Toll in Floods and Storms Hits Central States Hard
Severe thunderstorms and floods across eight states caused at least 29 deaths and near 100 injuries. The Red Cross organized aid for about 1,000 families in Arkansas Missouri Oklahoma and Illinois. Martial law was declared in Harrison Arkansas as floods and tornadoes damaged towns and 30 homes in a 20 mile zone.
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Associated Press
American Red Cross
St. Louis
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Ilinois
Kansas
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Harrison
Midway
Whiteville
Clarkridge
Pindall
Summitt
Yellville
Orval E. Faubus
Harrison Damare
Dene O. Hester
Sugar Creek
Springdale
South Fork
Kan
Sas City
Stamford
Westcentral
Texas
Madisonville
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Icelanders protest U.S. base at Kefflavik march
Several hundred demonstrators gathered to protest the largest U.S. base in Iceland at Keflavik and along a 40 mile route toward Reykjavik. Authorities later estimated 200 to 300 at the start with hundreds more joining en route for eternal neutrality for Iceland.
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Reykijavik
Iceland
Reykjavik
Keflavik
Sit
U. S
Pmnis
Three Boys and Pilot Die in Merrill Plane Crash
A Piper Comanche piloted by Robert Bertrand 31 of Minneapolis crashed near Merrill Wisconsin on Saturday after takeoff from Merrill Airport. Passengers Timothy Nuehring 15 David 12 and Donald Paul 12 were killed along with Bertrand. Investigators from the Civil Aeronautics Board examined the scene with no findings yet released.
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Merrill, Wis
Civil Aeronautics Board
Merrill Area
Merrill
Highway 107
Robert Bertrand
Minnneapolis
Timothy Nuehring
David
Donald Paul
Lester Nuehring
Chicago
Milwaukee
Glen Martin
Bertrand
Martin
la Crosse
Viking Aviation, Inc
Glenadine Nuehring
Minneapolis
Berttrand
Three Drown As Boat Overturns In Satilla River
A 12 foot fishing boat carrying seven members of a Waycross family overturned on the Satilla River Sunday. Father Perry E. Griffin 51 and his daughters Norma Jean 11 and Bernice Jeanette 9 drowned. A 19 year old son aided in saving two brothers and a sister.
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Waycross
Satilla
Perry E. Griffin
Norma Jean
Bernice Jeanette
Laos Truce Efforts Rise as Mediation Team Arrives
A three nation Laotian truce commission arrives in Vientiane to push stalled talks between the Western royal government and the pro Communist rebels. Both sides have failed to agree on a site for negotiations though a cease fire was declared last week. About 200 Indian, Canadian and Polish diplomats and soldiers will monitor the cease fire, stationed at Vientiane and Xieng Khouang.
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Vientiane
Laos
Xieng Khouang
Cigarette Cause of Fire Fatal to Menasha Woman
A 24 year old woman, Carol Jean Stoegbauer, died from severe burns after a downtown Menasha fire likely started by a cigarette. Fire officials traced the blaze to her apartment near the Independent TV Co after 2 AM and called the department at 5:45 AM.
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Menasha
Carol Jean Stoegbauer
Edward Heim
Independent TV Co
Valley
Lynan Depner
Heim
The
Independent
Desegregation Speedup Urged by Kennedy Team
The Kennedy administration asks Congress for six civil rights bills to speed school desegregation. All racially segregated schools must file a plan within six months and begin desegregation by the 1963-64 school year. The package includes court enforcement and federal aid, with the Civil Rights Commission made permanent.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Secretary of Welfare
Joseph
Clark
D-Pa
Emanuel Celler
D-N
Cellier
Clark-Celler
Civil Rights Commission
Tokyo Reports Air Violation Claims by North Viet Nam
North Viet Nam said U S aircraft violated its air space four times on Saturday. The report appeared in Tokyo and attributed the claim to North Viet Nam officials.
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Tokyo
UPR
Viet Nam
U.S
President Kennedy Honors Commander Shepard and Fellow Spacemen
President Kennedy awarded Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard Jr. a hero’s medal and praised Shepard and the six astronauts as national heroes. He noted the flight's bravery, public support, and the collective effort of NASA officials behind the milestone space voyage.
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U.S
Kennedy
White House
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
Shepard
Walt LW Gat Press
Cmdr. Shepard
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Bookshop mix up hints at Austen title
In a London store a customer asked for Jane Austen's Persuasion. The clerk said none was available and offered Sense and Sensibility instead. The correct title is Sense and Sensibility.
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London
UPI
Jane Austen
New Tyranny Rules in Cuba
Dispatch from Miami reports after the failed April 17 invasion that Cuba remains under a military regime. Public buildings are sandbagged and guarded by troops while G 2 agents arrest perceived unreliable individuals including American correspondents. Prison conditions are dire with mass arrests and executions reported during the invasion period.
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Miami
Fla
CAP
Cuba
Batisla
Fidel Castro
Havana
iCastro
Castro
G-2
Robert Berreilez
la Cabana
Ja Rentlv
Matanzas
Blanquita Theater
Madison Fire Kills Three Children in East Side Home
A Sunday morning blaze at the William Chute home on Madison's East Side killed three children Susan Chute 8 Ann Thompson 15 and Patricia Pierce 14 and injured four other people. Fire Capt. George Stanek cited a cigarette on a sofa as the likely start and noted the fire smoldered hours before bursting.
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Madison
William Chute
George Stanek
Susan Chute
Ann Thompson
Patricia Pierce
Doris
Leon
Pearl Thompson
Ann
Stanek
Chute
Richard Walker
Wichita
New Agency Keeps Watch Over Crises
The State Department set up a crisis operation center to monitor world crises around the clock. It will ensure prompt recommendations to Secretary of State Rusk and actions by President Kennedy. Theodore C. Achilles heads the center, with Stephen E. Smith named special assistant to Achilles.
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Washington
State Department
Dean Rusk
Kennedy
Rusk
Theodore C. Achilles
Foreign Service
Stephen E. Smith
Achilles
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Alan Shepard Jr
America
Mid-Continent
Pittslyvania County
Fairview
Upstate
Theda Clark Hospital
Te Ring
Ana
Young Woma
BLAZE
Neengh
Menasha Bureau
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Grand Bahama Island
Richard Valeriani
National Broadcasting Company
Miam
Valeriani
By Richard Valeriani
Trénio Cuban
Winnebagoland
Newnah-Menasha
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