No Control Flight Crash Claims 37 in Chicago Area
Northwest Airlines Electra plunges in a muddy field near O Hare after takeoff killing 37 including a mother and four children. The crash marked the second major air disaster in Chicago that month with reports citing no known pre crash malfunctions.
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Chicago
Northwest Airlines
O'Hare International Airport
Trans World Airlines
Clarendon Hills
Midway Airport
O'Hare
Allan S. Boyd
Civil Aeronautics Board
Halaby
Milwaukee
Tampa
Fort Lauderdale
Miami
Alfred M. Coutu
Waukegan
Coutu
Joyce
Harold Wenninger
Marvel
Wenninger
Henry F. Adams
A Machinery Company
Henry Jr
Lakeland, Fla
Florida Southern University
James Weck
AC Spark Plug Co
Sarasota
Marion Winsauer Eckstein
Earl
Winona
Pearl Gammons
St. Petersburg
F. W. Conner
Wauwatosa
O'Hare International
Wisconsin Native Led Northwest Flight in Chicago Crash
Captain Ralph E. Hagstrom of Superior, Wisconsin, veteran pilot for Northwest Airlines, 19 years with the carrier, based in St Paul, died in the Chicago crash that claimed 37 lives. He joined the line in November 1942.
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Wisconsin
Northwest Airlines
Chicago
Ralph E. Hagstrom
St. Paul
Super_ior
Wis
Line
Nine More Die In Wisconsin Weekend Crashes
Weekend traffic accidents in Wisconsin claimed nine lives raising the 1961 toll to 614, with victims from Gladstone Michigan to Green Bay. The report lists Walter Trueblood and Merlin Johnson among the dead, plus six more in crashes across Brown, Sauk, Rock, Waukesha, and Milwaukee counties. Includes injuries to spouses and others.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Walter Trueblood
Gladstone
Mich
Highway 54
Fountain City
Merlin B. Johnson
Wisconsin Rapids
Brown County
Arthur Hannon
New Franken
Green Bay
Hannon
Mary David
Catholic Church
Emma Provencher
Paul D Jones
Rockford
Sauk County
Merrimac
Robert Jorgensen
Evansville
Rock County
Waukesha County
Henry Nytes
Waukesha
Alfred Langlass
Brookfield
Nytes
Langlass
Mapleton
Kenneth Lumley
Kenosha
Russell Cook
Little, Chute
James Qualls
Milwaukee
Milwaukean
Maria Heun
Guard Inspection Slated for Oct 10
Annual General inspection of Co. B, local National Guard unit, set for Tuesday Oct 10. A marksmanship drill is planned next Sunday at the fairgrounds with Guardsmen reporting to the Armory at 6 a.m. for training ahead of a weekend firing at Racine County Line Range Oct 7-8. An inspector general of the Fifth Army will inspect troops, armory and equipment Oct 10. Official orders add eight hours monthly training and a further drill on weekends. A current list of officer vacancies will be kept. If federal service is ordered, the adjutant general will be notified and reservists called to fill posts.
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National Guard
Fairgrounds
Racine County
Fifth Army
Adjutant General
Hurricane Esther Threat to Atlantic Coast
Miami forecast staff said Esther continued west-northwest in the Atlantic at 12 mph with winds near 150 mph at the center and hurricane gusts extending 170 miles NE and 110 miles SW. At 5 am it was about 725 miles east of Boca Raton and forecaster Arnold Sugg noted a slight turn to a more northwesterly path could lessen Florida danger.
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Miami
Fla
Esther
Atlantic
Atlantic Seaboard
Boca Raton
Arnold Sugg
Miami Weather Bureau
South Florida
Sugg
Turkish regime hangs Menderes after trial
An Istanbul era ends as former prime minister Adnan Menderes is executed on Imralı island prison after a 10 month trial by a revolutionary court. Cabinet members Fatin Rüştü Zorlu and Hasan Polatkan were executed alongside him, while ex president Celal Bayar and others were condemned to life imprisonment.
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Anbul
Turkey
Adnan Menderes
Menderes
Fatin’ Rustu Zorlu
Hassan Polat- “Kan
Celal Bayar
Imral
Zorlu
Polatkan
Body of Hammarskjold Found After Plane Crashes In Africa
The report notes the discovery of Dag Hammarskjold's body after his plane crashed in Africa. It details Soviet threats against West German and other aircraft straying into East German airspace and the potential for future military action. Rusk and Gromyko planned talks in New York to address Berlin tensions and the possibility of negotiating a German peace treaty.
