Gronouski Picked as Postmaster General by Kennedy
John Gronouski 43, Wisconsin tax commissioner, named by President Kennedy to be postmaster general succeeding J Edward Day who resigned Aug 9. Gronouski, a Madison resident with a PhD in taxation and public finance, has taught at University of Maine and Wayne University. Proxmire and Zablocki confirmed the appointment. Sidney Bishop remains acting postmaster general until Senate action. Continued on Page 10, Col. 5.
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John Gronouski
Wisconsin
Kennedy
Gronouski
J.edward Day
Senate
Sidney W. Bishop
Day
Oshkosh
Tax Department
Madison
Wis
University of Maine
Wayne University
Detroit
Dunbar
Sidney Bishop
Bishop
White
Dirksen Backs Treaty Vote for Nuclear Test Ban
Senator Everett Dirksen the Senate Republican leader said he will vote for ratification of the limited nuclear test ban treaty and that President Kennedy may issue a statement to ease concerns. Other top lawmakers opened the debate with endorsements, stressing the treaty’s modest aim to curb alarming arms races and perhaps pave way for further steps.
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Washington
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Kennedy
Dirksen
Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Republican Policy Committee
Convicted Killer Escapes Before Execution at Merlin Jail
A convicted killer escaped from Merlin jail in Turkey just 24 hours prior to his scheduled execution, drawing swift police response and an intensified manhunt. The case notes the impending death sentence and authorities investigating breach of security.
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Merlin
Turkey
Algeria Accepts New One Party Constitution Amid Berber Boycott
ALGIERS AP. Algeria approved a new constitution making the country a one party Socialist state under Ahmed Ben Bella. Returns show near 100 percent approval with about 70 percent of eligible voters voting, though Berber areas boycott and turnout appears lower. The constitution designates the Front of National Liberation as the sole legal party and Ben Bella’s regime promises stability.
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Algiers
Algeria
Ahmed Ben Bella
Kabylie
Ben Bella
Hts
Hocine Ait Ahmet
Front of National Liberation
FIN
Child saved after fall from third-floor window in England
Two year old Dominic Gilmore fell from a third floor window in Sign Well ing England as his clothing caught on a neon sign midair saving his life.
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Welling
England
UPI
Dominic Gilmore
Kennedy Holds Parley On Race Issue
Attorney General Robert F Kennedy met with top Justice Department aides to discuss Governor Wallace's bid to block public school integration in Tuskegee Birmingham and Mobile Alabama. Officials said they would pursue all legal options to enforce court ordered integration and ready to use troops if needed.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Justice Department
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Kennedy
Wallace
Tuskegee
Birmingham
Mobile
Nicholas Katzenbach
Burke Marshall
Marshall
Barrier Falls At One School
State troopers acting on Gov. George Wallace orders barred Negroes from public schools in Birmingham Mobile and Tuskegee, despite federal desegregation. First grade pupils admitted in Huntsville marked a rare breakthrough as Wallace prepared to maintain segregation with National Guard alert. At Birmingham white students taunted, while in Tuskegee Negro pupils were kept aboard a bus after a patrolman distributed orders. Atty Ernest Jackson and two Negro lawyers challenged the move in federal court as the confrontation continued.
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Birmingham
Ala
George Wallace
Mobile
Tuskegee
Sateu
Huntsville
National Guard
Wallace
Ramsay High
West End High School
Coll al Lingo
Lingo
Ernest Jackson
Joe Dolan
West
State Stores Asked to Act On Job Laws
The Wisconsin State Industrial Commission urged about 500 retail store owners to take bolder steps in enforcing fair employment practices. The recommendation followed an investigation of racial discrimination in hiring and suggested the findings presented a weak overall picture. In two days of testimony, officials questioned representatives from 18 Milwaukee stores.
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Madison
State Industrial Commission
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Brazil Fires Force 300000 Homeless in Parana Crisis
United States and Brazil rush food supplies to about 300000 homeless refugees fleeing four days of forest fires in Parana. Peace Corps teams treat the injured as rains from Argentina are hoped to quell the blazes. President Goulart calls for all-out aid. federal funds released to Parana. Authorities cite 250 dead with uncertain final toll and widespread coffee crop damage.
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United States
Rio DE Janeiro
Parana
Argentina
U S. Peace Corps
U.S. Food For Peace Program
Joao Goulart
Ney Braga
Sharp Fighting Blazes Laos Crisis in Vientiane
In downtown Vientiane sharp fighting broke out between right wing forces and Pathet Lao. a Pathet Lao soldier was killed and another wounded in a two hour clash with grenades and gunfire exchanged. A Filipino hospital attaché and a Laotian civilian were reported killed. Neutralist Premier Prince Souvanna Phouma postponed his New York UN departure for 24 hours.
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Vientiane
Pathet Lao
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Anonymous donor lowers charity gift in Watchet
In Better Watchet England an anonymous donor who gave 1260 annually to the poor cut the donation to 980 this year saying people are not so poor now the local council reported.
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Watchet
England
UPI
Accidents On State's Roads Take Six Lives
Six Wisconsin road deaths over the weekend raise the yearly toll to 574, with victims ranging from a Texan youth to local residents. The crashes occurred across multiple counties including Calumet, Juneau, Marathon, and Chetek, involving a wedding dance ending in sleepiness, a birthday bicycle collision, and several vehicle impacts with trees and bridges.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Thomas R. Harris
van Horn
Tex
LeRoy Martin
Cumberland
Cumberland Street
Jerome G. Schoen
Route 1
Chilton
Highway 53
Stockbridge
Calumet County
Leroy Hughes
Schoen
Lawrence Reynolds
Manston
Reynolds
Juneau County
Marathon County
Robert Schube
Stratford
Thomas W. Howard
Chetek
George Howard
Death From 100 Foot Rock Fall Near Bank of Wisconsin River
John Maloney Jr., 25, of Niles, Michigan, fell 100 feet from Peten well rock to a ledge on the Wisconsin River bank near Necedah Wisconsin. A boy and a girl with him heard a scream and found him missing after he climbed to the top to look around.
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Necedah, Wis
UPI
John Maloney
Niles, Jr
Petenwell Rock
Wisconsin River
Here
Maloney
Mama
Quints born in Venezuela and quads in Mississippi
Two separate multiple birth stories from 1960 era reporting quints born in Venezuela to Mrs Cuervo de Prieto and quads in Jackson Mississippi to Mr Thomas N Harkins. Venezuelan babies weighed 3 pounds to 4 pounds 3 ounces, all in incubators. Mississippi quads, four girls and a boy with long black hair, born nine minutes apart at St Dominic's Hospital, with father noting the grocery business as a risk if not for his savings.
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Venezuela
Cuervo de Prijeto
Hemisphere
Maracaibo Hospital
de Prieto
Efren Luis de Prieto
Creole Petroleum Co
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New Jersey
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Chiquinquira
Maracabor
Jackson
Thomas N Harkins
Harkins
St Dominic's Hospital
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