Tornado Rips Area North of Park Falls
A seven mile north of Park Falls region was hit by a tornado with a five mile path. Farms of Pritzl Treml Wardensky and Richter suffered severe damage including a cow barn collapse. Power and telephone lines failed over a twenty mile zone. Rhinelander area also faced outages and crop damage.
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Park Falls
Wistoutie
Ps Malach
Ed Pritzl
Bob Treml
Theo Wardensky
al Richter
Pritzl
Wardensky Farm
Richter Place
Treml Farm
Glidden
Rhinelander
Oneida County
Drownings in Wisconsin Involve Nurse and Teen
Two drownings occur in Wisconsin on Monday. Eugene Fubrings a rural Stratford resident dies after stepping from a sand bar into Big Long Lake Washburn County. Karen Dunnigan a nurse from Black River Falls drowns at Warden's Resort while wading with Charlotte Farrell of La Crosse.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse
Big Long Lake
Washburn County
Marathon County
Eugene Fubrings
Stratford
Karen Dunnigan
Black River Falls
Dunnigan
St. Francis Hospital
Warden's Resort
Sarona
Charlotte Farrell
Fyrings
Cherokee County Park
Keshena Teen Killed in One Car Wisconsin Crash
Phillis Kuester 18 of Keshena died from injuries after a car she drove left a country road south of Gresham. She was thrown from the vehicle onto a rock pile. The 1961 Wisconsin highway toll reached 516 with this crash.
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Wisconsin
Phillis Kuester
Keshena
Shawano Municipal Hospital
Gresham
Navy Extends Duty For 26,800 In Readiness Surge
Washington UPI reports the Navy will keep 26,800 sailors on active duty an extra six to twelve months starting next month as part of Kennedy's military buildup amid heightened Berlin tensions. The president met with advisers while the Air Force alerted reserves and the Army moved divisions toward combat readiness for possible deployment to Europe.
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Washington
UPI
Navy
U. S
Kennedy
Berlin
United States
Europe
Eastern Air Lines Crew Returns Hijacked Liner From Cuba
An Eastern Air Lines crew flew to Havana to retrieve the hijacked $3.2 million airliner. The 10 man team followed a Cu ban plane to Key West and included the pilot co pilot and engineer who were aboard when a Miami Beach waiter forced the plane to Cuba on July 24. The Cubans then sent a patrol boat to Havana with a six person crew and three ferry men. Navy and Defense moves describe extended tours for service members and expanded training centers as part of a broader buildup.
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Miami
Aph
Eastern Air Lines
Havana
Key West
Miami Beach
Cuba
Herbert C. Dobbs
Eastern
W. E. Buchanan
J. N. Yandel
P. A. Knudsen
Buchanan
Annapolis
Key West International Airport
Florida Straits
U.S. Immigration Headquarters
Coast Guard Station
Defense Department
Air National Guard
Air Force Reserve
Army
Fort Carson
Colo
Weather Fair and Cooler Tonight and Wednesday
Tonight will be cool with a low around 55 to 62 and a high Wednesday of 70 to 76. No rain is expected in the near term. Noon readings show 82 Downtown, 87 at American Motors, and 80 at Southport. Yesterday’s high and low were 87 and 60. Sunrise was 5 58 and sunset 7 52.
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American Motors
Southport
New Polaris Sub to Join Fleet After Six-Mirth Launch
Cape Canaveral reports say the Abraham Lincoln submarine will become the Navy fifth operational Polaris craft after a one day mission firing six missiles four successful. The sub moved to Charleston to load 16 nuclear missiles before patrols below the ocean. A defense denial contrasts a reliable source claiming all launches occurred Saturday near Grand Bahama Island with four rockets hitting targets over 1000 miles away. The other two fell short but were deemed partially successful.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla—P
United States
Navy
Charleston
S. C
Defense Department
Atlantic Ocean
Grand Bahama Island
Cape
Senate confirms Hardie as U.S. marshal for western Wisconsin
The Senate approved President Kennedy's nomination of Keith Hardie to be U.S. marshal for western Wisconsin, advancing federal law enforcement leadership in that district.
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Washington
Senate Today
Kennedy
Keith Hardie
Wisconsin
Grandstand Collapse Injures Thirteen at Otis AFB Event
A 30 foot section of the grandstand at Otis Air Force Base collapsed before a semi pro baseball game injuring about a dozen people, with around 100 spectators in the affected area. Firefighters and emergency crews assisted. investigation into cause continues.
