Skip to main content
The largest online newspaper archive
A Publisher Extra® Newspaper

Argus-Leader from Sioux Falls, South Dakota • Page 1

Publication:
Argus-Leaderi
Location:
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Issue Date:
Page:
1
Extracted Article Text (OCR)

S.D. Mineral Production Up SIOUX EMPIRE PAGE 10 CENTS Sioux Falls area: Snow gradually diminishing ending tonight, low SLW eIoudy Sunday hieh l5- Some blowing, drifting tonight. Details page 2, col. 2. SIOUX FALLS ARGUS -LEADER 10 PAGES SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1962 TELEPHONE: ED 4-5811.

US. Hopes for Easy Victory in Viet Nam State Is Covered By Sudden Storm By The Associated Press South Dakota was having one of its most general statewide snows of the winter Saturday. Most of the state had 2 to 4 inches of snow Friday night and southern sections, of the state, at least, were predicted to get an- WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. offi ing the antiguerrilla techniques so i they can battle the Viet Cong tary of Defense Robert S. McNa-mara on another flying trip to Hawaii this weekend for a conference with top officers and dip cials say the guerrilla war in South Viet Nam will be won with a minimum amount of combat otner 4 inches or more Saturday.

lomats from the Red-pressed and loss of life by Americans. Wind was mild but held Dossi- As this official optimism was i I lispiiiliife 111111 country. He will leave Sunday, accompanied by Gen. Lyman Lemnit bility of shooting up to the 35 m.p.b, level in the course of the 5 being expressed here, there was a report in Saigon the United States is going to triple the length of service of some of its army storm, the Weather Bureau said. zer, chairman of the Joint Chiefs Communist rebels themselves without direct action by Americans.

MORE SHOTS TRADED Press dispatches from Saigon have reported that U. S. forces supporting and advising Viet Nam's military establishment are increasingly trading shots with the Communist Viet Cong. President Kennedy has said the Americans described as assigned to technical and training jobs It issued provisional warnings of of Staff; Assistant Secretary of likely traffic problems. peared earlier the storm would take a more southerly course.

Temperatures were showing no major drops but were seasonally cool, with a range in mid-morning from 1 above at Aberdeen to 25 above near Sioux City. Most readings, however, were around 10 to 15 degrees. Temperature targets for Saturday afternoon were in the 20s, men in Viet Nam. Defense Paul A. Nitze, and Aver- There appeared a fairly good About three-fourths of the esti ell Harriman.

assistant secretary cnance the heaviest part of the of state for Far Eastern affairs. snow would gradually work its PREPARES FOR TALKS way out of the state Saturday night and Sunday, and push into Gen. Paul D. Harkins, newly mated 4,000 U. S.

servicemen there are assigned to a temporary six-month tour of duty, but an informant said this was being extended to a permanent 18-month tour for some key personnel, such with lows Saturday night expect only are under, orders to shoot back if fired upon. appointed U. S. military commander, in Viet Nam, arrived in Honolulu Friday to prepare for Iowa and Minnesota. Southern South Dakota was on the north edge of the storm, ed to be in the 10-15 degree But the officials said they don't as helicopter pilots.

range. the talks. expect U. S. troops to get in wnicn naa its main course NEWS CLASSIFIED It will be the third such Viet Snow amounts to 6 a.m.

included 4 inches at Rapid City and through Nebraska. Travel condi .3 volved very often in this kind of clash. Nam conference for McNamara The Saigon dispatch said offi tions were hazardous in parts of cial information on the extension in two months. Philip, 3 inches at Huron and 2 inches at Pierre, Sioux Falls and Thus, the officials said, the only Photo by Tom Jellema U. S.

officials said their opti American casualties foreseen Heavy Snow Blankets Sioux Falls Pickstown. Lemmon had 2 inches mism was based on the assess would be few in number, such and Mobridge an inch overnight. ment that President Ngo Dinh Diem is making sufficient re was classified, presumably to avoid calling more attention to the U.S. military build-up. It is aimed at keeping' the southeast Asian country from falling to Communist guerrillas and infiltrators slipping across the border from North Viet Nam.

Precipitation amounts included: Rapid City .33, Huron .18, Picks- as in airplane crashes. Jught Americans were killed Sunday in the crash of a plane dropping propaganda leaflets. TWO COPTERS LOST forms, pressed on him by the United States, to gain the support Nebraska as freezing rain preceded the snowstorm in that state. Blowing snow cut visibility in mid-morning Saturday in the Pierre-Huron areas to mostly one-half mile. Other areas had mostly 1V4 mile visibility.

