Tornado Destroys Two Public Housing Units In Galveston
A tornado in Galveston during heavy rain injured five people and destroyed two units at the Island City Homes public housing project. Flooding across Texas displaced hundreds, with multiple tornado sightings and deaths noted as rivers rose and gas mains failed. Blanca Herrera drowned after a flood washed her car from a San Antonio bridge.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas
Island City Homes
Here
Gulf of Mexico
Freeport
Corpus Christi
Victoria
Robstown
Austin
Colorado
Blanca Herrera
San Antonio
South Plains
Littlefield
New Mexico
Alaska to host second U S Ballistic Missile Early Warning Site
The Clear BMEWS station in interior Alaska becomes the United States second warning site against a surprise Soviet missile attack. The Thule Greenland site started earlier, and Fylingdales Moor England’s station is due by year end 1962.
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Clear, Alaska
Sam
Soviet Union
Alaska
United States
Air Force
Thule
Greenland
Fylingdales Moor
Yorkshire
England
Tragic Strasbourg-Paris Express Wreck in France
French Railways say 23 bodies recovered from the Strasbourg Paris express and 100 to 115 injured. A second car trapped a submerged car, hindering rescue. U S military officials at nearby base report initial higher death tolls and injuries, later revised to 23 dead and 153 injured.
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Vitry-Le-Francois
France
Paris
U.S
Trusties Recaptured Near St. Cloud
Two St. Cloud Reformatory trusties who escaped from a farm detail were spotted near Clearwater after swimming the Mississippi River and climbing a railroad bridge. They surrendered after guard Cyrus Mansfield waded chest-deep into the river and fired two warning shots. Eugene Chapman aged 20 from Austin and Russell Farrell 19 from Albert Lea faced possible extension of burglary sentences.
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T. Cloud
Minn
St. Cloud Reformatory
Thhey
Eugene Chapman
Austin
Russell Farrell
Albert Lea
Mark Moran
Clearwater
Moran
Mississippi River
Reformatory
Cyrus Mansfield
Plane Crash Kills 2 Dads Near Albert Lea
Albert Lea Minnesota AP Eight children will remember Father's Day 1961 as the day their dads died in a plane crash. Neil L Steven 26 and Wayne K Haycraft 37 were killed when their rented light aircraft crashed nose first on the Leonard Nelson farm four miles southeast of Albert Lea. The men had taken off 15 minutes earlier Steven at the controls. Steven had about 130 hours flight time Haycraft was father to five children and Steven to three. Neighbors, no witnesses to the crash, may have stalled and spun the craft Federal Aviation Agency inspectors are investigating.
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Albert Lea, Minn
Neil L. Steven
Wayne K. Haycraft
Leonard Nelson
Here
Steven
Bud Sorenson
Albert Lea Flying Service
Haycraft
Sorenson
Federal Aviation Agency
Three Neighbor Couples Observe 50th Wedding Anniversaries
In Corning Minnesota three local couples celebrate their 50th anniversaries with open houses and church ceremonies. The Thompson pair led a shared event at Red Oak Grove Lutheran Church with Ed Goodmanson and Nels Goodwin to follow on successive Sundays.
Two Men Arrested for Sabotage Tied to American Republican Army
Ex builder Bernard Brous and mining engineer Dale Jensen admit blowing up three Utah Nevada microwave towers and a relay station on May 28 to publicize the American Republican Army. Mexican authorities handcuffed them to the FBI after questioning. The damage was about 850000 dollars.
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San Diego
Calif
Utah-Nevada
Ensenada
Mexico
Here
Bernard Jerome Brous
Dale Chris Jensen
U.S
Brous
Tijuana
FBI
San Diego U.S
Minnie
Robert Gerald Bertoli
Reno
New
Brousl
Jensen
An. Telephone & Telegraph Co
San Diego Union
Big Business
Thelen Defends Wisconsin County Government at Clerks Convention
A J Thelen executive secretary of the Wisconsin County Boards Association told county clerks in La Crosse that Wisconsin counties run efficiently and remain local in control. He warned of an “avalanche” of bills to centralize power and urged clerks to lobby on proposed measures.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse
A. J. Thelen
Wisconsin County Boards Association
Thelen
Madison
La Crosse Tribune Offers Two Summer Reading Plans
The La Crosse Tribune announces two vacation options for subscribers. The Mail Away Plan transfers home delivery to a daily mailing service for readers away from home, costing the same as home delivery. The Lay Away Plan saves copies at home and delivers them in a package on return, with no extra charge.
