Snow Buries Muskegon as Blizzard Looms
A blizzard warning was issued for Muskegon Michigan a city of about 100000 amid a record snowfall totaling 21 1/2 feet on the ground after 1 1/2 feet fell in 24 hours. Schools closed plows worked but secondary roads remained drifted and a wider snowstorm affected nearby regions up the Great Lakes and into Appalachia.
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Associated Press
Muskegon
Mich
Great Lakes
Appalachians
West Virginia
Port Edwards Plans Water Treatment Plant Approval
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission authorized Port Edwards to build a water treatment plant and distribution mains costing 312 761. The village will source well water from the Nekoosa Edwards Paper mill. The order also approved Union Center waste water and water utility facilities 118 655 and Waterloo electric plant expansion 82 000. Milwaukee Road service discontinuance at Schofield and Twin Lakes Park Co purchase 9 000 included. A Superior hearing January 8 on Duluth Superior Bus Co urban fare increase.
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Madison
Port Edwards
Wood County
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Nekoosa- Edwards
Union Center
Juneau County
Waterloo
Jefferson County
Milwaukee Road
Schofield
Marathon County
Twin Lakes Park Cooperative, Inc
Twin Lakes Park Water Co
Kenosha County
Superior
Duluth Superior Bus Co
Weather Update from Page 1 Snow Tapers Off
Snow ended but light flurries were reported at 8 a.m. in the northern fringe by Lake Superior. Daytime highs ranged from 6 at Park Falls and Superior-Duluth to 15 in the Beloit Rockford area. National extremes were 81 at Miramar California and 26 below at Havre Montana. Muskegon Michigan reported 18 inches of snow in 18 hours.
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Park Falls
Superior-Duluth
Beloit-Rockford
Miramar
Calif
Havre
Mont. Muskegon
Mich
MacLeish Named Poet in Residence at Amherst College
Archibald MacLeish, 71, named poet in residence at Amherst College succeeding the late Robert Frost as Simpson lecturer in English. MacLeish has won three Pulitzers, two poetry and one for the play J B, and has served as Librarian of Congress, assistant secretary of state, and Harvard rhetoric professor.
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Mass
Archibald MacLeish
Amherst College
Robert Frost
Simpson
Macleish
J.B
Librarian of Congress
U.S. Secretary of State
Harvard, University
Two Men Sentenced for State Bank Robbery
Two Chicago men, Richard E. Brooks 30 and Samuel A. Smith 22, were given 10 years in prison for the November 12 robbery of the Sturtevant office of the State Bank of Franksville in Racine. They pleaded guilty. Smith claimed the gun was not loaded, but the judge noted it was a violent crime and could have drawn a 20-year term.
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Chicago
Sturtevant
State Bank of
Franksville
Racine County
U.S
Omer Poos
Richard E. Brooks
Samuel A. Smith
Smith
Poos
Green Bay Airport Improvement Okayed
Gov. Reynolds announced a 273600 project to pave and light taxiways at Green Bay Austin Straubel Airport. The state funds 30000, federal 136000, Brown County 106000. Fond du Lac County Airport gets 72000 for an east west taxiway with state and county each paying a quarter and the federal government half.
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Fond du Lac
Mistletoe Grows In Tops Of Tall Oaks
In Pike County Georgia Yancey Madison Anderson 78 harvests mistletoe from 15 tall oaks, earning 200 to 300 dollars each Christmas. He cites a heart attack five years ago that prevents climbing and notes mistletoe sales remain popular as they were half a century ago.
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Williamson
Pikes County
Yancey Madison Anderson
Stock quotations of various firms and mutual funds
A compiled list shows bid and ask ranges for companies such as Bell & Farrell Aileen Central Tele Clark Oil Heileman Brew Koehring Nekoosa along with mutual funds including Boston Fund Fidelity Fund Puritan Fund and Wisconsin Fund. Also notes Anchor Comps and various industry tickers with price ranges and percent figures.
