Partial Failure of Twin Satellite Launch at Cape Canaveral
Washington dispatch reports a double satellite launch from Cape Canaveral produced a qualified, partially successful result. The two satellites Transit IIIB and LoftI did not detach, likely reducing lifespan to a few weeks. NASA and Johns Hopkins officials described the outcome as uncertain and noted spaceflight momentum continues with Mercury tests pending.
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Washington
Cape Canaveral
Richard B. Kershner
John Hopkins University
Navy
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Virgil Grissom
Leon E. Clark Dies in Mountainair Crash
Leon E. Clark 49 of Kirkland New Mexico was killed in a car truck collision near Mountainair between 6 and 7 p.m. Monday. Survived by wife Lucille Kubly son James brother George and two half sisters Florence Maddrell and Clara Lehman. Military burial with honors planned in Freeport Illinois.
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Leon E. Clark
Kirkland
N.M
Mountainair
Parthy
Green County
Walter
Maggie Myrtle VanHorn Clark
Clark
Immanuel Eub Church
Monroe
Disabled Veterans, Chicag
James
George
Milwaukee
Florence Maddrell
Clara Lehman
King
Janesville
Stnessy Funeral Home
Paul Gibson
Brodhead Eub Church
Chapel Hill Cemetery
Freeport
Ja Aean
Aiver Muvu Zanmeay
Adenauer Arrives in London for EEC and EFTA Talks
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer arrived in London for talks with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on cooperation between the six nation European Common Market and the seven nation European Free Trade Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adenauer
London
Konrad Adenauer
Harold Macmillan
European Common Market
European Free Trade Association
Pay Hike Tabled by Madison Aldermen
Aldermen voted 7 to 1 to table action on a ordinance raising salaries until October and sent the measure to the finance and taxation committee for study. Mayor Evans and others opposed the timing citing budget constraints for 1961.
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Robert L. Shattum
Fifth Ward
Finance and Taxation Committee
Orville R. Evans
Evans
Daniel W. Gerber
Second Ward
Gerber
Ohder
Victor N. Schiller
James B. Goetz
First Ward
Rex N. Eyler
Eyler
Ray
Ruth) Barth
Monroe
J. B. F. Amos
Rees Construction Co
Ati
Goetz
Board of Public Works
Schmitz Denies Influence on Good Faith Bill
City Atty William J Schmitz denied Vic tor N Schiller's claim he tried to influence voting on the good faith Bill 126 A passed in the Assembly 53 44. He said he answered questions after being told an assemblyman questioned the proposal and noted the bill was submitted at a Monroe attorney's request. The Stauffacher Construction Co case remains unresolved with $2115 owed for street repairs.
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William J. Schmitz
Victor N. Schiller
Schiller
Schmitz
C. M. Stauffer
Monticello
Wisconsin
Stauffer
Monroe
Rudolph P. Reger
V. A. Stauffacher Construction Co
Stauffacher Firm
Mayor declines to form committee on filing irregularities
Mayor Orville R. Evans rejected creating a City Council committee to probe alleged irregularities in nomination papers for the April 4 election. City Atty. Schmitz and City Clerk Bray said papers were checked, in order, and certified.
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Orville R. Evans
Evans
William J. Schmitz
Schmitz
Victor N. Schiller
Schiller
Oscar N. Johnson
Johnson
Daniel W. Gerber
Gerber
Freda M. Bray
Missing Man’s Body Found in Overturned Car
The body of 54 year old Joseph K Ruetten of Spring Green was recovered from his overturned car in the Wisconsin River near Highway 23 three miles south of Spring Green. Authorities identified him via cards in his billfold. he had worked at a canning factory in Cobb.
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Spring Green
Wisconsin River
Highway 23
Here
Iowa
Joseph K. Ruetten
Cobb
Hisses and jeers at Wisconsin House hearing on UN activities
In Madison a public hearing drew 508 people over a resolution to back the House un American activities committee hearings. Four Democratic members walked out during a film on San Francisco protests, then returned to defend the film as distorted. The session featured loud cheers and boos as supporters and opponents testified.
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Madison
Assembly Chamber
House un-American Activities Commitcisco
Tron Sarl
Ule Ibchotr Assembly
Judiciary Committee
Democratic Committee
William Ward
New Richmond
Michael Barron
Milwaukee
Frank Nikolay
Abbotsford
Nile Spik
White Hat
Bayt
Curtis McKay
Mequon
San Francisco
House Committee
Soik
Thea
Richard Peterson
R - Waupaca
Marvin Roth
Janesville
American Legion
Illinois
South Dakota
W. A. Williams
University of Wisconsin
Washington Post
New York Times
County to Install 28 New Mercury Lights Around Square
County lighting committee chair Herman L Schindler announced 28 mercury vapor lights will be installed around the square next week. An additional 37 off square lights are planned in the near future.
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Herman L. Schindler
County Council
Blast Kills Six at Phillips Alamo Plant
An explosion at the Alamo plant construction site of Phillips Petroleum Co in Borger Texas killed at least six workers and injured others, state police reported.
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Borger, Tex. P
Alamo
Phillips Petroleum Co
Government seeks pact as flight engineers walkout worsens
Labor Secretary Goldberg corners talks with Kennedy and peacemaking commission to end the engineers strike that has left Eastern American Trans World and others grounded. The union faces a poll tie up amid litigation while Western Airlines fires engineers and seeks reinstatement talks.
