U S Stops Soviet Buses En Route To West Berlin Memorial
US authorities barred four Soviet busloads from entering West Berlin at Checkpoint Charlie as they headed to the Soviet War Memorial for Red Army Day. British authorities redirected the group to Sandkrug Bridge in the British Sector, but the ceremony had begun without them. Generals and the Soviet ambassador attended after a delay, while the Soviets criticized Western powers for potential thermonuclear confrontation.
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Berlin
U.S
West Berlin
Checkpoint Charlie
Sandkrug Bridge
Brandenburg Gate
Landkrug Bridge
Sandkrug
Charlie
Red Army
East Germany
Communist Party
Neues Deutschland
Judge Sets La Crosse TV Hearing March 8
Circuit Judge Richard W. Bardwell moved hearings to March 8 on motions in the La Crosse television tower case. The delay allows time for briefs on a change of venue request. Four Eau Claire pilots seek review of the Wisconsin Aeronautics Commission approval of a 1,625 foot tower at Galesville. WBKH Television Inc. asks dismissal. pilots seek transfer to Eau Claire.
Berry’s World editorial gag cartoon debuts
World adds Jim Berry to launch a humor focused cartoon on domestic and international issues. The piece promises modern illustrations and clever captions without traditional editorial symbols, starting next week on the classified page.
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Berry
Hungarians Set Sunday Vote On Parliament and Councils
In Budapest about 6.8 million Hungarians are urged to vote Sunday for 340 Parliamentary seats and 106,000 local council candidacies on a single Communist-led People's Patriotic Front ticket. Premier Janos Kadar heads the list in Budapest with the party leadership.
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Budapest
People’s Patriotic Front
Janos Kadar
Reorganization of Guard OKd By Reynolds
Gov. John W. Reynolds announced acceptance of U S Army plans to streamline the Wisconsin National Guard by June. The plan lowers unit strength to 60 percent from 71 percent and retains the 173rd Engineer Battalion based at Prairie du Chien and Onalaska. The 158th Boat Battalion will be absorbed, 88 units in 79 communities will form the force.
Judge Sets Aside Verdict in Slanting Oil Wells Case
HENDERSON Texas AP The jury found against H L Long of Tyler in a slanting wells dispute with Humble Oil. State District Judge A Royce Stout voided the verdict calling it a miscarriage of justice and said the case remains on the docket as if not tried.
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Henderson, Tex
H. L. Long
Tyler
Tex
Humble Oil and Refining Co
A. Royce Stout
Device shields London dealer from thefts with electric car unit
Peter Hicks, a London fruit and vegetable dealer, fitted an electric device to his van. It emits a blue flash and shock to deter would be thieves. Hicks says since installation he has not received a parking ticket, a change from daily prior to the device.
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London
Peter Hicks
Hicks
Caledonia Man Dies In Rock Crusher Mishap
Caledonia Minnesota Hector Construction employee Mathew Butch Anderson age 33 died at 4 45 p m Friday in a rock crushing accident at the Hector quarry three miles east of Caledonia He stepped into the hopper to loosen a clog and was drawn into the machine Fellow workers stopped the crusher and cleared the hopper The coroner Dr A D Davidson pronounced him dead at the scene He was born July 14 1929 and was a war veteran He survived by his mother five sisters and six brothers services set for Immanuel Lutheran Church burial in Evergreen Cemetery Funeral details announced by Potter Haugen Funeral Home
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Caledonia, Minn
Mathew
Butch) Anderson
Caledonia
Hector Construction Co
Hector
Here
Anderson
Clarence Anderson
Loveless Eikens Post
American Legion
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Richard L. Hanson
Potter-Haugen Funeral Home
Houston
Raymond Dersch
Grant's Pass
Ore
Francis Jennings
Walter Schuda
la Crosse
Dale Longueville
Chicago
Ill
Sandra
Gunther
NASA Fails To Lure Two Air Force Space Experts
NASA tried to recruit two top Air Force space leaders but failed. Col. Charles E. Yeager, head of Edwards AFB Aerospace Research Pilot School, and Maj. Robert M. White, another Edwards pilot and altitude record holder, were the targets. NASA reportedly offered Yeager a training-director role for future military and NASA space programs including X20 Dyna Soar and Gemini.
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Air Force
NASA
White
Mercury
Joseph A. Walker
Yeager
Reynolds Urges Colleges Help in Education Budget Battle
Governor Reynolds calls on state universities and colleges to support his request for a 133.1 million education budget in a fight with Republicans over cost. He warns of tuition increases, defends film use, and says only hospital cuts may aid budget. Public opinion cultivation is not expected from the schools.