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Tribune
The
LaCrosse Tribune
la Crosse Tribune
the Tribune
Carved Pontius Pilate name found near Caesarea
Italian archaeologist says a stone along the Mediterranean coast near Caesarea bears the carved name of Pontius Pilate. Scholars note it marks the first archaeological link to the Roman procurator who ordered Jesus crucifixion, previously known only from the Gospels and Josephus.
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Jerusalem
Mediterranean
Israel
Judea
Josephus Flavius
Antonia Frova
Antiquities Department
Italy
University of Milan
Caesarea
Haifa
Palestine
Youth killed in Lyndon Station crash near county trunk
David Whitedog eighteen of Black River Falls was killed when the car he rode in struck a tree off County Trunk HH near Lyndon Station in Juneau County. He graduated Black River Falls High School and had just finished a year at La Crosse State College. He is survived by his grandparents Mr and Mrs Luke Snowball. Services set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Indian Mission Church with burial in the church cemetery. Wisconsin Dells funeral home in charge. Eight people died during the weekend on Wisconsin roads as ideal weather drew motorists onto the highways.
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Lyndon Station
Wis
David Whitedog
Juneau County
Black River Falls High School
la Crosse State College
Luke Snowball
Black River Falls
Wisconsin Dells
Indian Mission Church
Mitchell Whiterabbit
Wisconsin Dells Funeral Home
Rioting After Road America Event Dims Elkhart Lake Weekend
A Saturday night riot by about 200 youths in Elkhart Lake followed a two day sports car race at Road America. Police arrested several, including 21 year old Thomas E. Field of Madison, as officers and state troopers restored order. Two officers were injured and residents recall a tense scene as crowds dispersed.
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Elkhart Lake
Road America
Thomas E. Field
Madison
John Cain
Sheboygan
Fort Lauderdale
Henry H. ‘Hill
Fla
Hill
Outings End Before Thunderstorms Across Wisconsin
Wisconsin residents enjoyed sunny weekend outings across cities like Eau Claire La Crosse and Milwaukee before a cold front triggered showers and thunderstorms. Cooler air followed with lows in the 25 to 57 range and nationwide highs reaching 114 in Needles California.
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Wisconsin
Eau Claire
la Crosse
Lone Rock
Milwaukee
Green Bay
Wausau
Beloit-Rockford
Superior-Duluth
Beloit - Rockford
Needles
Calif
Eagle
Colo
Skindivers Recover Discoverer Capsule Off Hawaii
Air Force skindivers parachuted 1000 feet into the Pacific near Hawaii to recover the Discoverer XXV data capsule after a 50 hour 3 minute space flight. The capsule will be flown to Sunnyvale for analysis with samples of metals and instruments aboard. The mission marks the fifth successful recovery in the Discoverer program.
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Hickam Air Force Base
Hawaii
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Sunnyvale
Calif
Radford
New Dormitory Planned at Carleton College in Northfield
Construction will begin this month on a Carleton College dormitory to house 209 students. The building will include a dining wing with 250 capacity and cost about 1.5 million dollars.
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Northfield
Hurricane Hunting Satellite Set for Cape Canaveral Launch
Weather scientists plan a July launch of the Tiros III hurricane hunting satellite from Cape Canaveral to observe a hurricane from birth to decay. The drum shaped craft carries two TV cameras and infrared sensors to map temperatures and heat balance while NASA aims for a July liftoff aboard a Thor Delta rocket.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Hal Boyle
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Redondo Beach
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American Republican Army
John Birch Society
Mario Esparza
Hector Portillo
Emilio Mendez
Bernard Brous
Baja Cal
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Associated Press
Vernon Schauer
James VanDeelen
Schauer
van Deelen
Viola Seldmann
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National Hurricane Research Project
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