Fire Destroys Boston Homes
A massive fire in a congested four block tenement area in Boston destroyed 35 homes and left about 300 people homeless. 256 injured with 30 hospitalized and five in critical condition. Fire crews used a World War II incendiary fire storm method forming an L to cut oxygen. Police guarded debris and kept looting at bay amid high winds that fed the blaze.
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Boston
Mass
UPI
John E. Clougherty
Hamburg
Germany
Coconut Grove
Edward W. Mannix Jr
Boston - Dorchester
Milwaukee mother admits strangling two babies
Mrs. Sherry Bradley, 18, admitted strangling two of her three children with an electrical extension cord. She was arraigned on two counts of first degree murder after police reported finding Salraend, 2, and Percy, 18 months, dead near her North Side apartment. Samuel, the third child, had a cut lip with no clear explanation.
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Milwaukee
Sherry Bradley
Percy
Samuel
Laos Neutralist Leader Warns of Very Bad Situation
Gen Kong Le flew from the north to Vientiane and told Premier Souvanna that his embattled neutralist troops are in a very bad state. He met Souvanna for the first time since Pathet Lao drove him from Plaine des Jarres, then left with rightist generals Kouprasith Abhay and Siho Lanphouthakoul. He plans to return to Ban Na to run an emergency command post and the government seeks aid from the United States Britain and France to stem the Communist advance.
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Vientiane
Laos
Kong le
Kang le
Prince Souvanna
Pathet Lao
Plaine Des Jarres
Associated Press
Souvanna
Kouprasith Abhay
Siho Lanphouthakoul
Ban Na
United States
Britain
France
U.S
Kidnapers Take Madeleine Dassault in Paris
Three masked men abducted Madeleine Dassault in front of her Paris home. A $2 million ransom demand followed, with a caller to Le Monde claiming the vow to return her for 10 million francs. Police sought the Secret Army link and searched Paris with roadblocks.
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Mme
Marcel Dassault
Paris
UPI
France
Madeleine Dassault
le Monde Today
Dassault
Wisconsin GOP welcomes back Wilbur Renk at convention
Wisconsin Republicans hailed U S Senate candidate Wilbur Renk of Sun Prairie as a trusted regular, endorsing him for the state ticket amid a convention scene of applause and party momentum. Warren P Knowles later drew a 13 minute ovation after being nominated for governor, a result reflecting past endorsement contests and strong campaign energy at the Milwaukee Arena.
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Knowles
Warren Knowles
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Ate
U.S. Senate
Wilbur Renk
Sun Prairie
Philip G. Kuehn
GOP Organization
Renk
William Proxmire
Ted Chase
Warren P. Knowles
Kohler
Richmond
Walter Kohler Jr
Kuehn
Not His Day in London Traffic Jam Action
A central London traffic disruption ended badly for an unidentified police officer who attempted to move a parked truck blocking the roadway. He struck a second truck then collided with three more cars, injuring none reported.
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London
Regents Seek Control of New Four Year Colleges
The State College Board of Regents asked for jurisdiction over all future four year institutions. The proposal was sent to the Higher Education Coordinating Committee which will review possible four year campuses in Green Bay by 1969 and Racine-Kenosha by 1971-73. The committee has not decided if the state college system or the University of Wisconsin will run the new schools. The UW operates two year centers in Green Bay Racine and Kenosha.
Former Envoy to OAS Aboard Missing Plane
Former U S ambassador to the Organization of American States DeLesseps S Morrison was aboard a missing chartered twin engine Piper Aztec traveling from Matamoros to Tampico with his son and five others. Search teams from US and Mexican air and sea assets scoured the Gulf coast route while locals speculated an emergency landing at ranches or small airfields. Morrison, 32, had recently become executive vice president of the Bank of New Orleans and had travels tied to a meat canning investment in Tampico. other passengers included two young boys and Morrison’s youngest son Randy. A Tampico business associate noted Morrison visited last month for business talks. The search continued as reports placed the plane on a hazard-prone route near the coast.
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Tampico
Mexico
deLesseps S. Morrison
U.S
Organization of American States
Matamoros
Gulf Coast
Pam
Texas
Morrison
New Orleans
Corpus Christi
Tex
Hugh Ward
Morison
Randy
Adolfo Bresling
Rusk Signals Broader US Action in Southeast Asia
In Washington AP dispatch Secretary of State Dean Rusk warned of expanded US military action in Southeast Asia if Communist aggression in Laos and South Vietnam continues. He warned the United States would not abandon people and noted no diplomatic progress. A carrier task force and reconnaissance missions over Pathet Lao areas were announced, with reports of a plane hit but returning to the Kitty Hawk. The Soviet Union denounced US policy while cautioning a new peace conference to resolve Laos tensions.
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Washington
United States
Southeast Asia
Dean Rusk
Red
North
Rush
Hanoi
Pekang
Rusk
American Law Institute
Johnson
U.S
South China Sea
South Viet Nam
Pathot Lao
Langs
Pathet Lao
Kitty Hawk
Nate Department
Laos
International Control Commission
Wath
Lans
Soviet Union
Cambodia
South
Viet Nam
Teen-agers Save Boy On Winnebago
John Anderson age 17 and Bob Chase age 15 rescued 12 year-old Mike Zblewski adrift on a raft in Asylum Bay Lake Winnebago. They pulled him to shore from a raft built of a log and an old door. Mike was frightened but unharmed.
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Asylum Bay
Lake Winnebago
John Anderson
Shorewood Dr
Bob Chase
Mike Zblewski
Dominic Zblewski
Evans St
Eel Devours Ducklings At Flamingo Park Lake
Slippery Pickering zoo workers chase a large eel blamed for eating 10 ducklings in the 700's lake over recent weeks. Local observers report fear for other waterfowl as staff attempt capture.
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Pickering
England
UPI
Flamingo Park Zoo
More Bridges and Johnsons Aim for Europe Peace
President Johnson pledged to build bridges across the eastern European gulf to realize the Marshall Plan’s vision of a peaceful, integrated Europe. Speaking at the George C. Marshall Library dedication at Virginia Military Institute, he praised Marshall as a noble American, a great soldier and statesman, and a catalyst for aid and trade.
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Lexington
Johnson
Gulf
Europe
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Virginia Military Institute
Deidit D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Tolman
Caplin Resigns Tax Post After Johnson Accepts
Mortimer Caplin resigns as commissioner of Internal Revenue effective July 10. Appointed Feb 7, 1961, Caplin sought friendlier service in tax collection, modernizing processes and promoting taxpayer education. Johnson praises his modernization of the tax collection system and use of electronic computers.
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Washington
Mortimer M. Caplin
U.S
Internal Revenue
Johnson
Caplin
John F. Kennedy
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
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Marc Robin
la Rochelle
Charles de Gaulle
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ORL
OAS
Athens
Onnstalls
Asia
Boy
Thomas 3. Watson Jr
New York
National Council, Boy Scouts of America
Ellsworth H. Augustus
Cleveland
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