Oil Delivery Curtailment: Strike Ripples Across Nation
Coast to coast maritime strike halts nearly 200 of 990 American flag ships, curtailing Atlantic oil deliveries. Pickets at Texaco, American, Gulf and Sinclair refineries cause shutdowns as unions resist cross-lines. Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon touts optimistic economy. durable goods orders rise. May income and home starts up. Canada dollar dips below par.
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New York
Liberia
Honduras
Panama
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
Texaco
Cities Service
Sinclair
American
National Maritime Union
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Locust Swarms Threaten North China Wheat Harvest
The New China news agency reports swarms of hungry locusts clouding skies over Hopei Province, moving westward from Tientsin toward drought struck areas. The invasion, blamed on protracted drought, threatens crops still standing as farmers normally harvest wheat.
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Hong Kong
Communist
New China News Agency
Hopei Province
Methodists Now Reach 10 Million U S Members
In Nashville, AP reports Methodist officials say U S church membership surpassed 10 million. Dr. Harry Denman notes 68 of 100 annual conferences have reported, with Rock River Illinois adding 4,889 members to reach 10,004,074 this year. Remaining conferences expected to boost total.
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Nashville
NYSE Weekly Volume Dips. Bond Turnover Falls
The New York Stock Exchange reports week on week volume of 16,076,560 shares, down from 16,320,338 the prior week and the lightest in the year outside a holiday period. Corporate bond volume fell to 25,158,200 par value versus 26,590,000 the previous week.
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New York Stock Exchange
Mammoth Southwest power failure blacks out El Paso region
A 100 mile area including El Paso and southeastern New Mexico lost power for about 1 hour 20 minutes after a fire erupted in a 66 000 volt transformer at the El Paso Electric Co plant. No injuries reported. Power returned to El Paso. lines north to Albuquerque briefly out. telephone lines disrupted for 17 minutes.
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Carrizozo
N.M
Bureau of Refamation
Elephant Butte Dam
Truth
New Eexico
Alamogordo
Ruidoso
Cloudroft
Tularosa
Colloman Air Force Base
White Sands Missile Range
Truth Or Consequences
Carrizzo
Albuquerque
Harrisonburg Tract to Bring $500000
Harrisonburg redevelopment agency accepts 500000 offer for a 1912 acre tract in the citys largest real estate deal. Eight blocks of commercial district NE urban renewal area to be sold to Valley Plaza Inc. planning a 3.5 million development as a business center. Completion expected in three years pending approval from the Federal and Home Finance Agency.
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Harrisonburg
Miss Pennsylvania to Wed Naval Academy Officer
Priscilla Hendricks retires as Miss Pennsylvania and will become Mrs Wallace F Benjamin after a Monday wedding. The 20 year old from Shillington met Ens Benjamin at the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City last September. The couple will wed at the Naval Academy Chapel after her title transition tonight.
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West Chester
Priscilla Hendricks
Man Fined 1000 for Operating Lottery in Norfolk
Daniel Goldscher 50 of Virginia Beach was fined 1000 in U S District Court for operating a lottery without a 50 federal wagering stamp. He pleaded guilty and has 24 months to pay. He was arrested after a November raid on a soda shop where IRS agents seized football lottery tickets.
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Norfolk
Daniel Goldscher
Virginia Beach
U. S
Goldscher
Walter E. Hoffman
Internal Revenue Service
Hagerstown Honors Diplomat Won Over By Civic Apology
In Hagerstown Maryland three months after a restaurant refused service to an African diplomat amid racial tensions the city held a civic apology. The diplomat from Sierra Leone received keys to the city and a banquet in his honor with remarks from Dr William Fitzjohn praising the gesture as the highlight of his U S stay.
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Hagerstown, Md
Maryland
State Department
White House
Hagerstown
William Fitzjohn
Sierra Leone
Court of St. James
London
Most of Nation Sees Cool Weather With Sweltering Southwest
Unseasonably cool conditions spread across the nation with light rains on the Eastern Seaboard and central Plains while Needles California hit 108 degrees. Temperatures ranged from 50s to 80s, with more showers from New Mexico to the Plains and a storm in upstate New York causing traffic accidents and a death.
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Needles
Calif
New Mexico
Plains States
Maine
Virginia
Upstate
New York
Rooney Faces Receivership Over Boy's Support
Martha Vickers, 35, claims actor Rooney is $1,200 behind on $150 monthly support for Ted Michael, 11, in court on contempt. Rooney, 38, and Vickers divorced in 1951. He says taxes cut 25 percent of income and he owes $33,000 in legal fees. judge delays further hearing to July 31.
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Miss Vickers
Ted Michael
Rooney
Roger Alton Pfaff
No Early End Of Freedom Rides Seen In Jackson
One month after the first Freedom Riders arrived in Jackson Mississippi police arrested 144 riders for breach of peace as they challenged segregation at transit terminals. Ten riders reached New Orleans by train from Los Angeles to join others en route to Jackson. The rides continue with more participants planned.
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Associated Press
Freedom Riders
Jackson
Miss
Montgomery
Ala
Mississippi
James Spencer
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Calif
Cleveland
Ohio
Man 79 Survives Five Days Wandering Adirondacks
Jay Kendall a 79 year old Averill Park N Y retiree survived five days of wandering in the Adirondack woods drinking brook water eating four Life Savers and even raw toad He reduced his weight from 135 to 113 pounds and avoided death after a bear encounter and a burglary stocked cabin rest stop Kendall was found near a summer camp owner later opened the camp for the season He hinted at future fishing but offered no firm plans.
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Schroon Lake
N.Y
Adirondack
Jay Kendall
Kendall
Accidents Claim Four Swiney Children in One Year
In Zanesville Ohio Mr and Mrs Thomas Swiney lose four of six children within a year. Thom as Swiney Jr 13 and sisters Brenda Kay 10 Sandra Jean 9 drowned in a pond near Philo after fishing. Earlier 22 month old Mark Anthony died from apparent crib suffocation.
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Zanesville, Ohio
Thomas Swiney
Thomas Swiney Jr
Brenda Kay
Sandra Jean
Philo
Here
Mark Anthony
AA CP announces nationwide drive against school segregation
The Association for the Advancement of Colored People says it will lead a comprehensive campaign against school segregation in northern and southern states, aiming to end legal and de facto barriers to equal education.
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Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Virginia
D.h.la
Southern States
Southern States Cooperative Agency
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