Lightning Fatalities Hit Fort Benning Rifle Range
Four Army recruits dead and fifteen hospitalized after a lightning strike at the Jacelin Handrich rifle range on Fort Benning Georgia. The victims Melvin White James Whitaker Billy Casebolt and Donald Dinnardo were part of the 9th Infantry Second Infantry Division. A defense ordered quarantine limited interviews with injured and witnesses.
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Fort Benning
Fort Benning Military Reservation
Martin Army Hospital
PIO
Melvin C. White, Jr
Macon
James E. Whitaker
New Paltz
N. Y
Billy G. Casebolt
Ford
A. C. Mitchell
Jacelin- Handrich
Mitchell
9Th Infantry
Second Infantry
Army
Department of Defense
Republicans Kill State Farm Bill in Wisconsin
Gov. Gaylord Nelson accused GOP senators of ignoring farmers as a two thirds vote defeated a bill to let farmers enter marketing agreements. The measure would have set standards quotas and promoted product sales with Democratic support and only a few Republicans opposing. Lt. Gov. Warren Knowles cast the tie breaking vote to kill the bill.
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Madison
Gaylord Nelson
Nelson
GOP
Wisconsin
Warren Knowles
Hartford Plant Razed by Fire
A blaze at the International Stamping Co plant in Hartford destroyed the main building and additions with the roof collapsing. Fire Chief Carl Grimm put damage at 200000 dollars, saying losses could rise due to expensive machines. One fireman injured, two overcome by smoke as crews worked over three hours hampered by low water pressure. About 125 workers were employed in mufflers and parts, with another plant in Hartford employing 50.
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Hartford
International Stamping Co
Carl Grimm
Grimm
Missing Brule River Woman Possibly Kidnapped
In Brule Wisconsin 73 year old Mrs Julia Mikkola vanished from her Maple town home amid signs of violent crime and a bloodstained scene. Fifty searchers combed the woods along the Brule River as Sheriff Elmer Quist said she was likely taken by someone. A nightgown fragment and a bloodstained handkerchief tied as a gag were found two miles from the home.
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Brule
Wis
Brule River
Julia Mikkola
Maple
Douglas County
Elmer Quist
Freight train strikes ammunition truck in Oklahoma
A Northeast Oklahoma Railroad freight train collided with a trailer truck carrying 27,000 pounds of Air Force ammunition in Miami Oklahoma. Five 20 millimeter shells were scattered along the tracks for about 60 yards. The derailment damaged the locomotive but only minor injuries were reported to two people.
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Miami
Okla
Air Force
Motorboat Capsizes on Lake Winnebago Five Rescued
Three men and two women were rescued from Lake Winnebago when their 18 foot outboard boat capsized in high waves. Rescued were Edward Zimmerman and his brother Arthur both of rural Plymouth, Mr and Mrs Charles Gehl of Sherwood and Audrey Schmidt of Sherwood. All are in their 20s.
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Stockbridge
Wis
Lake Winnebago
Edward Zimmerman
Arthur
Plymouth
Charles Gehl
Sherwood
Audrey Schmidt
Newburgh Defies Laws With New Welfare Rules
Newburgh New York plans strict welfare rules set to take effect July 15 despite state and federal opposition. A state hearing in Albany urged nixing 13 regulations as illegal and discriminatory, while city officials defend the plan as fiscal necessity. Welfare costs total about 900000 yearly, with nearly 500000 from federal or state aid.
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Newburgh
N. Y
New York
Albany
State Welfare Board
O Donnell
Hudson Valley
O'Donnell
Joseph Mitchell
Mitchell
Miss Racine Tops Pageant First Night
Miss Racine a regal blonde won the evening gown portion of the Miss Wisconsin Pageant opening night in Lincoln Junior High Auditorium. Julie Carol Hannaford, 19, captured the talent half of the first round with an organ medley, while emcee Gordon Hinkley cautioned that night awards do not guarantee a final five spot.
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Milwaukee
Racine
Wisconsin
Julie Carol Hannaford
Gordon Hinkley
Julie
Lincoln Junior High School
Karen Marie Fahrenbach
Three Fatalities Raise State Toll
The Wisconsin traffic toll for 1961 rose to 408 after three more deaths. Seven year old Marie Kalmanson of Chippewa Falls died from injuries after a Thursday night car impact on Highway 178. Jesse Johnson, 59, died when his tractor overturned near Blanchardville. Richard E Turba, 10, died in Eau Claire County when his bicycle collided with a car.
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Wisconsin
Marie Kalmanson
Jerome Kalmanson
Chippewa Falls
Jesse Johnson
Blanchardville
Richard E. Turba
Eau Claire
Lawrence Turba
Elk Mound
Berlin Summit Urged by Khrushchev Amid Tense Talks
A federal, Iowa County alert follows a dairy farmer Curtis Stephens shot dead on his corn field tractor. Sheriff Ray Reese led a statewide search for a 16 year old boy who allegedly confessed to the killing. The teen, in custody for years, claimed he fired a single shot in the back. The weapon remains missing as investigators comb a woods east of the farm.
