U S Plane Fire Hits Observing Mission Over Laos
An unarmed U S Air Force observer plane watching Soviet airdrops to Pathet Lao forces near Vangvieng was shot at Tuesday. The left engine and fuselage were struck, but all aboard survived. The attache's office cited possible fire from a Soviet plane or ground personnel, with crew including Maj Armand Riser and four others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vientiane. Laos
U.S
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Armand Riser
Kong le
Pathet Lao
Vangvieng
Vientiane
Washington
Air Force
Rise
Arlington
William G. von Platen
San Diego
Calif
Rex B. Percival
Knob Noster
Riser
West Germany and Soviet Union Reach Trade Pact Agreement
Bonn reports a new West German Soviet trade pact with Berlin status unresolved. East German leaders threaten to halt land and river traffic to Berlin 100 miles inside the Iron Curtain if talks fail by January 1.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Soviet Union
Berlin
Communist Fast Germany
East Berlin
West Berlin
Iron Curtain
East Germany
Heinz Behrend
Konrad Adenauer
Andrei Smirnov
Constellation Fire Disaster Draws City Critique
New York City Fire Commissioner Edward Cavanagh Jr called the Constellation’s condition sloppy and deplorable noting 42 minor fires prior to the Dec 19 blaze that caused $75 million damage and 49 deaths. A Navy witness said city firemen hindered efforts and that the ship’s crew could have fought the fire in 30 minutes with proper equipment and fog spray.
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New York
Edward Cavanagh Jr
Constellation
Naval Court of Inquiry
Cavanagh
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy
John F. Rutledge
City
Rutledge
New York City
La Crosse Youth Dies In Auto Crash Injuries
Michael J. Shuda an 18 year old of 2207 Wood Street died at 1 40 p m Tuesday from injuries suffered when a car veered off Rose Street The driver Thomas A Melde 18 of 316 Liberty Street lost control and the auto went over a bank into a marsh area Four other youths were injured and remain in St Francis Hospital An inquest was ordered by District Attorney George Thompson Chief mourners include parents Mr and Mrs John Shuda a brother Jeffrey and grandparents burial at Catholic Cemetery services at Blaschke Funeral Home and St John s Church with Rosary at 730 p m Thursday
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Rose Street
Michael J. Shuda
Wood St
Wisconsin
Swift Creek
Shuda
Thomas A. Melde
Liberty St
Moore Street
Moore
Melde
Thomas L. Betthauser
Kane St
Kent W. Knutson
Arlan R. Mathews
Avon St
St. Francis Hospital
George Thompson
John Shuda
Jeffrey
Walter E. Shuda
E. A. Brown
la Crosse
South Side
Blaschke
DC8 Duplicates Flight Pattern of Fatal Crash
United Air Lines DC8, with crash investigators on board, repeated the flight pattern of the Dec 16 collision that killed 136 near New York. Observers from United, TWA, the Civil Aeronautics Board, FAA and the Air Lines Pilots Association were aboard the test flight. Conditions differed from the snowy earlier day. The test aimed to explain why the jet overshot a holding area near the Jersey shore south of Staten Island. FAA head E. R. Quesada noted the Dec 16 collision occurred 11 miles northeast of the holding area.
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New York
United Air Lines
New York City
Trans World Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Federal Aviation Agency
The
Air Lines Pilot Association
Jersey Shore
Staten Island
E. R. Quesada
Havana Bombings Target Stores in Anti-C Castro Attacks
Revolucion accuses the United States of supplying explosives to terrorists after a series of Havana bombings injuring over 60 people. Attacks struck a department store a vanity store a night club and a power station with bombs found at several sites. A Camaguey Havana train collision injured more than 50 people as anti Castro elements step up daylight bombings.
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Havana
United States
Revolucion
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Yankee Tnt
Eisenhower Pentagon Falangist
Fulgencio
Batista
Revolution
Camaguey
Tallapiedra
Kennedy task force readies plan for distressed areas
A Kennedy presidential panel led by Sen. Paul Douglas finalizes a multi facet approach to aid low in spirits regions. The plan calls for expanded food aid, boosted unemployment benefits, regional redevelopment boards, faster public works, plus job training and market development for coal and other distressed areas.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
West Virginia
Kennedy names Zuckert for Air Force and Connally for Navy
President elect John F Kennedy announced Eugene Zuckert as secretary of the Air Force and John Connally as secretary of the Navy. Zuckert, a former Air Force assistant secretary and Atomic Energy Commission member, is 49 and a Democrat. Connally, Fort Worth attorney and Johnson ally, is 43 and also a Democrat. Kennedy will meet with Sen Fulbright and Franklin D Roosevelt Jr. at his Palm Beach home this week as he prepares to take office January 20.
