Atlas achieves first fully powered Atlas ICBM flight
Rocket experts hailed the first completely successful launch of a fully powered Atlas as a major advance in the U S ICBM program. Convair's B G MacNabb said the test moved progress up six to twelve months as the 15 foot missile streaked over the Atlantic at 15000 mph covering about 2500 miles. The nose cone hit the designated bull's eye in the south Atlantic and a full-range test is expected within two months.
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B. G. MacNabb
Convair Astronautics
MacNabb
Atlantic
Cape
Bull's-Eye
South Atlantic
Wisconsin weekend crashes claim 12 lives
Twelve people died in Wisconsin weekend crashes raising the state’s traffic fatality toll to 430. Victims include Duane M. Schmidt 22 of Orchardville who died after an overturned car near Brodhead and a Fond du Lac County collision that killed five people including Richard Krasavage 29 of Tigerton and George Rice 47 of Chicago and his family. A Milwaukee truck train crash killed Allison LaValley 38 and injured Luther Safford 26. Other fatalities: Daniel Bailled 21 of Milwaukee after a Highway 51 crash near Plainfield. George W. Peck 25 of Pulaski after a two car crash near Bonduel. James Shotton 41 of Kenosha County after a roadside embankment crash. and Martha Nagle 74 of Milwaukee from injuries suffered in Greenfield collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Fond du Lac
Duane M. Schmidt
Orfordville
St. Clare Hospital
Monroe
Brodhead
U.S. Highway 41
Richard J. Krasavage
Tigerton
Wis
George R. Rice
Chicago
Rice
Helen
Judy
Kenneth
Ronald Rice
Krasavage
Milwaukee County
Allison LaValley
Milwaukee
Luther Safford
North Western
Green Bay
Brown Deer
Daniel Bailled
Waushara
Plainfield
George W. Peck
Pulaski
Shawano Hospital
Bonduel
James Shotton
Kenosha County
Silver Lake
Route
Richmond
Ill
Martha Nagle
Greenfield
Wisconsin Senator Proxmire vows daily plea for social security
Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin announced from Milwaukee that he will press a daily request in the Senate for improved social security benefits. He spoke during a 48 hour campaign stop and argued that despite late Senate action, the case for expansion has built momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate
Proxmire
Milwaukee
WISN
Wisconsin
Livestock Market Quotation Report from Winona and Chicago
The Winona Swift & Company report lists hogs steady with assorted weights priced from 19.50 to 21.50 and sows from 18.50 to 20.25 while bulls and calves show strong prime levels. Cattle actions show steer and heifer weakness to 0.50, with prime calves around 28 to 29 dollars and various cow and bull ranges. Chicago markets detail live poultry, potatoes, and produce prices along with hog and cattle quotations.
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Winona
Swift & Company
KWNO
Bologna
South ST. Paul
Minn
USDA
U.S
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Teens Arrested In Park Robbery Of Drunk Man
Two La Crosse youths, aged 13 and 15, were arrested Friday for robbing a drunk in Copeland Park last week. Detectives say they admitted stealing a billfold with $41 from the man's pocket. They remain in welfare department custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Welfare Department
Copeland Park
Court hears appeal on 22 year cooling off period
A crowd of about 120 gathered as all seven judges of the appellate court convened in a special session to hear an integration delay case. The split crowd was roughly equal between Black and white attendees. A decision is not expected today but may come before the fall school term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appellate Court
Appeals Court
Weather Record Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Illinois and Mississippi River trends
Partly cloudy with scattered showers or thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday. A little warmer tonight and east and south portions Tuesday. Turning cooler northwest portions Tuesday. Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight in Minnesota. Locally cooler this afternoon and warmer extreme northeast tonight. Iowa shows partly cloudy conditions and scattered showers or storms especially extreme northeast. Time data for sunrise and sunset Tuesday. Little change in tailwaters of all dams in the next 24 hours from Hastings to Guttenberg.
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Gulf
Gulf Coast
Plains
Rockies
Mississippi Valley
Western Lakes
Unifax
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Hastings
Minn
Gutgenberg
U S Increases Force In Lebanon To 13 000
Beirut reports show U S troops in Lebanon rising to over 15 000 with 22 hundred Americans landed and 75 tanks and 226 vehicles awaiting unload. Rebels demand Chamoun step down and threaten renewed fighting if he attends a summit.
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U.S
Lebanon
Beirut
United States
Middle East
Fuad Shehab
Adm
James L. Holloway
Kamal Jumblatt
Tripoli
Camille Chamoun
Shehab
Beirut-Tripoli
Kierdorf Brothers Testimony And Burn Injury Details
The article reports Kierdorf brothers declining to answer questions before a Senate committee with Frank invoking the Fifth Amendment over 40 times. It notes Kierdorf was burned about half an hour before hospital arrival, with no injury to the midsection. It also mentions threats connected to Hoffa and labor disputes involving Detroit figures, and identifies both Kierdorfs as former armed robbers.
