Funds approved to buy Milwaukee-Downer College site
The State Building Commission approved 10 million dollars to buy the 43 acre Milwaukee-Downer College property for UW Milwaukee expansion. Provost Klotsche cites capacity for 25 000 more students by 1978 amid a campus merger with Lawrence College. The body also backed 1.4 million for planning and property purchases for UW and 164 280 for state college planning and construction.
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Commission
Milwaukee
Racine-Kenosha
Robert Clodius
Wisconsin
Racine- Kenosha
Fox River Valley
University of Wisconsin
Marshfield
State College
Platteville
Stevens Point
Oshkosh
Whitewater
Eau Claire
Janesville School
Saigon Rocked By Three Explosions
Three blasts rocked Saigon within minutes injuring two U.S. service members and three Vietnamese. Explosions hit the airport near a Boeing 707, the intelligence office of Ngo Dinh Ngoc Khanh’s government, and a slum home where a grenade wounded a family. Authorities detained four suspects.
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Saigon
Malcolm W. Browne
South Viet Nam
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Vietnamese Intelligence Agency
Nguyen Khanh
Intelligence Agency
Vietnamese Marine Corps
Tax Shift Highlights Long Term Revenue Shifts
The article notes that distribution reforms ease tax changes and reviews state tax history. It explains how property and intangible asset escapes helped unpopular personal property tax in the late 1800s and spurred hopes for an income tax to replace it. From 1913 to 1963 income tax rose from 4 to 25.6 percent, while property tax fell from 80 to 43 percent.
Oklahoma Man Elected US Jaycee President
Stan ley Ladley of Bartlesville Oklahoma won the election for president of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Dallas conference defeating Ron O’Brien of Fairfield Iowa. Minnesota and South Dakota chapters earned multiple awards with recognitions for chapter development agriculture conservation inter club relations and public relations. Richard Dison of Rochester won the speak up Jaycee competition. Rapid City South Dakota and Webster South Dakota received honors in health safety publications and other categories.
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Dallas
Richard Dison
Rochester
Jaycee
Rapid City
S.D
Webster
Governor Seeks Disaster Designation for Four Wisconsin Counties
Governor Reynolds asked Agriculture Secretary Freeman to declare Trempealeau Pepin Buffalo and Jackson counties as disaster areas to help farmers access federal emergency feed programs after a second consecutive year of severe hail damage. The designation would allow drawing live stock feed grains and hay from reserve stocks.
Two Die In Minnesota Traffic Accidents
The 1964 Minnesota traffic toll rose to 354 with two recent deaths. Walter Ulrich, 70, died when his tractor ran over him while repairing it near LeSueur. A 21-year-old Babbitt man died when a car left a county road near Hoyt Lakes. David C. Carlson, 21, of Minneapolis died from injuries after a collision last Saturday.
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Associated Press
LeSueur
Babbitt
Minn
Minnesota
Walter Ulrich
Hoyt Lakes
Virginia
Minneapolis
David C. Carl
Wisconsin Highway Toll Climbs to 447 in 1964 Fatalities
Wisconsin records a rising 1964 highway death toll reaching 447 with 372 at the same point last year. Terrold Suprize, 20, of rural New London died from injuries after a June 13 motorcycle collision with a car at a Highway 45 intersection near New London. William H. Fass, 78, of Sauk City died in a separate crash on Highway KP, six miles south of Sauk City.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Terrold Suprize
New London
Appleton
William H. Fass
Sauk City
How They Voted On Transit Bill
Washington AP report shows Wisconsin delegation split by party on a $375 million transit bill. Democrats Johnson Kasten Meier Reuss Zablocki voted with the majority. Republicans Byrnes Laird Thomson Van Pelt opposed. Alvin O Kon ski recorded against. Henry Schadeberg not recorded.
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Washington
Wisconsin
House
Johnson
Kastenmeier
Reuss
Zablocki
Byrnes
Laird
Thomson
van Pelt
Alvin O’konski
Henry Schadeberg
Seven Die In Head On Collision Near Boswell Oklahoma
Seven people died and an eighth was critically injured in a two car head on crash two miles west of Boswell on U S 70 in the Lake Texoma area. Victims include C R Brackett Jr and Mabel B Newton and Raymond A Newton with two Newton daughters aged 11 and 5.
