Flood Victims Return To Muck And Misery Across Five States
Floods across five southern states leave thousands homeless as waters recede, with at least fifteen deaths and several missing. Rescue efforts include an emergency dirt flood wall at Prestonsburg Kentucky and an eight hour bus rescue near Chattanooga Tennessee. Roads show extensive damage as rivers fall back and states face millions in property losses.
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Kentucky
West Virginia
Kennedy
Tennessee
Virginia
Alabama
Prestonsburg
Big Sandy
Paintsville
Greyhound
Chattanooga
Tenn
Forrest F. Darnell
Memphis
Highway 64
Tennessee Valley Authority
Cocke County
Grandotte
U.S. Army
Red Cross
Roger A. Stafford
Mary Ann
Jackson River
A. K. Sink Jr
Covington
Theodore Thompson Jr
Pelham N.Y
Maury River
Lexington, Va
Thompson
Washington and Lee University
Heather taste in whisky sparks Largs water complaint
A Largs Scottish taxpayer complains the town water spoils his whisky taste, traveling 30 miles to Glasgow for bottled water. Robert A. Wilson, the water engineer, says heavy snows melting add heather flavor to the reservoir and assures no harm to the whisky.
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Largs
Scotland
Glasgow
Robert A. Wilson
Red China to Confer With Russians on Mao Conditions
The Chinese Communist Party and Mao agreed to meet Soviet delegates to discuss ideological differences and seek a reconciliation while maintaining a hard line against the West. China urged the Kremlin to abandon peaceful coexistence, drop support for Yugoslav Communists, and make up with Albania. Khrushchev had proposed a leaders’ reunion.
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Mao
Tokyo
Red China
Peking
Moscow
Kremlin
Albania
Khrushchev
Chinese Communist Party
Tze-tung
Cambodia
Soviet Communist Party
Communist Party of China
Veteran Congressman Doyle Dies In Sleep
Rep. Clyde Doyle of California 23rd District died unexpectedly in his sleep at 1:30 a.m. in Arlington Virginia. The 75 year old Democrat served as acting chairman of the House Un American Activities Committee and attended an American Legion event the prior night. He cited rising production costs as a factor in losses.
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Washington
Clyde Doyle
D-Calif
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Doyle
American Legion
Arlington
California
Armour Tec. & Co
Matt Cameron Local Auto Dealer Dies at 70
Matt Cameron longtime La Crosse auto dealer died Thursday at age 70. He began in 1919 with Dodge in La Crosse and joined Studebaker in 1945 with his son Donald. Survivors include his wife Pearl Bell, daughters Patricia Larson and Dorothy, son Donald, and four grandchildren. Services Saturday at First Congregational Church chapel with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Matt Cameron
Mr. Cameron
N. 8Th St
Chippewa Falls
Cameron
Dodge
la Crosse
Studeb
Dorothy
Donald
First Congregational Church
Melvin Frank
Oak Grove Cemetery
Sletten‘McKee
Armour Closing Plant At Sioux City
Armour & Co meat packers announced the closing of its main Sioux City plant effective June 16. The facility employs more than 1,100 people with an annual payroll around 7 million dollars. Gilbert D. Lewis, general manager, cited the action.
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Sioux City, Iowa
Armour & Co. Meat Packers
Gilbert D. Lewis
State Dept. disputes Soviet claim of naval firing incident
The United States denied Moscow's charge that three American warships fired on a Soviet trawler last Friday. Six destroyers conducted gunnery drills about 70 miles east of Norfolk while a nearby ship's antiaircraft practice targeted a towed sleeve target. No surface vessel was within 12 miles during firing and conditions were clear.
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Washington
State Department
Norfolk
Soviet Union
Moscow
Lincoln White
U.S
Interstate Roads Safest in Wisconsin Says Highway Commission
Wisconsin's Interstate system shows markedly lower accident rates than other roads. The 1963 figures from the State Highway Commission indicate 95.1 accidents per 100 million miles on 193 miles of Interstates versus 224 on other rural roads, with fatalities 36.5 percent and injuries 34.8 percent of the statewide totals.
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Madison
State Highway Commission
Wisconsin
Wayne N. Volk
Commission
Volk
Ten Thousand Expected for Wisconsin Summer School
More than 10,000 students are expected to attend summer classes at Wisconsin state colleges. Robert W. Winter Jr. of the college system office said the figure may rise from last year's 9,223. Most classes run on nine campuses and two camps with six special courses traveling to Europe, Hawaii, the Middle East and beyond.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Robert W. Winter Jr
College System Office
Europe
Hawaii
Middle East
Cutback Tied To Available Funds
The Wisconsin Legislature's finance committee proposes trimming the state school aid budget of about 212 million dollars if new revenue is not found. Sen. Alex Meunier chairs the subcommittee that argues for keeping spending within the current tax structure. Governor Reynolds has vowed to veto any general sales tax increase.
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Madison
State Treasury
Wisconsin
Alex Meunier
Sturgeon Bay
State Department of Public Instruction
Meunier
John Reynolds
Reynolds
Glenn Pommerening
Wauwatosa
Angus Rothwell
Rail Talks Collapse 90 Minutes After They Begin
CHICAGO AP A nationwide railroad strike looms as negotiations break off after 90 minutes over featherbedding. Union leaders accuse carriers of stalling while managers pledge sweeping work-rule changes. A Kennedy fact finding board may delay any strike for 60 days. At stake are 65,000 jobs and $600 million yearly.
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Chicago
White House
F and
Tha Waileaade Hyaka Daum
James E. Wolfe
Wolfe
Kennedy
Syria Targets Communist Leaders After Coup
Syria's revolutionary regime steps up a manhunt for Communist figures and writers. Central committee members are arrested along with party activists. Akram Hourani's followers are sought. two aides of Hourani are detained. Police guard key sites in Damascus as Nasser era figures move toward talks with Iraq and Syria.
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Damascus
Syria
Syrian Communist Party
Mustafa Amin
Central Committee
Socialist Party
U.A.R
Akram Hourani
Khalil Kallas
Mustafa Hamdoun
Hourani
Hama
Yabroud
Revolutionary Council
Defense Spending Rift Deepens Congress McNamara Clash
Washington AP The dispute over defense spending and the multibillion TFX fighter contract widens as Congress and Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara spar over leverage and policy. McNamara, said to act like a dictator at times, defends budget cuts while lawmakers push for more spending and oversight amid Senate probes and House GOP critiques.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Congress
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Congressional
TFX
Ford) Motor Company
U.S
Senate
General ‘Dynamics Corp
Boeing Co
Pentagon
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Bangor
Wash
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By John Wyngaard
la Crosse Tribune
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H.E. Gilbert
Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen
U.S. Supreme Court
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George Molinaro
Kenosha
Causous
Assembly
Harper
Grant County
Wackett
Jefferson County
By Alex Efty
Arab Union
Khaled el Azem
Frijday
Taleb Hussein Shabib
Cairo
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Illinois
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