Peace Settlement Urged By Khrushchev For 1961
Premier Khrushchev told Soviet citizens that a peace settlement in Europe must be achieved this year. He urged a world war II allied conference to reunify Germany and said West and East Germany should negotiate within six months, including West Berlin. He linked talks on a nuclear test ban with general disarmament.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Europe
Germany
Berlin
West Germany
East Germany
West Berlin
Kennedy
Vienna
Jackie Kennedy Returns from Greece Vacation
Jacqueline Kennedy flies home from a week in Greece aboard a chartered plane stopping in Athens. Prime Minister Constantine Caramanlis and his wife bid her farewell as she thanks hosts and hints at bringing her children for a future visit.
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Athens
Greece
Jacqueline Kennedy
New York
Constantine Caramanlis
Industrial Production Rises 3 Percent in May
Industrial production gained about 3 percent in May, with continued strength expected in steel and auto sectors in June. The Federal Reserve index rose to 108 from 105 in April, remaining below the pre recession high of 111 reached in January 1960.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Reports Two Oat Field Diseases Hit Wisconsin
Madison AP Earl Wade a UW plant disease specialist says two bacterial diseases halo blight and stripe blight are appearing in many Wisconsin oat fields. Cool wet weather favors blight growth and there is no practical control for these diseases on oats.
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Madison
Earl Wade
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wade
Tragic Tractor Accident Claims Toddler In Mosinee
In Mosinee Wisconsin twenty month old Donna Mae Krieg was killed when her father Maurice Krieg backed a tractor over her head while mowing his yard. He believed she was inside the house. The Krieg family includes two other young daughters.
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Mosinee
Donna Mae Kreig
Maurice
Emmet
Krieg
Kriegs
Bacall and Robards to marry in Vienna this Friday
Actress Lauren Bacall widow of Humphrey Bogart and actor Jason Robards Jr expect to wed in Vienna this Friday according to Robards' manager.
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Vienna
Austria
Lauren Bacall
Humphrey Bogart
Jason Robards Jr
Robards
State GOP sales tax vote fails in Madison
Senate Republicans did not secure the caucus vote needed to advance a GOP drafted sales tax bill after a 90 minute meeting. Sources say about a dozen of the Senate's 20 Republicans supported the proposal which combines a 3 percent general sales tax with a $45 million credit refund and a new income tax withholding system.
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Madison
Senate
GOP
Secret U S Report Published in Turkey on West German Units
Cumhuriyet prints a document claimed as a top secret U S intelligence report on West German army units with their strength and placement. U S officials suspect the papers are a plant to discredit U S intelligence and fuel anti American sentiment.
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Istanbul
Turkey
U.S
Cumhuriyet
USAFE
Rome
W.S
London Daily Herald
Herald
United States
Castro Asks 28 Million In Farming-Type Tractors
Venezuelan students at Caracas University burned U S Ambassador Teodoro Moscoso s car during an exhibit visit police kept away as government officials blamed leftist leaders Moscoso said the attack did not reflect the people s feelings in Venezuela The unrest ties to a bloody university uprising last December with Communist influence alleged by authorities and university president Rafael Devenzi denied accusations of Communist ties.
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Caracas
Venezuela
U.S
Teodoro Moscoso
Caracas University
Moscoso
Kennedy
Latin America
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Romulo Betancourt
School of Architecture
Rafael Devenzi
Alejandro Oropeza Castillo
Oropeza
Betancourt
Castro
Devenzi
Protests Fail to Halt Wisconsin Auto License Increase Bid
Wisconsin lawmakers hear a proposal to raise automobile registration from 16 to 25 dollars for 18.5 million in two years. Assemblyman Charles Schmidt backs the plan to fund local road projects, but an error in drafting leaves the bill dead for now as witnesses note the current law already funnels funds to towns and the bill would not alter that split.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Assembly Highways Committee
Charles Schmidt
Milwaukee
Schmidt
Harold L. Stone
State Motor Vehicle Department
Stone
Pea Shooter Backfires On Boy
Eight year old Fritz Barnard attempted a pin shot from a pea shooter when the pin was drawn into his throat. Police transported him to Lutheran Hospital where doctors said the pin would likely pass naturally.
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Fritz Barnard
Fritz
Wilfred Barnard
S. 14Th St
Lutheran Hospital
Three Wisconsin laws advance from Assembly committees
Wisconsin Assembly committees recommended passage of three major measures. A $50 million, 10 year natural resources program, a forest crop law revision letting counties keep 90 percent of timber profits, and a medical care plan for aged residents funded partly by a penny per pack cigarette tax.
