State Hearing On Airport Aid For Winnebago County
A public hearing on state and federal aid for Winnebago County Airport improvements is set for Thursday afternoon at the county Courthouse. The Wisconsin State Aeronautics Commission, directed by T. K. Jordan, is overseeing a 325000 expansion plan to extend the east-west runway westward by 2400 feet and convert it into the major strip. The project aims to meet Civil Aeronautics Administration design standards for a Class IV airport and requires land purchases along Knapp Street and 20th Street.
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Winnebago County
Wisconsin State Aeronautics Commission
T. K. Jordan
Knapp Street
20Th Street
Civil Aeronautics Adminstration
Seizure of $700000 in Heroin on French Vessel
Miami customs agents halted a major narcotics ring by seizing $700000 worth of heroin from a French freighter Marseille. Thirty five agents including dock workers arrested four men carrying nine and a half pounds of heroin strapped to their bodies during a six month surveillance between European ports and the southeastern United States. A full ship search followed the raid with ongoing dockside operations.
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Miami
United States
Marseille
Europe
Ten Navy crewmen die in Neptune bomber crash near Barber Point
A Navy Neptune patrol bomber crashed Tuesday near Barber's Point during a returned four hour flight. Ten crew members were killed or presumed dead as the hull lay in 30 feet of water about a mile offshore. Divers recovered four bodies Tuesday night and names were withheld pending relatives’ notices.
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Honolulu
Navy Neptune
Barber's Point
Navy
Contempt Guilty Verdicts Highlight Split Courts
An all white federal jury found John Kasper and six of ten Clinton residents guilty of contempt for defying the school integration injunction. In Wisconsin news, Merrill Peterson, 1, drowned at Koosel Lake after falling from a raft while with the Four-H club Sebels during a Springwater Resort picnic. The boy’s body was recovered by local volunteers and deputies. Funeral arrangements were set for Mt Morris Lutheran Church with services Friday at 2 pm.
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Wild Rose
Mt. Morris
Koosel Lake
Sebels
Springwater Resort
Merrill Harley Peterson
Walter
Richard Anderson
Milo Thomson
Mr. Morris
Peterson
Waushara
Edward Jester
Clinton
Leon
Murty
South
Wild Rock
Knoaville
Tenn
John Kasper
Merrill Peterson
Berlin
Mt. Morris School
Morris Holden
at-Lutheran Church
Torney General
Someland
Oscar W. Peterson
Rt 2
Weston
Garlon
Kent
Karen
Bonnie
Mt. Morris Lutheran Church
Gilbert Borreson
Mt Mortras Cemetery
Blader Funeral Home
Wauioma
Clyde Cook
Caroline
Cook
Knoxville
Clyde Jr
Defendants Stunned By Verdict of Jury in Clinton Integration Case
In Knoxville a southern white jury convicts John Kasper and six Clinton residents of criminal contempt for interfering with school desegregation. Kasper plans to appeal and seek new groundwork in Nashville. Sentences could include six months in jail and fines up to $1,000.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee
Nashville
John Kasper
Clinton
la Oweers
U.S
Kasper
Clement
Frank Clement
Wip Human
Kill Bill To Authorize Dam In Hells Canyon
Washington House Interior Committee votes 16 to 14 to kill a bill authorizing federal construction of a high dam on the Snake River at Hells Canyon. The action leaves a Senate-passed bill in a subcommittee, with opponents calling the move a technicality and likely dead.
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Kill Bill
Hells Canyon
Washington
House Interior Committee
Hugh Hells Canyon
Snake River
Reps
Shufford
Haley
Fla
House
Rep
Prost ¢Didaho
Senate
Miller
R-Neb
Pfost
Idaho
Muller
Cairo
Snake
Brit River
Nizwa
Capital
Porder
Idaho Power Co
Commission
MT. Fahoud
Two South
Imam
Coalifor
Oman
lArabia
Wedler identified by seaman as near murder scene
A merchant seaman, Ernest J Kolofolias, 32, testified he identified Donald J Wedler, 23, as the suspicious motorist near the July 1954 murder of Marilyn Sheppard in Cleveland. Wedler planned to travel to De Land to discuss the case with Wedler, with investigators pursuing new leads as Unofficial investigators, including Erle Stanley Gardner, expressed continued interest.
