Circus Trapeze Acrobat Falls 35 Feet In Madison
Mary Lou Lawrence 25 of Crown Point Ind suffered a fractured skull a broken collar bone and possible internal injuries after plunging 35 feet from a trapeze onto a concrete floor at Shrine Circus in Madison She was listed in critical condition No safety net used The performer once stood in for Doris Day in the film Jumbo The fall occurred as acrobat Larry Ruhl held the ropes moments before she slipped and fell
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Madison
Mary Lou Lawrence
Crown Point
Ind
Shrine Circus
William Kay
Miss Lawrence
Kay
Flu Wave Spreads From East Coast Into Midwest
Eastern seaboard flu outbreaks push into the Midwest with confirmed Asian flu cases in Illinois Michigan Ohio and Kansas. Hospitals curtail visiting hours in Maryland to curb spread while New York Ohio Kentucky Missouri report rising illness and absenteeism.
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Seaboard
Midwest
Maryland
Virginia
Baltimore
New York
State Health Department
Chicago
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Kansas
Robeson County
North Carolina
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Wayne County
Detroit
Kentucky
West Virginia
Missouri
St. Louis
Galesville Judge Twesme Leads Wisconsin Board
Trempealeau County Judge A. L. Twesme of Galesville was elected president of the State Board of Criminal Court Judges at the Milwaukee annual meeting. Circuit Judge William Gramling of Waukesha was elected vice president and County Judge Boyd Clark of Wautoma secretary treasurer. The board includes circuit and county judges and judges of all courts of record statewide.
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Galesville
Wis
Trempealeau
A. L. Twesme
State Board of Criminal Court Judges
William Gramling
Waukesha
Boyd Clark
Wautoma
Milwaukee
Africans Protest as Students Flee Bulgaria for Europe
Ethiopian and Ghanaian students flee Bulgaria amid alleged racial discrimination and political pressure. About 20 Ghanaians fly to Amsterdam, six Ethiopians head to Belgrade, and more Africans consider moves to Bonn or the United States. Bulgarian police reportedly arrested members of the All African Students Union after protests.
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Sofia
Britain
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Petras Sahlon
Sahlon
All-African Students Union
Ghana
Kotey
Bonn
West Germany
U.S
United States
Bulgaria
Sampong
Amsterdam
Germany
Harriman Seen for Top State Department Post
President Kennedy weighs a shakeup at the State Department with W Averell Harriman expected to become undersecretary for political affairs. Harriman would fill a top role currently held by George C McGhee who seeks a foreign assignment.
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Washington
W. Averell Harriman
State Department
Kennedy
Harriman
Russia
Britain
State
George C. McGhee
McGhee
Dean Rusk
George W. Ball
New York
British Guiana Recovers With U S Medical Aid
U S Air Force doctors from Baylor and the Public Health Service led a campaign in British Guiana to curb a polio epidemic. About 100000 children were immunized as 200000 vaccine doses and equipment arrived. By early January hospital cases dropped from 83 to nine in the week, improving ties with the leftist premier Cheddi Jagan.
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Washington
British Guiana
Henry M. Gelfand
Health Service
Atlanta, Ga
Baylor Group
Guiana
United States
Mr. Kennedy
Reynolds Plans Public Release of Budget Film
Gov John W Reynolds will make the budget presentation film public after requests from several television stations He said he will appear in person at the first public viewing and noted he financed the showing in Eau Claire to aid Ghanaian exodus coverage while Bulgarian authorities were not expected to cause issues. The Ghanaian press reported shock at treatment of students and Tass denied a mass exodus claiming only a few students sought the union.
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Madison
John W. Reynolds
Reynolds
Newsmen
Eau Claire
Sofia
Bulgaria
Tass
Minnesota traffic toll reaches 55 with two more deaths
Dorothy Ballant 43 of St. Louis Park died when her car crashed with a parked truck in Hopkins. Lorraine Halvorsen 39 of Hopkins was injured. The toll rise adds to Minnesota’s 1963 total, with a fatal sled accident in Anoka and a Minneapolis car incident under investigation.
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Associated Press
Dorothy Ballant
St. Louis Park
Hopkins
Lorraine Halvorsen
Coral Anoka
Wayne J. Griep
James Griep
Lawrence J. Peil
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Dale G. Stempf
Stempf
Plane With Burning Seat Lands Safely
A Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 with 185 aboard returned to Idlewild Airport after takeoff when smoke filled part of the cabin from a burning seat. Officials believe a cigarette caused the fire. Flight 285 bound for San Juan, Puerto Rico, landed safely.
