Striking Truck Drivers Reject Offer in Martinsville
In Martinsville the Teamsters Local 171 rejected a five-company contract offer, approving continued strike action. The walkout, ongoing since March 1, risks about 50 thousand dollars weekly in local retail losses as some drivers return to work under supervision. The dispute centers on labor conditions rather than wage raises, with no retroactivity to the old contract.
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Martinsville
Thomas Trucking Co
Warren Trucking Co
Virginia-Carolina Trucking Co
Teamsters Local 171
William Fink
Union Local
Teamsters Union
Es Union Ptexes No Gene
Pattern 4570 Misses Dress Pattern Advertisement
Advertisement for Pattern 4570 Misses sizes 10 to 18. Describes sheath silhouette with soft hip shirring and relaxed look. Dozens of yards required for size 16. cost 35 cents plus 10 cents extra for each pattern shipped first class. Include name address zone size and style number. Send to Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept New York.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
Local Delicacies Marketed By City Officials
A display shows the first box sold to Mayor Claude B Smalts Jr left to right Ronald Keller James Hockman Joseph Sewell Jr Mints almond coconut and assorted jellies are the available varieties.
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Claude B. Smalts, Jr
Ronald Keller
James Hockman
Joseph Sewell
White House and McNamara clash over newsgathering policy
The White House advocates open access for reporters while Defense Secretary McNamara pushes for strict control through public relations channels. The policy split reflects Kennedy’s openness versus McNamara’s insistence on internal debate and limited disclosure.
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Washington
White House
Pentagon
Kennedy
Defense Department
McNamara
Javits Defends Hayes Salary For USIA Tours
Senator Javits defended Helen Hayes earning 1500 dollars a week for dramatic appearances abroad under the USIA. He called the pay modest and said she turned down offers up to 250000 dollars because they conflicted with her cultural exchange tours. He referenced a House remark about a so called great actress but deferred details to facts.
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Washington
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Helen Hayes
U.S. Information Agency
Javits
The
Star
Senate
Miss Hayes
U.S
Rep. Barratt O'Hara
D-Ill
USIA
O’hara
Violence and arrests tied to truck labor dispute
In recent weeks, violence including fuel tampering and shootings targeted non-union drivers. Four people were arrested in North Carolina and await trial in Rocky Mount. Two strikers were fined and jailed in Carroll County for cursing a non-union driver. appeals granted for others.
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North Carolina
Rocky Mount
N. C
Carrol County
Galaxize
Lockheed Electra Speed Restrictions Lifted After Modifications
Lockheed Electra airliners across seven U S airlines have mostly cleared structural modifications aimed at eliminating a shaking flaw that plagued the turboprop. 144 Electras modified at Burbank with 21 remaining, as efficiency and safety targets exceed government standards.
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Lockheed Electra
Washington
U. S
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Burbank
Calif
Tell City
Ind
Congress
Federal Aviation Agency
Lockheed Stately
Conscience Sends 2000 in 100 Dollar Bills to IRS
A remorseful taxpayer in Des Moines mailed 2000 dollars in 100 dollar bills to the Iowa office of the Internal Revenue Service. The letter stated anger at government waste but admitted shame for the protest and warned of sending another copy if someone else grabs the bills.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Federal Internal Revenue Service
Wagner Defends Administration On TV Boycott Week
Mayor Robert E. Wagner and 23 city leaders appeared on WNTA TV in Newark to defend his administration amid mayoral race campaigning. Governor Rockefeller accused the administration of shortcomings while Wagner defended efforts and pledged accountability including a disciplinary push in city schools and inspections.
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New York
Robert E. Wagner
Wagner
Wnta TV
Newark
Nelson A. Rockefeller
John J. Theobald
Peter J. Reidy
Rockefeller
GOP
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Morals crackdown nets 36 arrests in Tampa Bay
Police, sheriff officials report 36 people arrested in a wide scale morals sweep in Tampa Bay including two educators. The operation raided homosexual hangouts and aims to exceed 300 in custody as part of a year long investigation. Notable detainees include Percy Jenkins, a 35 year old Tampa elementary principal, and Dr Arnold Collier, a 67 year old retired psychology professor who ran a school for mentally challenged boys at Brooksville.
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Tampa
Fla
Tampa Bay Area
Ed Blackburn
Florida
Percy A. Jenkins
Arnold Deforest Collier
Brooksville
Digger Finds Wallet Lost in Potato Field
Ronald Kunke misplaced his billfold during harvest work. A week with a shovel failed to locate it until a mechanical potato digger uncovered the wallet containing $98, preserved intact.
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Milwaukee
Ronald Kunke
TV Plans For Next Season From Major Networks
AP Movie-TV writer reports on ABC CBS and NBC plans for next season. ABC adds Top Cat Calvin and the Colonel and a live Steve Allen companion for Lawrence Welk while adding new dramas and comedies including The New Breed Ben Casey Margie The Racer and The Hathaways. CBS features Alvin Show Frontier Circus Father of the Bride and new Bob Cummings show plus CBS Reports thrice monthly. NBC emphasizes news oriented shows including David Brinkley’s Journal Project 20s Ramparts and Wis dom with Shirley Booth Hazel and Dr Kildare returning. no new Westerns.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Minow
Broadcasters
FCC
Newton Minow
Television
ABC
Calvin and
the Colonel
Lawrence Welk
Steve Allen
Los Angeles
McClellan
South Seas
Ben Casey
Margie
Fred Astaire
CBS
Mr. E d
Main Street
Tle
Robert Sterling
George Chandler
Gertrude Berg
Cedric Hardwicke
Frontier Circus
Bob Cummings
CBS Reports
NBC
David Brinkley
Journal
Frank McGee
America
Dom
Shirley Booth
Hazel
Dr. Kildare
Crime
Cain
Robert. T
Portsmouth Man Kills Woman Then Takes Own Life
In Broadmoor a Portsmouth barber school operator killed Kathleen O'Dell age 33 with a single face shot at a tavern, then shot himself after exchanging fire with Norfolk County officer W R Dilday. Foster later died at Herbies Pipe Inn.
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Norfolk County
Portsmouth
Broadmoor
Kathleen O'Dell
H. D. Foster
Herbie
Pipe Inn
U.S
Foster
W. R. Dilday
Norfolk-Hampton
Alvin Rose
Hampton
Clarence Hudson
Norfolk
Olen Newman
Asheboro
N. C
Antiviolence Bill Stirs Fist Fights in Tokyo Diet
In Tokyo the Liberal Democrats push through a controversial antiviolence bill in a lower house session marked by fist fights with the opposition Socialists. The measure moves to the upper house as thousands protest outside the Diet amid a police deployment of seven armored cars at the main gate.
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Tokyo
Japan
Liberal Democrats
Diet
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