Illinois Floods Ravage Southern REGION and State
Southern Illinois faces the worst floods in 20 years with 15 counties declared disaster areas. Gov Kerner seeks major disaster status for 53 counties as water from rain fed rivers covers large areas across Missouri Arkansas Indiana Oklahoma and Kansas. Levees are reinforced around the clock while flood crests threaten thousands of acres of farmland and property with damages in the millions.
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Associated Press
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Illinois
Otto Kerner
Office of Civil Defense
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Arkansas
Indiana
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Lawrence County
Arson Suspect Sought In Yard Woolen Fire Incident
Authorities pursue arsonist who entered Leroy Duspiva’s yard early Thursday and set fire to his long woolen underwear hanging on a clothesline.
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New York
UPI
Leroy Duspiva
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Forest and Grass Fires Rage Across Wisconsin in Large Outbreaks
Wisconsin battled multiple forest and grass fires across 14 square miles with 1000 plus crews and volunteers. Maj. Donald E. Rousch led a 30 foot fire lane effort near Camp McCoy while flames jumped highways 16 and 21 under 24 mph southerly winds. A crash on Highway 16 caused injuries to Mr and Mrs Lawrence Webster and their daughter Margone of Angelo. Near Wisconsin Rapids debris burning scorched about 100 acres of pine, affecting the Nekoosa Edwards Industrial Forest. Nepco Lake area south of Wisconsin Rapids saw three towns join conservation workers to contain the blaze. Cranberry marshes north east of Tomah and adjacent farms suffered damage as diesel engine sparks started multiple fires. About 300 people assisted in firefighting efforts.
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Donald E. Rousch
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Lawrence Webster
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Margone
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Nekoosa-Edwards
Conservation Department
Nepco
Alter Planes' Military Look For Kennedy
In a shift ordered by Vice President Johnson the three Air Force jets used by Kennedy and top officials have been repainted to read United States of America with an American flag on the tail. The change, first seen on the Boeing 707 Johnson left on Tuesday for Southeast Asia, aims to give a less military appearance aligning with how other world leaders’ transports are presented. A plan for 35 planes including the three jets to receive the same treatment was reported, to avoid a military look on official flights.
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Lyndon B Johnson
United States of America
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Southeast Asia
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Paris
Conference on Laos Meeting Delayed as Disputes Persist
British and Soviet foreign ministers failed to decide representation for Laos at a 14 nation conference and postponed the opening. The United States demanded proof of a cease-fire from the truce commission before joining talks, amid ongoing local outbreaks and stalled coalition talks in Vientiane.
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Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
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Khrushchev Promises Peaceful Communist Triumph
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev told a Tbilisi rally that communism will win a peaceful victory over capitalism, asserting Marxism Leninism’s superiority and equal opportunity under communism. He praised American space flight but said Yuri Gagarin’s orbit is not a surpassing leap.
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Hefty Brochure Favors Winnebago Airport Fight
The Winnebago County airport committee led by banker Carl Biederman released a 20 year progress brochure. It argues past FAA and State plans were worthwhile, cites 24 612 local jobs, totals expenditures of 2.22 million since 1940, and urges continued improvements while countering a rival Oala comb County airport plan.
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Carl Biederman
Milwaukee
Oalacombe County
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Gav- Lard Nelson
Acronautics Department
T. KR. Jordan
David Carley
Theodore C., Widder Jr
Madison
Carley
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State Aeronautics Commission
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Winnebago
Brown County
Austin-Straubel Field
Bolger Injured After Studio Dance Scene
Ray Bolger, 35, sustained ankle and back injuries while filming a dance sequence at Walt Disney Studios for Babes in Toyland. He recuperated at home after treatment at the studio.
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Hollywood
Ray Bolger
Walt Disney Studios
Bolger
Population growth seen as threat to world peace by Indian envoy
Indian ambassador M. C. Chagla told a New York dinner honoring birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger that population explosion is as dangerous as an atomic blast. He noted U S aid to India totaling 3 billion dollars since independence is largely offset by rising population and warned against unchecked growth fueling bitterness and threats to democracy and freedom.
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M. C. Chagla
United States
Chagla
Margaret Sanger
India
Herter Starts NATO mission to form citizen committees
Former Secretary of State Christian A. Herter left London for Bonn Rome and Paris on a mission to form national citizens' committees to strengthen NATO. He is co chair of the U S Citizens' Committee on NATO and spent two days in London with his wife.
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UPI
Christian A. Herter
Bonn
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Paris
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Herter
U.S
Johnson and Diem Reach Pact on Viet Nam Aid Plan
Vice President Johnson says he and Ngo Dinh Diem reached full agreement on U S aid to South Viet Nam. The plan calls for expanding the 150,000 man army and adding U S advisers while denying combat troops. Officials cited possible arms aid of about 40 million dollars yearly to grow the force.
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South Viet Nam
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
U. S
Conservatives Roll to Victory in Local Elections
London reporting that Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's Conservatives swept county and local elections in England winning control of nine major towns and cities from Labour. Major losses included Liverpool Nottingham and Leicester, signaling a strong political turnaround.
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Harold Macmillan
England
Labor Party
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Sales tax urged to steady Wisconsin revenue system
Beloit College president Miller Upton and James Doyle urged the Legislature to adopt a tax study panel plan. They backed a two percent sales tax, higher income taxes, withholding, and revised local revenue distribution to balance state finances amid calls for further hearings May 23. Upton said the mix is more stable than an income and property tax combo.
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Citizens’ Group
Wisconsin
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Joint Finance Committee
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Citizens’ Tax Study Commission
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James Doyle
Doyle
Birth to Son at Sacramento Department Store
Mrs. Charles Kinsey delivered a baby boy Wednesday in the infant's near department of a downtown Sacramento department store.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Charles Kinsey
Two Quit Say Castro to Lose
Antonio Montane and Gilda Portela de Montane defected from the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City and asked for asylum. They accuse the embassy of Communist activity and warn Castro’s campaign against the Church pushes them to oppose his government. The couple, longtime diplomats and Roman Catholics, say they cannot serve Castro.
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Fidel Castro
Antonio R. Montane
Gilda Portela de Montane
Mexico
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Montanes
Latin America
Castro
Cuba
Brazil Defies U S Cuba Pressure and seeks neutrality
Brazilian President Janio Quadros in a diplomatic note urged the United States to keep hands off Cuba while denying Castro’s regime membership in the Communist bloc. Foreign Minister Afonso Arinos outlined opposition to foreign intervention, signaling a potential split among Latin nations as Washington braces for aid to Brazil’s northeast amid poverty concerns.
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