Three Die In Hustler Car Train Crash In 1963
The North Western Railroad train struck a car at Hustler Wisconsin killing Arnold Lawrence 44 and R. 1 New Lisbon Lisbon and Raymond Lawrence 36. Mrs Ethel Lawrence injured in Onalaska as the car slammed into the engine.
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North Western Railroad
Hustler
Juneau County
Onalaska
Arnold Lawrence
Newbrother
New Lisbon
Lisbon
Ethel Lawrence
Miles W. Newman
St. James St
la Crosse
St. Francis Hospital
Army Troops Move Into Alabama After Riots
Advance contingent of Army riot control troops began arriving in Birmingham as President Kennedy planned a weekend visit. The region faced tense racial strife with bombings and riots injuring about 50 people. Generals Abrams and Corley led preparations while Gov. Wallace opposed federal action.
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Birmingham
Ala
Kennedy
Alabama
Army
Creighton Abrams
Federal Reserve
Abrams
Earle Wheeler
Department of Justice
Federal
John T. Corley
Ft. Benning
George Wallace
Southern Christian Leadership Council
Jackie Robinson
Floyd Patterson
Steel City
George C. Wallace
Court Says Worker Cannot Be Forced To Pay Political Dues
Supreme Court rules a railroad worker may not be compelled to fund union political activity through dues. The decision, by Justice Brennan, affects about 30 North Carolina employees of Southern Railway and stems from a decade‑long dispute. Justice Harlan filed a partial dissent and partial concurrence, while Justice Goldberg took no part.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Brennan
Harlan
Arate
Goldberg
North Carolina
The
Southern Railway
North Carolina Supreme Court
Rock Island Union Pacific Plan to Merge Railroads
The Union Pacific and Chicago Rock Island & Pacific announce a merger after an eight month study. Rock Island would sell lines south and southwest of Kansas City to Southern Pacific for an undisclosed price. An exchange would swap .718 Union Pacific shares for each Rock Island share. Approval timing remains uncertain. The merger is described as tax free and will be reviewed by directors and stockholders.
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New York
Union Pacific Railroad Co
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co
Rock Island
Kansas City
Southern Pacific Co
Union Pacific
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Pacific
Woman completes solo Pacific flight to Brisbane
Betty Miller a 37 year old aviatrix from Santa Monica California became the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific from California. She received a civic reception in Brisbane where acting lord mayor Norman Buchan presented her a gold key and a silver platter. Miller plans to fly home as a passenger and will fly to Sydney Tuesday with no definite departure date for the United States.
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Brisbane
Australia
Betty Miller
Pacific
California
Aviatrix
Santa Monica
Calif
Norman Buchan
Sydney
United States
Report on Work Rule Dispute Faces Kennedy Panel
A three man presidential panel led by Samuel I. Rosenman delivers nonbinding recommendations on the long running featherbedding dispute threatening rail service. The unions and railroads await the report to guide talks before a potential national rail strike.
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Washington
Kennedy
Macchinery
Security Weaknesses Unsettling To Soviets
Soviet military leaders, unsettled by the Wynne Penkovsky espionage case, ordered servicemen to keep quiet. Red Star warned of chatterboxes who disclose information by telephone radio and public meetings.
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Moscow
Greville Wynne- Oleg Penkovsky
Red Star
Cooper to Launch Long Space Flight for Medical Study
L Gordon Cooper, 36, Air Force major, married with two daughters, will fly a 22 orbit mission of about 600000 miles. Liftoff is set for Tuesday morning between 8 and 10 30 CDT. The voyage lasts over 34 hours with recovery planned near Midway Island. A global network of ships and aircraft will monitor recovery before the 22 orbits are finished. Weather is cloudy but generally favorable for the launch and recovery window.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
L. Gordon Cooper
Air Force
Midway Island
Pacific Ocean
Cooper
Gordo
Slayton Defends Astronauts on Selling Life Stories
Major Donald Slayton led a news conference defending astronauts selling their life experiences. He argued it ethical for them to monetize personal stories and noted a presidential directive allowing limited such disclosures. He also claimed the $100,000 policies were privately funded, and said Gordon Cooper would file only positive reports during his 22 orbit flight.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Donald Slayton
Sparta
Wis
Slayton
Robert DeOrsey
Leo DeOrsey
Leo
Maj
Gordon Cooper
Walter Schirra
Cooper
Weather favors Cooper launch despite overcast Cape Canaveral
NASA weather brief says morning cloudiness may blanket half the sky at Cape Canaveral with periods of near overcast conditions. If conditions improve as forecast, Atlas rocket could lift Cooper on a 22 orbit flight lasting over 34 hours between 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. CDT Tuesday.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Gordon Cooper
Project Mercury
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cooper
Local TV and Radio Orbit Broadcast Schedule
Ch. 8 WKBT launches television service at 7 a.m. Tuesday and 6 30 a m Wednesday carrying Astronaut L Gordon Cooper. WKTY radio begins orbit broadcast at 7 30 a m Tuesday and stays on all night. WKBH resumes orbit report at 6 45 a m Tuesday.
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WKBT
L. Gordon Cooper
Radio
WKTY
WKBH
Iowan Killed In Waukon Area Crash
Grant Allison a 43 year old Waukon plumber was killed when his pickup struck another car on State Highway 51 five miles south of Waukon. Curtis Kurth of Luana was treated for a knee injury. Burial in East Glenwood Cemetery with services at St John's Lutheran Church.
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Waukon
Alden Willy
Allamakee
Allison
Robert Meyer
Mulray McDermott
John Allison
Union Prairie Township
Palmer
Leonard Ask
Decorah
James
St. John’s Lutheran ‘Church of Waukon
David Waller
East Glenwood Cemetery
Martin's Funeral Home
Oconomowoc Man Killed in Tomah Crash
James F. Van Roo, 47, of Oconomowoc R6, died at Tomah Memorial Hospital after his northbound car left U S Highway 12 ten miles north of Tomah and struck a tree. Traffic Chief Wallace Brown transported him to the hospital. Officials withheld his identity for several hours as relatives were sought.
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Eugene Webler
Milwaukee
Ralph Ortega
Racine County
Lester Churney Sr
Jerry Ford
Ozaukee County
William Kohn
Tigerton
James Portegus, Jr
Zion
Ill
George Klosterhuber
Boscobel
Stephen Nowakowski
Tomah
Wis
James F. van Roo
Oconomowoc
Tomah Memorial Hospital
U.S. Highway 12
Wallace Brown
van Roo
Edgar Lontz
Paul Albrecht
Monroe County
Donald Goodman
Arden Oss
Thieves Grab Parcel Carrying 67200 At London Airport
At London Airport a parcel containing 67200 in foreign currency was stolen after a BEA flight arrived from Zurich. A dummy parcel was substituted. BEA offers a 6700 reward for the return and notes the theft occurred last Tuesday.
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London
British European Airways
Zurich
BEA
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Newman
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McNamara
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New York Supreme Court
Pierre Salinger
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Neil Armstrong
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