Blanchard Proposes Tax Revision Plan in Wisconsin Assembly
Madison AP Blanchard offers substitute amendment to Gov Nelsons compromise tax bill. Plan keeps income tax rates, lowers surtax to 10 percent, expands selective sales tax to clothing hardware leather goods and building materials. Proposes 195 million revenue, 29 million surplus, 56 million deficit relief, and 30 million property tax relief.
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Madison
Assembly
David Blanchard
R-Edgerton
Gaylord Nelson
Blanchard
William Merriman
Janesville
Russell Olson
Kenosha
Everett Bidwell
Portage
Kyle Kenyon
Tomah
Nile Spik
Whitefish Bay
Nelson
GOP
State Board of Government Operations
Kennedy to Confer With Macmillan in Bermuda Talks
President Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan will meet in Bermuda on December 21 and 22 to map final strategy for Berlin talks with the Soviet Union. They will also discuss disarmament, a plan for nuclear test limits under international inspection, and Western defense cooperation.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Bermuda
Berlin
Soviet Union
White House
Macmillan
London
Britain
Communist Party
Moscow
Fortified Berlin Wall Crossings Reopen
The AP reports normal conditions along the Berlin Wall after the completion of formidable new Communist fortifications at the seven crossing points between West and East Berlin.
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Berlin
Berlin Wall
West
East Berlin
Glenn In Ready Room Near Launching Pad At Cape Canaveral
Glenn moves into a ready room near the Cape Canaveral launching pad as NASA accelerates preparations for a manned orbit of Earth. If all goes well the Dec. 20 target could be met though delays are possible.
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John Glenn
Earth
Cape Canaveral
Cocoa Beach
Glenn
Fla
United States
John H. Glenn Jr
Project Mercury
Ation
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Virgil I. Grissom
Cape
Anna
Arlington
National Aeronautics and
NASA
Robert Gilruth
Enos
Gilruth
Atlas
Atlantic Missile Range
Victor Anfuso
D-Ny
House ,Science and Astronautics Committee
New York
La Crosse Adopts Budget With 48.7 Mills Tax Rate
La Crosse Common Council accepts a 3,873,000 city and 3,606,000 school appropriation after lengthy debate ending with a 48.7 mill tax rate or 48.70 per 1,000 assessed value. Mayor Knutson signs the budget and tax rolls begin. Aldermen rejected motions to restore cuts or further reduce schooling costs.
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la Crosse Tribune
Finance Committee
la Crosse
Merrill Davis
Harold Hilbert
Curtis Storck
Roland Solberg
Harold Lee
Frank Kaufmann
Davis
Harpers! Magazine
General Electric
Knutson
Harvard University
James B. Conant
Suter
Nigeria Proposes Two Chinas In U N
Nigeria's foreign minister Jaja Wachuku urged the United Nations to recognize two Chinas and admit both the Nationalist and Communist governments. Ceylon and other Asian African nations attacked U.S. China policy, urging access for Peiping and warning of a two-front nuclear future. Delegates expect continued debate through Christmas with the U.S. seeking a two-thirds vote to seat Red China and maintain the Nationalists.
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United Nations, N.Y
Jaja Wachuku
Nigeria
United Nations
U.N
Wachuku
General Assembly
Peiping
U.S
China
Ceylon
Washington
G. P. Malassekera
United States
Adlai E. Stevenson
Assembly
Stevenson
America
India
Sweden
U.N. General Assembly
Agda Rossel
Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera
Red China
Wisconsin Congressman Laird Begins Ft. Lewis Study
Rep. Melvin Laird of Wisconsin arrived at Fort Lewis to study conditions affecting the 32nd Infantry Division. He called it a study not an investigation and said he would not pose in an Army uniform while in Washington.
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Ft, Lewis
Wash
Congress
Wisconsin
Ft. Lewis
32Nd Infantry
Melvin Laird
R-Wis
Rep. Laird
Seattle-Tacoma
Thought Provoking Speech Booklet Release
The La Crosse Tribune reprints Jenkin Lloyd Jones’s Who Is Tampering With the Soul of America in booklet form due to high demand. Copies available at the Tribune office with mail order details on page 5, priced 10 cents per copy or six for a dollar.
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la Crosse Tribune
America
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Tulsa
Okla
Earhart remains not hers says UC expert
Dr. Theodore McCown of the University of California analyzes seven pounds of bones and teeth dug up on Saipan and concludes they are not Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan. He says X ray and microscopic tests show the remains belong to Orientals.
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San Francisco
API
Amelia Earhart
Pacific
Fred Noonan
Theodore McCown
University of California
Saipan
Miss Earhart
Noonan
Fred Goerner
McCown
UN Free Rein Seen as Katanga Fights Erupt in Elisabethville
Heavy clashes erupt in Elisabethville as U.N. and Katanga troops trade fire around the airport and roadblocks. Two mercenaries killed, 28 Katangans slain at a roadblock. U Thant grants unlimited authority to restore order amid secessionist tensions.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
U.N
United Nations
Leopoldville
Sture Linner
Congo
U Thant
Kimba
Brian Urquhart
Urquhart
Army investigates trouble at Ft Lewis amid callup complaints
Washington AP authorities outlined problems at Ft Lewis where the 32nd Infantry Division trained. Secretary Elvis Stahr said inspections found issues but most complaints were isolated and morale remains high among reservists, with no decision yet on new overseas divisions.
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Washington
Ft. Lewis
Wash
32Nd Infantry
Wisconsin
Army
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
Stahr
Edward H. McDaniel
Army fails to whip up mob in Dominican capital riot
In Santo Domingo a 20-strong band led by two policemen and an air force officer with a machine gun tried to incite violence during a week-old general strike against President Balaguer. Angry crowds opposed the rioters, several wounded by bombs, and the mob dispersed as curfew limits began.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
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Tshombe
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