Jupiter IRBM reentry test hailed a success
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP the Jupiter intermediate range missile achieved a successful reentry test the first full scale warhead nose cone recovered intact after a near 1600 mile flight. Navy frogmen recovered the cone and it was sent to Redstone Arsenal for study as Army officials continue Jupiter production expected to be operational later this year.
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Army
Nation’s
Missile Test Center
Atlantic
Navy
Arsenal
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
Defense Department
Chrysler Corp
Condition Of Stritch Grave Due To Stroke
Samuel Cardinal Stritch, 70, Archbishop of Chicago, who had his right arm amputated weeks ago due to a blood clot, suffered a stroke today. Vatican reports his condition as grave earlier, but by noon he had recovered consciousness with a slight improvement. He had celebrated Mass Sunday for the first time since the operation.
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Vatican City
Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Vatican
Chicago
Two Civilian Members Quit Venezuela Junta
Venezuela’s ruling junta saw its two civilian members resign after the military faction balked at taking action against mobs that assaulted Vice President Nixon. Informants said Eugenio Mendoza and Blas Lamberti quit as the junta’s military leaders declined to endorse stricter measures against the Communist party.
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Caracas
Richard M. Nixon
Eugenio Mendoza
Blas Lamberti
John Baker Sr
Westport
Wolfgang Larrazabal
Sally
De Gaulle Renounces Dictator Role Amid French Turmoil
Gen Charles de Gaulle repudiates dictator role while signaling willingness to guide France from chaos. He says parties and army strife in Paris and Algeria render current regime ineffective, pledging to help lead France and return to his village, ready to serve if needed.
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de Gaulle
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
Republic
Algeria
Weekend fighting leaves Lebanon in turmoil in Tripoli
In Tripoli heavy clashes between loyalist and insurgent Muslim factions leave at least 60 dead. Government forces retook the city after days of bloodshed as opposition leaders urge a ceasefire amid Lebanon's internal strife and regional tensions. U S military planners move Globemaster fleets to Europe for possible arms transit or evacuations, with no orders issued yet.
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Tripoli
Beirut
Lebanon
United States
Europe
Middle East
Air Force
Frankfurt
Germany
Freighter Refloated After Reef Ordeal Near Paracels
Four tugs refloated the passenger freighter President Hayes after it spent a week perched on a coral reef off the Paracel Islands with 71 Americans aboard. The ship was en route from Hong Kong to Saigon and is being returned for drydock inspection.
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Hong Kong
President Hayes
Paracel Islands
Saigon
Duluth Man Hurt Falling Over Falls in Rescue Attempt
Dan Fromberg a 22 year old Duluth resident is in critical condition after a 100 foot fall into a waist deep pool below Mamouio Falls 16 miles north of Duluth Witnesses say his expectant wife started slipping on the cliff He reached out to save her and lost his balance in the fall.
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Duluth. Minn
Dan Fromberg
Duluth
Mamiouo Falls
Here
Fromberg
Expansion Ordered In Air Service Expansion Ordered In Air Service
The Civil Aeronautics Board voted to authorize local airline service for the first time across Nebraska North and South Dakota and expand routes in seven Midwest states including Wisconsin. Frontier North Central and Ozark would provide the service under a use it or lose it policy with five year awards and 18 month reviews. Many communities would receive air service for the first time as the policy details are issued later.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Ares
Minnesota
Iowa
Nlinois
Wyoming
Colorado
Missouri
Frontier
North Central
Ozark
Marotz to Lead GOP Platform Committee in Milwaukee
Robert Marotz of Shawano was named chairman of the committee to draft the 1958 Wisconsin Republican platform at the state convention in Milwaukee. The Platform Committee and Resolutions Committee meet Thursday afternoon, with the convention opening Friday morning. Speakers include Meade Alcorn Bertha Adkins and Rep. John Byrnes. Sen. Schoeppel will give the keynote address. Endorsements for state offices and Congress are planned for Saturday afternoon.
