Syria Opens Borders Under Bitar Command
Syria's Revolutionary Council eased border controls and reopened airports and seaports as a new 20 man Cabinet led by Salah Bitar took power after a coup. Recognitions from Egypt Jordan and Algeria followed, with Nasser praising the revolt while warning others to keep hands off.
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Syria
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Salah Bitar
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United Arab Republic
Jordan
Algeria
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Iraq
U.S
Damascus
Cairo
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Yemen
Wisconsin Guard to build six new armories in state
The adjutant general seeks 448000 state funding to match 1.5 million armory builds for 1964 65. Planned sites include Appleton Viroqua Neillsville Menomonie Hudson Antigo with 420000 235000 195000 235000 215000 195000 respectively and additions to Sparta Manston Merrill plus ongoing works at Stoughton Black River Falls Reedsburg as force reductions and reorganization loom in defense plans.
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Madison Bureau
Madison
Wisconsin National Guard
Appleton
Neenah
State Adjutant General
State Building Commission
Adj
Ralph Olson
Viroqua
Neillsville
Menomonie
Hudson
Antigo
Sparta
Manston and
Merrill
Stoughton
Black River Falls
Reedsburg
Olson
Joint Finance Committee
Defense Department
Two More Die. Wisconsin Toll Hits One Hundred Three
The Wisconsin traffic toll rises to 103 after two fatal crashes. Rodney Goers, 20, of Waterloo, died when his car veered on Interstate 94 near Johnson Creek and overturned, pinning him. Passenger Richard Flood, 22, of Lake Mills, was injured. Robert McLane, 18, Oshkosh, died when his vehicle left Highway 49 near Berlin, rolling eight times into a ditch. two others were hurt.
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Rodney C. Goers
Waterloo
Johnson Creek
Jefferson County
Goers
Richard Flood
Lake Mills
William McLane
Oshkosh
Highway 49
Berlin
Weekend Weather Outlook With Light Snow Diminishing
Mostly cloudy with light snow diminishing to flurries Saturday night. Warmer Saturday night. Sunday partly cloudy and a little warmer. Low Saturday night 10, high Sunday in the lower 30s. Low Monday morning 15.
Wisconsin to lose four towns from 32nd Division National Guard
Major Gen Ralph Olson told the Legislature four Wisconsin communities Hurley Oconto Mondovi and Hales Corners will be dropped from the 32nd Division National Guard by April 1 to meet federal reorganization demands. Guardsmen will transfer to nearby training centers with shifts to Ashland or Ironwood Mich Oconto units to Marinette and Green Bay Mondovi troops to Eau Claire and Hales Corners HQ and detachment to Milwaukee.
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Joint Finance Committee
National Guard Bureau
Hurley
Ashland
Ironwood
Mich
Oconto
Marinette
Green Bay
Eau Claire
Signal Corps
Hales Corners
Milwaukee
Downtown merchants plan March 11 12 special sales days
La Crosse Tribune will run a double page ad spread in Sunday edition. Specially marked items offered on the first two days of the coming week return to regular prices Wednesday. Merchants report strong response to the March 4 5 event with one store noting it could have sold many more discounted items.
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la Crosse Tribune
Four Children Die in Chicago Fire Tragedy
AP reports four children died in a South Side apartment fire on Friday night. Victims Martha Jean Kohn aged 5 Linnell 3 Jessee 1 and Dianne 2 weeks were all described as Negro. Officials at Michael Reese Hospital confirmed the deaths.
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Chicago
Michael Reese Hospital
Martha Jean Kohn
Linnell
Jessee
Dianne
Alcatraz Prisons Down To 34 Inmates
SAN FRANCISCO AP reports the Alcatraz Federal Prison now holds 34 convicts after transfers aimed at deactivating the facility. Warden Olin G. Blackwell said the process continues with projections toward closure by July 1. the prison housed 260 inmates a year ago.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Federal Prison
Olin G. Blackwell
Giant TNT plant explosion rocks Modderfontein area
Four roaring blasts at Modderfontein, 16 miles from Johannesburg, killed one white worker and left several missing among about 4 000 employees at the dynamite factory. Initial reports hinted at 18 white and nine nonwhite workers, with area evacuated and police denying sabotage.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Modderfontein
South African Press Association
Kensington
Father Wanted Girl To Have Nice Funeral
CHICAGO AP A bereaved father James Lee sought a large funeral for his daughter Shirley Ellen Lee nine, after a fatal fire in their home. He asked strangers to attend the service and wake, saying he had no family to help. Funeral director Michael Sottile said the church was nearly full with school friends neighbors and strangers, reflecting the turnout he hoped for.
