Reach Agreement To End Rail Strike
An arbitration board will decide remaining issues in the Chicago and North Western Railway strike after a pattern setting agreement ends the walkout. The back to work order covers telegraphers and non striking staff with service resuming as tracks and freight move. The four unresolved points include job elimination notice, framework for eliminated positions, relief employes 40 hour week, and severance for grievance claims totaling several million dollars. President Kennedy credited Labor Secretary Wirtz and Francis A. ONeill Jr. for their efforts.
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Washington
UPS
Chicago and North Western Railway
Ben W. Heineman
Chicago
Heineman
George E. Leighty
Kennedy
National Railroad Adjustment Board
Leighty
W. Willard Wirtz
Francis A. O'Neill Jr
O'Neill
New York Central
Cairo Activists Plan Passive Protest After Racial Demonstrations
In Cairo Illinois anti segregation leaders organized another mass meeting to map a policy of passiveness and protests against civil rights discrimination. NAACP leaders urged following examples of Jesus Gandhi and MLK as arrests mounted to 65 with potential jail crowding. James Peake a white student from Lafayette Indiana began a water only hunger strike while awaiting trial set for October 12. Authorities cited parade permits as the reason for arrests after four months of protests at eateries a roller rink and theaters.
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Cairo
Ill
UPI
Blane Ramsey
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Ramsey
Jesus Christ
Mahatma Ghandi
Martin Luther King Jr
Laos proposes Southeast Asia neutralization at UN
Laotian Foreign Minister Quinim Pholsena urged the General Assembly to neutralize all of Southeast Asia, pledging Laos will uphold the Geneva 13 power agreement. The plan, echoed by Cambodia, faces opposition from pro Western Thailand and South Vietnam amid regional tensions.
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United Nations, N.Y
UPI
Laos
Southeast Asia
U.N
Quinim Pholsena
General Assembly
Dean Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
Quinim
Union Election at Advance Ross October 9
Dick Higgins of the Washington Advance Ross Electronics plant announced employees will vote on October 9 to decide union representation by the United Auto Workers. A prior March 6 vote at Burlington and Washington plants rejected the union 159 to 68, leading to a second election date set to resolve the issue.
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Dick Higgins
Washington Advance Ross Electronics Co
United Auto Workers Union
Burlington
Washington
Higgins
Seven Die In Kentucky Head On Crash Near Richmond
Seven people died when two cars collided on U S highway 25 one mile north of Richmond Kentucky Friday night. A girl about 10 was critically injured in the head on crash and the survivor was rushed to a hospital with chest injuries leg fractures and possible internal injuries. Police said neither car appeared to be speeding and one driver may have fallen asleep. Only one victim was identified immediately while police awaited next of kin.
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Richmond, Ky
UPI
Here
Kentucky
Kalona Man Dies At Wellman In Early Today
Kalona Carl Peiper an eldery lifelong Kalona resident died this morning Sept 29 at Shenk Nursing Home Wellman. Funeral services will be held Monday at 10 am in Holy Trinity Church Richmond with Rev William Snell. Prayer services Sunday 7:30 pm at Peterseim Funeral Home Kalona Survivors include two brothers John and Henry of Kalona.
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Kalona
Carl Peiper
Shenk
Wellman
Holy Trinity Church
Richmond
William Snell
Peterseim
John
Henry
King Survives Stage Attack During Birmingham Speech
Negro leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was slugged by Roy James a 24 year old Arlington Virginia man who was taken away after the assault. King urged calm and asked the court not to prosecute. James reported rode a hate bus with American Nazi party leader George Lincoln Rockwell in previous events.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
Martin Luther King Jr
Roy James
Arlington
King
Southern Christian Leadership Council
SCLC
James
New Orleans
George Lincoln Rockwell
Prince Vows Fight For Yemen Throne
Bearded Prince Seif Al Islam Al Hasan, new Imam of Yemen, left London for Beirut to lead a counter revolution against the republic formed after the monarchy was toppled. He says the revolution will fail though Sanaa radio reports Soviet and UAR recognition and aid. Cairo papers claim ten deposed leaders were executed.
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Aden
Ypi
Seif al Islam al Hasan
Yemen
Middle East
Hasan
Imam al Badr
London
Beirut
Lebanon
Sanaa
Soviet Union
United Arab Republic
Cairo
Abdullah al Tallal
Mrs Hattie Kleinert Dies In Muscatine
Mrs. Hattie Kleinert, 77, died at Muscatine General Hospital after residing years at Restopia Nursing Home in Columbus Junction. She had been a patient in Muscatine for a few days and services planned Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in Snider Funeral Home West Liberty.
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Columbus Junction
Hattie Kleinert
Muscatine General Hospital
Restopia
Muscatine
Snider Funeral Home
West Liberty
Services Sunday for Mrs. Emory Curtis
Funeral services for Mrs. Emory Curtis of Letts will be held Sunday at 2 30 p m in the Letts Methodist Church with burial in Letts Cemetery. Stacy Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs Curtis died at her home in Letts early Friday morning.
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Columbus Junction
Emory Curtis
Letts
Letts Methodist Church
Stacy Funeral Home
No Classes Monday In Washington Schools
Washington Community School District will be closed Monday as teachers attend a district meeting in Ottumwa. Most other county schools will also be closed that day.
