Missionaries Released from Captivity in Congo Crisis
Thirty missionaries held by Congolese soldiers in Kasongo, Kivu Province, were freed and reached the U.N. base at Kindu under U.N. protection en route to Leopoldville. U.N. says 23 may be Americans, nationality unclear. rescue aided by Kivu Justice Minister and Malayan troops. A girl rescued after rape is among those ready to return to Kama, Kivu Province.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Kasongo
Kivu
U.N
Kindu
United Nations
Antoine Gizenga
Stanleyville
Kama
Ince
USN
Coghilhatville
Equator Province
Joseph Mobutu
Warrant Planned in Guns Death Ambush
Rusk County authorities prepared a first degree murder warrant for Louis Wisniewski 49 charged in a shotgun ambush that killed Peter Guns 50 a prominent Ingram area farmer Wisniewski admitted shooting Guns motive under investigation Sheriff said a third person may be involved Guns body found in milkhouse doorway with chest and neck wounds and an empty 12 gauge shell nearby
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Ladysmith
Rusk
Louis Wisniewski
Dist
Atty
Dan Merriam
Wisniewski
Peter Guns
Ingram
Orville Wood
U S Increases Military Aid to Laotian Royal Army
A reliable source reports the United States has boosted aid to the pro-Western Laotian army to counter the Pathet Lao threat. The expansion includes more rifles ammunition shoes uniforms rice and petroleum products with no new weapon types. U S military advising staff to civilian clothing training has doubled from 100 to about 200.
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Vientiane
Laos
United States
U.S
Minimum Pay Plan Fails To Clear Assembly Vote
A minimum wage of 1.50 an hour failed to win Assembly approval as a committee recommended indefinite postponement by a 3-4 vote. The plan would have exempted students and part timers, drawing sharp opposition from opponents who warned it would trigger broader wage hikes.
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Madison
Assembly
Allen J. Flannigan
Milwaukee
Nile W. Soik
Soik
Hall George W. Hall
Wisconsin
AFL Cio
E. A. Confortt
Wisconsin Restaurant Association
Nelson Tax Plan Labeled Tinkering by GOP Panel
Three Assembly Republicans denounce Governor Nelson's tax program as tinkering with revenue revisions. They vow a comprehensive reform this session to ease property owners' burden while Nelson advocates a one percent state income tax hike and a local redistribution plan tied to a withholding system allowing tax forgiveness in 1961 for earners under ten thousand dollars.
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Madison
Gaylord Nelson
Assembly Republican Committee
GOP
Wisconsin
Nelson
Bee Disrupts Princess Margaret at Clydebank Launch
UPI reports Princess Margaret calm after a bee buzzed her during departure from the platform following the launching ceremony at John Brown's Shipyard in Clydebank. The incident occurred as the royal party left the venue.
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London
UPI
London Express
Princess Margaret
John Brown
Clydebank
Funnel Clouds Sighted As Storm Batters Texas
Severe storms swept Texas and surrounding areas as a cold front moved in. Funnel clouds were sighted near Abilene and Westminster while a tornado was reported north of Dallas. A Wichita Falls brick home suffered $1500 damage from lightning and a Mart warehouse lost a large stain.
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United Press International
Jon Lufkin
Tex
Alexandria
Texas
Everett L. Webster
Clarksville
Ark
Thurs
Lakes
New Eng
Mount Zion
Tures
Mississippi
Westminster
Dallas
Abilene
Mundt accuses missile bases of gouging costs at Canaveral
Sen. Karl Mundt charged that workers at Cape Canaveral and other missile bases engaged in wildcat strikes slowdowns and excessive wages to inflate costs. He urged early public hearings as investigations show high pay and overtime in California and Florida, threatening to slow the missile program.
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Washington
Karl B. Mundt
R-S.d
Cape Canaveral
Mundt
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Florida
California
Soviet Union
Wisconsin Highways Mostly Clear Except Waukesha County
The State Traffic Patrol reported dry, clear highways across Wisconsin with light snow beginning to fall in Waukesha County just before a.m.
