King Helps Launch U S Norse Venture
The king of Norway helped launch the King Olav V Norwegian American Heritage Fund in Minneapolis to promote friendship and cultural exchanges between Norway and the United States. The fund debuts with medallions and certificates sold by the Sons of Norway Foundation during Olav V's four day Minnesota visit as part of a 25 day US tour marking Norwegian migration history.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Norway
United States
Sons of Norway Foundation
Olav
Tor Dahl
America
Minnesota
Four federal escapees chase ends in crash near Salem Ill
Four inmates who fled Marion Federal Penitentiary after using a homemade device to escape held a 73 year old couple captive for five hours in Buncombe Illinois before a high speed chase. The car crashed on US Highway 50. One escapee Arthur Mankins was captured. others Roche Gargano Philion Hunter remain at large as officers and tracking dogs comb a 27 square mile area.
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Salem, Ill
Here
Philadelphia
FBI
Salem
Marion Federal Penitentiary
Schaefer
Bill Schiavo
Buncombe
Marion
Hubert Dotson
Dotson
Arthur T. Mankins
Germanton
N.C
Mankins
Edward P. Roche
Katonah
N.Y
Maurice Philion
Oakland
Calif
Henry Gargano
Chicago
Dennis D. Hunter
Ohio
Roche
Gargano
Dream Come True Center Opens in La Crosse
Margaret Annett Day Care Center opens at 1321 St James St drawing hundreds for an open house. Joseph Becker, housing authority chair, credits Annett for drive and notes the HUD financed project is Wisconsin’s first HUD designed day care center. The $225,000 two wing building features large classrooms with windowed walls and outdoor play yards.
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Joseph Becker
Margaret Annett Day Care Center
Becker
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Sunday Becker
la Crosse Center
Hackner, Schroeder, Roslansky and Associates
Weather Summary for Local Area
Sunny and warm today with a high near 85. Tonight partly cloudy and warm with a low around 57. Tuesday partly cloudy and cooler with a chance of showers and thunderstorms and a high near 76. Southerly winds 12 to 20 mph, decreasing to 5 to 15 mph this evening.
Uniroyal Edison layoffs trimmed at Eau Claire plant
At the Uniroyal Tire Division plant in Eau Claire Wisconsin union workers approved a plan that cuts layoffs to at least 225 rather than 1400. Production will run about 10 000 tires per shift after the reductions and ceilings set by the union will be lifted.
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EAU Claire
Wis
Uniroyal Tire Division
Uniroyal Management
Joe Sosnouski
United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America
Uniroyal
Mutiny at Sea Baffles Three Nations Over Jurisdiction
In West Palm Beach, five Panamanian crewmen of the Mimi, including four Indonesians and a Filipino cook, allegedly killed four West German officers and scuttled the ship. A West German captain reported the mutiny was deliberate, not spontaneous, as authorities debate which nation has jurisdiction.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Louis Gidel
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Mimi
Cuba
Manfred Oppermann
Gidel
Five crewmen rescued from German ship Mimi in Florida port
Coast Guard crews recovered five Lalli crewmen near Miami while the Mimi carrying nine aboard sailed to Georgetown Guyana after distress calls. Panama and West Germany discussed extradition for survivors as officials from the US Coast Guard FBI and lawyers pursue the case.
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Norfolk, Va
Florida
Mimi
Panama City
Tampa
Miami
Georgetown
Guyana
Coast Guard
Jacksonville
Panama
West Germany
U.S
Bonn
FBI
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