Protests in White Philadelphia Suburb Over Black Couple Home
A Negro couple in Folcroft faced a violent, jeering mob as more than 100 state troopers and horse units protected their damaged home. Dozens injured or arrested, including a University of Pennsylvania professor, amid riot conditions and a night of rock and egg throwing.
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Folcroft
Singleton Shaeffer
Horace Bakers
Philadelphia
Bakers
University of Pennsylvania
James van Dyk
van Dyk
Thompson says Washington march had little impact on Congress
Rep. Vernon Thompson notes most House members missed the civil rights march due to a rail labor dispute. He argues Congress was focused on the on the floor and television coverage conveyed the event. He describes Washington as deserted with many police on the hill.
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la Crosse Tribune
Washington Bureau
Washington, D.C
Vernon Thompson
R.richland Center
Washington
Congress
Thomson
House
Congress’ Association
Wisconsin
Capital Hill
Korean Strongman Retires From Army
Chipo-ri Korea AP Gen Chung Hee Park retires from the army and announces a run for president in the October 15 elections. He will be the junta backed Democratic Republican party candidate.
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Chipo-Ri
Korea
Chung- Hee Park
Park
Democratic Republican Party
Hoover Fears Valachi Revelations Hamper Organized Crime Fight
FBI chief J Edgar Hoover dismissed Valachi disclosures as not the major breakthrough praised by officials. He warned that publicizing the warblings could hinder efforts against the Cosa Nostra while praising existing FBI work from 1961 1962 and urging public support for a broader drive against organized crime.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Joseph Valachi
FBI
Justice Department
Cosa Nostra
Hoover
Robert F. Kennedy
Valachi
Senate
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
Ben
Cool Weekend Weather Slow to Start in Wisconsin
Clear skies and cool temps greet Labor Day weekend across Wisconsin. Overnight lows ranged from 39 degrees at Park Falls to 54 at Milwaukee airport. highs climbed to 78 in Beloit Rockford, with Park Falls at 63 and Milwaukee noting rainfall traces in Milwaukee and La Crosse areas. The national high reached 107 in Imperial California.
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Wisconsin
Park Falls
Milwaukee
Wausau
Green Bay
Superior
Madison
Eay
Claire
Lone Rock
Beloit- Rockford Area
la Crosse
Racine
Beloit Rockford
Mercury
Eau Claire
Imperial
Calif
Marquette County
Michigan
No La Crosse Tribune Editions on Labor Day
The La Crosse Tribune will not publish editions on Labor Day. The newspaper will resume normal publication the following day.
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la Crosse Tribune
Two Girls Start Fire In County Jail
Two teenage girls held in a county jail after a downtown vandalism spree started a fire in their cell by lighting magazines. Jailer Roland Puents extinguished the blaze, injuring the floor in the women’s quarters, then the youths were separated. Earlier, a lit aerial bomb was tossed into a parked squad car near City Hall, setting the front seat ablaze and requiring firemen and a fire extinguisher to control the flames.
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la Crosse
Paul
Pip) Wuest
Roland Puent
City Hall
Miner Missing in Sheppton Cave-In Prompting Ongoing Rescue Efforts
In Hazleton Pennsylvania an ongoing rescue operation follows a historic mine cave-in at Sheppton on August 13. Despite a volunteer’s risky descent to the chamber no trace of Louis Bova was found. Drillings continue in search of clues as officials pursue possible exits and signs of the missing miner.
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Hazleton
Louis Bova
Bova
Sheppton
Andy Drebitko
Pottsville
David Fellin
Henry Throne
H.B. Charmbury
Pennsylvania
Fellin
Throne
Drebitko
Charmbury
Fellin-Throne
First US identical quadruplets live in poverty
CHICAGO AP The first known identical quadruplets in the United States live in poverty in a broken home. The Harris girls Sheena Shawna Sherry and Shannon born June 30 to a $90 a week assembler and his 19 year old wife face court action. Judge James Crosson ordered father Bernard 23 to contribute $30 a week for the quads and their brother Shawn 1. Harris has begun weekly payments while Delores Harris seeks separate maintenance. Harris's father Lawrence Smith provides main support for the children.
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Chicago
United States
Sheena
Shawnna
Sherry
Shannon Harris
James Crosson
Bernard
Shawn
Harris
Delores Harris
Lawrence ‘Smith
State Income Tax Hike Varies From Two to Forty Seven Dollars
Wisconsin tax analysis shows 1963 legislature approved income tax rises from two to forty seven dollars yearly. The minimum two dollar increase includes a mandatory filing fee for all filers. For a $2000 adjusted gross income the tax rises to three dollars plus the filing fee at a new 1.2 to 3 percent starting rate. The forty seven dollar top rise applies to taxpayers with twenty five thousand dollars or more. A table estimates April 1964 payments versus 1961 and 1963 for a family with a wife and two children.
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Madison
Wisconsin Taxpayer
Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance
John W.reynolds
La Crosse Assessor Reports 1963 Total Assessments Rise
La Crosse total assessments for 1963 reach $119,525,340, up $4,312,600 from 1962 and the largest gain in three years. Real estate accounts for $96,188,910 and personal property $23,336,430, with land values driving much of the increase amid scarce building lots.
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la Crosse
Arthur G. Rogge
Rogge
Board of Review
Mercantile
Washington Moscow hot line completed
The United States and USSR opened a direct emergency link between Washington and Moscow to prevent nuclear war miscommunications. The system, announced by the Pentagon, enables rapid direct talks between the two leaders during crises, with bilingual attendants and secure teletypes for reliability.
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Washington
Moscow
Elton C. Fay
White House
Kremlin
Pentagon
Geneva
Kennedy
Russia
United States
Khrushchev
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S
Search for Missing AF Men Continues in Atlantic Ocean
Miami Florida The search continues Saturday for a La Crosse man and 10 others reported missing in the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday. The 11 missing crewmen were aboard two Air Force KC135 jet tankers believed to have gone down about 335 miles southwest of Bermuda. Technical Sgt. Ray Fish 30 of La Crosse is among the missing. He is married to Barbara endres and leaves a wife and four children in Homestead Florida.
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Miami
Fla
la Crosse
Atlantic Ocean
Air Force
Atlantic
Bermuda
Ray Fish
Walter Turner
Adams St
Clyde Fish
Division St
Barbara Endres
Turner
Ellen Fish
Homestead Air Force Base
Fish
Karen
Jerry
David
Randy
Harlin
Gladys Slindee
Two Chinese Poets Arrive for Pakistan Tour
In Karachi a two man writers delegation from Communist China arrives for a three week Pakistani tour. Poets Wen Chieh and Yuan Ying visit Lahore and other cities to meet local writers and promote cultural exchange.
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Karachi
Pakistan
China
Wen Chieh
Yuan Ying
Americans Die in Viet Cong Clash and Saigon Demonstration
In Saigon a large pro government rally gathered near the U S Information Agency as martial law persisted amid Diem led demonstrations. Two American advisers were killed in fighting with Viet Cong and 54 Americans have died in Vietnam since December 1961 with 99 total deaths from all causes.
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U.S
Diem
City Hall
Army
National Unity
Saigon
Viet Nam
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Camden, N.J
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U.S. Information Agency
Ngo Dinh Diem
Marine Guard
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