U S and Canada clash over nuclear defense policy
The United States bluntly urged Canada to equip its defense forces with nuclear capable weapons to counter the Soviet bomber threat, while Ottawa debated nuclear defense amid domestic politics. NORAD roles and NATO ties figure in the exchange as Diefenbaker faces mounting pressure from opposition leaders.
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Washington
United States
John G. Diefenbaker
Canada
Soviet Union
State Department
Ottawa
U.S
NATO
NORAD
Diefenbaker
Social Credit
Robert Thompson
Reese
Lester B. Pearson
Liberals
Douglas Harkness
Toronto
Schneider Guilty Of Fund Misuse
John Schneider Jr., 44, was found guilty of misappropriating funds from Sunrise Memorial Gardens Cemetery Association. The verdict, delivered by Circuit Judge Clarence Wilson, carries potential penalties up to 15 years in prison plus restitution and a 10,000 dollar fine. Schneider, former president and sexton, faced trial four days before the November election amid disputed accounts and claims the case was politically motivated. His wife cried as he was remanded to jail, and prosecutors doubted grounds for appeal.
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Sheboygan
Wis
John Schneider Jr
Quilty
Clarence Wilsen
David Weber
Schneider
Wisconsin
Arthur Olson
Sunrise Memorial Gardens Cemetery Association
Sehmeider
Olsen
Fire Still Burning In Mine Disaster
Families of three missing miners wait as a sealed fire roars through Freeman No. 5 coal mine. A spokesman says there is little hope for Charles Marvel Thompsonville Harold Miller Elkville and Paul HartSock. Officials sealed the area. re-entry not possible until late Friday. The mine near West Frankfort recalls the Orient No. 2 disaster of 1951 with 120 deaths.
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LOGAN
I.upd
Freeman No. 5
Charles J. Marvel
Thompsonville
Harold Glenn Miller
Lesser
Paul W. Hartsock
Elkville
West Frankfort
Orville Hodge Paroled After 6 Years In Prison
Orville E Hodge the former Illinois state auditor who looted 1 5 million was released on parole after 6 1 2 years in prison He left Menard State Penitentiary through the gates to a Granite City welcome party including the mayor his son and two lawyers He plans to work as a clerk in his sister s hardware store earning about 75 a week and says he seeks no favors but aims to earn a place in his community He thanked Gov Kerner and the warden and spoke of gratitude toward friends and family moving to a new life back home
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Hodge
Menard State Penitentiary
Granite City
Leonard Davis
William
Jhone
Ilinois
James
Otto Kerner
Menard
Ross Randolph
Thur] Jones
Handyman Slew Widow in Milwaukee Slaying
Milwaukee detectives seek a first degree murder warrant for Billie Hale 27 accused of beating 71 year old Agnes Black co owner of a poultry products firm to death in her near North Side home. Hale claimed he battered her after she refused him employment and said he drank whiskey before the killing. Neighbor Tessie Nelson heard the screams and saw a hammer on the steps. Black died from a skull fracture and other injuries as Theron Black Nelson and her son tried to enter the home.
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Milwaukee
Near North Side
Harold Breier
Billie Hale
Agnes Black
Thomas Nelson
U N Force in Congo Suffers 127 Deaths
United Nations reports casualties in Congo operation from 1950 to present totaling 127 dead and 133 wounded. Ghana's contingent accounts for 42 of the deaths, while the force stands about 19,000 strong after peaking above 21,000. No figures for Congolese or Katanga losses were given.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
Congo
United Nations
Ghana
Downtown Oshkosh council hears traffic flow plan
Council members and Chamber of Commerce leaders discussed Harland Bartholomew Associates proposals to revitalize Oshkosh downtown via improved traffic flow and expanded right of way and off street parking. Retailer Sidney Hirschberg stressed keeping businesses from moving away, while officials warned of potential revenue and tax impacts if traffic declines.
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Oshkosh
Sidney Hirschberg
Main Street
Harland Bartholomew& Associates
Hirschberg
Chamber F of Commerce
M. Edward Kelly
Chamber
Boyd F. Jordan
New American Bank
Citizens
Courtland Carrier
Kenosha Fire Hospitalizes Five Firemen
A downtown fire in Kenosha Wisconsin left only the shell of the building housing Leppami Co Furs Greenbergs Maternity Shop and Dickelmans Toy Store. Five firefighters were hospitalized with smoke inhalation as roughly 112 firefighters from Kenosha and neighboring Racine battled the blaze after midnight.
