68 Die As TWA Liner Crashes Near Milan In Storm
A Chicago bound Trans World Airlines Constellation crashed near Milan during a summer thunderstorm killing all 68 aboard. Witnesses reported a lightning strike and explosions, with investigators from US and Italian agencies assessing possible weather or mechanical causes. The wreckage was cordoned off as authorities awaited the inquiry.
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Milan
Italy
U.S
TWA
Salvatore Petrucci
Here
Malpensa
Swiss Alps
Paris
Chicago
O'Hare
Father Dashes Into Wreckage After Plane Crash Claims Sons
A distressed Italian father, Caglo Cavallanti, dashed through police lines into the Milan crash site of a TWA Constellation, where 68 perished. His two sons Gabriele and Franco died in the wreckage as authorities investigated causes amid lightning and mechanical theories.
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Italy
TWA
Milan
Caglo Cavallanti
Gabriele
Franco
Gaetano Sirtori
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Montini
Maria Sacchetti Fermi
Rome
Enrico Fermi
Fermi
Chicago
Athens
Wartime tax rates continued promise of reductions next year
Compromise tax bill in both chambers keeps wartime rates for another year. It would phase in a potential cut next year, limiting local telephone taxes and half the passenger transportation tax by June 30 1960 if Congress acts, while long distance charges remain untaxed. Estimated revenue losses and balance with the 1960 budget are noted as the bill heads to the White House for approval.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Senate House
USW to Resume Talks With Steel Bargainers
New York AP The Steelworkers Union will return to contract talks with the regular industry bargaining team led by R Conrad Cooper. David J McDonald warned he will not endure another filibuster session and will walk out if no wage or contract gains are offered. He urged direct talks with steel company executives, which were rejected.
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New York
Steelworkers Union
David J. McDonald
McDonald
U.S. Steel Corp
R. Conrad Cooper
Strupp Gets Dredging OK as Work Starts
La Crescent Minnesota Joseph Strupp began dredging operations Saturday as the first step in a multi million dollar commercial area project between La Crescent and La Crosse. Strupp received approval from the Minnesota Conservation Department Friday after a petition to dredge a channel to his land. The permit allows dredging from Blue Lake outward to his property with the requirement to pre pay for silt and gravel removal.
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LA Crescent
Minn
Joseph Strupp
la Crosse
Strupp
Minnesota Conservation Department
Blue Lake
Air Force officers elected to ROA leadership
AP reports at the Reserve Officers Assn convention Air Force Capt. R. G. Strid of Green Bay Wisconsin was chosen junior vice president Col John W Richardson of Bloomfield Hills Michigan was elected president.
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Denver
Air Force
R. G. Strid
Green Bay
Wis
Reserve Officers Assn
John W. Richardson
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
Rain Forecast for Coulee Region With Thunderstorms
Forecasters predict persistent rain across the Coulee Region this afternoon tonight and Sunday with possible Monday involvement. Thunderstorms are likely and a warm humid weekend is expected. Mississippi River levels may rise around La Crosse by up to a foot. Friday’s La Crosse high reached 89 degrees with a low of 76 and a mean of 78.
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Coulee
Weather Bureau
Mississippi River
la Crosse
Fog delays Queen's tour visit to St Lawrence power project
Queen Elizabeth II royal yacht Britannia was slowed by dense fog on the St. Lawrence River delaying a planned visit to the St. Lawrence power project near Beauharnois Ontario. The royal party and officials prepared for ceremonies at Eisenhower Lock Moses Saunders Dam and the U.S. Canadian boundary amid weather and logistics adjustments.
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Beauharnois Lock
Ont
St. Lawrence River
Britannia
Canada
St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence Seaway
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Beauharnois
Cote St. Catherine
Cornwall
Nixon
Massena
Washington
USS. Air Force
Patricia
Eisenhower Lock
Moses-Saunders Dam
United States
Rockefeller
Missile display brings Army Air Defense crew to La Crosse
A Nike Hercules and Nike Ajax missile team from the U S Army Air Defense in Milwaukee arrived in La Crosse to stage a weekend display at Bata vian National Bank. The 7 man crew includes Pfc David J Terpstra son of local residents and two others from nearby towns. The display aims to promote understanding between the Army Air Defense Command and the public with missiles capable of engaging hostile targets.
