1800 Marines Put Aboard 7th Fleet Ships
Washington reports 1800 Marine battalion personnel aboard 7th Fleet ships to reinforce Southeast Asia theaters including Thailand and Laos. The force, commanded by Lt. Col. Fred F. Harbin, is positioned off Vietnam and near the Gulf of Siam while Army units in Thailand may join a broader U.S. build-up. President Kennedy signaled judgment on stay durations as totals potentially reach 5,000 troops.
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Washington
7Th Fleet
Thailand
Pentagon
U.S
Navy
Marine Corps
Southeast Asia
Valley Forge
Okinawa
9Th Regiment
South China Sea
Gulf of Siam
South Viet Nam
Fred. F. Harbin
Statesville
N.C
Pacific
Udon
Laos
25Th Infantry
Khorat
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
1St Battle Group
Hawaii
Kennedy
Sixth Century Sea Church Found in Sicily
In Siracusa Sicily archaeologists report undersea finds from a Greek ship that sank near Cape Passero. Marble church pieces, dating to the sixth century A.D., were recovered by the Sea Diver under Edwin Link and will be rebuilt in modern Sicily. The discovery supports a theory that local churches used marble shipped from Greece.
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Siracusa
Sicily
Greece
Seadiver
Edwin Link
Cape Passero
Piernicola Gargallo
Sicilian Institute For Underwater Research
Explosion Ripples Through Continental Airliner Murder Mystery
CAB officials say an internal explosive force ripped apart a Continental Airlines jet killing 45 aboard near Centerville Iowa. Investigators probe if a bomb caused the Tuesday night crash as FBI and Continental pursue possible man made origins.
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Centerville
Iowa
Continental Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Robert F. Six
Continental
Denver
FBI
Chicago
James Gale
Two Ferryville Men Found Dead In Car
In Crawford County near Buck Creek Road two men Alfred Roeberg and Archie Lee both about 55 were found dead in a parked car at 10 a.m. Saturday. They worked as farm hands in the Ferryville area. Sheriff Harry Shediey noted the car’s ignition was on and the gas tank empty with a crack in the tail pipe. Coroner Dr. J H Kettner suspected carbon monoxide poisoning.
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Ferryville
Wis
Buck Creek Road
Here
Alfred Roeberg
Archie Lee
Crawford County
Harry Shediey
J. H. Kettner
Three Car Crash Injures Four In La Crosse
A three car crash at 10th and Main in La Crosse Saturday left four people hurt two hospitalized. Mrs. Henry Bildsten 65 and her son Donald 40 were treated at St Francis and released Henry 64 and Donna Mae Thompson 23 also went home.
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St. Francis Hospital
Henry Bildsten
St. Louis Park
Minn
Donald
Minneapolis
St. Francis
Donna Mae Thompson
Madison
Bildsten
10Th
Main Streets
Richard Thompson
Donna Mae
Gloria Grimsrud
Joseph Grimsrud
5Th Ave
Susan Garder
Vine St
Grimsruds
Miss Garder
la Crosse
Carpenter Fuel Misstep Sparks Anxiety During Aurora 7 Return
Astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter briefly ran low on fuel while switching from manual to fly by wire control during Aurora 7 reentry, causing anxiety. Lt. Col. John A. Powers said Carpenter used two control systems simultaneously, but sufficient alternate fuel remained to guide the craft to a safe entry, with final preparations for a Cape Canaveral welcome.
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Grand Turk
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Carpenter
Cape Canaveral
John A. Powers
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Powers
Earth
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
Virgil I. Grissom
Fireflies in Orbit Frost Flakes Cause Aurora 7 Glow
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter explains that frost flakes on the Aurora 7 capsule walls lit up at dawn when struck by walls or by a fist. Researchers propose frost, paint flecks, or hydrogen peroxide jets as possible sources for the tiny glimmers.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Orbit
Carpenter
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John H.glenn, Jr
Gherman Titov
Powers
Knowles Edged In Close Vote At Wisconsin GOP Meet
At Milwaukee the Republican convention endorsed Philip G. Kuehn for governor with 1,859 votes to 1,797 for Lt. Gov. Warren Knowles in a 3,685 delegate ballot. Jack Olson won the lieutenant governor endorsement 2,726 to 933. Kuehn leads a GOP ticket including Zimmerman and Dena Smith.
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Kuehn
Olson
Wisconsin
GOP Convention
Milwaukee
Philip G. Kuehn
Jack Olson
Whitefish Bay
Warren P. Knowles
Knowles
Gaylord Nelson
Nelson
U.S. Senate
Kuehn-Knowles
Wilbur Renk
Sun Prairie
U.S
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Senate
Howard Boyle
Robert Marotz
Madison
State Assembly
George Greisch
Appleton
Robert J. Shier
Watertown
Marotz
Greisch
Shier
Robert Zimmerman
Dena Smith
Renk
Robert la Follette Sucher
George Thompson
Bangor
Boyle
Wiley
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin Dells
Gerald Lorge
Bear Creek
Leo P. O'Brien
Green Bay
Warren Knowles
Sen
Robert Knowles
Glenn Davis
Waukesha
Justice Dept Aids Estes Probe With Confidential Material
The Justice Department rushed confidential material on Billie Sol Estes to a Texas grand jury investigating the death of agriculture official Henry H. Marshall. Kennedy said excerpts from an Agriculture report on Estes and cotton allotments were sent to Texas to assist Robertson County grand jury as it cooperates with the Senate subcommittee probing Estes.
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Washington
Justice Department
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
Franklin
Tex
Marshall
Estes
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Kennedy
Robertson County
Inside Water Rules and Local Street Confusion Highlight Tribune Pages
Coast Guard inspection shows La Crosse harbor rule violations over 50 percent. The Wake boating column appears on Page 21. Street naming causes confusion with duplication discussed on Page 3. Coulee Region tour stories by Tribune staff on Page 8. Onalaska residents hoard about 200 lamps in rare collection on Page 17.
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la Crosse
Coast Guard
the Tribune
Coulee
Tribune
LaCrosse County Coulees
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GOP
UPI
Sen. Wiley
Sea
Oo Sd Pad
Edward E. Slattery
CAB Public Information
Slattery
O'Hare Field
Roy Tuchbreiter
Continental Casualty Co
O'Hare
Mutual of Omaha
Walter Brzezinski
Unionville
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Tri-State
Scott Carpenter
Atlantic
NASA
Justice Dept
Alfred H. Rude
Onalaska
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