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Washington F
Goldberg
Kennedy
Ronald Brown
Engineers Association
Washington
Engineers Group
Western Airlines
Terrill Drinkwater
Western
California
Drinkwater
Eastern Air Lines
American Airlines
Trans World Airlines
Pan American World Airlines
National Airlines
Nathan Feinsinger
University of Wisconsin
J. Keith Mann
Stanford University
United
Richard Lester
Princeton University
New Jersey
North Western Train Derails in Rockford Situation
Crews worked to clear a quarter mile of track after a Chicago bound North Western Railway freight train derailed on Rockford's southern edge. Twenty three of 31 cars left the rails due to a broken rail. no injuries were reported. The train originated in Freeport and was led by engineer W. W. Brown, 63, of Chicago.
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Rockford
Chicago
Western Railway
Freeport
W. W. Brown
Wisconsin Campus Sees Rise of Militant Conservatism
At the University of Wisconsin Madison a new conservative movement grows amid liberal campus traditions. The Wisconsin Conservation Club with 45 members promotes its magazine Insight and Outlook and aims to widen its reach through Young Americans for Freedom.
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Frank Crepeau
Madison
University of Wisconsin
Roger Claus
Wisconsin Conservation Club
United States
Madison Club
Insight
Claus
Fond Duke Voussapacwa
Young Americans For Freedom
YAF
Richard Wheeler
Wauwatosa
Crash Kills Four SAC Fliers in Kentucky
A midair refueling accident near Horse Cave Kentucky killed four Strategic Air Command crewmen and left one survivor, navigator Lt Herman L Crawford of Pickerington Ohio. The KC97 tanker diverted safely to base at Lockbourne Air Force Base after the crash. Capt William E Gillespie Capt Edward P Shuller Capt George R McKenney and Capt Arthur T Bagby were named as victims.
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Horse Cave
Wretridgéetr Air Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Phe-Ais -Peece
William E. Gillespie
Edward P. Shuller
George R. McKenney
Arthur T. Bagby
Herman L. Crawford
Pickerington
Ohio
Earth
City firemen extinguish two chimney fires this week
City firemen fought two chimney fires this week and prevented damage. At 7 22 a m today they responded to Frank H Broege at 2106 15th Avenue and yesterday at 6 01 p m to Russell R Hanson at 1803 16th Avenue. Fire crews also cleaned out the debris after stopping the fires.
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Frank H. Broege
15Th Avenue
Russell R. Hanson
16Th Avenue
Robert A Uihlein Named Schlitz President
Robert A. Uihlein Jr. aged 44 and executive vice president of Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. was chosen to succeed his uncle Erwin C. Uihlein as president. The elder Uihlein was promoted to chairman of the board in the newly created post.
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Milwaukee V
Robert A. Uihlein Jr
Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co
Erwin C. Uihlein
Uihlein
Zor Shrine Chanters to Raise Funds in Monroe
The Zor Shrine Chanters from Madison perform a Saturday 8 p.m. concert at Monroe junior high to fund care for Shrine Crippled Children hospitals. Proceeds support 17 U.S. hospitals aiding orthopedically handicapped children regardless of race creed or color. Local notables and donors, including former Monroe attorney Philip Snodgrass, take part in organizing and presenting the event.
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Zor Shrine Chanters
Madison
Green County Shrine Club
Shrine Crippled Children
Monroe
Robert Tschudy
United States
Tself
Tschudy
Minneapolis
Jane White
Freda L. White
Tack White
Norma Benkett
Monticello
Shrine
Shrine- KC
Minneapolis Shriners ‘Hospital
Archie Wells
Kenmore
J. J. Voegeli
WHA
Clifford Reasa
O. N. Johnson
Stewart Kingston
Glenn Roderick
Edwin Schuetze
Franz W. Brand
Katanga and U.N. Strike Truce Amid Congo Turmoil
Katanga President Moise Tshombe announced a truce with the United Nations to halt troop movements likely to cause friction. A Elisabethville conference eased tension after Tshombe ordered mobilization. British sources report 15 Gizenga opponents executed at Stanleyville in retaliation for Patrice Lumumba's death.
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Associated Press
United Nations
Kat Anga
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Elisabethville
Congo
Tshombe
U.N. Security Council
U.N. Congo
Coun- Sar
Coun- Sar Wane Ceuseu
Tun Witiutawali
Ishombe
Patrice Lumumba
Aut crash kills James Parmentier in Chicago
James Parmentier aged 25 of Green Bay Wisconsin was fatally injured when his car crashed into a railroad abutment on Chicago's northwest side after colliding with another vehicle.
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Chicago
James Parmentier
Green Bay
Wis
Farm Union Backs Withholding Setup
Eau Claire Wisconsin Farmers Union delegates at the 30th annual convention call for overhaul of the tax system and adoption of a withholding tax, oppose a state sales tax, and approve 27 resolutions outlining an action program. The group says a sales tax would unfairly burden farmers, large families, social security recipients, and others least able to pay.
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Eau Claire
Wisconsin Farmers Union
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Council
Walter Drews
City CD
Edwin L. Bandi
Gath
North Western
Dante
Reece Eels
Philip N. Snodgrass
SAC
Rhu Fe Mlees
Elane Pimel
Robert A. Uihlein
Schlitz
Zor Chanters
U.N
Stanleyville
Antoine Gizenga
Communist Bloc
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