High Winds Sweep Southwestern States and Plains
Severe storms and damaging winds hit Texas Oklahoma Kansas Missouri and Arkansas during the night while heavy rain drenched Oregon Washington and parts of the Southeast. Cooler conditions persisted in northern regions with 30s to 40s across New England the Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi Valley.
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Associated Press
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Abilene
Tex
San Angelo
Oregon
Washington
Pacific Northwest
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
North Carolina
New England
Mississippi Valley
Northern Plains
Upper
Great Lakes
Houston
Maine
Thermal
Blythe
Calif
Jaywalker Is Jailed in Miami for Double Jaywalking
Miami police arrest Collin D. Forrester after a Sunday jaywalking call. Officers find a $5 unpaid fine from last December and set a $50 bond as the offender is jailed.
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Miami
Fla
Collin D. Forrester
Miami City
Forrester
Russians say Hitler body found and identified in Berlin bunker
Paris AP reports author Cornelius Ryan says Russians found Adolf Hitler’s body in the burned Berlin bunker ruins 18 years ago and officially acknowledged they knew he died by his own hand. He cites a 1945 Allied report but notes details of disposal remain undisclosed.
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Hitler
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Eva Braun
UPI
Paris
Fuehrer
Cornelius Ryan
Ryan
Moscow
Allied Control Council
Mauston Woman Granted Parole For Parents Shooting Case
Eliza beth Jane Dakin 21 of Mauston is released from Winnebago State Hospital after a judge approves conditional parole based on psychiatric findings. She will have weekly outpatient visits and reside with the Stryzewski family in Oshkosh while plans to attend Oshkosh State College proceed. Guardian John Dakin of Antigo will reimburse costs. The hearing followed an insanity verdict dated June 18 1959 for the December 1 1958 shooting of her parents Thomas and Mrs Dakin.
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la Crosse Tribune
Mauston
Wis
Elizabeth Jane Dakin
Winnebago State Hospital
Bruce F. Beilfuss
Harry G. Williams
Juneau County
H. Belcher
M.D
Oshkosh State College
Miss Dakin
John Dakin
Antigo
Beilfuss
Manston
Thomas Dakin
Jane
Laos Peace Outlook Seen Slim by Souvanna Phouma
Vientiane Laos premier Prince Souvanna Phouma said chances for restoring peace in Laos are very slim and he expressed distrust in all parties including Pathet Lao. He cited unkept promises as proof and noted the crisis following the Pathet Lao attack on ICC helicopters amid stalled peace talks.
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Phouma
Laos
Vientiane, Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Souvanna
Associated Press
Plaine Des Jarres
Control Commission
Phoumi Nosavanh
International Control Commission
Canada
India
Poland
Prince Souphanouvong
ICC
Souphanouvong
Britain
Soviet Union
Cochairmen
Ten Marchers Remain In Jail In Alabama
Ten Freedom Marchers, five white and five Negro, stayed jailed in Fort Payne Alabama awaiting a June 3 circuit court hearing. They refused bond after crossing from Georgia to Alabama while retracing the route of William L. Moore who was killed near Attalla.
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Fort Payne
Ala
Mississippi
William L. Moore
Baltimore
Attalla
Chattanooga
Tenn
Jackson
Miss
Alabama
Georgia
Bob Zellner
Mobile
Army Colonel Recalls Corregidor Surrender On 21st Anniversary
Army Col Burton Brown recalls the fall of Corregidor and his three years as a prisoner, detailing the siege, hardships, and his view of Gen MacArthur staying in the Philippines. Brown, then a coast artillery major, later served as a Pentagon officer and is now sixty? no, forty nine. He married in 1947 and has a son entering military career.
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Army
Burton R. Brown
Jonathan Wainwright
Corregidor
U.S
Philippines
Pacific
West Pointer Brown
Erie
Pentagon
Manila
George F. Moore
Bataan
Brown
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
MacArthur
Washington
Bilibid
Philippine
Formosa
Japan
Korea
Mukden
Manchuria
Raymond Thurston
Duvalier
Tonton Macoute
Haiti
Louis Moise
Port Au Prince
American Lieutenant Executed by Viet Cong Near Saigon
In broad daylight on Route 13 thirty miles north of Saigon a U S Army lieutenant was executed by Communist guerrillas. Two Vietnamese soldiers in a jeep with him were also killed. The three bodies were found by a military patrol. The victim’s identity was withheld. The incident marks the 73rd American KIA in Viet Nam since 1961. A helicopter pilot was wounded on Sunday and three other advisers were wounded in Can Tho during the weekend.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Route 13
Viet Nam
Mekong River
Can Tho
Water Skier Drowns When Tow Boat Fails
David Clark a 24 year old Minneapolis man drowned on Lake Cowdry while water skiing without a life jacket. The boat driver James Johnson struggled to restart the motor and Clark sank in frigid water. Johnson searched the lake bottom and a nearby woman helped pull him to shore. Clark was found later and had a summer cabin on Lake Cowdry.
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Alexandria
Minn
Minneapolis
Lake Cowdry
David Clark
Ted Clark
Carlos
Howard Arness
Douglas County
Clark
James Johnson
Arness
Johnson
Here
Famed Architect Sir Howard Robertson Dies in London
Sir Howard Robertson, internationally renowned architect aged 75, died Sunday in London, according to AP. His career spanned major public buildings and urban design projects worldwide.
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London
Sir Howard Robertson
Massive Birmingham race demonstrations hinge on continued action
In Birmingham Alabama hundreds of Black youths gathered at integration headquarters amid plans for more mass protests. A Sunday march drew 1400 arrests in four days as police, led by Commissioner Bull Connor, watched. Leaders vow ongoing demonstrations unless talks ease tensions.
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Birmingham
Ala
Eugene Connor
Wyatt Tee Walker
Burke Marshall
U.S. Justice Department
Dick Gregory
Greenwood
Miss
New Pilgrim Baptist Church
City
Connor
Alabama
Wider Powers Sought By OAS
Dominican officials said thousands of troops were moved to the Haiti border with border patrols by the Air Force and naval cooperation with U.S. ships off Haiti. Tanks and assault vehicles were deployed as tensions rose over a possible invasion amid talks with the OAS mission led by Alberto Zuleta Angel.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Negro Republic
U.S
Caribbean
Haiti
Juan Bosch
Bosch
Alberto Zuleta Angel
Organization of American States
Washington
OAS Council
Tap
Zuleta
Hispaniola
Gonzalo Facio
Costa Rica
Wisconsin 15th annual spelling bee winner named
Patricia Galloway, 12, from Elkhart Lake, won Wisconsin’s 15th annual spelling bee by spelling bizarre. She eliminated rival Penny Karman, 13, of Black River Falls with oppressive. The event, sponsored by the Wisconsin State Journal, drew 73 entrants and champions from cities and counties. Patricia will represent Wisconsin in Washington at the national bee.
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Madison
Patricia Galloway
Elkhart Lake
Wisconsin
Patricia
Penny Karman
Black River Falls
Wisconsin State Journal of Madison
Washington
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Bull
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