Three Gunmen Slay Deputy At Lake Delton
Three gunmen from Chicago opened fire in Lake Delton Wisconsin killing Deputy James Jantz and wounding Police Chief Robert Kohl. The survivors fled into rural areas as a large manhunt with 100 officers and helicopters followed. Names and aliases tied to prior Illinois burglary ties surfaced as investigators recovered wallet cards and notes in the car.
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Lake Delton
Wis
Chicago
Wisconsin Dells
Richard Nickel
Lyndon Station
Illinois
McHenry County
Dellview
Isnala
Mirror Lake
James Jantz
Baraboo
Lake Belton
Robert Kohl
Jantz
Kohl
Fred Bayer
Bayer
U.S. 16
Lawrence Janek
Richard Carlson
William Hansen
Melrose Park
Ill
William J. Welter
Richard Wickel
Richard Nicholes
Audrey Nickel
Prospect Heights
I. McHenry County
U N Opens Special Meet on Tunisia
The United Nations General Assembly, chaired by Frederic Boland, opened a special session as 32 nations backed a resolution urging France to negotiate the withdrawal of all troops, including the Bizerte base, from Tunisia. Tunisia urged Western powers to join with the Soviet Union in demanding French troop withdrawal.
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N.Y
Tunisia
United States
France
U.N
Tunisian
Mongi Slim
U.N. General Assembly
Slim
Assembly
Bizerte
Soviet Union
Congo
Frederic H. Boland
Ireland
Security Council
Africa
Asia
Yugoslavia
New Law Requires Use of Car Headlights
Wisconsin Governor Gaylord Nelson signed a law requiring headlights from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise to prevent using parking lights as a substitute and improve highway safety.
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Madison
UPI
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
Violence Tightens Guiana Vote Clash
In Georgetown British Guiana voters faced a tense election day amid violence and fears of a leftist surge. The PPP led by Dr Cheddi Jagan faced a strong challenge from Forbes Burnham's People's National Congress and the United Force backing Peter dAguair.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Peoples Progressive Party
PPP
Cheedl Jagan
People’s National Congress Party
Forbes Burnham
United Force
Peter dAguair
Berlin border clash heightens Cold War tension
Western Allied troops moved to the East-West Berlin border as 500 armed East German police surged onto the opposite side, marking the first border stand since the Berlin crisis began eight days earlier. The UAW then announced the Chrysler contract would end August 31, aligning with GM and Ford deals, while Tunisia accused France of aggression over Bizertes base and threatened possible actions. At Trane Co. about 1,800 IAM members walked out in a contract dispute.
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Berlin
U.S
West Berlin
Kennedy
East Germany
Johnson
Mannheim
West Germany
CAP Plane Crash Kills Two Men in Wisconsin
Two Civil Air Patrol members, Norman G. Wise and Robert W. Hughs, were killed when their light plane crashed north of Wisconsin Dells during a state wide CAP exercise. The pilot was Wise, 40, of Madison, with observer Hughs, 27, of Middleton. A note found at the scene read There s a fire in the woods.
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Friendship
Wis
APD
Dane County
Wisconsin Dells
Adams County Sheriff's Department
Norman G. Wise
Madison
Robert W. Hughs
Middleton
Matt Thiesen
Theisen
Frank Serles
CAP
Richard Reynard
Alexander Field
Wisconsin Rapids
Manitoba Forest Fires Strain Regional Fire Crews
Ninety five forest fires burned across Manitoba as hot dry conditions persisted. Officials warned weather would likely worsen the outbreak, already at its peak for the year, threatening additional property damage and strain on firefighting resources.
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Winnipeg
Man
UPI
Manitoba
Lack of High School Facilities Forces Emergency Measures
Overcrowding at Bradford High prompts stop gap steps for 1962 with Tremper High opening in 1963 at earliest. Officials weigh outside classrooms and transfers as enrollment nears 2,600 for fall.
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Bradford High
New Tremper High School
Board of Education
Bradford High School
H. R. Maurer
Tremper High
Mary Zicarelli
Maurer
Kenosha
Mary D. Bradford
Robert Cooley
Tremper High School
Cooley
Otto Huettner
Huettner
Wisconsin Road Toll Up 16 This Weekend
Weekend Wisconsin highway crashes killed 16 people including a Trempealeau County family of five near Menomonie. Other deaths followed in Dunn and Waukesha counties with multiple injuries and travelers from Illinois and Mexico among the victims.