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Madison
Robert Marotz
Shawano
Milwaukee
Claude Jasper Madison
Wisconsin Republican Party
Land
John Byrnes
Green Bay
Six Die in Missouri Three-Car Crash Near Mexico
In Mexico Missouri a speeding car driven by Donald P Feger 30 sparked a three car crash that killed six people. Milner and his wife Dorothy of Wellsville and Carl Weekley his wife June and their two sons Sonny and Kelly of Sullivan were identified among the dead. Feger the sole survivor was treated for an eye cut and held for questioning after the crash.
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Mexico
Donald P. Feger
Walter Harrison
Feger
Harrison
M. P. Milner
Dorothy
Wellsville
Carl’ Weekley
June
Sonny
Kelly
Sullivan, Mo
News Analyst Elmer Davis Dies of Stroke at 68
Elmer Davis a longtime radio news analyst died at George Washington University Hospital from stroke complications two months after an earlier heart attack He led OWI during Cold War II helped found the American for Democratic Action and wrote fiction He is survived by his widow Florence MacMillan a daughter Caroline Ann of Chicago and a son Robert Lloyd Davis a UVA mathematics professor in Charlottesville VA
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Washington
Elmer Davis
Davis
Office of War Information
New York Times
Americans For Democratic Action
George Washington University Hospital
Aurora
Ind
Florence MacMillan
Caroline Ann
Chicago
Robert Lioyd Davis
University of Virginia,Charlottesvile
Air Crash In Morocco Leaves 65 Dead
A Sabena four engine DC6B crashed while landing at Casablanca Cazes Airport after jettisoning fuel amid engine trouble. Fifty five died at the scene and ten later in hospital, many from Belgium on vacations. Eight children among the dead, with four escaping before the explosion. Local rescue efforts described as swift but tragic.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Belgium
Brussels
Belgian Congo
Portugal
Cazes
Edouard Pilaet
Pilaet
Jacques Genier
Tornado Rips Into Wausaukee
A tornado struck the village of Wausaukee Wisconsin injuring one woman with a broken arm. Damage is estimated at 150000 dollars. The storm damaged the blacksmith shop bank hardware store cheese factory warehouse grandstand and homes. The 655 resident village sits 25 miles northwest of Marinette and five miles east of the Menominee River near Michigan's upper peninsula.
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Wausaukee
Wis
Marinette County
Robert Keating
Amberg Telephone Co
Chamber of Commerce
Joseph Netupaki
Theresa Savage
Lam
Bank
Marinette
Menominee River
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Neenah Woman Killed by Train Near Garfield Avenue
Mary Lou Jorgensen a 22 year old Neenah woman and UW psychology major was found dead after apparently falling on the railroad tracks near the Garfield avenue crossing in Menasha. The body was discovered hours after the 2 05 a m strike by a Chicago and North Western passenger train following testimony from a Soo Line flagman who saw her walking on the bridge. Police ruled out no foul play and noted the head was severed from the body and found 51 feet from the impact point near the Fox River bridge.
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Menasha
Neenah
Chicago & Northwestern
Garfield Avenue
Mary Lou ‘Jorgensen
University of Wisconsin
Morgan P. Jorgensen
Rt. 2
Chicago and Northwestern
Garfield Ave
Chicago and Northwestern J
Beame Rough
Conduc
Tor
Public Works Plan Debated by Oshkosh Council
The Oshkosh Common Council will hold an informal 7 PM session at City Hall to discuss a 16 million dollar public works program tied to a top tax rate of 3.96. Councilmen Theodore Widder Jr. and Robert E. Stauffer proposed the modernization plan on April 30 and urge moving from talk to a concrete 20 year, up to date program.
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City Hall
Theodore
Widder
Stauffer
Oshkosh
Spectacular blaze destroys farm buildings in Wisconsin
Firefighters from Sturdevant and Mt Pleasant spent three hours Sunday bringing under control a 30000 blaze at the Joseph Bauer farm near the Racine Kenosha County line. The 30 by 60 foot barn and a two car garage were destroyed along with three tractors and other farm equipment. Strong winds hampered efforts. Officials called the blaze the most spectacular they had ever seen.
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Sturdevant
Wis
Mt Pleasant
Joseph Bauer
Racine - Henosha
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