Three Ill Men Die in Hillsboro Plane Crash
Three Streator Illinois men A E Dietman 65 former mayor Eugene Darrel McMillion 47 and son Eugene Ronald McMillion Jr 25 perished when their single engine Beechcraft Bonanza exploded and crashed five miles south of Hillsboro Wisconsin on a foggy dawn fishing trip from Streator Investigators including Sheriff Morris Moon and Coroner Dr Robert Starr searched the wreckage with assistance from state troopers and Hillsboro and Richland County deputies The victims were taken to Hart Fick Funeral Home and survivors include Irene widow of McMillion and Dietman’s widow Eileen plus siblings and a California bound son Richard
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Hillsboro
Wis
Streator
Ill
A. E. Dietman
Eugene Darrel McMillion
Eugene Ronald McMillion, Jr
Boys Road
International Falls
Minn
MecMillions
Raymond Nemec
Greenwood
Virgil Garber
Nemecs
Navy
Edward Stanek
Hart-Fick Funeral Home
Morris Moon
Robert Starr
Vernon County
Roger Hoar
J. Standiford
R. E. Quinn
Melvin Mitchell
Lowell Hubbard
Richland County Sheriff's
Hillsboro Fire Department
McMillions
Streater Decorating Co
McMillion
Irene
Richard
California
Dietman
Eileen
Reynolds Hires Attorneys to Challenge Lucey Seating
Gov. Reynolds moved to seat Patrick J. Lucey on the Wisconsin Investment Board. Atty. Gen. Thompson refused to file suit, prompting Reynolds to hire Milwaukee lawyers as special counsel for a court bid to compel the board to seat Lucey, likely via an original jurisdiction petition in the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
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Madison
George Thompson
John W. Reynolds
Patrick J. Lucey
State Investment Board
Thompson
Milwaukee
Max Raskin
Philip Padden
Lucey
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Reynolds
Leonard Zabrensky
C. Hayden Jamison
Senate
Public Health Service Urges Flu Shots Now
The Public Health Service advised high risk groups to get influenza vaccines immediately while noting the 1963-64 winter is not expected to bring widespread flu outbreaks. The statement was issued from Washington.
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Washington
The
Public Health Service
Fussy anteaters fed steak in Pasadena zoo theft
Carroll Adams reports his Tamandua pair B.C. and her son Wiley stolen from his home in Pasadena. The two anteaters, imported from Colombia, are highly particular eaters requiring steak, baby food, yeast, and lime water.
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Pasadena
Calif
Carroll Adams
B.C
Wiley
Colombia
Adams
NFO Condemned For Pressure Tactics
The Twin City Milk Producers Association passes a resolution condemning the National Farmers Organization for pressure tactics. Lake Elmo president Walter A. Larson says NFO demands are unworkable and not in the association’s best interests, accusing NFO of intimidation via noisy demonstrations to force contracts.
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Minneapolis
Twin City Milk Producers Association
National Farmers Organization
Walter A. Larson
Lake Elmo
NFO
Birmingham Bombings Deepened Civil Rights Struggle
Thousands attend funeral for four Black victims of the Sixth Street Baptist Church bombing as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. calls the tragedy a redemptive force. King urges faith and nonviolence while leaders press Kennedy on the Birmingham racial crisis. Police estimate 4000 attended, church filled beyond capacity, as mourners vow to continue the crusade for civil rights.
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Birmingham
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Denise McNair
Addie Mae Collins
Cynthia Wesley
Carole Robertson
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Washington
Kennedy
King
Sixth Avenue Baptist Church
JFK Urges People To Spur Congress To Reduce Taxes
President Kennedy appeals nationwide to back his 11 billion tax cut arguing benefits range from new washing machines to a stronger dollar. He warns the bill could be weakened and urges quick passage with no wasteful spending ties. Republicans demand equal time and a halt to what they call fiscal recklessness.
