Blast Rips Apartment Building in Jersey City
An explosion tore through a four story Jersey City apartment building Wednesday night, ripping a corner through living rooms from first floor to roof. Eight residents were hospitalized with three in serious burn condition. 10 to 15 treated for minor injuries at the scene. No deaths. All 39 residents accounted for. Cause undetermined. Living rooms collapsed onto the street and a vacant lot. at least 10 cars damaged.
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Jersey City
32nd Receives Praise From Gen Waters
Maj Gen Ralph J Olson received a congratulatory message from CONARC honoring Wisconsin 32nd National Guard Division on its 46th anniversary. The Red Arrow Division, formed in 1917 at Camp MacArthur, is now a Wisconsin unit from 69 communities. General Waters praised its World War I and II records and Berlin crisis service and noted ongoing peacetime readiness.
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Madison
Ralph J Olson
U.S. Continental Army Command
Conaac
Wisconsin
32Nd National Guard
Michigan National Guard
Camp MacArthur
Tex
War Department
John K. Waters
Conarc
Ft. Monroe
Berlin
Red Arrow
Waters
32Nd
Olson
John A. Dunlap
Whitefish Bay
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Strategic Army Corps
STRAC
Parachutist Dies After Chute Fails Over Manville
John Maurice, 25, a former New Yorker living near Decker Airport, died when his main parachute failed to open during target jumping practice. He jumped from 5,600 feet and landed in a wheat field 200 yards from the target as his reserve chute opened too late.
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Manville
John Maurice
New York
Decker
Peter Duimstra
Maurice
Here
Governor vetoes bill exempting I 94 from billboard law
Gov. John W. Reynolds vetoed a proposal to exempt sections of Interstate 94 in Racine and Kenosha counties from billboard controls. He said the measure would erode statewide regulation and that most ads target locations outside the highway corridor.
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Madison
Racine
Kenosha
John W. Reynolds
Reynolds
Traders Show Caution After SEC Crackdown
New York AP Traders on Wall Street eased after nervousness from SEC criticism of market practices. The SEC report urged curbs on short selling floor traders and specialists, tighter OTC supervision, and better odd-lot handling. Leaders waited to digest the 2100 page findings as prices fell then partly recovered.
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New York
Wall Street
Sidney Lurie
Josephthal & Co
Congress
Securities and Exchange Commission
G. Keith Funston
New York Stock Exchange
Edwin D. Etherington
American Stock Exchange
SEC
Etherington
Kennedy Okays Capital Rights Demonstration in Washington
President Kennedy endorsed a late August civil rights march in the capital and urged peaceful protests. He praised nonviolent demonstrations while condemning violence and discussed tax receipts, a proposed 10 billion tax cut, and future nuclear talks. He urged rail unions and railroads to settle disputes before July 29 strike action. He rejected claims that civil rights protests are Communist-inspired.
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Washington
Kennedy
National Capital
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Moscow
Bernard Lovell
Congress
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Demonstrators Arrested After Chicago Board Sit‑In Clash
Ten civil rights demonstrators were arrested at the Chicago Board of Education offices after a nine day sit‑in. Police charged them with disorderly conduct amid a clash outside the downtown building. A 10 year old daughter of a demonstrator was slightly hurt and four officers suffered minor injuries.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Education
Clair Roddewig
Board of Education
Arthur Lehne
Congress of Racial Equality
Rodli New Head of State College Regents
Madison AP The Board of State College Regents selected David Rodli of Baldwin as the new president succeeding John Kyle of Madison. Rodli, 52, runs the St. Croix County Electric Cooperative and was appointed to the board in 1959 by Gov. Gaylord Nelson. John C. Thomson of Stevens Point was elected vice president to fill Rodli's vacancy. executive committee members include Elizabeth Hawkes Washburn Richard McKnight South Wayne and Charles Dahl Viroqua.
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Thomson
Elizabeth Hawkes
Washburn
Richard §. McKnight
South Wayne
Charles F. Dahl
Viroqua
Shifts Stress To Sales Levy With Exemptions
Madison AP report outlines a Republican budget plan calling for 80 million in new sales taxes and 87.8 million in income tax increases to fund 615 million in state spending for 1963-65. The plan aims to pass in the GOP-controlled Legislature despite a veto threat from Gov. Reynolds, with taxes targeting sales, income, cigarettes, banks and more while offering property tax relief and Kerr-Mills funding.
