General Mills Shifts Focus to Food and Specialty Chemicals
General Mills Inc adopts a new basic philosophy prioritizing consumer food and specialty chemical fields over broad diversification. President Gene E. W. Rawlings says the shift is proving itself and will be intensified, with asset divestitures from noncore units and a record advertising push to expand established lines and new products.
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General Mills
Minneapolis
General Mills Inc
Gene E. W. Rawlings
Rawlings
Magnaflux Corp
Spark Plug Co
Aerospace Research and Engineer Departments
Litton Industries Inc
Charles H. Bell
Congress
R. Stanley Laing
Dayton
Ohio
National Cash Register Co
Senate and House target passage of key bills after Labor Day
Democratic leaders said they aim to push the limited test ban treaty to the Senate and the tax bill to the House for debate in the week after Labor Day. Speaker McCormack and Senate Majority Leader Mansfield spoke after a breakfast with President Kennedy.
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Washington
Senate
House
Kennedy
John McCormack
D-Mass
Ways and Means
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Milwaukee cattle and hog markets show gains with mixed receipts
AP reports Milwaukee livestock prices steady to strong for cattle and calves on Monday with steers at 23.00 to 25.00 and calves 31.00 to 33.00 top, while hogs rise up to 50 points. estimated Tuesday receipts: 1200 cattle, 1200 calves, 800 hogs, 300 sheep.
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Milwaukee
Bologna
T. Paul Livestock
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Seafarers Union Pickets By Air Over Ship
In Duluth Minnesota SIU members fly a single engine plane over the Gordon C Leitch as part of a labor dispute with Upper Lakes Shipping Co of Toronto The union uses air picketing after ground protests were halted by a restraining order They plan future helicopter use to reach ships and protest Canadian Maritime Union hires over American workers
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Duluth, Minn
Seafarers International Union
Upper Lakes Shipping Co., Ltd
Toronto
Upper Lakes
Gordon C. Leitch
Northern Pacific Railroad
SIU
Leitch
Upper Lakes Co
Illinois man killed in Freeport crash. Dells trucker unhurt
Virgil W. Heyn Jr. of Wisconsin Dells escaped injury when his gravel truck collided with a car driven by Kenneth Werkheiser, about 50, of Pearl City. Werkheiser died later in a Freeport hospital from injuries sustained in the Monday crash on a country road near Freeport.
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Freeport, Ill
Virgil W. Heyn Jr
Wisconsin Dells
Wis
Illinois
Kenneth Werkheiser
Pearl City
Freeport
Stock Quotations and Livestock Market Report
Wall street style stock quotations for Bell and Farrell Aileen and other firms with bond and fund data followed by Winona Livestock market report from Swift Co. Quotations list percentages and ranges for various companies and mutual funds. Livestock section covers hogs cattle veal and regional USDA figures with price ranges and market status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell & Farrell, Inc
Aileen, Inc
Central Tele
Clark Oil
First Bank Ltd
Gateway Trans
Godfrey Co
Hamilton
Heileman Brew
Koehring Co
la X Tele
Marine Cap
McQuay. Inc
Guar. Ins
Nekoosa
North, Plastics
Pyrotl Co
Rap Industries
Rockwell
Royal Do. N.Y
Swank, Inc
Warner Elec
Western Power
Tausche Bonds
Mutual Funds
Boston Fund
Chemical F
Eaton & Howard Bai, Fund
Eaton & Howard Std. Fund
Fidelity Fund
Mass
Nat. Invest
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Winona
Swift & Company
Personal incomes for July rise to a record 464.3 billion
The Commerce Department reports July personal income at an annual rate of 464.3 billion, a peak driven by gains in construction, trade, and service sectors. June and 1962 comparisons show increases, with dividends down slightly and factory payrolls flat. Farmers and rental incomes lagged.
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Washington
Commerce Department
NFO Delays Action in Wisconsin Milk Contract Standoff
National Farmers Organization members in eight southeastern Wisconsin counties vote to delay withholding milk from three Milwaukee dairies that refuse contracts. George Tyson says action awaits national HQ approval as larger areas weigh in. Dairies involved include Sealtest, Borden, and Golden Guernsey. An NFC meat withholding begins statewide.
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NFO
Graff
Orrin Lee Staley
Milwaukee
National Farmers Organization
Wisconsin
George Tyson
Eagle
Waukesha County
Tyson
Sealtest
Borden
Golden Guernsey
NFC
Chicago
Miners Rescued After Long Hazleton Tunnel Drill
Rescue workers labored at Sheppton mine nine miles from Hazleton drilling to Fellin and Throne then to Bova. After a cave in and delayed progress they pressed on for 22 hours to complete the six inch bore and sent light equipment down. Relatives kept vigil as Fellin urged faith and patience amid the dangerous operation.
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Bova
Fellin
Throne
Sheppton
Hazleton
Philadelphia
Funeral Rites Set for Rev Constant Chilicki at St Johns
At 9 a.m. Thursday Rev Constant Chilicki will officiate at St Johns Catholic Church. Burial will be Acacia Park Cemetery in St Paul. Friends may call at Dickinson Funeral Home after 4 p.m. Wednesday. The Rosary will be said at 8 p.m.
