FBI Seeks Link To Communists In Harlem Riots
New York City faced continued racial unrest with Harlem quieting after weekend riots. Acting Mayor Screvane linked disorders to fringe groups including the Communist party and said FBI probes aim at funding for rallies and inflammatory statements. Police fired on looters in Brooklyn as confrontations spread. five CORE demonstrators arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
FBI
Brooklyn
Paul R. Serevane
Harlem
Communist Party
Johnson
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
National Guard
Manhattan
Franklin and Nostrand Street
The
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
City Hall
Screvane
House approves plan to Balk offensive mail
Washington The House approved a bill to let homeowners block morally offensive mail in a 325 19 vote. The measure lets a recipient notify the postmaster general to stop future mail from a source with 30 days to comply. continued mail could invite contempt proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Fun Day Parade Led by Cadet Band on Friday
The traditional Fun Day for children features a costume parade and park contests at 10:30 a.m. Friday led by the Monroe Cadet Band under Allan F Barnard. About 110 band members and a twirling squad will march from Lincoln School to Recreation Park with awards for costumes and on‑wheels categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marty J. Deignan
Lincoln School
Monroe
Allan F. Barnard
William Flaherty
Susan Mahikuch
Karen Witt
Nancy Ekum
Vicki Phillips
7Th Street
22Nd Avenue
Recreation Park
Park and Recreation
Deignan
Carol Mitchell
Viet Cong Reds Wipe Out Force Near Viet Nam
Reports from Saigon say Communist Viet Cong forces vanquished 75 percent of a government battalion near the southern tip of Viet Nam. At least 26 government troops were killed and 135 were missing or captured after an ambushed convoy triggered heavy fighting. An American sergeant was captured and an Army captain wounded. the 1st Battalion of the 31st Infantry bore the heaviest losses with only 87 uninjured.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
31St Infantry
Four 4-H Girls Honored at State Dress Revue Delegates Named
County 4-H girls paraded at Twining Park Band Shell with four earning special honors. Karen Hanson Richland and Mary Sullivan Monroe Ag were named delegates to the State Fair Dress Revue. Alternate spots went to Marilyn Phillips York and Karen Houlberg Albany.
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Twining Park
Susan Sass
4-H
Mary Sullivan
Marilyn Phillips
Karen Hanson
Karen Houlberg
Richland
Monroe Ag
Miss Hanson
Junior Hanson
Monroe
Miss Sullivan
William Sullivan
Judy
Richland 4H Club
Mary
York
Karen Houlber
Oak Corners
Miss Phillips
Alvin’ Phillips
Blanchardville
Houlberg
Art Houlberg
Albany
Helen Green
Dorothy Coplien
Oakley |4H Club
Diane Riemer
Decatur
Mary Ann Sacker
Rich‘land
Bonnie Zumkehr
Jor‘dan ‘Jolly Workers
Chester Pinnow
Juda Jolly
Jake Senn
Browntown Busy
Road Washout Fatal to Three in Akron
A sewer line collapse during a thunderstorm created a 40-foot mud crater on a four lane road. A young girl Claudia Shidler 10 and a policeman Ronald Rotruck 28 and Hugh M ONeil 19 Georgetown University sophomore and summer worker at General Tire and Rubber disappeared after attempting a rescue. Claudia Shidler's mother Velma Shidler and neighbor Janet Lewis 13 were rescued.
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Akron
Ohio
Claudia Shidler
Ronald D. Rotruck
Hugh M. O'Neil
Georgetown University
General Tire and Rubber
William O'Neil
Claudia
Velma Shidler
Janet Lewlis
Farm City BBQ Night Features Buehler Moritz at City Band
Tonight at the fairgrounds the City Band performs from 7:30 to 8:15 with soloists Robert Buehler and Fredric Moritz. Moritz returns from a U S high school band tour while the program includes My Fair Lady selections, German Waltz Medley, Romantic marches, and Wisconsin tunes. Swiss entertainment by Mrs Roy Vetterli and Mary Stuessy tops the evening, with Orion Samuelson of WGN delivering the featured farm service talk.
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Robert Buehler
Fredric Mortiz
Fairgrounds
Buehler
Moritz
Canada
United States
U.S. of America
Wisconsin
Roy Vetterli
Mary Stuessy
New Glarus
Orion Samuelson
WGN
Fertilizer Plant Planned in Monroe Industrial Park
Kerr-McGee’s plant foods division seeks city approval to build a 125 by 60 foot facility in Monroe’s Industrial Park near Monroe Roller Mills. The project aims to blend and distribute up to 3000 tons yearly with 4-5 new jobs, using soil tests to tailor blends for local farmers and target operation by early fall at an estimated cost of 70000 dollars.
