Crossing Signal Sought After Fatality At George Street Crossing
La Crosse aldermen pressed for PSC approval of a traffic signal at the Burlington crossing on George Street after the death of William Dowell 42. Temporary measures discussed include a flagman or engine light while the railroad cooperates pending a permanent signal installation funded by city and approved in the 1964 capital plan.
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Public Service Commission
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George Street
Common Council
William Dowell
Boschert St
Long Drive
Hain
Interstate Commerce Commission
Public Service
Johnson says economy won’t weaken U S military strength
President Johnson told a bipartisan congressional briefing that U S defense will remain powerful and capable of absorbing a surprise attack. McNamara McCone and Rusk led the session outlining current and projected U S Soviet relative strength through the 1960s.
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Johnson
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House
White House
United States
Russia
Congress
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Robert S. McNamara
Dean Rusk
John A. McCone
McNamara
U.S
McCone
Rusk
Defense Department
Expect Tippit Fund To Reach 200000
Dallas police Lt. Verne Hipskind reported adding 15000 to the Tippit family fund while the department listed 140861.25 in donations by day’s end. Non department contributions were expected to push the total near 200000 as the nation mourned Officer J. D. Tippit who was killed while questioning Lee Harvey Oswald in Kennedy’s assassination case.
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Dallas
Verne Hipskind
J. D. Tippit
Hipskind
Police Department
Tippit
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Republican Trial Balloon Labeled Lodge Floats in Skies
Raymond J. Crowley reports a GOP trial balloon named Henry Cabot Lodge for president circulating after Lyndon B. Johnson’s ascent to the presidency. Eisenhower urged Lodge to consider a run. Lodge said he is not running though Eisenhower’s support would be valued. Goldwater leads GOP hopes as the Democratic race shifts.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lodge
South Viet Nam
Eisenhower
Senate
Massachusetts
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
GOP
Wisconsin Governor pushes accelerated highway plan in special session
Gov. John W. Reynolds urged speedy approval of a 400 million bonding program to finish Wisconsin interstate and Milwaukee expressways by 1967 and finance 120 million in added four lane roads over ten years. He warned partisan delay would harm the state’s industrial growth and job prospects.
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John W. Reynolds
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Paul Alfonsi
Minocqua
Assembly
Reynolds
Alfonsi
Robert Knowles
Senate
Knowles
Sinatra Jr Abduction Stirs FBI Hunt in Sierra Snow
FBI with 30 agents and 70 officers search the Sierra area for Frank Sinatra Jr who was kidnapped in Lake Tahoe. No ransom demand has been received. Sinatra Sr remains in Reno awaiting word as investigation links to bank robberies charged to two suspects.
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FBI
Frank Sinatra Jr
Curtis 0
Lynan
Young Sinatra
Ernest Carlson
Reno
John Foss
Lake Tahoe
Foss
Joseph James Sorce
el Cerrito
Thomas Patrick Keating
Riverside
Sinatra Jr
Sinatra
U.S. 50
Sinatra Sr
Three Women Killed in Wisconsin Traffic Accidents
The Wisconsin traffic toll rose to 840 after three separate crashes claimed the lives of Mary Ondrijicki 74 of Milwaukee Joan Rumph 39 of Racine and Mrs Charles Keene 23 of Madison. Ondrijicki died from injuries after a Milwaukee intersection incident Rumph was killed when a car struck a pole on Highway 32 near Racine Keene died Tuesday from a head on collision near the Dane County line.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Mary Ondrijicki
Milwaukee
Joan Rumph
Racine
Highway 32
Charles Keene
Madison
Green County
Dane County
Congressman Green In Critical Condition
Rep. William J. Green D Pa aged 53 lies in a Philadelphia hospital in critical condition after surgery for peritonitis. He fell ill Sunday while in New York for the funeral of former New York governor Herbert H. Lehman.
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William J. Green
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Green
New York
Herbert H. Lehman
Big Bella Air Horn Guides Lost Hunters Home
Errol New Hampshire Frank Zarek 27 Mansfield Massachusetts followed the Berlin city air horn nicknamed Big Bella to safety after becoming separated from four companions. The horn mounted on a truck with an air compressor broadcasts blasts about four miles, aiding lost hikers to reach a road.
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N.H
Bella
Frank Zarek
Mansfield
Mass
Berlin
Studebaker to Close South Bend Plant in US Auto(united states) Shift
Studebaker Corp will end automobile production in the United States and focus on Canada. The South Bend plant will close while the Hamilton Ontario operation continues. Avanti production ends and severance and pension terms are outlined for employees.
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AP Business News
New York
Studebaker Corp
United States
Randolph H. Guthrie
Studebaker
South Bend
Ind
Hamilton
Ont
Guthrie
Canada
Indiana
Matthew E. Welsh
U.S
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Burlingame
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Supreme Allied Headquarters
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By Harvey Breuscher
Vous
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