The storm moved in from the Rockies, catching South Dakotans with little warning. It had ap- Four inches of fresh snow had been dumped upon Sioux Falls by 11 a.m. Saturday as the U.S. Weather Bureau issued' warnings of heavy snow for the southeast portion of South Dakota. However, this car parked in front of the YMCA was blanketed with more than that much when Edwin Koehn, YMCA building superintendent, was clearing the sidewalk with a rotary snow removal machine.

The snow was expected to diminish to flurries and end Saturday night. North to northeast winds from 20 to 35 mph were expected to cause blowing and drifting during the afternoon and evening. of the people. town .17, Pierre .15, Sioux Falls .14, Philip .12, Lemmon .09 and Also, they feel the South Viet The three U. S.

helicopter com Mebridge -02. The night moisture The situation will take Secre namese troops are quickly learn- panies, each with about 200 men. at Aberdeen and Watertown was only a trace. are doing what is called support work, ferrying Vietnamese troops into combat' zones. At least two of the helicopters have been lost.

Rioting in Guiana Quelled by British but no Americans were killed. Man Burns Self to Death In Sun Ritual Mr. Wilson on TV Show 'Dennis the Menace' Dies Chivalry Not Dead In Congress WASHINGTON (AP) In a Bad Weather Blamed for Road Death GEORGETOWN, British Guiana FREMONT. Calif. (AP) A plunder.

At least tliree persons were shot dead by troops who had (AP) A state of emergency was man set fire to his home and was HOLLYWOOD (AP)-Joseph S. orders to shoot on sight. White House Picketed by Youths WASHINGTON (AP) Youth proclaimed in British Guiana today after a bloody day of riots burned to death Friday in what police said looked like a weird At least 30 persons have been Kearns, 55, the harassed Mr. Wilson on the "Dennis the Menace" television series, died today. and looting in which at least six arrested.

chivalrous gesture, the male leadership of the U.S. Senate has made the only two women mem ritual to the sun. Neighbors told police that Al BELVIDERE, S.D. (AP) Bad persons were killed and an esti Rioting began early Friday af His doctor said Kearns had a weather conditions were blamed mated 20 million West Indian dol bers of the club mighty happy. for a three-vehicle accident which ternoon after local not squads used tear gas on a mob besieging cerebral hemorrhage.

He had entered the Park View Hospital lars in goods and property de ful pickets for peace marched in fred O. Flores, his wife and their five children lined up in front of their house for the apparent rit 5 Sens. Margaret Chase Smith, claimed the life of a 61-year-old stroyed. the power station. R-Maine, and Maurine Neuberger, Sunday after suddenly going into a coma.

Wakonda woman Friday. Fires are still smoldering in front of the White House Saturday, seeking disarmament and an end to nuclear testing by the United States and Russia. have been assigned two Mrs. Effie E. Lindblom was 24 BUILDINGS AFIRE "Flores pointed toward the sun many parts of the city and the Only Sunday Mr.

Wilson had of the choice rooms in the new. killed and her husband, Erick, By midnight 24 buildings were situation is tense but quiet. extended front of the Capitol. Now and appeared to be praying," the neighbors told Police Sgt. Robert jokingly willed his gold watch to Dennis because he thought Den was seriously hurt in a pileup of ablaze, with fire fighters waging Leaders of the represented British troops converged on the a truck and two cars.

they won't have to make a long run from their regular offices to Plummer. nis was in ill health. The program a losing battle since the strike had curtailed the city's water supply. groups estimated that some 1,580 high school and college students Lindblom is in a Kadoka hospi blazing capital by frigate and plane to man power stations "Other members of the family had been filmed prior to Kearns' tal suffering a crushed chest, bro Troops, assisted by seamen reach the floor for a roll call. The word around the Capitol placed their hands on their hips illness.

and other key installations as well ken kneecap and severe lacera and swayed back and forth." Kearns was a veteran charac from the British frigates Trou-bridge and Wizard, joined the bat tions. as to guard the homes of leftist Prime Minister Chedi Jagan and took part in the demonstration Friday and through the early morning hours Saturday, They were hopefid the number would reach 3,000 by. the end of the day. ter actor and was a frequent par was that many "other senators were pulling strings' to "get the offices. A refuge near the Senate The sergeant was told that Flores, 37, suddenly ran from the Highway Patrolman Jven tie and by dawn had the situation Schmoll said a truck driven by his ministers, whom striking city workers are demanding should re in hand- floor is a prize.

group, into the six-room house, set fires in virtually every room, ticipant on the Jack Benny shows and had been heard as the signature voice on "Suspense." He also had appeared on radio's Lux Among buildings hit by fire MANY CARRY SIGNS were the head office of Bookers When the Senate is working late Senators often slip off the floor threw his money into the fire and sign. STRIKE CONTLMUES Most of the youths, working in United Kingdom with many Theatre. to "the marble room," a place The strike, which began five Joseph Kearns relays, trudged in subfreezing weather through snow and slush stores and sugar estates, and stores owned by D. A. Than! and In recent years, he had ap for reading and relaxation.

