Woodruff Battle Ends in Slaying
In a highway confrontation near Woodruff and Minocqua Wisconsin officer Robert Empey and deputy Lyle Gehrke were attacked after stopping a car with three hitchhikers. Albert Martinez was fatally wounded by Gehrke after threatening gunmen forced officers to lie down. A second assailant, Richard Thurber, was shot and wounded while a third suspect, Ernest Martinez, was arrested later.
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Woodruff
Robert Empey
Minocqua
Lyle Gehrke
Pittsburgh
Empey
Gehrke
Albert Martinez
Duluth
Martinez
Richard Thurber
Wabeno
Hazlehurst
Ernest Martinez
King predicts new enrollment push at Alabama University
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr says five Negro students will apply to the University of Alabama in the next days. He notes the Mississippi crisis as context and recalls Autherine Lucy who faced expulsion after a brief federal-ordered admission.
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Montgomery
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
University of Alabama
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
University of Mississippi
James H. Meredith
Autherine Lucy
Miss Lucy
Pheasant season opens quietly in Monroe with modest hunts
The pheasant season began at noon with little fanfare in Monroe as hunters faced 2000 birds stocked over the past two weeks. The bag limit for three days is one bird, with a two bird possession limit thereafter, and hunting runs through November 13.
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Monroe
Green County
Harold A. Pederson
Howver
Air Blast Drags Hostess to Death
A Bradley Field flight near Windsor Locks Connecticut ends in tragedy when a door bursts open from a sudden air blast. Francoise de Moriere a 29 year old Paris native and Allegheny Airlines stewardess disappeared into the night and was found dead two hours later in a nearby field. Co pilot Thomas Hawkins helped secure the door before the blast tore it free.
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Windsor Locks
Conn
Bradley Field
Francoise de Moriere
Philadelphia
Miss de Moriere
Paris
Allegheny Airlines
Thomas Hawkins
Ditzler Couple Die in Mishap in Winnebago County
Ronald Ditzler age 55 of Durand Illinois and his wife 51 died after a two car collision on Owen Center Road near Riversid e Boulevard in Winnebago County. Harvey Bitney of Bloomer Wisconsin also died at the scene. Bitney's daughter Mrs William Miller of Madison and her son Brian Miller two were injured and a Rockford hospital treated Mr Ditzler after he was thrown from his car.
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Ronald Ditzler
Durand
Ill
Harvey Birney
Bloomer
Chippewa County
Winnebago County
Illinois
Owen Center Road
Riverside Boulevard
Bitney
William R. Miller
Madison
Brian Miller
Ditzler
Rockford
Ditzle
Madison Police Curb Disorder Near UW Campus
Three young men were arrested on Friday near the University of Wisconsin campus for disorderly conduct. James B. Schwalbach a UW student 22 allegedly false fire alarm. Joel D. Oppenheimer 19 and Peter M. Meiser 19 Evanston Northwestern University student tampering with a street sign. Police kept crowds from forming as about 5000 people crowded the area and beer and liquor sales were banned that night.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
Notre Dame
Nuclear test yields faint flash over Pacific despite clouds
U S detonates a low yield device above the Pacific with a faint lightning like flash observed from Oahu and Kauai. The blast size is smaller than 20 000 tons of TNT, with Johnston Island using a different booster for a quick success. A next shot is planned for Tuesday or Wednesday using another Thor Hercules lift to 20 30 miles.
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Honolulu
United States
Pacific
Hiroshima
Oahu
Hawaiian
Kauai
Johnston Island
Mid - Pacific
Moor
Seattle Ending Gala World Fair
The Seattle World's Fair ends its six months run Sunday. President Kennedy may close the event by telephone, with a Venus-bound space vehicle Mariney signal planned as a science stunt. Science exhibits drew crowds, including the space needle and other shows.
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Seattle
Wash
Kennedy Cancels Campaign Swing for Cold Illness
President Kennedy ends weekend tour due to slight upper respiratory infection and fever, plans Washington return. Press secretary Salinger said the decision followed physician Burckley’s assessment as the GOP clash over Medicare and Dirksen rages in Chicago.
