Mona Lisa Debut Stalls As Gallery Acoustics Fail
At the National Gallery of Art in Washington the Mona Lisa’s American debut faltered when a faulty loudspeaker system muffled remarks by Andre Malraux and President Kennedy. An elevator glitch and crowd reaction followed as dignitaries strained to hear amid a security perimeter and a nearby protest by Young Americans for Freedom over Katanga policy.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Andre Malraux
Mona Lisa
National Gallery
Paris
Louvre
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Congress
M. Malraux
Leonardo
Charles de Gaulle
Washington, the Affair Was Picketed. A Group of “Young Americans For Freedom
Secret Service
Marines
Katanga
Wisconsin 1963 Legislature Opens In Split Vote
The Wisconsin Legislature convened at noon with 18 new state senators sworn by Lt. Gov. Jack Olson as Republicans hold majorities in both chambers. Governor Reynolds, a Democrat, presided over opening ceremonies while Assembly member Earl Elfers faced a contested seat in Kenosha County. Elfers and 97 others took oaths. one seat was vacant due to David Blanchard's death. Elmers Schowalter was ill and absent. A special committee will rule on the Elfers Olson contest after the election.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Senate
Jack Olson
Assembly
John W. Reynolds
Gaylord Nelson
Earl H. Elfers
D Trevor
Russell Olson
R-Bassett
Kenosha County
Robert Zimmerman
Olson
Elfers
Timothy Brown
David Blanchard
Edgerton
Elmer Schowalter
R-Jackson
Man sues church to recover 4800 dollars
Ernest Varselos, a Sheboygan real estate man, seeks $4,800 plus costs and interest from St. Styridon Greek Orthodox Church. He says the funds given from 1958 for Greek language and religion classes were not used as promised after Rev. Peter Murtos arrived in 1958.
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Sheboygan
Ernest Varselos
St. Styridon Greek Orthodox Church
Varselos
Peter Murtos
Funds Approved For 47 State CD Sirens
The Wisconsin Bureau of Civil Defense said federal approval allows spending 124000 for 47 new air raid warning sirens in 22 communities. Fox River valley will get 27 sirens including Appleton and nearby towns. Eau Claire area 14. Manitowoc 5. Beaver Dam 1, with four other communities unnamed. The project uses a matching funds program with communities paying half and federal covering the rest.
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Manitowoc
Beaver Dam
Tshombe Talks Peace and Threat of Scorched Earth
In Elisabethville Tshombe pledged to fight back with a scorched earth policy if the United Nations attacks Kolwezi. He indicated possible negotiations while urging calm, but Katanga’s mining facilities were already prepared for demolition. The UN considered Tshombe’s past contradictions as protests in Kasai reported heavy fighting and Armenian-like unrest continued near Bakwaga.
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Katanga
the Congo
Moise Tshombe
United Nations
Kolwezi
U Thant
Congo Unity
U.N
New York
Tshombe
Bakwaga
South Kasai
Joseph i Ngalula
Leopoldville
New Members Sworn In By 88th Congress
Washington AP report details the 88th Congress opening with new and re elected members, Kennedy facing a rules fight to empower a liberal 15 member House Rules Committee while Senate leaders plan to delay changes until after the State of the Union address. The session features party balance 28 Democrats 176 Republicans in the House and 67 Democrats 33 Republicans in the Senate.
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John W. McCormack
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Montana
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
George A. Smathers
Florida
Democratic Conference
Smathers
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Edward McCormack
U.S. Senate
Edward
Massachusetts
Capitol
Rep. McCormack
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Congress
Rules Committee
Halleck
Democrats
Zeidler Appointed Wisconsin Resource Director Stuns Chamber
Gov. Reynolds taps Frank P. Zeidler former Milwaukee mayor to head the expanded Department of Resource Development in a move that shocked business leaders and foreshadows conflicts with the Republican Senate. Zeidler, described as not aligned with either major party, faces probable GOP resistance while pledging broad economic growth benefiting all residents. The announcement also targets Mayor Henry Maier, a Zeidler foe, and reshapes Wisconsin development policy amid a bruising political battle.
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Madison
John W. Reynolds
Republican State Senate
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Reynolds
Frank P. Zeidler
Milwaukee
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State Chamber of Commerce
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Dodge County
Paul Alfonsi
Eagle River
GOP
Nelson
Chamber
Henry Maier
Fire damage hits Empire State Building floors
A pipe shaft fire in the Empire State Building forces evacuation twice and halts operations on floors 64 through 66 while fire crews fight smoldering blazes. About 60,000 daily entrants and 16,000 workers were affected as WNBC and WNEW stations briefly go off air amid the blaze. Thirteen died in a 1945 bomber crash on the 79th floor.
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New York City
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NBC
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Paris
State To Raise More Pigs In ’63
Madison AP Wisconsin farmers plan an increase in spring pig production per the State Department of Agriculture. The agency estimates total pigs saved from spring and fall crops at 3,702,000, with the average pig crop for 1951 60 at 3,673,000.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
Educator Earl Barnhart Dies at 80 in Madison
Mrs Earl W Barnhart 80 longtime figure in Madison education died Tuesday She served on the Madison Board of Education 1922 1936 taught at Madison Vocational and Adult school co director of the secretaries school 1939 1953 and helped run a Madison aid program tying up shipments of food consignments as foreign aid Congress page 2
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Madison Board of Education
Congress
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Dock strike in Germany echoes of US aid worries
President Kennedy weighs impact of the Atlantic Gulf coast dock strike on foreign aid as 60 000 workers strike nearly a month. West Germany reports effects with Volkswagen suspending production for two days. Talks between the AFL CIO International Longshoremen Association and New York Shipping Association stall with a 50 cent wage package demand.
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Texas
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New York Shipping Association
Fire damages Crook's Nite Club near Sparta Wisconsin
Fire gutted Crook's Nite Club a mile east of Sparta on STH 71 early Wednesday. Ervin Edwards' Rural Fire Fighters kept the blaze to the bar area while crews fought the flames with water from tanker trucks. Losses may reach about 15000 with insurance partially covering. a coin collection valued at 200 was also lost. Previously Kastberg's Tavern.
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Sparta
Helen Crook
Wis
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Vern Varley
James
Edwards
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Kastberg’s Tavern
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