days ago to protest Jagan's aus The men dike to go in there Kirpalani, merchants from India. TRAFFIC DEATHS SOUTH DAKOTA 1962 18 Mrs. Erick Lindblom 19 Clarence Fisher 20 YOU? YEAR AGO 18 SIOUX FALLS 1962 1961 0 0 she said. "We will try to keep it from Jay. immediately because in front of the White House and the Russian Embassy to drama peared frequently on the Danny Thomas show and the "How to Marry a Millonaire" TV series.

and take off their shoes and jack terity budget proposals and his leftist actions, is continuing but Gov. Sir Ralph Grey and Jagan jumped in after it. One of the Flores children, Yo-landa, 15, said, "Daddy had a bad dream last night." HELSINKI, Finland (AP)-City officials have decided to name a' road Hammarskjoeldvgen in honor of the late U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold. they are shooting now." tize their views.

Many carried appealed to citizens to keep off the Trades Union Council has ets, Mrs. Neuberger said, and "it probably was a source of embar Kearns was born at Salt Lake Dennis' mother, Mrs. Betty the streets and stay in their scheduled an emergency meeting rassment to the men that I was homes. But thousands fled the city City, Feb. 12, 1907 and started his Show business career North, said her son, Jay, would be heartbroken by Kearns death.

to consider a plan to end it. signs reading, "We challenge the Soviet Union to join in a peace race" and, "We condemn both Soviet and U.S. testing." in there." all night to seek the safety of In a wave of arson and looting in radio. 'Jay called him Uncle Joe," Friday night, hundreds roamed Dale Plant, Wall, went out of suburban areas, away from the battle zone. Smaller groups visited with the street in a staggering orgy of control and skidded into the west bound lane of traffic.

He was three of President Kennedy's advisers, State Department officials headed east. ON VALENTINE'S DAY and congressmen. They an Bob Kennedy Says U.S. to Stay Neutral The truck collided with the nounced at a rally that ranking Lindblom car. Closely following the Lindbloms officials of the Soviet Embassy would meet with them today.

was a car driven by Henry Brown Murder, Suicide Suspected In Death of Family of Six ing, vice president of the U-S. PICKETS GET COFFEE National Bank of Omaha. Brown BANDUNG, Indonesia (API-Robert F. Kennedy bluntly told Kennedy, noting the miserable ing's car also crashed into the weather, had a five-gallon pot of coffee sent out to the pickets. COLUMBIA, S.

C. (AP)-An Lindblom vehicle. He was not Apparently that was the laii iime any member of the family was Army doctor's wife and their four Student leaders called the meet Schmoll said the highway was young sons were found shot to death Friday in their home here. icy and visibility about 40 feet Several hours later the doctor's because of swirling snow at the time of the accident body a bullet wound in his head was found in a Washington, ing with Kennedy's assistants "very satisfactory" but were less than delighted with their reception at the Stale Department. State Department officials said the students seemed to feel they already had all the answers to world problems.

seen alive. "They seemed like very fine people a well-knit family," said a neighbor, Mrs. James T. Kolb. Madison and his wife were natives of Syracuse, N.

and both were graduated from Syracuse University. They were married in 1953. Clarence M. Fisher, 20, Key stone, died in a hospital here D. hotel room.

Saturday morning from injuries Police said the wife and chil dren apparently had been dead received in a one-car accident on Highway 385 about 10 miles Indonesians Saturday they would be crazy to think the United States would toss aside its neutral attitude and oppose the Dutch in Indonesia's claim to West New Guinea. "If you don't like our attitude there is no point in your getting upset or angry about it," he told Bandung University students on a delayed visit to this West Java capital. The U.S! attorney general made his toughest statement so far in reply to repeated questions from the students on why the United States' would not support the Indonesian claim to the territory. The students reacted to Kennedy's remarks with surprising calm and later good-humoredly since Wednesday, Valentine's Day. south of Deadwood.

Lawrence County Sheriff Rich ard McGrath said Fisher appar ently fell asleep or lost control of his car on the slippery road. The car hit the bank of a side road and rolled seven times. Fisher GUN IN HAND The doctor, Capt. Vincent J. Madison, 33, lay across a daybed, a 22-caliber pistol in his hand.

Police said it was the same caliber weapon used to slay Mrs. Madison and the children. The victims were Sally Carter Madison, 33, and her sons, Vin was thrown out. imXMmm Gold Leaf Presentation Mid-Continent Buys Station Site in R.C. The Mid-Continent Broadcasting watched about, 100 bareshouldered girls perform a dance of welcome midway in their six-day Indonesian tour after, reaching the island of Bali.