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DE Land
Fla
Samuel R. Gerber
Koga County
Ohio
Marilyn Sheppard
Sheppard
Cleveland
Ler
Donald J. Wedler
Florida
Mrs. Sheppard
Ernest J. Kolofolias
Waterloo
Iowa
Wedler
Kelofolias
Thunsby
Roy Thes
Imind
Herbert
Ger
Ber
Paul M. Herbert
United Press
Lonin
Shep Bar Assn
Reese Sagene
Tyeeee
Roseaene
Samuel Sheppard
William J. Corrigar
DeLand
Kolofolias
Erle Stanley Gardner
Bee
New York
Seaman
Kolofelias
Volusia County
Aodres Thursby
Donald Wedler
Deb Siter
Samuel B. Gerber
Dave Yettra
James McArthur
McArthur
See Another Jol for the On Civil Rights Bill
The article reports Dixie fees of the administration civil rights bill in the Clinton Tennessee case as support for a jury trial amendment. The Senate prepared to vote on striking out the attorney general's powers to seek injunctions in rights cases. Johnson predicts the amendment will pass by about 55 to 40 with support from Democrats.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Alexander Wile
Senate
Peterson Boy
Sen
Cooper
Peterson
Wiley
Kefauver
Tenn
Dirksen
Bush
Garion
Karen
Conn
Mansfield
D-Mont
Mor
R-Ky
Revercomb
D- W Va
LLP
Dixie Fees
Eisenhower
Lyndon B Johnson
Israel protests Egypt arrest of sailor at UN request
Israel protested to the United Nations over Egypt arresting an Israeli seaman Raffi Exton and delaying passage of the Israeli chartered freighter Birgitte Tell through the Suez Canal. Egyptian military intelligence questioned Exton to determine if he is Israeli. The Birgitte Tell completed transit and headed toward Haifa with a rice cargo.
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United Nations
Israel
Egypt
Suez Canal
Arher Liveran
Waffaires
Dag Hammarskjeld
Raffi Exton
Cairo
Exyphan
Exton
Port Said
Ne Birgue Toft
Canal
Mediterranean
Haifa
Rangoon
Germany Urges Faster Exports to Soviet Union
Berlin reports the Communist party calls factory managers to accelerate large exports to Russia in preparation for the visit of Soviet party chief Nikita Khrushchev and Premier Bui Ganin.
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Berlin
Germany
Commuunist
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
Buiganin
Police Seek Triple Killer in New Mexico Town
A man described as a madman opened fire in a Carlsbad area post office killing three people including two Hobbs women and a truck driver. Authorities cordon a 100 mile square area while a hostage attempt and car pursuit unfold, with several former husbands questioned.
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Madman
Teinnie
N.M
Guest
Virginia
Carlsbad
J.D
Court Orders Integration of Dallas Schools
The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered desegregation of Dallas public schools with all deliberate speed while allowing a detailed study of 12 questions before full integration. The ruling overruled a Texas district court finding and opened the way for Miami and North Carolina city schools to test desegregation under state pupil placement laws.
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United Press
U.S
Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Dallas
Tex
Miami
Carolina
U. S. District Court of Texas
Tolor
U. S District Court of Florida
Dade Couunty
the Show
Charlotte
Winston - Salem
Greensboro
Fresno Driver Reports Collision With Temporary Road Barricade
Fresno California. Valeria Potter of Puente says her car struck a temporary road barricade and she enclosed a bill for 354 dollars asking for a check by return mail. Officials decline comment.
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Fresno
Calif
Calvorsia Highway Patrol
Valeria Potter
Puente
British Jets Fly Against Rebel Troops in Oman
RAF Venom jets from bases in Aden and the Persian Gulf attacked rebels in Muscat and Oman to enforce an ultimatum. Rebels said they had encircled and captured British led troops and oil workers, prompting the air offensive against the uprising.
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London
Britain
Muscat
Oman
Aden
Persian Gulf
Airliner pilots report near miss with mysterious object
In Phoenix and Amarillo reports, airline crews describe sudden drops and near-misses as pilots avoided an unidentified object. Captain Schemer and Captain Bachner cited dark skies and standard lights as the object passed close overhead, injuring a passenger aboard one flight and delaying service.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Kenosha
Wis
Tao
TransWorld Aoutines
Amarillo
Vnc
American Airines
el Paso
Tex
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SAC
Italy
Iralian Alps
Turin
New
Romania
Vienna
Scanteta
K. C. Darby
Waushara County
Wit Morris Pioneer Four-H Club
iKoosel Lake
Little Silver Lake
East Tennessee
U. S
Robert L Taylors
Climton
RAF
Irving
Soviet
N. Mexico
Barbara Lemmons
Dorothy Gibson
Hobbs
Cantrell
Jewell CeeAdoo
Wom
Ed Bachner
Fort Worth
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