Wisconsin approves Kellett measure to streamline government
The Wisconsin Legislature endorsed the Kellett Bill 25-6 in the Senate and 98-0 in the Assembly after a compromise on the Natural Resources merger. The plan consolidates about 9 state agencies into 28 departments and boards with Aug. 1 effective date, creating a large Department of Health and Social Services and a new Transportation department. Governor Knowles called it a remarkable achievement and predicted significant savings.
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Associated Press
Madison
Wisconsin
Kellett
Senate
Assembly
Warren P. Knowles
Knowles
Conservation
Water Agencies
Senate Assembly
Natural Resources Board
Department of Health and Social Services
Board of Health
Department of Welfare
State Highway Commission
Motor Vehicle Department
The
Aeronautics Commission
Department of Transportation
Conservation Commission
Resource Development Board
J. Curtis McKay
Cedarburg
Assembly Democratic
Robert T. Huber
D-West
Allis
Fred A. Risser
24 Die As Thai Caravelle Crashes Into Hong Kong Harbor
A Thai International Airways Caravelle carrying around 58 Americans and 80 total aboard crashed in a rain squall near Hong Kong harbor. Officials reported 24 dead, 56 survivors, with seven crew and many passengers unaccounted or critically injured. A Sacramento study group of 34 adults was among the travelers, tied to the flight via Formosa agencies and Bangkok headquarters figures.
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Hong Kong
Thai International Airways
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Airlines
Formosa
Sacramento
Calif
Taipei
Bangkok
H. J. McCormick
Sacramento State College
San Francisco
Honolulu
Japan
Thailand
Tokyo
Osaka
Thai Airways
Inter
Jackson County ToGet Iron Mine Pellet Plant
Inland Steel Co announced plans to solicit bids for a $20 million taconite mine and pellet plant at Black River Falls Wisconsin with 750000 tons annual output and 200-plus jobs. The project relies on a new depletion tax relief Gov Knowles signed for low grade iron ore to boost cost competitiveness with Michigan and Minnesota.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Iinland Steel Co
Chicago
Jackson County Iron Co
Wisconsin Iron Mining
Warren P. Knowles
Wisconsin
Carl B. Jacobs
Inland
Jackson County
Michigan
Minnesota
Jackson County Iron
Jacobs
Leon
Great Lakes
Indiana Harbor Works
Ind
Ky withdraws to join Thieu ticket in Vietnam race
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky drops his bid for president to become the No 2 on a Thieu ticket. The Armed Forces Council backed a caretaker government plan and Thieu gains the top spot, aiming to avoid a split military vote and solidify leadership ahead of registration deadline.
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Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Armed Forces Council
Thieu
Thieu-Ky
United States
Wisconsin lawmakers clash over Knowles highway plan
Wisconsin lawmakers failed to pass Gov. Warren Knowles highway safety package as the Assembly gutted driver education, testing, and drinking age provisions. Senate Republicans eyed a July return or October start, while a compromise panel was proposed to salvage parts of the plan. The dispute centered on a 21 year drinking age and implied consent for intoxication tests amid a stalled session.
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Associated Press
Madison
Wisconsin
Warren P. Knowles
Assembly
Senate
Jerris Leonard
R-Bayside
Harold Froehlich
Appleton
Knoweles
Leonard
Froehlich
Curtis McKay
Cedarburg
McKay
Knowles
Illinois Guard Units To Use Badger Roads
Wisconsin motorists were alerted that Illinois National Guardsmen will march through the state on Saturday en route to Camp Ripley Minnesota for a two week encampment. The 33rd National Guard Division will enter near Beloit around 4 a.m. and travel on I 90 I 94 and Highway 12 before Wisconsin’s 32nd Division moves into Camp Ripley afterward for about two weeks.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Illinois National Guardsmen
State Highway Patrol
Illinois
33Rd National Guard
Camp Ripley
Minn
Beloit
Death of W J Herman at 95 in Melrose Wisconsin
William Jacob Herman aged 95 of Melrose died June 29 in a La Crosse hospital. Services set for Monday at 2 p m at Melrose Methodist Church with burial in Melrose Cemetery. He was born February 1 1872 in Smith Valley and married Anna Wolff in 1900. He farmed until 1923 then moved to Melrose and served 34 years as Bank of Melrose director and on the Jackson County Selective Service Board 1941-1948. Survived by widow a son Arthur of Denver a daughter Emma Sissell of Davenport five grandchildren one great grandchild and several siblings.
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Melrose
Wis
William Jacob Herman
la Crosse
Melrose Methodist Church
Elwin Brown
Melrose Cemetery
Smith Mortuary
Mr. Herman
Smith Valley
la Crosse County
Jacob Herman
Anna Pauline Wolff
Herman
Bank of Melrose
Jackson County Selective Service Board
Arthur
Denver, Colo
Emma Sissell
Davenport
Iowa
George
Walter
Adolph
Denver
Kosygin Leaves Cuba For Talk With De Gaulle
Premier Kosygin departed Cuba after talks with Fidel Castro and will pause in Paris on the way to New York to confer with Charles de Gaulle. Havana gave a grand sendoff with bands and a 21 gun salute while thousands lined the road to the airport.
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Havana
Alexei N. Kosygin
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Castro
Kosygin
New York
de Gaulle
Tass
Latin America
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R.eau Claire
Arthur Cirilli
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Bernard E. Gehrmann
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