Former Iowa Women's Club Chief Dies
WAUKON Iowa Mrs John H Hager 80 longtime leader in Waukon and Iowa club circles died Saturday after a long illness Funeral services 130 pm Tuesday First Presbyterian Church Rev William Traden officiating burial in Oakland Cemetery Martins Funeral Home in charge She born Burlington Iowa married July 14 1905 former president of Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs 50 year Eastern Star member husband died 1952 former Iowa legislator survivor sister Mrs Martha Stilwell Spencer Iowa
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Waukon
Iowa
John H. Hager
First Presbyterian Church
William Traden
Oakland Cemetery
Martins
Successful X15 Glide Flight Marked By Test at Edwards
At Edwards Air Force Base California the X15 rocket craft completed its first glide test dropping from a B52 carrier at 38000 feet and gliding for four to five minutes to a dry lake bed. Scott Crossfield piloted the unmanned craft which carried no fuel and landed on skids after four prior captive flights. The glide test followed electronic equipment delays and precedes later engine tests.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Scott Crossfield
Lunts Receive Honorary Degrees at Beloit College
Beloit College conferred honorary Doctor of Humane Letters on Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne during its 109th commencement. The couple, famed husband wife acting team, joined retired Beloit sociology chair Lloyd Ballard in receiving the degrees. Lunt hails from Milwaukee and the pair maintain a farm near Genesee Depot, Wisconsin.
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Beloit
Alfred Lunt
Lynn Fontanne
Beloit College
Lunts
Lloyd Ballard
Be-Wit
Lunt
Milwaukee
Genesse Depot
Wis
Tragedy Near Phoenix Leaves 16 Dead Farm Laborers
A damaged bus converted for workers exploded after a crash near Phoenix killing sixteen Mexican nationals and injuring thirty two others. Driver Nate Manuel Gloria Jr. said he dozed at the wheel as the vehicle left a main road, struck a ditch, and burst into flames near Tolleson while en route from Mesa.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Highway Patrol
Nate Manuel Gloria Jr
Gloria
Mesa
Garlic Fields
Tolleson
Elmer Charbeneau
Soviet Push for Berlin Summit Overshadows Geneva Talks
In Geneva, Khrushchev signals a summit deal on Berlin despite Western insistence on progress with the foreign ministers. Secret exchanges resume as Moscow hints Berlin must be solved at the summit, while Gromyko’s proposals yield little headway. East German officials echo the need for a summit, warning against concrete deals in Geneva.
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Soviet Union
Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Andrei Gromyko
Khrushchev
Budapest
Moscow
Finland
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Stefan Heymann
East Berlin
Germany
Colorado Girl Drowns in Churning Creek
In Boulder Colorado ten year old Joyce Watkins fell into South Boulder Creek Sunday. Her father Earl Watkins a Denver truck driver commandeered a car to pursue the swift river downstream. A mile away he waded in waist-deep water and found his daughter. She was dead.
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Boulder
Colo
Joyce Watkins
Boulder Creek
Earl Watkins
Watkins
Denver
Chlorine Gas In Crash Debris Frightens Town
In MCRAE Georgia 16 000 gallons of chlorine gas were aboard two derailed tank cars as wrecking crews cleared debris from a 66 carSouthern Railway freight train. Army reserve and air patrol units cordoned off the area while officials advised calm and prepared for possible evacuation.
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Mcrae
Georgia
Southern Railway
Atlanta
William Mackle
Main Street
U.S. 441
E. L. Blume
Brunswick
Macon
Deadliest spy Klaus Fuchs poised for release from prison
London reports indicate Klaus Fuchs, 47, could be freed next month after serving nine years of a 14 year sentence for betraying Western atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. Home Secretary Butler will outline next steps in Commons, with debate over deportation and possible move to East Germany.
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London
Klaus Fuchs
Soviet Union
Fuchs
Old Bailey
East
Wakefield
England
East Germany
Emil Fuchs
Leipzig University
Leipzig
Order of the Fatherland
Five Flee From Cuba to Key West Boat Refugees
Five Cuban refugees arrive in Key West increasing Florida's exile colony by five ex soldiers and a sailor. They told immigration authorities they paid 700 dollars to buy a 16 foot motor boat used to sail from Havana to Key West. Miguel Victoreto y Garcia, 29, said he fled Castro's navy due to political trouble and hid 15 days before departure.
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Key West
Fla
Florida
Havana
Miguel Victoreto Y Garcia
Fidel Castro
Nelson Backs Curb On Insurance Canceling
Gov Gaylord Nelson announced support for a bill to protect sickness and accident policyholders from abrupt cancellations. The measure would require termination only on annual renewal dates with 30 days notice, replacing current five day notice provisions. Assemblyman Roy E Naleid will sponsor the bill in the Assembly.
