River Adventurers Escape Death On Mississippi Raft Trip
Two coeds Marianne Ahine and Betty Kozark left St. Louis on a rubber raft for a Mississippi River trip. They faced storms, near drowning, and a night on a sandbar before rescue by towboat crews. After resting in Cape Girardeau they continued by bus to New Orleans. The Coast Guard had refused their flimsy plastic raft start.
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Cape Girardeau
Marianne Ahine
Salkoping
Sweden
Betty Kozark
Downers Grove
Ill
St. Louis
Wittenberg
Chester
Missouri
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Coast Guard
Weekend Deaths Across Several Cities Prompt Obituary Notes
Sir Oscar Hobson 75 British financial journalist knighted and former Manchester Guardian editor dies. George H. Bender 64 Ohio Republican senator dies after coronary thrombosis. served seven terms in Congress. Howard K. Bruce 81 banking and industry figure dies of cerebral hemorrhage. WWII materials director. James Manning 70 Penn Athletic Club crew coach collapses at boathouse. former Annapolis plebe coach and Harvard freshman coach. George N. Buffington 63 former Treasury aide and National City Bank VP. chaired 1941 43 Victory Bond drive. Frank Leslie Nanney Sr. 67 longtime editor publisher South Hill Enterprise dies. 46 years in journalism. Albert Deutsch 55 mental health journalist dies. Lasker and Polk Award winner. Josh Cody 69 former Temple coach and athletic director dies of heart attack.
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Philadelphia
James Manning
Penn Athletic Club
Vesper Boat Club
Annapolis
Harvard
South Hill, Va
Frank Leslie Nanney Sr
The
South Hill Enterprise
Louisiana
Ohio
Roffey Park
Horsham
England
Albert Deutsch
New York
Deutsch
Lasker
George Polk
Reorganizing May Be Costly Warns Knowles in River Falls
Lt. Gov. Warren Knowles warned that reorganizing state government solely for change could trigger costly bankruptcy. Speaking at River Falls High School he urged support for efficient reforms while opposing creating new bureaus with more employees. He urged the legislative council to evaluate government operations to keep reform out of partisan politics.
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River Falls
Warren Knowles
River Falls High School
Knowles
Gaylord Nelson
Legislative Council
Local Services and Rummage Sale Listings
Locals offer styled haircuts from Berna Deans Beauty Salon with evening appointments. Universal Photo Service accepts film for finishing at 514 State Street. Modahl Horn Shop repairs instruments at 205 So 4th. La Crosse Transit Co provides 20 minute direct transfer bus connections from Fifth and Main weekdays. Rummage Sale at 1027 So 5th.
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Berna Dean’s
Universal Photo Service
State Street
Music Instruments
Modahl
la Crosse Transit Co
Irish Crime Rate Lower Every Year
A compact roundup of varied items notes crime rates in Ireland decreasing yearly and discusses broader social curiosities. It touches on shifts in professional demographics in America, historic quotes, and miscellaneous tidbits about customs, weather, and currency.
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America
Two Minnesotans Drown Saturday
Two men drowned in Minnesota on Saturday. Marvin Streufert, 34, of Fairfax, slipped over the side of a small boat on Lake Minnetonka. rescuers failed to revive him. Don Busse, 32, of Hendrum, drowned in South Twin Lake near Mahnomen after being thrown from his boat during motor tuning. witnesses delayed reaching him as the craft circled.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Marvin Streufert
Fairfax
Minn
Lake Minnetonka
Streufert
Don Busse
Hendrum
Twin Lake
Mahnomen
Busse
Prime Minister Ikeda Leaves for Washington for Talks
Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda departs Tokyo for Washington for a frank exchange with President Kennedy on Far East issues. Police guard the route amid protests. Ikeda to meet Kennedy Tuesday to Thursday and return via Canada for talks with Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.
