Driver's heart attack triggers bus plunge into East River
An AP report says John E. Albert, 51, bus driver for the Department of Hospitals, suffered a coronary attack before his bus swerved into the East River, killing seven. Four passengers were rescued. The medical examiner noted a fresh acute thrombotic occlusion of the right coronary artery and concluded drowning as the cause of death, despite a prior coronary episode in November 1960.
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Department of Hospitals
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Welfare Island
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Alberts
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Queens
Haas
Need for a national farm group echoed at La Crosse forum
Dr. R B Talbot of Iowa State urged a federation of farm organizations to unite political and economic power, citing ideological divides and rising urban influence. He warned farmers risk losing strength by 1990 as urban populations grow and urged unity, discipline, and realignments to preserve farm influence.
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la Crosse Tribune
National Federation of Farm Organizations
R. B. Talbot
Iowa State University
la Crosse Farm Forum
Talbot
Five railroad unions set March 13 talks in Chicago
Five unions representing 210000 on train workers press for job protections as Supreme Court upholds railroads right to alter work rules. Chicago session targets eliminating about 40000 firemen and revising pay and crew makeup, with a possible 60 day delay if a presidential emergency board is named.
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Association of American Railroads
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National Mediation Board
J. E. Wolfe
National Railway Labor Conference
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Timothy Brown
Brown
George Currie
7Th Circuit
Allen Kinney
Arthur A. Cirille
P.G. McGill
D. A. Rock
Superior
Barron
Burnett
Douglas
Polk
Washburn
Six Condemned To Die In De Gaulle Plot
A special military court in Paris sentenced six men to die for attempting to shoot President Charles de Gaulle last August. Eight others received prison terms. three death convicts and two long-term prisoners were tried in absentia. Yula Sari was captured and will be tried later. The ambush occurred August 22, 1962, narrowly missing De Gaulle, his wife, and son-in-law as bullets struck the president's car and escort.
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Charles de Gaulle
Yula_ Sari
Fiveman Tribunal
de Gaulle
Hundreds Free Floods In 4 States
Hundreds of residents in Ohio West Virginia Indiana and Pennsylvania fled flood waters after heavy rains and melting snow. Ohio faced its worst floods in four years with evacuations and marooned families across Wheeling Morrow and Newark. Indiana saw crests above flood stage on Wabash and White rivers as highways flooded and homes were evacuated.
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West Virginia
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
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Wheeling
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Vienna
Wellsburg
MckKinleyville
Moundsville
Louise
Newark
Licking River
Newtown
Steubenville
Morrow
Springfield
Bourneville
Akron
Monongahela
Pittsburgh
Carnegie
Canonsburg
Marianna
Cecil Township
Wabash
White
Antigo and Rhinelander Win Renewal Grants
Washington based Urban Renewal Administration announced a 30100 grant to Antigo and Rhinelander Wisconsin to support comprehensive planning programs. The grant, added to 15000 in local contributions, will be administered by the Wisconsin Department of Resource Development.
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RRP
Urban Renewal Administration
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Wisconsin Department of Resource Development
Driving age bill advances with driver permit carveout
ST PAUL RP The House Motor Vehicles Committee approved a bill to raise the minimum driving age from 15 to 16. An amendment allows a 15 year old to obtain a driving permit if enrolled in a qualified training course.
Milwaukee AMC Workers Drive to Aid Antigo Girl
Milwaukee AMC workers launched a fund drive to help 3 year old Susan Zoern of Antigo who suffers from cystic fibrosis. Frank Nourse of Random Lake started the appeal and fellow employees joined in collecting funds after the Zoern family faced unemployment when the elder Zoern lost a federal contract bid. About $70 was raised before layoffs. organizers expect contributions to grow when workers return.
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American Motors Corp
Milwaukee
Antigo
Frank Nourse
Random Lake
Susan Zoern
Walter J. Zoern
Nourse
Zoern
Seven Candidate Mayor Race Prompts Heavy La Crosse Primary
La Crosse voters reached 5,289 by 1:30 pm as seven mayoral hopefuls and multiple municipal contests drive turnout despite heavy snow. The city listed ward by ward tallies and noted 7,824 of 25,053 registered voters had cast ballots by close, with statewide and local races across Milwaukee Madison and other Wisconsin communities also reported.
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Beloit
High Court Post
Helicopter Rescues Two Boys Clinging to Trees Above Flooded River
At Xenia Ohio an Air Force helicopter from Wright Patterson Air Force Base rescued 15 year old Robert Page and 17 year old Carl Henderson after eight hours in tree limbs above a flood swollen river. The craft piloted by Capt Clyde Jacobs with Capt Earl May landed nearby to bring the youths to hospital for check ups.
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Robert Page
Carl Henderson
Clyde Jacobs
Earl May
Atty Gen Urges Direct Hiring of Two Investigators
Madison AP Atty Gen George Thompson urged the Legislature Joint Finance Committee to back direct hiring of two criminal investigators. He said hiring outside civil service would protect anonymity and boost effectiveness.
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Madison
George Thompson
Joint Finance Committee
Thompson
Fatal crash kills four Durand area youths
Four young men from Durand area died when their car struck a bridge abutment on a Pepin County road and burst into flames. A fifth passenger was critically injured. Victims are Leigh Johnson 21 Roger Taylor 23 Roger Brantner 23 of Durand and Mike Gauvin 20 of Eau Galle. Arnold Snyder 19 of Durand hospitalized in Eau Claire in critical condition. The driver remains undetermined with no witnesses. The crash occurred about 9 miles southwest of Durand around 1 40 a.m. The crash toll adds to Wisconsin’s yearly traffic deaths reaching 97. The incident follows multiple recent fatal crashes in the area.
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Leigh Johnson
Roger Taylor
Roger Brantner
Mike Gauvin
Eau Galle
Arnold Snyder
Eau Claire
Pepin County
Dennis Lehar
Pepin
Brantner
Wisconsin
Menomonee Falls
Green Bay
Isaac Webster
Oneida
French Miners Defy De Gaulle Strike Over Wages
AP report notes 90 to 95 percent of France's 200,000 coal miners refused to return to work defying De Gaulle's decree drafted into government service. Lor raine and southern mines also stayed out. sympathy strikes emerged as electric power was cut in downtown Paris.
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France
Charles de Gaulle
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de Gaulle
Bidault TV Appearance Strains Brit-French Ties
British leaders said ex-Premier Georges Bidault entered Britain illegally but may have left. An ITV appearance aired by BBC linked Bidault to the CNR and calls to topple De Gaulle, while British officials denied current presence and faced questions in Parliament.
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House of Commons
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BBC
de Gaulle
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Commons
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Brooke
National Council of the Resistance
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