Three Illinois Brothers Drown at Prairie River Park
Three Young brothers Merton Jr 14 Jack 12 and Donald 10 drowned while fishing with their grandfather at Prairie Dells Park nine miles northeast of Merrill Wisconsin The grandfather slept in a car as the boys vanished and divers recovered all three bodies fully clothed authorities believe one slipped in and the others drowned attempting a rescue.
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Merrill (Ap
Illinois
Prairie Dells Park
Merrill
Merton Young Jr
Jack
Donald
Merton Young Sr
Lenark
Ill
Young
Merald
Prairie River
Merrill Fire Department
Jack DuPlayee
Tomahawk
Merald Young
Three Die In Neillsville Collision On Highway 10
A head on crash on a curve near Neillsville killed three people Monday night. Marshfield policeman Clarence Reisner 41 was off duty and died in the wreck along with his mother in law 64 Elsie Nowack and driver Billy Shear 30 Joliet Ill. Reisner’s sons 9 and 11 were hospitalized. Barbara Schuh 6 Arkansaw was killed when her bicycle rode into a car. Wisconsin traffic toll reaches 585 for the year.
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Neilsville
Wisconsin
Highway 10
Neillsville
Clark County
Clarence Reisner
Elsie R. Nowack
Granton
Marshfield
Billy G. Shear
Joliet
Ill
Vesper
Wood County
Reisner
Richard
Roger
Barbara Schuh
Arkansaw
Pepin County
Milwaukee coed slain. boyfriend admits murder
Kathleen Pollworth, 19, Marquette University student, was found strangled in her apartment with a 10 foot extension cord. Police say her 19 year old unemployed boyfriend James R. Schultz confessed, tearfully saying I am sorry. Investigators plan to seek a murder warrant as details emerge.
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Milwaukee
Marquette University
New Berlin
Woelfel
Schultz
Kathleen
Miss Pollworth
Lester Pollworth
James W. Bell
Bernard W. Bell
Page
State Man Sentenced For Passing Bad Checks
Wallace Enger, 38, formerly of Hurley and Chicago, was sentenced in Wood County Court to three years in prison after being found guilty of 21 charges of passing worthless checks totaling 400 dollars. Charges in other counties were consolidated for trial in Wisconsin Rapids. Result 2: Chattanooga obituary noted Mrs. Milton B. Ochs, 97, former managing editor and general manager of the Chattanooga Times, died after a long illness.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Wallace Enger
Hurley
Wis
Chicago
Wood County
Enger
Iron
Oneida
Portage
Vilas
Langlade
Chattanooga, Tenn
Milton B. Ochs
The
Chattanooga Times
Newspaperman Near End Of Lone Voyage
Robert Manry, Cleveland Plain Dealer copy editor, and his 13 foot Tinkerbelle neared Falmouth England completing an 3200 mile nonstop Atlantic crossing begun June first. His wife Virginia and children prepared to meet him as crowds lined the Cornish coast.
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Lone Voyager
Robert Manry
Atlantic
England
Falmouth
Thomas A. Reedy
Robert Maury
Tinkerbelle
Cleveland
Lizard
Virginia
Christian
Robin
Douglas
Mass
Manry
Mrs. Manry
Mother Earth
Robert
Watts area quiet after Graham calls riot a dress rehearsal
Los Angeles after six days of rioting in the Negro district police reported dwindling violence with streets deserted. Gov. Brown vowed the National Guard would stay until the area was safe as curfews remained and thousands were arrested or arraigned.
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Los Angeles
Billy Graham
Dale Steck
Graham
United States
Edmund G. Brown
Gov. Brown
National Guard
Parker
James Bacon
Bill Boyarsky
E. L. Hicks
Beverly Hills
Brentwood
Beverly Mills
Watts
Windstorm Hits Prairie Area Damages Several Properties
Strong winds at 4 30 p m near Prairie du Chien caused extensive damage in Bridgeport with a fence blown down a trailer moved from its foundation a barn roof thrown 300 feet and landed on Highways 18 35 and 60 and power lines down no injuries reported
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Bridgeport
Bob Koresh
Airliner With 30 Aboard Plunges Into Lake Michigan
The article notes a crash involving an airliner with about 30 people on board plunging into Lake Michigan. The report also covers Wisconsin Governor Knowles signing a law requiring public officials to announce the general subjects to be discussed in closed sessions, though exemptions remain for personnel matters and land negotiations. The new rule forbids conducting any other business after a closed session unless disclosed.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
First Bodies Recovered After United Jet Crash
Chicago AP reports a United Air Lines jet with 30 aboard crashed into Lake Michigan Monday night. First bodies recovered today. victims not yet identified.
