Kenoshan Reaches Million Miles Without Accidents
Ed King a 64 year old Kenosha Milk Producers driver crosses the Rock River bridge on his way to Deerfield marking a million miles without an accident. He has driven since 1927 with a safety record praised by police and his family. King lives with wife Lillian at 6406 37th Ave and has two children and five grandchildren.
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Ft. Atkinson
Ed King
Kenosha
Rock River Bridge
Deerfield
King
37Th Ave
Lillian
Dorothy
Max Umphery
Columbus
Ohio
Irving
Kansas City
Chicago
Ogden Dairy
Kenosha Dairy
Lake County
Chicago Motor Club
Miles King
East German Premier Otto Grotewohl Reported Dying
An anti Communist group cited sources in East Berlin saying East German Premier Otto Grotewohl, 67, is dying of leukemia. He has been absent from official duties for about nine months and is not expected to resume them.
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Berlin
Otto Grotewohl
Information Bureau
West
East Berlin
Grotewohl
Titov Receives Hero’s Welcome in Moscow
Soviet spaceman Gherman Titov arrived in Moscow after orbiting Earth 17½ times in 25 hours. Premier Khrushchev led applause as Titov declared space flight serves peaceful progress and vowed readiness to fulfill tasks for the Communist Party. Yuri Gagarin joined in the celebration with his own praise. Titov praised the party and noted automatic spacecraft can be manually guided to any landing point. Children offered flowers at the air port as Titov and his wife received greetings from officials and his parents.
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Moscow
Gherman Titov
Soviet Union
Titov
Red
Young Communist
Soviet Communist Party
Khrushchev
Communist Party
Yuri Gagarin
Saratov
Volga
Car kills 5 year old on Mukwonago family farm
Kenneth RB Sugden, age 5, died on a family farm when a car rolled over him after his sister released the emergency brake. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Sugden of Route 1 Mukwonago.
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Mukwonago
Kenneth RB. Sugden
Kenneth
Kenneth S. Sugden
Sit In Group Wins Round Two In Wisconsin Civil Rights Move
Madison Wisconsin activists praised a 26 to 6 Senate move to act on two anti discrimination bills after an eight day capitol rotunda sit in The bills would strengthen the governor s commission on human rights in housing public accommodations and employment The sit in will continue as lawmakers face a stormy debate and expected opposition from several senators led by Senator Leo O Brien
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Madison
Wisconsin
Freedom
Capitol
State Senate
Senate
Governor's Commission On Human Rights
Lloyd Barbee
NAACP
Barbee
Sen
Leo O’brien
Green Bay
Senate Governmental and Veterans Affairs Committee
O'Brien
William Draheim
R-Neenah
Robert Knowles
R-New Richmond
Clifford Krueger
R-Merrill
Jess Miller
R-Richland Center
John Potter
Port Edwards
Death of Woman Raises State Toll
A Milwaukee County crash killed 63 year old Mrs. Molly Hubenthal of Hartland after two cars collided twice at a Highway 41 intersection in western Milwaukee County. Her husband Harry, 67, was driving, and five men were injured. The 1961 Wisconsin highway toll rose to 503 compared with 466 the previous year.
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Milwaukee County
Waukesha County
Wisconsin
Molly Hubenthal
Hartland
Hubenthal
Harry
West May Ask Talks On Berlin
Western allies plan to propose a meeting with the Soviet Union on Berlin and Germany within weeks if Moscow does not act first. High level officials say American British French and West German foreign ministers outlined steps during the weekend. A NATO briefing followed with Deputy Secretary of State Dean Rusk. The timing hinges on practical leverage and may come after West German elections on Sept 17.
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Paris
United States
Soviet Union
Berlin
Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council
U.S
Dean Rusk
Pan Am DC-8 Hijacked En Route to Mexico City
A Pan American DC-8 after leaving Houston was hijacked and diverted to Havana with 72 passengers and nine crew aboard. A separate Chicago fire destroyed the Agudath Achim South Shore synagogue main auditorium in a $300,000 blaze under investigation for possible arson.
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New York
Houston
Tex
Mexico City
Idlewild
Havana
Chicago
South Side
Agudath Achim
South Shore
Gully Flood Sweeps Car Carrying Father and Son
In northwest Iowa flash floods up to 11 inches caused creeks to flood. A father and his son disappeared after a car was swept from a highway and feared dead.
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Washta
Iowa
Proxmire Ends 26-Hour Talkathon Over O Connor Nomination
Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin kept the Senate in session for 26 hours and 5 minutes to oppose the nomination of Texas oilman Lawrence J. O Connor to the Federal Power Commission. He ended the talkathon at 11:05 a.m. CDT, enabling a confirmation vote as colleagues filled in for breaks. The effort fell short of Thurmond’s 24 hour record, with periodic rests provided by Senators Long and Humphrey as jokes and sports talk filled the gaps.
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Washington
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate
Texas
Federal Power Commission
Proxmire
Lawrence J. O’connor
O'Connor
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Wisconsin Democrat
FPC
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Texan
Wisconsin
Strom Thurmond
Thurmond
Russell Long
D-La
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Harvard
Humphrey
North Shore Railway Faces Collapse Amid Losses and Fares
The North Shore, led by Harold G. Mason, announces a staggering six month operating loss of 343 026 and warns of 550 000 to 600 000 for the year as ridership falls after fare hikes. An ICC hearing on August 28 will decide the fate of abandoning operations with a possible 90 day order and sale prospects.
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Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railway
North Shore
Harold G. Mason
Mason
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago and North Western
Milwaukee Road
Cargo Planes In Operation During Swift Strike Exercise
Cargo planes roared into Darlington South Carolina airport as part of joint Army Air Force Exercise Swift Strike. Air Reservists and Air National Guardsmen manned most aircraft and many faced possible recall amid the Berlin situation, highlighting STRAC quick deployment.
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Ft. Bragg
N. C
Darlington
S. C
Berlin
Strategic Army Corps
STRAC
Weather Outlook for Kenosha Area
Partly cloudy and warm with humid conditions in Kenosha through tomorrow. Scattered thundershowers possible tomorrow with lows in the 60s and highs in the 80s. Friday’s outlook is fair cooler and less humid with readings around 78 to 89 today.
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Kenosha
American Motors
Southport
Wisconsin Tax Revision Stalls in Assembly Deadlock Threatens
The Wisconsin Assembly approved a Republican tax revision 51 to 48 but sent it to the Senate where a GOP Democratic coalition could block it. The measure includes a 3 percent sales tax and provisions for withholding of state income taxes starting in 1961, with enhanced property tax relief for manufacturers inventories and farm livestock.
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Madison
State Assembly
Senate
Assembly
GOP
Clifford Krueger
R-Merrill
Lorge
Krueger
Louis Romell
Adams
Harvey Gee
Wisconsin Rapids
Thomas St. Angelo
Cumberland
Glen Pommerening
Rauwatosa
Wisconsin
Lake Michigan Collision Near Gull Island Reported
Two ships collided in dense fog five miles northeast of Gull Island in northern Lake Michigan. The Mackinac Islander, a 62 foot lumbering vessel, was disabled with buckled plates and a crumpled bow. The other vessel's flag and cargo remain unknown. no sinking reported.
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Manistique
Mich
Gull Island
Lake Michigan
Coast Guard
Mackinac
Cuba asks UN for study of U S aggression
Cuba requested the United Nations General Assembly to take up charges of U S aggression at the regular fall session in September, seeking an official study and response from the body.
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United Nations — Up
Cuba
General Assembly
United States
Assembly
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