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Monroe
Charles Hoefs
Fr. Atkinson
Kerr-McGee Oil Industries
Oklahoma City
Hoefs
Kerr-McGee Company
Kundert Oil Co
Deep Rock
Midwest
Wisconsin NFO Okays Hold Plan
Wisconsin delegates at a secret state meeting approved a fall withholding action by the National Farmers Organization, jointly with Oren Lee Staley stating plans cover 23 NFC states. He pledged no advance notice of the commodity or date, describing it as a surprise to shock the market.
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Wisconsin Rapids
National Farmers Organization
Oren Lee Staley
Boy Struck by Lightning After Leaving Car
A 12 year old boy, David Eugene Walker, was killed by a lightning strike after stepping from a car that had halted on U S 160 east of West Plains during a blinding rain. His mother Mrs Ralph Walker, his grandmother, and two brothers and a sister were treated for shock.
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David Eugene Walker
Ralph Walker
Republicans Withhold Support for Goldwater in 1964 Race
A dozen Republicans including New York's two senators say they cannot back Barry Goldwater as of now. Javits and Keating announced positions at separate news conferences. They may back Goldwater if he revises his views, while other GOP figures remain noncommittal or oppose him.
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Associated Press
New York
GOP
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Arizona
Jacob K. Javits
Kenneth B. Keating
Gov
Rockefeller
Scranton
Javits
San Francisco
Keating
Goldwater
John H. Reed
Maine
Silvio 0. Conte
Massachusetts
Senate
William E. Ozzard
New Jersey
J. Glenn Beall
Maryland
Theodore R. McKeidin
Baltimore
Reynolds Snubs Peterson Blast
Wisconsin Republican figures clash over comments on GOP nominee Barry Goldwater. Talbot Peterson accuses Gov. Reynolds of anti Semitism insinuations after Reynolds calls Goldwater dangerous. Peterson cites Rockwell Nazi protest in DC and says the language misleads readers. Reynolds replies with a formal letter returning the communication from the governor’s office files.
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Associated Press
Talbot Peterson
Wisconsin
Barry Goldwater
Reynolds
Goldwater
GOP
Washington
George Lincoln Rockwell
American Nazi Party
Rockwell
Goldblatt
Peterson
Executive Office
State Historical Society
Stock Prices Slide Again in Mixed Market
New York stock prices followed the pattern of recent sessions as the market slid early this afternoon after a morning of steadiness. By midday most major groups were lower or only mixed, signaling renewed selling pressure.
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New York
Guard Unit Fate Hinges On Recruits
Monroe faces possible loss of its National Guard unit unless 10 recruits are signed immediately. Co. B was alerted to a drill, mobilization plans activated, and 41 enlisted men with 3 officers reported in. A promotion enlistment meeting is set for 8 p.m. tomorrow, with 110 men under federal callup in 1961 at Berlin Crisis.
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Monroe
Co. B
William L. Riese
Dwight C.coplien
New York City
Berlin
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Green County
1964 Traffic Toll In State Rises With Fatal Crashes
Wisconsin reports 561 traffic deaths for 1964 up 117 from a year earlier. Virginia Scanlan, 22, of St Paul, died near New Lisbon when the car she rode in collided with a fuel truck for Volk Field. Four year old Marlin Massey and his sister Sandra and grandmother Myrtle Massey, all Madison residents, were killed in a Mount Horeb area crash. Thaddeus Luke, a St Mary’s College student from Winona, died in a bicycle car crash on Highway 35 near Fountain City.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Virginia Mary Scanlan
St. Paul
New Lisbon
Volk Field
Camp Douglas
Marlin Massey
Wayne Massey
Madison
Mount Horeb
Sandra
Myrtle Massey
Thaddeus Luke
St. Mary’s College
Winona
Fountain City
Buffalo County
City Hires Group To Pick Highway 69 Appraiser
Mayor Walter R. Ekum appointed a three member committee to recommend an appraiser for cost comparisons on two Highway 69 relocation routes. The panel includes Alderman T J Burgy Jr Oscar N Johnson and Robert E Tsehudy. A special council meeting may be needed to stay on schedule.
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Walter R. Ekum
T. J. Burgy Jr
Oscar N. Johnson
Robert E Tsehudy
7Th Avenue
Monroe
Ekum
State Highway Commission
Planning Commission
Philip H. Darling
Darling
Samuel F Humbel
Sherwin-Williams Co
Monroe Jaycees
Jerry Coplien
Seventh Ward
Board of Public Works
C. N. Johnson
Johnson
Eighth Ward
Knights of Columbus
Nat G. Preston
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Judy Hanson
Glarus
Diane Torkelson
Dutch Hollow
Karen Pitman
Margit Moen
Dougherty Creek
Sue Hollis
Jolly Mixers
Christy Benkert
Argus
Christine Moe
Clano
Kay Silvis
Clarno
Barbara Friedrichs
Bonnie Nuckles
Carol 1Enberger
Fairfielders
Nancy Turn
NFO
Staley
Gop Chief
Barry
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