Train Strikes Automobile Killing Two Wisconsin Sisters
Two Buffalo City sisters, Mrs. George Robinson and Mrs. William Robinson, both 74 and 75, were killed when their car collided with a Milwaukee Road passenger train near Winona Minnesota. Two other elderly women suffered critical injuries. The toll adds to Minnesota’s traffic deaths as a taxi driver in Minneapolis also dies from a separate train collision.
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Winona, Minn
Wisconsin
George Robinson
William Robinson
Buffalo City
Wis
Juella Averbeck
Lucille Pattison
Associated Press
Minnesota
Alexandria
Minneapolis
Winona
Laura Robinson
Bobby Saiko
Highway 29
Albert Vogel
Franklin Miles
Minnie Robinson
Minn
UPI
Farmers Fight To Save Crops From Freeze
Upstate New York farmers battled frost with smudgepots baskets and helicopters to protect crops valued over 100 million dollars. Low temperatures dipped below 29 across western and central New York threatening a 25 million grape crop while record lows hit many states from Maine to Indiana and beyond.
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Associated Press
Upstate
New York
New York State
Syracuse
Finger Lake County
Maine
Indiana
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Oneonta
N.Y
Bradford
Alpena
Mich
New England
Pittsburgh
Scranton
Binghamton
Albany
Burlington
Four Climbers Reach Everest Summit In Historic Confluence
Four climbers including Harry C. Bishop and William K. Unsoeld reached Everest on the same day via different routes, the first time four people stood on the peak together. They spent a freezing night at 28,000 feet without shelter, frostbitten toes and needing emergency helicopter transport to Katmandu. Norman Dyhrenfurth reported the group, with Thomas Hornbein and Jerstad, narrowly missing each other at the top before descending. The expedition, sponsored by the National Geographic Society, faced scarce oxygen as cylinders were used up during the ascent.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Harry C. Bishop
William K. Unsoeld
Everest
Bishop
South Col
Unsoeld
West Ridge
Norman R. Dyhrenfurth
Corvallis
Ore
Hornbein
San Diego
Calif
Washington, D.C
National Geographic Society
Jerstad
Eugene
Camp 6
Dyhrenfurth
Birmingham inaugurates reform era under Boutwell
New mayor Albert Boutwell and nine councilmen took office after a Alabama Supreme Court ruling ended the three-commissioner system. Negro leader Rev. F L Shuttlesworth hailed the change as progress in race relations amid economic strain from racial strife, with Birmingham’s image improving but industries wary of turmoil and potential investment refusals.
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Birmingham
Ala
Albert Boutwell
Alabama Supreme Court
Boutwell Administration
F. L. Shuttlesworth
Shuttlesworth
Chamber of Commerce
Caldwell Marks
Reynolds Declares Traffic Emergency for Memorial Day
Gov John W Reynolds proclaimed a state of emergency for the Memorial Day period and mobilized Wisconsin National Guard to assist the State Traffic Patrol. He urged motorists to use extreme caution and directed the Motor Vehicle Department to reevaluate the demerit points system to target the small group responsible for most accidents.
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State Motor Vehicle Department
James Karns
Reynolds
Prairie Alice in Dairyland Contest Draws 27 Entrants
Twenty seven area girls compete in Region I Alice in Dairyland pageant in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin with activities a parade fireworks display noon luncheon and banquet for contestants Major judging at 2 p m entrants register at Ft Crawford Hotel State Department of Agriculture provides judges Winners advance to June state contest to select 1963 64 Alice in Dairyland Merchants plan parade floats and dairy product window displays
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
State Department of Agriculture
Alice In Dairyland
Castro’s Visit Signals Cuba as Soviet Showplace
WASHINGTON AP Fidel Castro’s visit to the Soviet Union is portrayed as turning Cuba into a full Soviet satellite. The piece suggests Havana may gear up for aggressive Communist actions and warns of a possible new military crisis in Latin America.
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John M. Hightower Wahington
Soviet Union
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Havana
Caribbean
Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
Fidel’ Castro
Kremlin
Moscow
Kennedy presses two conditions to keep Caribbean peace
President Kennedy has told Soviet leaders that peace in the Caribbean rests on two demands. Khrushchev must not ship nuclear missiles to Cuba again and Castro must refrain from hostile actions toward neighbors. Khrushchev warned future crises would be harder to solve.
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Kennedy
Caribbean
Khrushchev
Cuba
Castro
Washington
Soviet Union
Moscow
U.S
United States
War Eagle dive stirs rights dispute and treasure hunt
La Crosse and Winona historians clash as divers probe the sunken War Eagle beneath the Black River. A 28-foot barge serves as a digging platform while local divers seek ownership and possible loot with tentative compensation talks.
