Festival Prompts Downtown Kenosha Jam
Downtown Kenosha hosts its largest festival with a three day Crazy Days promotion by the Downtown Kenosha Association. Merchants add new displays, a pet parade draws families, and amusement rides open from 10 am with traffic controlled by police. Sailors, vendors, and volunteers drive free gifts and reduced ride tickets as showers barely dampen the crowd.
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Sixth Avenue
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59Th St
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Kenosha Band Boosters Club
Superior Trucker Killed in Brake Failure No Hazard
Grand Portage Minnesota UPI reports Raymond KE Neuenfeldt 35 of Superior Wisconsin died when his truck hauling tar for a construction project failed brakes on a steep Hy 61 grade. The vehicle overturned after failing a 90 degree turn at the grade’s end.
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Koreans Ignore Armistice Date in Seoul Observed Quietly
On the eight anniversary of the Korean War ending, South Koreans marked the day with no parades or speeches, amid a military regime that seized control last May 16. The 1953 Panmunjom armistice ended a 37 month conflict with North Korea and 16 contributing nations.
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United Nations Command
Roadblocks Bar Way To West Berlin
East German army sets up machine gun roadblocks and patrols on highways to Berlin and toward Dresden to curb refugee flow. People’s Army units assist police as 12 man police squads travel on trucks while about 26 500 East Germans flee to the West this month.
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McCloy Returns to Moscow After Talks with Khrushchev
U S disarmament adviser John J McCloy returned to Moscow after two days of talks with Premier Nikita Khrushchev touching on Kennedy Berlin crisis remarks. McCloy refused to discuss Berlin and said Khrushchev sent regards but had no message for Kennedy. He planned to resume disarmament talks with Valerian Zorin and hoped for constructive progress on long range plans.
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U.S
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Zorin
Washington
Two Teens Killed in Kenosha County Crash
Two 16 year old caddies, Wayne Gavuzzi of Chicago and James Parker of Bohner's Lake Rt 5 Box 754, died when their car missed a curve on County Trunk P near Slades Corners and struck a tree. Coroner Wayre cited skull fractures and head injuries. The crash marked the county's second double fatality in a week.
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Edward Wayre
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Ed Polansky
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GOP Leaders Back Kennedy and Warn USSR Over Berlin
Senate minority leader Everett Dirksen and House minority chief Charles Halleck pledged GOP support for President Kennedy in the Berlin crisis. They urged domestic spending cuts to offset a military buildup and warned Khrushchev not to misjudge U S resolve to defend Europe, including possible nuclear action. Congress moves to approve Kennedy's 3.454 billion request plus a year of manpower authority.
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Wisconsin sales tax bill faces final Senate vote today
A Republican sponsored tax revision tied to a retail sales levy faced a final Senate vote after 11 days of Democratic GOP opposition and numerous amendments. Gov. Nelson's veto looms, and the Assembly schedule indicates movement on the measure amid budget and tax disputes.
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Gaylord Nelson
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Platteville
Frank Panzer
Brownsville
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Kennedy plan wins House Foreign Affairs Committee approval
The committee advanced President Kennedy’s five year 8.8 billion foreign aid financing plan to fund development loans via government borrowing. A separate note says a task force will depart for Paris to coordinate Allied political military and diplomatic strategy against Soviet pressure in Berlin. The Packinghouse Workers union seeks 13 week paid sabbatical leaves in a new Swift contract. The Senate Labor Committee approved five bills to improve health education and working conditions for migratory farm labor families.
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Tokyo-bound Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff in Hamburg
A Tokyo bound Boeing 707 veered off the runway during take off in Hamburg and crashed into a construction site. The jet caught fire with several passengers injured and no deaths reported in initial accounts.
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Hamburg
Germany
Weather outlook with showers easing to partial sun
The forecast notes late afternoon and evening thundershowers giving way to fair to partly cloudy skies Friday. No major temperature changes expected. Today’s noon readings: 77 Downtown, 71 Southport, 78 American Motors. yesterday high 77, low 62. Tonight's low 58 to 65, Friday high 77 to 85. Sunrise 5:40, sunset 8:15.
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American Motors
Vacation Daze Alaska Vacation Offer Local Ad
Alaska the 49th state is the focus with extreme climate notes from -70 F to 70 F and Mt McKinley height. Readers are urged to call Kenosha Evening News OL 7-5121 for delivery and savings with Vacation Pac service.
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Kenosha
Two Youngsters Drown in State
Wisconsin waters claim two children's lives in separate accidents on Wednesday. Bobby Marks, 5, fell from a bridge guard rail into Crawfish River at Columbus and drowned. Katherine Korailis, 7, drowned in five feet of water at a Fox Lake public beach shortly after lifeguards left.
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Columbus
Bobby Marks
William Marks
Katherine Korailis
Fox Lake
Dodge County
William Korallis
Fox Sage
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