Navy cargo plane crash kills four near San Francisco airport
A Slick Airways Constellation carrying classified Navy equipment crashed on approach at San Francisco International Airport in fog. Four of eight aboard died. Injured passengers and crew were rushed to Peninsula Hospital. The flight originated in Washington DC with stops in Norfolk Dallas and Albuquerque.
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Slick Airways
International
San Francisco
UPI Telephoto
San Francisco International
Gineer
Peninsula Hospital
Burlingame
Walik
Alameda Naval Air Station
San Francisco Bay
Richard MacCallum
Walnut Creek
William Coryell
Burbank
Albert V. Aaron
Lloyd Mulligan
San Mateo
Aaron
Dallas
Tex
Mulligan
Slick
Washington, D.C
Norfolk
John O’neal
Pittsfield
Mass
General Electric Corp
Navy
John Walik
Los Alamitos
Calif
Clarence Field
Millbrae
Kenneth Hale
Two Traffic Deaths Recorded In State
Two Wisconsin traffic deaths were recorded during the weekend, lifting the year’s toll to 46 as of this date. Arthur Dorn, 18, of Sherwood was killed in a three car crash on Highway 55 near Kaukauna. three others were injured. Robert Zeidler, 23, of Milwaukee died Friday night after his car was struck between a tow truck and another vehicle.
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Wisconsin
Arthur Dorn
Sherwood
Calumet County
Kaukauna
Robert Zeidler
Milwauke
Reynolds Plans Dual Budget Messages for State and Local Costs
Gov John W Reynolds will present two separate budget messages to the Wisconsin Legislature. The first covers state government and institutional costs for the next two years, the second addresses local distribution of school and welfare aids and state college taxes. A 16 minute film from budget tours will accompany the first message.
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Madison
John W. Reynolds
Reynolds
Electric windows impede escape from submerged car tragedy
Three South Dakota State College students in Browns Valley drove onto lake ice. The car sank to the bottom and two men perished while 21 year old Jerry Hahn survived after swimming 75 feet to shore. Persistent ice and frigid temperatures, 10 below zero, fueled a dramatic rescue as Hahn crawled to safety and sought help.
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Minn
Lake Traverse
Jerry Hahn
Hahn
Anderson
Vergeldt
Wheaton, Minn
Young Hahn
Melvin Brunken
Rosholt
S.D
South Dakota State College
Brookings
Minnesota-South Dakota
Pete Jensen
Jensen
Nicaraguans Extend Somoza Family Rule
Nicaraguans voted to extend the Somoza family's 31 year rule as National Guardsmen clashed with anti Somoza demonstrators. Rene Schick Guittierrez won the presidency amid boycott claims by opposition leader Dr Fernando Aguero Rocha.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Somoza
Rene Schick Guittierrez
Liberal Party
Fernando Aguero Rocha
Aguero
Schick
Luis Somoza
Somozas
Expected Cuba Shipping Order Delays Prohibition Near
Officials say an order to curb shipping to Cuba could be issued Tuesday or Wednesday with penalties retroactive to January 1. The plan targets government and government financed cargoes, aims to raise costs for Communist supplies, and reflects a watered down version of prior proposals amid international concerns and strategic debates.
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Lewis Gulick
Washington
Cuba
U.S
Castro
Kennedy
United States
Dissolution of Parliament Near in Canada Crisis
Canada faces a cabinet split as Defense Minister Douglas Harkness resigns over nuclear weapon policy. Dissolution of Parliament and April elections loom with Prime Minister Diefenbaker seeking a clear Conservative majority amid party defections and opposition maneuvering.
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Ottawa
Douglas Harkness
Canada
John G. Diefenbaker
Harkness
Diefenbaker
Lester B. Pearson
Liberal Party
Pearson
North American
Conservative
Social Credit
U.S. State Department
Europe
Alma Mystery: Restless Reptiles Found in Wisconsin
In Alma Wisconsin two exotic cold weather reptiles a python native to India and a monitor lizard from Asia were found near the tracks and homes. Officials at Winona State College identified the Python as non North American and likely Indian while the lizard was confirmed as a monitor lizard and both may have wintered or migrated from distant habitats. The incident raises questions about how these tropical animals ended up in frigid 1963 western Wisconsin.
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Alma
Wis
Here
Wisconsin
India
Burlington Railroad Section
Buffalo County Journal
Carl Lanzel
Journal
Upper Mississippi River
Biology Department
Winona State College
Opsahl
Burlington Railroad
Wabasha
Mississippi
Minnesota
Burlington
George Schwalbe
Biology
Asia
South Pacific
Man Fast-Gains 70 Pounds in Two Weeks and Dies
Charles Steinmetz aged 38 in Jacksonville Florida collapsed after rapidly gaining 70 pounds in two weeks from 670 to 740. He weighed 68 inches tall and 76 inches around. Autopsy results pending as doctors cited no organic illness and attributed death to overeating. He had worked 16 years as a typist before retirement on a medical pension in 1959.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Charles Steinmetz
Steinmetz
Blind child returns home after Mayo Clinic visit
Mrs. Joseph Ramsay says goodbye in Rochester to Margaret McKeown of Scotland, who lost both eyes after cancer operations. The Ramsays funded the surgery and trip. a Mayo checkup found mild anemia but no cancer.
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Joseph Ramsay
Rochester
Minn
Margaret McKeown
Scotland
Mayo Clinic
Margaret
Ramsay
Reno
Nev
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