Oshkosh Prepares for Fourth of July Celebrations
Oshkosh plans a 9 30 p m fireworks show at Menominee Park with a 1 p m bell salute by the Oshkosh Patriotic Council. If weather delays, the event shifts to Sunday at 9 30 p m. A 2 to 4 p m Veterans of Foreign Wars Band concert in the park features Romberg Strauss and marches. Fireworks from the water treatment dike cap the day with a $1000 half hour display amid park parking and gates.
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Oshkosh
Menominee Park
Erbin Harenburg
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ralph Rothe
VFW
Romberg
Prince
Naval Reserve Building
No July 4 Daily North Western issue notice
No paper over Independence Day holiday. There will be no July 4 edition to allow employees to observe the national holiday. News will appear in the Friday issue.
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Northwestern
Planes Cars Will Eye Traffic During Holiday Police New Tactics
MADISON UP I nineteen unmarked patrol cars and two airplanes will be pressed into service by the State Highway Patrol for cracking down on traffic violators during the Fourth of July holiday period. State Motor Vehicle Commissioner James Karns said the 250 man force would be out in full tonight, joining hundreds of county officers and thousands of local police on duty. Unmarked cars will be operated by uniformed patrolmen and equipped with red flashing lights on their dashboards.
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Madison
UPI
State Highway Patrol
James Karns
Blast in Tent Fatal for 3 Tots
In Kettle Moraine State Forest at Long Lake a butane stove explosion started a fire in a tent killing three young children and injuring six others. Wives and children were left inside as husbands had gone fishing. Firefighters and authorities from Campbellsport Kewaskum Fond du Lac County aided response.
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Dundee
Wis
UPI
Kettle Moraine State Forest
Long Lake
St. Mary’s Hospital Bar Center
Milwaukee
Plymouth Hospital
Cleo Jones
St. Mary's
Ronnie
Larry Williams
Steven
Markham
Sherald
Sandy Williams
Larry
Janet Williams
Joanne Bandeiro
Hazelcrest
Michael Bandeiro
Diane Yates
Pekin
Ill
Conservation Department
Madison
Camp Bellsport
Kewaskum
Fond du Lac
Father of Six Crowned In West Wisconsin Tragedy
Whitehall Wisconsin report states Arnold Simonson a 50 year old father of six drowned Tuesday in the Trempealeau River near Whitehall. He was reported missing at 9 30 am and his body was recovered about 45 minutes later in a western Wisconsin community.
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Whitehall
Wis
Arnold Simonson
Trempealeau River
Wisconsin
Simonson
Weather shifts blamed in Mohawk airliner crash near Rochester
A Martin 404 carrying 49 passengers and crew crashed seconds after takeoff in a violent hail storm near Rochester. Seven died and 36 were hurt as investigators emphasize the weather’s role. Survivors described wind, turbulence, and the plane shuddering then folding in two before catching fire.
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Rochester
N.Y
Civil Aeronautics Board
Newark
White Plains
Rochester-Monroe County
Federal
Richard M. Dennis
Fairview
John W. Neff
Wilmington
Del
Roy E. Drew
Pelham
Sylvania Electric Products Inc
Jerrold Kurtz
Harrison
Thomas Callinga
York
Mohawk
Foatute
Monroe County
N. Y
FBI Seizes Two Couples Charged With Espionage Aimed to Give Russians Data
The FBI arrested two couples in Washington and Long Island on charges they conspired with Soviet military intelligence to relay data on U S missile bases and Navy facilities. The complaint alleges they planned to transmit military information to Moscow. Authorities held the four without bail after hearings. Names given include Ivan Egorov and Aleksandra Egorova, with others using aliases.
