NFO protests cattle market in two-state area
At Tomah Wisconsin and nearby counties NFO observers watched the Central Livestock Auction Market sale as 380 head of cattle were sold, down from the prior week due to rain. NFO organizers pledge non violent pressure to halt beef sales and urge farmers to withhold products, with plans to monitor future auctions.
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Tomah
Wis
Jerry Randall
National Farmers Organization
NFO
la Crosse
Jackson
Monroe
Alma Center
Jackson County
Randall
Ed Graf
Clifton
Wisconsin
Sleeping Sickness Claims 14 Lives In Houston
In Houston Texas fourteen deaths have been attributed to a sleeping sickness outbreak. Health officials warn the peak of the epidemic is yet to come. Dr C A Pigford says more cases will be reported and more deaths will occur but the chance of contracting the disease remains very small. Emergency facilities will be set up at Baylor University for prompt diagnoses. Entomologists and zoologists will collect mosquitoes and birds to identify the virus carrier and source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston, Tex
Houston
C. A. Pigford
Pigford
Baylor University
Livestock Receipts Down In Minnesota
The Associated Press reports lower meat animal receipts at major Minnesota markets as the National Farmers Organization asserts gains in its holding campaign. South St. Paul saw light cattle and hog rain. Wilson & Co. cut Albert Lea slaughter crews and hinted further layoffs if supplies stay weak. NFO plans tighten shipments when trading resumes, with long holdout possible.
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National Farmers Organization
NFC
South St. Paul
Wilson & Co
Albert Lea
Chicago
Wilson
NFO
Peters Packing reports no Friday livestock purchases
Milwaukee AP filed report that Peters Packing Co. Chippewa Falls with 75 NFO members did not buy livestock on Friday amid the National Farmers Organization withholding action. Other firms signaled possible future curtailments as market prices rose slightly.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
National Farmers Organization
Peters Packing Co
Chippewa Falls
NFO
Eau Claire
Democrats Try To Avoid Fight On Civil Rights Issue
At the Atlantic City convention platform writers weigh skipping a civil rights plank to avoid widening fights in Congress. The committee plans a preamble praising the Kennedy Johnson administration while seeking vigorous enforcement of the 1964 Civil Rights Act without new legislation. Page 3.
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Platform Committee
Senate
House
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Lawrence
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Proxmire Wife Sees Convention's Serious Side at 1964 Meet
Ellen Proxmire, Wisconsin's senior senator's wife and platform committee member, rejects views of convention as social lark. She calls the process a demanding political education with 854 women delegates and alternates, including 22 from Wisconsin, and notes ongoing liberal filibusters back home. Pierre Salinger leads the all-women panel on political participation.
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Tribune Washington Bureau
Atlantic City
Ellen Proxmire
Wisconsin
Henry Reuss
Milwaukee
Platform Committee
Lyndon Johnson
White House
Congress
Democratic Party
Vention
Los Angeles
California
John F. Kennedy
Pierre Salinger
Proxmire
Washington
Ellen
Democratic fight over Mississippi delegates at convention
President Johnson urges calm as the Convention Credentials Committee meets to resolve protests over seating of Mississippi and Alabama delegates. Mississippi Freedom Democratic party members arrive with three busloads to contest the regulars chosen by Governor Paul Johnson, threatening to disrupt opening sessions in Atlantic City.
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Atlantic City
Johnson
Mississippi
Alabama
David L. Lawrence
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Paul Johnson
Contenders Split On Delegation Votes At Democratic Convention
The piece notes a debate over seating and voting in the convention with 12 votes per group, amid warnings by Gov. Paul Johnson and talk of credentials committee action. It also covers President Johnson seeking Southern backing without alienating Northern Negro voters.
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Paul Johnson
Mississippi
Credentials Committee
South
Arneson Pleads Innocent On Tax Filing Charges
Madison lawyer Philip G. Arneson of 804 Cass Street pleaded innocent to two federal counts for failing to file income tax returns for 1959 and 1960. Judge David Rabinovitz presided in the Western District of Wisconsin. Arneson is free on a $1,000 bond and faces trial likely in early November. attorney Robert Downing of Chicago represents him.
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Madison
Philip G. Arneson
Cass St
David Rabinovitz
Arneson
U.S. District Court
Western District of
Wisconsin
Michael Wyngaard
Atty
Robert Downing
Chicago
Bloodmobile tops quota in La Crosse week
The Red Cross Bloodmobile collected 800 pints over five days in La Crosse, 30 above the daily quota of 154. On Friday 192 pints were collected at Trane Co. In three days Trane employees contributed 569 pints. Nine hundred nine people registered with 109 deferred for health reasons. Next visit to La Crosse County is November 16-20.
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Red Cross
la Crosse
Trane Co
Trane
la Crosse County
Police Protect Beatles From Fans
A screaming mob of teens trapped the Beatles in a Seattle coliseum for an hour before police moved the group to an ambulance. Fans surged against officers as Ringo Starr George Harrison John Lennon and Paul McCartney were escorted to safety ahead of their Vancouver B C show.
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Seattle
Wash
England
Beatles
Coliseum
Ringo Starr
George Harrison
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Vancouver
B.C
Milwaukee executive abducted. found safe in Chicago
Milwaukee insurance executive Warren L. Vedder was abducted by a service station robber who forced him to drive away in his car. A ransom call followed from Chicago, and eight hours later Vedder was located safe there as police detained the suspect. A four state alert had been issued for Vedder and the abductor.
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Milwaukee
Chicago
Warren L. Vedder
W. L. Vedder Insurance Co
Vedder
North Side
Richard Jetter
Jetzer
Justine Blume
Jesse Sandow
Tobias Golembiewski
Fairfax boy admits killing Debbie Cappen in Cincinnati suburb
A 14 year old boy confessed to abducting and murdering Debbie Cappen, a four year old missing since Wednesday. Police found her body under a Fairfax porch after volunteers, bloodhounds, and divers searched the area. The youth reportedly said the killing followed her Screams during a sexual advance.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Debbie Cappen
James Finan
Fairfax
George Rickey Jr
Finan
Debbie
Rickey
Gunman Nicked By His Own Fast Draw
In Redding California Philip Edminster Jr 24 was practicing the fast draw when his .22 pistol fired before clearing the holster. He sustained a bullet wound to the right leg and received treatment.
Weekend Weather Outlook With Clouds and Showers
Considerable cloudiness with occasional rain and cooler conditions Saturday night. Variable clouds and cooler Sunday with a low in the mid 50s and a high in the upper 70s. Monday trends toward partly cloudy skies and slightly warmer temperatures with a low around 55 Monday morning.
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John Flynn
Flynn
Leo Kihm
la Crosse 18Th Ward
Tribune
Augusta
Randall Brothers
Dawson
Minn
Dale Randall
Tex
The
Associated Press
Oren Staley
Staley
Pritzlaff Wholesale Meat Co
J. C. Lovas
Lovas Wholesale Meats of
Lovas
Everett Loomis
Mondovi
Feedom
Loomis
John Chadwick
Atlantic. City
Supreme Court
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Albert
Kennedy- Johnson
David Allen
Verona
John Diehl
Barbara Nevoa
William Proxmire
By Kenneth Scheibel
Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
Saigon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Taylor
Dean Rusk
Robert S. MacNamara
U.S
United States
Nguyen Khanh
Doung van Minh
Red
Khanh
Wisconsin State Employment Service
Coleman Vocational School
Victor Larsen
Linda Gegenfurtner
George St
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