Ten Children Die In Fire At Kasota Farm Home
In Kasota Minnesota a fire killed ten Bowdish and McConnell children and stepchildren after the family had moved near Mankato. Joanne McConnell, 14, escaped by jumping from a second story window and bicycling to a telephone. The orphan Brown boy and the nine others perished as the blaze swept the upstairs rooms.
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Kasota, Minn
Joanne McConnell
Joanne
Kenneth Bowdish
Bowdish
Kasota
Mankato
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Daniel Bowdish
Loretta Bowdish
Lucretia Bowdish
Linda McConnell
Marvin MecConrll
Richard MecConnell
Mary McConnell
Robert McConnell
Roger Brown
McConnell
Mrs. Bowdish
Brown
Reapportionment And Health Care Facing Congress
Congress faces social security health care and reapportionment as members seek re election. Health care for the aged is the only major House business this week with a possible conference on hospitalization features. Senate votes aim to cool a Supreme Court reapportionment dispute with a sense of Congress proposal and potential tougher action if the substitute fails.
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Edmond Lebreton
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Johnnn
Hubert H. Humphrey
Everett M. Dirksen
Quintuplets Celebrate Birthday in Aberdeen
The Fischer quintuplets marked their first birthday with a family cake bearing names Mary Ann Mary Margaret Mary Catherine Mary Magdalene and James Andrew. Aberdeen residents admire the family but keep private life intact as Mary Ann Fischer prepares to welcome another birth any time within two weeks. The Fischers toured a new 20 room house on a one acre farm planned for this fall.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Fischer
Mary Ann
Mary Margaret
Mary
Catherine
Mary Magdalene
James Andrew
Andrew
Mary Ann Fischer
Fischers
Mrs. Fischer
Papal Bishop Authority Clarification Sought at Vatican Council
Pope Paul VI opened the third Vatican II session urging bishops to define their role in church government while preserving papal primacy. He stressed shared authority as essential for unity and noted the task is pivotal for Christian reconciliation and the council's mission.
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Gerald Miller
Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican Ecumenical Council
St. Peter's Basilica
Paul
Peter
Christ
Italy
Turkey Demands End To Blockade In Cyprus Crisis
U N helicopters airlift two tons of emergency rations to a northwest Cypriot village as Turkish Cypriot leaders press for end to a Greek Cypriot blockade. Makarios warns a Turkish navy convoy would be an act of aggression and calls for no action without Greek consultation amid wedding preparations in Athens.
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David Lancashire
Nicosia
Cyprus
U.N
Ismet Inonu
Ankara
Turkey
Makarios
Athens
Constantine
Anne-Marie
George Pandreou
Unity Restored in Bloodless Coup Against Khanh in Saigon
A dissident generals’ revolt failed within 24 hours as Premier Nguyen Khanh retained power in Saigon with support from Ky and Vien. Khanh called for discipline and unity and vowed to fight communism, colonialism, and neutralism, stressing democracy.
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Saigon
Khanh
U S Happy Rebellion Collapsed In Saigon Crisis
The United States welcomed the quick collapse of the anti government military uprising in South Viet Nam. Premier Nguyn Khanh is expected to press the war against guerrillas as U S policy officials say the crisis is over. Rusk noted relief and Johnson called for restored order. The coup surprised many officials including Maxwell D Taylor and led to an emergency White House meeting. Brig Gen Lam Van Phat had led troops into Saigon earlier and appeared to control the city briefly.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
Air Force
Nguyen Cao Ky
Saigon
Cao van Vien
Khanh
Maxwell D. Taylor
Washington
John Hightower
United States
Viet Nam
Nguyn jXhanh
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Detroit
Taylor
Johnson
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
White House
Lam van Phat
Coup Attempt, Ngo Dinh Diem Overthrown Power Shifts
The text notes a thwarted coup that would have been the third in under a year. It recalls Ngo Dinh Diem’s overthrow last November and Khanh’s seizure of power January 30 from Gen Duong Van Minh, amid violent Buddhist demonstrations that nearly drove Khanh from office in August and early September.
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Ngo Dinn Diem
Knann
Duong Vana Minh
Khanh
International politics like a square dance
A witty take notes how diplomacy shifts rapidly as allies swap partners, leaving observers watching shifting alignments and fragile consensus. The quip frames global affairs as a perpetual rearrangement that unsettles plans and expectations.
Survivors of Bataan Death March Reunite After Years
More than 100 of 638 survivors gathered in Maywood Illinois for a reunion marked by testimony, dinner, and a parade. Veterans from Maywood and nearby suburbs included 98 men captured on the Bataan peninsula. Survivors recalled brutal heat shortages and the march to POW camps after the 1942 surrender.
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Maywood
Ijc
Bataan
Fortress of
Corregidor
Philippine Islands
Chicago
Wilionos
Peninuula
Ted Wickord
Commonwealth Edison Co
Wickford
Broadview
Ill
192Nd
Manila Bay
Douglas McArthur
Manila
Wickard
Bower
Bagac
Philippines
Japan
Camp Olonnell
Luzon
Robert W. Levering
Mount Vernon
Ohio
United States
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League OF Women
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Shared Authors Council
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Malcolm W. Browne
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