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St. John's Catholic Church
Constant Chilicki
Acacia Park Cemetery
St. Paul
Dickinson Funeral Home
McClellan Interviews Valachi for Syndicated Crime Hearings
The New York Daily News reports Sen. John L. McClellan and Justice official William Handley, with an unknown aide, questioned gangster informant Joseph Valachi at Ft. Monmouth New Jersey. The four hour session aims to prep for public hearings on syndicated crime. Valachi is expected to testify. Valachi, 60, under maximum guard, was marked for death by the underworld with a $100,000 bounty.
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New York
New York Daily News
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Investigation Committee
Joseph Valachi
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
William G. Handley
Justice Department
McClellan
Valachi
Department of Justice
Washington
Underworld
Submit Versions of Railroad Arbitration
Washington (RP) union and railroad lawyers seek agreement today on a combined arbitration negotiation plan proposed by Secretary of Labor Wirtz. With a nationwide strike looming in nine days, the dispute centers on diesel locomotive firemen job cuts and theAug. 29 change date.
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Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
Dies While Planning Trip To Homeland
CHICAGO AP A former Portage Wis restaurant owner Frank Phillips aged 67 died of a heart attack Monday while visiting a brother in law. He had sold his Portage restaurant after running it 23 years and was planning a trip to Greece, his native country.
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Chicago
Portage. Wis
Frank Phillips
Phillips
Greece
Portage
Thorp Finance Corp acquires Des Moines firm
Thorp Finance Corp announced it has acquired Guarantee Finance Corp of Des Moines. The deal involves more than $6 million in assets and expands Thorp to 100 offices across four states, with operations in six Iowa cities and Kirksville Missouri.
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THORP
Wis
Thorp Finance Corp
Guarantee Finance Corp
Des Moines
Iowa Cities
Kirksville
Wisconsin
Gunmen Hold Up A and P Food Store in Lake Geneva
Two gunmen robbed the A and P food store in Lake Geneva, escaping with about $2,000 after forcing employees to the basement at closing time 9 p.m. Both suspects fled the scene following the heist.
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Lake Geneva
40-Foot Jelly-Like Monster Seen Off Sandy Hook
A 40 foot long jelly like entity was observed 25 miles southeast of Times Square off Sandy Hook in the Atlantic. Dr Lional A Walford of the U S Fish and Wildlife Research Center described it as an inverterate creature with no visible eyes nose or mouth. Scientists noted sharks in the area as two frogmen were lowered in a shark proof cage for oceanographic studies.
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Sandy Hook
N.J
Atlantic Ocean
Lional A. Walford
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Research Center
Walford
Times Square
Treaty force on ballistic systems testifies on treaty safeguards
Preparedness subcommittee heard Power say ratifying the treaty would have grave consequences for U S security and the free world. Air Force Army Navy and Marine leaders supported the treaty with safeguards while Gen Taylor and Gen LeMay urged caution and deeper study. They backed underground testing limits and robust verification to deter Soviet actions.
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United States
Free World
Power
John Stennis
D-Miss
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Air Force
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Curtis E. LeMay
LeMay
Thurmond
Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Stennis
LeMaj
Earle G. Wheeler
David L. McDonald
Naval Operations
David M. Shoup
Pentagon
Taylor
Soviet Union
Tax Count Against Marion Man Dismissed
A charge of filing fraudulent income tax returns against Alex Vanden Heuvel of Marion was dismissed by U.S. District Judge Kenneth P. Grubb. Heuvel was indicted April 2 on reporting income of 13,907 and paying 951 in taxes for 1956 through 1959, while the IRS says the figures should have been 61,660 and 11,511.
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Milwaukee
Alex Vanden Heuvel
Marion
U.S
Kenneth P. Grubb
Heuvel
Internal Revenue Service
Teepee Supper Club Break-In in Tomah
Tomah Wisconsin police reported a break-in at the Teepee Supper Club Monday morning. The safe dial was knocked off but the door remained closed. Francis Kelly the manager said $8,000 stayed intact inside the safe. Entrance appeared made with a wrecking bar and wire clippers. No other clues found, said Chief William Showen.