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Madison
Gaylord Nelson
Assembly
Roy E. Naleid
Racine
State Insurance Department
Highway 12 Buckles Under Sunday Heat
In Tomah Wisconsin heat caused pavement buckling on Highway 12 four miles north of town. Two adjacent pavement sections rose as much as 24 inches. The highway closed at 7 pm for repairs and reopened about three hours later as Sunday traffic backed up for miles in both directions.
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Leopold Martinez
Arizona
Tomah
Wis
Highway 12
Here
Monroe County
Eisenhower asks to scrap interest ceilings on bonds
President Eisenhower urged Congress to remove interest ceilings on savings and marketable bonds and to raise the permanent national debt limit from 283 billion to 288 billion dollars with a temporary boost to 295 billion. He cited rapid borrowing and stock demand as reasons for reform and outlined plans for new rates on Series E and H bonds beginning June 1.
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Congress
Interest Ltd
U.S
Washington
Eisenhower
Treasury Department
Con
Tragic trick shot performer killed by boy at expo
Mamie Peniman, 38, a trick shooter from Sun Valley California, was accidentally shot by 9 year old Frank Monaco at the Pittsburgh Bicentennial Exposition in Point Park. The boy, allowed to handle rifles thinking they were props, triggered the weapon while Peniman stood in front of her husband Wild Bill Cody. Police released the boy to his parents after an inquest was deemed unnecessary. He will not face charges.
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Frank Monaco
Mamie
Alice Peniman
Pittsburgh
Unifax
Frank
No Change In Closing Auto-Lite Plant La Crosse
MADISON The Electric Auto-Lite Co. reaffirmed its decision to close the La Crosse plant on July 3. Gov. Nelson stated the company regrets the closure but cannot reconsider for various stated reasons. Local officials including Mayor Milo Knutson and Chamber president George Milne joined the governor and Auto-Lite executives in talks.
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la Crosse Tribune
Madison
Electric Auto-Lite Co
la Crosse
Gov. Nelson
Auto- Lite
Milo Knutson
George Milne
Chamber of Commerce
Forest Lambert
Malcolm Lloyd
The
la Crosse Union
James P. Falvey
F. M. Wistert
Robert H. Davies
Davies
Nelson
Toledo
Post Office tests mail by guided missile delivery
The Post Office Department announced the first successful mail delivery by a guided missile. A Navy Regulus I launched from the Barroso submarine path landed at Mayport near Jacksonville, carrying 3,900 letters including one to President Eisenhower, with a 22 minute flight from 10 10 to 10 32 a.m.
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Post Office Department
U.S
Atlantic
Auxiliary
Naval Air Station
Mayport
Jacksonville
Fila
Barbero
Department
Eisenhower
Summerfield
Cabinet
Congress
Supreme Court
Universal Postal Union
Convention Impression Political Career Of Thomson May Be Over
Vernon W. Thomson former Wisconsin governor and long time GOP figure likely ends his political career after a weekend at the state convention. The party machine moves to back Glenn R. Davis of Waukesha as preferred gubernatorial candidate next year while Thomson faces defections and a crushing loss to Gov. Gaylord Nelson last fall. Davis has run for U S Senate before and kept a low profile public schedule, building strength with the party faithful as Thomson’s influence wanes.
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Davis
United States Senate
Thomson
Gaylord Nelson
Davis Favored Over Thomson For Governor
GREEN BAY (A r) Former Rep. Glenn Davis of Waukesha was favored as the 1960 Republican candidate for governor in a delegate poll at the state GOP convention. Davis led Vernon Thomson 285 to 138, with 14 others receiving votes. Nixon won the presidential nod with 490 votes to 45 for Rockefeller. Knowles, Rogan, Dittmore, Zimmerman, Higley and others trailed in followup balloting.
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Glenn Davis
Waukesha
Nixon
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Appleton Post-crescent
Davis
Form
Vernon Thomson
Thomson
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Warren Knowles
Paul Rogan
Ray Dittmore
Milwaukee
Robert Zimmerman
Harvey Higley
Veterans Administration
Philip F. LaFollette
Atty
Stewart Honeck
Walter J. Kohler
John Byrnes
al Lamn
GOP
Philip Kuehn
University of Wisconsin
Wilbur Renk
Melvin Laird
Marshfield
Supreme Court
Roand J. Steinle
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Gromyko
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Warner Robins Air Force Base
George Callahan
Olin-Mathison Chemical Co
McIntosh
Ala
By Patrick Massey
Cuba
Gress
Trick Shot
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Frontier Village
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Fred Pennington
P.O
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By John Wyngaard
Vernon W. Thomson
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