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Chicago
Shirley Ellen Lee
James
Mary Eleen Lee
Michael Sottile
James Lee
Sottile
Lee
Mary Ellen
Shirley Ellen
Soviets Charge U S Used Poison Gas in Viet Nam
The Soviet union accused the United States of using poison gas on civilians in South Vietnam, claiming hundreds died. The Pentagon denied all such charges, stating no poison gas was used and reports are false. Red Star called the act a monstrous crime while China cited it as an atrocity.
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Soviet Union
United States
Viet Nam
Washington
U.S. Defense Department
South Vietnam
Pentagon
Krasnaya Evesda
Red Star
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Defense Ministry
South Viet Nam
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Hungary
No Dinh Diem
China
Red Chinese Red Cross Organization
City Shelby To Cooperate In Works Plan
City of La Crosse and the Town of Shelby will cooperate in a public works program funded by a 100000 federal grant. La Crosse gets 25000 and adds 25000 for water mains in Cliffside Park Addition. Sanitary District No. 1 in Shelby receives 75000 federal money plus 76500 town funds for a sanitary sewer system and lift station servicing Cliffside Park additions one and two. Cliffside Park was annexed to the city last year. The total project is 150000 with about 50000 for the lift station linking to La Crosse Sewerage Disposal Plant. The plan serves future expansion between the Burlington Railroad tracks and Ward Avenue area. The Sanitary District 1 approval made it unique after Shelby lost territory to the city, requiring federal aid. Robert A. Johnson, alderman, said Common Council approved last December and awaits federal approval.
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la Crosse
Shelby
George Snodgrass
Cliffside Park
Cliffside
Snodgrass
Burlington Railroad
Bluffs
Ward Avenue
Sanitary District 1
Robert A. Johnson
Common Council
Johnson
Coun See
Soviet pledge to ship home thousands from Cuba continues
Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin publicly pledged that several thousand troops would be withdrawn from Cuba by next week and that the USSR would keep its word. Secretary Rusk confirmed ongoing outflow and said the final amount would be assessed later. The White House had earlier cited 22,000 personnel at peak and about 17,000 remaining after withdrawals. Congress debated Cuba policy as Senator Mansfield urged restraint to avoid fueling war talk. Page 3 TROOPS.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Cuba
Antoly S. Dobrynin
Rusk
State Department
Dobrynin
Kremlin
Moscow
White House
Kennedy
U.S
Computer to Help Out Accidents in Miami
The metropolitan sheriff's office starts an electronic accident prevention system in Miami. A computer predicts where the next crash may occur and motorcycle officers are sent to the area to prevent it. Lt. Q L Weaver says the system also identifies which traffic violation most often leads to accidents and officers monitor the scene for a reasonable length of time.
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Miami
Fla
Metropolitan Sheriff's Office
Q. L. Weaver
No One Killed As Bellport High Fire Injures 44
Panic erupted when a flash fire trapped hundreds of students on Bellport High School’s second floor. Fire authorities suspect wiring sparked the blaze in the 1919 wing. 44 students and a teacher were injured, none fatally. Principal Feeney praised no deaths.
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Bellport
N.Y
David Hassell
Bellport High School
Albany
Hassell
John Allers
Richard Harrow
Brookhaven Memorial Hospital
Thomas Feeney
Long Island
New York City
Feeney
Tassell
Deward Eades
Kennedy economists see no recession before 1964 or 1965
President Kennedy’s economic advisers expect no recession before 1964 or 1965 even if taxes are not cut this year. They believe the 1963 tax decision could determine whether the economy moves up or declines from its current plateau, with mixed signals from February unemployment and industrial output.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Record Corporation
Safe Passage Sought for Mindszenty in Vatican Pact
The Vatican seeks a safe conduct pass from Hungary for Cardinal Mindszenty, the Hungarian primate who vows to stay in Hungary. He has lived in the U.S. legation in Budapest since the 1956 uprising, amid threats of imprisonment if he leaves. Vatican and Austrian church leaders urge a decision by Mindszenty, who is nearing 71, with Koenig planning a visit to Hungary next month.
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Vatican
Hungary
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Mindszenty
U.S
Budapest
Legation
Rome
Franz
Koenig
Vienna
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