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JFK
Congress
Edmond Lebreton
Washington
Kennedy
House
Senate
Air Force ends search for United States winged spacecraft
The Air Force called off the 19 hour Atlantic Ocean hunt for the 1100 pound winged spacecraft after assessing reports from Wednesday. The effort did not recover the craft but yielded data on pressures and temperatures. A second launch remains scheduled for December.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
United States
Atlantic Ocean
Rising Waters Threaten Port Acres levee in Beaumont area
Emergency crews sought at least 200 more workers to shore up an eight foot levee protecting Port Acres as floodwaters from Cindy driven rains risk pouring into hundreds of homes. Jefferson County Civil Defense put potential damage at 10.5 million dollars and urged Governor Connally to declare a disaster.
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Beaumont
Tex
Port Acres
Sawyer Wilson
Civil Defense
Texas
Cindy
Wilson
Jefferson County Civil Defense Council
John Connally
Port Arthur
Neches
Here
U.S
Eckles Proposes Plan To Boost Dairy Income
Wisconsin dairy leader William C. Eckles outlines a three point plan before the House Agriculture Committee to lift dairy farmer income. The proposal includes government cheese and nonfat dry milk purchases at 75 percent parity, and price tied incentives for reduced marketings of manufacturing milk to secure direct payments.
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Washington
Wisconsin
House Agricultural Committee
William CC. Eckles
Pure Milk Products Co-operative
Fond du Lac
Wis
Gilbert C. Rhode
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin Farmers Union
Eckles
Power Commission delays hearing on coop jurisdiction test
The Power Commission delays the start of hearings to December 10 to allow intervening requests from the secretary of agriculture the Rural Electr ic Cooperatives committee and 27 member cooperatives of Dairyland Power Cooperative. Dairyland Minnkota and South Central Rural Electric Cooperative were directed July 22 to show cause why they should not comply with federal reporting accounting and rate schedule rules.
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Washington
Power Commission
Secretary of Agriculture
Committee On Rural Electric Cooperatives
Dairyland Power Cooperative
la Crosse
Wis
Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc
Grand Forks
N.C
South Central Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc
Lancaster
Ohio
Federal Commission
Wisconsin OKs 55 Foot Truck Length Increase
Gov. John W. Reynolds signed a measure raising the maximum truck length on Wisconsin highways from 50 to 55 feet. Officials cited safety and highway wear assurances, noting that neighboring states already permit 55 foot trucks and the American Association of State Highway Officials favors uniform 55 foot limits.
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North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Reynolds
American Association of State Highway Officials
Rabies Exposure Leads to Four La Crosse County Vaccinations
Four La Crosse County residents receive anti rabies shots after a stray cat suspected of rabies bit two adults and two children at the Arentz home in Rockland. The kitten also died from rabies testing showed the cat and kitten were rabid. Authorities urge pet immunization every two years and warn of ongoing rabies risk.
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la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse County
Earl Arentz
Rockland
Bruce Morgan
Vernon F. Morgan
Highland Ave
Dennis Lambert
Robert Schlaver
Alfred Evans
State Laboratory of Hygiene
Madison
Monroe County
John van Susteren
State Office
la Crosse
Vernon Morgan
Morgan
Bruce
St. Francis Hospital
West Salem
Dionne Quintuplets' Father Denies Hard Childhood Claims
Oliva Dionne, father of the five sisters, rejects magazine claims of a harsh upbringing adding there are two sides to every story. He defends parents' efforts amid a dispute over care and notes the quints spent seven years in a government nursery before returning home after legal battles with Dr. Dafoe.
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Calander
Ont
Dionne
Oliva Dionne
Quints
James Brough
McCall’s Magazine
Callander
Allan Dafoe
UPI
Missing Amherst Boy Found After All Night Search
An eight year old Amherst boy riding a bicycle to his grandparents wandered from his farm to a rural road and flagged down a school bus. He was treated for shock concussion and bruises at Stevens Point hospital after a long search involving sheriff's deputies traffic police city police neighbors relatives and about 75 Central State College students.
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Stevens Point
Amherst
Donald Kealiher Jr
Route 1
Portage County
Emil Meshak
Sheriff's Department
Central State College
Donald
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