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Chicago
Kennedy
Washington
Pierre Salinger
George Burckley
Salinger
Burckley
White House
Milwauke
St. Louis
Albuquerque
Las Vegas
Seattle
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Senate
Dirksen
Sidney R. Yates
Illinois
Sid Yates
Pageant Cast To Try Again Here Tomorrow
The St. John's church pageant cast rehearsed at the junior high auditorium for the centennial event. It will be presented at 2 30 p.m. tomorrow at the Twining Park bandshell with 2 30 and 8 p.m. rain contingency in the auditorium if weather is bad.
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St. John’s Church
Twining Park
Community Gives Clothes and Money for Bowman Family After Fire
Relief pours in for Virgil Bowman and his two children Virginia and William after a Thursday noon fire that killed the mother and destroyed their home. Friends supply new clothes for funeral attendance, sympathy cards and donations pour into Stuessy Funeral Home and Coral Johnson's home, while the Kouples Klub and a Monroe family arrange outfits and funds. The Bowmans belong to Emmanuel EUB church and support continues from neighbors and local groups.
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Virgil Bowman
Virginia
William
Stuessy Funeral Home
Bowmans
Kouples Klub
Immanuel Eub Church
Bowman
Monroe
Monroe Plant Adopts New Round Fritos Production
The Monroe Frito-Lay plant installed new equipment to produce round Fritos. Alvin Kubly says the round chips are well received in limited markets and will expand to the Monroe marketing area. Fladger F Tannery notes no flavor change, only shape, as R&D pursued chip shape variations. Production at Monroe has grown over 16 years and now runs 24 hours a day five to six days weekly, shipping nearly 15 semi trailer loads weekly to Wisconsin Minnesota North and South Dakota and northern Illinois.
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Monroe Frito-Lay Co
Alvin Kubly
Monroe
Fladger F. Tannery
Frito-Lay, Inc
Tannery
Kubly
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Illinois
Ella heads out to sea as hurricane Ella weakens from coast
CAPE HATTERAS N C A hurricane Ella, no longer a threat to the Atlantic coast, speeds northeast at 15 mph away from land. Gale warnings extended to Cape May New Jersey as Ella drives 350 miles north and east and 300 miles southwest, threatening ships in her path.
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Cape Hatteras
N.C
Ella
Atlantic
Cape May
N.J
North Atlantic
Crash damages ship London near docks
The Uruguay a freighter Tacoma supply ship for the Nazi pocket battleship Graf Spee in World War II was badly damaged in a collision near the London docks Friday.
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London
Graf Spee
London Docks
No English Spoken Bank Robber Nabbed After Polite Rebuffs
A Montreal man, Donald Abbey, 33, attempted to rob three Hull banks with an English note. Tellers could not read English, a teller fainted at Banque Canadienne Nationale, and Abbey was captured by staff and police after slipping on a waxed floor. He was unarmed.
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Hull
Que
Bank of Nova Scotia
Pauline Brunet
Banque Provinciale du Canada
Banque Canadienne Nationale
Donald Abbey
Montreal
Stocks Suffer Sharp Losses
New York stock market posts its worst setback in three weeks as pessimism grows. Dow Jones closes at 573.29, down 13.8, with volume the highest in three weeks and weaker fund sales forecasts weighing on sentiment.
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ED Morse
New York
Wall Street
Mexico's Lopez Mateos Arrives in Manila for State Visit
President Adolfo Lopez Mateos of Mexico arrives in Manila for a four day state visit to the Philippines. He will meet Philippine leaders to discuss bilateral ties and regional issues.
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Manila
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Mexico
Philippines
Reds Launch Furious Drive In Border Area
New Delhi reports heavy fighting on India's Himalayan frontier as Indian and Chinese forces clash in both eastern and western sectors. Indian defense officials say Chinese forces attacked with very large numbers after mortar and machine gun bombardment. Both sides deploy reinforcements as a battle looms along Ladakh and the northeast frontier.
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New Delhi
India
Himalayan
Defense Ministry
Ladakh
Chip Chap
Peiping
V. K. Krishna Menon
Red China
Menon
Red
China
New China
Sinkiang
Chipchap
Mixed Forecast From Business Parley in Hot Spring
Treasury official Roosa reports a gratifying drop in the U.S. international payments deficit and urges expansion of exports by billions. He warns progress hinges on American industry as 20 consulting economists anticipate a minor 1963 dip before a late year recovery. Walter Heller questions whether a recession is imminent.
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Hot Spring
Treasury
U.S
Business Council
Robert V. Roosa
Council
Walter W. Heller
Kennedy
Council of Economic Advisers
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