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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1965
Page
1
Amalgamated Transit Union members voted 212 to 3 to accept United Traction Co terms, averting a bus driver strike set for midnight. The Record News notes a no strike announcement followed.
Edward J. Guire reports the UTC and ATU reached a new contract keeping Troy Area bus service stable for two years. The deal adds 16 cents hourly wage increases over two years, extends vacations to four weeks for long service, and includes improved hospitalization and pension benefits benefiting about 350 workers.
Premier Kosygin unveils a program to give Soviet industry more independence and worker incentives to boost production. He argues reforms strengthen socialism in economic competition with the West and cites expected 1965 output up 84 percent from 1959. The plan was presented to a closed session of the Central Committee as Brezhnev prepares a report.
The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution demanding both India and Pakistan observe the cease-fire and withdraw forces to Aug 5 positions. Prime Minister Shastri ruled out a UN peace force and said India would rely on observers on the old pattern, while fighting continued along the Kashmir front and Fazilka border. Pakistan's Bhutto urged U S support for a Kashmir settlement and a plebiscite, with both sides accused of violations as Thant reported a fluid military situation.
Hollywood recalls Clara Bow once the silent screen sensation known as the Roaring Twenties sex symbol. The actress died at 60 in West Los Angeles after years of illness and isolation following a brief public appearance at Rex Bell’s funeral in July 1962.
Former Dominican president Juan Bosch returned from two years in exile to reenter the country's volatile politics. He demanded US compensation and urged strikes to oust foreign troops. State Department officials said Bosch traveled on a private charter and chose to return himself.
Washington lawmakers move to consider home rule for the District of Columbia as votes signal Senate support. The bill would vest local matters in a city council and mayor with presidential final authority and possible congressional negation.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk sidestepped Pakistan’s Z A Bhutto on Kashmir arguing U S neutrality and directing the case to the United Nations Security Council. Their hour long talk at the U N delegation building came as Rusk planned two weeks of foreign minister meetings. He also planned a possible later session with Andrei Gromyko to review Berlin Viet Nam and disarmament issues.
State Department spokesman Robert McCloskey dismissed Gen Li Tsungjen’s claim that a Republican official urged him to overthrow Chiang Kai-shek. Li, a former nationalist vice president who defected to the Communists, had said the offer was made in Peking after spending 16 years in the United States.
The Vatican Ecumenical Council approved a new lay apostolate, establishing a Vatican agency to include laymen and laywomen in its staff. Bishops voted for closer layman priest cooperation and a worldwide outreach effort led by the Pope to engage believers outside the church.
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