Louisiana Plans Mass Burial For Storm Victims
Louisiana prepared mass burial for nameless hurricane victims as thousands of survivors crowded refugee centers. Officials estimated deaths and homeless people while Governor Earl Long warned the count would rise beyond 400 as health and sanitation pressures grew.
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Louisiana
Lake Charles
Washington
Red Cross
Texas
Larry Stephenson
Civil Defense
Gulf of Mexico
Earl Long
Health Chief Declares Cameron Uninhabitable
Lake Charles area health chief declares Cameron uninhabitable after Hurricane Audrey damage. Red Cross notes disease risk if refugees return before purification, sewer installation, and water supply restoration. Plans consider staggered return while rebuilding water, power, and shelter systems are addressed.
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Cameron
Lake Charles
G. Vasquez
Red Cross
Don Stout
Atlanta
Audrey
Stout
Harry Martin
The
Washington
Fugitives Captured After jail Break in Wisconsin
Davenport men John Trainor and Allay Boyd Whitsel were arrested in Wautoma Wisconsin while attempting to burglarize a safe. They had escaped from Scott County Jail in Davenport on April 7 with two other prisoners. the remaining escapees were recaptured shortly after.
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Davenport
Iowa
Pete Wildman
Scott County
Wautoma
Wis
John Trainor
Allay Boyd Whitsel
Wildman
Girl 6 Killed by Racine Man's Car
A Racine Wisconsin man, V Roger Aceto Jr., struck and killed 6 year old Lidan Butterbaugh as she darted into Route 30 west of Dixon Illinois. Neighbors said she was playing with other children when the accident occurred.
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Racine Man
Dixon, Ill
Racine, Wis
Dixon
Lidan Butterbaugh
V. Roger Aceto Jr
Racine
Five Children and Father Drown in Deep Ditch
IRONTON Missouri flood toll rises with five Kitchens children and their father drowned in a deep ditch. Albert Batteral, 65, swept away while surveying damage to his home. Rescue crews recovered the six bodies as floods severed roads and left 80 homes damaged or destroyed in the valley area.
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Ironton
C. A. Howell
Red Cross
Robert Kitchens
Graniteville
Robert Jr
Arthur Newton
Evelyn Elaine
Thomas
Dennis Ray
Juanita Kitchens
Albert Batteral
St. Louis
Kitchens
Arthur Wilson
Arcadia
Wilson
Mrs. Kitchens
Grubville
Emergency Meeting Called Over Stop-Gap Funds
The House Appropriations Committee scheduled an emergency session to push a stop-gap resolution funding agencies still awaiting Congress approval. Agencies include Defense, Atomic Energy, TVA, and ICA, with smaller bodies also affected. Congress has trimmed billions from nine bills, while the White House seeks to preserve an almost one‑billion restoration.
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Washington
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
House
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
International Cooperation Administration
Senate
Agriculture and Interior Department
Sen
Chavez
D-Nm
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Uniformity Sought in Wisconsin Juvenile Traffic Rules
Wisconsin district attorneys at a summer conference urged state laws to be tightened for juvenile traffic offenders. Judges Gramling and Wilkus cited county disparities in juvenile case handling and called for prosecutor participation by statute. They noted no fine option for juveniles in moving traffic cases and license suspension as a partial remedy amid varied sentences.
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Land O'Lakes
Wisconsin
Prosecutors
William Gramling
Waukesha County
J. W. Wilkus
Sheboygan County
Gramling
Howard DuRocher
Racine
Arcadia Man Hans Boye Dies After Sunday Crash
Arcadia Wisconsin Hans Boye about 66 died about 2:30 p.m. Sunday shortly after an auto crash one mile east of Fountain City on STH 95. He was a passenger in a car driven by his wife with house guests William Rauch and granddaughter Rochelle Racine. All were thrown from the vehicle. Rauch sustained serious chest and abdominal injuries.
