Dachel sworn in by Postmaster General Gronouski
Neenah Menasha ceremony at the Elks Club swore in John J Dachel as postmaster with John A Gronouski noting ZIP codes as the department’s key. Gronouski toured Neenah and Menasha offices and praised the local postmasters while predicting a pay raise tied to Johnson.
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John A. Gronouski
Neench
John Dachel
Dachel
Neenah - Menasha
John J. Dachel
Menasha Elks Club
Gronouski
Neenah - Menasha Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin
Menasha
Mightiest Rocket Heads Toward Space
At Cape Kennedy a 19 story Saturn I booster rose to launch Apollo program tests. Aimed to orbit a pioneer model of the moonship, the rocket blasted at 12 07 p m Oshkosh time with power surpassing 31 000 family cars. Three of 29 astronauts watched as the launch opened the $20 billion effort toward reaching the moon by 1969 with two men expected to land.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
America
Oshkosh
Amsterdam housewife passes driver test sparks family tire trap
Mrs Hans Visdijk of Amsterdam has just earned a driver's license and faces skepticism at home. To deter her from mishaps, her husband and three sons mounted tires around the car on Wednesday, hoping to shield the vehicle from walls or a fire hydrant.
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Amsterdamn
Holland
UPI
Hans Visdijk
Amsterdam
Price Fixing Charges Dropped in Paper Companies Case
The Justice Department dropped criminal charges against Consolidated Papers Inc and St. Regis Paper Co in a two year pulpwood price fixing case. Judge Rabinovitz signed the final dismissal after four firms paid $43,000 in fines and the government cited insufficient relief to justify continued prosecution. The action ends a long antitrust inquiry into a conspiracy dating to 1953.
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Madisunary
Justice Department
U.S. Dist
Rabinovitz
Consolidated Papers Inc
Wisconsin Rapids
St. Regis Paper Co
New York City
Joseph O'Malley
Antitrust Division
American Can Co
Mosinee Paper Mills Co
Mosinee
Nekoosa Edwards Co
College Names Board Chairman
ASHLAND AP Ira F. Boyce of Wisconsin Rapids vice president and director of Consolidated Papers Inc has been elected chairman of the North Lane College Board of Trustees He fills the unexpired term of the late Ellsworth C Alvord a Washington DC attorney
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Ashland
Ira F. Boyce
Wisconsi Rapids
Consolidated Papers, Inc
Northlane College Board of Trustees
Ellsworth C. Alvord
Washington, D.C
Postal Head Is Speaker of Ceremony
Oshkosh State College graduates urged to turn ideals into action by Postmaster General John A. Gronouski, who received the alumni association’s first distinguished alumnus award. He cited Kennedy and Lincoln, urged graduates to enter politics, and warned against abandoning idealism. Continued on Page 11, Col. 6
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Oshkosh State College
John A. Gronouski
Gronouski
Oshkosh State Teachers College
Alumni Association
Kennedy
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson
Monticello
Lincoln
Train Wreck Traps Passengers Near Cheadle Hulme
An excursion train carrying schoolchildren and pensioners derailed near Cheadle England. Casualties estimated from three to seven dead and about twenty injured with around 250 aboard. Fire crews freed trapped passengers and described widespread wreckage. A ten year old boy with a badly injured arm was among those helped.
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Cheadle
England
UPI
Cheshire
British Railways’ Midland
Cheadle Hulme Village
Jersey City Fire Destroys Stockyards and Piers
A massive fire at Jersey City stockyards and Hudson River piers destroyed a square mile of abandoned facilities. More than 450 firefighters battled the flames for four hours as a 30 mph wind spread sparks to New York Pier 3. Three firefighters trapped on a tower were rescued by a Coast Guard cutter, with one man suffering first degree burns and fifteen others inhaling smoke.
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Jersey City
UPD
New York
New York Pier 3
Coast Guard
Peter Calvanico
Ruby undergoes medical tests amid Oswald murder conviction
Dallas reports convicted murderer Jack Ruby is undergoing medical tests at his cell while under a death sentence for killing Lee Harvey Oswald. Defense lawyers say Ruby has gone insane since his March 14 conviction. A hearing with Judge Joel Brown to discuss a sanity review was rescheduled for next Monday.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Killenr
Lee Harkey
Oswald
Ruby
Joel Brown
Nehru cremation draws vast Indian crowds
Hundreds of thousands witness the funeral of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on the Jumna river banks as a chaotic procession moves to the Rajghat pyre. Sanjaya Gandhi lights the flame while police keep crowds back and dignitaries struggle to follow.
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Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru
India
New York
Sap Wirepigta
New Delhi
Jumna
Sanjaya Gandhi
Red Fort
U.S
Dean Rusk
Washington
Palam
Aids
G. L. Nanda
Rajghat
Kisan
German Vessel Crashes Onto Reckless Shoreham Beach
Len Ballard was fishing on Shoreham Beach when the 383 ton German coastal vessel Gerlinde plowed into the pebble shore in thick mist. Ballard yelled as the ship wrecked on the beach and became stuck until it was towed off later.
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Shoreham Beach
England
UPI
Len Ballard
Ballard
Gerlinde
HOPPED UP Poppies Under Sheriff's Watch in Pherris
William Miller of Pherris California has cultivated about 3000 poppies around his home for years. Deputies informed him on Wednesday that his crop consists of opium type poppies. No charges were filed.
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Pherris
Calif
William Miller
Sheriff's Deputies
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