Scientists Cancel Stormfury Hurricane tampering attempt
A Planned Project Stormfury test to bomb the eye of Hurricane Faith was canceled as the storm moved toward the Bahamas. National Hurricane Center officials noted unfavorable upper air conditions and said the storm, though near hurricane strength, could still intensify within hours. Faith had menaced the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico with minimal damage observed so far.
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Miami
Fla
Bahamas
National Hurricane Center
Puerto Rico
San Juan
P.R
Faith
Caribbean
St. Martin
Virgin Islands
La Crosse State Singers Gift Munich Private Performance
In Munich Germany the La Crosse State University Singers gave a private performance for West Germany's chief. Patricia Muller reports the group toured Europe for three weeks, sharing music with European audiences.
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Patricia Muller
la Crosse State University
la Crosse State Singers
Europe
Munich
Germany
la Crosse State University Singers
West Germany
Senate Passes Bill Boosting Basic Pay
The Senate approved its minimum wage bill 57 to 17, raising the base from 1.25 to 1.60 per hour and extending coverage to millions more workers. Conferees will decide on timing, $1.60 effective date, and a Republican amendment narrowing coverage.
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Washington
Senate
House
Johnson
Winston L. Prouty
Rvt
Everett M. Dirksen
Wisconsin Senate Approves Minimum Wage Bill 57 to 17
Wisconsin Democrats William Proximire and Gaylord Nelson joined in voting for the minimum wage bill as the Senate passed the measure Friday by 57 to 17.
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Washington
Wisconsin
William Proximire
Gaylord Nelson
Senate
Open housing row tempers Cicero march plans
A dissident Negro group denounces Dr Martin Luther King Jr open housing accord with Chicago officials as a betrayal and pledges a separate march in Cicero to test a parade permit rule while King backs a 10 point program. Local leaders warn of law enforcement action if law is broken.
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James E. Dwyer
Chicago
Martin Luther King Jr
Cicero
King
West Side Organization
Stone Temple Baptist Church
West Side
Red Sea
Roland Brann
Cicero Police Department
Brann
Chester Robinson
WSO
National Guard
Otto Kerner
Richard J. Daley
Ben W. Heineman
White House
Conference On Civil Rights
Heineman
Chicago & North Western Railway
Meeting Set to Ease Racial Tensions in Milwaukee Suburb
Wisconsin Industrial Commission arranged a Monday 10 am meeting at the State Office Building between Rev. James Groppi and local Fraternal Order of Eagles leaders to ease tensions in Wauwatosa after eight nights of civil rights demonstrations. More than 100 helmeted police and deputies kept marchers and counterpickets apart. one man was arrested.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Industrial Commission
Wauwatosa
Commission
Joseph Fagan
James Groppi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Order of Eagles
State Office
Fagan
Milwaukee Youth Council
James Cannon
Cannon
Major League Baseball
Eagles
Youth Council
Groppi
Tosa
John P. Howard
Record Missions Reach New Viet Nam High
American warplanes hit North Viet Nam with a record 156 missions, no losses reported. Navy pilots attacked fuel depots and storage areas while Air Force strikes sparked secondary explosions and fires. Marines fought off a three hour attack near the DMZ with heavy hand to hand combat and light casualties. A misdirected napalm strike killed no U.S. troops but caused yard damage near Saigon as 1st Division troops replaced a unit.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S. Command
USS
U.S
Air Force
Panhandle
North
Viet Nam
Thanh Hoa
Demilitarized Zone
Cam Lo
U.S. 1St Division
Corre
Yank
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
UPI
Steve van Meter
Three Area Traffic Deaths Friday Night in Wisconsin
Three Wisconsin highway crashes Friday night claimed four lives and left others injured. Vernon County residents Daniel L. Dach and Alban Talley died in a head on collision south of Viroqua, while Algie D. Woolhiser died in a separate crash near Melrose. Dach’s wife Norma and their daughter Ruth Ann were treated for injuries, and Talley’s service is set for Monday at the Viroqua Lutheran Church.
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Vernon
Jackson County
Wisconsin
Daniel L. Dach
Alban Talley
Viroqua
Algie D. Woolhiser
Sparta
Melrose
Talley
Dach
Vernon County
Norma
Madison
Ruth Ann
Jacobson-Vance Funeral Home
Daniel Spaulding
Mel‘rose
Ghent
Woolhiser
Langlois-Galston Funeral Home
Black River Falls
Viroqua Lutheran Church
Belgium Ridge Lutheran Cemetery
Wesley Anderson
Jacobson-Vance
Edna Hagen
Winston
Jacob
Reuben
May Ostrom
Dad
Terry Ghent
Weekend Warmth With Slight Thunderstorm Threat
Fair and warmer tonight with a stretch of warm Sunday. Low in the 60s and highs in the low 90s. Chance of afternoon or evening thunderstorm both tonight and Sunday. Precipitation probability 10 percent tonight and 30 percent Sunday.
Texan Charged In Viroqua For Murder Try
Gary Simpson a 30 year old Texan and employee of Lubbock Construction Co. faces a preliminary hearing in Vernon County for attempted murder in Viroqua Wisconsin. The alleged victim James Buddey Jackson 34 was shot twice at a rooming house near Shore Motel Onalaska. Jackson remains in Lutheran Hospital La Crosse in serious but improving condition. Sheriff Morris Moon reports a .22 caliber pistol used in the Thursday night shooting.
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Viroqua
Wis
Gary Simpson
State of Arkansas
Lubbock Construction Co
Lubbock
Tex
Vernon County
Martin Gulbrandsen
Ole Gulbrandsen
Dist
Larry Sieger
James
Buddey) Jackson
Lutheran
la Crosse
Jackson
Shore
Onalaska
Vilas Green
Morris Moon
Moon
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Rathaus
Harvey E. Clark
Bam
New York
Riverdale
Bronx
Albert Raby
Coordinating Council of Community Organizations
Raby
Ben
Jamin C. Willis
Willis
New York Times
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CORE
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Plaquemines Parish
Leander Perez
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Perez
Cleveland
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The
Associated Press
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Cedarburg
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