Marines Endurance Test Shows Younger Runners Lead
Brig. Gen. Rathven McClure Tompkins completed the 50 mile hike in 15 hours 32 minutes with an 18 hour day. Lt. Marty Shimek from Hazen Ark clocked 9 hours 53 minutes for marching running, while Lt. Donald L. Bernath of Wauseon Ohio finished first in 11 hours 44 minutes. Lt. Harry J. Crossen Jr. of Philadelphia finished in 11 hours 59 minutes after a race to the line with Rita Morris. Kennedy watched as Bernath received Maj. Gen. Wieseman’s praise for the Marines’ fitness.
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Camp Lejeune
N.C
Rathven McClure Tompkins
Tompkins
Charles G. Bryan
Charlie
Guadalcanal
Saipan
Tarawa
Marty Shimek
Hazen
Ark
University of Arkansas
Shimek
Donald L. Bernath
Wauseon
Ohio
Bernath
Harry J. Crossen Jr
Philadelphia
Kennedy
Rita Morris
Jacksonville
Frederick L. Wieseman
2Nd Marine Division
Hiking’s Fine but Don’t Start With 50 Miles
Washington AP briefing from the President’s Council on Physical Fitness says hiking is good exercise but warns against attempting 50 mile hikes right away. The council notes such distances suit Marines and others in good condition and recommends beginners start with a moderate walk.
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Council On Physical Fitness
Confidence Vote Boosts Macmillan Government in U K
In London the Conservative government won a 333 to 227 confidence vote, its largest margin in 15 months, as Deputy Foreign Minister Edward Heath urged renewed industrial and diplomatic efforts with the European Common Market to expand trade and safeguard Britain's interests.
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London
Edward Heath
House of Commons
Europe
Britain
Harold Macmillan
Pudgy Pierre Cancels Walk
President Kennedy aides and Marines staged a cold weather fitness scene as Pierre Salinger withdrew from a 50 mile hike along the C and O Canal. Lt. Donald L. Bernath outpaced about 30 leathernecks at Camp Lejeune finishing in 11 hours 44 minutes. Secretaries from Capitol Hill subsisted on the cold start with one injury from a boot cut by glass but continued the trek.
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Washington
Pierre Salinger
New Frontier
White House
Salinger
C&o Canal
Kennedy
Teddy Roosevelt
Donald L. Bernath
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Capitol Hill
Legislative Branch
Jackie McDonald
St. Louis
Richard Schord
D-Mo
Viterbo College Urban Renewal Survey Delayed Over Contract
La Crosse Redevelopment Authority delayed action on Viterbo College’s 18 month urban renewal survey until a formal contract is signed allocating local costs. The plan would use funds to acquire land clear sites relocate families and businesses and prepare for federal funding. Next steps include council and federal approvals and final contract signing.
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Viterbo College
la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse Redevelopment Authority
Viterbo
Peter Pappas
Robert Smyth
Common Council
M. Justine
John Flanagan
Housing and Home Finance Agency
City
Flanagan
Chester Hall
S. 9Th St
Hall
Crash of Northwest jet spurs federal investigation in Everglades
Federal investigators study scattered wreckage after a Northwest Orient Airlines jet with 43 aboard crashed minutes after takeoff from Miami. Rescue teams search for bodies as helicopters shuttle between the site near Everglades and a temporary morgue at a nearby school.
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Miami
Fla
Florida Everglades
Northwest Orient Airlines
Chicago
Seattle
Wash
Portland
Ore
Manyj
Helicopters
Army
Civil Aeronautics Yards
FBI
Grief Follows Rising Anxiety At Long Airport Wait
Chicago relatives and friends waited at O'Hare for Northwest Flight 705 hopeful arrivals from Miami. Wreckage was found in the Everglades Forty three miles from Miami. 35 passengers and 8 crew died. Names and relations emerged as families waited in a police guarded room.
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Miami
Florida
Everglades
O'Hare International
Northwest Orient Airlines
Coast Guard
Shirley Linn
Suburban
Lin
A. B. Rand
Barnes-Crosby
Ed Kenney
Smigiel
Bank of Niles
Srodulski
Park Ridge
Sally Smigiel
Rose Srodulski
Asian flu epidemic sweeps eastern states hitting Carolinas hard
Asian flu appears widespread across the eastern United States with rising absenteeism in schools and hospitals crowded. North Carolina and South Carolina report multiple deaths and epidemic conditions while other states face closures and high patient loads.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Columbia
Walterboro
Trigg County
Hopkinsville
Louisville
Kentucky
Russell Teague
Maryland
Kansas
Illinois
District of Columbia
Vermont
Maine
Delaware
Virginia
Georgia
Death Toll Rises In Northwest Airlines Crash
Five crew and several passengers perish when Northwest Airlines flight 720B crashes after takeoff from Miami into squally weather. Investigators, CAF CAB and FBI teams work amid swampy Everglades search, with the wreckage found 43 miles southwest of Miami and the flight recorder recovered for analysis.
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CAB
FBI
Everglades
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Miami - To
Chicago
Northwest Airlines
Miami
Twin Cities
Bismarck
N.C
U.S. Fish and Game Commission
Coast
Ex-Chairman Of Bangor Dies At 86
William Schomberg 86 of West Salem longtime Bangor town chairman for 13 years died Tuesday in a La Crosse hospital. He was born February 29 1876 in Bangor and lived on his birth farm until 1948 moving to West Salem. Survived by widow Alvina Horstman and eight children plus 20 grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Services Saturday at St John s Lutheran Barre Mills with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Jostad Funeral Home and at the church Friday evening and from noon to service time.
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William Schomberg
West Salem
Bangor
la Crosse
Mr. Schomberg
Fritz
Elizabeth Miller Schomberg
Schomberg
Elmer
Alvina Horstman Schomberg
Bernie
R. 1
Willard
Harry
R. 2
Wilmer
Olga) Hofer
Barre Mills
Diedrich
Rosella) Schroeder
Rosa Rhodes
Sadie Stuve
Fred
Arthur Schomberg
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Walter Paustian
Jostad ‘Funeral Home
Unions Advised to Stop Block Dinner Ticket Purchases
Milwaukee AP report notes Wisconsin AFL-CIO president Haberman says union officials urged labor groups to skip buying tickets to Democratic dinners on a block basis. Dinners should be funded locally and contributions given to candidates instead. The conference plans to forward the recommendation to the AFL-CIO state board.
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Milwaukee
George A. Haberman
Wisconsin
Afl-Cio
Haberman
COPE
Labor
Committee On Political Education
Democratic Party
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