Nelson Urges Shift In Tax Distribution
Gov. Gaylord Nelson told the Joint Finance Committee he cannot support any tax bill that raises state revenue without fixing inequities in tax distribution to local communities. He backs a Blue Ribbon Committee reform and urges a new distribution system in his 1961 63 tax package. He warns new taxes are easier than new distribution formulas.
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Madison
Gaylord Nelson
Joint Finance Committee
Nelson
Blue Ribbon Committee
Howard Koop
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Shepard Still Aims High After Historic Space Flight
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. pledged continued rapid progress after his 115 mile suborbital flight. NASA chief James F. Webb warned of early unmanned tests with possible failures as the space program presses toward orbital missions. The nation celebrated Shepard with honors, public adulation, and a televised briefing detailing the mission from blastoff to splashdown.
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Washington
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Space Agency
James F. Webb
Congress
Shepard
General Bus Strike Cripples Paris
Paris sees a 24 hour general strike crippling subway and bus service. The action was led by the Communist dominated General Confederation of Labor with support from the Catholic Trade Confederation. President De Gaulle urged a national drive toward production cohesion and renewal in a televised appeal.
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Paris
UPD
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
France
General Confederation of Labor
Catholic Trade Confederation
Weather outlook with frost risk and mild temps
Colder conditions are expected with scattered frost possible tonight. Skies clear for tonight and tomorrow, with a fair and somewhat warmer day ahead. Downtown readings reached 53, Southport 50, and American Motors 53. prior high 59 and low 47. Monday highs and lows were 68 and 48, with 0.6 inches of rain yesterday. Sunrise 5:38, sunset 7:58.
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Southport
American Motors
Legislative redistricting plan introduced in Assembly
The Assembly today introduced a four district shift in northern Wisconsin to gain seats for Milwaukee and Waukesha counties under a year long study by the Legislative Council Reapportionment Committee. The companion Senate plan realigns districts to add a southeastern seat, while the congressional map enlarges northern and western districts to boost Milwaukee and Waukesha representation. Also approved was a $2.9 million deficiency appropriation for current year school aid by a 77 to 8 vote.
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Legislative Council
Assembly
Senate
Wisconsin
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Waukesha
Milwaukee County
Waukesha County
Robert Knowles
New Richmond
Howard Cameron
Rice Lake
Clifford Krueger
Merrill
Reuben LaFave
Crop planting behind schedule despite Khrushchev push
Moscow reports spring planting is behind schedule despite Premier Khrushchev's urging. The Soviet news agency notes delays in field work and crop preparation as spring arrives.
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Moscow
Soviet Russia
Khrushchev
Two Americans Die On Gallows In Nassau
Alvin Table Jr. and Billy Wayne Lees were executed at Nassau Prison for the murder of Florida captain Angus Boatwright. The pair, 25 and 23, were the first Americans hanged in the Bahamas. The crime began when they stole a Key West cruiser, fled with Table’s 18 year old bride Barbara, and after a chase and confrontation aboard Muriel III, Lees shot Boatwright as he resisted.
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Bahamas
Florida
Alvin Table Jr
Billy Wayne Lees
Table
Sees
Table and Sees
Angus Boatwright
Islamorada
Fila
Elbow Key
Key West
Barbara
San Antonio
Texas
Boatwright
Kent Hokanson
Lees
Coast Guard
Miami, Fla
Kennedy era school aid bill clears subcommittee with more funds
A House education subcommittee approved a 3.3 billion public school aid package, routing 2.5 billion for state classroom construction and teacher pay over three years and 840 million for the impact aid program. The measure retains Kennedy’s general aid framework while boosting overall cost and allocating rules. Democratic support prevailed 4-3 as Republicans opposed.
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Washington
Upih
House
Kennedy
House Education and Labor Committee
Frank Thompson
D-N.j
Thompson
Senate Labor and Welfare Committee
NATO ministers urge Portugal to rethink Africa policy
At a closed NATO session in Oslo ministers urged Portugal to revise its Africa policy amid bloodshed in Angola. The alliance, including Britain France and the U S, said colonial days are over and favored pursuing African nationalism to keep the West allied. Rusk and Lange urged broad consultation within NATO and unity against Soviet strength.
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Norway
Portugal
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Angola
Congo
Franco Noguera
Africa
United Nations
United States
U.N
Noguera
Britain
France
Halvard Lange
Harold Macmillan
Lange
U.S
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Maurice Couve de Murville
Lord Home
West Germany
NATO Council
Berlin
Home
Soviet Union
Lenient Sentence for Texas Murderer Draws Criticism
Robert Bell 62 was convicted of murder with malice for fatally shooting James Brooks in May 1960. District Judge Sam B. Hall Sr. sentenced Bell to 10 years with probation, noting Bell’s clean record and stating the county is better off with the deceased no longer among us.
