Wheat-Cotton Bill and Food Stamp Plan Pass House
In a long tense session the House approved the wheat-cotton subsidy 211 to 208 and the food stamp program 229 to 189. The votes split along party lines amid accusations of traded support as the measures move to the Senate for action. Northwest members from Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota backed or opposed the bills in split roll calls.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Johnson
House
Senate
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Northwest
Minnesota
Blatnik
Fraser
Karth
Olson
Langen
MacGregor
Nelson
North Dakota
Andrews
Short
South Dakota
Reifel
Berry
Belgian Doctors Heckled at Luxembourg Resort
Belgian physicians visiting a Luxembourg resort to escape requisition faced heckling as authorities debated relief of the medical care crisis in Belgium. The incident highlighted tensions between doctors seeking aid and local sentiment during the healthcare strain.
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Luxembourg
Clervaux
Iowa Solons approve permanent reapportionment plan
The Iowa Legislature closed its special session with a permanent reapportionment plan amid criticism it raises constitutional conflicts. The 114 member House and 50 member Senate would base districts on population with safeguards but face potential court challenges and constitutional hurdles. Governor Hughes called the plan far from ideal while lawmakers framed it as a basis for future action.
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Iowa
Senate
House
Max Kreager
R - Newton
Robert Naden
Webster City
Evan Hultman
Jasper
Iowa Supreme Court
New Minneapolis Police Chief Hawkinson Named to Succeed Walling
Calvin Hawkinson 48, inspector of detectives, will take over as Minneapolis police chief on May percent, effective June 1, succeeding E. J. Walling who resigned. Hawkinson began in the department April 10, 1942, and rose through ranks to detective captain in 1953 and inspector in 1961 following the death of Charles Wetherille.
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Minneapolis (Ap
Calvin Hawkinson
Minneapolis
E. J
Pat
Walling
Hawkinson
Iie
Charles Wetherille
Postal service limits mail during nationwide rail strike
The Post Office Department announced it will restrict movement of all but first class mail if a nationwide railroad strike occurs. Second to fourth class mail shipments beyond 150 miles from origin will be curtailed. Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home indicated Britain’s general election will be held in the fall, with no precise date but expected in October.
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General Assembly
Washington
Post Office Department
London
Alec Douglas-Home
Iowa seeks student exchange with Negro colleges in South
The University of Iowa asked the State Board of Regents for approval to start a student exchange program with Southern Negro colleges. Dr. Virgil Hancher called it experimental but directed toward progress. Ten Iowa students would study one semester at Southern schools and ten Negro students would study at Iowa. The same dispatch notes in Stockholm that Col. Stig Wennerstrom’s espionage trial began and was closed to the public for national security reasons.
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DES Moines
University of Iowa
State Board of Regents
South
Virgil Hancher
Iowa
Stockholm
Sweden
Col
Stig Wennerstrom
City Hall Sit-In Ends as Cleveland Reaches Two-Week Truce
In Cleveland a seven hour City Hall meeting produced a two week truce in the civil rights dispute over school integration. A special study group will examine the problem as 125 demonstrators left the City Hall sit-in after the agreement, which could extend two more weeks if progress is shown.
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Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Ralph S. Locher
School Board
Bruce W. Klunder
City Hall
Common Pleas Court
John V. Corrigan
Lakeview
UFM
Congress of Racial Equality
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Locher
Glenville
Last Tribute as MacArthur Lies In State At Capitol
President Johnson leads nation in paying final honors to General Douglas MacArthur. The casket, on a ceremonial caisson, is moved to Union Station then to Washington National Airport for a 2:10 p.m. flight to Norfolk for burial. Military salutes mark stops at Trenton Odenton and Aberdeen before a Capitol rotunda service.
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Washington
Capitol
Douglas MacArthur
Johnson
Washington National Airport
Norfolk
New York
MacArthur
7Th Regiment
Jean
Arthur
Trenton
N.J
Odenton
Aberdeen
Fathers
Union Station
John F. Kennedy
Black Jack
Senate
House
Frederick Brown Harris
Supreme Court
Emergency Talks Pushed by Wirtz to Avert Rail Strike
Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz urged continuous bargaining among unions and railroad executives to stave off a nationwide strike set for 12:01 a.m. EST Friday. With five unions and about 200 railroads involved, the talks center on wages classifications run lengths and other working conditions as the strike deadline loomed and traffic was disrupted on Illinois Central lines.
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Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
H. E. Gilbert
Afl-Clo Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Gilbert
Charles Luna
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Railroad
Johnson
Aflcio Brotherhood of Railroad
Aflcio Brotherhood of
J. E. Wolfe
Illinois Central
Ilinois Central Railroad
Minnesota
Iowa
Albert Lea
London
Lyle
St. Ansgar
Osage
Charles City
Chicago Northwestern Railway
Waterloo
C&nw
Chicago
Minneapolis St. Louis Railway
Twin Cities
Milwaukee Road
Rock Island
Omaha
Hills
Minn
Parasail Test Deemed Partial Success Despite Snapped Lines
Houston AP reports Manned Spacecraft Center calls a parasail test a partial success after shroud lines broke at Trinity Bay. A reverse parachute lowered the two man Gemini boilerplate craft, as researchers seek ground landings rather than water. Communities in Minnesota and Iowa may be affected.
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Houston, Tex
Manned Spacecraft Center
Trinity Bay
Sunshine zebra foal born at Cincinnati Zoo comforts by Hoff daughter
Sunshine the two week old female zebra at the Cincinnati Zoo lies in a basement nursery with Kim Hoff, daughter of zoo director Bill Hoff, caring for her after her twin died soon after birth. Hoff notes multiple births to zebras and horses have low survival chances, while Sunshine receives a special milk formula and devoted care.
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Sunshine
Cincinnati Zoo
Kim Hoff
Zoo
Bill Hoff
Hoff
Kim
LeMay Remains Air Force Chief Through 1966
The White House says Gen Curtis LeMay will stay as Air Force chief of staff until February 1966. The decision follows McNamara’s push for a shorter term and ties retirement eligibility to 35 years of service.
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Washington
Curtis E. LeMay
Air Force
White House
LeMay
Defense Department
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Kennedy
Penny Bank Stolen From His Bathroom in Salt Lake City
Daniel Montoya reported a burglary at his Salt Lake City home after a window was broken and a penny bank containing between 8 000 and 10 000 pennies was stolen. The incident occurred Tuesday according to police reports.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Daniel Montoya
Montoya
Rogers Named Executive Director of Minnesota Sheriffs Ranch
Ira B. Rogers Jr. is appointed executive director of the Minnesota Sheriffs Boys Ranch south of Austin, with headquarters at 2675 University Avenue St. Paul. He previously served as Director of Field Service for the Minnesota Heart Association.
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Minnesota State Sheriffs’ Association
Ira B. Rogers Jr
Minnesota Sheriffs Boys Ranch
Austin
Rogers
University Avenue
St. Paul
Minnesota Heart Association
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