Soviets Demand Concession for Nuclear Test Ban Talks
At Geneva the Soviet Union pressed that a treaty banning nuclear tests is only viable if Western powers concede. Vasily Kuznetsov said two to three on-site inspections annually may break the deadlock, while Western officials push for eight to ten inspections and no permanent foreign observers.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Russia
Kuznetsov
United States
Yuri Tcherniakov
U.S
Joseph Godber
Downturn Ahead If Taxes Are Not Cut Says Kennedy
President Kennedy warned Congress that the U.S. economy will likely enter a downturn this year without tax cuts. He urged action on a tax package aiming for a net $10.2 billion reduction over three years, while stressing defense commitments in Europe and a cautious stance toward France’s De Gaulle. He pitched a plan to prevent recession and argued for U.S. resolve in NATO and Latin America amid alliance strains.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S
Congress
United States
Europe
Charles de Gaulle
France
Western Alliance
de Gaulle
Winston Churchill
Thorp Finance Corp Purchases Community Loan for 330000
Thorp Finance Corp of Thorp Wisconsin buys Community Loan and Finance Co of La Crosse for 330000 cash. The loan firm moves to Thorp's Main Street office. existing loans retain terms and payments to Community. About 1200 common shares at 115 plus 50000 in preferred stock are part of the deal. The company, 38 years old, has branches in Superior Sturgeon Bay and Oconto Falls and Maquoketa Iowa.
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Community Loan and Finance Co
la Crosse
Thorp Finance Corp
Thorp
Wis
Community Loan
Caledonia St
Francis J. Conway
Conway
Thorp Finance
Main St
Superior
Sturgeon Bay
Oconto Falls
Maquoketa
Iowa
Herman F. Tietz
Quincy H. Hale
Louis F. Robbinson
LeRoy Wittenberg
Caledonia
Polaris Subs to Station in Mediterranean April 1
Deputy Secretary Roswell Gilpatric announced three U S Polaris submarines will deploy to the Mediterranean around April 1 under NATO supervision. The subs will base at Holy Loch Scotland and operate with the U S Sixth Fleet, with Lemnitzer in charge, as nine subs are deployed nationwide. Italy will share in M113 armored carrier production in a $125 million program.
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Washington
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Mediterranean
Defense
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Gilpatric
NATO
Paris
Rome
Bonn
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Thomas K. Finlette
Atlantic
Holy Loch
Scotland
Anchorage
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Lemnitzer
U.S. Navy
Rota
Spain
Defense Ministry
Italy
United States
Rail Official Dies in Arizona at 77
Homer E. McGee, 77, chairman of the Green Bay and Western Railroad, died Tuesday in Phoenix Arizona while wintering there. He led the railroad as president for 28 years until May 1962 when he became chairman. His son N Weldon McGee of Green Bay succeeded him as president.
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Green Bay
Homer E. McGee
Green Bay & Western Railroad
Phoenix
Ariz
McGee
N. Weldon McGee
Fink Rescued From Well Resting in Wisconsin Hospital
Woodcutter Raymond Fink, freed after 16 hours trapped in a collapsed well, rests in a Wisconsin hospital in excellent condition. He thanked about 300 volunteers who fought shifting sand and sub zero cold to free him and plans to stay through the night per his physician.
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Lake Tomahawk
Wis
Raymond Fink
Fink
Gettysburg stamp winner misspells centennial inscription
The Post Office will correct the centennial misspelling on the 5 cent Gettysburg stamp design by Roy Gjertson. Gjertson, 36, won $500. the error noted by Carlton Greve and others prompted the fix before the July 1 Gettysburg issue.
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Philadelphia
Post Office Department
Gettysburg
Washington
Roy Gjertson
San Pedro
Calif
Gjertson
Minneapolis
Lansdown
Carlton W. Greve
Philadelphia Bulletin
Three Army Officers and Two Women Arrested in De Gaulle Plot
Paris police arrested three military officers and two women early today over a plan to kill President Charles de Gaulle at L Ecole Militaire. Reports say other suspects were questioned or released, and a rifle with telescope sight was seized. The incident links to a prior August attack and Algerian independence tensions.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
L’ecole Militaire
Interior Ministry
de Gaulle
Watin
Algeria
Reynolds Budget Bill in Assembly Hopper
Gov. John W. Reynolds proposed a $669.3 million budget in a brief informal Assembly meeting attended by only one elected representative Speaker Robert Haase of Marinette. The Senate also held a short session and will reconvene Tuesday at 1 p.m.
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Madison
John W. Reynolds
State Assembly
Robert Haase
Marinette
Reynolds
State Senate
Park Expert Jerome Dretzka Dies at 81 in Milwaukee
Jerome C. Dretzka 81 a famed park expert and 43 year Milwaukee County Park Commission member died Thursday after surgery. He retired as executive secretary in 1952 but served as unsalaried secretary. He received the Cornelius Armory Pugsley bronze medal in 1962 and Mount Mary College awarded him a distinguished service diploma.
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Milwaukee
Jerome C. Dretzka
Milwaukee County Park Commission
Dretzka
Commission
Cornelius Armory Pugsley
American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society
New York
Mount Mary College
Costa Rica Ex-President Warns Latin Depression Threat
Jose Figueres Ferrer, former Costa Rican president, told reporters at the University of Wisconsin that severe economic depression, not communism, is Latin America's major threat. He urged higher export prices to aid impoverished nations and praised the Alliance for Progress for slowing backward economic trends.
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Madison
Jose Figueres Ferrer
Costa Rica
Latin America
Ferrer
Ibero-American Studies Committee
University of Wisconsin
Alliance For Progress
Republicans Condemn Reynolds Budget as Economic Death by Action
Wisconsin Republicans blasted Gov. Reynolds plan to raise state spending by 218 million dollars calling it empty rhetoric and tax heavy. They argued the 42 percent biennial increase far exceeds prior rates and would shift funds from prudent local governments while rewarding others. They pledged to oppose redistribution of state taxes to favored localities and warned of a clash between the executive and legislative branches.
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la Crosse Tribune
Madison
John W. Reynolds
Wisconsin
Robert D. Haase
Marinette
Paul Alfonsi
Iron County
Glenn Pommerening
Wauwatosa
Curtis McKay
Ozaukee County
Assembly
Frank Panzer
Oakfield
Senate
Walter Hollander
Rosendale
Legislative Joint Finance Committee
Reynolds
Gaylord Nelson
Destroyers Hunt Vessel As Castro Offers Asylum
Venezuelan destroyers and jet bombers hunted the hijacked freighter Anzoategui as Fidel Castro offered asylum to its nine hijackers. The 3,127 ton ship was believed headed for Santiago Cuba with crew of 35, amid calls for international aid and heightened terrorism in Caracas.
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Castro
Caracas
Venezuela
Fidel Castro
Anzoategui
Caribbean
Santiago
Havana
U.N
U Thant
U.S. Navy
Dominican Republic
Sucre
U.S
Guantanamo
Mexico
Romulo Betancourt
Armed Forces For National Liberation
Betancourt
Washington
Kennedy
Planes and ships join hunt for hijacked Venezuelan freighter
U S Navy vessels and aircraft chase the Anzoategui in the southern Caribbean after seizure by Communists. Venezuelan authorities pursue toward Santiago while Washington says search regions cover the Caribbean from Venezuela to Cuba. State and Venezuelan officials exchange reports on alleged sightings as the hunt continues.
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Caracas
U.S
Guantanamo
Anzoategui
Betancourt
Caribbean
Washington
State Department
Navy
Carlos Andres Perez
Andres Perez
Anzcategui
USS
Santiago
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