Lightning Kills Two On Fond du Lac Golf Course
A bolt of lightning struck a golfing foursome and two caddies on the 13th fairway at South Hills Country Club Fond du Lac killing Dwaine Van Epps and caddie William G Commo. Two others including a 13 year old caddie were hospitalized and in good condition.
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Fond DU Lac
Ae Ee Eines
South Hills Country Club
Dwaine van Epps
Brown Deer
Reeping Leather Co
William G. Commo
Arthur E. Gebhardt
Shorewood
Albert Gilbert
Mequon
Gebhardt
Gilbert
Indict Speck In Massacre Of 8 Nurses
CHICAGO AP Richard Speck 24 indicted in slayings of eight student nurses. Grand jury returned eight indictments charging the former odd jobs man with murder. Arraignment date set for Monday, with judge signaling possible change. Speck previously charged with slaying Gloria Jean Davy, 22, of Dyer Indiana. She believed to be first nurse killed in the July 14 massacre. Speck reportedly recovering from chest ailment and injuries.
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Chicago
Richard Speck
Circuit Court
Edward F. Healy
Healy
Speck
Gloria Jean Davy
Dyer
Ind
Highway Toll Reaches 531 in Wisconsin Crash
Wisconsin's 1966 highway death toll climbs to 531 after a Racine County woman dies in a driving rainstorm. Mrs. Gerald Schulz, 31, of Wind Lake, lost control on W. Loomis Road in Franklin and collided with another vehicle.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Racine County
Gerald Schulz
Wind Lake
W. Loomis Road
Franklin
Bill for New Aeronautics Body Vetoed
Wisconsin Governor Warren Knowles vetoed a bill to create a seven member aeronautics commission with three legislators. The measure would replace the current five member governor appointed panel and mix legislative members with appointees. Knowles warned the move would erode separation of powers across agencies.
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Warren Knowles
Senate
Wisconsin
Knowles
McKay
Aeronautics Commission
J. Curtis McKay
Mequon
Apprentice plumber floods upstairs on first job
Stephen Pinder, an apprentice plumber in Bong land, fixed a dripping faucet on his first job and then turned on the upstairs main water tap, breaking it and causing flooding upstairs.
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Sheffield
Bongland
UPL
Phumber Stephen Pinder
Strike Threat Against Sixth Airline Blocked
President Johnson blocked a strike threat against a sixth major airline as Congress weighs emergency actions. An emergency board will study the dispute between American Airlines and the AFL-CIO Transport Workers Union, delaying strike action for 60 days. The board’s findings may lead to a compromise while Senate hearings weigh legislation to halt the strike.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
American Airlines
Afl-Cio Transport Workers Union
Whte House
Bill D. Moyers
National Railway Labor Act
Aflcio International Association of Machinists
Machinists’ Union
Defense, Labor and Post Office Departments
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate Labor Committee
P. L. Siemiller
Afl-Cio
International Association of Machinists
Legislative Branch
William J. Curtin
George Meany
Sup
Segregationist Leads in Vote
Segregationist Jim Johnson led Arkansas gubernatorial primary returns and appeared headed for a runoff with Frank Holt, backed by Gov. Faubus. Johnson held a steady 14,000 vote margin as 300 unreported boxes, many from Pulaski County, counted. Runoff set for August 9.
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Little Rock, Ark
Jim Johnson
Arkansas
Grvat Faubus
Johnson
Pulaski County
Little Rock
Frank Holt
Faubus Administration
Halt
Senate OKs $20.9 Billion Economic Aid Bill Amid Viet Nam Rebuff
The Senate approved a 20.9 billion economic assistance package, 68 to 27, cutting 409 million from the administration’s request. The vote signals concern over foreign aid and serves as a rebuke to West Germany and other allies engaging with Red China or North Vietnam. The action shifts focus to the military side of foreign aid this year.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
West Germany
Senate approves 2.2 billion aid bill split into two parts
Wisconsin senators Proxmire and Nelson voted with the majority as the Senate passed a 2.2 billion economic and military aid authorization and sent it to the House for amendments. The military portion totals 892 million while the economic aid section remains to be considered separately. The vote was 66 to 27. The chamber also censured West Germany over Bonn financing a steel rolling mill in Red China, 56 to 33, in a rebuke tied to allied support in Southeast Asia.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Wiliam Proxmire
Gaylord Nelson
Senate
House
West Germany
U.S
Viet Nam
Bonn
Red China
Destruction of Asteroid Under Study
Sydney University physicist says the US Britain and Russia study a nuclear rocket to alter asteroid Tearus and Icarus course to prevent a collision. A slight orbital deviation could drive a colossal impact, with power equal to 1 000 hydrogen bombs, threatening Earth.
