Wait and see attitude here Mississippi oil slick confined to Pepin area
The Lake Pepin oil slick remains confined to Pepin as officials monitor the Mississippi River and backwaters in the Coulee Region. Wardens Carl Frick and Dave Hammes and Eric Lawson of the Upper Mississippi Wildlife Refuge standby for action while National Guardsmen operate oil recovery devices and duck depots report 107 live ducks and 500 dead ducks near Spring Lake.
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la Crosse Tribune
Lake Pepin
Mississippi River
Coulee
Carl Frick
Dave Hammes
la Crosse
Eric Lawson
Upper Mississippi Wildlife Refuge
Phil Ham
la Crescent
Minn
Hastings
Associated Press
St. Paul
National Guardsmen
Conservation Department
Karl Rolvaag
Minnesota
Wabasha
Spring Lake
Weaver
Lawson
Kennedy Works Program Funds Denied By Committee
The House Appropriations Committee voted 22 to 19 to deny President Kennedy's request for 500 million dollars to speed up the public works program. The move follows GOP opposition and a prior subcommittee recommendation for 450 million, with a pending amendment to restore funds likely on next Tuesday's floor action.
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House Appropriations Committee
Kennedy
Congress
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
House
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Appropriations Committee
Senate
Treasury
Post Office
Interior Department
LeMay Fights Overruled TFX Contract Decision
Air Force Chief Gen. Curtis LeMay protested civilian overruling of military recommendations on the TFX fighter contract. Military boards favored Boeing. civilians awarded to General Dynamics. LeMay said the civilian action was not normal and offered no explanation. A General Accounting Office study was requested to examine cost figures for both proposals.
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Washington
Air Force
Curtis E. LeMay
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Boeing Co
Seattle
Wash
General Dynamics Corp
Fort Worth
Tex
LeMay
Subcommittee
General Accounting Office
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Boeing
William F. McKee
Eugene M. Zuckert
General Dynamics
Pentagon
Navy
R. G. Ruegg
Probe planned into Wisconsin smut publishing case
Wisconsin state senator announced a plan to form a special legislative committee to probe reports that pornographic paperback books are printed by the Freedom Publishing Co. based in Amherst, Portage County. Officers listed include Richard and Dorothy Shaver and Raymond Palmer, all of Amherst, with the company linked to Chicago funds and questions about the plant’s location.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Wisconsin
John M. Potter
Port Edwards
Potter
Freedom Publishing Co
Amherst
Portage County
Freedom Publishing Co. J
Saturday Evening Post
Secretary of State
Freedom ‘Publishing Co
Route 2
Richard S. Shaver
Dorothy ‘Shaver
Raymond A. Palmer
William Diedrich
Diedrich
Shaver
Chicago
Oppenheimer Receives $50,000 Fermi Award
Dr J Robert Oppenheimer wins the AEC 50 000 dollar Fermi Award for theoretical physics and leadership at the Institute for Advanced Study Princeton The award comes despite a 1954 security clearance denial tied to alleged Communist associations. He notes respect for colleagues and government goodwill.
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Washington
J. Robert Oppenheimer
U.S
Atomic En- Oppenheimer Ergy Commission
Oppenheimer
White House
AEC
Princeton
Institute For Advanced
Senate approves 375 million transit aid package
The Senate passed a 375 million transit aid bill by 52 to 41 with administration concessions. The measure, now heading to the House, would fund facilities and equipment for transit improvements but not operating subsidies. Washington would cover two thirds of net costs, and local revenue bonds must be inadequate.
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United States
International Secretariat
International Peace Corps
Senate Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
House
Washington
Senate
Kennedy
U.S
Fires Fanned by Winds Across Region Kill at Least Three
Winds up to 81 mph unleashed fires from Maine to Georgia killing at least three people. A NYC workman died when a plank flew free. a Syracuse area woman perished from electric shock. a Passaic building collapse killed a man. Weather fears eased as winds waned and temps rose.
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Associated Press
Maine
Georgia
New York City
Syracuse
N.Y
Passaic
N.J
Red Line Aims to Prevent Accidental War
Soviet Union agrees to a direct Washington to Moscow telecommunications link to avert accidental war. Tsarapkin proposes immediate talks on a Red Line connection, with each side setting its terminus, while U S Ambassador Stelle welcomes the plan. East German friendship proposal noted as a step to a broader nonaggression pact.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Washington
Kremlin
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
United States
Tsarapkin
Kennedy
Khrushchev
McPhee Calls High Schools Whistle Stops on Education Route
Eugene McPhee, director of Wisconsin State Colleges, told about 1,500 teachers at the WWEA convention that high school graduates increasingly pursue further education. He cited a survey showing many parents lacked advanced schooling and urged use of educational research, campus schools, and tri semester thinking while noting language teaching needs and the potential of television in teaching. Dr Rosa Lee Walston افزود.
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Eugene McPhee
Wisconsin
Western Wisconsin Education Association
Coleman Vocational School
WWEA
McPhee
la Crosse
Rosa Lee Walston
Woman's College of Georgia
Dr. Walston
Walston
Eng
Apollo capsule makes first public water drop test
A three man Apollo capsule model was dropped from a 143 foot tower into a Downey California water tank. It hit the water at about 21 mph horizontal and 18 mph vertical, simulating lunar return, produced a spray and settled slowly across the pool.
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North American Aviation
Downey
Calif
Earth
Moon
John Hackner Dies at 77 Former Altars Firm VP
John W. Hackner longtime leader at E. Hackner Co church furniture maker died in a La Crosse hospital at 77. He lived at 2613 Losey Blvd S and is survived by his widow Louise two sons two brothers four sisters and eight grandchildren. Services will be at 9 a m Monday at St Thomas More Church with burial in Catholic Cemetery. Rosary and fraternal services Sunday at the Blaschke Funeral Home.
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John W. Hackner
Edward G
Pittsfield
Mass
W. T. Hackner
George E
Robert J
la Crosse
M. Marietta
FSPA
Henry
Kate) Schmidt
Willmette
Ill
Julia
Ann
Knights of Columbus
Order of Foresters and the Elks
South Side
Blaschke
St. Thomas More Church
Rev
Thomas Mullen
Catholic Order of Foresters
Milwaukee Police Captain Appeals Suspension in John Doe Case
Police Captain Harry R. Kuszewski appealed his suspension from the vice squad to Circuit Court. The 52 year old former head was removed March 1 after a 24 count warrant cited misconduct tax evasion and false swearing. Kuszewski argues state law limits suspension to 15 days by the chief and 60 days by the commission and claims the commission found no evidence at its hearing.
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Milwaukee
Harry R. Kuszewski
John Doe
Kuszewski
Harold Johnson
Fire and Police Commission
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