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Kierdorf
Frank
Herman Kierdorf
Senate
George Kamenow
Detroit
Nathan W. Shefferman
Flint
Kamenow
Herman
Teamsters Joint Council No. 43
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Washington
Hoffa
The
Teamsters
Nancy Dawson
Joseph Lehr
Lehr
Kierdorfs
The Nasser Myth and Reality in the Middle East Tomorrow
A reflective analysis on Arab nationalism, Egypt’s Nasser, and the U S role in the region. It argues nationalism is a fact beyond diplomacy and warns that opposing it risks turmoil and Soviet influence while urging constructive U S engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Nuri
Middle East
United States Signals Willingness to Back Mideast Allies
Washington vows force if needed to back governments in the Middle East and weighs U N actions to shield small nations from outside intervention. Proposals include a UN watchdog on broadcasting, observers to shield threatened states, and measures to curb arms flow while opposing a total embargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
United States
Middle East
Reuss
U.N
Khrushchev
Dulles
U.N. Security Council
U. N
United Nations Protection
United Nations
Washington
Vigilantes Recapture Second Vernon County Fugitive
Verdell Ruud, 20, the second of two inmates to escape Vernon County Jail, was captured two miles west of Westby in the Town of Coon. Five farmers and Officer George Langhus aided in the pursuit, after Ruud had his cell bars sawn. Best, 19, remains in Green Bay Reformatory. Ruud faces a five year forgery sentence and welfare custody.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
Westby
Coon
Verdell Ruud
Morris Moon
Kenneth Best
Richland County
Ruud
Langhus
Moon
State Dept. of Welfare
Best
Elmer Moe Dies at 71 Co-Owner of Spring Grove Hatchery
Elmer O. Moe 71, longtime Spring Grove Hatchery co owner, died after a long illness in a La Crosse hospital. Born September 8 1886 in Long Coulee, he studied at La Crosse County Agricultural School and taught manual training in Caledonia before entering the hatchery business. He was a World War I veteran and survived by his sister Birdie Peterson of Watford City and brothers Maurice Rochester Clarence Holmen and Raymond Anoka plus several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Grove
Minn
Elmer O. Moe
la Crosse
Fossum Funeral Home
Onalaska
Mr. Moe
Long Coulee
Holmen
Gengler Lumber Co
Nelson Lumber Co
Caledonia
Birdie Peterson
Watford City
N.D
Maurice
Rochester
Clarence
Raymond
Anoka
Lost Billfolds Reported by Mrs Wolf and Mr Morrey
Mrs Oscar Wolf of 1015 Main St reports losing a gold trimmed off white billfold with photos cards and about 4 or 5 dollars at 9th and Vine. Hubert Morrey of 2218 Charles St reports a black leather billfold with little money and driving license and IDs missing Friday.
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Oscar Wolf
Main St
9Th
Vine Streets
Hubert Morrey
Charles St
Soviet scientist warns ocean canyons unsuitable for atomic waste
Dr Lev Zenkevitch told an International Geophysical Year meeting in Moscow that huge underwater canyons surpass the Grand Canyon in depth and are not stagnant. He warned dropping radioactive waste into them could corrode canisters and release long lasting toxins into the sea harming life and humans.
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Moscow
Grand Canyon
Lev Zenkevitch
Zénkevitch
Dulles Seeks High Level Talks With Brazil on Peace War
Secretary of State Dulles flies to Rio de Janeiro to meet President Juscelino Kubitschek and discuss war and peace and coffee prices. Aimed at mending ties after Nixon’s Venezuela and Peru incidents, proposals for inter American unity and a possible summit are debated. Talks may involve OAS and indirect aggression, Soviet overtures, and Latin American economic development.
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Nelson
Public Service Commission
Roland J. Steinle
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
United States
United Nations Security Council
Rio DE Janeiro
Dulles
Rio
Juscelino Kubitschek
Nixon
Venezuela
Peru
Kubitschek
Western Hemisphere
Latin America
Organization of American States
Francisco Negrao de Lima
South America
Brazil
Sergeant Quits After 60 Hours In Talkathon
Plattsburgh New York A young Air Force sergeant quit at the insistence of a doctor after 60 hours of attempting to outtalk a North Carolina woman who spoke 92 hours. Captain Calvin Norman said he could not be responsible for the sergeant's voice if he continued. Two other staff sergeants remained talking and several more were to join later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattsburgh
N. Y
Air Force
Richard Kozina
Toledo
Ohio
Calvin Norman
Kozina
North Carolina
Rider Hurled Off Fast Comet Dies at Fair
A souped-up merry go round named the Comet at the Orange County Fair hurled two riders into a crowd. Francis Kearney 18 Mon ticello N Y died about three hours later. George Van Aken 30 Middletown was in critical condition with possible fractured spine. A cable snapped sending cars at about 45 mph, the riders and bystanders struck the sidewalk and four others suffered shock and bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
N.Y
Francis Kearney
Monticello
George van Aken
Kearney-Van Aken
Trane Park Offers Rich Summer Playground Activities
Trane Park, formerly South Avenue Playfield, features a large shelterhouse and wading pool plus standard equipment. The season highlights include Old Mill kick clay work papier mache and crafts from inner tubes while horseshoe pits and a softball program led by Ray Kroner attract many youths at 11 community sites with two weeks left in the program.