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Hammarskjold
Africa
Associated Press
Soviet Union
Berlin
West Germany
Tegel
Bonn
West Berlin
Rusk
Gromyko
New York
Moscow
Washington
Britain
France
United States
Festival on Saturday Brings Brodhead Swine Contest and Corn Show
Brodhead hosts the Corn Hog Festival featuring a swine judging and grading contest with over 140 in prize money. University experts discuss corn and hog production while two local meat cutters demonstrate carcass cutting. Junior and senior corn divisions judge eight ears per entry with detailed labeling requirements.
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Brodhead
Dean Peterson
Duane Helland
Juda
Brodhead High School Agri
Adenauer Snubs Idea of Coalition
Bonn West Germany Chan cellor Konrad Adenauer rejected the idea of a coalition with the Socialists after losing the majority in Sunday’s elections. He left open who would succeed him with Ludwig Erhard named as a possible successor while opponents demand his retirement. The Christian Democrats lost seats but remain in office until the Bundestag meets October 17. West Germany stays in the Western camp as Cold War tensions continue.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Berlin
Adenauer
Christian Democrats
Free Democrats
Free Democratic
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Ludwig Erhard
West Germany
Bundestag
Volkswagen Fans Stop Here on Tour
Volkswagen Club of Chicago members tour Wisconsin stopping in Monroe en route to New Glarus for a Swiss lace factory visit and village sights after lunch at the Swiss Wheel. American cheese market steadies with prices rising a quarter cent on longhorns and demand fair to good amid ample supplies.
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Savie Wseus
Volkswagen Club of
Chicago
New Glarus
Monroe
Volkswagen
Madison
Wisconsin
U N Secretary Hammarskjold Dies In Congo Crisis Plane Crash
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and nine others die when a DC6B crashes near the Congo Rhodesia border during truce talks at Ndola. Rescue efforts span U N, British, American and Rhodesian aircraft with no survivors reported. The tragedy follows weeks of Katanga secession fighting and Jadotville siege developments.
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Ndola
Rhodesia
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Congo
United Nations
Leopoldville
Moise Tshombe
Secessi Katanga
Katanga
Ndoia
Van
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Jerusalem
Bernadette
Sit
Jadotville
Sean McKeown
Stock Market Drops After Hammarskjold Death News
New York trading ended with sharp losses as investors reacted to the death of U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold. About 3.5 million shares changed hands with key issues down fractions to one or two points. Steel, auto, chemical and aircraft stocks led the decline amid broader losses.
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Dag
New York
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Tragic Farm Accident Kills Boy in Bristol Township
Noel Ettering, three, died Saturday when he toppled from a tractor driven by his father and was run over by a corn chopper attached to the planter. The accident happened on the Ernest Gillmore farm in Bristol Township.
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Kenosha
Noel Ettering
Ernest Gillmore
Bristol Township
Pool Ends Season With All-Time High Attendance
The Monroe swimming pool closed for the season with a record 62,179 total attendees. Pool manager Thomas Norager notes 47,781 regular swimmers and 14,398 in lessons, averaging 620 swimmers daily. a single day peak of 1,721 occurred on June 29.
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Monroe
Thomas Norager
Soviet U S Test Blasts Rise as Space Probes Launch
The Soviet Union detonated its 13th atmospheric nuclear test today, announced by the Atomic Energy Commission. The United States conducted its second underground blast as Discoverer 31 launched from Vandenberg, with NASA testing upper atmospheric wind conditions by lighting chemical vapor over the mid Atlantic coast.
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Washington
mKusnans
Atomic Energy Commission
Soviet Union
United States
U.S
Air Force
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Pacific
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Middle Atlantic
Five Green Bay High Players Hospitalized After Scrimmage
Five members of Green Bay West high school junior varsity football team were hospitalized after becoming ill following an exhibition scrimmage at Casco. Keith Cawenberg, 15, was described as feeling pretty good. Illness struck in the shower room and during the bus ride home as officials investigated drinking water cans taken to Casco.
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Green Bay High Grid
Green Bay
Green Bay West
Cas
Keith Cawenberg
Casco
Nelson Quizzes Party on Taxes
Madison Governor Nelson says he is contacting Democratic leaders to learn how far the party will go in a tax revision compromise. He plans talks with Republicans to seek substantial gains before the Legislature reconvenes on Oct 30, rejecting a 10 percent spending cut and warning that cuts would hurt education welfare and school funding. He won’t seek a tax position at the Oct 13-15 Eau Claire Democratic convention.
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Madison
Nelson
Eau Claire
Democratic Party
East Berlin workers urged to move to Red industry or face deportation
East Berlin authorities warned workers who had been employed in West Berlin to seek new jobs in the Red industry or be deported to the provinces. About 80,000 residents of East Berlin and nearby areas formerly worked in West Berlin.
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REDS
Berlin
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