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Aileen, Inc
Central Tele
Clark Oil
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Godfrey Co
Hamilton M
Heileman Brew
Koehring Co
Tid Marine Cap
Mass. Inv
Mass. Inv. Gr
Nat. Invest
One Will. St
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Chou En Lai Falters On Aswan Dam Tour
Chinese Premier Chou En Lai faltered on a tour of the Aswan High Dam and required immediate medical attention. He recovered quickly and resumed the visit in an open car despite heat and a nosebleed. A Chinese aide called the episode not serious and noted the doctor accompanies him.
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Aswan
Egypt
Aswan High Dam
Soviet Union
Nile River
Chou
Reynolds Signs Tax Exemption For Food Machinery
Gov. John W. Reynolds signed a law removing the state sales tax on machinery used in making or processing food products. The tax loss over two years is estimated at 600000 dollars. Sen. Lynn Stalbaum Assemblyman Merrill Stalbank and Burlington Mayor Anthony Renald attended the signing citing Nestle Candy Co. option to build a plant near Burlington and the benefit of tax exemptions on required machinery.
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John W. Reynolds
Lynn Stalbaum
D-Racine
Merrill Stalbank
R-Watertown
Anthony Renald
Burlington
Nestle Candy Co
Eisenhowers Stay Five Months at Palm Desert Home
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie arrived in Palm Desert California to use a $175 000 home by the Eldorado Country Club 11th fairway as a winter retreat for about five months.
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Calif
Eldorado Country Club
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mamie
Investigators Seek Baker's Money Source
Senate investigators guided by Democratic leader seek the origin of thousands of dollars in cash Robert G. Baker kept in his Senate office. President Johnson signed an executive order allowing the Rules Committee to examine Baker's tax files as part of the inquiry.
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Senate
Robert G. Baker
Johnson
Rules Committee
Baker
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Gertrude C. Novak
Novak
Ocean City
Johnson Says Foreign Aid Increase Welcomed by House
President Johnson described the extra 500 million dollars for foreign aid as very constructive and helpful and expressed confidence in any compromise approved by both houses. He said he would travel to his Texas ranch for Christmas and discussed a possible budget above 100 billion with new programs to meet evolving needs. Johnson noted a productive UN visit and reported the economy is near 600 billion in GNP, calling it a fine Christmas present. He outlined plans for poverty programs and a broad farm initiative, and stated no plans for presidential succession legislation while keeping an agreement on succession with Kennedy in place.
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Texas
United Nations
Walter Heller
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John W. McCormack
Khrushchev
Mann
White House
Fire department reports La Crosse service calls
The La Crosse Fire Department logs December calls at multiple residences including flooded oil burners gas from unlit ovens and minor smoke or soot damage. Incidents include false alarms and a snowplow wiring short observed between December 13 and 18.
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Badger St
Lee Olson
Market St
2Nd
Main Streets
Tom Lynch
Rose St
Joseph Paul
Richard Anderson
S. 10Th St
O. A. Ludwig
S. 14Th St
Forrest Thompson
Caledonia St
New Pact Ends Threat Of Strike On Airline
The United Air Lines workers and AFL-CIO Machinists Union reached a new contract ending the strike threat. George L. Watkins, Machinists vice president, telegraphed 38 local United bases to call off the midnight strike.
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Washington
United Air Lines
Afl-Cio
George L. Watkins
United
Union spokesman touts more liberal settlement than Braniff contract
A union spokesman described the settlement as more liberal than the contract negotiated last week with Braniff Airways. The remark underscores the gap between the two labor agreements and signals ongoing negotiations within the industry.
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Braniff Airways
Johnson signs 1.56 billion vocational aid bill
President Johnson signed a 1.56 billion act expanding federal support for vocational education and extending the Areas program. The bill retools training for modern jobs, extends aid to districts near federal installations, and adds college loan funds through a one year National Defense Education Act extension.
