Court Accepts Test Case on Judges Pay
Wisconsin Supreme Court accepted a test case challenging county judges pay during their terms. Dane County Judge William Sachtjen sues Dane County Clerk Otto Festge after a $100 monthly raise was blocked. The suit argues the county board has authority to raise judges' pay despite a constitutional ban cited by the district attorney.
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Madison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
State Board of County Judges
Dane County
William Sachtjen
Otto Festge
Sachtjen
Festge
Wife Waiting One Of Man's Ordeals
A humorous AP piece by Hal Boyle notes wife waiting as a common hardship for husbands. It contrasts his view on earning a living with the longer daily wait for wives to get ready, and shares quips about wardrobe woes and patient acceptance. It includes a Wichita zoo anecdote and a ventriloquism hobby gone wrong.
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New York
Wichita
Kan
Bob White
Dress Changing Triggers Husband’s Rising Blood Pressure
A woman's constant wardrobe changes frustrate her husband who scolds her for taking long to dress. He vents in anger, while she remains unfazed. The scene portrays marital friction over routine attire and timing, reflecting gendered expectations.
Family Loses Fourth Child By Accident
Hartford Alabama report says the Huey Chandlers endured another tragedy as their fourth child died in an accident. The family previously lost twins Mary and Martha in 1955 to a car fire and son Billy Gene in an auto crash in Texas. On Tuesday 18 year old David Chandler and friend Carl Williams drowned when a boat capsized during a fishing trip. The Chandlers have five surviving children.
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Hartford
Ala
Huey Chandlers
Mary
Martha
Chandlers
Billy Gene
Texas
David Chandler
David
Carl Williams
Negroes March and Sing in St Augustine Demonstration
Negroes in St Augustine march through a white residential area at night as a grand jury investigates unrest. About 300 marchers with Jewish clergy from nine states join a prayer service at Monson Motor Lodge after a beach sit‑in and later arrests total over two hundred in nine days.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
U.S. 1A
Monson Motor Lodge
St. Augustine Beach
House Votes To Retain Excise Taxes On Luggage And Jewelry
Washington AP report details the House vote to keep federal excise taxes at 10 percent on luggage preparations furs and jewelry. The move, backed by President Johnson as good sense, failed 207 to 185 as leaders urged more study.
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Washington
House
Johnson
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Ways and Means Committee
Wallace Sees Southern Unity as Key to Election
Alabama Gov. George Wallace told Louisiana lawmakers and about 1,000 at a $25 banquet that a united South can decide the November vote. He asserted the seven Deep South states carried by Democrats in 1960 hold the balance of power and that the Electoral College can override liberal opponents. The speech in Baton Rouge emphasized states rights and free enterprise with Gov. John McKeithen introducing him and attendees including former governors Ross Barnett and Jimmie Davis.
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Baton Rouge
Alabama
George C. Wallace
United South
Wallace
Free Electors
Louisiana
Louisiana Committee For Free Electors
John McKeithen
C. C. Aycock
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
Jimmie Davis
Senoret Chemical Co Inc Patents at St Louis Drug Stores
Senoret Chemical Co Inc of St Louis Missouri expands distribution through drug grocery and hardware stores in the city. The move aims to widen access to its chemical products across retail outlets.
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Senoret Chemical Co. Inc
St. Louis 2
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