MacArthur Back in Philippines to Rousing Welcome
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur arrived in Manila to a tumultuous 500000 strong greeting. He declared I have indeed returned as crowds cheered Mabuhay General MacArthur, liberator of the Philippines. President Garcia hosted a private dinner as ceremonies unfolded with full military honors and a motorcade to Malacanang Palace.
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MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Carlos Garcia
International
Manila
Philippine Islands
UPI
Philippines
Manila International
Mabuhay
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Corregidor
Bataan
Carlos P. Garcia
MacArthurs
Courtney Whitney
United States
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippine Army
Malacanang Palace
Garcia
General MacArthur
Hemingway Dies From Shotgun Incident At Idaho Retreat
Novelist Ernest Hemingway aged 61 died of a shotgun blast at his Idaho retreat. His wife Mary found him in the living room shortly after 7:30 a.m. local time and summoned a doctor. Coroner and Sheriff said the death appeared accidental while cleaning a gun and noted Hemingway had suffered health issues including cancer and diabetes.
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Sun Valley
Idaho
Ernest Hemingway
Mary
Hemingway
Ray McGoldrick
Gary Cooper
Frank Hewitt
Kennedy
Cooper
Oak Park
Ill
Clarence E. Hemingway
Carlos Baker
Princeton
Ernest
Mayo
Baker
No La Crosse Tribune Published July 4
The La Crosse Tribune will not publish on Tuesday July 4, this edition cancellation applies to all sections and staff take a holiday.
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la Crosse Tribune
Paratroopers Drop At Bong AFB In Wisconsin Exercise
Nine C119 planes of the Milwaukee Air Force Reserve dropped 250 Army paratroopers from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, over the former Bong AFB in Kansasville Wisconsin. No injuries were reported and crews called the operation successful as paratroopers and equipment landed in a grassy area near the runway. Spectators watched from cars parked on the runway. Parachutists landed within the drop zone from about 2300 feet.
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Kansasville
Wis
Milwaukee Air Force Reserve
Bong Afb
Fort Bragg
N.C
British troop buildup around Kuwait escalates border tension
Britain rushes paratroops and commandos to Kuwait moving advance units within five miles of the Iraqi border. Air Marshal Elworthy reports continued Iraqi force buildup despite denial, with 600 extra troops arriving from Cyprus and Bahrain. Saudi contingents also reported, while the UN Security Council weighs Kuwait's independence claims amid a looming crisis.
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Kuwait
Britain
Iraq
Charles Elworthy
Middle East
Abdel Karim Kassem
Farwania
2Nd Parachute Battalion
Cyprus
No. 45
Royal Maine Commando
Bahrain
Persian Gulf
Elworthy
Damascus
al Wahda
United Nations Security Council
New York
Sheik Abdullah As- Salim As-Sabah
The
Security Council
Patrick Dean
Sheik Abdullah
Mississippi River Bridge Jump Injures 18-Year-Old Girl
An 18 year old girl Judy Weaver jumped from a Mississippi River bridge injuring her back and a numb arm. The bridge stands about 65 to 70 feet above the river. She was pulled from the water by Howard Wang and taken to Lutheran Hospital.
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Mississippi River
Judy Weaver
No. 11Th St
Lutheran Hospital
Robert Deal
Deal
Howard Wang
Redfield St
Wang
Favors Partial Mobilization Amid Berlin Tension
Gen. Thomas D. White, retired Air Force chief, says a fair chance of war over Berlin exists and suggests partial mobilization to show the American people the stakes. He urged solid backing of the President. In New York, ex-VP Nixon warned against weakening U.S. Berlin position, calling compromise disastrous.
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Air Force
Berlin
Washington
Thomas D. White
White
New York
Richard M. Nixon
U.S
Free World
Kennedy
Nixon
West Berlin
Jacob J. Javits
R-N.y
Congress
Kenneth B. Keating
Rn.y
West Germany
Javits
Keating
Iowa man killed in homemade plane crash near McGregor
A 57 year old Iowa man died when his self built aircraft crashed after takeoff from Prairie du Chien. Lloyd Eddings of McGregor Iowa owned an archery shop and planned a test flight when the craft failed. A search party recovered his body from the wreckage in wooded terrain.
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Prairie DU Chien
Iowa
Woods
Lloyd Eddings
McGregor
Action Urged By Goldberg
The federal government seeks a Taft-Hartley injunction to end an 18 day maritime strike affecting about 80 000 seamen. President Kennedy backed the move after a Hyannis Port meeting with Labor Secretary Goldberg and Attorney General Kennedy. The action aims to halt the walkout for up to 80 days on three coasts while negotiations continue.
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New York
Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Mass
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
National Health and Safety
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Cape Cod
White House
Secretary of Labor
Congress
Toll toll over July Fourth claims dozens in Midwest states
The Fourth of July weekend toll rose with Wisconsin motorists and Minnesota deaths. Kenosha County deputy James Rieschl died when a rain slicked squad car overturned near Twin Lakes. Others including 75-year-old Albert Kowalczyk and 57-year-old Kenneth Bobb died in separate crashes. A Milwaukee boy Steven Harris died after being hit in the street. Officials warn the final tally could top past records as traffic and water incidents mount.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Kenosha County
Rusk County
Albert G. Kowalczyk
Route 1
Canton
Vic’s Pavilion
Weyerhauser
James C. Rieschl
Twin Lakes
Trevor
Rieschl
Somers
Kenosha
Steven Harris
Milwaukee
Drownings Claim Two Lives In Area
A 22 year old man from Waukon drowned while swimming in a pond on a Ludlow Township farm in Allamakee County. A 13 year old girl from Sumner drowned when a boat capsized on the Mississippi River near Lynxville.
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Russell Lee Benyart
Russell Benyart Sr
Waukon
Iowa
Ludlow Township
Allamakee County
Sandra Trautsch
Gordon Trautsch
Sumner
Mississippi River
Lynxville
Benyart
Karen Stee
Castalia
Leon Valley
Postville
Nola
Wau
Roraff Sworn In as La Crosse Small Claims Judge
Leonard F. Roraff was sworn in as the third and last judge of the La Crosse County Small Claims Court. The court will be abolished next year likely in May with a new 2nd branch of the La Crosse County Court. Roraff won the bench in April defeating incumbent Leonard Chojnacki, who had been appointed to fill the uncompleted term of John Bosshard. Helen Schwinefus was also sworn in as Small Claims Court Clerk.
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Leonard F. Roraff
la Crosse County Small Claims Court
la Crosse County Court
Roraff
Leonard Chojnacki
Chojnacki
John Bosshard
Lincoln Neprud
Helen Schwinefus
Small Claims Court
Tribune
Twin Cities Holiday Toll Rises With Fatal Weekend Crashes
Minnesota highway deaths climb to 312 for the Fourth of July weekend. A double fatality Sunday claimed Lyle and Phillis Waisanen, newlyweds returning from their honeymoon, in a north of McGregor crash. Curtis Barrington and Lois Barrington died when their car left Highway 16 near Houston. A wreck near Ivanhoe killed Hannah Kline and toddler Patricia Persoon at the Highway 75 19 junction.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Lyle D. Waisanen
Sturgeon, Lake
Minn
Phillis
Lawler
McGregor
Aitkin County
Anne Parte
Curtis E. Barrington
Wauwatosa
Wis
Lois
Highway 16
Houston
West Coast
Ivanhoe
Hannah Z. Kline
Vesta
Patricia Persoon
Lake Benton
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