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Boswell
Okla
U.S. 70
Lake Texoma
Durant
C. R. Brackett Jr
Glenn Russy
F. M. (Mack) McMenamy
Mabel B. Newton
First Lady invites home economists to join war on poverty
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson addressed about 3,000 delegates at Ford Auditorium during the American Home Economics Association convention in Detroit. She urged home economists to work in the front line of poverty fighting and to consider roles in the Peace Corps.
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Detroit
Lyndon
Johnson
Ford Auditorium
American Home Economics Association
Peace Corps
Winnebago Marina Dedication Saturday
A $200000 marina at High Cliff State Park on Lake Winnebago will be dedicated Saturday with Gov. John W. Reynolds attending. The private development association contributed $175000. the dock handles 120 boats up to 35 feet, with parking for 75 cars and trailers and night lighting. Speakers include Guido Bahr and Gordon Bubolz.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Asked to Act on Billboards
The Wisconsin attorney general seeks original jurisdiction to force removal of 13 billboards along Interstate 94 in Waukesha County for violating state law restricting outdoor ads within 660 feet of interstates. The petition names Naegele Outdoor Advertising Co of Milwaukee and ABC Outdoor Advertising.
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Los Angeles
Here
Highway Patrol
Madera
Highway 99
Madera County Hospital
Sacramento
Murder Trial Set for Sgt Wayne F Conley in Alaska
Air Force Sgt Wayne F Conley 29 of La Crosse is set to stand trial November 9 on first degree murder charges for the February 10 1963 shotgun slaying of his wife Erika 23 mother of five at Fort Wainwright. He pleaded innocent and remains free on 20000 bail.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Air Force
Wayne F. Conley
la Crosse
Conley
Ft. Wainwright
Erika
Mississippi Civil Rights Ties Frayed Over Missing Men
NAACP leaders Aaron Henry and Charles Evers urge federal protection as concerns rise about race relations in Mississippi. James Farmer of CORE calls for marshals. White House retracts Marine search report, noting only sailors would assist Meridian. Congressman Williams accuses Johnson of appeasing leftist agitators amid missing persons controversy.
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Clarksdale
Charles Evers
Jackson
White House
Henry
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Evers
Medgar Evers
Meridian
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Farmer
Mississippi
Congress
John Bell Williams
Williams
Johnson
New York City
Arthur Winstead
D-Miss
Philadelphia
Memorial rites honor Medgar Evers as 2500 attend
More than 2,500 civil rights workers attended a memorial service at Medgar Evers grave in Arlington after silent tributes at John F Kennedy's grave. Delegates from the 55th NAACP convention traveled by 40 chartered buses to Arlington National Cemetery for the ceremonies. Bishop Stephen Gill Spottswood urged that martyrs' sacrifices fuel ongoing freedom.
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Washington
Medgar W. Evers
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Arlington National Cemetery
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Evers
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Gill Spottswood
AMA Opposes Racial Bias While Allowing Discriminating Societies
In San Francisco the American Medical Association reaffirmed its opposition to racial bias but did not renounce membership for local societies that practice discrimination. Four states urged denial of membership rights to any association denying qualified physicians based on race religion or origin. The AMA House of Delegates approved a policy opposing such denial of membership privileges and responsibilities in county and state medical bodies.
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American Medical Association
Wisconsin
New York
California
Connecticut
AMA
House of Delegates
Indiana Vacationer Feared Drowned in Lake Saganaga
Authorities resumed search for David Nicholson 39 Newcastle Ind presumed drowned in a storm at Lake Saganaga in extreme northeastern Minnesota. His companion Bernard Hartman Newcastle was found exhausted on an island after clinging to the boat. The lake lies about 50 feet deep at the disappearance site. A rural Anoka boy Ray mond Westlund 10 drowned Thursday swimming in the Rum River near St. Francis Anoka County.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Lake Saganaga
Minnesota
David Nicholson
Newcastle
Ind
Bernard Hartman
U.S
Quetico Provincial Park
Nickelson
Anoka
Rum
St. Francis
Anoka County
Raymond Westlund
LeRoy Westlund
Minnesota Woman Dies in Lake Wilson Crash
A Slayton woman, 39 year old Eileen Krause Kremin, was killed when the car she rode in overturned near Lake Wilson at highways 91 and 30. Passenger Leon Podenski, 42, also of Slayton, was hospitalized in serious condition. The fatality raises Minnesota's 1964 toll to 351 with 318 at this date last year. Lake Wilson and Slayton are in Murray County.
