Railway Shutdown Threatens Midwest Economy
The Chicago and North Western Railway shutdown began with a telegraphers strike affecting nine states. About 1,000 members walked out over job security, halting 10,600 miles of track and stranding freight and commuters as federal mediators urged continued talks through Labor Day weekend.
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Chicago & North Western Railway
Midwest
C&nw
North Western
Iowa
Rapid City
S.C
Fort Dodge
Railroad Brotherhoods
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Minnesota
Illinois
Washington
Threats Trigger FBI Probe In La. School Integration
FBI agents opened an inquiry amid threats of violence tied to desegregation at a Roman Catholic school in Buras Louisiana near the Mississippi River. Church authorities closed the school citing safety concerns as protests and pickets gathered outside the campus. U S Attorney General Kennedy ordered the FBI probe hours after the closure.
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Buras
Mississippi River
Louisiana
U.S
Soviet Venus Probe Reported Failure
An informant says Russia attempted Venus I last Saturday and it failed. three fragments remain in a low orbit and a fourth fell to Earth. NASA declined comment. Mariner 2 launched from Cape Canaveral aims for Venus in December, weathering course adjustments.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
James FE. Webb
Moscow
Russia
Earth
United States
Venus
ex‑attorney Perez attacks archdiocese on desegregation
Perez former district attorney and parish council president says Archbishop Rummel's desegregation edict is orthodoxy forced by Cody. He claims excommunication and charges church hierarchy follows Communist line. He denounces federal grant as Kennedy payoff and FBI involvement.
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Our Lady of Good Harbor
Perez
Joseph Francis Rummel
Rummel
Archdioces
Cody
Buras
Communist Party
Archdiocese
Kennedy
Atty. Gen. Kennedy
FBI
Water use ranking shows industry leading nation
The statement notes industry as the largest water user in the nation, followed by irrigation farmers and individuals at work, play and home, highlighting sectors with high water consumption.
Roads Claim Two More Lives In Virginia Holiday
Virginia counted two highway deaths on the first full day of a 78 hour Labor Day weekend, raising 1962 toll to 569. James Columbus Cornwell 16 of Manassas was killed in a one vehicle crash on Virginia 643 in Prince William County. Will Thomas Hicks 22 of Suffolk died in a collision east of Chuckatuck Nansemond County when his car blew a tire and struck a truck.
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Virginia
Oda
Bonnie Graw
Linda Lee Graw
Will
Circuit Court of
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Winchester
Rerain
Main Street
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Old Dominion
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Manassas
Prince William County
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Suffolk
Chuckatuck
Nansemond County
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Parkins Mill Road
W. R. Thompson
Clarke County
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Norfolk and Western Railway
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Green and Earle
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Josephine Jackson
Norfolk & Western Railway
Bellevue
Thomas White
Messmer
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Georgia P. Thompson
Anna B. C. Denny
Minnie W. Thompson
A. Garland Williams
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Port Republic
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Buddy) Artrip, Jr
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