Rail talks near Aug. 29 strike deadline
Negotiations on rail labor rules stalled with Aug. 29 set by most railroads as the strike date. Carriers seek elimination of 32,000 firemen on diesel locomotives. unions insist on safety and efficiency. No new talks scheduled as Labor Dept mediators push for a settlement or ICC action.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Labor Department
J. E. Wolfe
W. Willard Wirtz
H. E. iGlbert
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
New Leads Emerge in Glasgow London Mail Train Robbery
Scotland Yard reports a farm hideout near Leatherslade Farm yielding the seller's name and address of a recent sale, plus descriptions of a well dressed man, a ginger haired man, and a brunette woman tied to the raid. Police found a truck, two army vehicles, empty mailbags, and digging evidence as they widen inquiries to the French Riviera.
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London
Scotland Yard
Leatherslade Farm
French Riviera
Weather Map Report and Local Conditions
The weather map shows sunrise at 6 00 and sunset at 7 48 with a high yesterday of 77 and a low of 50 last night. River stage reads 1.6 feet and is standing with no precipitation reported.
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Sieesss
Fair and cool conditions across Indiana Illinois
The forecast calls for fair and cool tonight with a more mild Thursday. Indiana expects a low around 47 to 55 and a high near 75 to 82. Illinois shows pleasant coolness tonight with clear to partly cloudy skies and a 53 at 6 a.m. and 72 by 2 p.m., pollen count 86.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Vigo County Budget Projects Tax Increase in 1964
Proposed Vigo County budget shows total property taxes rising from 1.468 to 2.11342 as multiple government units and corporations seek higher levies. County rate set at 1.555, up 40.3 cents from 1.152. township poor levies vary from 0.475 in Sugar Creek to 0 in Riley. Continued on page 10.
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Vigo County
A. Leroy Lewzader
Sugar Creek Township
West Terre Haute
Riley Township
4 H Beef Auction On Vigo County Fair Program
4 H beef auction set for 8 p m as part of the Vigo County Fair program with 50 to 80 cattle plus swine and sheep on the block. Cash awards totaling about 15 000 are expected for 4 H winners with receipts near 15 700 from auctions. Champions named in several breeds include Dennis McCleary and James Debney with Donna McCleary cited in reserve positions.
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Euleta
Vigo County
Wabash Valley
Jim Debney
Sugar Creek Township
Dennis McCleary
Fayette Township
Barrow
Debney
Hampshire
McCleary
Poland
China
Donna McCleary
Chester White
Drew Graham
Prairie Creek Township
Sheldon West
Fayette
Duvoc
James Debney
Bobby Cleghorn
Nevins
Joe Jacob
Berkshire
Cheryl K. Drake
Prairie Creek
Jim Gard
Lost Creek
Tamworth
Rex Herb
Yorkshire
Linda Diane Reed
John Drake
Prairieton
State Kiwanians To Convene Here
One hundred forty Kiwanis clubs in Indiana and one in Chickasha Oklahoma will be represented at the 1963 Indiana District convention of Kiwanis International to be held in Terre Haute from Sunday August 18 through Tuesday August 20. Over 1,000 Kiwanians and many guests will attend the three day event with Terre Haute Kiwanis Club members as hosts led by general chairman James Conover and convention committee head James Shopmeyer.
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Kiwanis
Indiana
Chickasha
Okla
Indiana District of Kiwanis International
Terre Haute
International Service Organization
Hoosier
Kiwanis Club of
James Conover
James Shopmeyer
Fair Schedule Highlights For Cattlemen and Swine Show
Daily events run from morning to night at the Cattlemen s Show Arena and Grandstand. Open class swine show, floriculture entries, pies, and Sky King Show are listed with times. Children under 12 enter free noon to 6 pm. midway ride prices reduced during the same hours.
