Grand Jury Probes Steel Price Practices From 1956
A federal grand jury in New York subpoenas eight large steel firms to produce price lists and annual reports dating to 1956. U.S. Steel topples the list, with Bethlehem National and Republic among others. Inland Steel holds out, Kaiser Steel not served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.S. Steel Corp
Justice Department
Grand Jury
White House
Kennedy
Oth
Republic
Bethlehem Steel Corp
National Steel Corp
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Wheeling
Inland Steel Co
Kaiser Steel Corp
Begin Airlift Of Armored Division To West Germany
A massive U S airlift launched from Bergstrom and Texas bases carries the 2nd Armored Division and units to West Germany in a historic display of rapid overseas reinforcement. The operation, the largest airlift in U S history, aims to deter Soviet forces along the Iron Curtain with about 16 000 soldiers and airmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Bergstrom Afb
2Nd Armored Division
West Germany
Garth Jones
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Tex
Atlantic Ocean
United States
Military Air Transport Service
Gray Afb
Killeen
Sheppard Afb
Wichita Falls
Ft. Hood
2Nd Armored
3Rd Armored
Europe
Texas
Maine
Loring Afb
Dow Afb
Lor
Ing
Strategic Air Command
U.S
Iron Curtain
West Europe
Edwin H. Burba
Bergstrom
Burba
Yvette Thorn
Morrisville
N.Y
Sgt. Thorn
Air Force
Ginny
Atlantic
Bermuda
Azores
Greenland
Scotland
Viterbo Denies Plans to Close Adjacent Streets
Attorneys for Viterbo College denied claims that the expanded campus would close surrounding streets if urban renewal proceeds. City planners say streets are listed for administrative purposes only to secure federal aid, while the college intends to acquire only land needed for expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viterbo College
Home Owners Union
WKBT
WKBH
Peter Pappas
Viterbo
Peter Martin
Candeub, Fleissig and Associates
Pappas
the Home Owners Union
Leon Bechtel
Martin
Bechtel
St. Louis University
St. Louis
U S Cuts Aid to South Vietnamese Special Force Troops
The United States suspends military and CIA support to about 8 000 special force troops who led raids on Buddhist pagodas. Aid resumes only when units are in field duty under regular command to fight Viet Cong. Tran Van Chuong, a Buddhist former ambassador, welcomes the move as a rebuke to Nhu policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
U.S
State Department
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Ngo Dinh Diem
Saigon
Central Intelligence Agency
le Quang Tung
Nhu
CIA
South Viet Nam
Laos
Viet Nam
Tran van Chuong
Chuong
Dog elected Liberal Youth chairman faces no confidence vote
In Teddington a six year old mongrel named Bruno was elected by the local Young Liberals as chairman. Ward chairman Eric James says a no confidence motion is likely next week to remove the dog from duties.
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London
Britain
Liberal Party
Bruno
Eric James
James
Teddington
Teddington Young Liberals
David Crawford
Crawford
We Are Our Brother's Keeper and the Chest
The piece urges community care through La Crosse Community Chest donations. It cites Cain and Abel to argue that everyone is responsible for others welfare and frames giving as an investment in the kind of community desired. Rev. Floyd R. Harbold of First Baptist Church endorses the appeal.
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Cain
Abel
Rev
Floyd R. Harbold
First Baptist Church
Viola Woman 86 Dies After Illness in Viroqua Hospital
Mrs Ella Martin of Viola Wisconsin aged 86 died Sunday October 20 in a Viroqua hospital after a brief illness. She left a large family including stepmother 101 year old Alice Eklberry of Richland Center and survivors: Paul La Farge Dale Pewaukee Mabel Smith Juanita Gehrt Wilma Gehrt Louise Radke plus three sisters Mable Marshall Hollie Smith Owner Briggs and 17 grandchildren 16 great grandchildren. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Viola Methodist Church Rev Clyde Cross officiating burial in Viola Cemetery. Funeral home visitation after 1 p.m. Tuesday.
