Red Cross Launch Drive Opens In Oshkosh
The 1960 Red Cross campaign in Oshkosh opened with a goal of 29775 supported by chairman G Parker Flagg co chair John D Dyer and Kenneth Meyers. Over 600 volunteers mobilized to promote memberships first aid training and disaster readiness while highlighting savings from the blood program and safety education for beaches and schools.
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Red Cross
Oshkosh
G. Parker Flagg
John D. Dyer
Kenneth Meyers
Bate Ates
elUnat Tung
Flagg
Meyers
Tam
Eisenhower vows aid to Chile and hemispheric defense
President Eisenhower told the Chilean Congress the United States will fulfill treaty obligations with strength if any American nation is attacked and will cooperate on steps to reduce armaments. He cautioned that achieving multilateral limits will not be easy and that each nation must decide its own security level.
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Santiago
Chile
Eisenhower
United States
Jorge Alessandri
Senate votes to press rights session during marathon talks
In Washington the Senate voted 55 to 6 to stay in continuous session to pressure southern lawmakers over civil rights. Lyndon B. Johnson and Everett Dirksen led a show of confidence as debate neared 19 hours, with Johnson aiming to guarantee voting rights for all citizens. Richard Russell warned parts of the plan were mild to the South yet opposed strict enforcement.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
Johnson
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Russell
William P. Rogers
South
Mary Al esbury jailed over booth smashing grudge
Mary Al esbury, 53, admitted smashing the glass in a telephone booth and was jailed for two months after a police sergeant said she has a grudge against telephone booths.
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London
UPI
Mary Alesbury
Three Apprehended In Failed Holdup of Bank
Three men and a woman companion were arrested after a bank holdup attempt at Nichols State Bank. Leonard R. Lepley and Earl W. Wing, both Milwaukee residents, plus Mrs Ann Schley faced federal charges with bond set. Lepley previously served a life term for murder. The trio fled in a damaged Cadillac after a lone gunman was deterred by cashier Darrel Hahn.
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Appleton 'API
Nichols State
Outagamie County
Darrel Hahn
U.S
Stanley R. Gabert
U.S. District Court
Milwaukee
Legler
Wing
Chley
Pulaski
New London
Lepley
Ashland
Rate
Waupun
Nichols
Stanley Gabert
Appleton
Bery
Earl W. Wing
Rural Nichols
Ann Schley
Leonard R. Lepley
Robert Heinritz
Jack Zuelzke
Don Heinritz
Taxi firm hoists 26 cabs to roof to deter strike
Safety measures at Yama Take Taxi Co in Tokyo involved lifting 26 taxis onto the roof of its three story headquarters using a crane. The action aimed to shield fleet as drivers threaten walkout.
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Tokyo
UPI
Yamatake Taxi Co
Southampton
Eng
APD
Cunard Co
Donald Murdo MacLean
Cunard
George Morris
MacLean
Mauretania
Oshkosh Youth Given 80 Years in Prison
David Cardinal of Green Bay was shot in the jaw and later testified as Spanbauer, an Oshkosh youth, was sentenced to 80 years after pleading guilty to multiple counts including assault and robbery. The case involves charges across several Wisconsin counties and a Beverly Hills jewelry theft tied to a Phoenix importer.
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Cardinal
Green Bay
David Cardinal
Spanbauer
Leon
Ceat
Wisconsin
Beverly Hills
Calif
Ee 7
Sen- 2
Et Eoston
Jacklitter
Lee
John F. Fee
Andicf
Appleton
Clyde Marvin Langley
Phoenix
Sanford E. Orling
Alan Marshall
Municipal
Donald W. Gleason
W. W. Burke
Los Angeles
FBI
David H. Sipnis
Burke
Lorraine Breeding
Alton Cardinal
Spanbaver
Beverly Drive
Marshall's
House Approves School Aid Boost Amid Omnibus Bill
The House approved an omnibus supplemental appropriations bill allocating $8,350,000 for school districts serving pupils near federal installations. The move overrides the Appropriations Committee which had opposed extra funds for these schools. The bill covers four remaining months of the current fiscal year ending June 3.
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Washington
House
Lavollen
Humphrey Enters Wisconsin Presidential Primary
Senator Hubert Humphrey filed his Wisconsin primary papers in Madison. He was joined by Lt. Gov. Phillip Nash and other state leaders as he pledged delegates to back a platform stressing family farmers national security labor relations growth welfare civil rights and peace.
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Madison
UPI
Hubert Humphrey
D - Minn
Wisconsin
Secretary
of State
Humphrey
Phillip Nash
Carl Thomson
George Haberman
Wisconsin Afl- Cio
Donald W. Uelman
Pure Milk Products Cooperative
Keith Hardie
State Assembly
Minnesota Democrat
Agadir Port City Wrecked by 2 Magnitude Earthquakes
In Casablanca region reports, Agadir suffered massive fires and a tidal wave after two quakes. Officials fear 1000 plus deaths, with 700 confirmed killed per French authorities. U S and French forces mobilize relief as harbor cranes collapse and communications fail.
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Agadir
Atlantic
U.S
Casablanca
Morocco
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Avelino Correa
Youssef Ben Abbes
Rabat
Khrushchev Arrives in Calcutta for Border Dispute Talks
Soviet Premiere Khrushchev meets with Nehru and U Nu in Calcutta amid signals he may discuss the India China border dispute. He earlier pressed Western aid critique in Manila.
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Calcutta
Nikita Khrushchev
Nehru
U Nu
Burma
Peiping
India-China
Khrushchev
Jakarta
New Delhi
India
China
Indonesia
Chou En-lai
Rangoon
Bandung
Modified Thor Test Successful in Final Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla a modified Thor completed a 1700 mile flight in the third and final test of a new space engine An official said the missile land engine performed as planned The test follows two prior successful runs and aims to provide a reliable booster for small space packages The Thor leaped from its pad and streaked southeast toward a target area off Antigua 170 miles away
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Cape Canaveral
Fla. Wi
Thor
United States
West Indies
An*tigua
Mardi Gras Parade Dares Winds as Rex and Zulu Lead
New Orleans hosts Mardi Gras with half a million revelers in costumes and masks. Rex the King of Mardi Gras parades through the French Quarter while King Zulu arrives aboard a barge, as crowds roam Canal Street and the Mississippi, seeking the next party stop and toast.
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Morocco
U. S
United
Afghanistan
Nehru
New Delhi
Orleans
Sam
George Washington
New Orleans
Aown
Canal Street
Dracula
Tasis
Rex
Zulu
Nezro Krewe
Mississippi
MW O
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