Rail strike ends as unions pull back pickets
Trains rolled again signaling the end of a nationwide rail strike, though four railroads remained shut down. The Association of American Railroads listed stations still out of service and noted partial service reductions on several lines while pickets came down after anti strike legislation moved toward signature. Union spokesman Bill Irvin said Santa Fe Railroad crews faced discrimination concerns and accused management of a lockout.
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Association of American Railroads
Washington
AAR
Louisville and Nashville
Norfolk and Western
Seaboard Coast Line
Terminal Railroad
St. Louis
Baltimore and Ohio
New York Central
Southern Pacific
Los Angeles
Milwaukee Railroad
St. Louis Terminal Railroad
Congress
Johnson
Bill Irvin
Santa Fe Railroad
New Mexico
Santa Fe
The
Coltrane Dies at 41 Jazz Giant John Coltrane Passes
John Coltrane, famed tenor saxophonist who shaped modern jazz with a new concept, died at age 41 from a liver ailment after hospital admission in Huntington New York. His 1965 album A Love Supreme earned top year honors and he was named musician of the year and Jazz Hall of Fame inductee. Milwaukee Road trains delayed by a wildcat machinists strike, with lines reopened by 8:25 a.m. A federal injunction ordered shopcraft unions back to work on the Southern Railway system.
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New York
UPI
John Coltrane
Huntington
N.Y
Trane
Coltrane
Milwaukee Road
Milwaukee
International Association of Machinists
Frank J. Balistrer
U.S. District Court
Frank Wilson
Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern Railway System
Grussing waives preliminary hearing in embezzlement case
Warren T. Grussing, former Iowa Highway Commission employee, waived preliminary hearing Monday on two embezzlement charges. prosecutors allege about 600 dollars from surplus highway right of way sale funds. He was arrested last Wednesday. Municipal Judge John L. McKinney ordered him bound over to the Story County grand jury or for county attorney information. Bond remains at 1500 dollars.
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Ames
Iowa
UPI
Iowa Highway Commission
Warren T. Grussing
John L. McKinney
Grussing
Story County Grand Jury
Britain to withdraw most Far East troops by mid-1970s
Britain releases a white paper proposing a 75,000 reduction in armed forces and the abolition of its aircraft carrier fleet by the mid-1970s. Singa pore and Malaysia bases would be pulled out, with half of those troops cut by 1971. Savings are estimated at about $800 million annually amid economy concerns and European reorientation.
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London
UPI
Britain
Far East
Harold Wilson
Singapore
Malaysia
United States
Wilson
Suez
Washington
U. S
Asia
West Germany
Liberal Democrats attack proposed anti riot bill in Congress
Fourteen liberal House Democrats say the plan would hinder local authorities and threaten civil rights and labor unions. Senate Republican Leader Dirksen promises swift approval after bloody New Jersey riots. They urge focusing on housing and unemployment rather than a federal crime across state lines to incite riots.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
New Jersey
Dirksen
Congress
Notice of Probate of Edna Bridges and Harold Wehr Wills
Probate notices announce the estates of Edna M. Bridges and Harold J. Wehr with appointment of executors and requests for claims by creditors or interested parties. The notices specify court filings, deadlines, and required actions to proceed with the probate process.
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Edna M. Bridges
Harold J. Wehr
Right of Amish education tested by courts
The Supreme Court was asked to rule on Amish rights to educate children outside accredited schools. Leroy Garber, a 41 year old farmer from Yoder Kansas, was fined five dollars for not sending his 15 year old daughter to a state deemed competent school. The Old Order Amish Mennonite Church challenges compulsory schooling beyond eighth grade.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Supreme Court
Leroy Garber
Yoder
Kan
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Garber
Old Order Amish Mennonite
Sharon
Antitrust hearing backs joint operating plans for papers
Scripps-Howard chief Jack R. Howard urged joint operating arrangements as essential for many newspapers to survive, citing seven current joint setups and two independent voices in cities like Albuquerque and Pittsburgh. Chattanooga publisher Roy McDonald criticized joint publishing as monopoly-like, noting improved independence after dissolving a 1942 agreement and stressing competition between wire services as vital to the nation's press.
