Wisconsin College Enrollment Rises with 75,494 Students
Wisconsin colleges report 75,494 students enrolled for credit in 1960. Day students total 66,118 and evening extension 9,376, with day enrollment reaching a postwar peak. Freshmen numbered 19,863, up from 17,118 in 1959, as UW system and private colleges show gains across campuses and programs.
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Madison
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Institutional Studies Division
L. Joseph Lins
University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
County Normal Schools
De Gaulle to Command French Destroyer Le Picard
World brief from Toulon reports Captain Phillippe de Gaulle 38 as new destroyer captain in the French navy taking command of le Picard son of President Charles de Gaulle. Other items note Havana ending Informacion newspaper, excavations in Qumran, Romanian 1961 budget, Italian tourism, Evenkyo cinema quota, Norway wedding guests, Portugal Christmas aid, Kalinin death, Edwina Sandys marriage, UAR Soviet culture pact, Munich crash toll, Italian weather toll, Washington Capitol closures, and Dodd to question Wieland on Cuban ties.
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France
Phillippe de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
le Picard
Santa letters blind Texas boy spark holiday gifts
An 8 year old student at the Texas School for the Blind sent a braille letter to Santa asking for a flashlight thermometer airplane with blinking lights and a battery run toy car. The Austin American Statesman printed the letter and toy salesman Henry L Klein in Miami read it and arranged donations via the Austin police.
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Austin
Tex
Santa Claus
David Ray Glover
Texas School For the Blind
Davis
Santa
Austin American-Statesmen
Henry L. Klein
Miami
Fla
Klein
David
Assembly to Get Revised Rule Book for 1961 Session
Wisconsin Assembly plans a new rule book in 1961 to let the speaker set committee sizes replacing fixed member counts. Drafted by Assemblyman George Molinaro this revision would be the first major rule overhaul in 50 years. It also proposes banning lobbying by state officials in the Assembly chamber.
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Assembly
Madison
George Molinaro
D-Kenosha
Assembly Chamber
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