Trainmen Accept Pay Pact With Railroads
The 14 month wage dispute ends with a 4 percent pay rise over 16 months for Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen members. The BR T , the largest operating union with 107 000 members, gains 10 208 cents per hour split between July 1 1960 and March 1 1961.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Nis
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Order of
BR. T
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Jude
Most Wanted Man Wagner Added to FBI List
Richard Peter Wagner a 42 year old burglar known for fast escapes and targeting affluent homes was placed on the FBI ten most wanted list replacing Edward Reiley. Wagner fled from Sandstone Minnesota prison on December 17. He operates coast to coast and uses many aliases.
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Washington
FBI
Richard Peter Wagner
Federal Correctional Institution
Sandstone
Minn
Wagner
Edward Reiley
Logansport
Ind
Rockford
Ill
160000 Bass Stocked in Devils Kitchen Lake
Federal refuge officials released 160000 largemouth bass into Devils Kitchen Lake in the third phase of a three year stocking plan. The bass from Rochester Indiana were added after killing the prior population to control the ecosystem. By January 2 1962 anglers may catch the new fish. Supervising the operation was W D Pete Carter Crab Orchard refuge manager. The stocking will continue with more bluegill and about 80000 channel catfish later this summer.
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Federal Warm Water Fish Hatchery
Rochester
Ind
Fish and Wildlife
Harry Stiles
W. D
Pete”’ Carter
Crab Orchard
Virginia to Serve Lunch to Negroes in Northern Stores
More than 45 lunch counters in Northern Virginia drug, variety and department stores will open to Negroes. Peoples Drug Stores Drug Fair S. Eanns Sons Co Lansburghs Hecht Co Woolworth and G C Murphy plan to serve Negro patrons in Alexandria Falls Church Arlington and Fairfax counties. One Woolworth in Arlington already opened its counter to Negroes yesterday.
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Virginia
Peoples Drug Stores
Drug Fair
S. Eanns Sons Co
Lansburgh’s
Alexandria
Falls Church
Arlington
Fairfax
Hecht Co
F. W Woolworth
G. C. Murphy
Woolworth
Arlingon
Thunderstorms and showers across southern Illinois today
Showers and locally heavy thunderstorms move through southern Illinois with possible severe weather this afternoon and tonight. Friday brings partly cloudy skies and cooler temps with a chance of morning showers, highs in the low 80s and lows around 70. Crab Orchard Lake at spillway.
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Illinois
Houston Thinks Big In Annexation Move
The Houston city council voted to annex about 1 100 square miles to reach 1 560 square miles total making Houston potentially the largest city by area in the nation. Mayor Cutter and Councilman Goyen opposed the measure while six other council members supported it.
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Houston
Lewis Cutter J
Harris County
Cutter
Johnny Goyen
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Four Polaris launches cap big day at Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral reports a landmark 24 hour period with two new satellites launched by a Thor Atlas rocket and two Polaris launches from sea and shore based tubes. The feat included a new tactical nose cone test and an Atlas failure at White Sands.
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Cape Canaveral
Navy
Polaris
Severe storms sweep Illinois with tornado and floods
Summer storms lashed the central United States with winds to 60 mph and heavy rain. A tornado wrecked a farm house near Springfield injuring two. Shumway village also hit by a tornado. Utility outages followed as floods and downed lines disrupted several cities including Louisville and Indianapolis.
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Ilinois
Springfield
Illinois
Peoria
East Peoria
Creve Coeur
Quincy
Lost Creek
Midway Addition
Pekin
Louisville
Indianapolis
Lexington
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Appalachians
Shumway
Kentucky
Secret Ceremony Seals U S Japan 10 Year Security Pact
Tokyo reports Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi enacted a new 10 year U S Japan security pact amid protests by leftists and announced his resignation. Cabinet to quit once a successor is chosen. Ambassador MacArthur and Foreign Minister Fujiyama signed documents at Yama residence. Ikeda seen as likely successor.
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Gene Kramer
Associated Press
Tokyo
Nobusuke Kishi
United States
Japan
Kishi
Liberal Democratic Party
U. S
Douglas MacArthur II
Aiichiro Fujiyama
Fujiyama
Russia
China
Eisenhower
Foreign Ministry
MacArthur
Far East
Hayato Ikeda
Congo forms first independent government led by Lumumba
Patrice Lumumba announces the Congo National Movement's cabinet as the country prepares to become independent on June 30. Police surround provincial HQs after Abako led a strike, with 800 Bakongo civil servants quitting the government building.
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Patrice Lumumba
Congo National Movement
Lumumba
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Congo
Joseph Kasavuhu
Abako
Lower Congo
Ganshot van der Meersch
van der Meersch
Strke
Leopoldville
Water Levels Report At Little Grassy And Devil's Kitchen Lakes
Readings show Little Grassy Lake sits about one inch below its spillway while Devil's Kitchen Lake runs roughly 20 feet below its spillway. The figures indicate differing reservoir conditions and potential water management actions.
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Little Grassy Lake
Devil's Kitchen Lake
House Passes TV Radio Payola Bill Sparks Bipartisan Support
The House approved a sweeping payola and quiz show rigging bill to make them federal crimes with up to one year in prison and a $10 000 fine. It also eyed federal regulation of networks and attached the measure to a Senate license application bill to push fast action.
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House
John B. Bennett
Mich
Col Merce Committee
Bennett
Senate
House Legislative Oversight Subcommittee
Lost pilots guided home through heavy overcast skies
Two pilots faced fuel danger and dense clouds near Pittsburgh and Chicago. Ken Frey guided Henry Stiffel to New Alexandria, Pennsylvania, while TWA pilots aided H G Hart over Lake Michigan and Joliet, Illinois, until safe landings near Morris and Joliet, with Hart arriving at Joliet after a relay to Midway.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Henry Stiffel
Riverdale
N. J
Teterboro
Lansing
Federal Aviation Agency
Air Traffic Control
Ken Frey
Nashville Tennesseean
Frey
Stiffel
FAA
New Alexandria
H. G. Hart
Evansville
Chicago Midway
Hart
TWA
Don Aageson J
Wes Jacobson
Morris
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Devil’s Kitchen
Crab Orchard Lake
Annexation
T Houst Ton
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White Sands Missile Range
N.M
Christian A. Kerter
White House
Hawaii
U. S. Senate
Belgian Congo
Friendship
Midway
New York City
Boston
Joliet
Aageson
Robert Rideout
Lockport
Jacobson
Elk Grove
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