Wisconsin Legislature Ends Its Spring Session
The Wisconsin Legislature recessed until January 11 1967 after approving a compromise water pollution control bill. The Assembly 93 6 and Senate 27 2 voted to advance pollution measures, shoreland zoning and a $300 million loan program, with a constitutional amendment to permit spending on pollution abatement. A study of legislative services received $75 000, and an obscenity censorship bill was set aside.
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Madison
Wisconsin
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Democratic Assembly
Knowles
Conference Committee
Assembly
Warren P. Knowles
Frank Nikolay
Abbotsford
Department of Resource Development
Judiciary Committee
Rusk Misinformed On Viet Policy Says Galbraith
Providence AP report notes former ambassador John K. Galbraith accused Secretary of State Dean Rusk of being terribly misinformed about support for the administration's foreign policy. He spoke at Rhode Island College commencement, a Harvard professor and economist recounting Rusk's words.
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Galbraith
Providence
R.I
John K. Galbraith
Dean Rusk
The
Rhode Island ‘College
Harvard ‘University
Ing
Viet Nam
State Department
United States
Ex Army Captain Describes Calls For Air and Artillery Strikes
Capt. Bill Carpenter testified about directing air and artillery strikes against Communist troops overrunning his position in South Vietnam. He said he acted to slow the assault as he and his men came under heavy fire. The AP photographer Tao Morong covered the scene as the battle unfolded.
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Tao Morong
South Viet Nam
Bill Carpenter
Carpenter
West Point
Ron Brown
Chattanooga
Tenn
Brown
U.S
Able Company
William Lemke dies longtime Onalaska fire chief
William Lemke 77 of 336 N 4th St Onalaska veteran firefighter chief for 45 years died Saturday morning in La Crosse hospital He began service with Onalaska Volunteer Fire Department in 1917 was honored in 1964 as Wisconsin oldest active fire chief He survived by wife Mary Marjorie two sons and two daughters with services set at St Pauls Lutheran Church Onalaska and burial in Onalaska Cemetery
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Wis
William Lemke
N. 4Th St
la Crosse
Lemke
Wisconsin
State Fire Chiefs Association
Mary Marjorie
Jannice Stephan
Robert
New York
Roy
Kansas City
Kans
Minnie Lemke
Marie Phelps
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Ruben, Kettenacker
Onalaska Cemetery
Dickinson Caledonia Street
Weekend Showers Forecast With Warm Sunday Hopes
Variable clouds bring showers likely through Sunday with temperatures ranging from near 60 to a high of 80. Rain chances peak at 60 percent Saturday night and drop to 40 percent Sunday, with Monday looking partly cloudy and cooler around 60.
Alma Pounds NC Coast With Gale Winds And Rain
Tropical Storm Alma lashed the North Carolina coast with gale force winds and heavy rain, dumping nearly eight inches around Wilmington as it moved northeastward. Isolated street flooding occurred in Wilmington and Morehead City, with no major damage or evacuations reported.
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Wilmington
N.C
Alma
North Carolina
Morehead City
Miami Weather Bureau
Virginia Capes
Savannah
Weather Bureau
Billy Graham Attends Queen's Parade in London
Evangelist Billy Graham watched Queen Elizabeth's birthday parade as aides reported an average attendance over 17,000 for the first ten nights of his London crusade. They forecast a big turnout tonight with Sunday reserved for an afternoon sermon.
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London
Billy Graham
Graham
Soho
Billy
Earls Court
Viet Nam resolution sparks debate at Wisconsin Democratic convention
At the Wisconsin Democratic state convention in Madison the Viet Nam cease fire and negotiations proposal stirred factional tension. The compromise urges free elections in South Vietnam under UN supervision or a Geneva 1954 framework, while Johnson’s policy drew criticism from many delegates. The measure was held for a second day as other, less contentious items passed.
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Madison
South
Viet Nam
Johnson
China
United States
United Nations
Democratic National
David Carley
Patrick J. Lucey
Wisconsin
Edward Mertz
Albert Tadych
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin
Mertz
Legislature ends session with spending boosts and policy shifts
Madison AP reports the long session produced an array of measures exceeding earlier predictions. Highlights include accelerated highway bonding of 26.5 million to extend the interstate from Tomah to Eau Claire and La Crosse, a seven cent penny gas tax raise, a reorganized water pollution agency, expanded medicare provisions, school aid boosts, and higher pay for state employees and university faculty. The dairy land ban on colored oleomargarine lingered, with the issue sent to 1967.
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Senate
Dane County Grand Jury
Warren P. Knowles
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