Six Penal Farm Escapees Remain at Large in Putnamville
A riot at the Indiana State Farm left 14 inmates fleeing. six remain at large as of Tuesday while five surrendered to guards and state police. Oliver Heath, taken to Robert Long Hospital in Indianapolis after swallowing pills, was described as in a stupor but reviving. The incident involved 500 inmates and a hospital drug room raid at the minimum security facility housing 1,434 prisoners. Continued on Page 2, Col. 4.
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Putnamville
Ind
Indiana State Farm Hospital
Indianapolis
Arthur Campbell
Oliver Heath
Heath
Indiana University Medical Center
Robert Long Hospital
Campbell
Seaborg Defends Test Ban While Quizzed by Senators
Dr Glenn Seaborg told senators the nuclear test ban treaty would allow U S anti missile weapons development and likely boost security. He said the U S already has several nuclear warheads usable on anti missile missiles and that atmospheric tests could resume within weeks if Russia violated the pact.
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Washington
pPl
Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
Glenn T. Seaborg
Russia
Tax bill advances in Congress amid broad tax cut hopes
AP notes the tax bill moves in Congress with expected tax cuts for many. The digest also covers Senate calls for evidence on the antimissile test ban treaty, stalled rail negotiations, a looming nationwide rail strike deadline, President Kennedy bringing First Lady home from hospital, Scotland Yard probing a rural hideout, Indiana traffic deaths, Welsh ordering equal opportunity officers, and five Indiana state prisoners escaping and surrendering.
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Congress
American captain killed in South Viet Nam operation
A U S Army spokesman reported a captain was shot in the head by Communist fire while with government troops on a sweep near Quang Ngai north of Saigon. It is the 46th American fatality in action since 1961. 30 more have died in combat related accidents.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S. Army
Quang Ngai
U. S
United States
Ngo Dinh Diem
Police confront riot as bricks fly at mobile classroom protest
Chicago police patrolled a South Side district after school integration pickets bombarded officers with bricks stones and concrete during a demonstration against mobile classrooms. Four officers and one civilian were injured including a forehead wound to an officer in fair condition. Task force commander Robert J Lynsky said the protest had grown into a riot and vowed no tolerance for the mob. About 50 people remained at the scene.
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Chicago
South Side
Robert J. Lynsky
Lynsky
Second Escapee Captured in Springfield After Prison Break
The second of three inmates who fled from the United States Penitentiary honor farm July 20 was arrested in Springfield Missouri. Amos Shepherd 27 of Danville Illinois was taken into custody along with another man and two brothers from Danville. The group reportedly tried exchanging cigarettes for gasoline in a stolen car.
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United State Penitentiary
Springfield
Amos Shepherd
Danville
Ill
Shepherd
Thomas Jernigan
Baltimore
Paul Glancy
Ashland
Jernigan
FBI
East St. Louis
Glancy
Robert
Charles Lewis Dewey
Litchfield, Til
Cape Cod Sightings Stir USSR Fishing Fleet Report
The Navy remained silent on reports of 50 Russian fishing trawlers spotted three to four miles off Cape Cod Massachusetts. A Navy spokesman offered only that the seas are free and objections require grounds for complaint. A Navy officer noted some Soviet vessels may carry advanced electronic gear beyond fishing use.
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Washington?pd
Cape Cod
Mass
Barbers Guild Raises Haircut Prices Could Increase Friday
Barbers from the Barber Shop Owners Guild and Journeyman Barbers Local 499 voted to raise prices this Friday. A conventional cut will go from $1.50 to $1.75 and flat tops from $1.75 to $2. The change becomes effective Friday.
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Barber Shop Owners Guild
Journeyman Barbers Local 499
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Tribune-Star
U. S. Weather Bureau
Dave Overpeck
Jack Hughes
Kiwanians
Edward C. Keefe
Cattlemen’s Show Arena
Swine Barn
Dr. Seaborg
J. S
By William Theis
Seaborg
AP News Digest
Kennedy
Otis Air Force Base Hospital
Welsh
Indiana State Farm
S. Viet Nam
Chicago South Side
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