Bronx Zoo to Plant World Wildlife Survival Center
Fairfield Osborn of the New York Zoological Society announced plans for a World Wildlife Survival Center to aid rare species including gnus and giraffes. The 22 acre facility will replace the zoo farm and sit between the Bronx River Parkway and the Bronx River, with aims to conserve species and potentially reintroduce stock.
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New York
Bronx Zoo
Fairfield Osborn
New York Zoological Society
World Wildlife Survival Center
Bronx River Parkway
Bronx River
Osborn
East Africa
Oktoberfest Continues To Foam Merrily Along
La Crosse's Oktoberfest draws over 5,000 attendees at Mary E Sawyer Auditorium for a 7 to 9 p.m. program. Syl Liebl and his Jolly Swiss Boys performed while the Saints and Rhythm Boys also entertained. The event ends with balloons as 1 000 pounds sauerkraut and 7,000 bratwursts were reported consumed, plus 100 half-barrels of brew.
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la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse
Mary E. Sawyer
Syl Liebl
Saints
Eagles
Rhythm Boys
Pleasantville
Ronnie Eastman
Fest
Don Petrucceli
Chamber of Commerce
Marilyn Otto
Frank Italiano
Lost South Dakota hunter found safe after three days
Archie Cosgrove 72 from Rapid City SD was found in dense bush 65 miles northeast of Hudson Bay by Rex Jennings, a search plane pilot. A float helicopter and Natural Resources Department supervisor Jim Coutier helped bring him to safety. Cosgrove had separated from companions Monday and required no medical attention. About 20 men plus a tracking dog searched the area.
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Hudson Bay, Sask
Archie Cosgrove
Rapid City
S.D
Cosgrove
Rex Jennings
Hudson Bay
Jim Coutier
Natural Resources Department
Coutier
Dayton Sebade
Wall
Saskatoon
Milwaukee Waltz Sparks Teen Night at Oktoberfest Youth Tent
The Youth Tent at Oktoberfest drew teens for a "Milwaukee Waltz" mix of rock and roll inside the Mary E Sawyer Auditorium. DJ Charles Bailey played as teens crowded in 7 p.m. admission, with strict rules posted: no drinking and ages 13 to 18.
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Chuck Bailey
Wisv Radio
Viroqua
Tribune
Mary E. Sawyer
5Th Avenue
Charles Bailey
WISV
Sue Ericson
Lutheran Hospital
Sue
Bailey
Button
Flora devastates Haiti as hurricane shifts toward Cuba
Hurricane Flora slams Haiti with 140 mph winds leaving communications down and floods sweeping the nation. The storm then moves toward Cuba, with Cuba's Oriente Province warned to take extreme precautions as the system regroups into the open Atlantic.
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Miami
Fla
Flora
Haiti
Cuba
Oriente
Gordon Dunn
Miami Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Bahama Islands
Weather Bureau
Guantanamo Bay
Florida
Florida Peninsular
U.S
Bahamas
U.S. Navy
Fidel Castro
Guantanamo
Gitmo
National Weather Bureau of
Mayaguana
Eleuthera
Exuma
Public pledge against orbital nuclear weapons eyed after talks
U S Soviet pledge against launching nuclear armed satellites could be arranged as soon as next Thursday when President Kennedy meets Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko. Officials say a formal public statement, not a treaty, is likely and would avoid Senate ratification while guiding later space disarmament efforts at the U.N. and Geneva talks.
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United Nations, N.Y
Kennedy
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Ure
Deak Rusk
Lord Home
Gromyko
Rusk
Washington
United States
Russia
U.N. General Assembly
Senate
Executive Branch
Congress
Soviet Union
Hore
Germany-Berlin
U.N
Geneva
Cut Special Pay For Some Overseas Duty
Defense Secretary McNamara cut overseas special pay for about 375,000 enlisted men mainly in Western Europe Hawaii and much of Japan. The move shifts to a new in place scheme with monthly rates from eight to twenty two fifty for enlisted ranks and reduces gains from a Congress approved pay raise for many. Officers are not affected by the change. See PAY Page 2.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Europe
Hawaii
Japan
McNamara
U.S
Congress
Pentagon
Uneducable Boy Becomes Governor in Wyoming Tale
Gov. Cliff Hansen recounts how a young boy labeled uneducable due to stuttering was helped by a teacher who later died in a Nebraska highway crash. The anecdote credits Mrs. Martha Marean for his eventual public speaking success.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Cliff Hansen
Wyoming Education Association
Martha Marean
Bushnell
Neb
Church Faults Viet Reports Aiding Diem Policy
Sen. Frank Church says optimistic Vietnam war briefs by Defense Secretary McNamara and Gen. Taylor are designed to mute congressional opposition to the Diem regime. He notes the resolution to cut aid has 33 sponsors and cites cautious optimism from the witnesses about progress in South Vietnam.
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Washington
Frank Church
South Viet Nam
Church
Idaho
Senate
Robert S. McNamara
Maxwell D. Taylor
U.S
McNamara
Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Armed Services Committee
60 Cars Missing From Chicago Rental Firm
FBI checks report that 60 automobiles valued over 200000 disappeared from General Leasing Inc in Chicago. Owner Joseph Guilbault had planned to sell the firm for 220000 in 1961 but demanded full payment beforehand. Bruce Helwig of Kenosha succeeded Guilbault as president.
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Chicago
FBI
Kenosha
Wis
General Leasing, Inc
Joseph E. Guilbault
Guilbault
Bruce Helwig
Mexico
Helwig
Chicago High School For Home Study
Crash Claims Mother of 13 in Wisconsin
Regina Langmeier, 52, of Dickeyville, a mother of 13, died in a car truck collision on Highway 151 near the Wisconsin Illinois border. Her brother Henry Schroeder, the car driver, was hospitalized with cuts and bruises as Wisconsin toll climbed to 647 for the year.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Regina Langmeier
Dickeyville
Highway 151
Wisconsin- Illinois Line
Langmeier
Henry Schroeder
Wisconsin woman wins ban on regrooving tires
Mrs. John Melsha of New Berlin led a statewide crusade against regrooved tires, testifying before committees and rallying women’s and safety groups. Governor Reynolds signed the anti regrooving bill, declaring it a personal triumph for Melsha amid a campaign that included a tire firm’s attempted compromise.
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Bill Banning
John Melsha
New Berlin
Milwaukee
Melsha
Vincent Matthews
Waukesha
State Capitol
Madison
Wisconsin
American Automobile Association
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Marie Loeffler
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Wal Hart
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S. 14Th St
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