Wisconsin Senate debates sales tax plan in long fight
Republicans win opening round in Wisconsin Senate over a sales tax plan as Majority Leader Travis pushes a substitute to the tax revision bill. Democrats denounce the tactic while economists from the Tax Department question the impact on average families.
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Madison
Senate
Wisconsin
GOP
Robert Travis
Platteville
William Moser
Milwaukee
Travis
Moser
House
Gerald Lorge
Bear Creek
Horace Wilkie
State Tax Department
Tax Department
Nelson
Democratic Party
Warren Knowles
Desperado Kills Two Officers in Colorado Shootout
In Kremmling Colorado two state patrol officers Lt. Hiram Short and Under Sheriff John Clark were killed while two other officers including Sheriff Chancy Van Pelt and Robert Hoover were wounded. A suspect, Delmar Dean Spooner of Storm Lake Iowa, fled after a gun battle near State Bridge. Police hunted the longtime suspect through the piney mountain terrain as details of the sequence unfolded.
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Kremmling
Colo
Colorado Mountains
Hiram Short
Craig
John Clark
Eagles County
Chancy van Pelt
Grand County
Robert Hoover
Grand Junction
State Game and Fish Department
Denver
Sioux City
Iowa
Delmar Dean Spooner
Storm Lake
Spooner
State Bridge
Pop ‘Ular
E Y
Clark
Hoover
van Pelt
Short
U S Sky Spy Midas III Circling Russian Bases
A Midas III satellite launched from a California Navy base enters a 2 hour 40 minute orbit to scan the Soviet Union for missile firings. Officials say it will pass over Soviet bases in the Ural region and extend a nationwide warning network.
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Point Arguello
Calif
Midas
Soviet Union
Midas III
Atlas
Navy
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Air Force
Midas Lll
Ural Mountains
Army Plans To Draft 8 000 Next Month
The Army will draft 8,000 men next month to reach an authorized strength of 870000. Defense Department announced the August call, the highest since last December. Army manpower at the start of June stood at about 856000.
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Washington
Army
Defense Department
Whale swims up Thames and dies in reeds near London
A one ton female lesser Portuguese whale ventured 13 miles up the Thames toward London Bridge, became entangled in reeds near Kew, and died after rescue attempts. Police boat crews tried to guide it back to open sea but could not free it.
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London
Thames
London Bridge
Kew
Regents Sad Over Land Trade Flop
State College Board of Regents director Eugene R. McPhee says the La Crosse plan commission decision to reject trading city land for the college site is a severe disappointment. Regents cite city planning constraints and prior approvals dating to 1958 as factors in the rejection and hope the decision will be reviewed.
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State College Board of Regents
Plan Commission
la Crosse State College
Eugene W. Murphy
State College Regent
McPhee
Murphy
Campbell Road
East Avenue
College Area
la Crosse Tribune
Milwaukee
Chicago
La Crosse Plans First Oktoberfest For October
The La Crosse community organizes its inaugural Oktoberfest with a queen coronation, parade, streetside entertainment, and a soccer match. Mertens leads as fest master while the Chamber of Commerce, Jaycees, and local merchants back booths, decorations, and booster buttons. Events include a water show on the Mississippi, river duck rides, and church services, aiming for about 100000 attendees.
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Germany
la Crosse
Munich
City
Carl Mertens
Chamber of Commerce
Mertens
Mary E. Sawyer
B. W
Pat) Ingli
Memorial Field
Milwaukee
Jaycees
Mississippi River
Wisconsin Dells
City Recreation Department
Gateway Area Council
Holy Cross Seminary
Riverside Park
Chicago
Four Freedom Riders Stay in Jail in Little Rock Case
Four arrested Freedom Riders choose to remain jailed rather than post bond after the first bus-riding assault in Little Rock. They face a Municipal Court hearing, with bond set at 500 dollars. Defendants include Rev. B Elton Cox Bliss Malone Janet Reinitz and Rev. John C Raines.
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Associated Press
Freedom Riders
Little Rock
Ark
Thad Williams
Quinn Glover
Williams
B. Elton Cox
St. Louis
Congress of Racial Equality
Bliss Ann Malone
Janet Reinitz
New York
John C. Raines
Setauket
N.Y
Wisconsin approves 50 million land program by 87 to 6 vote
Gov. Gaylord Nelson wins a sweeping Assembly endorsement for a 50 million recreational lands acquisition and development program. The measure sets 5 million yearly funding over 10 years under the Wisconsin Conservation Department and a new advisory board, likely to be approved by the Senate.
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la Crosse Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
Wis
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin Assembly
Assembly
Wisconsin Senate
Wisconsin Conservation Department
Conservation Agency
Nelson
Conservation Administration
Conservation Department
Assemblyman Johnson
Door
Kewaunee
Door County
Wackett
Jefferson County
Shureburth
Winnebago
Owen
Wisconsin Senate Rejects Most Conservation Fee Increases
The Wisconsin Senate rejected nearly all proposed license fee hikes for the Conservation Department as the Assembly backs Gov. Nelson’s $50 million resource program. Only a $1 trout stamp won preliminary support. a cent cigarette tax increase failed. The move limits funding for hunting and fishing fees and other licensing changes while Nelson defends a separate land buying plan tied to tourism and economic growth.
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Assembly
Paul Alfonsi
Minocqua
Senate
Reuben LaFave
Oconto
Conservation Department
LaFave
La Crosse Tribune Announces Two Summer Reading Plans
The La Crosse Tribune offers two subscriber plans for vacation readers. The Mail Away Plan delivers daily copies via a mailing service at the same home-delivery rate. The Lay Away Plan saves copies and delivers them upon return with no extra charge, ensuring the entire family stays connected.
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LaCrosse Tribune
la Crosse Tribune
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