Minnesota Government Imposes New Gas Ole o and Cigarette Taxes
Minnesota begins its fiscal year with new taxes from the 1963 legislature. Gasoline rises one cent per gallon plus a 4 cent federal tax, yellow oleo becomes legal at 10 cents per pound, and a penny per pack cigarette tax raises funds for a statewide natural resources program and junior college aid. Government allocations split tax revenue among state, counties, and large municipalities.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Wisconsin
General Revenue Fund
Karl Rolvaag
Rolvaag
Kennedy Berlin Visit Provokes Soviet Criticism
Moscow reports Tass slams President Kennedy for backing West German revenge after World War II defeat. The Soviet agency claims his Berlin trip contradicts pledges to curb war threats and faults Chancellor Adenauer as host with no legal right to serve in Berlin.
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Tass
Kennedy
West Berlin
Berlin
Konrad Adenauer
Goldwater Plans Amendment to Kennedy Civil Rights Proposal
Senator Barry Goldwater announces he will offer an amendment to President Kennedy's civil rights bill to strip National Labor Relations Board benefits from unions that practice discrimination. He questions federal reach on desegregation of private businesses and cautions limits on the attorney general's power, aiming to test support in Congress before reelection.
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Barry Goldwater
Kennedy
National Labor Relations Board
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Labor Department
John F. Kenning
Goldwater
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Arizona
South
GOP
Wirtz
R-Ariz
Air Force captain dies in Saigon area crash
A U.S. Air Force captain was killed when his T28 fighter crashed during a strafing run against a Communist guerrilla concentration about 70 miles west of Saigon. A Vietnamese observer pilot also died in the same crash.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Drowning Tragedy Strikes Blooming Prairie Girl
Seven year old Susan Tillerus drowned at a Blooming Prairie Minnesota pool while siblings Gary Thorson and Ty Thorson conducted life saving and diving lessons for a group. Susan's clothing was found by her mother before authorities realized she was missing. Gary and Ty rescued her after about five minutes of mouth to mouth resuscitation but she could not be revived at St Olaf Hospital. Susan’s father Truman Tillerus teaches vocational agriculture at the Blooming Prairie High School and was away attending summer courses at the University of Minnesota.
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Blooming Prairie
Minn
Susan Tillerus
Truman _ Tillerus
Gary Thorson
Susan
Thorson
Allen Morton
St. Olaf Hospital
Campaign gadgetmen showcase for 1964 election elements
Washington AP reports campaign gadgetmen display nonpartisan items for parties with Kennedy Johnson and Nixon slogans. Exhibits include buttons balloons emblems and novelty items like turncoat pens and faux Indian headdresses. A new AU H20 emblem signals Goldwater. Parole violator Sarah Jeannette Johns returns to prison after missing curfew.
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Washington
Specialty Advertising Guild
Goldwater
Kennedy visits Barnyard Home of Irish Kennedys
President Kennedy toured Dunganstown Ireland visiting the Kennedy homestead barnyard where cousin Mary Ann Ryan hosted tea for relatives and neighbors. He thanked locals, promised a future return, then flew on to Wexford amid festive crowds and local honors including gifts and the town declaring a holiday.
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Patrick Kennedy
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A.R. Minihan
John XXII
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Minihan
Kennedy Htad
Eunice Shriver
Jean Smith
Ambassador McCloskey
George Meany
Missouri Boy Mixes Up Medical Centers in Firefly Mixup
A rural Adrian boy in Missouri heard an announcement seeking fireflies for research and sent 46 to Mayo Clinic in Rochester. The note revealed the intended recipient was Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, not Mayo Clinic.
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Rochester, Minn
Adrian
Mayo Clinic
Rick Williams
John Hopkins University
Baltimore
Macmillan names Godber war minister in Cabinet shakeup
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan designated Joseph Godber aged 49 as Britain's new war minister succeeding the disgraced John Profumo. Godber, recently active at the United Nations and East West disarmament talks since 1961, takes the post amid ongoing international tensions.
