Halleck to Retire After 33 Years in House
Rep Charles A Halleck announces he will retire at end of current session after 33 years as a Republican member of the House. The 67 year old leader says he will not seek re election to pursue fishing hunting and golf with his wife Blanche White in Rensselaer Indiana. Halleck rose from Jasper County prosecutor to national figure and engineered key party leadership shifts including ousting Martin in 1959 and Ford in 1965.
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Halleck
Monticello
Ind
Charles A. Halleck
House
Republican Committee
Blanche White
Indianapolis
Rensselaer
Congress
Jasper County
Frederick Landis
Philadelphia
Wendell L. Willkie
Martin
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Reagan’s daughter opposes her father presidency
Maureen Reagan 26, daughter of Ronald Reagan, said it is not her wish to see him become president. Speaking in Spokane during a Washington Oregon tour she called the job of president a killing one and said no one would wish it on someone they love.
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Spokane
Wash
Maureen Reagan
California
Ronald Reagan
Miss Reagan
Washington
Oregon
Groppi Calls Negro Riots Legitimate Social Revolutions
Milwaukee civil rights leader Rev. James Groppi told reporters at Michigan Technological University that Negro riots are a legitimate way to challenge a repressive structure. He predicted summer violence and urged whites to move into Negro areas to pursue integration.
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Houghton, Mich
James E. Groppi
Milwaukee
Michigan Technological University
Parsec Defined as 3.26 Light Years in Astronomy
The term parsec comes from combining parallax and second and is used in astronomy to denote a distance of 3.26 light years. This unit locates stellar separations and galactic scales.
Wisconsin High School Writing and Photo Contests Announced
More than 500 Wisconsin high schools receive entry details for annual writing and photography contests. The events are led by AP member papers with teacher advisers, with winners earning plaques and invitations to the state AP meeting in May.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Associated Press
Wisconsin Journalism Teacher-Adviser Council
Wisconsin Press Photographers Association
AP Association
Waukesha
Oil Line Planned Linking Superior and Sarnia via Pipe Co
Ottawa AP report says a subsidiary of Interprovincial Pipe Line Co has been approved to build a new oil pipeline. The line will connect Superior Wisconsin with Sarnia Ontario, marking a cross border energy project announced by energy minister Jean Luc Pepin.
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Superior
Sarnia
Ont
Ottawa
Canada
Interprovincial Pipe Line Co
Wis
Jean-Luc Pepin
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University of Wisconsin
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