Soviet East Germany sign cautious friendship pact
In Moscow the Soviet Union and East Germany signed a friendship treaty described by Premier Khrushchev as an important contribution to peaceful German questions. Ulbricht followed with remarks signaling careful stance toward Western crisis avoidance.
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Moscow
Union
East Germany
Kremlin
East Ger
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Walter Ulbricht
Washington
London
Paris
West Berlin
King and Leaders In Court For Arraignment
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and fellow integration leaders were arraigned at St Johns County Courthouse on sit in charges. King lingered in jail as Judge Howell Melton convened a grand jury to probe racial disturbances in St Augustine.
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F. T. Macfeely
ST. Augustine
Fla
Martin Luther King Jr
St. Johns County
King
Ralph D. Abernathy
Boston University
William England
L. O. Davis
Davis
Howell Melton
Melton
Atlanta
Car Strikes Train In Alma Center Two Injured
Two NSP troublesshouts are hospitalized in Rochester Minnesota in critical condition after a car driven by Robert Fitzmaurice and Robert Shackelford, both 39 of Alma Center, collided with a Green Bay and Western freight train at the north edge of Alma Center. The crash occurred at 12 20 a m at a crossing with no signals and limited visibility from a nearby building. The car’s engine was thrown about 50 feet. They had responded to a power emergency and were returning with a fire extinguisher.
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Alma Center
Wis
Northern States Power Co
Rochester, Minn
Robert Fitzmaurice
Robert Shackelford
Green Bay and Western Railroad
Alma
Black River
Firemen Seek Shorter Week in La Crosse
La Crosse firemen ask to cut the work week from 67.2 hours to 60. In a Thursday letter to the Common Council they note a 1959 agreement in principle but no action since. They say fewer hours require more firemen. disagreement exists on the exact staffing needs.
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la Crosse
Common Council
Adolph Kessel
Santo Domingo Blast Kills Four in Ammunition Dump Fires
Explosions rocked ammunition dumps across the Ozama River from Santo Domingo. Four people were killed and 112 wounded as flames hampered firefighters troops and police from approaching the dumps. Damage spread through the city overnight.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Ozama River
Explosions in Santo Domingo Cause Panic and Injuries
Three to five dumps at the army site 27 February racks were destroyed amid blasts heard after sentry gunfire. Hospitals and clinics in the capital were placed on emergency footing as U S Ambassador William Bennett offered relief help. Glass doors shattered, many people injured as police and troops guard commercial districts.
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Donald Reid Cabral
U.S
William Bennett
Santo Domingo
Ristow May Seek Congress Seat in Wisconsin District 3
Harold C. Ristow, district sales manager of Mutual Service Insurance, may run as a Democrat in Wisconsin’s 3rd District. He said there is a possibility of candidacy but no formal announcement yet. A supporters’ group would meet Sunday to encourage him, possibly leading to an announcement. The seat is held by Republican Vernon W. Thomson of Richland Center.
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Harold C. Ristow
Mutual Service Insurance Companies
Congress
Wisconsin
Ristow
Vernon W. Thomson
Richland Center
After One Year Birmingham Gives Integration A Chance
In a Birmingham feature a year after integration began, African American students sit with whites at a lunch counter and in baseball crowds. 35,000 attend Billy Graham at Legion Field, and graduates share diplomas with whites. Negro and white staff work together at a bank, and few incidents mar the city’s progress toward racial accord despite ongoing tensions.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Barons
Barons
Legion Field
Billy Graham
Logan Junior High addition plans approved by council
Logan Junior High School addition for 12 classrooms with 60 teaching positions and a 1,500 student capacity was approved with bids expected in July and construction to begin after district and council approval in August. The plan includes a $250,000 funding package and site at Losey Boulevard and Green Bay Street.
