Midwest storms kill and devastate across four states
Storms with winds up to 100 mph swept a wide Midwest area ripping roofs from homes and damaging stores. Three deaths were reported in Illinois Minnesota and Iowa with at least 127 injured. Crops and property suffered millions in losses as tornadoes touched down but few remained on the ground. Red Cross opened shelters while rail and local authorities assessed damage across Illinois Indiana Iowa and Wisconsin.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa
Indiana
Wisconsin
Chicago
Crete
Lansing
St. James Hospital
Chicago Heights
Jack Schumann
Brianna Gowing
Olympia Fields
Howard Dennewitz
Erie Railroad
Crown Point
Ind
Gerald Stevenson
Ill
Stephenson County
Red Cross
Olympia
Joking Gemini 5 crew coasting toward goal
Apollo era space diary follows Gemini 5 crew L Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr as they near eight days in orbit. Power glitches limit chores yet the pair inch toward their 121 orbits target while a space station tunes in with tunes like Fly Me to the Moon and lighthearted moments to stave off tedium.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
U.S
Tropical Storm Betsy Threatens Caribbean and Gemini Flight
Betsy formed off the northeast coast of South America with 45 mph winds and threat to the Western Hemisphere. Gemini 5 astronauts Cooper and Conrad monitor the storm as it moves west northwest toward the Caribbean, with gale warnings issued for Windward Islands.
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America
Atlantic
San Juan
Caribbean Sea
Gemini
L. Gordon Cooper
Charles
Pete) Conrad
Mediator: steel talks not promising ahead of strike
In Pittsburgh AP report on Friday meetings among William E Simkin Seth Abel Joseph Molony and industry leaders R Conrad Cooper Heath Lary as the steel strike deadline looms The union seeks 53 cents an hour over three years while the industry offers 40.6 cents A 16 cent gap remains and a nationwide strike could halt 80 percent of steel output at midnight Tuesday
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Seth Sides
William E. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Simkin
United Steelworkers Union
Basic Steel Industry
N.W. Abel
Abel
Joseph Molony
R. Conrad Cooper
Heath Lary
U.S. Steel Corp
Johnson
Hamilton youth killed on cycle
Hamilton 19 year old Charles E Bates died after losing control of a motorcycle at an intersection and crashing into a woven wire fence. Bates skidded from a county road into the northwest corner of town at 3 p.m. He was treated at Hamilton hospital and died on arrival in Missoula from head injuries. Survived by mother Nellie Bates and older brother Curtis.
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Charles E. Bates
Jack Cain
Bates
Nellie Bates
Cain
Missoula
US Forest Service
Curtis
Montana
Weather outlook for Butte Anaconda region today
Partly cloudy with sun breaks and occasional showers then cooler. High around 65 and a low near 42 tonight. A year ago in Butte temperatures were 48 and 40.
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Butte - Anaconda
Butte
Montana Weather
Women play varied roles in Viet Nam war effort
In Saigon a report notes women act as combatants spies and bystanders. The Viet Cong uses women heavily while South Vietnam plans to enlist ages twenty to twenty five in a reserve. A Pravda profile cites widow Mrs Nguyen Thi Dinh as deputy commander. An airborne unit reports women in a VC force threw grenades and captured women refused to reveal origins of a rifle. Police halt a laundress attempting to smuggle explosives into a Soc Trang helicopter base.
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South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
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Communist Party
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Moscow
Nguyen Thi Dinh
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173Rd Airborne Brigade
Soc Trang
Las Vegas judge marries 67 couples in draft rush
Justice of the Peace James A Brennan describes marrying 67 couples in his Las Vegas office before midnight as a presidential draft deadline pushed men to wed quickly. He trimmed ceremonies to three to four minutes, rejecting en masse rites and stressing personal service amid a surge of marriage licenses and long lines outside the Clark County Courthouse.
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Justice of the Peace
James A. Brennan
Las Vegas
Clark County
Brennan
Dunes
Mother's drastic measure fails to save leukemia child
In Ventura California a 4 year old girl Joy Lynne Evans die after her mother Sharon Evans exposed her to chicken pox in hope of delaying leukemia. Despite a blood transfusion and ongoing treatment Joy succumbed eight months after diagnosis with acute leukemia. International attention followed the family’s bid to provoke immunity through infection.
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Ventura
Calif
UPI
Joy Lynne Evans
Sharon Evans
Ventura Community Hospital
Mrs America contestant ties for cooking win
Mrs Shirley L Peterson of Montana tied for first in the final event of the Mrs America contest in San Diego. She shared the top honors in the preparation and serving of a company dinner with Mrs Romona Young of Hawaii and Mrs Donna Colburn of Texas. Peterson previously placed fourth in flower arranging. Her dinner menu featured chicken breasts supreme with sour cream sauce and green rice, glazed carrots, tossed salad with tomatoes, hot rolls and cranberry parfait.
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San Diego
Calif
Shirley L. Peterson
Billings
Montana
Peterson
Ramona Young
Hawaii
Donna Colburn
Texas
Johnson celebrates 57th birthday with roses in Texas
President Johnson marks his 57th with red roses good wishes and desk work then travels from Bergstrom to Johnson City to dedicate the town park to Lady Bird. Family friends and Daughters Lynda and Luci attend while Life Magazine funds landscaping and the crowd sings Happy Birthday.
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Tex
Johnson
Texas
LBJ
Bergstrom Ai Force Base
Austin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
H. H. Cheeley
Iukall
Washington
Life Magazine
America
Lynda
Luci
Bergstrom
Meat and potato prices push up living costs in July
Washington reports July price index rises driven by food costs with meat up 3.3 percent and potatoes 10 percent led pork at 7.5 percent. Higher home costs and auto insurance pushed the Labor Department index to a record 110.2, meaning typical items cost $11.02 to what $10 bought in 1957-59.
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Washington
Labor Department
Dont miss these Dont miss these Page 2 Homes saved
Page 2 highlights include homes saved from coast fire and education aid advances. Page 14 reports an auto bomb tied to a civil rights leader and a note on signs of timness in school books.
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Coast Fire
Sign of Timness School Books
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