Johnson Calls for Moderation in Civil Rights Struggle
President Johnson urged moderation in the civil rights era and urged understanding across groups. He avoided endorsing violence, urged courts for protests, and entertained decisions on a new bomber while defending defense budgets and national security policies.
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LBJ
Washington
Johnson
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Curtis E. LeMay
Air Force
Senate
Wisconsin Assembly Abolishes City Ward Split
The Wisconsin Assembly concurred with the Senate to abolish the current division of six city wards. The rapid action order ends the split ward system to unify representation in the city's electoral map.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Assembly
State Senate
Mistrials Declared in Beckwith Evers Case and Local Redistricting
The article reports a second mistrial in the Byron Beckwith murder case over Medgar Evers and notes a separate La Crosse County redistricting bill moving to Gov Reynolds. It details districts, wards, and political figures involved, with emphasis on procedural delays and potential population balance.
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la Crosse County
D. Russell Wartinbee
Senate
Raymond C. Rice
la Crosse
John W. Reynolds
Reynolds
Farnam Street
State Road
Bice
Beckwith
Medgar Evers
Evers
Hendrick
Cattle Barn Burn At Pigeon Falls Causes $50000 Loss
Fire swept Otis Burt farm in Pigeon Falls Wisconsin destroying a 34 by 80 foot barn a granary machine shed chicken coop brooder house and 40 to 50 head of cattle. Two houses and a garage remained with a car and tractor saved. Firefighters from Pigeon Falls and Whitehall aided with a midnight blaze that threatened nearby property. Insurance partly covered the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pigeon Falls
Wis
Otis Burt
Peter Burt
Norman Hegge
Thompson Brothers
Burt Place
White‘hall
Burt Farm
Ruling Upholded On Oneidas Timber Loss
The U S Court of Claims today upheld the Indian Claims Commission ruling that the Oneida tribe of Wisconsin cannot recover for timber losses on their land. The decision cites misuse by some Oneidas in 1838 1889, with forest depletion despite a reservation carved from Menominee lands near Green Bay.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Claims
Wisconsin
New York
United States
Green Bay
Indian Claims Commission
Court of Claims
De Gaulle Undergoes Prostate Operation In Paris
Paris AP notices Charles de Gaulle, 73, underwent a prostate gland operation at Cochin Hospital with the doctors reporting the procedure normal and the general's condition very satisfactory. The Elysee Palace issued the bulletin, while police guarded the hospital doorway as details stayed unofficial.
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Paris
de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
Cochin Hospital
Elysee Palace
White House
Pertak
Cape Kennedy Mishap Claims Mechanic's Life
Sidney Dagle the 29 year old spacecraft mechanic died from burns after a rocket motor ignited accidentally in a checkout building at Cape Kennedy. Eleven men were burned in the incident with several other workers hospitalized in Cocoa Beach and at Brooke Army Hospital in Texas.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Sidney Dagle
Dagle
Cocoa Beach
L. D. Gabel
Longmont
Colo
John Fassett
Brooke Army Hospital
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
Brooke
Cocoa
Consumer Spending Drives First Quarter 1964 Growth
Washington AP report shows consumer spending rising sharply as the main driver of the economy in Q1 1964. Personal consumption purchases climbed at an $8.1 billion annual rate, while GNP rose to about $608.5 billion, aided by inventory trends and a higher pace of spending.
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Johnson
Washington
Commerce Department
Ngo Dinh Can Trial Halted by Illness
Ngo Dinh Can, accused of murder and extortion, had his trial interrupted when the brother of late South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem collapsed outside the courtroom. Doctors diagnosed a heart attack and ordered return to the hospital where he is treated for diabetes.
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Ngo Dinh Can
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Viet Nam
Body Of 2nd Idaho Miner Recovered
Rescue teams recovered the second miner crushed to death in a cave accident at Idaho's biggest lignite mine near Burke. Police and mine officials identified the victims and continued investigations into the collapse occurring Wednesday night.
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Idaho
Burke
Milwaukee 26 Assembly seats debate resounds in Reynolds clash
The Wisconsin Assembly rejected a Democratic plan for Milwaukee County to have 26 seats in debate on reapportionment. The 57 to 35 vote left the GOP plan for 25 seats, while a Senate bill would add two seats to Waukesha and one to Milwaukee. The governor warned a veto if Milwaukee stayed at 25.
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Madison
State Assembly
Milwaukee County
Allen Flannigan
Milwaukee
Assembly
John W. Reynolds
Senate
Waukesha County
State Supreme Court
GOP
Redevelopment Authority Seeks Federal Funds for Civic Center Plans
The La Crosse Redevelopment Authority unanimously approves a federal funds application for the Civic Center first phase. The plan covers 107 502 dollars for surveys, planning, relocation, and services with a 21 month timeline before council and federal approval.
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Authority
Civic Center
la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse
Common Council
Candeub, Fleissig
Flanagan
Three Gwinnett Officers Shot and Cuffed Near Atlanta
The FBI reports three Gwinnett County police officers J R Everett Ralph K Davis and Jesse N Gravitt were found handcuffed together and shot in the back of the head in a remote wooded area about 15 miles north of Atlanta. Sheriff Quill Sammon and Clinton Chafin discuss possible link to a car theft and arson case being investigated.
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Atlanta
FBI
Ahland Freeman
Gwinnett County Commission
J.R. Everett
Ralph K. Davis
Jesse N. Gravitt
Quill Sammon
Gwinnett County
Clinton Chafin
Three Dead in Afton Car Train Crash
Three people were killed and four injured when a convertible collided with a freight train at a grade crossing in Afton. Victims named include Nicholas Hornhorst and Robert Moss, with other IDs withheld pending kin notification. crash delayed cleanup over an hour.
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Janesville
Afton
Rock County
Beloit Municipal Hospital
Nicholas Hornhorst
Rockford
Ill
Robert Moss
Beloit
Mary Marchiefava
Tom Jacobson
Madison
Nixon says morale weak in South Vietnam due to guerrilla sanctuary
Nixon told the New York Chamber of Commerce that morale in South Vietnam cannot stay high while Communist guerrillas retreat into North Vietnam or Laos. He urged stronger American backing and a tougher, more consistent U S policy in the Far East following his Far East tour.
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NEW York
Richard M. Nixon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Laos
New York Chamber of Commerce
Nixon
Far East
United States
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Chiang Kai-shek
U.S
Dean Rusk
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Chungking
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Chiang
Japan
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Eisenhower
Panama Canal
Colombia
State Department
John F. Kennedy
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Kennedy
Bill
UPI
Beck
Eeveres
Renee
Eee
Eweneer
Peter Neseree
Deeesees
Bulletin
Cochin
Vigor
Joseph Sweda
Lublin
By Donald W. Affolter
Curtis Storck
14Th Ward
la Crosse Street
Courthouse Square
Coca-Cola
Vernon Corp
Storck
Roy E. Kumm
G. Heileman Brewing Co
Heileman’s
Coke
Vernon Corporation
Board For Public Works
Kumm
Angelo Manbrino
David Blackman
Greenwich Village
Blackman
Manbrino
Marie Williams
Mandrino
St. Vincent's Hospital
S. Viet Nam
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