Toll Collectors Suspended Over Bridge Shortage
Operators of the Centennial Bridge report a toll fund shortage of up to 750000 dollars. Following FBI and state tips, the Rock Island Davenport bridge commission suspended all 13 toll collectors and city police assumed emergency toll duties.
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Rock Island
Mississippi River
Davenport
Iowa
FBI
Bridge Commission
Bernard Moran
Moline
Franklin Wingard
Moran
Herter Seeks Calm Through Candor At Caribbean Meet
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter, en route to Latin American foreign ministers talks in Santiago, Chile, urged a candid examination of tensions to ease Caribbean turmoil. He cited U.S. concern over recent upheavals and said mutual measures could fulfill peoples' aspirations amid new violence in Havana.
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Washington
UPI
Christian A. Herter
Caribbean
Santiago
Chile
Herter
United States
Nelson Criticizes Building Holdup
Gov. Gaylord Nelson criticized delaying national road building over financing disputes. He would not fault Congress regardless of method, and he questioned whether a general highway appropriation or a higher gas tax is wiser. Wisconsin highway commission has cut project lists due to sluggish federal funds.
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Madison
UPI
Gaylord Nelson
Nelson
Congress
Wisconsin Highway Commission
Vagrant Claims Knowledge of 7-Year-Old Murder
Milwaukee authorities reported a vagrant who claims to know the killer of Maria Ridulph, aged seven from Sycamore Illinois, may undergo a lie detector test. Robert Hardin of Elgin Illinois faced a disorderly conduct charge after telling a waitress he killed the girl and later claimed he met the actual killer in a Vandalia prison farm.
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Milwaukee
Maria Ridulph
Sycamore
Ill
Robert Hardin
Elgin
Hardin
Vandalia
Bullfight promoter killed when bulls gore trio in ring
In Lisbon a bullfight promoter and two companions were gore as they jumped into the arena to escape a rampaging bull. The promoter was talking with the men when a bull escaped the pen and charged into the corridor. They leaped the fence and faced three additional bulls in the ring.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Weather outlook for Kenosha and surrounding areas
Partly cloudy conditions with a chance of isolated thunder showers tonight. Temperatures range 53 to 60 tonight and 74 to 80 Tuesday. Sunday's Southport high reached 70 with a 61 low and a 58 low since midnight. Noon readings were 75 at Southport and 80 downtown and at American Motors. Sun rose 5 53 and set 7 59.
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Kenosha
Southport
American Motors
Night Killer Haunts Long Island Diner Slayings
Police intensify search for a single killer tied to three midnights shootings across a 30 mile zone on Long Island. Victims include 50 year old woman at her diner, Hans Hachmann 54 at a deli in Islip and Lawrence Kirchner 53 a counterman at an all night diner near Smithtown. All were shot with a .32 caliber pistol though ballistics point to multiple guns.
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Westhampton
N. Y
Long Island
Irene Currier
Manhattan
Hans Hachmann
Islip
Lawrence Kirchner
Smithtown
House rejects gas tax hike and other late bulletins
Washington reports the House Ways and Means Committee again rejects a penny per gallon gas tax to fund highway construction. UPI notes Rep Henry Reuss introduces a bill to cut second class mail subsidies for major magazines. Little Rock segregation leaders call a buyers strike targeting the business district. Inland Steel Co. refuses to bargain separately with the Steelworkers Union.
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UPI
House
Ways and Means Committee
Henry Reuss
Dwis
House of Representatives
Little Rock
Ark
UPD
New York
The
Inland Steel Co
Steelworkers Union
Police trap gunman and hostage in Cross- state escape
In a six hour ordeal near Wellton Arizona law officers from Arizona and California used cross country roadblocks, aircraft and a helicopter to aid the rescue of Yuma officer Bill Penny from gunman Jimmy Allen Crose 24 and his 17 year old girlfriend Donna Marie Weidemann. Crose and Weidemann were booked on kidnapping charges.
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Ariz
UPI
Arizona
California
U. S. 80
Wellton
Jimmy Aillen Crose
Donna Marie Weidemann
Crose
Bill Penny
Penny
Crase
Miss Weidemann
Tomah Man Dies From Auto Accident Injuries
Madison UPI reports William Miller aged 21 of Tomah Wisconsin died at a hospital from injuries suffered in an auto accident on Wisconsin 12 north of Tomah early Friday.
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Tomah Man
Madison
UPI
William Miller
Tomah
Wis
Copper Operations Halted in Four States
Floods in Formosa caused widespread destruction with 498 dead 563 injured 541 missing and 134679 homeless. Torrential rains washed out highways bridges and rails as schoolgirls perished in Changhua. US aid and surplus food releases announced to ease shortages.
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Taipei
Formosa
UPI
U.S
UPI Movietone
Charles Lowe
Lowe
Changhua
Chunghua
U.S. International Cooperation Administration
C&NW 400 Delayed Seven Hours After Derailment
The Chicago and North Western 400 passenger train was delayed over seven hours Sunday due to a freight derailment near Beaver Dam. Officials said the 400 backed up 75 miles to reroute into Milwaukee and Chicago from Minneapolis after a broken journal box caused an axle to fall off.
