Americans Visit Cuba Defy Travel Ban in Protest
A group of 73 Americans including six African Americans arrived in Havana defying U.S. travel limits. Led by Ed Lemansky a 23 year old New Yorker and Communist the group denounced the U.S. government calling for its destruction. Names include Ernest Allen Luke Tripp Charles Berrard and Ron Bedford. Foreign Ministry officials welcomed the visitors with flowers as the Student Committee for Travel to Cuba organized the trip.
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Havana
U.S
Cuba
State Department
United States
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Ed Lemansky
Ernest Allen
Oakland
Calif
University of California At Berkeley
Luke Tripp
Detroit
Wayne State
Charles Berrard
Los Angeles
Los Angeles City College
Ron Bedford
St. Louis
Europe
Paris
Lemansky
Puerto Rico
Washington
Cuban Federation of University Students
Local man ordained in West Wisconsin Methodist ministry
Bishop Alton ordains Ralph Taylor Alton and three others as elders in the West Wisconsin Annual Conference at St. Luke's Church. Robert Isler Jr Ruwal Freese and Wayne Talley ordained elders with two more on local or recognition of orders. six deacons ordained. Ceremony attended by 300 plus ministers and lay members with family sponsors and regional clergy present. Weather: cloudy with a chance of showers and thundershowers tonight. Sunday warm with highs near 80.
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Ralph Taylor Alton
Wisconsin
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Robert C. Isler Jr
la Crosse
Ruwal H. Freese
Concordia
Kan
Wayne Howard Talley
East Dubuque
Ill
Alton
West Wisconsin
St. Luke’s Church
Asbury Methodist Church
An Isler
Isler
Garrett Seminary
Frederick
Atlas
Lorraine
Pas
Garrett
Dushek
University of Wisconsin
Overlien
River Falls
Mary
Minneapolis
Ralph T. Alton
Rowall Freese
Robert C. Isler
Wayne H. Talley
Tribune
Scranton Seeks GOP Nomination Challenge to Goldwater
Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton launches a late bid for the GOP presidential nomination aiming to rally delegates, denounce Barry Goldwater as extreme, and seek victories at the Connecticut State Convention as the race tightens. He faces skepticism from party insiders about time and momentum, while figures like Eisenhower Rockefeller and Nixon offer mixed reactions.
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Jack Bell Washington
William W. Scranton
Connecticut
Scranton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
Eisenhower
Gov
Maryland
Baltimore
Hartford
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Washlington
Pennsylvania
Methodists List Changes District Leader and Transfers
The West Wisconsin Conference announces pastor transfers amid the 110th session in La Crosse. Rev Herbert H Thompson moves from Madison Bethany to La Crosse Central District superintendent succeeding Rev Gomer Finch. Other appointments include Rev Lee Holmes to Viroqua and Liberty Pole and Rev Keith Davison to St Luke's La Crosse. Rev Eldon Farmer shifts to Menomonie.
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Tor
Winslow Wilson
Southern District
Raymond Fleming
Central District
Superior
Isler
Robert Isler Sr
Central High School
la Crosse State College
Bethany Methodist Church
Madison
Herbert H. Thompson
la Crosse
West Wisconsin
The
Methodist Church
Thompson
Gomer W. Finch
Bethany Methodist
Finch
Iive
Viroqua
Liberty Pole
Lee H. Holmes
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
St. Luke’s
Keith Davison
Rice Lake
Mauston
Holmes
Eldon L. Farmer
Menomonie
Alvin Crandall
Free Methodist Church
Loyal
del Soto
Redmound
Retreat
James Clinton
University of Dubuque
Iowa
Wilbur Leatherman
Mondovi
Lancaster
Oscar Nichols
Neillsville
Granton
Ashland-Chequamegon
Norbert H. Miller
United Brethren
Cazenovia
Vernon R. Miller
Tunnel City
Donald Teasdale
Bangor
Maine
Peterson Denounces Scranton Entry as Divisive Move
Madison AP Republican state chairman Talbot Peterson of Appleton blasts Gov. Scranton's bid for the GOP presidential nomination as divisive. He questions he waited and backs Byrnes of Green Bay as Wisconsin's 30 first-ballot favorite son.
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Madison
Talbot Peterson
Appleton
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
GOP
Barry) Goldwater
Peterson
Wisconsin
National Committee
Bill Miller
John W. Byrnes
Green Bay
Two Iowa Women Die From Crash Injuries
Mrs Mathew Freillinger 55 Monona died at the scene after her car struck a truck rear. Her mother Mrs Mary Moore 78 Monona died later in Waukon hospital from injuries. Sheriff Rumph and deputies aided at the Yellow River Road crash scene ten miles southeast of Waukon.
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Charles W. Tolleffrud
Decorah
Henry Anderson
Waukon
Tolleffrud
Daryl
Freillinger
Weir
Yellow River
Here
Mathew Freillinger
Monona
Mary Moore
Waukon Hospital
UW Students Share Ford Grant
A Ford Foundation grant of 51644 will be shared by 24 University of Wisconsin engineering graduate students who pledge to pursue teaching careers. Four will receive aid this summer and the rest in the fall to assist those lacking funds for doctoral study. Wisconsin is among 34 universities sharing $1.5 million.
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Madison
Ford Foundation
University of Wisconsin College of Engineering
Wisconsin
Rafferty Debates American Schools In New Tribune Column
Dr. Max Rafferty California superintendent critiques progressive education in a provocative weekly column. The first installment discusses problems and opportunities in the American school system and appears on The La Crosse Sunday Tribune Editorial Page.
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Max Rafferty
California
la Crosse
West German Leader Sees No Threat in East Pact
President Johnson and Chancellor Erhard portray Soviet East German pact as non alarming. They emphasize Western unity and vigilance while denying changes to Allied rights or Berlin obligations. The White House communique says Moscow bears sole responsibility for any interference consequences.
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Washington
Ludwig Erhard
Johnson
U.S.S.R
Moscow
State Department
Walter Ulbricht
White House Rose Garden
Erhard
Lbj Ranch
Europe
Germany
United States
White House
Soviet Union
Berlin
Soviet Russia
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Richard Daw
Ralph W. Walker
Fairchild
Alvin R. Crandall
Freese
University of Kansas
Whitehall
Independence
Talley
Dubuque University
Cederholm
Christensen
Schwenk
River Falls State College
Philippines
Would
Barry
Ike
Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhowser
Harrisburg
la Chute
la Crosse Area
Methodists
North Side Church
Wesley
Asbury
Edwin Sheppard
Deane W. Irish
Wallkon
McGregor
Theodore Rumph
Roy Smith
iSmith
Rev. Holmes
Rev. Davison
Rev. Thompson
LBJ
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