Building Falls Claim Two Dead In Chicago Wreckage
Rescuers freed 31 year old William McCoy from twisted beams after a four story wrecking collapse. two others remain entombed as a search continues. McCoy, taken to University of Illinois hospital, suffered possible leg and back fractures and internal injuries amid the perilous rescue.
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Chicago
Hope
William McCoy
McCoy
University of Illinois Research Hospital
Neenah Menasha brief page highlights and contents
A compact index lists sections and page numbers including Obituaries Editorials Weather Map Sports Farm Markets and Comics TV with notices for Neenah Menasha and Winnebago areas guiding readers to local features and schedules.
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Industria
Society
Neenah- Menacha
Winnebagoland
Comics-Tv
Homer Kelly Fined After Punching Sister In Law
Day early in Lafayette Indiana Homer Kelly punched his sister in law in the nose. City Judge Ed Keating fined Kelly nineteen dollars and costs noting a softer sentence would have been expected if the incident had occurred on St. Patrick's Day.
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Lafayette
Ind
UPL
Homer Kelly
Ed Keating
Kelly
St. Patrick's Day
Kennedy plan speeds jobless aid through Senate
President Kennedy's emergency unemployment benefits measure clears the Senate by a narrow margin 84-4 with the state by state financing provision stripped. The bill now moves to a conference with the House and could reach the White House midweek.
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Senate
Washington
Kennedy
House
White House
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Francis Case
RSD
Arthur J. Goldberg
Byrd
Hns Department
Millon
Crash Kills Five Young Servicemen Near Duluth
Five youthful servicemen stationed at Duluth Air Force Base were killed when their 1957 model car crashed into a concrete bridge railing on a county road near Adolph, about 15 miles northwest of Duluth. Four died at the scene and the fifth died en route to a Duluth hospital. Names were withheld pending relatives’ notification. Debris, including the engine, was scattered up to 300 feet.
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Duluth, Minn
Duluth Air Force Base
Adolph
Here
Duluth
Giants of Erin Parade Mark St Patrick Day Triumph
New York hosts the St Patrick’s Day parade with 120000 marchers in 60 battalions along Fifth Avenue. 36 bands and multiple pipe and drum groups join the procession led by Grand Marshal Pat Clancy as dignitaries watch from St Patrick’s Cathedral and a reviewing stand.
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New York
Ireland
White House
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Fifth Avenue
Washington Square
110Th Street
John
Pat) Clancy
Queens
Francis Cardinal Spellman
St. Patrick's Cathedral
4Th Street
Wily Brandt
West Berlin
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Robert F. Wagner
Laurante J. McGinley
Fordham University
Thomas J. Kiernan
United States
Frederick H. Boland
United Nations
Assembly
Frank Aiken
Sons of Erin
Order of Hibernians
America
Trish
Funds Sought for Lake Winnebago Water Level Survey
Congressman William K. Van Pelt asked Washington for 200000 to fund a comprehensive Lake Winnebago water level survey. He urged Rep. Clarence Cannon to allocate via the Army Corps of Engineers, citing 1946 flood control authority and a prior 21000 preliminary survey, with testimony planned during the Army Engineers appropriation debate. local officials in Oshkosh recently pressed for the study as essential to maintaining uniform water levels for diverse needs.
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William K. van Pelt
Washington
Lake Winnebago
Oshkosh March
Fox River Valley
van Pelt
Clarence Cannon
Army Corps of Engineers
Fox River
Congress
Army Engineers
Oshkosh
Two Deaths Raise State Toll to 160
Wisconsin reports 160 highway deaths this year up from 127 last year. Charles Shinick, 71, of Route 1 Hillsboro, found killed after being struck while hitchhiking. police traced the incident to a Hillsboro intersection. Richard Hernley, 40, of Preble, died when his car collided with a North Western Railway freight train at a Green Bay crossing.
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Associated Press
Hillsboro
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Vernon County
Charles Shinick
Daria
Shinick
Hery Dowmns
Ontario
Richard Hernley
Preble
North Western Railway
Hernley
City Senate
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Assembly Labor Committee
Canaveral
Robert Walker
Alfred Mack
St Anne
Ill
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Allen Priebe
Clifford Cowen
Roger Bliss
New Amer
Northwestern
Ican Bank
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