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Milwaukee
Chicago and North Western
Beaver Dam
Chicago
Minneapolis
Sofia Loren's Husband May Face Bigamy Charge
Rome reports film producer Carlo Ponti faces a bigamy count as his marriage to Sofia Loren, performed by proxy in 1957 in Mexico, may violate Italian law after Ponti secured a Mexican divorce from Giuliana Fiastri not recognized in Italy.
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Rome
Carlo Ponti
Sofia Loren
Mexico
Ponti
Giuliana Fiastri
Castro Foresees OAS Talks Amid Cuban Turmoil
Premier Fidel Castro plans to attend the Organization of American States foreign ministers conference in Santiago to defend his Cuban revolution as reports claim an Isle of Pines invasion was repelled and a 1 000 soldier uprising was quashed.
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Havana
UPI
Fidel Castro
Organization of American States Foreign Ministers Conference
Castro
Isle of Pines
Santiago
Chile
Raul Rao
Nelson Advises Against Polls in 1960 Wisconsin Scene
Gov. Gaylord Nelson urged distrust of polls at a Madison news conference noting polls from the prior fall misled him and predicting public opinion shifts month to month. He supported Sen. William Proxmire as a favorite son to avoid a bitter primary and said he would stay neutral in a primary fight. He observed Humphrey and Kennedy backers vary in Wisconsin enthusiasm and noted potential cross-border campaigning from Minnesota.
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Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
Nelson
Madison
William Proxmire
Sen
John Kennedy
Massachusetts
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Penny Reuss
Humphrey
Kennedy
Proxmire
Puerto Rico
Collins Predicts Limited School Integration This Fall
Florida Governor Leroy Collins says integration in Florida schools this fall will be limited and only a small amount expected. He spoke to newsmen on a national television program Sunday in Jacksonville.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Leroy Collins
Florida
New Element For A Power From Thorium Revealed
The Atomic Energy Commission unveiled a long range plan to extract nuclear power from thorium. Thorium is more abundant than uranium but less easily exploited. The AEC ordered research on a thermal breeder reactor and halted fluid fueled reactor work to focus on thorium breeder development.
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Washington
UPI
The
Atomic Energy Commission Today
Earth
AEC
India
Brazil
United States
Eight Million Dollar B52 Crashes Near New Hampshire Base
A B52 Stratofortress from Westover Air Force Base crashed fifteen miles west of Pease AFB in southeastern New Hampshire. All nine crew members parachuted to safety and walked to a Candia service station to await transport home. A ground convoy from Pease AFB assisted responders, guided by a helicopter to the wreck site.
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N. HS
UPI
Here
New Hampshire
Westover Air Force Base
Chicopee, Mass
Brentwood
Kingston
Candia
N. H
Portsmouth
O'Konski Sees Rockefeller Win If Campaigner Emerges
Wisconsin congressman Alvin O Konski says Nelson Rockefeller could defeat Richard Nixon in the Wisconsin Republican presidential primary if Rockefeller actively campaigns. He notes no formal pledge yet but says he is forming a Rockefeller slate for the April balloting and expects both candidates to use Wisconsin as a testing ground.
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Washington
WPI
Nelson Rockefeller
Richard Nixon
Wisconsin
Alvin O'Konski
R-Wis
New York
O’konski
Rockefeller
Nixon
Longs Legislators- Apathetic, But Present
Baton Rouge, La. Enthusiastic is scarce as Governor Earl K Long convenes a 12 day special session. He lists 21 bills including one to make it harder to commit someone to a mental institution dubbed Phantom Bill No 21.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Southeast
Louisiana State Mental Hospital
Three Unions Involved In Strike At Kennecott Copper
Kennecott Copper operations in four western states halted as 11,500 workers idled in a three-union strike over new contracts. Pickets lined Utah Nevada Arizona and New Mexico sites, with 17 other Kennecott unions honoring the walkout. Estimated daily losses reach 250000 for workers and 600000 for the company.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Kennecott Copper Corp
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
United Steelworkers of America
International Association of Machinists
Kennecott
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
International Union of Wine, Mill and Smelter Workers
USW
Explorer VI Carries Record Orbit for Satellite
Explorer VI posts a wider orbit than expected as Orbit-26,400 miles high at peak and 157 miles low, with a 91,140 mile Earth sweep. satellite weighs 142 pounds and launched Friday from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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Washington
America
Earth
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Private Firms Form Milwaukee Development Group To Fight Blight
Nineteen business firms pledge up to $100000 a year to aid downtown decay and urban blight in Milwaukee. Edmund Fitzgerald of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. leads the group, which will be known temporarily as the Milwaukee Development Group and will contribute funds when needed.
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Milwaukee
Edmund Fitzgerald
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Milwaukee Development Group
Deserters From Tibet Reported in India In Parliament
Prime Minister Nehru told Parliament that 40 persons of non-Tibetan origin are among thousands who fled Tibet to India. He did not confirm they are Chinese army deserters, saying they are being investigated.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Tibet
Archbishop Lafitte, 71, Dies in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires reports the death of Msgr. Fermin Lafitte, 71, the newly appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of Buenos Aires, who died Saturday. The church leader had become archbishop recently and served in Argentina's capital.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Fermin Lafitte
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