Senate panel backs ratification of nuclear test ban pact
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved ratification without reservations by 16 to 1 after rejecting delay motions and a proposal to seek disclaimers from the Kannada administration. The panel plans to report its interpretation of treaty terms and move the measure to the Senate floor on September 9, with Sen. Russell B. Long dissenting but open to further study.
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Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Jerry T. Baulch
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Aeuway Quiiminov Alml
Moscow
U.S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Russell B. Long
D-La
Long
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
SNCC Leader Sees Turning Point After March
John Lewis of SNCC says the Washington march unified civil rights groups and marks a turning point. Bayard Rustin urges a broader master plan and civil disobedience to push leftward, while stressing labor alliances and national strategy as the movement shifts to voter registration in the South.
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Junius Griffin
Associated Press
Washington
John Lewis
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Bayard Rustin
Rustin
Socialist Party
Lewis
South
Railroads Fast-Track Arbitrators for Six-Month Pact
Washington AP reports railroads quickly named representatives J E Wolfe of Chicago and Guy W Knight of Philadelphia to a seven member arbitration board. Unions will name their two appointees by Friday, with three neutral members to be chosen. The board will rule on fireman jobs and crew size, while six other issues remain to be settled. A no strike pledge lasts 180 days. Congress may revisit if stalemate returns next spring.
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Washington
Nemed
Congress
J. E. Wolfe
Chicago
National Railway Labor Conference
Guy W. Knight
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wolfe
Kennedy
Navy Jet Pilot Killed in Training Plane Crash
A Navy 133 jet trainer crashed in a field near Spring House Pennsylvania killing the pilot. Marine Corps Maj Charles E Kiser 33 of Springfield Virginia was the sole occupant with his wife and two children among survivors. The crash occurred as he attempted an emergency landing after takeoff from Willow Grove NAS. The explosion was massive and authorities noted a prior similar crash nearby last month.
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Spring House
Philadelphia
Marine Corps
C. E. Kiser
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
D. C
Defense Department
Charles E. Kiser
Springfield
Washingon
Lawrence Kiser
Montgomery
W. Va
Kiser
Marine Air Reserve
Jessie Woods
Willow Grove Naval Air Station
Navy
One Driver, Please
Tulsa judge fines two young drivers six dollars each for a lap driven car incident. Claude D Sackett 24 operated accelerator and brake with Carol Baker 19 sitting on his lap during the offense. Baker charged with interfering with a driver.
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Tulsa
Okla
Luther Lane
Claude D. Sackett
Carol Baker
Lane
Sacket
Miss Baker
Debris Signals Fate Of Two Missing Strato Tanker Jets
Debris recovered from the Atlantic suggests two KC135 Stratotankers with 11 crew may have gone down midway between Bermuda and Nassau after a refueling mission. Three life rafts were found near each other, a stenciled helmet bearing Gardner’s name was found, and officials could not confirm ownership.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Bermuda
Nassau
Air Force
Air Rescue Service
Orlando
Gardner
Two Red Trawlers Drift 400 Miles Off U S Coast
Two 165 foot Russian trawlers loaded with electronic gear drifted 400 miles southwest of San Diego traveling west at eight to 10 knots. They were first seen August 1 off Washington state and have moved south past missile test sites as Navy air surveillance resumes after a two day gap.
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San Diego
Calif
California
Here
Navy
Washington
Naval Intelligence
Washington, D.C
Cuba Militia Alert Amid Invasion Threat Rumors
Havana reports Castro regime on alert with militia mobilized and artillery and antiaircraft batteries moved to Cuba's northern coast amid possible invasion threats from Central American bases. Exiles claim raids from secret bases. witnesses note Soviet troop activity near Havana. President Kennedy acknowledged troop reductions but stressed training remains key.
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Havana
Cuba
Nicaragua
Florida
Castro
Kennedy
Kennedy Spends Labor Day Weekend at Cape Cod Home
President Kennedy arrives at Otis Air Force Base for a long Cape Cod weekend with wife Jacqueline and children Caroline and John Jr. Aides say no special delay, but observers note possible interruptions from South Viet Nam crisis or economic talks. The trip aims for five days of rest at the Hyannisport rental summer home amid a back issue.
