Mediation Effort Aims to Halt 60,000 Dock Workers Strike
Presidential mediators raced to avert a midnight walkout by 60,000 longshoremen in ports from Maine to Texas. Employers offered revised proposals on work gang size but the union rejected the package. Forty five ships were to sail today as talks continued under Taft Hartley emergency provisions if a strike occurred.
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New York
Maine
Texas
Afl-Cio International Longshoremen’s Association
United States
New York Shipping Association
James J. Reynolds
Sidential
Association
Norfolk
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Johnson
Goldwater in Ohio Says Government Holds No Jobs
Barry Goldwater campaigned in Middletown Ohio declaring no magic in federal action can create industrial jobs. He cited White House steel price controls in 1962 as proof government intervention stifles industry and criticized foreign aid.
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Goldwater
Ohio
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Middletown
Republican Party
GOP
White House
Rain Lashes Weekend Outlook As Rainfall Tops Monthly Average
The rainfall arc shows the month’s total above average but still trails the yearly target. A noon tally records .62 inches in the last 24 hours, with more precipitation anticipated over the weekend. A Highland Avenue taxi collector described an attempted carjacking as passengers demanded a ride to a misaddress.
Reservoir Burst Kills Over 100 in Indian Town Macherla
AP reports a dam break near Macherla in Andhra Pradesh caused flooding up to ten feet high. All India Radio cites authorities saying the toll exceeds 100 with potential to rise as communications fail and thousands seek refuge in trees and high ground.
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New Delhi
India
Macherla
All India Radio
Vijayapuri
Macerla
Madras
Chandravanka
Bhima
Mauldin search for graves delayed in Shenandoah County
Woodstock report says Larry Mauldin the 24 year old North Carolina inmate on 10 day parole searched an orchard near Mt Jackson for over an hour without finding the graves he alleged to have buried two hitchhikers last spring in Southwest Virginia. Rain hindered the effort and the sheriff said the search would continue. Mauldin remains jailed and faces additional charges including grand larceny and auto theft.
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Woodstock
Larry James Mauldin
Mt. Jackson
North Carolina
Mauldin
Raleigh
N.C
Virginia
Shenandoah County
Crisman
Robert Pangle
Milt Zurkle
D. I. Peer
FBI
Shenandoah
Page
Saigon Troop Movements Stir Coup Fears In Vietnam
The movement of 30 truckloads of troops into Saigon raised fears of a new coup though officials said the mobilization was routine. Military leaders reshuffled the cabinet, exiled two officers, and pledged no coup before a civilian handover on Oct. 2.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Noremal
Nguyen Khanh
Young Turks
Pham Ngoc
Thao
Khanh
Tran Thien Khiem
Washington
Khiem
London
Southeast Asia
Howard Due Hearing in Loudoun County
Otha T. Howard, one of two men charged in the Hoover murders, will face a preliminary hearing in Loudoun County on the February 1962 stabbing death of landowner J. Churchill Newcomb. Judge John Dudley will oversee in Leesburg after a postponed schedule.
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Otha T. Howard
J. Churchill Newcomb
Loudoun County
John Dudley
Loudoun
Leesburg
Newcomb
Ruth Boley
Howard
Frederick Grand
Waltrie Naomi Hoover
E. M
Peter K. McKee
Avid G. Simpson, Jr
Sarah Zane Fire Co Meeting Scheduled
The Sarah Zane Fire Company will hold a meeting on Thursday October 1 at 8 p.m. at the firehouse to discuss operations and community activities.
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Sarah Zane Fire CO
China's first atomic test still years away in US view
U S sources say China may have the capability to trigger an atomic explosion but is years from becoming a major nuclear power. Analysts cite anniversaries as possible timing markers with 1965 also floated. Secretary Rusk said a test could occur soon but details would be made public if it happens.
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Washington
U.S
Dean Rusk
Peking
State Department
Rusk
China
Slim odds on GM strike settlement this week
Detroit AP reports slim chance of a national and local settlement before the weekend in the General Motors strike. UAW and GM negotiators warn of slow progress on local issues while production losses exceed seven million dollars daily. Walter Reuther cites non-economic human concerns as the initial cause of the dispute.
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Detroit
General Motors
United Auto Workers
UAW
Ford
Chrysler
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Louis G. Seaton
Johnson Eyes Europe Trip To Meet NATO Leaders In Paris
President Johnson hopes to visit Europe in November or December to meet NATO leaders and possibly Khrushchev in 1965. He seeks talks with De Gaulle Erhard and Attlee, aiming for unity in the alliance while planning for possible appearances at NATO Parliamentarians or Council sessions in Paris. The trip would follow talks with NATO Secretary General Brosio and would wait election results for solid planning. Rummage Sale 4 W, Boscawen St. October 1 & 2.
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Washington
Johnson
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Khrueshchev
NATO
NATO Council
Paris
Charnes de Gaulle
France
Ludwig Erhard
West Germany
Great Britain
Manlio Brosio
Senate
de Gaulle
Handling Of Phony Deals Hit Estes Probe
Washington AP report on the Senate Investigations subcommittee findings after a two year probe into Billie Sol Estes. It faults Agriculture Department handling of his cotton allotment schemes while noting prompt action after Freeman was notified.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Billie Sol Estes
Agriculture Department
Pecos
Tex
Orville L. Freeman
Department
Estes
Carl T. Curtis
Nebraska
Karl E. Mundt
South Dakota
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Curtis
Mundt
John L. MccClellan
DeArk
Senssam J. Ervin Jr
Den.c
Edmund Muskie
D-Maine
Senate
Weather Outlook for Virginia Shows Front Precipitation Then Clear
A frontal system off the Virginia coast brought showers today. A cooler air mass from the Great Lakes is expected to reach Virginia Thursday ending the rain.
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Richmond
Virginia
Great Lakes
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