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la Crosse
U.S. Army Air Defense System
Milwaukee
Batavian National Bank
Pfc
David J. Terpstra
John D. Terpstra
Loomis St
Terpstra
Sp. 4.C
Frank H. Krzoska
Fountain City
Richard G. Paulson
Winona
Army Air Defense Command
Lic
Bailey F. Smith
United States
Chicago
Minneapolis
Gary
Detroit
St. Louis
Rapid City
State Highway Patrol
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Smith
D. J. Murphy
U.S. Army
Coulee
Reliet
Long Indicates He'll Run For Governor Again
Covington Louisiana Governor Earl K Long, 63, says he may heed doctors on running again for governor but reserves right to act if they err. He is on a hospital discharge rest and plans to resign before term ends to seek the Democratic primary. Two psychiatrists ordered him to rest and skip politics presently.
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Long
Covington
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
New Orleans
Colfax Escapes With Slight Storm Damage
A severe rain hail and wind storm ripped through Dunn County injuring none and causing minor damage. Colfax saw its roof ripped from a machinery company building as rain drenched the interior.
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Colfax
Dunn County
River Flood Over Banks at Mound Prairie Reported
Root River continues rising and overflowing banks at Mound Prairie with water covering some cornfields. No serious damage reported yet. scattered low spots show flooding elsewhere along the river.
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Mound Prairie
Hoffa Still Promises To Rout Racketeers In Own Time
Hoffa tells Senate committee he has power to purge racketeers now but will wait until the La bor Management panel ends its probe. Kennedy taunts him as unconvincing while McClellan cites mob ties. Bender defends nine months of union aid pay as antiracketeering work.
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Hoffa
Kennedy
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senator Kennedy
Teamster
George H. Bender
Ohio
Bender
Goldstein
32nd Praised By Evaluators Gen Breidster Encampment Ends
Trucks of Wisconsin's 32nd National Guard division left CAMP MCCOY at 6 a.m. after a two week encampment praised by Maj. Gen. Waldemar Breidster and Gov. Gaylord Nelson. An Army evaluation team rated the division highly, with 10 superior, 87 excellent, four very satisfactory and one satisfactory among 102 units. The encampment ended with 41 enlisted earning second lieutenant commissions and awards to top cadets William J. Falk and Eugene Barta.
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Camp Mccoy
Wisconsin
32Nd National Guard
Here
Army
Waldemar Breidster
Kenneth Macomber
Breidster
Gaylord Nelson
32Nd
Wisconsin Military Academy
William J. Falk
Green Bay
American Legion
Eugene Barta
Antigo
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Austria
Miles
Castellanza
Marante
WS. Civil Aeronautics Board
Martyn Clarke
Clarke
Ciampino
Italian Civil Aviation Administration
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B. L. Livingstone
Sam Rayburn
Dtex
USW
ROA Post
Queen
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Cornwall- Massena
N.Y
Seaway
State of
Province of
Ontario
Herbert Hoover
Grand Coulee
Columbia River
Washington State
Ogdensburg
Lt. Smith
Mississippi
Robert A. Luke
Indiana
C. Krzoska
Paulson
Ferpstra
David L. Smith
Texas
Robert W. Schlekewy
South Dakota
Ard
59Th Artillery
Paul Pratt
Associated Press
Whitnall Park
Beloit
Madison
Duluth-Superior
Duluth- Superior
Grantsburg
Philips
Mather
Park Falls
Wisconsin Rapids
Shell Lake
Black River Falls
Lone Rock
Wausau
Eau Claire
G. Milton Kelly
Sam Goldstein
New York Local 239
Cleveland, Ohio
Teamsters Union
James Hoffa
Douglas Davenport
Wisconsin American Legion
Eugene C. Barta
Gen. Breidster
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