Pennsylvania Railroad Strikes Halt Nation’s Largest Line
A 24 hour work stoppage shut down the Pennsylvania Railroad for the first time in 114 years. Twenty thousand nonoperating workers walked out over job classifications, with 136000 daily passengers and 118 million ton miles of freight halted, disrupting East and Midwest industry.
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Transport Workers and the
System Federation
Pennsy
New York
St. Louis
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Washington
Midwest
States
District of Columbia
Sugar Row Delays Adjournment In Congress
Congress fights over sugar policy as House rejects Senate sugar bill, creating a near deadlock while both chambers push to adjourn. Dirksen backed Senate discretionary power with two conditions, Eisenhower quarries and 65 million foreign aid approved, housing and dairy measures advance.
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House
Senate
Congress
Eisenhower
Dominican Republic
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Cuba
Caricaturists Dream Transport Workers Leader Full Of Wit
Michael J. Quill head of the Transport Workers Union, a 55 year old Dublin born leader, led a strike that shut down the Pennsylvania railroad. He is described as witty with a roly poly frame and blue eyes. Quill lives in the Bronx with his wife Mollie and son John.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Michael J. Quill
The
Transport Workers Union
Quill
Ireland
TWU
Soviets Demand Day Return Belgian Bases To Lumumba
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily Kuznetsov pressed UN Secretary General Hammarskjold at UN headquarters for the immediate withdrawal of about 600 Belgian combat troops from the Congo bases Kamina and Kitona. He urged replacing Belgian technicians with personnel from other countries and argued for Lumumba to control Kamina, amid Katanga’s rebel dominance of other airstrips and tensions over Congo governance.
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Lumumba
Congo
Naval
Kamina
Kitona
U. N
Tuiznetsov
Bel+n
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Hammarskjold
Congo Forces Clash With Rebels Around Bakwanga
In Kasai province near Bakwanga, Congo army units fought Baluba guerrillas allied with Kaloni. Katanga forces questioned rebel claims of victories and reported communications cut, while reports suggested Baluba harassment continued as soldiers retreated from Bakwanga.
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Elisabethville
the Congo
Congo
Kasai
Bakwanga
Katanga
Baluba
Albert Kaloni
Kasa
Kaloni Han
Kalonji
Patrice Lumumba
Baluha
Bak
Both Candidates Criticize Congress in Heated Summer Session
Washington AP report outlines Kennedy and Nixon staking out positions as Congress winds up the summer session. Kennedy vows to press for stalled measures and hints at presidential veto leverage, while Nixon accuses Congress of political motives and predicts coalition-driven compromises under any future GOP presidency.
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Washington
Congress
Kennedy
Nixon
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Richard Nixon
Walter Reed Hospital
Greensboro
N. C
Vandiver Sees Fair Plan for School Funds Distribution
Gov. Ernest Vandiver said the State Board of Education will craft a fair, equitable formula to spend 60 million dollars on new school buildings. He also pledged to push the promised 200 dollar annual pay raise for teachers and commented on removing the State Department of Commerce from politics. He noted the Revenue Department’s dry counties liquor policy remains unchanged and warned transportation of liquor would violate the law.
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Atlanta
Ernest Vandiver
State Board of Education
Board of Education
Vandiver
State Chamber of Commerce
State Department of Commerce
State Revenue Department
Georgia
Dixon Oxford
Georgia Tax Bill Surges Beyond 1950 Level
The AP reports Georgia per capita state taxes rose sharply from 1950 to 1980 as average earnings increased 1.5 times. Per capita state tax jumped to 94.37, though well below the national average, with a 369 million tax take ranking S fifth in total collections. The sales tax rise boosted per capita tax growth.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Bureau of the Census
Nevada
South Carolina
Mississippi
Washington
Department of Commerce
Houston Court Hears 3 Requests To Slow School Mixing
The U S Supreme Court faces three requests to delay integration in public schools. Houston and Louisiana seek to halt or accelerate orders affecting first grade intake and broader grade integration.
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Associated Press
U. S. Supreme Court
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Clairmont
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Oxford
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Kesler
Troup County
Philadelphia, Pa
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Francis A. O’neill Jr
National (Railway) Mediation Board
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House Agriculture Committee
Harold C. Cooley
DNC
FHA
White House
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U. SS
J. Skelly Wright
New Orleans
Wright
Vigor
Qual
TWA
Vasily M. Kuznetsov
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Scio
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Richard M. Nixon
Herbert G. Klein
Democratic Party
Houston
Texas
Price Daniel
Louisiana
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Davis
Delaware
Knoxville
Tenn
N. Johnston
Dollarway School
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