Kennedy foreign aid bill suffers second House cut
The House Appropriations Committee reduced the foreign aid bill to 3.4 billion for this year, cutting 896 million from the request after a 509 million reduction yesterday. The action targets military aid, development loans, and emergency funds as Congress rethinks a multi-year aid program.
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Stevedores Shut Down Port of Rio
Communist dominated stevedores halted work at Rio de Janeiro port to press for Vice President Joao Goulart to become president. A power sharing plan would place real authority with a prime minister answerable to Congress. Officials warned such a move could push Brazil toward chaos.
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Plane crash near Hinsdale leaves 78 dead on Labor Day
An airliner with 78 aboard crashed and burned in a cornfield near Hinsdale as it neared Chicago, after departing Boston for Los Angeles. The four engine flight 529 disintegrated on impact, with witnesses noting no air explosion. FBI eyed possible bomb. investigators mapped the muddy wreckage and recovered bodies as officials prepared morgue operations.
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Ex Kenoshan Witnessed Flight 529 Tragedy Crowd Conditions
Former Kenoshan Wayne Smith a Washington public relations consultant said he learned of Flight 529’s crash while boarding an Eastern Airlines plane in Milwaukee after leaving Chicago at midnight. He noted a crowded Constellation with many vacation travelers and recalled the line of dead passengers. A National Guard detachment patrolled the crash site near Argonne National Laboratory to prevent looting.
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Ambassdor Dean Says Soviet Nuclear Plans Threaten Humanity
Washington reports that Ambassador Arthur H. Dean accused Moscow of planning resumed nuclear tests and vowed the Soviet aim to rest future policy on terrorizing humanity. In Congress the Senate defeated a Proxmire move to cut 114 million dollars from a five year airport grant program, leaving 375 million for long range airport aid and safety devices.
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Arthur H. Dean
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Flood Tragedy Hits Timmins Five Die In Basement Collapse
A flash flood in Timmins Ontario killed five people and displaced over 200 residents after a creek overflowed into a basement apartment during a severe rainstorm. The victims were trapped when floodwaters surged into their living space. Local responders rushed to the scene as authorities investigated the disaster.
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Nine men indicted in Alabama bus fire attack near Anniston
Federal grand jury in Birmingham charges nine men for burning a freedom rider bus near Anniston on May 14. Attorney General Kennedy said FBI has arrested seven in the Anniston area. One suspect is jailed on burglary charges and another is hospitalized.
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Birmingham
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John Oster to Move Production to Racine Wisconsin
John Oster Manufacturing Co. said Thursday it will close its branch plant in New Ulm Minnesota and transfer production to Racine Wisconsin. The move affects local operations and consolidates manufacturing at the Racine facility. Local officials await details on job impacts and plant reorganization plans.
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Fear Heavy Road Toll Over Holiday
Millions gear for Labor Day travel as safety experts warn of a heavy holiday toll. The National Safety Council estimates 420 deaths and about 17 000 injuries during the 78 hour period while motorists log nearly 8 billion miles.
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Norway Extends Fishing Limits and Adds Inspectors
Norway extended its fishing boundary to 12 miles, doubling the number of ships on patrol along its 12,000 mile coastline. The air force aided enforcement but officials expected no clash with foreign trawlers. The move shifts from four miles to a six mile territorial limit plus six miles of restricted fishing.
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Weather Outlook Wisconsin Showers Then Warmer
The forecast calls for scattered showers and thunder showers this afternoon, tonight, and Saturday across Wisconsin. Partly to mostly cloudy skies, warm and humid conditions, with cooler days Saturday and Sunday, then warmer again midweek. Temperatures range from lows around 65 to 72 and highs about 84 to 91. Noon readings: 71 Southport, 79 Downtown, 85 at American Motors. Ragweed pollen 169. Sunrise 6 16, sunset 7 24.
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Dean JFK In Huddle Over Nuclear Test Crisis
Ambassador Arthur Dean met President Kennedy at the White House to discuss the nuclear test crisis. John J. McCloy and Dean Rusk joined the 25 minute session, with further talks at the State Department.
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Nonaligned Nations Meet At Belgrade
Belgrade hosts leaders from 24 nations including Nasser Tito and Sukarno at a Belgrade conference. Nasser criticizes the Soviet nuclear test decision as a grave deterioration of the international situation and urges an early Kennedy Khrushchev meeting. Tito stresses nonalignment and calls for a bigger role in solving world problems.
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B 47 Crashes at Lockbourne Air Force Base
A B 47 jet bomber priced at 1.9 million crashed on takeoff at Lockbourne Air Force Base near Columbus. All three crew members escaped with only minor injuries and walked away from the burning wreckage.
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UPI
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Wausau Baby Killed On Kitchen Floor
Nine month old Carol Rainville died in her Wausau home after sitting on a light cord and touching a radiator. Coroner Herbert Lambert said investigators will determine if the lamp cord faulted or a radiator charge caused the fatality.
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Carol Rainville
Gerald Rainville
Marathon County
Herbert Lambert
Plane blows up midair near Hinsdale crash site
Ex Kenosha native James A. Mitchell now in Los Angeles told Hinsdale Illinois investigators by long distance call that the TWA airliner crash near I-94 resulted in the plane exploding in the air and not upon landing. He said the explosion occurred over his car as he traveled the highway, confirming reports to the FBI and other investigators.
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250 on Strike Ladysmith Mill
About 250 workers at the Peavey Paper Mill Ladysmiths largest industry went on strike late Thursday over a union shop demand. Picket lines sprang up as the action began.
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UPD
Peavey
Tragedy Struck By TWA Constellation Crash Near Chicago
A TWA Constellation crash in Chicago area claimed many vacationing families and individuals. Victims include R C Maloney and family from Covina Park California, architect Edward Chamberlain and relatives from Palo Alto, California, and several others from California New England and New York. Among the dead were workers from Donora Pennsylvania and Eureka California along with four Sun cook girls bound for Los Angeles.
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Linda Annis
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