Wisconsin Legislature Deadlock Halts Session Over Highway Safety Plan
A bitter deadlock between Gov Knowles and lawmakers forces an extra month of work as the Senate and Assembly clash over auto inspections driver retesting and a 21 year drinking age. A six member compromise panel will meet next Friday to seek agreement while the upper house stays adjourned until a settlement is reached.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Wisconsin
Senate
Assembly
Knowles
Jeris Leonard
Bayside
Special Committee
Lorge
LaFave
Senate Highways Committee
U.S. Cuts Dairy Imports to Aid Domestic Prices
President Johnson announced tighter import quotas effective July 1 to reduce dairy product arrivals to about one fourth of current levels. Targeted controls cover new Colby cheese and butterfat-sugar mix used in ice cream, aiming to lift farmer prices by 15 to 20 cents per hundredweight while alleviating surplus costs.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Colored oleo ends ban in Wisconsin stores
In Madison the last state ban on colored oleo was repealed by a 67 30 Assembly vote and 19 10 Senate vote. Gov Knowles signed the measure and sale began at midnight with Daniel Hanna purchasing 5 pounds of yellow oleo.
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Wisconsin
Knowles
Kellett
Madison
America
Daniel Hanna
Milwaukee
Assembly
Senate
Warren P. Knowles
Poverty Threatens U.S. Says Minneapolis Mayor
Mayor Arthur Naftalin warned at a La Crosse State University talk that failure to address poverty could trigger long term civil strife and hinder national progress. He linked poverty to labor shifts, urban migration, and minority inequality while arguing antipoverty aims target those left behind, not handouts.
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Minneapolis
Arthur Naftalin
la Crosse State University
Naftalin
Office of Economic Opportunity
America
Naftalia
Jobs Promise Eases Buffalo Riots After Violence
Rioting in Buffalo eased as a job promise to Black residents and a visit by Jackie Robinson reduced tensions. Police pulled back from the East Side after days of unrest that injured about 70, wounded 26 by shotgun fire, and left $100,000 in property damage.
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Lynn C. Newland
Buffalo
N.Y
Jackie Robinson
Mile
East Side
Rot Tom
Ngro
Frank A. Sedita
Robinson
Brooklyn Dodgers
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Niagara Falls
Calvin Murphy
Niagara University
Tornado Strikes Chilton Wisconsin Demolishes Two Buildings
A brief tornado touched down in Chilton Wisconsin at 1 45 am demolishing the J A Stadtmueller & Sons farm implement building and a Daun home. An infant was cut by flying glass while sheltering inside. Roofs ripped off and power lines toppled as wind battered parts of northwestern Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin
Chilton
J. A. Stadtmueller & Sons Co
Jerome Daun
Implement Company
Arthur Pohland
Calumet County Historical Society
Trempealeau
Buffalo
Pepin
Pierce
Dunn
Eau Claire
Minnesota storm kills man and damages Twin Cities
A weekend wind and rain storm hit Minneapolis and surrounding areas killing James L. Fiala, 38, of New Hope, after a boathouse roof came loose on Lake Calhoun. The storm left hundreds of thousands without power, damaged windows, and disrupted communications as NSP sought crews from nearby states.
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Minneapolis
Twin Cities
Northern States Power Co
Sioux Falls
S.D
Winona
Minn
James L. Fiala
New Hope
Lake Calhoun
Fiala
Angela
Hennepin County General Hospital
Lon
General
St. Paul Ramsey Hospital
Northwestern Bell
St. Cloud
Willmar
Ortonville
NSP
Duluth
Fergus Falls
Dubuque
Iowa
Weekend Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy weekend with a shower chance Sunday. Saturday low around 50, Sunday high in the mid 70s. Monday turns partly cloudy and cool with a low near mid 50s.
Natural progression marked for first Negro MOL astronaut
Maj. Robert H. Lawrence Jr. called his selection for NASA MOL a natural progression and said he faced no known opposition for being Black. The Air Force named four new aerospace research pilots for the MOL program, to join two others to be aboard a Titan 3C in 1970 for a 30 day orbiting lab stay without space suits.
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Robert H. Lawrence
Chicago
Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Lawrence
Los Angeles
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Robert H. Lawrence Jr
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Aerospace Research
Air Force
Department of Defense
Robert T. Herres
Denver
Colo
Donald H. Peterson
Winona
Miss
James A. Abrahamson
Portland
Ore
Ohio State University
FTC Pushes Stronger Warnings on Cigarette Packs
The Federal Trade Commission urged Congress to replace the 1965 warning with text stating that smoking is dangerous and may cause death from cancer. It also seeks tar and nicotine listings on packages and ads, curbs on long cigarettes, and radio TV ad bans. The move follows industry protests over FCC free-time requirements for anti tobacco advocates.
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Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Philip Elman
Congress
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
U S Planes Hit Oil Dumps Near Haiphong
Carrier based U S Navy bombers set two fuel oil dumps ablaze west of Haiphong amid raids near the North Vietnamese port. Intense anti aircraft fire downed two Skyhawk jets. both pilots missing.
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Saigon
Haiphong
Washington
U.S
North Vietnam
Mikhail Frunze
Pentagon
United States
Turkistan
Camaha
Lai Dong
Vietnam
Fanny Sill Dies in La Crosse at 104
Fanny Sill, among La Crosse’s oldest residents, died Saturday at Lutheran Hospital where she had lived for some time. She was 104. Sletten McKee Funeral Home will announce funeral services.
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Fanny Sill
la Crosse
Lutheran Hospital
Sletten-McKee Funeral Home
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Herald
Tribune
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The
Associated Press
Minnesota
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Negro
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Peterson
FTC
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