Ten Days Of Zero Or Below Set La Crosse Record
La Crosse records another streak with 20th straight day at or below zero as frigid air dominates. Meteorologist Carl Peterson notes the prior long runs and mentions January 1963 snow depth forecasts. Lone Rock Wisconsin reported minus 25 while Presidio Texas topped the nation at 85.
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la Crosse
Carl Peterson
Weather Bureau
Oak Grove Cemetery
Wisconsin
Lone Rock
Wis
Presidio
Texas
U S Army Captain Killed In Viet Nam Clash
An American Army captain serving as an adviser to a Vietnamese unit was killed in a clash with Viet Cong forces in the coastal mountains about 300 miles north of Saigon. The government force and the Viet Cong unit, each about 200 strong, battled in an isolated area near 40 miles south of Quang Ngai. the captain’s death brings U S fatalities in Vietnam to 55 since December 1961.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Quang Ngai
Viet Nam
U.S
Pershing Missile Achieves 39th Success in 46 Tests
The Pershing artillery missile scored its 39th success in 46 test launches, during a night test at Cape Canaveral. The Army said the guidance system tilted the missile to simulate hurricane winds, then righted and reached a target about 200 miles away, ahead of planned deployment in Western Europe later this year.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Europe
Army
Kennedy shifts to voluntary farm controls in farm message
President Kennedy urged Congress to back voluntary rather than compulsory farm controls and would pay farmers to cut production of surplus feed grains and milk. Administration estimates place new programs at reducing federal farm costs by 300 to 500 million dollars annually, with current aid about 3 billion.
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Associated Press
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
U.S
American Farm Bureau Federation
Agriculture Department
Britain maps new steps to revive trade and economy
London reports Britain seeks freer outlets for commerce after Brussels talks fail. Macmillan plans to meet Denmark's Krag in EFTA to expand trade links and counter market losses. Officials discuss widening EFTA, tariff talks with the United States, and measures to boost industry. Meanwhile Kennedy pushes farm reform including a new wheat plan and broader food assistance programs.
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London
Britain
Brussels
Harold Macmillan
Jens Otto Krag
Denmark
European Free Trade Association
EFTA
Times of London
United States
GATT
Geneva
Commonwealth
Macmillan
Europe
U.S. Mission To Give Congo Fiscal Advice
A six man U S mission led by Harlan Cleveland arrives in Leopoldville to address Congo’s economic crisis. They will pressure reforms to curb inflation, boost production, tax revenue, and reduce U N military costs as Katanga finances mystery and cross provincial tensions threaten stability.
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U.S
Congo
Leopoldville
the Congo
Harlan Cleveland
U.N
Katanga
World Organization
United States
Cyrille Adoula
Nuclear weapons issue tests U S Canadian defense pact
The United States publicly pressed Canada over arming its forces with nuclear weapons, saying NORAD and NATO obligations require nuclear capable systems to deter the Soviet bomber threat. Ottawa politics react as debate widens, with Diefenbaker studying the statement while opposition leaders weigh its implications for a possible general election.
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Washington
United States
John G. Diefenbaker
Canada
Soviet Union
State Department
U.S
Ottawa
Western Alliance
NORAD
Diefenbaker
Social Credit Party
Robert Thompson
Lester B. Pearson
Liberals
Douglas Harkness
Toronto
Nassau
Pearson
Biernat Targeted by Milwaukee Thugs Over Business Stand
Milwaukee Sentinel reports three unseen Milwaukee hoodlums hired by Chicago crime syndicate killed Kenosha coin box operator Anthony J. Biernat after he refused to sell his business. Biernat, 46, was kidnapped January 7 and found in a lime pit. The paper cites confidential sources claiming Milwaukee interests, under Chicago gang direction, sought Biernat’s withdrawal from a business partnership linked to a contract with the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. A Racine bettor was used to identify Biernat for the hit since the assailants did not know him.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Sentinel
Kenosha
Anthony J. Biernat
Chicago
Biernat
The
Sentinel
Biernal
Great Lakes
Funeral for Anthony Biernat Draws Hundreds at Church
Kenosha residents gathered at St Thomas Aquinas Church for the funeral of Anthony J Biernat 46 whose body was found in a limepit grave near an abandoned farm. Police and FBI continued a wide search for his killers after he was abducted by three men at a railroad station January 7. The service followed a funeral home ceremony as investigators noted license numbers and pressed for solid leads.
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Kenosha
St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church
Anthony J. Biernat
Bong Air Force Base
Biernat
Liberty
Kenosha City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kenoshan
Officials Thompson confer find no dope ties to cheese shipments
Wisconsin officials and federal agents discussed possible probes into criminal activity in Fond du Lac County after a report claimed Italian cheese from Fond du Lac was shipped with narcotics. Federal and state investigators said no facts supported the allegations, with no narcotics information substantiated and two agents dispatched to review leads.
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Washington
Fond du Lac
Wis
George
Thompson
Milwaukee
Federal Narcotics Bureau
Bureau
Chicago
Roy Sommers
California
Fond du Lac County
Thomas Massey
George M. Belk
Chicago Narcotics Bureau Office
Belk
George Thompson
John Reynolds
Henry Buslee
UPI
Deny Incident In Clemson Cafeteria
Clemson College officials said there were no incidents in the college cafeteria when Negro Harvey Gantt had his dinner Wednesday. Dean Walter Cox reported there were absolutely no problems and said a white student group clustered near Gantt but dispersed after his intervention.
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Clemson
S.C
Clemson College
Harvey Gantt
Walter Cox
Gantt
Cox
Plane to Haul Saturn Rockets in Pregnant Guppy Firebay
In Van Nuys California Aerospacelines plans a caesarean section to bisect the Pregnant Guppy cargo craft. Jack Conroy notes light from the fuse lage as the two fuselages will be bolted after loading a Saturn IV rocket stage for cross country air transport to Cape Canaveral. Currently Saturn IV stages move by barge via the Panama Canal. UPI Telephoto.
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Jack Conroy
Flyer
Aerospacelines, Inc
van Nuys
Calif
Cape Canaveral
Panama Canal
UPI Telephoto
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