National Guard Officer Killed Near Sparta
National Guard Capt. Bernard Heim, 34, of Leavenworth Kansas was killed when his car struck a bridge abutment two miles northeast of Sparta Wisconsin on STH 21 at 12 20 a m Friday. Three passengers were hospitalized in Sparta with serious injuries and one may have fallen asleep at the wheel.
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Sparta
Wis
National Guard
Bernard Heim
Leavenworth
Kan
Angelo
St. Mary’s Hospital
CWO
Harold E. Klempmayer
Kansas City
John E. Braun
Ottawa
Jaydee E. Stinson
Lawrence
Heim
Klempmayer
Braun
137Th Infantry
Camp McCoy
Wisconsin
Vilas County
Eagle River
John Mallek
Chicago
Milwaukee
Erwin R. Krumbler
Albert T. Carlson
Mallek
Ruben Herold
Route 1
Alma
Eau Claire
Rail panel buckles down to assignment
Washington AP Kennedy’s new study panel concentrates on fact finding in the four year old railroad labor dispute. Stuart Saunders of Norfolk & Western says no mediation role. George Meany also hedges on mediation. Panel to file report by July 20 for Kennedy’s legislative settlement. Railroads postpone changes to July 29, unions vow to withhold strike. Kennedy seeks possible arbitration as Congress weighs action. Page 2.
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Washington
Kennedy
W. Willard Wirtz
Stuart Saunders
Norfolk & Western Railway
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Congress
Secretary of
Labor
W. Williard Wirtz
Wirtz
House
Lee
Shoplifting dog steals bread and candy in Syracuse
An Irish setter named Lady repeatedly steals from a Syracuse supermarket. Owner Mrs. Mathew Lasnicki Jr. says the dog, with four young children at home, cannot be trained to mind. The dog has taken bread cold cuts and candy, with refunds or foiled efforts noted by the market manager.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Mathew Lasnicki Jr
Wisconsin budget tax bill fate in chaotic assembly debate
A fast moving Wisconsin Assembly debate ends after a 66 to 27 vote against the budget tax bill. Representative Huber moves to reconsider as lawmakers consider restoring revenue plans, beer tax changes cause a collapse, and a 15 minute session ends with plans to revisit next week.
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Madison
Robert Huber
West Allis
Assembly
John W. Reynolds
Senate
Wisconsin
D-West Allis
Norman Anderson
D-Madison
Anderson
Pommerening
Paul Alfonsi
R-Minocqua
Cambridge Braced for Martial Law After Six Shot
Cambridge Maryland faced renewed racial violence as 400 National Guardsmen deployed with bayonets to enforce a stricter curfew and shop closures after six whites and others were shot during a sit in and street clashes. Police dispersed mobs, fired tear gas, and warned demonstrations would be banned.
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National Guard
Cambridge
Maryland
Reckord
Bicycles Found At Mine Entrance In Missing Boys Search
Federal mine officials halted a search for three missing Pittsburgh area boys after rescue workers emerged from an abandoned coal mine with no proof they were inside. The riders’ bikes were found near the entrance and a firecracker inside the shaft raised hopes they may have exited. Authorities will reassess if the boys do not surface soon.
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Pittsburgh
Andrew Orr
Castle Shannon
Washington Section
Danny O’kain
Billy Berk
Badwin Two
Robert Abbott
Bobby Abbott
Abbott
McDonald
Alex Brown
Robinson seeks city sale of land for new storage site
Robinson Transfer Co of 103 N Front St asks the city to sell 2.75 acres at 750 per acre and quit claim 23.06 acres, extend St James Street and water, with a 60 by 100 foot building to store trucks and trailers. Construction and grading planned next year as land is appraised.
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Robinson Transfer Co
Front St
Gateway Grocery Co
Indian Hill
Robinson
Front Street
Gateway
Mayor Knutson seeks veto override on council power
Mayor Milo G Knutson withdrew his veto of a council move to organize itself and urged unanimous override to avoid legal questions after 1965. The aldermen approved 21 to 0, while debate noted unsettled opinions on the veto and withdrawal.
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Milo G. Knuts
Knutson
League of Wisconsin Municipalities and Asst
William Sauer
Sauer
Anti Shoplifting Amendment OK'd by Senate
The Wisconsin Senate concurred with Assembly amendments to an anti shoplifting bill. Merchants their employees and police could detain suspected shoplifters up to 30 minutes with civil suits possible for false apprehension. Backers argued the measure would curb theft while other Assembly bills broadened land ad disclosures and nonprofit 4 H tax exemptions.
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Senate
Assembly
Madison
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Real Estate Brokers Board
La Crosse Sees 22nd Day Without Rain
La Crosse and surrounding counties endure a prolonged dry spell with 22 days since measurable rain. Friday brought cloudy skies and scattered showers in parts of Minnesota, though the Coulee Region stayed dry. Forecasts suggest a possible half to three quarters of an inch Saturday, but south winds may hinder moisture.
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la Crosse
Minneapolis
St. Cloud
Redwood Falls
Shell Lake
Hibbing
Duluth
Coulee
City to negotiate for Allis-Chalmers grader vote veto over Austin Western
La Crosse Common Council, 13-8, sustained the mayor’s veto and ordered the board of public works to negotiate directly with Allis-Chalmers or Mooney Tractor for a proper road grader at or below 21,283. Mooney’s bid for an A C unit plus tire specs cited by the mayor influenced the decision amid local industry concerns and bid procedures.
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Allis-Chalmers
Mooney Tractor and Equipment Corp
Milwaukee
Austin
Board of Public Works
Mooney
Milo G. Knutson
A-C
Jack Reihl
Austin Western
Reihl
Public Works Department
Austin Westerns
A-Cs
Wisconsin
Curtis Storck
Harold Otto
Otto
James Shoger
Knutson
la Crosse
Davis
A C
David W. Glendenning
Harold Hilbert
John Murphy
Sheldon Nerby
Shoger
Solberg
King Paul and Queen Frederika End State Visit Return
King Paul and Queen Frederika of Greece left London by plane for Athens ending a turbulent four day state visit marked by violent demonstrations. There was no sign of demonstrators at Buckingham Palace or London airport.
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London
Paul
Frederika
Greece
Athens
Buckingham Palace
Steamer Sinks Off Argentina. 20 Missing
A river steamer carrying more than 400 persons sank in fog at the Plate River estuary near the Argentina Uruguay border. Forty bodies recovered. 355 survivors rescued from crowded lifeboats as rescue boats comb the waters. The Ciudad de Ascuncion, 2300 tons, went down on the Montevideo to Buenos Aires run.
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Ciudad de Asuncion
River Plate
UPI Radiotelephoto
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Plate River
Atlantic
Montevideo
Uruguay
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