Renk Announces Candidacy for Wisconsin Governor
Wilbur N. Renk a prominent farmer and former UW board of regents chair announced as the first GOP candidate for Wisconsin governor in 1962. He plans a two percent sales tax, expanded higher education, and stronger farm marketing, and will seek the open Republican primary nomination. He criticized convention endorsements and named rivals Lt. Gov. Warren Knowles and Philip Kuehn as likely contenders.
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la Crosse Tribune
Madison Bureau
Sun Prairie
Wis
Wilbur N. Renk
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
Wisconsin
Renk
Republican Voluntary Campaign Organization
Warren P. Knowles
Philip Kuehn
Milwaukee
Jack Olson
Wisconsin Dells
University of Wisconsin
Citizens For Eisenhower
University Board of Regents
Walter J. Kohler
Kuehn
GOP
Richard Nixon
East Germany Rejects Kennedy Autobahn Proposal
East Germany rejects Kennedy idea of an international administration for the 110 mile autobahn between Berlin and the West. Walter Ulbricht, East German leader, said the autobahn belongs to East Germany and that East Germany will not be treated as a colonial area by Western powers.
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Berlin
East Germany
Kennedy
West
Walter Ulbricht
Communist Party
East Berlin
ADN
Alexei Adzhubei
Izvestia
West Germany
Ulbricht
United States
Dietrich Sues McCalls Magazine Over Legend Article
Marlene Dietrich files a $2 million libel suit in New York against McCall magazine over an article titled The Dietrich Legend in its March 1960 issue. A spokesman said details were not disclosed.
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New York
Marlene Dietrich
McCall Rp
McCall's Magazine
Weekend Forecast: Cloudy and Cooler with Showers Possible
Mostly cloudy and colder tonight and Sunday. Low tonight 30 and high Sunday 37. Monday partly cloudy and warmer with a low around 30.
banks allowed 4 percent interest on long deposits nationwide
The Federal Reserve Board and FDIC authorized 13 000 commercial banks to pay up to 4 percent on time and savings deposits of a year or longer starting Jan 1. Shorter maturities keep current 2.5 to 1 percent caps. The move aims to boost competition with savings and loan associations and improve the U S balance of payments.
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Frank Cormier
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Savings and Loan Associations
United States
U.S
Reserve Board
Fdic Insurance
Verymall
Congress
FDIC
Arrest 2 Brothers In $1 Million Embezzlement
In Hammond Indiana FBI agents arrested Benedict and Joseph Chilla on charges of embezzling at least 1 million dollars from Liberty Savings & Loan. A secret ledger dated back to 1939 aided the scheme, with deposits moved to hidden accounts and later repaid with other funds.
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Liberty Savings and Loan Association
Whiting
Ind
Savings and Loan Office
UPI
Liberty Savings & Loan Association
Chilla
Joseph J. Chilla Sr
Joseph Jr
Benedict A
FBI
Indiana Department of Financial Institutions
Hammond
Benedict Chilla
Association
Gillies
Allan Gillies
Indianapolis
Indiana
Calumet
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corp
Federal
Joseph Chilla
Peter Stecy
The
Savings Association
Chillas
Benedict
Joseph
Edward Homco
St. John’s
Communist Party Indicted for Subversion Registration
The Communist party of the United States was indicted in Washington by a federal grand jury for failing to register as an agent of the Soviet Union under the Subversive Activities Control Act. The 12 count indictment seeks up to ten thousand dollars per day and possible prison terms for officers and members. Justice officials said further indictments against party leaders are possible as the party conducts a retreat underground pending the case.
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Castro
Lenin
Marx
Engel
Cuba
United States
Iamp
Washington
Communist Party of the United
Robert F. Kennedy
Communist Party
Justice Department
John J. Abt
New York
Joseph Forer
Abt
Forer
Silver Spring
Grand Regal named grand champion bull at expo
CHICAGO AP Sha on Farm's Grand Regal owned by Paul E. Dirkson of Kenton Ohio was named grand champion bull of the Brown Swiss breed at the International Live Stock Exposition. The reserve grand champion was Rex Welcome In Tipton owned by Leo Johnson and the Welcome In Farm of Sterling Ul.
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Chicago
Paul E. Dirkson
Kenton
Ohio
Rex Welcome
Tipton
Leo Johnson
Sterling
Nike Zeus antimissile production move approved
President Kennedy and Defense Secretary McNamara plan to ask Congress for funds to begin tooling up for Nike Zeus missile production after recent test successes. The decision follows Hyannis Port talks and aims to speed deployment of limited defenses around key U.S. cities and bases.
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JFK
McNamara
Nike-Zeus
Washington
Kennedy
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
Hyannis Port
Mass
Pentagon
United States
China Seat Fight Highlights U S USSR Clash
United States and the Soviet Union clash in the opening round of the China debate at the United Nations over Peiping's bid for a U N seat. Adlai Stevenson warns that the future of the U N is at stake and denounces Communist China as a major world problem.
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Tom Hoge
United Nations
N.Y
United States
Soviet Union
Peiping
U.N
China
Chiang Kai-shek
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
India
Stevenson
Asia
Africa
Pilot stays with jet to save homes in Niagara Gorge
Lt Edward Methot ejected moments before his F100 jet crashed in the Niagara River Gorge near Niagara Falls. He steered the burning plane away from schools and houses, aiming for sparsely populated terrain before ejecting and escaping unharmed.
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Pilot
Jet
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Edward M. Methot
Niagara River Gorge
Methot
Bronx
136Th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Air National Guard
Niagara
Dominican Chief Says Castro Training Invasion Force
Dominican armed forces chief Gen. Pedro Rodriguez Echavarria claims Fidel Castro’s regime trains an invasion force for an attack on the island, citing reports of 1,800 to 2,000 Central Americans in three camps in Cuba’s Sierra Maestra. The unrest follows the assassination era and a government crisis under Balaguer.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Pedro Rodriguez Echavarria
Fidel Castro
Rodriguez Echavarria
Joaquin Balaguer
Cuba
Sierra Maestra
Castro
Crossword clues tie Baltimore housewife to threats to Kennedy Muskie
Sylvia Betty Vale 45 admitted writing threatening letters to U S Attorney General Robert Kennedy and Senator Edmund Muskie. FBI linked handwriting to a crossword puzzle entry from a Baltimore News-Post contest after screening 60000 submissions. Vale released on $1000 bond after preliminary hearing.
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Baltimore
U.S
FBI
Vale
Muskie
Kennedy
Edward J. Powers
FBIS
12 Bodies Recovered From Japanese Mine
ARABIRA Japan AP rescue teams pulled from the debris 12 bodies of miners three days after a mine explosion raising the death toll to 15. Nine men were rescued earlier and five remain trapped with little hope of survival.
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Arabira
Japan
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Fla
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Romulo Cochi
Niagara Power Project
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National Civic Union
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State Department
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