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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1961
Page
1
A mob in Algiers burned through Belcourt district as Algerian rebels urged an all day strike. French police and soldiers fired over the crowd and used tear gas to stop rioters. An army officer was wounded and mobs showered troops with debris while banners proclaimed support for Ferhat Abbas and rebel aims.
The National Education Association adopted its strongest policy to support the May 1954 Supreme Court desegregation order. After six volatile years the NEA united Northern and Southern affiliates on a clear platform, ending bitter internal conflict.
President Kennedy arrives with Jacqueline and two children at Hyannis Port on Cape Cod for a quiet Fourth of July weekend. A security perimeter blocks access as family members gather in a compound with relatives and seven Kennedy children. The Air Force jet transports the party from Washington to Otis AFB nearby.
The Central Bank of China, erased after the 1949 collapse of the mainland regime, resumed operations today in Taipei Formosa signaling a return to financial activity.
A Scout four stage rocket failed to ignite during a Friday launch from Wallops Island Virginia. The craft appeared to lift off cleanly before the third stage failed, ending the attempt to deploy a beer can satellite for studying tiny space bullets.
Washington reports the United States and Russia ended two weeks of first phase talks in a stalemate and agreed to resume negotiations in Moscow in July. The outlook remains bleak amid ongoing disagreements and stalled progress in the disarmament process.
A pickup wrong way on U S 91 near Jean Nevada collided with a station wagon killing 11 people. The Gibson family of Big Creek and San Bernardino Calif and a Manhattan Beach couple perished along with two Gibson relatives. A dog in the pickup survived. its mate died. Leo H Watkins 52 Manhattan Beach died with his wife Floree Frances 49.
Lusitania News Agency reported scores of native workers were massacred in a rebel attack in Angola, Portugal's West African colony, with details continuing to emerge from Lisbon.
San Diego youth Terry Wayne McClelland recounts three days adrift after his grandfather and Alvin Hartman died in a Pacific storm. The 36-foot cabin cruiser Tim-C sank 90 miles off Southern California. the submarine USS Diodon rescued McClelland and rushed him to base where his mother awaited.
The Castro indemnity dispute derailed a prisoner exchange plan involving 1,197 inmates. John Hooker Jr. and the Tractors for Freedom Committee said no indemnity and no tractors would be exchanged, citing national honor. Prisoners await next steps in Miami after their arrival from Costa Rica.
Federal mediators faced a split in the nationwide maritime strike as one union rejected a conditional agreement reached by another over wages deemed too high. The 16 day walkout involves a dispute over subsidies and organizing rights on 450 U.S. owned foreign flag ships with union and management factions divided.
Milan police officer Mario Oscuri questioned a man for six hours then had him jailed on minor counts. After the van left, the officer noticed a 10 000 lire bill missing from his desk, phoned the jail, and the frisk revealed the bill leading to an additional charge.
A near head on collision on Wisconsin Highway 50 west of County Trunk 6 killed Ralph Struck, 38, of Chicago and Christine Kaderia, 12, of Chicago, marking Wisconsin's 15th and 16th traffic deaths of 1961. Four others were injured, including Mrs. Sarah Boyd, 27, and her two sons Vincent, 6, and Raymond Jeffery, 4. The crash occurred just before 5:45 a.m. with deputies and rescue squads responding.
Fire raged over 250000 acres of timberland in northwestern Ontario on Friday as 48 fires burned. Light rain in Manitoba did little to ease conditions and 35 Manitoba blazes were brought under control Friday.
Scattered thunderstorms march eastward today with arrival expected tonight. Readings noon show 85 at American Motors and downtown, 83 at Southport. high Friday 82, low 63. Tonight's low near 64. Sunday expected fair and cooler. Monday fair and mild. Sunrise 5 20, sunset 8 29.
U S Attorney George E. Rapp of Madison was fined 50 dollars plus 10 dollars costs after pleading no contest to a reduced traffic charge. The offense stemmed from veering off U S 14 in Oregon on May 28. Proctor credited insufficient evidence for dropping DUI charges and added four driving-violation points.
A British aircraft carrier Bulwark landed Marines and tanks in Kuwait to bolster defense amid Iraqi threats. Hunter jets and 52 ton Centurion tanks with 750 troops joined the British force with two frigates and Kuwaiti authorities. Iraq denied troop buildup and cross border attacks while Kuwait seeks UN Security Council action and Arab League support.
Japan and Indonesia signed a trade and commerce treaty in Tokyo granting most favored nation status to each other and liberalizing travel restrictions.
Governor Gaylord Nelson declares the Fourth of July traffic toll an outrageous slaughter and orders a Wisconsin traffic emergency. He asks police to intensify enforcement and urges nonessential travelers to stay home. State leaders Reynolds Karns and Milwaukee safety officials call for tougher enforcement, self-restraint, and a high level crisis plan.
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