Knutson Circulates Papers to Run for Wisconsin Governor
La Crosse Mayor Milo G Knutson began circulating nomination papers for governor on the Republican ticket. He would run against Warren Knowles if he files with at least 3,000 signatures from six counties. Knutson, 46, is in his fifth mayoral term and is a WKTY radio newsman by profession.
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la Crosse Tribune
Milo G. Knutson
la Crosse
Knutson
Philip Dyer
WKTY
Dyer
Warren
Knowles
Jerome Klos
la Crosse County
Republican Party
WKTV
Clear Lake
Iowa
Mason City
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Wlcx Radio
William J. Fenelon
Angus B. Rothwell
Trane Co
Woman Finds Body Of Mate In Elevator
In New York a 63 year old lawyer Leonard Simpson was found dead in an elevator at his apartment building after his wife Selma Simpson saw it return to the lobby with his slain body. Police described a possible ice pick wound and a tall gaunt man as a potential suspect.
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George LeBrun
West Palm Beach
Fla
New York
D. P. Kelley
LaBrun
Selma Simpson
Leonard Simpson
William J. Brady
Civil Rights Bill Substitute Up For Final Vote In Senate
Red China may be using the Laos and Viet Nam situation to panic Western publics and push for U S withdrawal from Indochina. The AP report notes Beijing aims to pressure for negotiated solutions while warning of broader regional and world consequences in an election year.
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Senate
Red China
Europe
United States
Asia
Pek
Indochina
Laos
Viet Nam
Peking
U.S
USSR Signal Flexible Plan on Bomber Destruction
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin signaled a flexible approach to disarming bomber aircraft and said Moscow will modify its January plan calling for total destruction. He noted the new Kremlin proposal will consider American objections to scrapping all bombers, amid ongoing Geneva talks with 17 nations.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Valerian A. Zorin
Kremlin
United States
West
Zorin
U.S
Hillsboro Student Drowns After Canoe Capsize on Long Lake
Marvin A. Triebs Jr., 20, a La Crosse State College student from Hillsboro, drowned when a 16 foot aluminum canoe capsized on Long Lake near Spooner. A companion swam to shore. Coroner says seizure occurred. body recovered by scouts. both youths wore no life jackets.
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Spooner
Marvin A. Triebs Jr
la Crosse State College
Hillsboro
Long Lake
Washburn County
Lester Olson
Triebs
Tomahawk
Jerome Lachman
la Crosse
California requires smog control devices on 1966 autos
Los Angeles AP report says California to mandate devices on 1966 model cars to cut unburned hydrocarbons in exhaust. Board estimates 25 percent reduction in Los Angeles basin by 1967 with devices priced between 26 and 75 dollars.
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Los Angeles
California
State
Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board
D. A. Jensen
Los Angeles Basin
Diplomacy in Asia Echoes Between Moscow and Peking
The article outlines Moscow and Beijing clashing over Laos and Southeast Asia. It notes Peking pressing for a new 14-nation conference to neutralize Laos and warns Ho Chi Minh advocates Vietnamese independence while enabling Viet Cong expansion. It implies risks of wider conflict if alliances shift.
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U.S.S.R
Moscow
Peking
Moskow
Asia
Southeast Asia
United States
Laos
Vientiane
South Viet Nam
Ho [Chi Minh
Red North Viet
Two Burned To Death In Crash Near Hixton
An out of state man and his son were burned to death in a fiery crash on State Highway 27 near Hixton Wisconsin. Reece Covalt about 50 and Joseph Covalt about 25 of Dundee were killed when their 1959 Covair station wagon rolled into a ditch caught fire. Eyewitness Arland Eide of Northfield reported the car left no skid marks and crashed as it rolled over several times. The bodies were freed by a wrecker and taken to Jensen Funeral Home. The deaths were the second and third highway fatalities in Jackson County this year.