(AP Photofax). surrounded him as he walked to his car. But in the Communist stronghold of Surabaja, capital of East Java, mobs attacked and damaged U.S. buildings and diplomats' homes. A Balinese dancing girl with a leaf of gold in her hair pins another gold leaf on the collar of U.S.

Attorney General Robert Kennedy's shirt in Bali as Mrs. Kennedy looks on at left. The Kennedy party cent Mark, Brian, 5, and Hugh, 2. Their bodies were on beds, fully clothed. They were found by sheriff's deputies who were asked to investigate when Madison failed to report for duty Friday at the hospital at Ft.

Co. of Sioux Falls has obtained an option to buy property on Skyline Hill in Rapid City for a tele Jackson. The doctor was described as vision installation. The company Navy Men Start Test of Shelter operates KELO TV in i quiet and personable, and by a neighbor as hard to know. Falls.

1" tK Ixj i Jig tm'i -f" i 'ti I I ii mill -mi in hi 'i ii ft. 1 Chief Deputy Sheriff Jimmy When the simulated radioactivi canvas, slung five deep in a steel Harrison said notes found in the Madison home indicated Madison jungle gym arrangement that oc ty reaches a safe level the seamen will come out for 48 hours cupies about half the living space. of medical checks and interroga Each man gets two blankets. shot his wife and sons. The content of the notes was not made public, although police said one read: "I will not be far away." tion.

are not being told. The results will be of interest to the Pentagon's Civil Defense planners. "This is not a Civil Defense test," a Navy spokesman said, "it is a test to determine best means of protecting personnel at naval bases, so the Navy The young seamen will have no A spokesman for the company said Saturday his firm intends to obtain authority from the Federal Communications Commission to construct a -television station on the site. Mid-Continent's Consulting engineers in Washington, D.C., are preparing material to be filed with the FCC in support of the proposed Rapid City operation. Until then, they will live in television and just one radio set, No notes were found in the hotel quarters giving each man about one tenth the space he would but their movements will be monitored by a TV camera The only cooking utensils are WASHINGTON (AP) One hundred Navy volunteers walked into a hole in the hillside Saturday for a stay that so far as they have been advised will be indefinite.

The hole leads to a $70,000 fallout shelter where the sailors sleep in shifts, play cards, eat emergency rations and wait for a field of simulated radioactivity outside to cool off. The Navy and newsmen know how long the group will live below ground in the test of shelter living conditions at the Navy Medical Center at Nearby Be- have in a submarine. They will room where Madison's body was discovered. He had checked into the hotel at 7:30 a.m. Thursday and had not been seen since.

Names of some members of his will be able to operate even under the conditions of nuclear live on a diet based an electric soup kettle and an on survival ration crackers, sup war." Twice each day, two-man teams will emerge like groundhogs for plemented by soup, stew, peanut butter, coffee and chocolate. A soldier leaving an Army family and that of an Army colonel were scrawled on the bathroom mirror with soap. The only heat in the shelter will a quick check of "radiation" in electric coffee pot. The supplies stacked around the walls in cartons include cases of the canned wheat crackers, canned soup and stew, dried milk, instant cocoa, paper cups and towels, plastic food trays and soup bowls, cigarettes and facial tissues. base was overheard saying to a comrade: "This has got to be be body heat In a two-day preliminary test love at first sight.

I'm on an tensity, then go back into the tunnel, tosS their "contaminated" clothing into a receptacle in a tiny anteroom, take a shower, and re-enter the 25x48-foot thesda Md. But the subjects of DELIVERS VALENTINES A neighbor said Madison and Brian went shopping Wednesday. Later, Brian delivered valentines SLAYING VICTIMS These four sons of Army Capt. Vincent Madison and the captain's wife, Sally, were found shot to death in their home at Columbia, S.C. Standing, from left, are Bryan, 5, and Mark, 7, and sitting Hugh 2, and Vincent 8.

the inside temperature rose quickly to 68 degrees while the outside temperature was 10. eight-hour pass." Colorful Thermo-wall tumblers A diesel generator at the en the test, youngsters fresh from boot training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois, Inow filled with Nordica! (adv.) trance will provide electricity, The SO beds are rectangles of to friends in the neighborhood. i.

Get access to Newspapers.com

  • The largest online newspaper archive
  • 300+ newspapers from the 1700's - 2000's
  • Millions of additional pages added every month

Publisher Extra® Newspapers

  • Exclusive licensed content from premium publishers like the Argus-Leader
  • Archives through last month
  • Continually updated

About Argus-Leader Archive

Pages Available:
1,255,670
Years Available:
1886-2024