King To Return If Drive Loses Impetus In Mississippi Walk
The Meredith march against fear moves along U.S. 51 with about 130 participants as Dr King leaves for Chicago after promising to return if momentum fades. James Meredith plans to resume June 16 if doctors approve. CORE and civil rights figures pledge support and voter registration push.
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Como, Miss
Meredith
Mississippi
Martin Luther King Jr
U.S. 51
Alma
King
Chicago
James H. Meredith
New York
Baltimore
Tennessee
Memphis
Jackson
Miss
Hernan
U.S. Do
CORE
Farmer
McKissick
Bronx
N.Y
Nathan Strauss
Congress
Salvatore Almeida
Dennis Coleman
Walter Brooks
James Meredith
Como
Christ
Carter Parnell
Sledge
Compromise Reached On Water Pollution Bill
The Wisconsin Assembly approved a compromise water pollution control bill 93 to 6 after Democrats challenged Gov. Warren Knowles support. The plan creates a seven member policy board to run the Department of Resource Development with a full time director and a dominant water control division. It also allows a $300 million loan fund for municipal sewage plants with a May 1 1966 bonding delay for some localities.
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Madison
Assembly
Warren P. Knowles
Senate
Robert Huber
West Allis
Department of Resource Development
Resource Development Board
Office of Economic Opportunity
State Commission On Aging
Gale Warnings Placed Along East Coast as Alma Moves Offshore
Gale warnings stretched from north of Savannah to Cape Fear as Alma, now a tropical storm, threatens Georgia and the Carolinas with possible flooding and high winds. The storm's center near Claxton, Georgia, moved northeast at 15 mph, with a 55 mph Charleston lightship squall report and prior Florida Panhandle winds up to 100 mph. At least one tornado like event caused damage near Albany and Augusta, while eleven soldiers were hospitalized at Fort Gordon after a bus rollover on wet pavement.
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Savannah
Georgia
Carolinas
Alma
Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Miami
South Carolina
Cape Fear
N.C
Claxton
Charleston
D.C
Florida Panhandle
Albany
Augusta
Fort Gordon
Topeka Tornado Loss Estimated At Up To 100 Million
The Topeka tornado killed 15 and left thousands homeless as city officials mobilized aid from Red Cross Salvation Army and neighboring towns. Damage likely between 75 and 100 million with 2000 to 5000 homeless and four weeks of cleanup ahead.
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Topeka
Kan
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Johnson
William Avery
Federal Office of Emergency Planning
Charles W. Wright Jr
Wright
Red Cross Aids Tornado Victims In Topeka Area
La Crosse Red Cross reports about six inquiries from locals about people in the Topeka tornado area. Kansas City Red Cross office supplied information by courier for victims hospitalized or killed.
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Red Cross
la Crosse
Topeka
Kansas
Kansas City
Pigeon drop swindles foiled by Madison banks
Two elderly Madison women were targeted in separate pigeon drop swindles. A caller posing as a bank inspector asked for withdrawals of 2500 dollars from one and 1800 dollars from the other. Banks alerted police and thwarted the attempts. one victim reported the scheme.
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Madison
La Crosse Common Council OKs Urban Renewal Plan
The La Crosse Common Council approved the Civic Center urban renewal project by a 17 to 3 vote. The Redevelopment Authority will meet next Thursday night to certify the next steps in the process.
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la Crosse Tribune
Civic Center Urban Renewal Project
la Crosse
City Plan Commission
Jack Frost
Fred Frisbie
John C. Schubert
Frost
Harborview Plaza
Front Street
Schubert
Civic Center
Frisbie
Supreme Court
Wlcx Radio
Finance Committee
L. Peter Groves
13Th Ward
4Th
7Th
State
Vine Streets
Vine
6Th Street
6Th
Redevelopment Authority
General Service Administration
Chicago
Badger Street
Badger
7Th and
CIVIC
Catherine Zielke Crowned Miss Onalaska
Catherine Ann Zielke won the Miss Onalaska title at 9:30 p.m. after being the last of 20 contestants named. The 15 year old sophomore at Onalaska High School received the crown and a piano solo talent. Her court includes Connie Day Hueffmeier Mary Louise Turner Margaret Lamke and Kristi Lynn Hoffman.
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la Crosse Tribune
Catherine Ann Zielke
Onalaska
Cathy
Onalaska High
Arnold Zielke
4Th Ave
Ray Plamadore
William Graf
Connie Day Hueffmeier
Gordon Hueffmeier
12Th Ave
Mary Louise Turner
9Th Ave. N
Marion Turner
Margaret Lamke
Harley Lamke
Oak Ave
Kristi Lynn Hoffman
Jack Hoffman
Zielke
Girls Athletic Association
Wallace Massey
Margaret Lance Lamke
Tribune
Governor To Veto Solons Pay Raise
Wisconsin Governor Warren Knowles plans line item vetoes to strike the 9600 dollar yearly minimum salary and 2450 dollar bonus for 17 legislative leaders from a pay raise bill. He would keep a framework allowing the Personnel Bureau and Joint Finance Committee to set new pay levels, citing public scrutiny and fairness. Legislators urged public hearings to determine fair compensation.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Knowles
Bureau of Personnel
Joint Finance Committee
Senate
Sen
Clifford Krueger
R Merrill
Assembly
State Guard Unit To Get Combat Readiness Test
The Wisconsin National Guard will test a select combat brigade during its two week Camp McCoy encampment. Mock battles set for June 20 to 23 will be the main objective of this training, as about 9 000 guardsmen from 92 communities participate and 1 500 trucks transport to Camp McCoy. Governor Knowles to review division parade next week.
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Freedom
Jackson, Miss
Senatobia
UPI
By Bob Gilberg
Sippi
Aubrey James Norvell
Floyd McKissick
Associated Press
Capitol
Paul Alfonsi
Minocqua
Huber
Ment
By Joe McKnight
By Donald W. Affolter
Marguerite Lienlokken
Onalaska High School
I. H. Pertzsch
Paul Skogen
Loyd Mieden
Douglas Tschann
Chad Hansen
Dennis Woggon
Mike Schroeder
Steve Larson
S. Erickson
Jean Sivanich
Edith Haefner
Nancy Peterson
Paulette Knudson
Cheryl Hendrickson
Mieden
Mrs. Plamadore
Solons
Krueger
Wisconsin
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