New York Teachers End Threatened Strike and Reach Pact
New York City teachers across 85 public schools abandon a threatened walkout and approve a two year contract. The deal includes pay increases totaling about 580 dollars for most teachers, raises the top salary to 11 025 dollars by July 1, 1964, and adds limits on class sizes with joint union school committee oversight.
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The
United Federation of
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Charles Cogen
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Committee of School
Smocked Hats and Needlecraft Pattern 7463
Smocked hats and a fabric pattern 7463 offered in the 1964 Needlecraft Catalog. Includes transfer sizes 21 22 23 and mail options with 35 cents pattern price plus 15 cents for mailing. Order details direct to Alice Brooks Winches ter Star Needlecraft Dept Old Chel sea Station New York 11 New York.
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Jersey
Faille
Alice Brooks
Winchester
Star
Needlecraft Dept
P. O
Old Chelsea
New York 11
N. Y
Chemicals Traced After Transfer. Road Reopens
Transfer Co of Staunton Va moved 61 drums of chemicals from one tractor trailer to another after a punctured drum released fumes near the cab. Driver Enoch J Brooks Jr of Stuarts Draft Va halted the rig, was briefly overcome, and Route 81 reopened after evacuees returned home.
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Brooks
Jersey City
N. J
Virginia Airman Killed in Barracks Fight in France
Airman J C Padgett 23 of Woodlawn Virginia died after a barracks brawl in Evreux France. The incident involved five soldiers and six airmen with no confirmed racial motive. Investigation continues with Army and Air Force officials.
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Evreux
France
J. C. Robert R. Padgett
Route 1
Woodlawn
Army
Air Force
Padgett
Actress Margarita Sierra Dies After Heart Surgery
Hollywood AP reports television actress Margarita Sierra died Friday after heart surgery at age 25. The Spanish born star known as Cha Cha O Brien on Surfside 6 and a flamenco dancer, will have last rites held Tuesday.
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Margarita Sierra
Cha Cha O’brien
Perry's Erie Naval Victory Ends War of 1812
U S naval hero Oliver Hazard Perry led six ships built in Erie and aided by Barclay's forces in a decisive September 1813 battle on Lake Erie. The American fleet defeated the British, forcing their retreat and signaling a turning point with Perry’s famed message We have met the enemy and they are ours. Perry rose to captain then died six years later in Trinidad from yellow fever.
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Oliver Hazard Perry
Lake
Ohio
U. S
William Henry Harrison
Perry
Rhode Island
Erie
Buffalo
Robert H. Barclay
Barclay
Dover
Ont
U.S
Lawrence
Detroit
Middle Bass Island
Caledonia
Harrison
Congress
Trinidad
South Carolina Closes Parks Over Desegregation Order
South Carolina locks 26 state parks to avoid a federal desegregation order. The parks were segregated by race with 20 whites and six Negroes. Judge J Robert Martin Jr delayed the effective date 60 days. A House committee holds hearings on future park policy as summer activities were halted.
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Columbia
S.C
South Carolina
U.S
J. Robert Martin Jr
State House of Representatives
Castro predicts Kennedy Goldwater race in 1964
Havana AP report quotes Prime Minister Fidel Castro predicting a 1964 presidential race between President Kennedy and Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona. Castro calls both politicians cheap and crooked and vows Cuba will defend itself if Goldwater wins. He expects U.S. policy to remain unchanged with any administration.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Kennedy
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
Castro
Cuba
U.S
Primatene Tablets Sell Without Prescription For Asthma
Advertisement touts Primatene as the asthma formula most prescribed by doctors now sold without prescription. It claims fast, hours long relief from attacks, opens bronchial tubes and relieves congestion with eight medicines in prescription strength. Available at drugstores.
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New York
N. Y
Miss America Begins Glamorous New Year
Donna Axum Miss America 1964 arrives in New York after winning the pageant in Atlantic City New Jersey. The 21 year old Arkansas native discusses maintaining her figure while acknowledging a hectic schedule and plans to finish her education at the University of Arkansas.
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New York
Donna Axum
Donna
Geant
Atlantic City
N.J
el Dorado
Ark
University of Arkansas
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