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Washington
UPI
Jack R. Howard
Scripps - Howard
Senate
Justice Department
Tucson
Ariz
Howard
Scripps-Howard
Albuquerque
N.M
el Paso
Tex
Evansville
Ind
Birming
McDonald
Associated Press
United Press International
UN observers monitor cease fire along Suez Canal
United Nations observers report both Israelis and Egyptians honoring the cease fire as four-member teams take up positions along the Suez Canal. In Cairo Algeria and Iraq presidents fly to Moscow for political talks after week-long meetings with President Nasser. The UN General Assembly faces a 48 hour deadline to decide on further Middle East resolutions.
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Jerusalem
UPI
United Nations
Suez Canal
Middle East
Algeria
Iraq
Moscow
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Cairo
New York
U.N. General Assembly
Assembly
Showplace Reopens as U S Rockets Hit Viet Arms Convoy
U S officials said three American rocket firing helicopters sank a 71 boat Communist arms convoy on the Truong Giang River. South Vietnam reopened a $50 million showplace including a power plant and fertilizer factory after security fears eased. Maj William Arink said his three firefly choppers destroyed 40 foot junks and sampans with rockets and machine guns. The attack followed Coast Guard destruction of a North Vietnamese arms trawler and Marines' claims of 16 Communist deaths in the area. South Vietnam’s Economics Minister ordered construction resumed on the plant and mine complex to prove progress despite terror. U S jets flew 134 missions over North Vietnam, hitting Don Son oil depot and train yards around Hanoi. an F105 was reported downed and missing. It was the 611th American plane lost in the war and the 13th in 11 days. Giant B 52s pounded troops near Saigon and Da Nang near the major complex.
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UPS
U.S
Maj
William Arink
Springfield
Truong Giang
South Vietnam
U.S. Navy Coast Guard
Nguyen Huu Hanh
North Vietnam
Don Son
Haiphong
Hanoi
Tshombe Coup Plot Foiled in Congo Uprising
Mobutu said former premier Moishe Tshombe plotted mercenary led uprisings in three eastern towns with hopes to regain power at end July. The plan unraveled after Tshombe was kidnapped and taken to Algeria, where he remains in custody awaiting extradition proceedings.
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Kinshasa. the Congo
UPI
Joseph D. Mobutu
Moishe Tshombe
Eastern
Congo
Algeria
Mobutu
Tshombe
Algiers
Palma
Majorca
Kinshasa
Kisangani
Silent screen star Gertrude McCoy dies in Atlanta
Gertrude Lyon McRae known as Gertrude McCoy, a former Sugar Valley teenager who ran away at 15 to become a leading silent film star, died Monday in a hospital in Atlanta. She rose from New York model and Gibson Girl to major roles in The Blue Bird The Working Girl On The Stroke of Twelve The Silent Witness and the serial Winsome Winnie.
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Atlanta
UPI
Gertrude Lyon McRae
Sugar Valley
Winnie
Iowa Beef Packing strike ends with early morning agreement
Denison Iowa UP I Representatives of the Iowa Beef Packing Co and the Associated Employer Organization met through the night and reached a set of recommendations to present to union members. A 10 a m meeting was scheduled Wednesday for union leaders to reveal the proposals. Local union president Loren Langholz said the recommendations would be shown but did not disclose details. The walkout began Friday evening at the Iowa Beef Plant and Denison Hide Plant workers joined Saturday. No incidents were reported at the plant.
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Denison, Iowa
UPI
Iowa Beef Packing Co
Associated
AEC
Loren Langholz
Iowa
Denison Hide
Weather Iowa: variable clouds into midweek with showers
Iowa forecast calls for variable cloudiness through Wednesday. A chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday. Warmer tonight and Wednesday with lows near 60 north and 60 to 65 elsewhere, highs in the mid 80s. Thursday looks partly cloudy with more scattered showers and warm conditions.
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United Press International
Iowa
Railroads in Iowa edge toward normal after strike
Des Moines and area railways work to resume full service after 48 hours idle as Des Moines local strikers await word from Milwaukee. Union Pacific City of Denver and Hawkeye from Chicago expected to move this afternoon. Great Western freight and Rock Island passenger services to resume by midweek.
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UPI
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Road
Des Moines Union Railway Company
Frank Devlin
Devlin
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Land of Corn
Chicago
Waterloo
Union Pacific
Denver
Marion
Rock Island
Great Western
Oelwein
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