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Tokyo
Hayato Ikeda
Washington
Kennedy
Far East
Ikeda
Eisenhower
Japan
Canada
John Diefenbaker
Zentaro Kosaka
United States
Kosaka
Menominee Honor Melvin Laird on Tribal Day
The Menominee Indians plan to honor Rep. Melvin Laird of Marshfield as Wisconsin counts its 72nd county. John Fossum, Neopit tribal chairman, says Mel Laird Day shows appreciation for his interest in their welfare. The event, open to the public, will include Indian ceremonial rites.
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Keshena
Melvin Laird
Marshfield
Wisconsin
John Fossum
Neopit
Mel Laird
Laird
Fossum
Boy Born To Actor Fess Parker and Wife
Santa Barbara California AP reports actor Fess Parker and his wife welcomed their first child a son named Fess Elisha Parker III weighing 8 pounds 14 ounces born Saturday night to former Marcie Reinhart in a family announcement.
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Fess Parker
Santa Barbara, Calif
Fess Elisha Parker III
Marcie Reinhart
Bar Chief Plans Drive On Apathy
John Whitney of Green Bay becomes president of the Wisconsin State Bar and vows to campaign against lawyer apathy noted by outgoing president Carroll Callahan of Columbus. Whitney aims to tighten links between Madison HQ and local bars, open a Milwaukee branch, and add an ethics and grievances investigator. James Fornary of Racine receives the outstanding local bar president plaque.
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Madison
State Bar
Milwaukee
James Fornary
Racine
Bandits Crack Five Safes and Flee With Cash
Two men robbed the More Way Store on Milwaukee’s South Side, cracking five safes and taking between 3000 and 5000 dollars. Watchman Erval Howard, 25, was bound and forced to guide them to eight safes before they bound out, watch TV, steal his car keys, then flee. the abandoned car was found at Gen Billy Mitchell Field as police suspected a Detroit-bound escape.
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Milwaukee
Erval Howard
More Way
Howard
Gen
Billy Mitchell Field
Detroit
Honeymooning Bride Dies In Car Crash
Sandra J. Arpaia, 21, of Hamden Connecticut, was killed in a head on collision near Grantsville Utah while on her honeymoon with Anthony P. Downey 25. Downey was injured in fair condition and Daniel A. Sexton 19 also died in the wreck. Sexton’s father S D Sexton lives in Walls Mississippi.
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Grantsville
Utah
Anthony P. Downey
Morton Downey
Sandra J. Arpaia
Hamden
Conn
Downey
Wallingford
Seattle
Wash
Congressional clash over housing and school bills nears vote
In Washington Kennedy bills on housing and education face rough paths this week as conservatives and Southern Democrats seek to block action. House Rules Committee timetable, church state concerns, and private school loans complicate prospects for rapid passage.
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Congress
Washington
Kennedy
House Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Jon
Liberal Democrats
Smith
House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Federal Trade Commission
Civil Aeronautics Board
Science Shrinks Piles Without Surgery New Relief
Science unveils a new healing substance Bio-Dyne named Preparation H that shrinks hemorrhoids stops itching and relieves pain without surgery. Case by case shrinkage occurs with strong patient statements of piles no longer a problem available as suppository or ointment at drug counters.
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New York, N. Y
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Falmouth
Mass
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Secretary of the Treasury
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Mount Laurel
N.J
Josh Cody
Temple University
Hal Boyle
Sudan
Ed Howe
Boyle
Ireianu
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Venezuela
South America
Arnold Toynbee
Humane Societies
Yap
Johnny Reb
Yankee
Oscar Wilde
Alan Cline
Trol
Okinawa
Japan Times
Mainichi
China
Laos
South
Viet Nam
Red China
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B.C
Monroe, Vernon, LA Crosse Counties
WM. A. Rogers
Oneida, Ltd
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Kelly Furniture CO
Pearl
la Crosse, Wis
William F. Arbogast
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Mutual Service Life Insurance Company
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