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Harold Macmillan
Joseph Godber
John Profumo
Britain
Godber
Scandals Silence Washington on Profumo and Spies
Washington reacts to the Profumo affair, the Swedish Wennerström spy case, and an alleged UN call girl racket. FBI and CIA reportedly investigate. officials offer little comment as lawmakers weigh security implications and consequences for allied governments.
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Sweden
Soviet Union
United Nations
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FBI
Profumo
Kennedy
Congress
Tower
Stig Erik Wennerstrom
United States
Three Minnesota Men Die in Separate Traffic Accidents
Three men died in Minnesota traffic crashes. In Otter Tail County a rear end collision at Highway 59 and county road near Pelican Rapids killed Arthur Haiby and Gordon Johnson. In Stearns County John Lorenz died when his car left a curve and hit a tree near St. Cloud. The 1963 Minnesota highway toll reached 311.
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Minnesota
Pelican Rapids
Otter Tail County
Arthur Oliver Haiby
Gordon Hjalmer Johnson
Rothsay
Haily
Johnson
John R. Lorenz
Wirtz Pledges Federal Probe Against Job Bias on Projects
Secretary of Labor W Willard Wirtz told a House judiciary subcommittee that new federal standards will prevent employment discrimination on government projects before contracts are awarded. He backed Kennedy civil rights measures as GOP support hinges on compromise. Senator Barry Goldwater signaled an amendment against unions practicing discrimination.
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Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
House Judiciary
Khrushchev May Visit East Berlin With Tereshkova
Speculation swirls that Premier Khrushchev could bring spacewoman Valentina Tereshkova to East Berlin to boost mood after Kennedy's West Berlin visit. Observers note he faces rivals and may reveal German policy shifts but doubt the plan will match Kennedy's turnout. Khrushchev lands at Schoenefeld, his motorcade to East Berlin, and meets Ulbricht before departure.
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West Berlin
Gerhard Goetting
Communist Party
East Berlin
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Goetting
East Germany
Walter Ulbricht
Schoenefeld
ADN
Ulbricht
Neutralist Troops Repel Pathet Lao Attack Near Plaine des Jarres
In Laos neutralist forces repelled a Pathet Lao infantry assault against forward positions north of the Plaine des Jarres airfield. Premier Souvanna Phouma's office announced the defences held after the nighttime attack.
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Vientiane
Laos
Plaine Des Jarres
Souvanna Phouma
Thompson reads in jail as bond sought at $100000
In St Paul Thompson spends time reading in his Ramsey County jail cell while his attorneys press for a $100000 bond for his release. In Miami Fidel Castro will address the nation tonight on radio and television per Havana broadcast.
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T. Eugene Thompson
Ramsey County
Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
Havana
One Dies in Saigon Theater Grenade Blast
A grenade exploded in a downtown Saigon movie theater killing one person and injuring 53 others including many children. Police attributed the blast to an accidental discharge.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Man picks up candy instead of meal in Des Moines
Des Moines man Robert A. of Des Moines miscarries a lunch bag mix up when he leaves for work and finds 21 lol lipops inside. His 8 year old daughter Jeanne also brings sandwiches to a class party.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Robert Asbille
Jeanne
Water Works Chief Pushes City for New Truck
Cumberland Kentucky Water Works Superintendent Seabert Gilliam wins council approval to buy a new vehicle citing the old truck’s steering failure poor hill climbing broken starter and missing second gear in a local city council meeting.
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Cumberland
Water Works
Seabert Gilliam
Cornell Nutrition Expert Wins $1000 Borden Award
Dr. Charlotte M. Young, professor of medical nutrition at Cornell University, received the $1,000 Borden award for fundamental research in nutrition on Wednesday. The presentation was made by the sponsor, highlighting her contributions to obesity and dietary science.
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Charlotte M. Young
Cornell University
Borden
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