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Madison
State Assembly
Paul Alfonsi
Minocqua
Lpan
Ings and Loan
Kerr-Mills
Racial tension leads to attorney panel plan in Cambridge
In Cambridge Maryland Gov Tawes will ask a committee of distinguished lawyers to work for racial peace after a day of meetings with town officials Negro leaders and the Human Relations Committee A scuffle involving six white men state police and a news photographer occurred near the armory but no charges were filed Demonstrations by Negro leaders continue despite National Guard restrictions and partial military rule.
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Cambridge, Md
J. Millard Tawes
Finan
Gov. Tawes
Racial Relations Committee
Maryland State Bar Association
Donnybrook
National Guard
Kennedy seeks tax on foreign stocks to curb dollar outflow
President Kennedy urged Congress to impose a 15 to 22 percent excise tax on purchases of securities issued abroad to stem the flight of dollars and gold. The plan, part of a wider balance of payments package, would run until end of 1965 and aims to reduce the deficit by about $2 billion over 18 months.
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Washington
Congress
U.S
United States
International Monetary
IMF
U.S. Treasury
Canada
House
Ways ‘and Means
Newspaperboys Travel to Yankees Twins Game
Fifty two La Crosse Tribune newspaperboys visit Metropolitan Stadium in Minneapolis to see the Yankees and Twins play. The trip rewards route efficiency and sales ability over six weeks. Circulation department leaders Ralph Frisbie Fred Becker and Charles McCabe supervise the one day outing.
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la Crosse Tribune
New York Yankees
Minnesota Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
Mnneapolis
Ralph Frisbie
Fred Becker
Charles McCabe
Naked Blackmail Allegation Roils Wisconsin Tax Fight
Assembly leader Alfonsi labeled a telegram from Harry Patterson of the Association of Wisconsin State College Faculties as naked blackmail and said he will refer the matter to the attorney general for possible Civil Service violations. Patterson warned legislators to publish a budget stance on higher education and implied electorate briefing if positions disagreed, prompting Alfonsi to condemn pressure tactics and state employee threats.
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Madison
Assembly
Paul Alfonsi
Minocqua
Alfonsi
Attorney General's Office
Harry A. Pederson
Platteville
Association of Wisconsin State College
Joint Finance Committee
Pederson
Wisconsin
Refugee's Daughter Is Miss U.S.A.
Martie Ozers a Lao refugee’s daughter from Illinois is named Miss USA and will represent the United States in Miss Universe. The 19 year old, 5 foot 6 and 42 inches bust line, plans to use prize money to help her family of nine, including her father Maksis Ozers.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Martie Ozers
Free World
U.S. A
Illinois
United States
Norma Beatriz Noland
Argentina
Miss Ozers
Maksis H. Ozers
Mariie
Author Dies At 41 In Cordele Georgia
McKenzie Hooks Hyman author of the best selling No Time For Sergeants died Wednesday in Cordele Georgia at about 41 years old. Officials say the cause appears to be a heart attack and the death is under investigation.
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Cordele
McKenzie Hooks Hyman
Betty Baird of La Crosse State College Dies at 51
Betty Jane Baird 51 a La Crosse State College physical education faculty member since 1946 died Thursday morning July 18 after a long illness. Born November 14 1911 in Minnesota she earned a BEd in 1933 and an MA from NYU in 1939. She advised the Catalina Club and Associated Women Students and helped found the women students dormitory named for her. Survived by father E D Baird and sisters Mrs Harry Doran and Dr Beatrice Baird. Services Friday at 4 p.m. Sletten McKee Funeral Home. Burial East Lawn Bloomington Illinois. Memorials to La Crosse State College.
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la Crosse State College
Miss Baird
Minnesota
Normal
Ill
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Illinois Normal University
New York University
Department of Physical Education
LSC
Gillespie
Pontiac
Libertyvile
Bloomington
YWCA
la Crosse State
Catalina Club
Associated Women Students
la Crosse State College Foundation
la Crosse
Board of State College Regents
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