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Viola
Wis
Ella Martin
Viroqua
Alice Ekleberry
Richland Center
Martin
Ohio
Paul
la Farge
Dale
Pewaukee
Ray
Mabel) Smith
Clyde Cross
Viola Cemetery
Henthorn Funeral Home
Ontario suspends drag search after Otakana Lake drowning
Ontario provincial police halted dragging operations on Otakana Lake for two Minnesota men who drowned October 12 when their boat overturned while transporting a moose. Norbert Stellman aged 40 from Foley and Harlan Heigal aged 28 from Crystal disappeared after the incident.
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Ear Falls
Ont
Ontario
Otakana Lake
Minnesota
Norbert Stellman
Foley
Harlan Heigal
Crystal
Admiral James L. Kauffman Dies at 76 in Washington
Vice Admiral James L. Kauffman, 76, died Monday of a heart attack in Washington. His naval career spanned over four decades until his 1949 retirement. After leaving service he led the Jefferson Medical Center and Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia for ten years.
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Washington
James L. Kauffman
Kauffman
Jefferson Medical Center
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Escaped convict Karl Parks captured after kidnapping spree
Karl Wayne Parks, an escaped convict, is shown in Los Angeles after his capture with Sgt. Roy Jones. Parks began the abduction spree by overpowering a sheriff in a Bakersfield hospital and taking hostages, including a 4 day old infant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Wayne Parks
Los Angeles
Sgt
Roy Jones
Parks
Bakersfield
Calif
UPI
Big Lift demonstrates U S mobility after Cuban missile scare
A year after the Cuban missile crisis the United States has strengthened forces in Florida and the Caribbean with more missiles, submarines, and air power. Exercise Big Lift lands in Germany as 16 000 U S soldiers and airmen begin a transatlantic movement to test rapid mobilization and force projection.
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Washington
Switt Ter
Florida
Navy
United States
Caribbean
Soviet Union
Cuba
Kennedy
Pentagon
U2s
Guantanamo Naval Base
Frankfurt
Germany
Atlantic
Texas
Rhein-Main Air Force Base
2Nd
Miami- Homestead Air Force Base
Key West
Homestead
McCoy Air Force Base
U.S
Tito Urges U.N. Summit for Peaceful Coexistence
President Tito of Yugoslavia urged a U.N. General Assembly summit to codify peaceful coexistence among nations with different systems. He pressed for high level UN attention to East-West peace and noted the matter is already under study in the assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Hoge
United Nations
NYAP
Tito
Yugoslavia
U.N. General Assembly
Ion
U.N
Assembly
International Organization
Fry Plans Dutch Elm Spraying In Budget Talk
La Crosse Park Department proposes a 12 percent DDT spray for elm trees to combat Dutch elm disease. Eugene Fry notes a potential bird loss but UW staff say birds will be replaced and trees saved. Fry seeks 212700 for parks and 76000 for recreation as part of an 8.4 million city budget with a 49.64 per thousand tax rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Park
Eugene Fry
Parks and Recreation
Common Council
University of Wisconsin
la Crosse
West Salem
Fry
la Crosse State College
Clinton K. Higgins
Health Department
Higgins
George
Louis F Robinson Jr
272000 Worked On Farms In State
Madison AP reports the Wisconsin Crop Reporting Service states 272000 persons worked on farms in September, including 43000 hired hands. Farm hands earned an average 1.16 dollars per hour, while nonhourly workers averaged 214 dollars monthly with room, 154 dollars with board and room, 9.40 dollars daily without board and room, and 7.50 dollars daily with board and room.
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Madison
Wisconsin Crop Reporting Service
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Rey
Er Industries
Wheeling Steel Corp
Spesbach
Connally Air Force Base
Waco
England Air Force Base
Nhus
Dog
By Eddy Gilmore
The
Stepmother
Adm
Spree
By Barry Schweid
Mored
U.S. Air Force
Eugene M. Zuckert
Opin
Long
Fred Genz
Eugene Dally
Barths
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