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Otis Air Force Base
Mass
West Berlin braces for pressure as Berlin wall tightens
Western powers protest East Berlin border closure as Col. Solovyev defends moves. West Berlin mayor Brandt calls for a mass protest outside City Hall and Adenauer seeks sanctions. Refugees cross borders despite heavy guard while East German authorities halt postal links and threaten further limits.
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Willy Brandt
Near Agreement on Penalties for East Germany
Washington reports near agreement among the United States Britain France and West Germany on retaliatory measures to punish East Germany for barring the West Berlin refugee escape route. Officials planned detailed proposals with Asst. Secretary of State Foy D. Kohler before presenting them to their governments.
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Soviet Union
Berlin
Harold Macmillan
Soviet Bloc
Macmillan
Lord Home
Moscow
Khrushchev
West Berlin
Moscow Radio
Germany
Washington
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
East Germany
Asst
Foy D. Kohler
Rayburn Sees Passage For Foreign Aid Bill
House Speaker Sam Rayburn forecasts congressional passage of a "pretty good" foreign aid bill to help the Kennedy administration meet its objectives. He cautions that amendments may appear and notes a strong campaign against any aid measure. Belief remains high that Senate votes will come before day's end.
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Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Congress
Rayburn
Kennedy
White House
United States
Senate
Southern Gypsy King Buried Holding Cash
Williams 43, king of the southern gypsies, was buried with money in his hands after dying of a heart attack at a Daytona Beach dog track. The Miami based leader, elected in 1954, ruled a nine state gypsy realm and organized a series of funeral feasts in his honor.
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Miami
UPI
Miller Williams
Williams
Land of the Dead
Daytona Beach
Atlanta
United States
King
Barriers Erected In East Germany At Berlin Crossing
East German authorities used trucks to place concrete slabs at border crossing points between East and West Berlin. Police replaced barbed wire with solid barriers diverted from prefab housing projects.
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East Berlin
Berlin
Communist “Peoples Police
East
West Berlin
Berlin refugees shot while fleeing to West in canal episode
Communist police fired on three East Germans escaping to the West. A man and wife swam the Blitz Canal despite bullets, and another refugee rammed a barrier to reach West Berlin amid gunfire from the eastern bank.
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Berlin
UPD
Blitz Canal
West Berlin
49ers Trade Y A Tittle to Giants for Cordileone
San Francisco veteran quarterback Y A Tittle was traded today to the New York Giants in exchange for lineman Lou Cordileone.
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San Francisco
Y. A. Tittle
San Francisco 49Ers
New York Giants
Lou Cordileone
Vacation Daze at Stone Mountain Highlight Local Wonder
The piece extols Stone Mountain near Atlanta as the largest solid granite mass, seven miles around and 1600 feet high, calling it the eighth wonder. It promotes Vacation Pac by Kenosha Evening News OL 7-5121, offering safe newspaper delivery while travelers are away with no extra charge.
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Stone Mountain
Atlanta
Kenosha Evening News
Red Guards Oust Peace Marchers in Germany Trek
In Helmstedt East Germany 35 Peace Marchers mainly Americans and West Germans were ousted by Red Guards after rejecting a transport offer to Poland. The San Francisco to Moscow group planned to reach Moscow by Oct 25 on foot to distribute pamphlets advocating atomic disarmament.
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Helmstedt
Germany
East Germany
Poland
San Francisco
Moscow
Israel votes in fifth Knesset election test for Ben-Gurion era
Voters in Jerusalem participate in Israel's fifth parliamentary ballot in 13 years. The election tests Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion's popularity as parties compete nationwide for seats in the Knesset.
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Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
David Ben-Gurion
Asbestos Workers Go On Strike in Wisconsin and Illinois
About 200 asbestos workers from southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois walked off Monday, threatening to halt most construction unless wage demands are met. Local 19 secretary-treasurer Henry Hug says roughly 120 members left Milwaukee jobs, with others on projects in Madison Racine Kenosha Janesville Beloit and Rockford Illinois. The strike covers workers within an area bounded by Port Washington La Crosse and Zion Illinois.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Illinois
Henry Hug
Local 19
Asbestos Workers Union
Madison
Racine
Kenosha
Janesville
Beloit
Rockford
Port Washington
la Crosse and
Zion
IIL
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Butternut-Schnur Lake Resort
United Press International
USO
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Community Chest
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Hardie
West
U.S
Andrei I. Solovyev
Karlshorst
Bonn
London
East German
Interior Ministry
Konrad Adenauer
East Ger
Kurt Scharf
Evangelical Church
Otto Dibelius
Adenauer
Regensburg
NATO
Richard Stuecklen
Walter Ulbricht
Sievekassen
Brandenburg Gate
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Jpi
United Air Lines
Honolulu
Los Angeles International Airport
Federal Reserve Board
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