Minimum Wage Compromise Expands Coverage to Millions
Senate and House conferees work out a compromise bill to raise the federal minimum wage from $1.00 to $1.28 by 1963 and extend coverage to about 3.62 million workers mainly in large retail stores. The plan preserves the Senate framework and faces a House vote amid expected Democratic opposition. Exemptions include cotton ginning, livestock auctions, shade-grown tobacco processing, and fruit and vegetable haulers.
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Aerial pirate hijacks plane to Havana and back
A Manila line flight was seized by a masked hijacker whose demands and threats led to a Cuba bound escape. Cuban authorities detained Cotresi after forcing the plane to land at a Havana base. passengers and crew were treated fairly and later released with refreshments and fuel. The craft then returned to Miami late Monday night.
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Weather delays launch as NASA pins hopes on next attempt
Weather delays push back the Shepard suborbital flight from Cape Canaveral. NASA officials say no new launch date has been set, with a two day tank cycle required to prepare for another attempt. Shepard and crew remain in the Mercury hangar while the countdown resumes.
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Nike Zeus to debut at Aberdeen Armed Forces Day show
The Nike Zeus anti missile system will make its first public showing at Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland on Armed Forces Saturday May 20. The exhibit will feature a spectacular air show and extensive displays of weapons and combat equipment from dawn until 4 pm with two launch shots at 1:30 am and 2:30 pm. Visitors may inspect barracks and other facilities as part of the displays.
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White Sats
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Local Lawyer Proposed For U S Judgeship
David W. Byron, a prominent local attorney, is among about a dozen candidates recommended to President Kennedy for federal judgeships to be created in Maryland. The nominations were made by the Maryland State Bar Association. Two U S District Court vacancies will be created by a pending act of Congress. The nominating committee was chaired by William K. Marbury, with Henry Holzapfel of this city as a member.
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Maryland State Bar Assa
U.S. District Court
Con Jaress
Wiliam K. Marbury
Henry Holzapel
King Hussein to wed again in Moslem ceremony
King Hussein of Jordan announced engagement to Mona al Hussein, the 20 year old daughter of a British arts volunteer on his staff. A national holiday was proclaimed in honor of the engagement. Hussein, 25, broadcast the news that Mona Garinet has converted to Islam and adopted the name Mona al Hussein. Her father, Col. W. P. Garinet, is a technical expert with the Royal Jordanian Engineers. California probes vine growth in province.
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Lawyers Take Over Big Task Of Counting Alleghany Votes
Lawyers from Wall Street assumed the lead in counting nine million Alleghany Corp stockholder ballots to decide whether Clint D. Murchison or Allan Kirby won the $6.7 million financial fight. The meeting ended after 40 minutes with no victory declared, and an overnight count was set to resolve signatory authenticity, eligibility, and possible proxy cancellations.
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Clint D. Murchison
Allan PB. Kirby
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Alleghany Corp
Wall Street
Charles T. Ireland Jr
Alleghiny
Lord Baltimore
Ut Jrstate Jewelers
Harald J. King
New York
New York Central Railroad
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Ian
Rirty
Murchison
Kirby
Gold In Roadside Piles After Brinks Truck Crash
Near Warsaw Kentucky a Brinks armored car overturned on U S 42 spilling a large cash cargo. The money was stacked in three piles and removed before authorities could clear the site. Noted as millions of dollars in transit from Knox Kentucky to New York.
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Long Way To Win Degree Tells a Kentucky minister's journey
The Rev. Frank Thomas traveled 27,000 miles to earn a degree from Sin rane University and returned to lead two congregations in eastern Kentucky. The feature notes his long pilgrimage, family ties, and the broader spiritual journey amid local life and events.
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Kentucky
Thief Returns Stolen Money in Apology Note
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania a thief returned ten dollars and more to ease the trouble. Police say the cash was meant to fund a Freider Cigar Co driver’s vacation. the sum had been left in a truck glove box, vanished, then found with a note apologizing and offering five dollars for any inconvenience.
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Youthful Police Captain Gets Parking Ticket
Phillip Nusseer, a student at St Maria Goretti High School, observed the Hagerstown Police Department in action during the Elks National Youth Day. After spending time with Capt Harald Kiser, he found a parking ticket on his car on West Fracktin Street near the overpass. The incident raised questions about enforcement and fairness.
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St. Maria Goretti High School
Hagerstown
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Harald Kiser
Police Dept
Kiser
W. Fracktin St
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Uckets
Obituary: John B. Ferguson Leader In Community Life Dies
John B. Ferguson longtime Hagerstown figure and engineer dies at home after a life of service. He served the Hagerstown Sewerage Commission from 1916 to 1925 and was a director of the Western Society of Civil Engineers. Survived by wife Beulah L D Ferguson a son John B Ferguson Jr of Pittsburgh and brother George KR Ferguson of Winchester Mass. Funeral services held at Suter-Rooser Funeral Home with burial in Hill Cemetery.
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New Jersey Doctor Testsifies On Jewish Will To Live
Dr Sean Wells testifies in Eichmann trial about Nazi horrors and the destroyed will to live among Jews. He recalls specific acts of brutality at the Janowska camp near Lvov, Poland, and notes prisoners' despair and self destruction as evidence of the regime’s brutality.
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Boy Had Urge To Kill Woman in Ephrata
A 13 year old boy confessed to killing Joan Fink 21 in Ephrata Pennsylvania after awakening with an urge. Fink was found stabbed 15 times in her bedroom doorway as her husband Leroy left for work.
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Thas
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Lancaster County
Newsman Dies in Vancouver Founding Canadian Press
M. E. Nichols aged 88, a founder of the Canadian Press, Canada's cooperative news gathering agency, died after a long illness in Vancouver B C.
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B.C
M. E. Nichols
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Canadian Press
Canada
Cooperative Newsathering Agency
Prayer prayer and praise in a Luther Seminary benediction
A devotional text from Alvin N. Rogness of Luther Theological Seminary St. Paul Minnesota gives thanks for sight sound and friendship. The prayer asks blessing to receive Thee again and to believe in chast name Amen.
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Luther
Theological Geminary
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