TIIUHSDAV, DIXEMBKR 19. 1963
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Kennedy's Death Completely Dominates Year's Top Stories
NEW YORK (UPI) - The as
sassination of President Kenne
dy one of the top stories of
the century completely dom
inated a news year that ranked
highest in drama and import of
any year since World War II.
that was the consensus of ed
itors who selected the "ten big
gest news stories of 1963" com
piled by United Press Interna
tional. The integration story in the
U. S. A. was the overwhelming
choice for second place on the
list announced Wednesday night.
The annual poll of editors rep
resents hundreds of UPI sub
scribers in the United States
and Canada.
The Pope John XXIII-Popc
Paul VI story and the Gordon
Cooper space flight contested
closeely for third place. The
papal dcath-and-succession took
third, Cooper fourth.
Here is the 19t3 list:
1. Kennedy assassination.
2. Integration, U. S. A.
3. John Will dies, Paul VI
succeeds.
). Cooper space flight.
5. U. S. A.-Brilian-Russian nuc
lear ban.
8. Assassination of Premier
Diem and brother in Viet Nam
7. Atomic submarine Thresher
lost.
8. Prof ti mo sex scandal in Brit
ain.
9. Supreme Court rules against
reciting Lords Prayer in
schools.
10. Fischer Quintuplets.
The ban by the major powers
on nuclear testing in the air
held steady in fifth place
throughout the balloting.
Fairly close to the quinteup
lets of Aberdeen, S. C, as run-ners-up
but not quite big enough
to make the list, were two stor
ies of widely dissimilar news
import: The 14-day ordeal and
rescue of two buried coal min
ers at Slieppton, Pa.; and the
widening split between Red Chi
na and Russia.
Those two finished in a virt
ual lie for the 11th spot. Others
close in the- honorable mention
list were De Gaulle's veto of
of British membership in the
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Top STOKY the assassination of President hennrdv on
Nov. 22 completely dominated the other news stories of 19li3,
according to a poll of newspaper editors compiled by United
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European Common Market, and i
the Russian launching of "twin"
astronauts, one a woman.
Many editors remarked tliati
13 seemed the newsiest year
since the war. Some said the I
list might have better included
the 15, or perhaps 20, "biggest."
UPI submitted ballots con-
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WASHINGTON (UPI) - For
the first time in recent history.
negotiations for a new contract j
between the United Mine Work-1
ers Union and soft coal indus
try appear to be proceeding
without John L. Lewis.
The 83-year-old Lewis, a near
lengendary figure in the union,
retired from the top post early
in 1960. Prior to stepping down,
he negotiated the present
agreemenL
Union President W. A. (Cony)
Boyle announced Tuesday he
had started talks on a new con
tract with Edward G. Fox,
president of the Bituminous
Coal Operators' Association.
The union seeks a wage in
crease for 150,000 miners.
The existing open-end con
tract, negotiated five years ago.
provides for a $24.25 basic daily
wage in the soft coal industry.
About Si Expected
Informed sources speculated
the union would seek an in
crease of $2 or more since set
tlements in recent years have
been concluded at or near that
figure.
Under terms of the present
I contract, either side can cancel
j the agreement upon 60 days
written notice. It was not
known whether this had been
i done. In the past, the talks
were conducted informally and
such a letter had been sent
only once since 1950.
The coal industry has been
distressed in recent years but
increased coal production ap-!
parentlv has encouraged the i
union to propose a wage in
crease at this time. Competi
tion from other fuels and the
decline of traditional coal mar
kets have cut into coal sales.
major events of the I Boyle also has indicated he
may seen improvements m sate
ty provisions of the agree
ment. He has said there may
be risks in the use of new.
automated machinery.
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year for the consideration of
editors. They usually base their
judgments on significance, pub
lic impact, shock value, human
interest, readability, and the
amount of space the story oc
cupied in the newspapers.
The "ten biggest news stories
of 1963" list as voted by edi
tors of UPI subscribers in Eur
ope: 1. Kennedy assassination.
2. Pope John-Pope Paul.
3. Nuclear test ban treaty.
4. The Profumo affair.
5. French veto of British Com- Dec. 30
mon Market entrv. I nesday.
6. The German mine disaster The. "'''"K wilJ l" 10
and rescues. I a nl- ln ,ne Agriculture Building
7. Vainnt Dam collapse kills i c?' , ... ,..,;. ,.,,
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changes to fit with the new
(tic) Adenauer re-. Ki:iliili7atinn nrncram. 'and
signs, crnard laKes over; and t.,an(!PS j stabilization regula-
Skopje Earthquake. (j0)s
! 10. Macmillian resigns: Lord
: Home lakes over.
, Edged by narrow margins
were the first woman in space,
I Kennedy's European lour. Diem
I assassination. Britain's train
robbery. Soviet grain purchases.
Integration in the U. S. A.
' didn't place.
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Milk Act Changes
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milk stabilizaion regulations
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