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Marshall
Tex
APD
Robert Bell
Bell
James Brooks
Brooks
Sam B. Hall Sr
Hall
Fire claims five Wagerman children in Halifax blaze
A flash fire swept a two story North Halifax tenement early today. Five Wagerman children died while their parents escaped by leaping from a second floor window. John Wagerman, a Canadian navy member, suffered burns of about sixty percent. Isabel Wagerman sustained lighter injuries.
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Halifax
N. S
John Wagerman
Wagerman
Isabel
UW approves new bachelor of science in nuclear engineering
The University of Wisconsin faculty approved a new bachelor of science degree in nuclear engineering on Monday, adding a curriculum expansion to the Madison campus.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
Spectacular Fire Destroys Pantzer Lumber Yard in Sheboygan
A massive blaze at Pantzer Lumber Co. in Sheboygan destroyed half a million board feet of lumber causing at least a quarter of a million dollars in damage. Twenty firefighters fought the flames as residents aided bystanders and a nearby family was allowed to return home after the fire. Police and fire officials suspect youths under 10 started the blaze. one firefighter was injured when a spike punctured a knee.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Pantzer Lumber Co
Elmer Mertens
Erie Oil Co
Doris Gabrielse
Ray Dione
Laos Peace Efforts Slow as Truce Commission Seeks Talks
The International Truce Commission asked to sit in on Lao peace talks between the Vientiane government and Pathet Lao rebels to speed an armistice. Premier Boun Oum sent a delegation toward Hin Heup on the Nam Lik River while talks at Hin Heup between rival factions have stalled. Samar Sen led the commission with Polish and Canadian aides to a 75 minute session with Boun Oum and Gen. Phoumi Nosavan.
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Vientiane
Laos
International Truce Commission
Samar Sen
India
Truce Commission
Hin Heup
Boun Oum
Nam Lik
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
Sen
Phoumi Nosayan
Rioters Driven From Marengo’s European Quarter
French troops and riot police cleared hundreds of hatchet armed Moslems from the European section of Marengo as they rioted in support of the nationalist rebellion.
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Algiers
Marengo
Senate Armed Services Committee Increases SAC Bombers
The Senate Armed Services Committee overrode Kennedy and Eisenhower, unanimously approving a 12.5 billion dollar authorization bill with a 525 million addition for Strategic Air Command bombers. The measure funds procurement of missiles planes and ships.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Strategic Air Command
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Cape launch crashes into Atlantic after out of control flight
A 72 foot poor man's rocket carrying radiation study instruments failed during ascent and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean about 30 miles east of Cape Canaveral. The incident ends the mission and prompts investigation by launch officials and coast guard authorities.
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Cape Canaveral
iPlh
Atlantic Ocean
Here
Tshombe Indicted on Treason Charges in Congo Republic
In Leopoldville the Congo Republic, Katanga President Moise Tshombe was indicted today on eight counts of treason. The case marks a fresh challenge to Tshombe as political tensions rise amid ongoing Congo crisis.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Congo Republic
Nixon Criticizes Kennedy Plea For Self-Censorship
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon condemned President Kennedy's call for press self censorship saying the security appeal could hide errors and failures of the administration.
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Detroit
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
Doctor operates on own appendix in Antarctic isolation
Moscow reports 26 year old Soviet doctor Leonid Rogozov performed a two hour appendectomy with a mirror and help from a meteorologist and a mechanic after being snowbound in Antarctica.
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Moscow
UPD
Antarctic
Tass
Leonid Rognozov
D Attorney Faces Delicate Priest Gambling Case in Groves
Groves Texas district attorney W G Walley faces a touchy case involving Rev B J Marino pastor of the Catholic church and gambling charges from a church bazaar Attendees sold lottery tickets spun a wheel for silver dollars and pitched pennies for a payoff Witnesses say two raffle tickets were sold to a 15 year old member of Rev Johnson s congregation A full investigation was ordered with assistant John Dewitt to report before any decision on prosecution is made The case raises local tensions between Catholic and other communities.
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Charles R. Johnson
Wheatley Memorial Baptist Church
B. J. Marino
Mr. Johnson
Father Marino
Marino
Walley
John Dewitt
Groves
Inmate Bethards Sentenced Over Riot Attempt at Reformatory
Racine youth Green Bay Pam Donald Bethards, 18, received a four year term in the State Reformatory for his role in an inmate uprising on February 21 at the institution.
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Pam Donald Bethards
Racine
State Reformatory
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