Knowles Signs Pact To Speed Wisconsin Interstate Construction
Governor Warren P. Knowles signed loan agreements for 4.3 million at 3.3 percent to accelerate I 94 work from Black River Falls to Bonham and Monroe to Jackson counties. The funds, repaid by future federal interstate aid, collateralize highway sections while officials plan further borrowing for non interstate projects.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Wisconsin
Division of Highways
Black River
Tomah
Monroe
Jackson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Red Guns Near Air Base Threaten Saigon
South Vietnamese military headquarters said aerial observers spotted Communist antiaircraft guns about 20 miles south of Tan Son Nhut Air Base. Bombers were sent to destroy them as the capital city reportedly faced new threats amid a second wave offensive and leaflet campaigns in Gia Dinh suburbs.
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Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
Viet Cong
Gia Dinh
U.S
Mekong
Kien Hoa
Four Midwest universities cleared for dorm plans
Platteville Eau Claire Stevens Point and Stout received approval to begin preliminary dormitory planning for 1969. Whitewater La Crosse Oshkosh and Superior were put on hold with possible review after new enrollment projections. Portions detail bed counts and regents approvals versus moratorium recommendations.
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Board of Regents
Rod
Whitewater State
Martin
Whitewater
la Crosse
Oshkosh
Superior
William Hansen
Stevens Point
Platteville
Eau Claire
Stout
McPhee
Baker Indicted for Violating Liquor Laws in Ocean City
Bobby Baker owner of the Carousel Motel Ocean City and former Senate Democrat secretary faces Valentine Day indictments by the Worcester County grand jury. His wife Dorothy and co applicant Robert S Bounds also charged. The raid on New Year s Eve prompted the action with after hours liquor sales cited and evidence seized.
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Ocean City
Bobby Baker
Worcester County Grand Jury
Baker
U.S. Senate Democrats
Calvin Hall
Dorothy
Robert S. Bounds
W. Jack Phillips
Phillips
Pearson Faces Ouster After Tax Bill Defeat
Prime Minister Lester B Pearson returned from Jamaica as his Cabinet split on resigning after the House rejected the 5 per cent income tax surcharge. Informants said a confidence vote was likely to keep the minority Liberal government in power while younger ministers favored quitting and facing an election.
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Ottawa
Lester B. Pearson
Jamaica
House of Commons
Pearson
Liberal Party
Commons
Robert L. Stanfield
Stanfield
Herman Batten
Cloture Fails in Senate Vote on Civil Rights Bill
Senate defeated a move to end debate on a federal civil rights bill by a 55 to 37 vote, seven short of the 62 needed for cloture. President Johnson had called the measure vital to equality, while Dirksen urged not to gag Congress and Mansfield warned of further moves depending on the outcome.
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John Chadwick Washington
Senate
Johnson
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Sen
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
America
Dirksen
Mansfield
Quake Kills 13 On Island In Aegean Sea
An early morning earthquake in the Sporade Islands of the Aegean Sea killed 13 people on Ayios Eustratios and injured 15 others. Turkey reported a death near Pergamum and widespread damage with 80 percent of Ayios Eustratios homes destroyed or damaged. Aegean coast tremors were felt in western Turkey and Istanbul as Greek and Turkish ships rushed aid and supplies to affected islands.
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Aegean Sea
Athens
Sporade
Ayios Eustratios
Anatolia News Agency
Turkey
Pergamum
Izmir
Greece
Miaoulis
Limnos
Aegean
Istanbul
Kandilli
Boy 5 Fatally Struck Crossing Road To Bus
ETTRICK Wis Ansel Remus five year old son killed while crossing a county road to reach a school bus near his home one mile east of Ettrick He died about 805 a m in Dr Rognes office and the body was sent to St Francis Hospital La Crosse for autopsy Willard Thomas 50 Arcadia was the driver Trempealeau County Sheriff investigated and the child was a kindergarten pupil There are nine other children in the family.
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Ettrick
Wis
Arno
Ansel Remus
Cthd
C. O. Rogne
St. Francis Hospital
la Crosse
Willard Thomas
Federal funds eyed for La Crosse post office site
The GSA received about 700000 for La Crosse site acquisition and planning, part of a 3568000 project approved in 1966. Negotiations with the La Crosse Redevelopment Authority can proceed, with architects to be chosen after site terms are set and construction might begin in fiscal 1970 for a 1970s completion.
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la Crosse
Congress
General Services Administration
GSA
Johnson
Senate Public Works Committee
Flaherty
Federal
Scores Saved In Chicago Hotel Blaze
Police and fire crews rescued hundreds of elderly and disabled residents from the 13 story Sheridan Plaza Hotel on Chicago’s North Side after a multi alarm fire. Twenty people treated for smoke inhalation and shock. damage estimated at 25 000 dollars. The blaze started on the second floor and was contained after about an hour.
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Chicago
Sheridan Plaza
More Teachers Join Walkout In Florida
Florida's statewide teacher walkout disrupts classes across the state as officials report 24,776 of 58,116 teachers off duty and 21 counties canceling all classes. The state cabinet approves an emergency measure to hire uncertified substitutes paid by the state to keep schools open.
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Florida
Tallahassee
Fla
Floyd Christian
Miami
Jacksonville
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Orange
Duval
Volusia
Daytona Beach
Florida Education Association
Christian
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