Wisconsin pilot helps strike North Viet Nam targets
Four Air Force pilots including Capt. Thomas A. Loken of Viroqua Wis joined air strikes over North Viet Nam. Tatum II led Phantoms to set fires and sever a rail line at the Hoang Mai fuel dump. Loken’s Thunderchief flight caused a secondary explosion and hit an anti aircraft site. Wells and Blevins led raids on Cao Quan fuel depot and a rail train, with rail line cut and cars damaged amid poor weather.
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Saigon
Air Force
North Viet Nam
Thomas A. Loken
Viroqua
Wis
Charles G. Tatum II
New York City
Norman L. Wells
Unionville
John C. Blevins
San Antonio
Tex
Tatum
Hoang Mai
Hanoi
Loken
Wells
Cao Quan
Blevins
15 Orphaned After Crash Kills 2 State Couples
A two car crash north of Williston North Dakota killed two Wisconsin couples, leaving 15 children orphaned. The Shafers of Elmwood, aged 53, had eight children. the Webers, also from Elmwood, aged 36, had seven. Two teenagers survived to hospital in satisfactory condition as the Weber vehicle turned from a four lane highway into a roadside restaurant.
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Williston
N.D
Here
Wisconsin
Carl Shafer
Elmwood
Wis
Francis Weber
State Highway Patrol
Shafers
Webers
Highway Patrol
Weber
Matching Computer Proposed for Bryant Park Dates
New York AP. Parks Commissioner Hoving eyes a computerized matchmaking device in Bryant Park to link visitors with a dating service. The plan aims to upgrade the park while maintaining a curfew and discouraging loitering. The city would not be responsible for the date’s appearance or activities.
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New York
Midtown Manhattan
Thomas P. F. Hoving
Hoving
Bryant Park
42Nd Street
Fifth Avenue
Wisconsin State Fair Closes After Rain Dampens Millionth Guest
The 117th Wisconsin State Fair ended with a record attendance of 985 296 over ten days, rain preventing the millionth visitor and gifts such as butter and Wisconsin cheese. Grand champion dairy and beef prizes were announced with entrants from Belleville Markleville Ind and Beloit, while bands from Mondovi and Milwaukee area won division honors.
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Milwaukee
Barrow
Francis H. Fahey
Belleville
Poland
Robert
Gary Wilson
Markleville
Ind
Wisconsin
Illinois
Texas
Minnesota
Michigan
Los Angeles County
U. S. Auto Club
Mondovi High
Buffalo County
Poll Shows Preference For Rolvaag In Minnesota Primary
Minnesota voters favor Gov Karl Rolvaag over Lt Gov A M Keith in a Minneapolis Tribune poll of 988 adults across eight districts from Aug 12 to 16. Among those likely to vote in the DFL primary Rolvaag leads 57 to 35 with 8 undecided. Robert Short trails 31-21 for lieutenant governor with Cristenson, endorsed by the party, and 48 percent undecided.
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Minneapolis
Karl F. Rolvarg
A. M. Keith
Democratic Farmer Labor Party
Minnesota
Minneapolis Tribune
DFL
Rolvaag
Keith
Robert Short
Rolxang
Gerald Christenson
Marquette Professor Killed While Beautifying Neighborhood
Dr. Harvey Pettit, 73, president of the Waterford Woods Association and a Marquette University professor, died Sunday when a tree he was cutting for a neighborhood beautification project planted by the association toppled onto him.
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Waterford
Harvey Pettit
Waterford Woods Association
Marquette University
Association
Two Drownings Reported In Wisconsin Waters
Delavan area on Turtle Lake saw Norman Uting age 58 of Belvidere Illinois drown after a three-boat collision when he fell from his boat. In Cassville Floyd Recd 70 fell from a dock into the Mississippi River while fishing and drowned on Saturday.
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Delavan
Wisconsin
Norman Uting
Belvidere
Ill
Turtle Lake
Floyd M. Recd
Cassville
Mississippi River
Oil discovered beneath Kikinda center near Hungarian border
In Kikinda Yugoslavia oil has been found directly under the city center near the Hungarian border. Officials approve drilling despite potential municipal inconvenience.
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Kikinda
Yugoslavia
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