Wisconsin CCHE staff calls moratorium on new centers and campuses
The State Coordinating Committee for Higher Education staff proposes delaying approval of new University of Wisconsin centers and UW branch campuses, with Clintonville Shawano Tomah Lake Geneva and Beaver Dam among those affected. The report pushes broader policy toward wider but selective post high school options and closer proximity to students while guarding quality and cost.
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Wisconsin
CCHE
Gale Kelly
Saigon Rocked by Mine Blast Near Bridge
An explosion near Saigon's main Highway 1 bridge followed guards firing on a suspicious object in the Saigon River. Officials said the floating mine caused no casualties or bridge damage, as small arms fire echoed briefly but was suppressed.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Bien Hoa
U.S
No State Tax Hike Suggested By Group
Milwaukee AP Gov Knowles urged to draft a balanced 1967 69 revenue budget without tax increases. The Special Taxpayers Committee on the State Budget said the last bi ennium used 47.5 million in surplus and warned against assuming revenue growth would cover expanding operations.
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Milwaukee
Warren P. Knowles
Special Taxpayers Committee
Paul Nelson
Horicon
Robert Smith
Racine
Sinking Toll Rises in Heraklion Ferry Disaster
Rescue operations for the Heraklion ferry off Crete continued as the toll reached 235 dead or missing with 46 survivors at dusk. Officials warn many last minute passengers may have boarded. naval units, Greek crews, and U.S. and British ships scoured Miles area for bodies and survivors while a national mourning period was declared.
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Athens
Greece
Heraklion
Ministry of Merchant Marine
Piraeus
Crete
Canea
Aegean Sea
Antonis Kambouris
Emmanuel Vernikos
U.S
U S Soviet Space Treaty Hailed. Hints at Nuclear Spread Pact
U N diplomats see the space arms treaty as a stepping stone to a broader pact to halt nuclear weapons spread. Johnson calls it the era’s most important arms control advance since 1963. The pact would ban nuclear arms on celestial bodies and in orbit while keeping space free for exploration by all nations.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
Johnson
Geneva
Texas
White House
United States
U.N. Subcommittee On
Outer Space
General Assembly
Soviet Union
Britain
Moon
Earth
Rioting Negro Students Protest White Man Acquittal in Tuskegee
About 600 Black students damaged 13 businesses in a three hour protest after a white man was acquitted in the shooting of Tuskegee Institute student Samuel Younge Jr. Police reported no arrests. Mayor Keever cited window breaks and a missing whisky case amid slogans painted on the square.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Tuskegee Institute
Charles M. Keever
Keever
Alton B. Taylor
Tuskegee Public Safety
Opelika
Marvin Segrest
Samuel Younge Jr
Younge
Countdown murder attempt ends with survivor in hospital
Miami police report James Lamka 24 of Coral Gables survived a gun attack after being forced to kneel and hear a countdown from 60 before a shot. John Wesley Clark 25 is charged with aggravated assault with intent to murder.
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Miami
Fla
James Lamka
Coral Gables
Lamka
John Kirchheiner
John Wesley Clark
Clark
Lamba
Clinton
Ohio
Cooler Company Objection to Union Election
The La Crosse Cooler Co files NLRB objections to a union election claiming improper influence and threats may have affected the result. The ballot on Friday December 2 favored the union 84 to 77, with a new local to join the United Auto Workers.
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la Crosse Cooler Co
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Cooler Co
United Auto Workers
Joseph Cohen
George Squillacote
Washington
John Groth
Norman Olsen
Groth
Olsen
Aldermen approve $25 monthly pay raise in La Crosse
La Crosse aldermen vote 12 to 10 to accept a $25 a month salary rise in the next term, supplementing the $25 monthly expense allowance. Some wards gain after specified dates, while others wait until 1969 or 1967. The council also approves a $792,000 water utility budget with crane for an engineer delayed, and a $106,200 parking budget.
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la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse
Board of Public Works
Council Finance Committee
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