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Sydney
Australia
UPI
Sydney University
United States
Britain
Russia
Earth
Stuart Thomas Butler
Tearus
Buller
Icarus
Armed Robbery In Boston Minutelong Truck Heist
Gunmen in black with navy hoods ambushed an armored truck at the Jamaica Plain Veterans Administration Hospital. They wounded two guards, took 68,000 dollars in cash and checks, and fled in a blue panel truck then a white sedan. FBI and police pursue ballistic and vehicle clues.
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Jamaica Plain Veterans Administration Hospital
Greater Boston
Pilip
Boston
APS
Radford
Mass
Edmund L. McNamara
Donald Bettano
Bernard Fisher
Jamaica Plains Veterans Administration Hospital
McNamara
FBI
Bettano
Fisher
Navy Ensign Held Over Texas Shootout Near Wausau
Thomas D. Schweizer, a newly commissioned Navy ensign, pleaded innocent to a charge of feloniously causing grave bodily harm after a Monday night shooting near Texas, Wisconsin. Bond set at $10,000, with potential reduction if the Navy ensures his return for an Oct. 3 trial. Weisenback, wounded in the spine by a .65 mm rifle, remained in critical condition. Police said the shooting followed a confrontation with youths near a metal school hit by vandals. Schweizer and his brothers thought the car occupants were vandals and opened fire as the vehicle fled. Brothers William and Robert were not charged.
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Wausau, Wis
Wausau
Navy
Texas
Here
Thomas D. Schweizer
Schweizer
Alan Weisenback
Weisenback
William
Robert
Malabon Mayor Orders Police Shaving Campaign
Mayor Lucio Gutierrez moved through Malabon police ranks with a razor, personally shaving off mustaches and long side burns to enforce a clean image among officers. The gesture stressed fitness alertness and morality as key police standards.
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Manila
UPI
Lucio Gutierrez
Malabon
Gutierrez
Alfonsi Is Sentenced In Bribery Case In Wisconsin
Madison AP Assemblyman Paul Alfonsi receives a 1000 dollar fine or six months in jail after being found guilty of accepting a 100 dollar bribe. Judge Sachtsen stays execution pending appeal as Alfonsi and attorney Fritschler pursue further motions and delays.
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Madison
Paul R. Alfonsi
William Sachtsen
Minocqua Republican
State Supreme Court
Assembly
Alfonsi
Sachtsen
John Fritschler
Anthony Wise
Hayward
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Two More U. S. Planes Downed
In Saigon Vietnam War reports indicate two more U S planes were shot down and ground fighting stayed limited in the South amid sporadic mortar attacks. The battle line near the North Viet Nam border saw continued heavy air raids as U S forces tally losses and crews are rescued.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
Panhandle
Agency For International Development
Norman L. Clowers
Tacoma
Wash
Nha Trang
Clowers
Vinh
James {. Mitchell
Ogden
Utah
Mitchell
17Th Parallel Demilitarized Zone
Dong Hoi
Marvin Mayfield
Abilene
Tex
Robert Clark
Alexandria
U. S
Guam
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Meany
Secretary of
Labor
Willard Wirtz
Labor Department
Wirtz
Senate Committee
Arkansas Supreme Court
Frank Hollett
Winthrop Rockefeller
Taleppaion
Supreme Court
Tuesday Johnson
Great Society
Ment
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