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Washington Community
Ottumwa
Legion Post to Hold Smorgasbord and Meeting
Members of the Leon Beatty American Legion post will meet at 6 30 p m Tuesday for a smorgasbord and meeting A program is planned as well as a work session on the membership drive
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Leon Beatty American Legion Post
NFO holding action nears month mark amid price dips
Oren Lee Staley of the National Farmers Organization reports milk contracts may be signed within a week to avert further withholding. Hog prices at Chicago decline 15 cents from a month ago while cattle and sheep dip slightly. NFO aims for at least 6.05 dollars per hundredweight for Grade A milk as average U.S. price sits near 3.60 to 3.80.
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Chicago
UPI
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
Midwest
Staley
Corning
Iowa
NFC
Canadian Satellite Ends First Orbit
The Alouette, Canada's first satellite, completed its initial orbit from Vandenberg. Officials reported good communications and full functionality of the 300-pound craft built by the Canadian Research Board, marking Canada as the second free world nation in orbital space.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
UPI
Alouette
Canada
United States
Russia
Canadian Research Board
Great Britain
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Boys Astronaut Launch Spurs YMCA membership drive
The Washington YMCA opens the Boy's Astronaut Launch drive under chair Tom McSpadden. Boys are split into two teams with prizes for top individual signups and team registrations. Prizes include a bicycle or camera for first, $10 gift certificate for second, and further rewards for lower signup minimums.
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Washington
Kim Steele
Journal
Charles Morris
Washington Ymca
Tom McSpadden
YMCA
McSpadden
Six Children Die In Indiana Fire
Six children aged six to 15 died in a house fire at a rural Dearborn County home near the Indiana Ohio border. The mother found the blaze after hearing a cry and pulled some unconscious children from flames. Firefighters from Harrison, Ohio, found all six dead. Names: Barry Joe 15 Karen Lee 14 Terry Lynn 13 Robert Lee 11 Shery Ann 8 Walter Allen. Father a truck driver was traveling between Scottsburg and Harrison, Ohio at the time.
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West Harrison, Ind
UPI
Dearborn County
Here
Indiana-Ohio
Indiana
Harrison
Ohio
Barry Joe
Karen Lee
Terry Lynn
Robert Lee
Shery Ann
Walter Allen
Scottsburg
Navy veteran charged in alleged spy plot with Soviet delegation
Nelson Cornelious Drummond a 16 year Navy veteran and Newport base resident was arraigned in federal court on conspiracy to transfer national defense information to the Soviet Union He was held on 100000 bail and faces possible death sentence if convicted Deputized FBI surveillance tied his trips to New York City and large cash sums to the case. two Soviet officials involved in the incident released due to diplomatic immunity.
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New York
UPS
Nelson Cornelious
Bulldog
Drummond
Navy
U.S
Soviet Russia
FBI
1St C
United Nations
Larchmont
New York City
Newport, R.I
London
Evgeni M. Prokhorov
Ivan Y Vyrodov
Prokhorov
State Department
Barnett Arrest Order Narrowly Missing Desegregation Fray
Gov. Ross Barnett faced arrest threats after being convicted of contempt for defying desegregation at Ole Miss. A $10,000 daily fine loomed unless he admitted James Meredith to the university by Tuesday. Federal authorities massed marshals and troops for an anticipated showdown at Oxford as the case moved toward custody actions.
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U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Barnett
United States
Robert F. Kennedy
Justice Department
U.S. Marshals
Memphis
Oxford
Meredith
Army Combat Engineers
Tennessee
Federal
State Capitol
United States and Britain differ over Berlin crisis forecast
Secretary of State Rusk and British Foreign Secretary Home reportedly differ on the likelihood of a Berlin crisis late this year. U.S. sources anticipate Khrushchev tightening the squeeze in West Berlin after elections, while British sources see no imminent crisis. Both sides agree on the need to defend access to Berlin and are to discuss Cuba and Berlin with President Kennedy at lunch, with McNamara warning of possible nuclear use if required.
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New York
UPI
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Berlin
U.S
Rusk
Nikita S. Khrushchev
West Berlin
Defense
Robert McNamara
Washington
United States
Home
United Nations Assembly
Cuba
Kennedy
Britain
David K. E. Bruce
David Ormsby Gore
Stravinsky Suffers Mild Heart Attack During Moscow Concert
Composer Igor Stravinsky, 80, suffered a mild heart attack while conducting a performance in Moscow. An official said he was in good health and expected to finish his concert tour in Moscow and Leningrad. The audience saw an extended intermission and Stravinsky received four curtain calls.
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Moscow
UPI
Igor Stravinsky
Stravinsky
Kohler and UAW End Nation's Longest Strike
Kohler Co and United Auto Workers Local 833 announce a one year contract ending eight year labor dispute that began April 5 1954. Terms not released pending ratification as workers study the deal with UAW officials and Kohler executives.
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Sheboygan, Wis
UPI
Kohler Co
United Auto Workers Today
UAW
U.S. Supreme Court
Kohler
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Local 833
George Gallati
Harvey Kitzman
Kitzman
Tavern at Keota Damaged by Fire
Fire caused extensive damage to the Friendly Tavern in Keota early this morning. The blaze was discovered at 1 a.m. and the owner and operator is James Lee. Fixtures and merchandise were a total loss and the interior suffered extensive fire and smoke damage.
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Keota
James Lee
Iowa Weather Update Cloudy With Showers and Warm Weekend
Cloudy conditions with scattered light and thunder showers, warmer statewide tonight. Northeast to north central areas see scattered rain as Sunday brings decreasing clouds elsewhere. Winds shift and turn cooler west. Lows tonight in the lower 50s, Sunday highs 60s north to around 76 south. Monday partly cloudy and slightly cooler.
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Iowa
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