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Washington
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
White House
Congress
Chrysler Stock Split Approved by Stockholders
Chrysler Corp stockholders voted overwhelmingly for a second 2-for-1 stock split, increasing common shares from 40 million to 80 million and reducing par value from 12.50 to 6.25. President Lynn A. Townsend cited nine month sales of 2.2 billion dollars and profits of 100 million, noting all operations were profitable.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Lynn A. Townsend
Townsend
U.N. Ends 18th Session Amid Cold War Lull and African Protests
The U.N. General Assembly wrapped its 18th session with East-West harmony felt but fears over Kennedy's assassination lingering. Johnson pledged to continue Kennedy policies, while debates on disarmament and outer space produced few advances. Africans pushed a worldwide oil embargo on South Africa, and called for a Security Council probe into segregation in South West Africa.
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John F. Kennedy
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Kennedy
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
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Narcotics Probe Traces Sources Beyond Madison Area
Investigation shows narcotics obtained from three or four sources outside Madison. Most cases involve marijuana but evidence points to morphine heroin and cocaine use. Peyote and mescaline derivatives also noted. Tips had dried up until three months ago when substantial information relaunched the case.
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Cage
Madison
Emery
Man from Iron River gets five-year term for auto theft
Dewey A. Armbruster Jr., 29, of Iron River Wisconsin, was sentenced to five years in prison by U.S. District Judge Kenneth P. Grubb. A jury convicted Armbruster of driving a stolen car to Appleton Wisconsin from Birmingham Alabama.
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Dewey A. Armbruster Jr
Iron River
Wis
U.S
Kenneth P. Grubb
Armbruster
Appleton
Birmingham
Ala
Tiny Crash Victim Receives Christmas Gift Funds
Ft. Rucker officers collected 165 dollars for a graduation party but skipped the event after JFK's death. The money went to 13 month old Margaret Ann Langford and her family to aid their Christmas following a train car crash that killed 11 relatives.
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Ala
Ft. Rucker
John F. Kennedy
Margaret Ann Langford
Margaret Ann
Argentine Firm Sells Grain to China in 1965 Deal
The Foreign Trade Co of Buenos Aires announced a contract to supply Red China with 2 million tons of grain by year end 1965. At least 500,000 tons will be wheat, with the remainder corn and sorghum. The Argentine government raised no objections.
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Board Rejects Increase in Menominee Directors at Enterprise
Me nominee Enterprises Inc trustees vote to keep four Menominee and five non Menominee directors. Judge William R Moser says the firm remains young and needs outside guidance to mature avoiding a Menominee majority in management. Re elected directors Abbott Fox Richard Talbot and James Caldwell noted.
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Milwaukee
Menominee Enterprises, Inc
Milwaukee County
William R. Moser
Menominee
Tribe
Abbott Fox
Iron Mountain
Mich
Richard Talbot
Oshkosh
James Caldwell
Neopit
Tshombe Denied UK Visa Amid Katanga Quietus
Moise Tshombe former Katanga president has been refused a visa to enter Britain according to informed sources. A Congolese government statement claiming his passport invalid appears to be the reason. the British Foreign Office would not comment. Tshombe, in France, has lived in Europe since UN forces crushed Katanga's secession attempt.
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London
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Britain
Tshombe
France
Europe
United Nations
Congo
Rolvaag Lands Aid To Education Bill
Gov Karl Rolvaag praised the new federal aid to education bill signed by President Johnson as a major boost to Minnesota education. He noted large increases in enrollments since 1954 across state colleges junior colleges private institutions and the University of Minnesota and said the $690 million aid bill will help rural youths gain skills for urban employment.
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ST. Paul
Karl Rolvaag
Johnson
Minnesota
Minnesota Farmers Union
University of Minnesota
Tax Law Authority Roswell Magill Dies at 68
New York AP reports Roswell Magill a noted tax law authority died Tuesday at age 68. Magill served as undersecretary of the treasury in 1937 and 1938 shaping fiscal policy and tax administration.
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NEW York
Roswell Magill
Tax Law Authority
the Treasury
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