Wreckage Found On Alcazaba Peak After French Airliner Crash
The Civil Guard said wreckage of a DC6 UTA airliner was found at Alcazaba Peak in Granada Province about 5 am. The plane with 80 aboard, mostly French or Mauritanians, went down en route from Palma de Mallorca to Tangier, no survivors.
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Trevelez
Spain
Sierra Nevada
Civil Guard
Alcazaba Peak
Palma de Mallora
Tangier
Spanish
Air Ministry
Mediterranean
Super Constellation
Mulhacen Sierra Nevada
Aguar
U.S
Moron Sevilla
Union de Transports Aeriems
Nouakchott
Mauritania
West Africa
U.T.A
le Bourget
Paris
Marseille
Palma de Mallorca
Balearic Islands
Brooklyn Postoffice Plan Faces Postpone Request
Congressman Bob Kastenmeier asked Post Office Department officials to reconsider a prior rejection of a new Brooklyn post office building. Local residents pressed for approval citing existing facility inadequacy after Minneapolis officials recommended construction. He toured Brooklyn on Labor Day and reported conditions to postal officials.
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Bob Kastenmeier
Post Office Department
Postoffice
Brooklyn
Minneapolis
Washington
Kastenmeier
Roethe to speak on a Poor Man's Safari in Monticello
Fort Atkinson businessman Leo W. Roethe will be the principal speaker at the Green County Conservation League meeting in Monticello on Thursday night October 15. His talk titled Poor Man's Safari will feature about 200 color slides from his latest African hunt including Kilimanjaro scenery and Masai life.
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Roethe
Leo W. Roethe
Ft. Atkinson
Green County Conservation League
Grand Central Hotel
Monticello
Arthur F. Roethe
Monroe
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Kenya
Africa
Boethe
Israel
Thomas Tuttle
Atkinson
James Fay
University of Wisconsin
Real estate magnate bets on Labour win then hopes loss
London financier Maxwell Joseph bets $140,000 that Britain's Labour party wins the national election on Oct 15 but says he hopes Labourites lose to hedge against asset deterioration. He owns over 20 hotels a nationwide theatre chain a bank and various properties.
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London
Maxwell Joseph
Labor Party
Britain
Labor
Joseph
Monroe Suffers First Conference Defeat at Prairie
Sun Prairie defeated Monroe 13 7 on the Prairie gridiron to hand the Cheesemakers their first loss of the season advancing Monroe to 3 1 overall and 2 1 in Badger Conference play while Sun Prairie rose to 4 1 overall and 3 0 in league action.
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Monroe
Prairie
Monroe High School
Sun Prairie
Cheesemakers
Beloit Catholic
Stoughton and Jefferson
Badger
Monona Grove
Ft. Atkinson
Middleton
Dan Franklin
Jim Dearth
Kurt Share
Paul Jeserberger
Cardinal
The
Jim Martin
Bob Buchholtz
Keith Burington
Neil Borchert
Borchert
Cardinals
Don Walker
Pat Braun
State Counties Spend Less in 1963 Than 1962
Wisconsin Public Expenditure Survey shows 72 counties spent $342.7 million in 1963 for operation and capital outlay, down from $349.5 million in 1962. First decrease since 1959, attributed to lower capital outlays across counties.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Public Expenditure Survey of
Mayor Seeks Civic Groups to Fund Monroe Loudspeaker Project
Mayor Walter R. Ekum asks Monroe civic, service, and fraternal groups to fund a $900 loudspeaker system for the Twining park bandshell and junior high auditorium. The Monroe City Band pledges $150, leaving $750 to raise from others. Organizations will share use of the system, with calls directed to Mrs. Allan F. Barnard.
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Monroe
Walter R. Ekum
Twining Park
Ekum
Allan F. Barnard
Barnard
15Th Avenue
The
Shrine
Woman’s Club
Knights of Columbus
Kiwanis
Chamber of Commerce
American Legion and Auxiliary
VFW and Auxiliary
Eagles
Barbershop Chorus
Jaycees and
Lions
Man, Daughter Found in Plane Crash Near Friendship
Milwaukee area auto dealer Lester Flaherty and his 14 year old daughter Sharon were found dead in a light passenger plane wreckage 17 miles north of Friendship off Highway 13. Adams County Sheriff Frank Searles led a 12 man search after they failed to return from a church dedication in Wisconsin Rapids on Labor Day. Civil Air Patrol and volunteers had searched since the disappearance.