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Trane Park
South Avenue
Plaster of Paris
la Crosse Tribune
Ray Kroner
4-H Demonstrations Contest At Fairgrounds This Week
The 4-H tractor operators contest is scheduled for 9 a.m. Wednesday. Evening 4-H demonstration contests start and run each afternoon and evening through Saturday. Greyhound Bus Co will run buses hourly from 12 noon to the fairgrounds and return hourly from 12:30 p.m.
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Ing
Greyhound Bus Co
4Th Street
Cameron Avenue
Fairgrounds
la Crosse
Teenagers Found on River Dredge Scolded by Police
Three local teenagers a 16 year old boy and two 17 year olds a boy and a girl were found on a river dredge Sunday afternoon. They were lectured by city police Monday morning and warned to stay away from river dredges.
Los Angeles Runaways Apprehended Here
Two 16 year old Los Angeles boys were picked up here at 1 36 a m Saturday as runaways from home. They are in the custody of the welfare department pending their return home.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Welfare Department
Theft reports include hose and bicycle license
Wilbur Ott of 2110 Losey Blvd. S. reports a Sunday night theft of a 50 foot soaker hose. Robert Marx of 920 S. 5th St reports the theft of bicycle license 424.
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Wilbur Ott
Losey Blvd. S
Robert Marx
S. 5Th St
Marriage Licenses Issued in La Crosse Area
La Crosse couples James McMorrow and Lois Ristow plan a August ninth ceremony in La Crosse. John F Bibby and Lucille Hanson set August sixteenth in La Crosse. John Furey of Cleveland and Nancy McGinnis of La Crosse wed August ninth in La Crosse. Kenneth Potaracke of La Crosse and Beverly Tuma announce an August ninth marriage. Carl Oelke of Boyne City and Mary Ann Wuttke of La Crosse plan an August ninth ceremony in La Crosse.
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James McMorrow
S. 9Th St
Lois Ristow
Markle’ Rd
la Crosse
John F. Bibby
S. 23Rd St
Lucille Hanson
Belleview Rd
Onalaska
John Joseph Furey
West 30Th St
Cleveland
Ohio
Nancy Jean McGinnis
Bainbridge St
Dristan Decongestant Tablets Offer Hay Fever Relief
A three layer tablet named Dristan promises rapid relief from nose and sinus congestion. The product combines a new decongestant and other ingredients to open blocked passages and ease sneezing itchy eyes and watery symptoms, available without prescription with satisfaction guaranteed or money back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
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Icbm Progress
Weather Bureau
United Press
Weather Outlook
Associated Press
Warren Knowles
Republican Party
Knowles
Gaylord Nelson
Madison
Gays Mills
Chicago Poultry Chicago
California
Idaho
Oregon
Chicago Produce
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Grain
Dow Jones
Intel
Beg Indust
Allis-Chalmers
Kennecott
Rails
Marshall Field
NS Utilities
Montgomery Ward
Nation
North Pacific
Bell & Farrell Inc
Tel. & Tel
Tobacco
Power
Olin
Hamilton
Armour
Penn. R. R
Pan. Am
Ashland Oil
Pepsi-Cola
James
Avco
Phillips Pet
Cit
L&f. P
Beth. Steel
Red Owl
Nat. Tool
Boeing Airplane
Republic Steel
Clark O.&r. C
Budd Mfg
Rexall Drug
Nekoosa
Jefferson E
Caterpillar Trac
Royal Dutch Chrysler
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair Oil
Koehring Co
Columbia Gas
Socony
Racine Hyd
Corwith. Edison
Sperry Rand
Sufway Steel
Cent Motors
St. Oil
Ind
la Crosse Tel
Crane
Curtiss-Wright
Central E. & G
Greyhound
Central
McQuay Inc
Miage Loday
Winona Ic.p
Dakoish P
la Crosse A
Lansing
C.P
Prairie du Chien
Trempleau
Dodge
Black
Galeaville
Houston
Stanley McDonald Agency, Inc
RINCE
Ist National Bank Bidg
Keke
Kkk
Chamoun
Saeb Salam
Robert Murphy
Baghdad
Cairo
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Murphy
Iraq
Abdul Karim Kassem
Amman
Jordan
Syria
Hussein
Israel
Aqaba
Burns
Britain
Aneurin Bevan
America
Arab East
Amerca
Palestine
Gaza Strip
Egypt
Aswan
Suez Canal
Liberator
Mideast
Vernon
Elmer Moe
Soviet
Julius Golden
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