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Kenosha
Wis
Racine
Leppami Co. Furs
Greenberg
New York Drivers Plan 1775 Flag Protest Over Auto Fees
Syracuse motorists will receive 100,000 free cardboard replicas of the don’t tread on me flag to protest Gov Rockefeller’s proposed license fee hike. The move mirrors colonial-era defiance as part of a tax protest by the auto club.
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Syracuse
N.Y
UPI
New York
Auto Club
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Senseless Killing Shocks Rhinelander Area
An illiterate milk truck helper, Keith Gillen, 24, confessed to slashing the throats of a Town of Newbold mother and her 2 year old daughter after being ordered from the home at gunpoint. The murders occurred on Gillen’s milk route near Rhinelander Wisconsin. Gillen was arrested on an open charge as bloodstains and a pocket knife tied to the crime were found. The victims were Mrs Heinen and daughter Karen. The husband, a Wisconsin Public Service Corp line man, was told of the killings by phone. The killings were described by Sheriff Alfred Sommers as senseless. The bodies were discovered by Mrs Heinen’s brother Merman Wnquist Rhinelander.
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Rhinelander
Wis
Newbolt
Alfred Sommers
Sommers
Keith Gillen
William Heinen
Karen
Gillen
Oneida
Permine
Dietnet Altormey
Milaukee
Gilles
Sory
Th. Heinen
Muk
Wisconsin Public Service Corp
Michael
David
U S Captain Dies in Battle in South Viet Nam
A U S Army captain attached to a Vietnamese army unit was killed early today in a battle with Communist guerrillas in the north central highlands of South Viet Nam. He was not identified immediately. Reports also said a government soldier may have been killed in the same engagement 360 miles north of Saigon.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
South
United States
Kennedy shifts to voluntary farm controls
President Kennedy urged continued government help to manage farm production but reversed course by proposing voluntary rather than mandatory controls. The plan aims to reduce federal costs by 300 to 500 million annually for feed grains milk and cotton while maintaining a framework for farm abundance and improved incomes for farm families amid congressional opposition.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
U.S
John D. Williams
American Farm Bureau Federation
Meredith to Return as New Negro Seeks Enrollment at Ole Miss
In Oxford Mississippi James H Meredith is due back at the University of Mississippi amid word another Black student plans to enroll. Campus security tightened after earlier disorder as officials brace for possible protests and disturbances during this renewal attempt.
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Oxford
Miss
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Universiy
Meredith
Negro student aims to register at Mississippi University
Dewey Roos evelt Greene a 22 year old Greenwood resident and student from Mississippi Vocational College plans to arrive mid morning to attempt registration. He would be accompanied by an attorney. Meredith said the prospects for the Negro are too unpromising and will register as J H Meredith not as a Negro. Campus security was stepped up.
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Dewey Roosevelt Greene
Greenwood
Mississippi Vocational College
Greene
Meredith
Jackson
J. H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Mental Health Group Names New Wisconsin Executive Secretary
Madison AP reports James Boulhon, 29, named Executive Secretary of the Wisconsin Mental Health Advisory Committee, replacing Harry K. Spindier who resigned to join the State Coordinating Committee for Higher Education. Boulhon, a former Eau Claire Leader and Telegram staff writer, has six years in journalism. The committee, created three years ago, studies mental health programs and makes recommendations to the governor and legislature.
Continued Search For Collegian Victor Le Blanc
Appleton police and Lawrence College students persist in seeking Victor Le Blanc a missing 19 year old from Elgin since Jan 21 He left campus without belongings including wallet cash clothing and toiletries A janitor at First Congregational Church reported a possible sighting near West Lawrence Street A student claim about a note in his room was deemed a hoax by police Officials say optimism remains that he may still be in Appleton and campus notices circulate
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Appleton
Victor le Blanc
Elgin
Lawrence College
Appleton Police
Lawrence
First Congregational Church
West Lawrence Street
Lawrence Cach
le Blanc
Brokaw Hall Annen
Coed
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Chester
Ill
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State of Illinois
Hb&a
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Carrier
Bet Group
Jeffer
Eugene Franchett
St. Louis
Mississippi U
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Tv-Mowies
Winnebagoland
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