Double Agent Tells Red Plot
Washington AP reports Frank J Mrkva an American who spied for Czechs for over four years earned 3440 dollars while attempting to bug State Department offices including the director of Eastern European affairs and later Under Secretary George W Ball. Czech diplomat Jiri Opatmy was expelled. Zdenek Piskog allowed to stay given his current assignment.
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Frank John Mrkva
State Department
Washington
Mrkva
FBI
SAE Wirkbuaty
Frank J Mrkva
Meerk’ Va
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Higer
George W Ball
Jiri Opatmy
Yiri Opot'rim
Zdenek Piskog
United States
Four postal workers ousted for cut uniforms in heat
Four postmen in Columbia Missouri were declared out of uniform on Wednesday after cutting their uniforms to Bermuda shorts to endure the 100 degree heat and were halted from starting their rounds.
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Columbia MO
UPI
Bermuda
Airline Talks Recessed Till Afternoon Standstill in Seven-Day Airline Strike
Washington AP union and airline negotiators met briefly then recessed until this afternoon to resume talks on ending the seven day strike against five major airlines Northwest Trans World Eastern National and United. Secretary of Labor Reynolds said there was a useful exchange of views but warned parties are still far apart among the key issues.
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Washington
James J. Reynolds
Earler Reynolds
Aflcio International Association of Machinists
Northwest
Trans World
Eastern
National
United
Reynolds
Two Green Bay Persons Drown
Two Green Bay men died by drowning on Wednesday. John Swenson seven was pulled from a three foot pool at a public swim area despite revival efforts. Thomas Walchin ski twenty eight, a Brown County Hospital patient, was recovered from the East River hours after he was last seen near a bridge.
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Green
Suspect With Bloody Shirt Is in Custody
Eight student nurses were killed in a Chicago dormitory in what officials called the crime of the century. A survivor, Miss Carazo Amurao, 23, said she hid under a bed as the assailant struck, while a man with a bloodstained shirt was apprehended downtown after attempting to buy a New Orleans plane ticket. The victims ranged from 21 to 23, and the case shocked a middle class Southeast Side neighborhood.
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Chicago
New Orleans
FBI
100Th St
South Chicago Hospital
Carazo Amurao
Philippines
Sentencing Of Alfonsi Is Set Back
Madison reports the sentencing of Assembly Minority Leader Paul Alfonsi has been postponed for two weeks as two top Wisconsin attorneys join his defense to prepare an appeal of his bribery conviction. Ray McCann of Milwaukee, president of the State Bar of Wisconsin, and Donald O Mella of Rhinelander, McCann’s predecessor, joined the team. Sentencing was delayed to July 27 to allow time for a transcript of the three day trial. Continued on Page 14, Col. 2.
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Madison
Assembly
Paul Alfonsi
Ray McCann
Milwaukee
State Bar of Wisconsin
Donald O Mella
Rhinelander McCanns
Organization of Lawyers
Alfonsis
Alfons
Ins
Chicago Violence Flares Second Successive Night
Mobs of Negro youths hurled fire bombs and bricks through Chicago West Side neighborhoods for a second night. Police reported about 20 arrests for assault or resisting arrest, with dozens more detained then released. Dozens of officers were struck by projectiles. two residents were hit by stray bullets and hospitalized. Fires, looting, and smashed storefronts marked the unrest as the hydrant blasts fueled street clashes near the Loop.
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Chicago
West Side
Roosevelt Road
Loop
Jets down two MIG21s over North Viet Nam in three minutes
U S jet fighters blasted two MIG21s from the Red River Valley near Hanoi within three minutes, using heat seeking missiles as F4 Phantoms and B52s pounded targets south of the 17th Parallel. Captains Swendre and Buttell shared credit for the first kill while Martins Knepa and others scored the second.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet
William J Swendre
Alamogordo NM
Duane A Buttell
Chillicothe
Buttell
Ronald G Martin
Lake Villa TN
Richard N Knepa
Chesterton
Ca Tra
Hanoi
City Council Reviews Liquor License and Parking Plan
City Council heard pro and con arguments on granting a Class B liquor and beer license to Red Lantern Corporation and discussed creation of a parking and traffic advisory commission. A resolution vacating Dawes Street and Warren Road was adopted, while an ordinance on Oregon Street and West 20th Avenue was laid over. A rezoning request from R1B to R-5 for a south Ken— sington Avenue property failed to receive a second motion.
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Red Lantern Corporation
Commission
Dawes Street
Warren Road
Oregon Street
West 20Th Avenue
RIB
R-5
Kensington Avenue
Mason Street
Armory Avenue
Governor Warren Knowles Plans Return From Hospital
Governor Warren Knowles, 57, prepared to leave Madison hospital after fatigue from overwork. Friends and Dr Fred Ansfield cited exhaustion but said he had recovered and would be back at the statehouse by late afternoon.
U S Drops Suit Against Brewing Firm
Washington AP Republicans plan a congressional inquiry into the dismissal of an antitrust suit against Anheuser Busch after the company gave $10,000 to a Democratic fund raising group. Rep Charlies E Goodell would lead the call in a House speech. Ford had first raised the issue. no names were given.
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Washington
Anheuser Busch Co
Charlies E Goodell Rny
House
Gerald R Ford
Johnson Administration
Ford
Busch Family
Banker Quits Regents Post
Willam D McIntyre 68, Eau Claire banking executive, resigns from the Board of Regents of State Colleges after 10 years as president. He told a regents meeting in the state Capitol he wants more time for personal activities. McIntyre served 21 years as regent, during which enrollment at nine state universities rose from 3,700 to about 47,000 by September. He proposed campus name changes to universities in 1964.
Relief Relents as Wisconsin Sees Showers, Cooler Temperatures
After a week of sweltering heat Wisconsin received relief as showers moved through the state on Wednesday. Measurable rain fell in southern areas including Lone Rock with 3.98 inches in 24 hours, Burlington 1.75, Madison 1.32, and La Crosse 1.02 inches. Temperatures dropped from the prior day with Beloit Rockford reporting the high statewide at 87. other towns posted highs from 81 to 84. The morning lows ranged from 39 at Reno to 67 at Beloit Rockford, with Superior-Duluth recording 51.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Lone Rock
Burlington
Madison
la Crosse
Beloit Rockford
Milwaukee Madison Green Bay
Eau Claire
Supenor- Duluth
Superior-Duluth
Park Falls
Beloit-Rockford
Buckeye
Aziz
Reno
Nations
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Alfonsi
Hos
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Navy
William M McGuigan
Spearfish SD
Robert M Fowler
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Constellation
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