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Arcadia
Wis
Hans Boye
Fountain City
Boye
Boyes
William Rauch
Rochelle
Racine
Arcadia Hospital
Canadian Warships Visit Chicago Fair
Three Canadian warships arrived at Chicago port as the Chicago land fair opened its second day. About 400 Canadian sailors parade downtown, with a pageant on St. Lawrence and Mississippi exploration and Ft Dearborn. Sailors at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station sing a salute in the evening. The fair features 250 exhibits and free entertainment, including a water ski show, drawing 47 000 attendees at Navy Pier.
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Chicago
St. Lawrence
Mississippi
Ft. Dearborn
Great Lakes
Navy Pier
Climber Rescued After 2000-Foot Alpine Plunge
In Pontresina Switzerland one of ten Italian climbers survived a 2000 foot fall with serious but noncritical injuries. Five bodies were found yesterday and the remaining four are feared buried under snow ice and rocks.
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Pontresina
Switzerland
Animals Bolt in Appleton Parade Injuring Fourteen
During Appleton Centennial festivities, animals bolted into spectators injuring fourteen, none seriously. Six ponies and sheep, spooked by a balloon, injured nine, including Vernon Van Dyke and his children. A horse dash hurt five others, hospitalizing Mrs. Lucille Wickersberg and four others before release.
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Appleton
Vernon van Dyke
Menasha
Tommie
Connie
Sandra
Susan
Lucille Wickersberg
Pat
Grace van Ryzin
Richard Kuepper
Rural Larsen
Kathleen Errington
Geophysical Year Opens as Solar Study Begins Worldwide
Scientists from 62 nations launch the 18 month IGY to study Earth, oceans, atmosphere and the sun. A major solar flare caused high altitude magnetic storms and radio outages, prompting worldwide alerts as 10 000 scientists begin coordinated observations.
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Washington
IGY
Russia
Earth
Moscow
IGY World Warning Agency
Ft. Belvoir
United States
John P. Hagen
U.S
Thomson vetoes pay hike for state agency chiefs
Gov. Thomson vetoes the 1957 legislative pay increases for ten top state department heads and commissioners. The action affects raises from 12 500 to 16 000 for several officials, while state Superintendent George E. Watson’s pay climbs from 15 000 to 17 000. The veto awaits legislative override when reconvened September 23.
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Thomson
Madison
George E. Watson
Watson
E. C. Giessel
J. Jay Kelcher
Carl N. Neupert
Harry Harder
Harold Plummer
State Supreme Court
Continued U.S. Aid To Tito Wins Approval
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a provision allowing continued U.S. aid to Communist Yugoslavia if the President finds it in the national interest. The panel also cut 600 million dollars from Eisenhower’s foreign aid request for the coming year and rejected much of the long-term authority sought.
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Washington P
U.S
Yugoslavia
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Rector Returns From Dead After Lake Disappearance
Pasco Washington reports the Rev Andrew Daughters aged 37 once believed drowned after his boat was found abandoned on Lake Coeur D Alene. He reappeared attending a Grace Episcopal Cathedral service in San Francisco and regained memory in a conversation with Canon Richard Byfield. He traveled to Pasco to reunite with his wife and four sons and clothings as a clergyman were provided.
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Pasco
Wash
Episcopal Church
Idaho
Andrew Daughters
Grace Episcopal
Richard Byfield
Canon Byfield
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Yakima, Wash
Yakima
Charles May
Kennewick
Lake
Coeur D'Alene
Lester Kinsolving
St. Thomas Church
Rodeo
St. Philip's Church
el Sobrante
Calif
Drowns In Lake Geneva During Boat Accident
Robert Chadesh 31 of Naperville Illinois drowned when his small outboard boat capsized in rough Lake Geneva waters. He could not swim and was visiting with his parents. His body was recovered by a lake safety patrol member after boaters summoned help.
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Lake Geneva
Robert Chadesh
Naperville, Il
Chadesh
Lake Safety Patrol
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