Three Injured In Accident Near Dresbach Dam Minnesota
In Dresbach Minnesota three people were injured when a car went out of control on Highway 61 near Dresbach Dam. Mrs Catherine Quady 57 and her daughter Marlys 19 were taken to Luther Hospital La Crosse by ambulance. The driver David E Quady 71 walked away with only minor injuries.
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Dresbach Dam
Lutheran Hospital
la Crosse
Catherine Quady
Madison
Wis
Marlys
Minnesota
Norlin Wicklund
Quady
Body Recovered Believed To Be One Of Drowned Campers
Authorities in Maulton Wisconsin say they recovered a third body from six boys who drowned by the Wisconsin River. A fisherman found the corpse on a downstream beach four miles from the fall scene. Officials will not conduct further dragging operations and will identify the victim in Chicago.
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Maulton
Wis
Wisconsin
Peter Karach
Kenosha
Walter Pomirko
Juneau County
Jack Ripley
Clarence Sorenson
Chicago
Ripley
Johnson Warns of Communist Submarine Base in Cuba
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson warned at a news conference announcing his candidacy that the next president may face a Communist submarine base in Cuba. He argued the United States must stand against communism with little time to learn the job and cited broader hemispheric infiltration.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Senate Democratic
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United States
Beccause
Spectacular Unplanned Fireworks Finale Ends in Fire
A fireworks display at Jackson Park Milwaukee ended in a rattling explosion when a tent holding about 20 devices was accidentally lit. One man Randall Visintainer, 19, was injured with first degree arm burns and smoke inhalation. Spectators fled as rockets burst through the tent and trees. The park sits on Milwaukee’s Southwest Side. A band played to draw crowds away from the blaze.
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Visintainer
Kennedy rejects Truman call to quit 1960 race
Sen. John F. Kennedy says he will not drop out under Truman's pressure, insisting he is the only candidate who risked all pri maries and visited every state. He argues a new generation of leadership is needed to tackle new problems and oppor tunities, defends an open convention, and cites his long service to the country. Jacqueline Kennedy accompanies him at the news conference.
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Wisconsin Fourth of July Toll Sets Record For State
Five die in a plane crash and water accidents raise Wisconsin toll to 27 during the holiday period. Air Force Lt. Tom Hultman, 25, of Ashland, and cousin Hugh Hultman, 35, perish when their single engine Navy trainer crash lands near Ashland. A German Shepherd attack in Ironwood kills Timothy Piell, 4, as his parents visit relatives. Drowning victims include Carla Durke, 4, at Decorah Beach. John Newsome, 32, in Wolf River. and Roberta Storandt, 12, in Parker Lake. Twelve more fatalities occur on highways statewide.
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Rostellan
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Howard Durke
Decorah Beach
Lake Winnebago
Oshkosh
John Newsome
Chicago
Wolf River
Northport
Roberta Jean Storandt
Wisconsin Dells
Parker Lake
Adams County
Lee Kennedy
Worst Fourth of July Road Toll In State History
Wisconsin saw its deadliest Independence Day traffic period with 21 fatalities over a three day span ending July 4. A Beloit family loss marked by a run away horse trailer crash killed Richard Meister and his six children as the mother survived. Sauk County near Spring Green was the accident site. Deaths raised the year’s toll to 371, the worst on record for the state during this holiday.
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Beloit
Kathleen
Karen
Robert
Brian
Colleen
Danny
Sauk County
Spring Green
Vincent Schwanke
Meister
Plain
Anthony
Stanley J. Mannino
South Beloit
Ill
Bernard Elliott
Afton
Mannino
Harry Wyatt
State Traffic Patrol
Kenosha County
Silver Lake
John Indrika
Merrill Bowers
Racine
Marsha
Soo Line
Indrika
Shell Lake
Lee Toll
Associated Press
San Francisco
Safety Council Seeks Faster Drive to Cut Holiday Deaths
Officials urge urgent action as Independence Day weekend toll tops 400 in traffic deaths. Alaska Delaware and New Hampshire report no motor fatalities while Ohio and California log 30 plus. record totals and comparisons noted by the National Safety Council and Associated Press.
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Delaware
New Hampshire
Hawaii
Ohio
California
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Democratic Platform Drafters Take Up Controversial Farm Aid Issues
Democratic platform drafters in Los Angeles begin work on farm aid policy. They consider abandoning federal crop controls and high price supports, amid splits in Congress and pressure from the American Farm Bureau Federation. Leaders push planks on foreign policy and education, with farm policy shaping November campaigns. Governor Herschel Loveless of Iowa heads the farm advisory group backing wartime style supports. Senator Clinton Anderson and Senator Spessard Holland are among platform writers. President hopefuls Kennedy Johnson Symington call for high price supports. Shuman states farm income rises when production targets consumer markets instead of storage in government warehouses.
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Iowa
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New Mexico
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Florida
Joan F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Shuman
Weekend toll tops six in state history
Madison AP reports Wisconsin's Fourth of July weekend traffic toll reached 21 lives, the sixth highest in state history. The highest tolls occurred during Memorial Day weekends in 1954 with 23 deaths, Labor Day in 1952 with 27 and in 1955 and 1928 with 22, Christmas weekends in 1955 with 22 and 1956 with 26.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State
Conrad Passes Three Quarter Mark In Test
Flier Max Conrad, from Winona Minnesota, completed the third lap of an 855 mile closed course Twin Cities to Chicago to Des Moines route. He reached Wold-Chamberlain field at 5 38 a m CDT and could set a new distance record if conditions permit. The current record of 3083 miles is held by Czech pilot Jire Kung.
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Max Conrad
Winona
Conrad
Jire ‘Kung
Jan
Johnson Forms Formal Candidacy For Democratic Nomination
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas announced his formal bid for the Democratic presidential nomination just six days before the Los Angeles convention. He avoided naming rivals directly while signaling a long delegate fight with Kennedy and Symington.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Los Angeles
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Massachusetts
Cuba Seizure Threat Looms as Castro Braces for Sugar Cut
Havana reports Fidel Castro's cabinet drafting seizure orders targeting American property as Eisenhower weighs curtailing or suspending Cuba's 1960 sugar quota. Castro warns of oil supply retaliation while eight tankers rush 60 000 tons of Soviet crude to Cuba to sustain refineries amid shortages.
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London
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Radio Station Fails to Find Free Funeral Takers
In Chattanooga Tennessee AP report, radio station WDXB offered a free funeral to the first traffic victim in Hamilton County during the Fourth of July weekend. Owner Steve French urged the public not to seek the prize and by the weekend’s end no one had claimed it.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
WDXB
Steve French
Hamilton County
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