Wisconsin Climax Campaign Feels Obama Like Uncertainty
In Wisconsin the presidential race tightens with undecided voters 43 hours before the vote. Kennedy and Humphrey clash over Catholic versus Protestant appeal and media exposure. Nixon faces a Republican primary unopposed as Wisconsin Republicans push for strong Nixon support.
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River Floods Ravage Midwest and Prompt Evacuations
Massive floods driven by a spring thaw unleashed widespread damage across the Mississippi basin. Levees broke near Boonville Missouri trapping livestock as Corning residents faced evacuation while volunteers sandbagged at lakeside dikes. Red Cross reports 16 000 displaced and 12 000 affected as Nebraska endures the worst damage with 6500 homelessness and 1436 houses damaged. The Big Sioux River in Iowa also reports severe flooding with over 2500 homeless as rivers swell across the prairie belt.
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Barclay to Lead Army Missile Agency in Alabama
Gen J A Barclay is relieved as commander of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency at Huntsville to focus on his role as deputy commander of the Army Ordnance Missile Command. Maj Gen August Shomburg named Col Thurston ST Paul interim ABMA commander until Col Richard M Hurst arrives, with Hurst set for brigadier general promotion.
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Oakland motel murder suspect booked in fatal family case
The bodies of a woman and a 12 year old girl were found at an Oakland motel. Earl Lee Wheat, 39, husband of the woman and stepfather of the girl, was booked for investigation of murder. Wheat manages the motel where the family lived.
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Levant Brother Dies in Pittsburgh
Dr Howard Levant aged 55 known as Oscar Levant’s brother and television personality died Sunday in Pittsburgh.
Mediation Fails in Rail Wage Dispute
Washington D C May 5 The National Mediation Board temporarily abandons efforts to settle a nationwide rail wage dispute involving eleven unions and railroad management The board plans to inform parties that it cannot set a mediation date and notes the possibility of a presidential intervention if a settlement is not reached.
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Foy Los Angeles Actor Charley Foy Dies at 61
Actor Charley Foy aged 61 from Los Angeles, once a nightclub operator, died after a long illness. Details on survivors and funeral arrangements were not immediately released.
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Lisbon physician dies after gallbladder operation
Portuguese surgeon Frederico Lopes da Silva, 64, former undersecretary of the Supreme Military Tribunal, died in Lisbon after abdominal gallbladder surgery on Sunday following a long ulcer illness.
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