Macmillan heads to Bahamas to discuss Skybolt with Kennedy
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan leaves for Nassau to meet President Kennedy and discuss the Skybolt missile dispute alongside broader disarmament and East West tensions. He reports a reassessment of positions after Cuba and Asia events, with U.S. opposition to national nuclear deterrents and Britain seeking a multi national NATO approach.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Bahamas
Kennedy
Cuba
Macmillan
Asia
China
India
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
U.S
Britain
France
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Trust Gift Reaches 95 Percent in Chest Campaign
A $2,000 gift from the La Crosse Community Trust raises the Community Chest total to $243,680, 95 percent of the $256,119 goal. Campaign chairman Dr. Gunnar A. Gundersen credits the trust with a greatly beneficial community impact. The trust, founded July 1930 with the La Crosse County Bar Association and La Crosse Trust Co, manages bequest principal and supports a citizen-led distribution committee.
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la Crosse Community Trust
Community Chest
Gunnar A. Gundersen
Community Trust
la Crosse County Bar Association
la Crosse Trust Co
Final Okay Given For WKBT Television Tower
The Wisconsin Aeronautics Commission approved WKBT to build a 1 625 foot tower near Galesville, making it the tallest in the state and fifth tallest globally. Construction starts when weather allows, with completion expected by late summer or early fall at a cost well over 330000, expanding coverage to a 58 mile radius including Eau Claire, Rochester, Winona and La Crosse.
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Wisconsin Aeronautics Commission
WKBT
Galesville
Gateway
la Crosse
Don Love
Green Bay
Arland West
Plover
Ted Cole
Cashton
Gordon Leonard
Milwaukee
Don Olson
Two Rivers
Leonard
T. K. Jordan
Fritz Wolf
Commission
John Bowers
Howard Dahl
WKBH
al Leeman
Robert Johns
Dahl
Eau Claire
Rochester
Winona
CBS
Charles Laughton Dies Giant of Acting World at 63
Charles Laughton, famed British born actor known for Captain Bligh in Mutiny on the Bounty Henry VIII in 1933 and a long career as a top character actor, died of cancer at 63. He passed at his home after a four month hospital stay with Elsa Lanchester by his side.
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Charles Laughton
Laughton
Rembrandt
Henry VIII
Sen. Seah Cooley
Jonas Tuttle
the Tuttles of
Tahiti
UPI
Hollywood
Cedars of Lebanon
Charles
Elsa Lanchester
Frank
Captain Bligh
London
England
Stonyhurst College
Claridge’s
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Academy
Prof
Henry Higgins
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Hell
Agnes Moorehead
Charles Boyer
Cedric Hardwicke
Broadway
Nine Baker orphans leave Minnesota for new Charlotte home
Nine siblings from the Baker family travel from St. Wendel near St. Cloud to Charlotte to join adoptive parents Mr. and Mrs. Donald Meyers. The Bakers were killed in a January pickup truck crash near Battle Lake Minnesota, leaving 13 to 2 year olds to be cared for. The Meyers, already parents to two children, adopted nine more as they express their desire to provide a home and love during the Christmas season.
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ST. Cloud
Minn
Minnesota
Charlotte
N.C
Donald Meyers
Walter Baker
Bakers
Battle Lake
Pauline
Phillip
Meyers
Jean
Baker
Charlotte Observer
Joseph Klinner
Paul Bryon
St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church
Theresa
Timothy
Loreta
Susan
Jeffrey
Jerald
Monica Jo
St. Columbkinle
St. Wendel
Minneapolis
Chicago
Dixie
Bowhunters Best Deer Season At Camp Ripley
Bow and arrow hunters ended their best deer season at Camp Ripley since 1954. The October and December totals reached 217 deer with 8,853 hunters taking part.
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Camp Ripley
Brainerd, Minn
Nautilus Sinks Off Dutch Coast Killing 23 Aboard
A ferocious European winter storm left more than 30 dead as gales toppled trees and destroyed buildings. The German freighter Nautilus sank off the Dutch coast with 23 dead. three freighters and a Belgian radio ship were driven aground along the continent.
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Europe
English
Alcatraz Escape Attempt Ends With Mainland Swim
Two bank robbers broke out of Alcatraz through a kitchen window and were recaptured after attempting to reach the San Francisco mainland. John Paul Scott swam about three miles with homemade water wings but was severely weakened. Carl Parker quit after about 100 yards. Scott, 35, from Kentucky, was found near shore and treated with hypothermia. Parker stayed on Little Alcatraz until spotted by a prison boat.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz
San Francisco Bay
John Paul Scott
Leitchfield
Army
Letterman General Hospital
Scott
Carl Dee Parker
Canton
Ohio
Olin Blackwell
John
Clarence Anglin
Frank Morris
One Government Witness Trial Of Red Party In U S
The Communist party’s defense argues it acted in an American tradition by not registering as a Soviet agent, as the trial nears a jury verdict. Prosecutors say the party deliberately failed to register, risking fines up to 110000 for 11 days plus 10000 for a form filing count.
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U.S
Washington
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Alexander Holtzoff
John J. Abt
Gus Hall
Court Lets Kentucky Sunday Closing Stand
Supreme Court lets stand lower court rulings on Kentucky blue laws and Sabbath observance. The case involves Adell Sherbert denied unemployment benefits after refusing Saturday work for Seventh day Adventist beliefs. Also the court refused to review a plant-move case affecting workers' vested rights.
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Kentucky
Washington
Douglas
Supreme Court
High Court
Seventh-day Adventist Church
South Carolina
Adell H Sherbert
Beaumont
Spartan Mills
Spartansburg
S.C
Employment Security Commission
Adell Sherbert
Ross Gear & Tool Co. Inc
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Robert S. McNamara
Nassau
McNamara
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Stuart Symington
D-Mo
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Trust Gift
Terence Boschert
la Crosse Tribune
Olson
Telephoto
N. Carolina
Bryon
Catholic Charities
H.M. Lutgen
Val Klimek
Ed Goering
Celanese Corp
Scotland
Western
Italy
Rome
Norway
Sweden
Uppsala University
Honduras
Black Eagle
Uylenspiegel
Antarctic
Ross Sea
McMurdo Sound
Mainland
Icy Bay
Parker
Little
UPI Telephotos
Justice Department
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