Dubcek Rejects Stalinist Rule Amid Czechoslovakia Reform Push
Prague reports that Alexander Dubcek vowed the regime will not return to Stalinist rule and defended liberal reforms. The Soviets pressed for talks and backed the militia, while East Germany urged counterattacks against revisionist forces as Yugoslav leader Tito was eyed for a visit.
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Prague
Alexander Dubcek
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party Central Committee
Moscow
CTK
Soviet Union
Antonin Novotny
East Germany
Dubcek
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Tito
Yugoslavia
Dubcek-Brezhnev
UW Regents Tighten Spending on New UW Programs
The University of Wisconsin board of regents set a tentative 27.6 million lid on spending for new and improved programs in the next biennium. They rejected the 57.2 million improvements plan from UW chancellors, trimming a 91.7 million request. The dispute centered on programs for the disadvantaged with regents urging caution while extension chancellor McNeil defended self help aims based on decades of experience.
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Extension
Donald McNeil
Gaekwar of Baroda Dies in London Clinic
Ma haraja Sir Pratapshina Gaekwar of Baroda, 60, dies in a London clinic after a long illness. Once among the world’s wealthiest men with an income near $100,000 weekly, he was deposed from his Indian throne by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in the early 1950s.
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London
Gaekwar
Baroda
Maharaja Sir Pratapshina
Jawaharlal Nehru
County law adds minor offenses to La Crosse County rules
The La Crosse County Board on Thursday made disorderly conduct drunkenness public consumption of beer vagrancy and resisting an officer violations of county law. District Attorney Burleigh Randolph said the changes aim to offer less serious charges for young first offenders and reduce the need to create state violations. He noted fines will go to the county treasury and that harsher penalties would still be pursued under state statutes if warranted.
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la Crosse
Dist
Atty
Burleigh Randolph
Randolph
Harold Evjen
Reporter escorted from education board meeting over salary talks
La Crosse Tribune reporter is refused admission to a closed executive session on teacher contracts and salaries. School Supt Edsel Vergin escorts the journalist from the building and locks the doors to prevent leaks. Officials cite an earlier agreement with Zel Rice and the LEA that contains a press blackout until both sides review the proposal. The talks aim to resolve a six month dispute with a package between 581000 and 864000 in annual increases. Further details to be released jointly after a designated meeting.
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la Crosse Tribune
Satf
la Crosse City District Board of Education
Board of Education
Edsel Vergin
Vergin
Zel Rice
Rice
la Crosse Education Association
LEA
la Crosse Central High School
Roland Schwandt
Terry Witzke
Alaska Oil Find Could Transform State Economy
Gov. Walter J. Hickel hailed a 5 to 10 billion barrel oil discovery in Prudhoe Bay as a potential game changer for Alaska. Degolyer and MacNaughton flagged vast Arctic Slope reserves, while officials see benefits including tax relief, native land claims resolution, and a proposed 400 mile Alaska railroad extension to enable broader development and a two way haul for oil.
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Juneau
Alaska
Walter J. Hickel
Arctic
Prudhoe Bay
Fairbanks
U.S. Navy
Atlantic Richfield-Humbie
Degolyer and MacNaughton
Dallas
Hickel
North
Alaska Railroad
Judge's Ruling Awaited On Injunction Against Brewery
Federal Judge James E. Doyle was to rule on a request to block Heileman Brewing Co. from canceling a Ban gor distributor's contract. Distributors led by Levi Chapiewsky charge antitrust violations and seek damages, alleging price fixing and preferential treatment by Heileman's. Heileman's contends termination papers were filed on time and that Chapiewsky's remedy is damages.
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James E. Doyle
G. Heileman Brewing Co
Bangor
Levi Chapiewsky
Heileman’s
Doyle
Federal District Court
Madison
Chapiewsky
John Bosshard
Bosshard
Heileman
Wisconsin Beer
Chapiewsky and Company
Russell G. Cleary
Ray Earl Ray Arrives to Face King Murder Trial in Memphis
Ray Earl Ray, handcuffed and in protective gear, was flown from London to Memphis to stand trial for the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He arrived at Millington Base aboard a Boeing 707 and was moved to Shelby County jail. Judge W Preston Battle will oversee the case with no courtroom selected yet and no arraignment date set.
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Memphis, Tenn
Ames Earl Ray
Shelby County
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Memphis Naval Air Station
U.S. Air Force
Boeing
London
William Morris
Ray J
Millington
W. Preston Battle
Criminal Court
John Coulton
Coulton
Wandsworth
Memphis
James Earl Ray
Tenn
England
William N. Morris
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U.S.S.R
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Barrow
Anchore
Beaufort Sea
North Pacific Ocean
Dawson
Canada
Cross Pinpoints Oil Discovery
Thad Poulson
Territory
Roy E. Kumm
Interstate Fairgrounds
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