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Hixton
Wis
Here
Reece C. Covalt
Joseph R. Covalt
Dundee
St. Ardell Eide
Northfield
Jensen Funeral Home
Jackson County
Kin Of Lucey Hurt In Crash
The parents and a sister and brother of Patrick J. Lucey Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor were injured in an auto crash on Highway I 94 about seven miles east of Madison. They were taken to St. Marys hospital in Madison. Luceys mother Mrs Ella Lucey of Prairie du Chien had a broken shoulder. Also injured were Gregory Lucey 68 father of the candidate Father Gregory Lucey a brother and Sister Mary Ann Eleanor of Eagle Grove Iowa. They were en route from Milwaukee.
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Madison
Patrick J. Lucey
St. Mary’s Hospital
Lucey
Ella Lucey
Prairie du Chien
Gregory Lucey
Mary Ann Eleanor
Eagle Grove
Iowa
Milwaukee
Stage Set For Final Passage In Civil Rights Bill
The Senate nears final passage on civil rights legislation as votes loom for tonight or Friday. Key figures include Democratic Leader Mansfield and Republican Goldwater, with House support seen to align with Senate action before July 2 adjournment. The substitute preserves core antidiscrimination provisions and allows states to handle complaints prior to federal action.
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Washington
Senate
Prospect
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mexico City
House
Johnson
Rep
William M. McCulloch
Ohio
Typhoid Nightmare Over In Aberdeen
Aberdeen’s typhoid epidemic is contained according to health officer Dr. Ian MacQueen. About 447 people remain under treatment but there is no evidence of new infection sources.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Ian MacQueen
MacQueen
Bears wake from hibernation after Alaska quake
Alaska lecturer Lowell Thomas Jr. says the March 27 quake disturbed Kodiak bears, waking them briefly from winter sleep. After returning to dens, the bears are now sleeping in, worrying guides about their readiness for the upcoming hunting season.
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Lowell Thomas Jr
Kodiak Bears
Thomas
Seattle Rotary Club
One Man One Vote Drives Push City Reapportionment
Washington AP reports advocates of the one man one vote theory anticipate broad reform of local government after the Supreme Court ruling that state legislatures be apportioned by population. Aides led by constitutional lawyer Charles S. Rhyne predict sweeping changes to city councils and boards of supervisors nationwide, with cases to follow in Ohio and California.
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Washington
Supreme Court
County Boards of Supervisors
Seaman Districte
Walcl Uldlillo
Charles S. Rhyne
Rhyne
American Bar Association
Legisla
Ohio Court
Tures
Cleveland
California
Board of Supervisors
Monterey County
Calif
Medary Seeks PSC OK For Water System
The town of Medary asks the Wisconsin Public Service Commission for permission to install a public water system. The board designates itself as water commission with Glenn Fox president and Melvin Gilberg secretary. Davy Engineering Co. prepares a 150 customer design with expansion in mind using Holiday Heights Addition as nucleus. Financing relies on a bank loan and special assessments with no town revenue. The system will be self supporting and expand as demand grows.
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Medary
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
The
Water Commission
Glenn Fox
Melvin Gilberg
Davy Engineering Co
S. 6Th St
Expan
Holiday Hights Addition
Highway 16
la Crosse River
William J. Sauer
Holiday Heights Addition
Sauer
Holiday Heights
Rain Fails To Stop Wisconsin 32nd National Guard Exercise
Rain dampened the countryside but the Wisconsin 32nd National Guard Division pressed ahead with a massive field exercise at Camp McCoy. The command post drill involved about 5,000 personnel and featured the largest exercise since the unit’s 1961 Berlin crisis activity. Food rations rose 10 percent, with milk, beef, ice cream, butter, eggs, bacon, hamburger, frankfurters, pork, chicken and bread supplies detailed.
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Camp Mccoy
Wisconsin
32Nd National Guard
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Donald P. Radde
Imbert M. Eflinger
Middleton
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