC for Eastland Radio Purchase
The Communications Commission approved the sale of Radio KERC in Eastland Texas to Eastland County Broadcasting Co for seventy eight thousand eight hundred dollars. The deal was finalized Thursday pending standard closing procedures and regulatory clearance. The station's new owners plan local programming and community coverage.
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Eastland, Tex
Eastland County Broadcasting Co
Greek's Youthful Monarch Marries Danish Princess Anne Marie
Athens reports the wedding of King Constantine of Greece to Denmark's Princess Anne Marie, age 18, making her queen and him the world’s youngest monarch. The colorful ceremony in the Athens cathedral featured royal guests including Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, and the couple’s procession through city streets with artillery salutes.
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Saturn Rockets to Orbit on Seventh Test Flight
Saturn 1, 19 stories tall and weighing 570 tons, blasted from Cape Kennedy at 11:23 a.m. in its seventh straight test, lifting an unmanned Apollo boiler plate into an orbit of about 115 to 135 miles high. NASA reported flawless performance as the dummy craft joined a parking orbit, with recovery not planned but cameras to be retrieved after three days.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Moon
Barry Goldwater Campaign in Texas Sparks Broad Attacks
In Longview Texas Senator Barry Goldwater campaigned against President Lyndon Johnson charging the Democrat is the wildest spender. Goldwater attacked Johnson over supposed spending and federal payroll growth before about 12 000 at the airport rally. He rallied with Senator Strom Thurmond and Texas Senator John Tower urging a GOP victory and warned Democrats of lacking concern for Texans.
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