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Madison
Assembly
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
William Owen
Menomonie
Red China Seeks Peaceful Coexistence Says Chou En Lai
Premier Chou En Lai said Red China wants to coexist in peace with countries of different social systems. He cited six years of talks in Geneva and Warsaw as evidence that China pursues settlement of international disputes through peaceful negotiations. Talks aimed to discuss U.S.-China issues including cases of Americans imprisoned in Red China. They stalled on Red China’s demand that U.S. forces quit Formosa.
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Tokyo
Chou En-lai
Red China
Moon aid debate sparks rush concerns
A quoted line questions haste for lunar assistance arguing that any first mover may still face similar aid needs later. It highlights debate over timing and benefits tied to lunar programs and national priorities.
GOP Asking If Berlin Stand Remains Firm
Washington Republican leaders pressed President Kennedy to confirm there has been no shift from the U S stance in defense of West Berlin. Sen Everett Dirksen and Rep Charles Halleck questioned whether recent Mansfield proposals signaled a policy change after Kennedy's Vienna talks with Khrushchev.
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Washington
Kennedy
West Berlin
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Berlin
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
House
Vienna
Khrushchev
United States
Halleck
Ants Short Circuit Tulsa Traffic Signal
In Tulsa Oklahoma a traffic light remained dark for about four hours when insects feasted on insulation. Electronics technician Bob Ogan said ants ate a certain wiring insulation and bridged the wires to the metal control box, causing the outage. The insulation was replaced with a less appetizing material.
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Tulsa
Okla
Bob Ogan
Nab Ex Convict Caught After Dairy Bar Holdup
Madison police identified a former West Coast convict as the gunman in a south side dairy bar holdup. Officer F J Hall spotted a suspect car, crashed his squad car, and arrested Robert L Johnson 32 formerly of Vancouver Wash after he surrendered $134. No injuries and minor damage reported.
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Madison
West Coast
F. J. Hall
Donald McCallum
Robert L. Johnson
Vancouver
Wash
Hall
Johnson
State Bar suspends judge and 42 attorneys in Wisconsin
Delavan AP Douglas County Judge Donald S. Rock of Superior and 42 attorneys were suspended from the Wisconsin State Bar for non payment of dues. Dues are $15 annually for lawyers and $5 for judges, required to practice since 1957 bar integration act.
Propaganda Licking Castro Cannot Afford To Execute Captives
Kennedy administration officials believe the tractor for prisoners trade may save 1 200 Cuban invasion captives and avert mass executions by Fidel Castro. They credit the Tractors for Freedom effort with strengthening world opinion and undermining Castro while testing Inter-American response and Logan Act concerns.
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Washington
Fidel Castro
Castro
Latin America
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Vienna
Tractors For Freedom Committee
Free 1 167 From His Prisons Tractors For Freedom Talks
AP reporting from Havana states the U S negotiating team heads to Washington after Fidel Castro demands 28 million dollars in farm tractors to swap for 1 167 captive invaders. The plan envisions smaller tractors and a possible list of 1 200 U S hostages abroad.
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Havana
U.S
Washington
Fidel Castro
Eleanor Roosevelt
Fidel Castro Holds Marathon News Conference in Havana
Prime Minister Fidel Castro ended a 12 hour string of news conferences with eight American reporters and photographers. He then planned a personal tour of the battleground where his forces repulsed the April 17 invasion as they discussed tractors for prisoners and the reporters might stay on in Havana.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
Agrarian Reform Institute
Welcome to All Carl Ziesemer Tavern Sign Incident
Carl Ziesemer of Appleton displays a welcoming sign for all sober people of every race and creed. He is accused of ordering two Negro baseball players from his tavern using a blackjack because of color. The players refuse to press charges, but Dist. Atty. Nick Schaefer vows to bring him to trial.
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Carl Ziesemer
Appleton
Wisconsin
Outagamie County
Nick Schaefer
Ziesemer
Proxmire seeks rural redevelopment in Northern Wisconsin
Sen. William Proxmire asks the Area Redevelopment Administration to label the northern third of Wisconsin a rural redevelopment area. He argues the region suffers widespread rural poverty and severe unemployment, seeking eligibility for federal assistance.
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Washington
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Area Redevelopment Administration
Wisconsin
Congress
Proxmire
William L. Batt
President Kennedy's backache improving says White House
The backache of President Kennedy is steadily less severe, with the White House reporting there is much less discomfort. He still uses crutches to move about and no definite forecast exists for when he can discard them, according to assistant press secretary Andrew T. Hatcher.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Andrew T. Hatcher
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