Assembly Debated Food Tax Exemption Amid Clothing Exclusion
Wisconsin Assembly push to exempt food from a 3 percent sales tax was defeated 52-45 along party lines after a marathon session. Democrats, led by Frank Nikolay and Robers Risser, proposed broader exclusions while Republicans rejected the food relief and other amendments as time ran late. The measure advances toward Senate approval but likely awaits next week.
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Madison
Assembly Democrats
Fred Risser
Risser
Welfare
Assembly
Assembly of
Senate
Senate approves record defense appropriation in peace time
The Senate voted a record 46.8 billion dollars for defense for the coming fiscal year. The measure includes 3.5 billion to expand conventional forces and nearly 1 billion for unrequested bomber programs and National Guard support. It moves to the House for consideration of over 4 billion in increases.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
House
Cut Conservation Budget Signed by Wisconsin Governor
Gov Gaylord Nelson signed the Wisconsin Conservation Department budget for 1961 63 totaling 26.6 million dollars, about 2 million less than the prior biennium. The package funds forestry 10.2 million parks 1.3 million administration 2.3 million and training and tourist advertising 954 thousand. The measure is separate from a 50 million outdoor resources preservation program pending Senate action. He also signed a housing authority bill for cities to aid elderly residents including a Shullsburg request to qualify for a federal loan.
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Madison
State Conservation Department
Gaylord Nelson
Nelson
State Assembly
Senate
Shullsburg
Gustave Keller Named Outagamie Municipal Judge
Gustave J. Keller of Appleton is appointed municipal judge of Outagamie County to replace the late Oscar J. Schmiege. Governor Gaylord Nelson announced the appointment. Keller, 63, is a lifelong Appleton resident and UW Law School graduate of 1922.
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Madison
Gustave J. Keller
Appleton
Outagamie County
Oscar J. Schmiege
Gaylord Nelson
Keller
University of Wisconsin Law School
Russ-American Vessels Collide Off Gibraltar in Thick Fog
A 7233 ton American freighter Janet Quinn and the 17597 ton Soviet tanker Trud collided in fog west of Gibraltar. The Janet Quinn rammed the Trud amid an economic blockade push against Cuba. Both ships reached harbor under their own steam with no casualties, the Trud holed forward and the Janet Quinn taking water and bridge damage.
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Gibraltar
Janet Quinn
Father Son Plane Hijacking Sparks Washington Furor
An itinerant car salesman and his 16 year old son hijacked a Continental Airlines jet near El Paso, taking 10 hostages for nearly nine hours. After a tense standoff in which FBI agents and Border Patrol pursued the plane, a knockout by an FBI man ended the crisis. The hijackers were bound over to a federal grand jury on charges of transporting a stolen plane and kidnapping as debates in Congress over piracy penalties surged.
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el Paso
Tex
White House
Congress
Leon Bearden
Cody
Bearden
Arizona
California
Kennedy
Border Patrol
Continental Airlines
Havana
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Mexico City
Cuba
U.S
Continental
Los Angeles
B. D. Richards
Senate probes hijack threat and Peace Corps plan
Witness Leonard Gilman testified before a Senate aviation panel that would be hijackers of a jet at El Paso despised the U S and sought exile in Cuba. The committee advanced a bill to make air piracy a federal crime while approving a Peace Corps act with 40 million dollars for its first year. Wisconsin and Sauk Columbia Fond du Lac counties move to create new county courts next July.
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Wasington—I?Plc
Senate
el Paso
U.S
Cuba
Leonard Gilman
Washington
JPI
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kennedy
Peace Corps
Madison
Wisconsin Senate
Assembly
Sauk, Columbia
Fond du Lac
Saskatoon picks Douglas as new NDP leader
Ottawa reports Thomas C. Douglas aged 56, premier of Saskatchewan, has been chosen leader of Canada's Socialistic New Democratic Party. The election had been anticipated.
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Ottawa
Thomas C. Douglas
Saskatchewan
Canada
Socialistic
New Democratic Party
Diver Finds Some Bodies in Bus Wreck at Lake Lucerne
A diver in Lake Lucerne located several bodies inside an upside down bus submerged 180 feet. The bus carrying 35 American tourists and three crew members plunged off a highway after colliding with a truck. Miss Julia R. Schulz was identified among the victims.
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Hergiswil
Switzerland
Lake Lucerne
Siegfried Naumann
Naumann
Julia R. Schulz
Altoona
Soviet notes offer mild stance on German peace talks
The Soviet Union said it would negotiate a German peace treaty with the Western powers or sign a separate peace with East Germany if the United States Britain and France refuse talks. The 6,000 word notes delivered to Washington London and Paris suggest a softer tone than before and avoid detailing how talks would be held while denying intent to restrict West Berlin rights. Khrushchev had discussed similar ideas with Italian Premier Fanfani.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
East Germany
Germany
Amintore Fanfani
Nikita Khrushchev
West Berlin
Berlin
Khrushchev
East Berlin to Tax West Berlin Commuters in Western Money
Communist authorities announced Aug 1 that East Berlin commuters who live in the East and work in the West must pay rent and utility bills in Western German marks on a one to one basis. Violators face jail and fines. About 52,000 are registered in West Berlin with 20,000 to 30,000 unregistered. 20,000 to 30,000 work without registering.
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Berlin
East Berlin
Red East
West Berlin
Weekend Weather Outlook with Showers and Warm Temp
The forecast warns of worsening conditions before improvement with thundershowers tonight and more rain Saturday morning. Cooler, less humid air moves in afterward. Noonday readings vary from 75 to 87 across locations, with a 68 low since midnight and sunny early hours.
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Kenoshans
Southport
American Motors
Pipeline Blown Up at Dhekelia in Cyprus
Saboteurs exploded the water pipeline feeding the British base area at Dhekelia on Thursday night the eighth time in nine days. Cyprus faces water shortages as saboteurs, believed to be farmers and villagers, resent the spring supply nine miles away to the base.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Dhekelia
Rusk Arrives in Paris to Initiate Berlin Talks
U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk reached Paris to seed negotiations with the Soviet Union on West Berlin and Germany. He will meet British and French counterparts as Western ministers hold sessions through Monday, then NATO talks and ambassador meetings.
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Paris
U.S
Dean Rusk
West Berlin
Germany
Rusk
Berlin
East Germany
Soviet Union
West Germany
NATO
Moscow
Hijack Scheme Shocks Family and Friends
Coolidge Arizona a teenage son Cody and his father Leon Bearden are jailed in El Paso on federal charges of hijacking a Continental Airlines Boeing 707 and kidnapping its 65 passengers and six crew. Mary Ruth Bearden, wife, recalls a quietly upstanding family and expresses loyalty despite a past criminal record.
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Concensus of
Arizona
Leon Bearden
Cody
el Paso
Tex
Continental Airlines
Bearden
Mary Ruth
Coolidge
Cuba
Mother and Daughter Die In Wisconsin Road Crash
A mother, 34, and her 12 year old daughter Linda Heike of Mondovi were killed when their car collided with a pickup driven by Don Sheppard of Brainerd Minnesota on a Mondovi street during a rainstorm. The Wisconsin highway toll for 1961 rises to 488.
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Wisconsin
James Heike
Linda
Mondovi
Don Sheppard
Brainerd
Minn
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Air Line Pilots Association
Cody Leon Bearden
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