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Friendship
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Rapids
Adams County
Frank Searles
Highway 13
Lester Flaherty
Whitefish Bay
Sharon
Searles
Flaherty’s
Wisconsin Civil Air Patrol
Search for missing pilot delayed by air turbulence
The Green County Pilots Association and the Sheriff’s Department postponed a focused plane search planned for today. A statewide ground and water search began at a Milwaukee conference called by Col. Herbert V. Harrison of the Wisconsin Civil Air Patrol, with Mrs. Flaherty and relatives of the missing pilot present.
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Green County Pilots Association
Sheriff's Department
Milwaukee
Herbert V. Harrison
Wisconsin Civil Air Patrol
Lester Flaherty
Congress Approves Foreign Aid Spending Packed Vote
Congress approved 3.25 billion dollars for foreign aid for the current fiscal year, coming 267 million below President Johnson’s request. The final appropriation avoids the contentious reapportionment rider that stalled the Senate for six weeks. The plan set ceiling at 3.507 billion with Johnson urging 3.517. The Senate approved a mild rider urging courts to slow compliance with the reapportionment ruling.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
88Th Congress
Weni
Senate
Supreme Court
Fourteen Men Ride Out Hurricane Hilda Aboard Ocean Driller
Fourteen men shelter on the Ocean Driller offshore drilling rig 100 miles south of Morgan City Louisiana as Hurricane Hilda lashes the Gulf of Mexico. The seven million dollar rig, built to endure extreme seas, skews at 210 feet of water. Ownership lies with Ocean Drilling and Exploration Co of New Orleans. Officials declined comment awaiting company statements. Voice contact was lost overnight but signals indicated the crew remained safe.
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New Orleans
Morgan City
Gulf of Mexico
Associated Press
Ocean Drilling and Exploration Co
John Thomas
A. J. la Borde
la Borde
Ocean Driller
Ocean
Candidates Urged Not To Risk Lives
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield urged President Johnson and the Republican nominee Barry Goldwater along with their running mates to avoid crowds and unnecessary risks after citing the Warren Commission. He stressed security safeguards and the need for candidates to appear across the nation.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Warren
Mansfield
Secret Service
United States
Van Pelt 101-year-old father dies in Fond du Lac
George Van Pelt, 101, father of Rep. William K. Van Pelt, R Wis, died Friday at Rolling Meadows County Hospital in Fond du Lac. He had been a prominent local figure and supporter of his son's political career.
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van Pelt
Fond DU Lac
George van Pelt
William K. van Pelt
R-Wis
Rolling Meadows County Hospital
Dock Workers Return to Work Amid Federal Order
Dock workers in New York and Gulf Coast ports resumed duties after a 2 day walkout under a 10 day restraining order. ILA leaders risk challenging an 80 day cooling off period under Taft Hartley with a hearing scheduled next Thursday.
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New York
Main
Texas
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Thomas Gleason
Gulf Coast
Houston
Galveston
Louis Waldman
U.S. Dist
Frederick van Pelt Bryan
Hurricane Hilda Belts Deserted Louisiana Coast
Hurricane Hilda smashed into the deserted Louisiana coast with deadly tornadoes. A Larose tornado killed at least 20 people, and a Coast Guard helicopter reported 12 dead at the scene. Civil Defense prepared a 200 bed emergency hospital as hundreds were injured or fled inland.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
Larose
Lafourche Parish
Eddie Ste. Marie
Coast Guard
Civil Defense
Raceland
John McKeithen
Philip Robichaux
Associated Press
Ed McCusker
McCusker
Traffic Toll Reaches 802 Fatalities in ’64
A Washington County man, Clarence Schuster, 61, was struck and killed about 12:40 a.m. on Highway 41 four miles south of Slinger while walking across the road. Police said a passing car struck him. The year’s Wisconsin highway toll reached 802, up from 650 at this time last year.
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Washington County
Wisconsin
Clarence Schuster
Jackson
Highway 41
Slinger
Monroe Police Report Three Vehicle Mishap
Monroe police investigated two crashes yesterday. A truck rolled from a driveway and struck two cars on 15th street in the 800 block at 8 29 a m. Later in the day Prestin L Dole Sr and Robert A McCall collided in the Spring Square parking lot.
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Monroe
Jack L. Marty
15Th Avenue
Neil W. Cunningham
11Th Street
G. Verona
21St Street
15Th Street
Prestin L. Dole Sr
Freeport
Robert A. McCall
Spring Square
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Charles Lostetter
Alva Williams
Marie Geigel
Grace Schroeder
Gertrude Ball
Edna Luchsinger
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