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Chicago
United Air Lines jet crashes in Lake Michigan with 30 aboard
A United Airlines Boeing 727 from New York to Chicago vanished in a blinding flash after a blast near Lake Michigan. Twenty four passengers and crew are listed with five bodies recovered by Coast Guard divers off Ft Sheridan and Highland Park High School gym served as temporary morgue.
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Ft. Sheridan
Chicago
Coast Guard
Woodbine
Arundel
Highland Park High School
New York
James Seymour
Crystal Lake
Ill
Waukegan
Grand Haven
Mich
Lake Michigan
Clarence L
Clancy) Sayen
Seattle
Wash
Air Line Pilots Association
Sayen
ALPA
United
Glenview Naval Air Station
Highland Park
Ft. Sheridan Army Post
Wilmette
Federal Aviation Agency
Gerald T. Applegate
United’s Flight 389
Mellville W. Towle
Wyckoff, N. J
O’hare
Roger M. White Lee
Viet Cong Killed In Major Northern Viet Nam Clash
Saigon AP reports government forces killed 27 Viet Cong about 20 miles from the North Viet Nam border during a Ba Long Valley operation. Six guerrillas captured. 28 weapons seized. Casualties among Vietnamese not reported. Ground drive followed B52 strikes from Guam. US warplanes pressed operations in South and North Viet Nam.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Ba Long Valley
Guam
South Viet Nam
da Nang
North Viet Nam
Radio
Hanoi
Zoology Student Bitten by Pet Snake in Minneapolis
John C. Vaughn 22, a University of Minnesota zoology major from Rochester, was hospitalized in fair condition after a bite from his pet timber rattlesnake. He was treated with four doses of serum at Como Zoo. His father has ordered him to dispose of the snake while he keeps other pets in his apartment, including a 3 foot python and a 6 foot boa.
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Minneapolis
John C. Vaughn
Rochester
University of Minnesota
Vaughn
Como Zoo
St. Paul
Sam
L. D. Vaughn
John
Knowles Seeks Udall Attendance for Wisconsin Beauty Session
Gov Warren Knowles announced a Wisconsin Gover nors Conference on Natural Beauty to be held October 12 to 13 in Waukesha. The event aims to cover all facets of outdoor beauty and invites Interior Secretary Stewart Udall to attend modeled after White House efforts.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Warren P. Knowles
Waukesha
Knowles
White House
Stewart Udall
Not Over Watts Riots, Say Los Angeles Residents
A cross section of Watts residents including James Robertson and Rosalie Richardson tell AP the riots persist due to poverty, police brutality, and long‑standing resentment. They attack police chief Parker and blame absentee owners, with some antisemitic remarks noted.
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William H. Parker
Parker
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Manny
Kurt Carlsen
Flying Enterprise
Watts Area
Dist. Atty
Evelle J. Younger
Prairie
Vated
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United Airlines
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United Air Lines
Kate Brick York
N.Y
J.B. Caruso
Hal Park
N.J
William Chalmer
Haven
H. Gordon
Mrs. H. Gordon
William B. Hoffage
H. F. Fuller
Grove Y.M.C.A
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E. Joel Landstro
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Rington
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Rita Marcer
Portland
Maine
Donna R. Miller
Southeast
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Kalman Music
Des Moines
Daniel Poll
New York N.Y
Clarence N. Sayen
G. Schmid
James H. Thomas
Springfield
Mrs. B. Johnson
Morris
Martha Jean Kaphal
Benjamin Roytman
Hastings-on-the-Hudson
Robert Charles Zabor
Greenwich
Conn
Barbara Cartwright
Bedford Heights
Ohio
Towle
N. Viet Border
Special Branch
Washington
Pentagon
Maxwell D. Taylor
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Red China
Udall
L.A
James Robertson
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