Tornado Hits Columbia and Sauk Counties In Wisconsin
A storm described as a tornado struck Friday night in Columbia and Sauk counties injuring at least 13 people. The worst damage centered at Gannon's Resort on Crystal Lake with homes, barns, and trailers destroyed across multiple farms near Lodi. Authorities estimated losses in the millions as power lines and trees were toppled and 300 campers sought shelter in Lodi.
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Madison
Columbia
Sauk
Gannon
Crystal Lake
Columbia County
Sauk-Prairie Hospital
U.S. Weather Bureau
Lodi
Carlson
Vern Hillestad
Graham says U S and Britain should aid Cuban prisoners
Evangelist Billy Graham, during a Los Angeles crusade, urged the United States and Great Britain to aid 19 Catholics captured by Cuban forces on a British island. He condemned American indifference and warned that a Christian nation will be judged for shrugging off suffering.
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Los Angeles
Billy Graham
United States
Great Britain
Graham
Los Angeles Coliseum
America
Three Deaths Increase Minnesota Traffic Toll
The Minnesota traffic toll rose to 434 with three new fatalities. Herman Rex 26 Minneapolis died from injuries in a July 13 crash with a train at a northeast Minneapolis crossing. Kevin Schuldt 9 Minneapolis died from injuries suffered in a crash involving his bicycle and a car. Mildred Stoppel 61 St. Paul died from injuries after an automobile collision in Newport. Robert S. Jensen 33 Marine-on-St. Croix died when his car struck a tree near Osceola Wisconsin after veering off a county road.
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Minnesota
Herman Rex
Minneapolis
Kevin Schuldt
Mary Schuldt
Mildred Stoppel
St. Paul
Newport
Robert S. Jensen
Marine-on- St. Croix
Minn
Osceola
Wis
D C Braces For Freedom March
Washington faces a massive Mayhem of logistics as up to 150000 civil rights demonstrators are expected for the August 28 March for Jobs and Freedom. Police prepare for crowd control near the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial with Red Cross stations and bus parking for 2200 buses.
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Washington
Howard V. Covell
Union Station
Covell
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
New York
Kennedy
Whitney Young
Urban League
Constitution Avenue
Reflecting Pool
Independence Avenue
Conditional progress seen in rail talks
Washington reports inching forward in rail bargaining as unions conditionally accept a Labor Department arbitration plan on firemen jobs and train makeup. The plan would bind a board of management union and public reps to decide key issues. other issues stay for private settlement.
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Washington
Labor Department
Secretary of Labor
E. Willard Wirtz
Arbitration Board of Management
Wirtz
J. E. Wolfe
Wolfe
Soviet Fishing Vessel Rescues U S Flier Off Cape Cod
U S Air Force Captain Hugh Lavallee parachuted from a disabled fighter 20 000 feet above Atlantic waters off Cape Cod and was rescued by the Soviet trawler Johannes Ware. Coast Guard and Otis AFB personnel transported him for medical care after a bruised chin and cut.
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Otis Air Force Base
Mass
U.S
Cape Cod
Hugh Lavallee
Massachusetts National Guard
Chester L .Harding
1St Coast Guard District
Johannes Ware
Lavallee
Springfield
Johannes
U.S. Coast Guard
Otis Afb
Andrew P. O'Malley
New York
Rebels Seize Burmese Village in Kachin State
Rebels campaigning for an independent Kachin state have captured Sumprabum, a village about 680 miles north of Rangoon. A mission arrived to meet Gen Ne Win's government to seek an end to a 15 year civil war involving Kachin and Communist forces.
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Rangoon
Burma
Nation
Sumprabum
Ne Win
185 Rescued As Ferry Sinks Off Okinawa
A ferry boat believed to carry up to 240 passengers capsized and sank off Okinawa. 185 were rescued in an air sea operation, two confirmed dead and the remainder missing. The Midori Maru left Naha for Kumejima, sank about 12:05 p.m., with U.S. helicopters and surface craft aiding the rescue.