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FBI
Washington
U.S
Moscow
U.N. Secretariat
Wuesday
Long Island
New York
Flushing
Ivan Dmitrevich Egorov
Aleksandra Egorova
Egorov
UN Secretariat
John
Jane Doe
Robert Keistatts Baltch
Joy Ann Garber
Joy Ann Baltch
IFBI
Frominnocent
Connecticut
Balth
U.N
Aleksey Galkin
Peter Egorovich Maslennikov
Russia
United States
Ivan Dmitrievich Egorov
Modernized Commercial Code Signed In Wisconsin
Gov John W Reynolds signed a bill modernizing Wisconsin s uniform commercial code after four years of study by the Legislative Council Also signed a constitutional borrowing measure raising debt limits for municipalities and schools and creating a joint survey committee on tax exemptions The changes set debt at five percent of equalized value with added borrowing for cities and schools and specify limits for integrated and other districts The tax exemption committee will review all exemption proposals in state and local taxes
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Madison
Wisconsin
John W. Reynolds
Legislative Council
Tickled Pink: Wool Board unveils new cool color
The Australian Wool Board announced a new color named tickled pink. The release noted the shade as a cool addition to wool products and branding, signaling a marketing push from the industry group.
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London
UPI
Australian Wool Board
Assembly Set For Tax Fight
Madison AP assembly and senate work over a budget tax compromise continues during the July 4 holiday with formal sessions resuming Monday. Amendments pressed include soda tax to raise 8.9 million biennially and a shifting mix of income tax changes to keep about 880 million in revenue.
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Madison
Assembly
Senate
Frank Schaeffer
Milwaukee
Harold Froehlich
R-Appleton
Wilmer Struebing
R-Brillion
Froehlich
Twenty Die Feared In New Zealand Air Crash
AP reports 20 passengers and 3 crew feared killed when New Zealand National Airways DC3 twin engine airliner crashed in mountainous terrain near Tauranga on New Zealand's North Island. Ground parties found wreckage. no life signs.
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Wellington
New Zealand
New Zealand National Airways
Tauranga
North Island
Auckland
Storm toll in Japan reaches 34 dead and dozens missing
TOKYO reports a four day rainstorm in southern Japan left 34 dead, six missing, and 42 injured. Police say nearly 43,000 homes flooded and 21 were destroyed as the disaster unfolds.
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Tokyo
APA
Japan
La Crosse Man Killed In Arizona Crash
Two died and seven injured in a two car crash on U S 61 near Kingman Arizona. Victims include Carl Weil 50 La Crosse Wis and Mavis Jorey 36 San Jose Calif. Bernard Scheck 43 La Crosse survived with minor injuries. Weil’s wife Dorothy 48 seriously injured. Jorey’s husband Warren 38 and three children Calfin 13 Louise 15 and Gordon 14 were in the other car with Warren driving. Investigators say Scheck attempted a pass and crossed into the Jarey car. The cars collided head on.
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Kingman, Ariz
APD
Here
U.S
Arizona Highway Patrol
Carl Weiland
la Crosse
Wis
Mavis Jorey
San Jose
Calif
Weiland
Bernard Scheck
Dorothy
Scheck
Clara
Jorey
Warren
Calfin
Louise
Gordon
Laume
Wisconsin Traffic Toll Hits New High
Wisconsin state officials revised the 1962 traffic death toll to 956, an all time single year high, as Fourth of July travel begins. Police planned increased surveillance and air spotting on highways, with 51 patrolmen on duty and National Guard movements to Camp McCoy and Camp Ripley.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Elray
Fred W. Weazles
Juneau
National Guard
Minass
Iowa
Minnesota
Camp McCoy
Camp Rapley
Record Air Traffic At Winnebago County Airport In June
North Central Airlines saw a June record with 3,772 departures and arrivals combined at Winnebago County Airport. Departures reached 2,000 and arrivals 2,872, topping last October’s high. Air freight totaled 41,195 pounds, near the monthly peak, while arriving freight reached 21,191 pounds. Mail out totaled 20,20 pounds and mail in 9,524 pounds. Express shipments rose to 19,271 pounds inbound, with outbound at 10,878 pounds a drop from last June.
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Ashkosh
North Central Airlines
Winnebago County
North Central
Air Express
Kennedy to study Khrushchev proposals for peace plan
President Kennedy faces a decision on whether Khrushchev s East Berlin proposal signals genuine opening or propaganda. Soviet calls for a ban on atmospheric tests and a non aggression pact are analyzed by Washington officials as Kennedy sends Harrian to Moscow for July talks. Unanswered questions linger as State Dept. officials weigh the risks and benefits ahead of renewed test ban negotiations.
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Washington
Kennedy
Europe
Spevick
Khrushchev
East Berlin
NATO
Warsaw
State Department
Robert J. MacClosky
Wolverell Harriman
Moscow
Berlin
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