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Madison
John W. Reynolds
Reynolds
Coordinating Committee For Higher Education
Prairie du Chien Man Killed in Highway Crash
Gerald Mezera age 22 of Prairie du Chien died when his car struck a bridge over the Wisconsin River on STH 35-18. Two Rockford, Indiana men in a second car were hospitalized with injuries not believed critical. Mezera's widow Barbara and his family survive. a sister Joan was killed in a previous accident.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Gerald Mezera
Wisconsin River
Here
Mezera
Dubuque
Iowa
Rockford
Memorial Hospital
Joe Zenz
James Jones
Grant County
692 Pints Collected by Bloodmobile in La Crosse Visit
The Badger Regional Bloodmobile’s five day stop in La Crosse County yielded 692 pints of blood, with 791 donors and 99 rejected for health reasons. Eighty seven pints were collected Monday at West Salem and the balance at Wilder Hall on the La Crosse State College campus. The goal was 780 pints and the next visit is set for May 20 to 24.
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Badger
la Crosse County
West Salem
Wilder Hall
la Crosse State College
R. B. Horschak
I Blood Program
Beer Youth Issue Returns to Legislature in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Senate rejected a referendum on the beer drinking age for minors by a 22 to eight vote, leaving lawmakers to decide the issue. Temperance forces urge a 21 year ban, while beer interests back 18 with local options or a 19 compromise. Most observers expect a 19 age with local options.
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Madison
Wisconsin Senate
Senate
Diefenbaker Heads to London for Talks with Macmillan
Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker leaves Ottawa with a trade delegation for a three day visit to London to meet British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. He will attend a working supper and on Monday receive the Freedom of the City. The Canadian group includes Wallace McCutcheon Gordon Churchill and Allister Grosart with Mrs. Diefenbaker also aboard.
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Ottawa
John G. Diefenbaker
London
Harold Macmillan
Diefenbaker
Macmillan
Wallace McCutcheon
Gordon Churchill
Allister M. Grosart
Trade Department
Libyan City Shattered as Quake Leaves 70 Percent Rubble
Dawn revealed Al Marj in ruins after a 7:15 p.m. Thursday quake. Nearly 70 percent of the city collapsed, with 250 dead and 500 injured. U S and British rescue teams, Libyan troops, and civilian medics aided grim search efforts through the night and into Friday.
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AL Marj
Libya
Benghazi
U.S. Air Force
Wheelus
Tripoli
58Th U.S. Air Rescue Squadron
Air Force
Missouri Fire Kills Ten In Family Home
In Morehouse Missouri a family of ten died in a one story frame house fire. The victims include Paul Saville 47 and his wife Shirley 25 and their eight children aged 2 to 10 plus a 4 month old Zelda Mae. Police say the family was trapped and the house fully engulfed when the fire arrived. Saville was a disabled war veteran on a government pension and the cause remains undetermined.
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Morehouse
Paul Saville
Shirley
Paul David Jr
Gienda Sue
Hester
Everett
Alvin
Michael
Henderson
Zelda Mae
J. T. Kindred
Kindred
Saville
Libyan Earthquake Toll Estimated at 500 to 700
The American mission in Benghazi reported the Al Marj quake toll at 500 to 700 with over 200 bodies recovered and 300 to 500 believed buried under debris.
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Rome
Benghazi
al Marj
Libya
Quake Strikes Al Marj Libyan City Aid Arrives
Wheelus Air Base mobilizes for relief after the Libyan quake. Capt Shaklin leads a med team with six aircraft delivering supplies to Al Marj. Rescue crews, blood donors, and Libyan volunteers work through the night as tremors continue and 50 percent of Al Marj housing and commerce is destroyed. Weather briefly clear with cold temperatures.
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Wheelus
Barry N. Shak‘lin
Hillside
N.J
58Th
Benghazi
Tripoli
al Mar
Libya
Mmain
al Marj
Wheelus Air Base
Cyrenaica
Barry
World War Threat Seen as Propaganda by Moscow and Washington
Washington dismissed Soviet threat claims as propaganda while Moscow warned of a third world war if Cuba attacked. McNamara outlined U.S. policy to eliminate Castro and communism from Cuba. Russell stressed retaliation against any Cuban MIG attack. Senate leaders reacted as Thurmond called threats pure propaganda.
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Washington
Cuba
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Fidel Castro
Moscow
Red Marshal
United States
Dean Rusk
Senate Armed Services
Tee
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
McNamara
Russell
Malinovsky
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Sen
Strom Thurmond
Ds.c
Richmond, Va
John Stennis
D-Miss
Hemisphere
Stennis
Americas
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Bloodmobile
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Italy
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Crete
UPI
Stars and Stripes
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