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Naha
Okinawa
Amercan
U.S
Tomari
Kumejima Island
Brinkwater
Shannon McCune
Ryukyus
U.S. Army
C.A. Wyllie
Naha Air Base
Asahi
Kyushu Yusen Steamship Co
Japan
Kyushu
Ryukyu Maritime Transport, Co
Kumejima
Okinawa Islands
Ryukyu
International Beauty Crown Goes to Gudrun Bjarnadottir of Iceland
Gudrun Bjarnadottir, 20, from a village in Iceland, won Miss International Beauty 1964 at the Long Beach pageant televised worldwide. She edged 14 finalists including Miss England Diana Westbury and Miss Austria Xenia Doppler, after a four day event.
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Long Beach
Calif
Gudrun Bjarnadottir
Iceland
Alva Swanson
Mrs. Swanson
Gudrun
England
Diana Westbury
Derbyshire
Austria
Xenia Doppler
Vienna
Joyce Bryan
Miami
Fla
Korea
Yoo-Mi Choi
Soon Chun City
Waukon Man Burned by Crane Contact
Francis Kurt, 31, assistant superintendent for the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, was seriously burned when the crane he operated touched a live wire while digging a ditch. He was hospitalized in Waukon in fair condition.
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Waukon
Lowa
Francis Kurt
Waukon Hospital
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Industrial Production Advances Full Point
The Federal Reserve Board reports July industrial production rose one point to 127 from 126 in June and 119 in July 1962. Auto and steel assemblies fell while most other consumer goods output increased. New construction stayed flat and retail sales edged higher.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Khrushchev and Warren Meet at Black Sea Retreat
Premier Nikita Khrushchev talked with U.S. Chief Justice Earl Warren on Friday, Tass reported. The talks occurred at Khrushchev’s summer residence on the Black Sea.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
U.S
Earl Warren
Tass
Black Sea
Cause Of Home Blaze Unknown
Five members of one Niagara Wisconsin family and a neighbor's child died in a house fire. The blaze started in the living room and was discovered by a Kimberly Clark paper mill watchman. Fire crews fought the flames, with investigators from the Wisconsin State Fire Marshal handling the case.
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Niagara
Wis
Wisconsin
Comstock
Detroit
Kimberly-Clark
Mills
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Kimberly
Laird Praises Ike Mention While Backing Byrnes
Rep. Melvin Laird of Wisconsin says he is flattered to be named as a possible president by former President Eisenhower. Eisenhower noted many possibilities but supports the convention winner, while Laird reiterates his backing for John Byrnes as the best Republican candidate for president.
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Washington
Melvin Laird
R-Wis
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Laird
House of Representatives
John Byrnes
Wisconsin
Byrnes
Father unaware daughter among Wisconsin fire victims
In Niagara Wisconsin Donald Schelfhout, father of one of six fire victims, learned his 9-year-old daughter Mary Jo was in the two story home only after the blaze. Five Comstock family members died Christine 10 Paula 15 Peter 7 Howard 41 Marjorie 39. Schelfhout worked at Kimberly Clark when the fire started and rushed to help firefighters. His wife Dorothy was hospitalized in shock.
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Kimberly-Clark Co
Niagara
Marinette
Howard Comstock
Marjorie
Christine
Paula
Peter
Mary Jo Schelfhout
Donald Schelfhout
Mary Jo
Schelfhout
Niagara Volunteer Fire Department
Wis
Wisconsin
Dorothy
Comstock
Howard
Oshkosh Girl Dies Of Bulbar Polio
Oshkosh 11 year old Carol J Robinson died in a hospital Friday from bulbar polio. She was the first Oshkosh polio victim since 1956 and daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Robinson.
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Oshkosh
Carol J. Robinson
Henry Robinson
Weekend Forecast: Fair Skies With Cooler Night
Mostly fair weather tonight and Sunday. Temperatures fall to the upper 40s tonight and rise to the mid 70s Sunday. A gentle cooling trend is expected after sundown with warmer afternoon conditions on Sunday.
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