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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1963
Page
1
Premier Khrushchev heads to Belgrade for talks with Tito as Soviet Yugoslav relations thaw. The visit signals a domestic victory for Khrushchev and, despite vacation framing, serves as a pointed rebuke to rivals such as China.
Washington Aug 19 AP Negotiations continued today as unions and railroad attorneys discuss a plan for binding arbitration of firemen jobs and train crew makeup. Secretary Willard Wirtz backs a combined arbitration negotiation formula to settle a four year labor dispute and avert a nationwide strike next week. A union spokesman said settlement efforts are on pretty solid ground as talks focus on mechanics of the proposed six man arbitration board.
Eureka Missouri Aug 19 AP more than 400 residents evacuated the business district after a Missouri Pacific freight train derailed leaking liquified gas. Crews cleared wreckage and sealed the leak, residents allowed to return once area deemed safe by authorities.
London police and Scotland Yard experts, studying fingerprints from Leatherslade Farm, pursue 12 men linked to the Glasgow-London mail train heist. Evidence includes a Monopoly set, five-pound note trail, a $282,520 stash in Surrey, and a black Austin Healey found with a dapper man and a plump woman.
Washington August 19 The article notes Barry Goldwater faces a crucial choice on the limited nuclear test ban treaty that could shape his 1964 GOP presidential bid. A vote against ratification would mark a foreign policy split with Kennedy and set him apart from many politicians across parties.
Martie Volkert profiles Menard State Prison in Illinois, detailing the intake process for new inmates. The piece follows a typical fish through gates, searches, mailroom processing, eye-scans, and uniforming, ending with placement in a 30 day diagnostic cell as a multi-part series opens.
Air Force chief Gen Curtis LeMay and leaders of the Army Navy and Marine Corps testified at a joint Senate hearing that they support ratification of the limited nuclear test ban pact only if strong safeguards are guaranteed. They urged continued underground testing and robust detection and warning measures to monitor Sino Soviet activity and ensure readiness to resume atmospheric testing if needed. LeMay noted he would oppose the pact if it were only in proposal, while others pressed for comprehensive safeguards and ongoing laboratory programs.
An organization named the National Committee Against the Treaty of Moscow forms to oppose Senate ratification of the limited test ban treaty. Founders from The National Review publish invitations to 3,500 persons, seeking funds for nationwide ads. William A. Rusher and William F Buckley Jr sign the letter urging opposition to the treaty. The spokesman says the Senate should hear the other side of the debate. Weather notes follow with mixed clouds, warmer by day, highs around 87.
Hazleton Pa August 19 AP rescue workers lowered supplies to three coal miners trapped 400 feet below after a wall collapse. David Fellin 58 said we are okay as a six inch drill broke through the gangway. Contact was made after 134 hours 25 minutes.
President Kennedy returned to Washington aboard Air Force One with two space puppy candidates on board. Mrs Kennedy plans to share the pups with youngsters in Illinois and Missouri. Most remarkable, the dogs are direct descendants of Strelka, the Soviet space dog, after a nationwide selection from 5,000 applicants.
Reinforced government troops pressed a daylong drive against exile invaders in the northeast mountains near Mont Organise on the Haiti Dominican border. A rebel spokesman in Santo Domingo claimed fresh triumphs for Gen. Leon Cantaves's invading force.
President Kennedy will receive leaders of the civil rights march on Washington during the day of August 28 the White House announced today. The meeting underscores federal attention to the event and the push for equal rights.
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