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Logan Junior High School
la Crosse
City School District Board of Education
Tthe Council
Bernard F. Maney
16Th Ward
Bjorge
Losey Boulevard
Green Bay Street
Viterbo College
8Th
9Th
Market
Winnebago Streets
Viterbo
Donald Medinger
C. B. Wiemann
Shastri Seeks End Of Kashmir Strife
Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri launches effort to settle India Pakistan Kashmir dispute. In first broadcast since Nehru's death he urges patience and notes shared history. He calls for harmony between Hindu majority and Muslim minority.
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New Delhi
India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Pakistan
Kashmir
Miniister Nehru
Shastri
Scranton Eyes Entrance to GOP Presidential Nomination Race
EAGLE RIVER AP Lloyd Anderson of Janesville is elected president of the Wisconsin Public Welfare Association at its 28th annual conference. Anderson, Rock County Welfare director, assumes role as Norman L. Whitford Oshkosh becomes first vice president Er win Affolter Racine second vice president Mrs Madeline Leiffring Durand secretary Mildred Seefluth Stevens Point treasurer Leo T. Jelinske Shawano County Welfare Department receives the Aimee Weinstock Award for social work achievement.
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Eagle River
Lloyd Anderson
Janesville
Wisconsin Public Welfare Association
Anderson
Rock County
Norman L. Whitford
Oshkosh
Erwin Affolter
Racine
Madeline Leiffring
Durand
Mildred Seefluth
Stevens Point
Leo T. Jelinske
Shawano County
Aimee Weinstock
Scranton Announces Candidacy to Offer GOP a Choice
Gov. William W. Scranton of Pennsylvania declared his bid for the Republican presidential nomination to offer the party a choice. He opposes exclusionary leadership and said he would accept a sincere and honest draft, with decision announced at the Maryland State Convention.
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Baltimore
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Scranton
Craig Truax
Eugene S. Rutherford
Gettysburg
Dwight D.eisenhower
Harrisburg
Thomas H. Worrilow
John T. van Sant
Truax
Jack Conmy
Conmy
Eisenhower
GOP
Michigan
George Romney
Goldwater
Lee Scranton
Pentagon caught in censorship lapse on Cyprus fleet moves
The Defense Department admitted it had failed to clearance a Naval Aviation News June item noting a task force off Cyprus. Officials said no comment when pressed for details on how long the force was there or ship types as reporters sought specifics.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Pentagon
Defense Department
Navy
Naval Aviation News
Cyprus
Enterprise
Bureau of Naval Weapons
The
City Hall Plans Move Ahead As Library Fund Request Made
La Crosse Common Council ordered preparation of an accelerated public works funds application for a new city hall and received a library funding request. City Atty. John K. Flanagan was tasked with drafting the city hall application while Library Board member Q. H. Hale urged an accelerated library project to speed construction with federal cost sharing.
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la Crosse
John K. Flanagan
Peter Groves
13Th Ward
Q. H. Hale
Library Board
House votes for seven thousand five hundred pay hike
The House approved a pay raise bill by 243 to 157, reversing an earlier defeat and proposing a $7,500 yearly increase for members of Congress, with Senate action expected on the $533- billion measure.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Crazed man stabs two teachers and 29 others in Cologne
A 40 year old Walter Seifert fatally stabbed two women teachers and terrified 28 children and another teacher before police shot him and he drank poison. Seifert, a tuberculosis patient, died later. He sought revenge after feeble medical care.
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Cologne
Germany
Walter _ Seifert
Seifert
Van Pelt Democrats Back Pay Increase For Federal Workers
In Washington the House approved a pay raise affecting 1.7 million workers including members of Congress. Rep William Van Pelt joined all four Wisconsin Democrats Reps Johnson Kastenmeier Reuss and Zablocki in voting with the majority while Republicans Byrnes Laird O Konski Schad eberg and Thomson opposed.
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Washington
William van Pelt
Wisconsin
House
Congress
Johnson
Kastenmeier
Reuss
Zablocki
Byrnes
Laird
O’konski
Schadeberg
Thomson
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