Rockefeller and wife escape Albany mansion blaze
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and his wife fled a flash fire that destroyed part of the historic New York executive mansion in Albany. Firemen rescued three servants, and the loss was set at about 500000 including valuable paintings and Harriman gifts. The cause remained undetermined.
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Albany
N. Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Executive
Rockefeller
W. Averell Harriman
Rockfeller
Harriman
Gilbert Stuart
Thomas Sully
Rockefellers
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Pablo Picasso
Vincent van Gogh
Gov
Mrs. Rockefeller
Soviet try to restore contact with Venus rocket
Soviet scientists reported by Tass that radio contact with the Venus bound rocket could not be reestablished last Monday. The automatic interplanetary station remains out of contact fifteen days after its launch from an Earth orbiting space vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Tass
New Turkish cabinet formed from all parties
Ankara Turkey President Cemal Gursel announced the creation of a new cabinet including members from every party represented in the constituent assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ankara
Turkey
Cemal Gursel
Constituent Assembly
U S Navy tender blocks pacifist canoes at Holy Loch
The U S Navy tender Proteus moored at Holy Loch base after a comic blockade by six pacifist canoes. All canoes were swamped and their occupants arrested as police chased the protesters. The Patrick Henry submarine is en route, with a 950 crew aboard. Photographer Eugene Meece of Dayton greeted Scots at the shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proteus
Clyde
Patrick
New London
Conn
Superior Man Killed As Car Leaves Road
Leo Rehl of Superior, age 26, died from injuries after his car ran off a dead end in rural Douglas County. The incident occurred Tuesday with death reported Thursday night, contributing to Wisconsin 1961 traffic toll reaching 129 compared with 106 last year on this date.
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Superior
Wis
Leo Rehl
Douglas County
Wisconsin
Slayer Faces Psychiatric Exam After Slaying Case
Fred Thompson the confessed slayer of 4 year old Edith Kiccorius was committed to Belle Vue Hospital in New York for psychiatric examination. Senate Republican leader Everett Dirksen said he would seek to postpone final action on federal judges until March 16. The House Armed Services Committee unanimously approved restoring Dwight Eisenhower to his pre White House five star Army rank.
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Edith Kiccorius
Bellevue Hospital
Washington
Ipl
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
House Armed Services Committee
Eisenhower
White House
Kennedy
New Mother Found Dead In Harbor
Kenosha police and Coast Guard crews recovered the body of Mrs. Mary Willems 28 found in the harbor channel shortly after 8 30 a m her husband Ralph reported she was missing since 1 30 a m from their home at 2613 25th Ave their two week old son Roger Owen was being cared for by the paternal grandmother Detective Captain Arthur J Riley notified the husband and father of the death as coroner Edward J Wavro and detectives began an inquiry Coastguardsmen Peter J Anderson and Theodore R Teegarden found the body and notified authorities.
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Kenosha
Harbor
Mary Willems
Ralph
American Motors Corp
Roger Owen
Willems
25Th Ave
Arthur J. Riley
Detective Bureau
Peter J. Anderson
Theodore R. Teegarden
Coast Guard
Edward J. Wavro
Walter Chase
Joseph Smolinski
Walter Nesgood
6Th Ave
Walter
Satchmo Returns From World Tour As Goodwill Messenger
Louis Armstrong the State Department's ambassador extraordinary to the world returned to New York after an eight month Europe Africa tour that spread goodwill in Congo Ivory Coast Rhodesia and Ghana. He said the trip served humanitarian aims and noted a tribal ritual in Ghana that failed to honor him with a drink.
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New York
Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong
State Department
Europe
Africa
Congo
Louis
Leopoldville
Okuka Lokole
Ghana
Indiana Explosion Kills 22 Miners Near Terre Haute Viking shaft blast
A flash explosion in the Viking Coal mine near Terre Haute, Indiana killed 22 miners. Rescue operations lasted about 10 hours as workers pulled bodies from 265 feet underground amid smoke and coal gas. Officials planned an investigation to determine the cause.