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Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Eugene Zuckert
Air Force
Atomic Energy Commission
Zuckert
Kennedy
John B. Connaly
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Navy
Connally
Atlantic
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
U. S. House of Representatives
New York
Pierre Salinger
Roosevelt
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Ford Motor Co
Harry S. Truman
Yale College
Yale Law School
Harvard Business School
Securities and Exchange Commission
Stuart Symington
U. S
Missouri
Surplus Property Administration
Symington
Washington
Fort Worth
Tex
House
Johnson
Senate
Secretary of the Navy
James Forrestal
Pacific
University of Texas
Texas Bar
KVET
Austin
Rites for LaCro Officer Set Friday
Services for Orville C. Mickelberg 58 of R1 Onalaska director of engineering and LaCro Products board member will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Bethel Lutheran Church. Burial in Onalaska cemetery. Memorials to Augsburg College and Seminary Scholarship Fund. He died Tuesday in Minneapolis. He joined Moto-Meter Gauge in 1919 and later Electric Auto-Lite before moving to Bay City Michigan then returning to La Crosse in 1959. Survivors include wife Thelma son Erwin mother Mrs Caroline Mickelberg brother Lester and two grandchildren.
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Orville C
la Crosse
Moto-Meter Gauge and Equipment Co
Auto-Lite
Mickelberg
Bay City
Mich
New la Cro Products
Thelma
Erwin
Minneapolis
Caroline Mickelberg
Rockland
Lester
Holmen
Augsburg College and Seminary
Unions Pledge Retaliation Amid Belgium Strike Turmoil
Police used tear gas and fire hoses in Ghent to disperse a demonstration as Socialist union leaders urged a general Antwerp strike. The eight day walkout aimed at toppling Premier Gaston Eyskens, with widespread shutdowns and virtual military presence across Brussels and the south.
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Brussels
Belgium
Ghent
Antwerp
Gaston Eyskens
Eyskens
Congo
Hitler
Baudouin
Fabiola
Spain
Roux
la Louviere
Josef Ernest Cardinal van Roey
Kennedy to Broadcast Live TV Press Conferences
President elect Kennedy will hold live televised and radio news conferences in evenings. Press secretary Pierre Salinger said networks welcomed the plan after talks with major outlets. Live coverage could accompany postinaugural events, with networks free to choose which sessions to air.
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Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
Salinger
White House
Minnesota Polio Vaccine for Blank Takers Approved
The Minnesota Health Department will supply oral polio vaccine to 50 000 "blank" volunteers from field trials. In a six area trial 103 962 people received cherry flavored syrup, half with vaccine and half placebo. Local clinics will administer to those who received blanks.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota Health Department
Minnesota
The
Health Department
Minneapolis - St. Paul
Pair Held On $25 000 Bail In Murder Case
An 18 year old youth and his 27 year old companion are held on 25000 bail each for first degree murder in the robbery strangling of 86 year old Martha Heide. Plautz faces a preliminary hearing January 20 while Patselski waives and is bound for Municipal Court.
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Milwaukee
Christ T. Seraphim
Clifford Plautz
Plautz
Leroy J. Pa‘telsk
Patelski
Martha Heide
Youth Admits Killing Boy For 50 Cents
In New York, 17 year old Edward Vogt confessed to stabbing 14 year old Robert Guitarri during a city rooftop confrontation after demanding money from the Christmas tree delivery boy who had only two quarters. Police trace a history of prior offenses as motive and context.
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New York
Robert Guitarri
Francois Robb
Edward Vogt
Guitarri
Vogt
Upper West Side
Robb
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Viet Nam
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Ift
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Fogar
Kre
Douglas
Secretaries of Navy
LaCro
Striklers
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Royal Palace
Opera House
Cialist
Catholic Social Christian Unions
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