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New York
Idlewild
Pan American World Airways
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Film at Northern Colony draws state funding push
Reynolds uses 16 minute film shot at Northern Colony Chippewa Falls to justify higher state expenditures in his budget. Legislators including Sen. Clif ford Krueger criticize the film for showing residents’ faces. Krueger urged confiscation. Reynolds defends the film as truthful. He also discussed a $100000 Wisconsin Rapids airport project and CAB surveys delaying further airport spending. The CAB is examining a central Wisconsin airport site near Mosinee or Junction City.
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Chippewa Falls
Reynolds
Clifford Krueger
R-Merrill
Senate
Krueger
Wisconsin Rapids
Wisconsin
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Department of Resource Development
Mosinee
Junction City
Wausau
Deaths Of 2 Youths Ups Road Toll To 70
Two youths died in separate Wisconsin accidents, lifting the 1963 traffic toll to 70. William Dorner, 19, from Luxemburg, died when his car left a county road and plunged into a gravel pit near Luxemburg. Richard Jones, 18, of Brookfield, died in a two car crash in Menomonee Falls.
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Wisconsin
William Dorner
Luxemburg
Kewaunee
Richard Jones
Brookfield
Menomonee Falls
Thant Arrives in Jamaica for Four Day Visit
U N Secretary General U Thant lands in Kingston for a four day trip combining business and leisure. He will spend two days in the North Coast resort area before meeting Prime Minister Sir Alexander Bustamante and other officials.
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Kingston
Jamaica
U.N
U Thant
North Coast
Thant
Alexander Bustamante
Fisherman’s Catch Connects Long-Lost Brothers in Iowa Town
A Janesville man and his brother met while ice fishing on the Mississippi at Harpers Ferry Iowa. Fred Chapman of Janesville discovered his real surname Robinson and learned he had an older Harpers Ferry brother named Hiram Robinson both 75 and 78. The reunion ends a lifelong family search.
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Harpers Ferry
Iowa
Janesville
Wis
Mississippi
Fred Chapman
Red
Hiram Robinson
Chapman
Robinson
Hiram
Fred
No Place to Go Soldier Dies After Jail Stay
Wilmer A. Summerville, 73, a blind World War I veteran, died of a heart ailment at a Cedartown nursing home after 46 days in Floyd County Jail when he was refused admission to government hospitals and could not afford care. Sheriff Joe Adams housed him in jail from Dec 20 until a private nurse offered free care. Mrs. Christine Perry operated the Cedartown home and said Summerville died peacefully after receiving cards, including a Valentine from East Rome High School students. VA initially threatened to suspend his pension but later corrected the mistake and VA officials arranged further assistance.
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Rome
Wilmer A. Summerville
Summerville
Floyd County
Joe Adams
Christine Perry
Cedartown
Adams
Chinese Road Building Noted in Northwest Laos
Reports say Chinese Communist workers are constructing roads from Mouang Mang in Yunnan into Phong Saly and extending toward Lau Ten and Mouong Sing in northwest Laos. Intelligence notes stockpiling arms and other covert border activities as Pathet Lao gains ground since May.
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Vientiane
Laos
India
Ladakh
Yunnan Province
Mouang Mang
Phong Saly
Lau Ten
Muong Sing
Pathet Lao
Thailand
Nam Tha Phong Saly Linked Amid Snow Flurries
Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow flurries tonight as Nam Tha and Phong Saly towns are linked. Low near 15 with a high Sunday around 27. Monday becomes partly cloudy with a low near 10 and possible icy conditions. The report notes Chinese activity Sunday and the use of pack animals and coolies for transport.
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Nam Tha
Phong Saly
China
Venezuelan hijacked freighter Anzoategui under air surveillance
A U S Navy P2V sighted the Venezuelan freighter Anzoategui 180 miles north of Surinam headed for Brazil. The ship refused to signal, was driven by Communist hijackers, and remained under air surveillance as searches expanded.
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Washington
Anzoategui
Defense Department
Surinam
Dutch Guiana
Brazil
Pentagon
Navy
Patrol Squadron 5
Jacksonville
Fla
Roosevelt Roads
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Santa Maria
Caribbean
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Cuba
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Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Tennessee
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Great Lakes
Samuel L. Andelman
New York State
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New Jersey
Roscoe P. Randle
Maine
New England
Nicholas Fiumara
Massachusetts
Public Health Service
Washington, D.C
Feder
Judge Twesme
West Salem High School
Wilder Hall
la Crosse State College
Hans Benedictdam
Netherlands
Vienna
Austria
Balkan
Robert Kotey
Amster
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By Lewis Gulick
U.S. Navy
Cuban
Caribbean Sea
Greater Antilles
South America
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Santo Domingo
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