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Dodgeville
Iowa
Ray Reese
Curtis Stephens
Stephens
Reese
Here
Racine
Donald Johnson
Johnson
Johnsons
Bey
Johnson Farm
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
United States
NATO
West Berlin
Kennedy
Coal Mine Fire Kills 108 Miners in Czechoslovakia
The Ceteka agency reports a coal mine fire in Dolna Sucha within the Moravian region near Dolna Sucha 50 miles south of Ostrava. Firefighters battled the blaze after a Friday night outbreak with 108 miners killed and cause not yet known. Rescue teams mobilized from the entire coal basin and worked into the early morning hours.
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Prague
Carpathian Mountains
Ceteka
Dolna Sucha
Ostrava
Moravian Section
Czechoslovakia
Weekend Warmth Hinted By Weekend Forecast
Kenoshans may not enjoy full sun as skies stay mostly clear tonight with lows 50 to 58. Sunday brings partly cloudy skies with highs in the 70s, while Monday looks cloudy with a chance of rain and cooler temps. Noonday readings around 66 at Southport and American Motors, 65 in Downtown.
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Kenoshans
Mercury
Southport
American Motors
Fights erupt in Ciudad as Trujillo backers clash with opposition
In the Dominican Republic capital, Trujillo supporters attacked the Dominican Popular Movement headquarters and set it on fire, after anti-government protests opened. Police and fire crews battled the unrest as at least six were wounded and about 20 were arrested.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Trujillo
Rafael L. Trujillo
Dominican Popular Movement
Joaquin Balaguer
DPM
Radio
Caribe
Colon Park
Radio Caribe
U N Security Council Stalemate Over Kuwait Crisis
The United Nations Security Council failed to act on the Iraq Kuwait dispute as a Soviet veto blocked a British plan to guarantee Kuwait’s independence. The UAR bid for immediate British troop withdrawal was rejected, with Britain pulling 250 Guardsmen from Kuwait to Bahrain and keeping about 5,000 troops there. The council remains on standby to monitor Middle East tensions.
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United Nations
N.Y
Security Council
Iraq- Kuwait
United Arab Republic
Iraq
11-Nation Council
U.A.R
Soviet Union
Ceylon
Britain
Kuwait
Bahrain
Persian Gulf
Sheik Abdullah as-Salim as-Sabah
Two Men Sentenced For Evasion of Tax
Eau Claire County Judge Connor T. Hansen sentenced two men who pleaded guilty to failing to file state income taxes. Clifford G. Calkins, 52, of Woodruff, received six years probation and a $250 fine plus costs. Ernest Dominick, 47, of Stevens Point, who works in Wisconsin Rapids, was sentenced to four months in jail under the Huber Act and two years probation.
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Eau Claire
P— Eau Claire
Connor T. Hansen
Clifford G. Calkins
Woodruff
Ernest Dominick
Stevens Point
Wisconsin Rapids
Fire in Home Claims Two Lives Near Brussels Wisconsin
A 70 year old man William Martin and his eight year old grand niece Patsy DeKeyser died in a blaze that destroyed the two story frame home above Uncle Joe's Tavern two miles west of Brussels. The fire started about 10 p m in the kitchen above the tavern trapping the man and Patsy on the second floor. A DeKeyser child was rescued.
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Brussels
Wis
Door County
William Martin
Patsy DeKeyser
Harry DeKeyser
DeKeyser
Martin
Patsy
Murder Suspect Commits Suicide Amid Kidnap Case
Abel E Aragon 35 a Price Utah resident and former Navy Cross recipient shot himself Friday night as FBI agents prepared to question him about the Connecticut murder of Denise Sullivan 15 and the abduction of her daughter. Dennis status uncertain as investigators backtrack from his car along the Colorado River.
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Utah
FBI
Connecticut
Abel E. Aragon
Price
John Stocks
Denise
Jeanette Sullivan
Herber Clegg
Aragon
Albert Passie
Guam
JFK Aides Meet at Cape Cod on Berlin Crisis Talks
President Kennedy and top aides gathered at Hyannis Port for a long strategy session on Berlin. Khrushchev urged a Big Four summit and proposed a Soviet draft peace treaty with West Berlin.
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JFK
Cape Cod
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
Russia
United States
NATO
Kennedy
Charles de Gaulle
Harold Macmillan
Hyannis Port
Mass
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Maxwell Taylor
Germany
Police sweep nets hundreds in Cape Peninsula operation
More than 700 officers moved from Durban to Cape Town in a night operation sweeping the Cape Peninsula. They seized hundreds of people and illicit firearms in the crackdown.
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Durban
South Africa
Cape Peninsula
Cape Town
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