Drought Grips 1600 Mile U S Patch Across Nation
A vast drought stretches 1600 miles from Alabama to Idaho, with the worst conditions in a century at Vicksburg Mississippi and 55 years in East Texas. Damage runs into hundreds of millions, with Alabama Oklahoma and Colorado estimating crop losses around 140 million dollars. May and early June rains have eased conditions in parts of West Texas Oklahoma Kansas and New Mexico.
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Idaho
Vicksburg
Miss
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Utah
New Mexico
Kansas
Kennedy Civil Rights Plan Seeks Broad National Reform
President Kennedy sent Congress a five point civil rights package aimed at equal access to public facilities, faster desegregation, fair employment, a federal community relations service, and cutting federal aid to biased programs. The plan targets privately owned public accommodations and calls for omnibus legislation to address nationwide racial discrimination.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Cardinals Gather to Elect Pope Amid Debate and Prayer
Eighty cardinals convene in Vatican to elect the 262nd pope after a solemn Mass for guidance. Balloting begins Thursday with four daily votes in the Sistine Chapel, as conservatives and progressives vie for a compromise candidate.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
St. Peter’s Basilica
Eugene Cardinal Tisserant
Apostolic Palaces
Sistine Chapel
John
Assembly Okays District Realignment Amid Court Fight
The Assembly approved a Republican realignment bill 47 to 45, with Governor Reynolds poised to veto. Milwaukee County would keep 24 Assembly seats. Waukesha gains two seats, Jefferson removed from its district, and northern counties realigned to aid Waukesha. Senate action pending.
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Madison
Assembly
Wisconsin
John W. Reynolds
Senate
Vincent Mathews
Waukesha
Waukesha County
Jefferson County
Soo Line to Cut Rail Service in Four Wisconsin Areas
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission authorized the Soo Line Railroad to reduce service in four areas. It allows discontinuing less than carload freight shipments to Milwaukee and ending agency service for less than carload freight at St. Croix Falls Polk County Tony Rusk County and Almena Barron County.
Thoresen Works in Washington as Nelson Aide
Associate Prof Walter Thoresen of La Crosse State College is summer staff for Senator Gaylord Nelson. He says the job is not a payoff or patronage, but a first rate research post. Nelson calls him an able assistant aiding dairy and later wheat and feed grain analysis. Thoresen, paid 725 dollars a month, plans to return to teaching in fall and may pursue politics later. He also chairs the Democratic State Convention in La Crosse this weekend. his three daughters reside in Wisconsin.
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Washington Bureau
Washington
Walter Thoresen
la Crosse State College
Congress
State College
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Sen
Nelson
Thoresen
Sen. Nelson
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Judy
Lawrence College
Appleton
Kris
Sue
Senate Opens Debate On Tax Compromise Plan In Wisconsin
In Madison, Gov. Reynolds seeks to end budget stalemate by tying a sales tax extension to a 2.5 percent income tax rise. Legislature races to meet June 30 budget deadline with a fiscal 1963 65 plan projected to raise 152.3 million and erase the personal property tax on farm livestock and inventories.
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Madison
John W. Reynolds
Senate
Legislative Party
Reynolds
Korean War Vet Killed At La Farge
Disabled Korean War veteran Argyle G. Revels, 37, Hillsboro, was killed when a log rolled from a truck at H and D Lumber Co in La Farge Wis He was not employed at the yard and will be buried at Forest Burr Cemetery following services at Hart Fick Funeral Home Hillsboro Rev John Clarke to officiate Survivors include his widow Ruby a son and a daughter his parents and several siblings from Wisconsin Illinois and Oregon
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Hillsboro
Hart-Fick Funeral Home
John Clarke
Forest Burr Cemetery
Ruby
David
Shirley
Harrison Revels
Floyd
Ontario
Virgil
la Crosse
Harrison Jr
Watertown
Cecil Jensen
Donald Thayer
la Farge
Father electrocuted in farm accident near Montevideo
Kenneth Plumley 47 of Maynard was killed while delivering feed when the auger boom touched a high power line at a farm 15 miles northeast of Montevideo. His 8 year old son Bobby tried to reach him but was restrained by bystanders to prevent a second tragedy. Plumley left a widow and four sons.
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Minn
Kenneth Plumley
Maynard
Maynard Farmers Elevator
Mike Berrens
Here
Bobby
Plumley
Blind Youth Sees Capitol On Busiest Day
Madison AP Tom Teggatt an 18 year old from Watertown High School visited the Wisconsin Capitol on a day dominated by a budget tax compromise. His visit followed a rejected invitation to Badger Boys State and featured close contact with Governor Reynolds aides and Attorney General Thompson. Tom arrived with his seeing eye dog Blackie and his parents to witness the news conference and discuss his interest in politics.
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Tom Teggatt
State Capitol
Tom
Watertown
Badger Boys State
Wisconsin Department of the American Legion
Legion
John W. Reynolds
Capitol
Blackie
Charles Tegigatz
Boys State
Harry Carlson
Department of Resource Development
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Attorney General's
Atty
George Thompson
Thompson
John Reynolds
Reynolds
American Legion
Knutson Fights To Keep Power Of Appointment
La Crosse Mayor Milo G. Knutson vetoed the council rule change shifting appointment power from the mayor to the council and vetoed a $20 644 Austin Western road grader bid. The council had approved both actions 13 6. The mayor argued the change weakens city government and warned successors could push programs with less accountability.
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Knutson
Milo G. Knutson
Board of Public Works
Allis-Chalmers
Two Rural Tomah youths die in crash near Warrens
In Warrens Wisconsin two rural Tomah youths Billy Hughart 16 and Jesse Roberts 20 were killed when a car driven by Delmont De Ford 25 left a sharp curve struck a railroad track and overturned. Leo Roberts 17 was treated and released. De Ford held on possible charges. investigation by sheriff officials followed. Five more highway deaths were reported in Wisconsin raising the 1963 toll to 340.
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Wis
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Ctho
Here
Billy Hughart
James Hughart
Jesse Roberts
Delmont de Ford
Monroe County
Leo Roberts
Lon Roeske
de Ford
Roeske
Emil Young
Paul Albrecht
Don Goodman
Wallace Brown
Dale Trowbridge
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Clarence J. Niewinski
Wausau
Marathon County
Charles Schwab
Tomahawk
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