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Hyannisport
Mass
Kennedy
Cape Cod
Otis Air Force Base
Washington
South Viet Nam
Jacqueline
Caroline
John Jr
Water Deposit Slows Hazleton Rescue Efforts
Rescuers seeking trapped Louis Bova in Hazleton Pennsylvania faced a new obstacle a water deposit in a 12 inch shaft and a 6 inch companion shaft Depth unknown after a light rain. Bova who is 54 has survived without food since Aug 13 while aiding with two other miners Fellin and Throne are hospitalized. Rescue teams continue using four holes and an intercom system to reach the chamber calling Lou with no response. Crews began enlarging the 12 inch hole and expect two days to finish the enlarging.
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Hazleton
Louis Bova
Nature
Bova
Sheppton
David Fellin
Henry Throne
Fellin
Throne
Lou
Somerset County Farms Lead In Acreage And Livestock Counts
Somerset County lists 2,170 farms covering 350 059 acres ranking 13th in farm count with average size 161 acres and value per farm about 16959. The survey notes extensive equipment and livestock totals led by cattle hogs milk and poultry along with crop outputs across corn oats wheat and potatoes. County ranks shown in parenthesis include cows milked 26500 and milk produced 206 million pounds.
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Somerset
Harrisburg
Somerset County
State Department of Agriculture
Officials Predict End to Martial Law in Viet Nam
In Saigon a high administration official forecasts martial law may be lifted within days if conditions stay favorable. Brig. Gen. Ton That Dinh says lifting depends on evidence the Buddhist crisis is over and cooperation from foreign press. Diem’s regime faces palace power rumors, while Foreign Minister Vu Van Mau resigns in protest but remains on three month leave.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ton
Dinh
Diem
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Viet Cong
Vu van Mau
India
Mau
Bell Critics House Cut in Foreign Aid
Foreign Aid Director David E. Bell warned that the House's $585 million reduction in the Kennedy administration's foreign aid program risks a severe setback to U S efforts against Communist expansion. He cited roughly one third cuts in military assistance and declines in Alliance for Progress funding with implications from Greece to Korea.
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Washington
David E. Bell
Russia
Red China
Bell
House
Kennedy
Senate
U.S
Greece
Korea
South Viet Nam
Alliance For Progress
Commissioners Hold Open Session In Somerset County
Somerset County Commissioners return from the Pennsylvania State Association of County Commissioners convention and plan an open session today at the courthouse. Attendees include Isabel C. Kline Dwane E. Ringer Warren Hay and chief clerk Mabel V. Combecker. The 77th annual gathering in Pittsburgh featured speeches by State Sen. Stanley Stroup Thomas Z. Minenart and Dr. Joseph Aldestein.
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Somerset County
Pennsylvania State Association of County Commissioner's
Isabel C. Kline
Dwane E. Ringer
Warren Hay
Mabel V. Combecker
Penn-Sheraton
Pittsburgh
Stanley Stroup
Senate Committee On Local Government
Thomas Z. Minenart
Pennsylvania
Joseph Aldestein
Ten Dead Among Twenty-Five Trapped Miners Rescued in Moab
Five miners were rescued alive after 49 hours underground in a Texas Gulf Sulphur potash mine near Moab Utah while 10 others were found dead. Rescuers saved the survivors using a lift bucket after a ruptured air hose provided oxygen. relatives and communities waited as crews recovered the remaining bodies, a temporary morgue set up in a Moab garage.
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Utah
Moab
Texas Gulf Sulphur Co
June Crawford
Texas Gulf
West Tunnel
Donald Hanna
Paul McKinney
Hanna
McKinney
Charles Clark
Grant Eslick
Charles Burge
Robert June
Helper
Thomas Trueman
Toronto
Ont
Trueman
Students Return From Cuba Stand-In at Idlewild Airport
Fifty New York students who ignored a State Department ban on travel to Cuba arrived in Madrid and staged a stand-in at Idlewild Airport. Ten were subpoenaed to appear before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. They protested passport invalidations as authorities briefed news crews.
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New York
State Department
Cuba
Madrid
Idlewild
House Committee On UN
Philip Luce
Luce
Town Hall
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