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Wisconsin Road
Wisconsin
Trempealeau County
Menomonie
Dunn County
Chicago and North Western
Ernest A. Yarnall
Osseo
Fern
William
Jeffery
Ronald
Yarnalls
Winnebago County
William Sommers
Neenah
Henry Becker
Brillion
Becker
Hugo Clarence Hornig
Summit Hospital
Okaochee
Waukesha County
Raymon Cortello
Mexico
Sturgeon Bay
Leonel Beltram
Sister Bay
Izetta Gile
Grantsburg
Burnett County
Sheboygan
Harold W. Maffert
Johnsonville
Cheese Company Blast Kills One in Coleman Wisconsin
An explosion at Badger State Cheese Co in Coleman Wisconsin killed Melvin Conrad 47 and injured Wayne Murrah 20. Factory manager Kenneth Olson cited a water filled electrically operated cream separator as the blast source, with widespread damage across the plant and nearby homes.
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Coleman
Wis
Badger State Cheese Co
Melvin Conrad
Wayne Murrahh
Kenneth Olson
Conrad
Olson
French housemaid accused of training child pickpockets
Police in Dijon say Mrs Raymond Gueanaoui, 37, jailed for allegedly teaching four children aged 8 to 12 to pickpocket. The youths allegedly lifted wallets containing about 400 dollars over several months.
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Dijon
France
Raymond Gueanaoui
Weather outlook with clouds and possible showers
Cloudy conditions and cooler air move in with tonight’s low in the upper 50s. Tuesday will be cloudy with showers or thundershowers likely and a high in the 70s. Noon readings: Southport 76, American Motors 73, Downtown 71.
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Southport
American Motors
West Side
Rockefeller Calls Special Session to Declare NYC Schools Emergency
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller urged a special session of the New York Legislature to declare a state of emergency in New York City public schools. The GOP plan seeks sweeping reforms while Democrats push back on certain details amid a Democratic city administration.
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Albany
N. Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
New York City
Rockefeller
Pravda Criticizes Johnson Berlin Mission
Pravda Berlin dispatch says U S Vice President Lyndon B Johnson aimed to heat up the tense mood in West Berlin by visiting the divided city during the Cold War era.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda Today
Berlin
U.S
Lyndon B. Johnson
West Berlin
Johnson Back Reports Strengthened Free World Ties
Lyndon B. Johnson returned to Washington from a 36 hour West Berlin visit with President Kennedy confirming that free world ties with West Berlin and West Germany are stronger and more enduring. He landed at Andrews Air Force Base after a 7 hour 45 minute flight from Berlin. Johnson praised German leadership and described the reception as heart warming while Kennedy remained in Hyannis Port.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
West Berlin
Andrews Air Force Base
Johnson
Berlin
Shannon
Ireland
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
George W. Ball
Wilhelm Grewe
White House
Hyannis Port
Mass
United States
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Willy Brandt
U.S
Salinger
Edgartown
Martha’s Vineyard
Second Million-Dollar Blaze on Waterfront at Weehawken
A 3:20 a.m. blaze at the abandoned West Shore terminal across from Manhattan drew 400 firefighters from seven New Jersey towns aided by New York City and U S Coast Guard fireboats. It took 22 hours to control, destroying ferry slips 11 sheds and a trucking office along with two burned cars and two lumberloaded freight cars. Two civilians and five firefighters required medical aid.
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N. J
UPI
New York Central Railroad
Old West Shore
Midtown Manhattan
Hudson River
New Jersey
New York City
U. S. Coast Guard
West Shore
Manhattan
Port of
New York
Jersey Cities
Ministers Weigh Berlin Talks in Western Conference Plans
Western powers consider a foreign ministers conference on Berlin with consultations among the four power group in Washington. A foreign ministers meeting could be set for next month in New York to align strategy for Soviet negotiations later this year. East West talks before year end now appear almost certain.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
New York
General Assembly
United Nations
Soviet Union
Terrorists Kill 18 in Algiers Violence
News report details a weekend terrorist attack in Algiers Algeria that killed 18 people and wounded 22 others according to updates. Authorities investigate possible groups and motives as casualty figures are confirmed.
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Algiers
Algeria
UPD
West Berlin Police Relax State Alarm As Johnson Sees Will to Stand
West Berlin ends most of its state of alarm as Johnson and U.S. forces reinforce the city. Thirteen thousand officers shift back to normal patrols while border duty continues. Johnson's Berlin visit is hailed as boosting Western resolve against the Communist threat.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Johnson
Kennedy
Bonn
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Konrad Adenauer
ADN
U.S
Rail Strike Ties Up Buenos Aires Network
Rail workers began a 48 hour strike at 12 01 a m paralyzing the nationalized railway network. Buses and trucks replaced commuter trains to move workers from suburbs to jobs in the city.
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Buenos Aires
Writer Cameron Shipp Dead at 57 in Hollywood
Hollywood mourns writer Cameron Shipp aged 57 who died Sunday from a heart attack. Shipp collaborated on life stories of film figures such as Billie Burke and Lionel Barrymore and contributed to leading magazines. In recent years he worked as a screen publicist.
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Hollywood
Cameron Shipp
Billie Burke
Lionel Barrymore
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