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Indiana
Terre Haute
Ind
Viking
Wabash River
Birch Brooks
Viking Coal Corp
Wabash
Public Service Company of Indiana
Charles A. Purcell
Speed Up Tax Refunds Ordered
The Internal Revenue Service is speeding up income tax refunds to inject money into the economy. President Kennedy and IRS Director Mortimer Caplin urged taxpayers entitled to refunds on 1960 taxes to file promptly so refunds can be issued early.
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Washington
UPI
Internal Revenue Service
White House
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
Mortimer Caplin
Weather outlook for Kenosha brings moisture after dry spell
Cloudy skies and light rain expected tonight and Saturday. Temperatures stay relatively warm with a low around 28 to 35 degrees and a high near 40 to 50. Southport records show a 61 degree high yesterday and a 29 degree low, with today’s readings around 48 at Southport and 47 downtown. Sunrise and sunset listed as 6 24 and 5 43.
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Kenosha
Southport Park
Southport
American Motors
Jury Weighs Weger Case in Starved Rock Slay Trial
Ottawa Illinois reports a jury, seven women and five men, deliberates the murder trial of Chester Weger charged with killing three Chicago area women in Starved Rock State Park on March 11 1960. The case centers on Lillian Oetting Frances Murphy and Mildred Lingquist. Weger faces possible death penalty.
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Ottawa
Ill
Chester
Rocky) Weger
LaSalle County
Weger
Starved Rock State Park
Lillian Oetting
Frances Murphy
Mildred Linquist
Chicago
Richardson
McNamara
Nelson Sees 160 Million Debt by 1963
Gov. Gaylord Nelson warned the Wisconsin Assembly that state debt could reach 160 million dollars by 1963. He urged constitutional change to allow general obligation bonds for public buildings, with debt limited to one percent of property value and annual borrowing cap at 38 million. Opponents favored tax revisions before any debt expansion.
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Madison
Gaylord Nelson
Nelson
Assembly State Affairs Committee
Wisconsin
J. R. Rothermel
State Building Commission
Wisconsin Manufacturers’ Association
State Chamber of Commerce
John Donaldson
Chamber of Commerce
Donald Wischer
Greendale
Short of Goal Titan Missile Falls Short Over Atlantic
Premature shutdown of a Titan intercontinental range missile caused it to plunge into the Atlantic Thursday night, far short of the intended 6,100 mile goal. The setback ends a string of two successes for the new model at Cape Canaveral Florida.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic
Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko Heads to U.N. League Assembly
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko left Moscow by plane for the United Nations General Assembly in New York to participate in the important session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
U.N. General Assembly
New York
Blanchard Urges Sales Tax Path for Tax Revision
Assembly Speaker David Blanchard told Kenosha Taxpayers Inc that a sales tax could guide tax revision. He cited duties to slow industry flight and fund a record governor budget while urging honest reform and restraint on new government growth.
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Blanchard
Taxpayers— Assembly
David Blanchard
Rodgerton
Kenosha Taxpayers, Inc
Elks Club
Assembly
Wisconsin
R-Edgerton
Lincoln Inauguration Reenactment Marks Centennial Ceremony
Washington observes the 100th anniversary of Lincoln's oath with a re enactment featuring John Collison as Lincoln and Carl Sandburg as principal speaker. The event includes Timed roles for Taney Douglas Hamlin and a luncheon at the Willard Hotel with a mock turtle soup menu. Rep Fred Schwengel leads the organizing committee with bipartisan support.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Willard Hotel
White House
Lincoln
John €. Collison
Supreme Court
Roger B. Taney
Stephen Douglas
Hannibal Hamlin
Fred Schwengel
Lowa
Paul H. Douglas
D-Il
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Peter F. Mack Jr
En K. Denton
William G. Bray
R-Ind
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Grover Cleveland
Roosevelts
Theodore
Franklin D
Russ
New Turk
U.S
Fred
Dirksen
OKAY
Coastguard
Satchmo
Lisbon
Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Southern Rhodesia
Bulawayo
Louis Armstrong
Ken Jung
KTI
George Shields
Forest Nelson
Park Lodge
John A. MacNamara
William Dummett
Robert E. Richardson
Virginia
Illinois
Carl Sandburg
Sam Rayburn
Congress
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