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Gottum
Black River
Makeum
Causeway Boulevard
Winona County Historical Society
la Crosse
Charles Murphy
la Crescent
Winona
Murphy
Gene Fritz
Robert Weldy
Reuben Nicolai
Winonans
Winona Historical Society
Elias Howe
NATO Agrees Four Point Program To Boost Nuclear Power
NATO foreign and defense ministers end a three day meeting in Ottawa with a four point plan to strengthen allied nuclear forces. Britain provides V bomber forces and three Polaris submarines to Lemnitzer. NATO will coordinate nuclear activities and share fuller information. states will participate in Allied commands. and study strategic balance with conventional arms. The bloc warns of Cuban and Berlin tensions and aims to defend West Berlin as if part of its own territory.
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West Berlin
Britain
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
NATO
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Neb
U.S. Strategic Air Command
France
Council of the Alliance
Paris
Lemnitzer
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Charles de Gaulle
Mediterranean
Canada
West Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Greece
Turkey
Italy
Soviet Union
Caribbean
U.S
Lyman Lemnitzer
Europe
Wester Alliance
Red China
Dean Rusk
Page
Troop Movement Reported by Cuban Refugee
A refugee aboard the Morning Light described heavy Soviet troop movement in Oriente Province across from Haiti. He said two Russians for every Cuban and cited a submarine base near Puerto Rico Beach with Russian subs offshore. Other refugees noted water shortages in Havana and widespread oil tanks in the area.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
Oriente
Haiti
Florida
Ramon de la Toure
Holguin
Puerto Rico
Havana
Constitutional Change Okayed in Wisconsin Senate Vote
The Wisconsin Senate approved a plan to amend the state constitution to allow financing transportation for private and parochial school children by a 22 to 5 vote. The measure, already passed by the Assembly, awaits 1965 Legislature approval before a referendum. Opponents warned of public school funding impacts and church-state entanglement as debates touched on safety and welfare of children. The Senate also exempted Interstate 94 south of Milwaukee from billboard bans and sent lottery and term-extension bills to the Assembly.
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Madison
State Senate
Morton
Sen. Schmidt
Milwaukee
Senate
Wisconsin
Assembly
Recently Released Serviceman Killed in Marinette Crash
Robert Price about 21, of Marinette, recently released from military service, was killed Thursday night in a collision on Highway 41 two miles south of Marinette. The crash marked the fourth death on Marinette County highways that week and the fifth of the year, contributing to Wisconsin's highway toll of 262 for 1963, down from 273 a year ago.
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Marinette County
Robert Price
Marinette
Highway 41
Reverend William E. Sweeney Dies at 85 in Lexington
The Rev. William E. Sweeney, 85, former president of the North American Convention of Christian Churches, died Thursday in Lexington, Kentucky. He led the national church body and served in multiple ecumenical roles during his decades of ministry.
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Lexington
William E. Sweeney
North American Convention of Christian Churches
Lawmakers warn of 15 to 17 percent state cut risk
Two Republican lawmakers warn state agencies of 15 to 17 percent spending cuts due to the budget and tax crisis. In a Thursday letter co chair Glen Pommerening and Sen Walter Holland er say vital services may be curtailed and urge prompt replies outlining possible cut areas. They blame Gov Reynolds veto of the 3 percent general sales tax and GOP opposition to higher income taxes.
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Madison
Legislative Joint Finance Committee
Glen Pommerening
R. Wauwatosa
Walter Hollander
Rosendale
John W. Reynolds
Reynolds
Freeman urged to quit and take a farm life
J. J. Person of Big Lake urges Agriculture secretary Orville Freeman to retire from politics and move to a farm to learn farmers' needs. He cites Tuesday's referendum vote as evidence of distrust in the Freeman Kennedy programs and calls for a farm background appointee who would ease the surplus via limited controls.
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Big Lake, Minn
Minnesota
Republican Farm Council Today
Orville Freeman
J. J. Person
Big Lake
Freeman
Kennedy
Freeman-Kennedy
Des Moines Man Captured After Terrorizing State Office
Raymond Carroll Bieghler, 22, of Des Moines, terrorized employees in the secretary of agriculture office for about an hour at the State Capitol, threatened to kill officers, and was captured by a lone officer after being tricked into laying down his gun as Patrolmen Hubert Exline and William Wilson lead him away.
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Raymond Carroll Bieghler
Des Moines
Iowa
Secretary of Agriculture
Bieghler
Hubert Exline
Eft
William Wilson
UPI
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Ont
North Atlantic Council of Ministers
Laos
Berlin
la Crosse Tribune
É Daily
Supreme Court
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Janesville
Davis Donnelly
Dean Claire
Jess Miller
Richland Center
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Kenosha
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