Fear of Large Scale Conflict in Congo Escalates
Clashes between U.N. and Congo forces plus a UN ultimatum to Katanga raised the risk of a major war. Battles were reported at Kitona and Banana bases, with at least one Congo soldier killed in Banana. Tunisian troops near Leopoldville were deterred from invading a Congo camp to free a Tunisian officer.
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Leopoldville
Congo
U.N
Katanga
Kitona
Banana
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjjold
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Joseph Kasavu
Tananarive
Malagasy
Madagascar
Joseph Ileo
Kasavubu
Weger gets life with parole in 20 years verdict
Jurors in the Chester Rocky Weger murder trial convict him of slaying Mrs Lillian Oetting at Starved Rock State Park. Weger faces life imprisonment with parole possible in 20 years under Illinois law. The verdict followed nine hours and 40 minutes of deliberation.
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Ottawa
Ill
Chester
Rocky) Weger
Nancy Porter
Illinois
Weger
Lillian Oetting
Starved Rock State Park
Explosion damages five room home near East Peoria
An explosion destroyed a five room frame house four miles north of East Peoria. No injuries were reported though a sleeping woman was thrown from her bed as windows shattered in nearby homes. Fire Marshal Walter Parker to lead an extensive investigation. No one was at home at the time.
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East Peoria
Tll
Here
Walter Parker
Plane Missing Over Peoria Area Flight From Peoria To Wheaton
A private four seater Piper Tri Pacer with Thomas Butler aboard disappeared after radioing he was lost while on a Peoria to Wheaton flight. Authorities feared a crash as Civil Air Patrol organized search centers at Peoria and DuPage County Airports and about 50 to 60 planes stood by despite dense fog.
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Peoria
Ilc
UPD
Wheaton
Thomas Butler
Addison
Greater Peoria
Civil Air Patrol
DuPage County
Students Evacuated Safely in School Fire
Fire damaged a storeroom offices and hallway at Marine on St. Croix elementary. About 100 pupils escaped in two minutes after smoke was spotted. Principal David Graham praised the orderly evacuation and noted students wore no coats as they exited.
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Marine On
Lincoln's Inaugural Recurs With Actors in Washington
Washington marks the 100th anniversary with a staged reenactment of Lincoln's 1861 oath. Actor Lincoln rides in a horse drawn buggy with period troops, while Carl Sandberg and Rep. Fred Sehwengel speak. A recreated oath faces challenges of authenticity and public nerves.
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Lincoln
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Capitol
Carl Sandberg
Fred Sehwengel
A Lowa
Joint Committee On
Sam Rayburn
Stephen A. Douglas
Mrs. Lincoln
Roger B. Taney
Hannibal Hamlin
Pennsylvania Avenue
West Germany Revalues Mark to Ease Dollar Pressure
West Germany revalued the mark to 4 marks per dollar from 4.20, a move aimed at reducing dollar demand and curbing export advantage. The change was announced by Deutsche Bank and confirmed by the economics ministry, with details to be released at a Bonn briefing.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S
Deutsche Bank
Bonn
Stock Exchange
Europe
West Germany
Riot injures ten at Folsom Prison amid black Muslim tension
At Folsom Prison California ten convicts—six Black Muslims and four whites—were wounded in a late night riot sparked by dining hall sit ins and racial tension. Warden Heinze called the incident incendiary and warned of possible further clashes.
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Folsom
Calif
Folsom Prison
Robert Heinze
Sacramento
Heinze
Joe C. Croffland
Alameda County
Soledad
Schleswig Holstein Orders Traffic Regulations Course
Kiel reports a new compulsory subject for all Schleswig Holstein elementary schools. The course titled traffic regulations will be required nationwide in the north German state this week.
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Kiel
Germany
Schleswig Holstein
Weather report hints at snow potential and rain
The forecast notes a chilly day with 34 to 37 degree highs and 0.35 inch of rain that could have been snow with colder air. Hazardous driving exists in north and central Wisconsin as up to five inches of snow accumulates.
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Kenosha
Wisconsin
Khrushchev Visits Kurgan on Farm Tour
Premier Khrushchev has arrived in Kurgan on his tour of agricultural areas in Siberia and Central Asia, according to Tass. Kurgan lies about 1,000 miles east of Moscow near the Kazakhstan frontier.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Kurgan
Siberia
Central Asia
Tass
Kazakhstan
Three More Die In State Traffic
Wisconsin's 1961 traffic toll rose to 133 after three more deaths. James Wallace, 18, Kimberly, lost control on Hy 144 near Sherwood and died at Appleton hospital. Elnor Timm, 33, Route 1 Pine River, killed when two trucks sideswiped on a gravel road near West Bloomfield Waushara County. Leo Rehl, 26, Superior, died from injuries after his car ran off a dead end road Tuesday.
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Wisconsin
James Wallace
Kimberly
Sherwood
Wallace
An Appleton
Elnor Timm
Pine River
West Bloomfield
Waushara
Leo Rehl
Superior
Nebraska Supreme Court Justice Wenke Dead at Capitol
Adolph Wenke age 63 and a member of the Nebraska Supreme Court since 1943 collapsed and died at the State Capitol on Friday, apparently from a heart attack.
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Lincoln, Neb
Elizabeth Taylor Ill in London Hotel with Pneumonia
Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor, described as seriously ill with pneumonia, lies in an oxygen tent at the Dorchester Hotel in her suite. Her husband Eddie Fisher sits by her bedside as physician Dr. Carl Heinz Goldman reports a very high temperature but expects recovery.
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Elizabeth Taylor
London
UPD
Hollywood
Miss Taylor
Dorchester Hotel
Carl Heinz Goldman
Eddie Fisher
Antioch Pilot Dies in Crash in Prairie View
One man was killed and another injured when a light plane piloted by Einer Hermanns 31 of Antioch crashed into trees and the Alex Schoeler home in Prairie View II early today. The injured passenger Hannberg Bole 22 of Elgin was hospitalized at Condell Hospital Libertyville. Four residents inside the house were unharmed.
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Prairie View
Einer Hermanns
Antioch
Hannberg Bole
Elgin
Alex Schoeler
Bob
Condell Hospital
Libertyville
Freed RB47 pilots recount seven month captivity
Capts. John R. McKone and Freeman B. Olmstead told how their RB47 was shot down over the Barents Sea on July 1 and how they endured six hours at sea then Moscow interrogation and solitary confinement in Lubyanka for almost seven months. They described gunfire from the Soviet jet, escapes into icy seas, and attempts to coerce signed statements.
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Topeka
Kan
John R. McKone
Freeman B. Olmstead
Forbes Air Force Base
Barents Sea
Moscow
Lubyanka
Olmstead
McKone
Eugene Posa
Oscar J
Goforth
Dean Phillips
Lubyanka Prison
Francis Gary Powers
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Collison
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Chicago
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Noble Street
Chicago and North Western
Southport
American Motors
Associated Press
Nebraska
Willard G. Palm
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington, D.C
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