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Tomah
Wis
Teepee
Francis Kelly
William Showen
North Dakota Woman Killed In Collision
Mrs Laura Kelley 70 of Lakota North Dakota died in a car truck crash half a mile south of Fairdale Driver Ivan Kelley Ely Minnesota and his daughter Sonia 3 were hospitalized in Park River The Kelley woman was the car driver In the other car H C Braaten 70 Fairdale was uninjured The 9 year old daughter and Mr Ivan Kelley were unharmed
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Fairdale
N.D
Laura Kelley
Lakota
Here
Park River
Ivan Kelley
Ely
Minn
Sonia
Kelly
H.C. Braaten
Cuba Reports Shelling of North Coast Metal Plant
Cuban radio broadcasts from Havana reported two boats shelled a metal processing plant in Pinar del Rio Province on the north coast, damaging oil and sulphuric acid tanks and pipes. Havana Radio labeled the action a pirate attack, the third against Cuba in 72 hours, with militiamen repelling the raid.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
Cuban Radio
Fidel Castro
Pinar del Rio
Havana
United States
Oct 1 Grazing Date For Diverted Acres
Madison Wisconsin October 1 set as the grazing start date for acres diverted from 1963 feed grain and wheat programs by the State ASC. The change shifts from November 1 to ease forage shortages due to drought and to allow northern areas to graze before snow. No harvest of forage is allowed. diverted drought-area acres may be hayed with written ASC county approval. Soil bank land from 1963 cannot be grazed or harvested before contract end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
ASC County Committee
ASC
Soil Bank
Nationalists Report Landings On China
An official agency in Taipei reports fifteen groups of well trained Chinese Nationalist guerrillas landed in Communist China between May 17 and late July. The guerrillas reportedly formed secret bases as planned and averaged about 14 men per group.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Olson Administrative Aide Named for Minneapolis Mayor
Mayor Arthur Naftalin selected 37 year old Clyne W. Olson as administrative aide to replace Irene Williams on September 1. Olson has served five years as executive secretary for the state DFL party and previously ran unsuccessfully for city treasurer against Reynold Malmquist.
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Minneapolis
Arthur Naftalin
Clyne W. Olson
Irene Williams
Olson
DFL
Reynold Malmquist
Marriage Licenses Granted in Wisconsin Areas
La Crosse region records show David L Holthaus of Onalaska and Alice C Dick of Ettrick set to wed August 24 in the Town of Ettrick. Warren W Bjorge of La Crosse and Linda M Needham of La Crosse to marry August 31 in La Crosse. Roy B Rogers of Camp McCoy and Carl Jean Gajewsky of Sparta to wed August 16. Kenneth J Engler of Sparta and Dianne J Jones of Sparta to wed August 24. Lonnie Muller of LaFarge and Gail Jean Rush, also of LaFarge, listed with Don Merkel of Minneapolis and Sandra Latimer of Viroqua in merger.
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David L. Holthaus
Main St
Onalaska
Alice C. Dick
Ettrick
Warren W. Bjorge
Cameron Ave
Linda M. Needham
Cass St
la Crosse
Sparta
Wis
Roy B. Rogers
Camp McCoy
Carl Jean Gajewsky
Kenneth J. Engler
Dianne J. Jones
Viroqua
Lonnie Muller
Gail Jean Rush
la Farge
Don Merkel
Minneapolis, Minn
Sandra Latimer
Man Facing Two Murder Charges While Dying of Cancer
Troy Thornton 40 of Littleville is charged with two counts of first degree murder for the slayings of Colbert County Sheriff Herman Cook and Littleville Police Chief Neal Pace. Thornton captured after a large manhunt 15 miles south of the shooting scene. Officer Donald Files hospitalized with a bullet wound. Deputy Ray Murray says a doctor told Thornton he has six months to live.
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Russellville
Ala
Troy Thornton
Littleville
Highway Patrol
Thornton
Colbert County
Herman Cook
Neal Pace
Donald Files
Ray Murray
Magnuson to speak at Proxmire dinner in Milwaukee
Sen. War ren Magnuson of Washington will speak at a $50 plate fundraiser for Sen. William Proxmire of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Dinner chairman Frank J. McCormack said the goal is 800 tickets for the September 15 event.
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Milwaukee
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Frank J. McCormack
Sgt Alvin York Returns to Seriously Ill List
Sgt. Alvin York, 75, remains seriously ill with a high temperature at Veterans Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgt. York
Nashville, Tenn
Alvin York
Veterans Hospital
McClellan Says Valachi Willing To Testify At Hearings
Sen John L McClellan said he questioned mobster Joseph Valachi at Fort Monmouth New Jersey and found him generally willing to talk Valachi is slated as a star witness for Senate investigations hearings planned for mid September to examine organized crime The Army closed Monmouth Field to civilian traffic for the transfer and security precautions were described though details of a Washington transfer were not discussed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Joseph Valachi
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
Valachi
McClellan
Senate
Justice Department
FBI
Narcotics Bureau
Subcommittee
Monmouth
U N and Red Leaders Clash at Panmunjom
United Nations and Communist members of the Korean Military Armistice Commission clashed for over five hours at Panmunjom with both sides trading charges. They agreed only on returning a captured officer to North Korea while Maj. Gen. Chang Chung hwan resisted discussing two American helicopter pilots despite a strong rebuke from Gen. George H. Cloud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panmunjom
Korea
U.N
Korean Military Armistice Commission
North Korea
U.S
George H. Cloud
Chang Chunghwan
Drone crash at Eglin kills two and injures one
An unmanned QB47 jet drone being landed veered off the Eglin main base runway and collided with a traffic line. Civilians Robert W. Glass and Dr. Robert E. Bunde died. Dorothy Phillips, wife of Sgt. James Phillips, was hurt and treated at the base hospital.
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Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Eglin Main Base
Robert W. Glass
Fort Walton Beach
Robert E. Bunde
Hopkins, Minn
Minneapolis Honeywell
Eglin
Denver
Nicholas Marcus
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