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Lake Wilson
Minn
Slayton
Eileen Krause Kremin
Minnesota
Leon Podenski
Murray County
Humphrey's Son Undergoes Surgery in Minneapolis
Robert Humphrey, 20, of Waverly and son of Sen. Hubert Humphrey, entered a Minneapolis hospital for neck lymph node tumor surgery. Dr. Stuart Arbelger called the condition a tumorous disorder, with the patient doing very well and resting comfortably after the operation.
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Minneapolis
Robert Humphrey
Waverly
Hubert Humphrey
Stuart Arbelger
Livestock prices in Midwest markets and Chicago supplies
Swift & Company Winona reports hogs top at 16.25 sows 13.25 to 13.50 cattle steady Hi-Choice cattle 21.75 top fed holsteins 17.25 beef cows 13.25, veal top 26.00. Chicago grains soybeans and potatoes quoted. South St Paul cattle 1500 head steady, hogs active with barrows 17.50-18.00 and 120-160 lb feeders 13.50-14.00
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Aileen, Inc
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Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
Swift & Company
Winona
Minn
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
U.S
Boy Killed When 9-Year-Old Falls From Truck
In Nekoosa Raymond Peterson age 9 died after falling from the rear of a truck and was run over by the wheels as his 14 year old brother Kenneth backed the vehicle to a gasoline pump in the yard of their farm home. The parents are Mr and Mrs Robert Peterson of Route 2 Nekoosa.
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Raymond Peterson
Kenneth
Robert Peterson
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Judgment for Key Work Clothes vs Latimer case in La Crosse
In Ft. Scott Kansas Murray Latimer of 1011 Cameron Ave is ordered to pay $796.90 to Key Work Clothes as judgment in La Crosse County Court. In Sparta Wisconsin James Welch, charged on morals complaint by Tomah Chief William Showen, appeared before County Judge James W. Rice seeking adjournment to hire an attorney. Bond set at $200.
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Murray Latimer
Cameron Ave
James Welch
William Showen
Tomah
James W. Rice
Regency
Stoddard
la Crosse
SAS
Scandinavia
WKTY
Oslo
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Body of Kenosha Man Found in Lake
AP report details a man from Kenosha found in a lake near Brookfield with a car on shore and a leaking gas line. Fire officials noted the vehicle belonged to William T. Egan and an outboard motor overflowed. authorities suspect the man fell from a boat or vehicle while fishing.
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5Th Avenue
Vine St
Arnold Severson
Fond du Lac
Kenosha
Lake
Red Arrow Men Draw 700000 for Camp Pay Day
CAMP MCCOY AP This is pay day for Wisconsin's 32nd National Guard Division more than 700000 will be paid to 4200 regulars and 850 reservists during the annual two week training encampment. Reservists were processed out and paid then released. The division breaks camp Saturday. Pay averages about 14 percent higher than last year due to pay raises and promotions. Last live firing exercises were completed Thursday.
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Camp Mccoy
Wisconsin
National Guard
Red Arrow
Robert A. Kauffman
Madison
Viroqua Celebrates 97th Birthday of Longtime Resident
Viroqua Wisconsin Francis Baird the town oldest man turned 97 on Wednesday June 24. He lives alone in a bachelor apartment on North Main Street and is cared for by neighbors who bring meals and watch over him. Although childless in the area he remains alert and in fair health and keeps up with the evening news by radio or television each night.
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Viroqua
Wis
Francis Baird
N. Main Street
Baird
Appleton Residents Head Scranton Unit
Two Appleton residents Mrs. Peter Nelson and Dennis Herrling were named co chairmen of the Wisconsin Committee for Scranton, backing the Pennsylvania governor for the Republican presidential nomination. Warren Sinsheimer announced and said Alan Blank would be executive director at Madison headquarters.
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Appleton
Peter Nelson
Dennis Herrling
Wisconsin Committee For Scranton
Pennsylvania
Warren Sinsheimer
Scranton For
Alan Blank
University of Wisconsin
Madison
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