Communist May Day Rites Shadow East West Schism
The May Day celebrations in Moscow and Peking highlighted a rift between the Soviet Union and Red China. The Soviet Union and its allies boycotted the Peking parade while staged displays and strong rhetoric marked the event. Khrushchev warned against U.S. provocations over Cuba as Western leaders voiced calls for unity and peace.
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Soviet Union
Red Square
Tass
UPI Radiotelephoto
Associated Press
Communist World
Moscow
Peking
Red China
United States
Khrushchev
Lenin
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Algeria
Ahmed Ben Bella
Red
Latin America
United Front
U.S
Mao Tze-tung
Marx
Engels
Stalin
East Berlin
Ludwig Erhard
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Cuba
Kremlin
Fidel Castro
Havana
State Department
Castro
Milwaukee race group endorses school boycott plan
The Greater Milwaukee Conference on Race and Religion backed a May 18 boycott plan protesting de facto segregation in public schools. Six committee members voted yes, five abstained, and the vote on unseating school board members was unanimous. They urged churches to open classrooms for students staying out.
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Milwaukee
Greater Milwaukee Conference On Race and Religion
Franklyn J. Kennedy
City Commission On Community Relations
Msgr
Kennedy
Milwaukee Catholic Herald-Citizen
John Givens
The
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Givens
Union honors employer as great guy at Northwest conference
The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America presented Harry J. Beernink, general manager of Western Farmers Association, with an honorary union membership calling him a great guy. Beernink retires June 1, avoiding future conflict of interest in negotiations.
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Seattle, Wash
Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen of North America
Afl-Cio
Northwest
Harry J. Beernink
Western Farmers Association
Beernink
Wisconsin Supreme Court starts historic district reapportionment
The Wisconsin Supreme Court begins a nation first by drawing new legislative districts after a legislative deadlock. The court may realign up to four Assembly districts and shift Senate boundaries with minimal impact, as Milwaukee County debate centers on 25 or 26 Assembly seats.
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Madison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau
Supreme Court
Wisconsin
John W. Reynolds
Senate
Assembly
Milwaukee County
Reynolds
Milwaukee
Upstate
Roland Day
Day
Gaylord Nelson
Federal Court
Legislators Find $5 Million Error in Tax Relief Bill
In Madison the legislature rushed a tax relief for the aged measure through, uncovering a drafting mistake that would raise annual costs from 10.3 to 15.3 million and expand eligibility from 3 000 to 6 000 dollars income. The error could add about 5 million if not corrected before reconvening November 9.
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Madison
George Corning
James F. McMichael
State Commission On Aging
Spirits and profits rise as steel mills hum in 1964 outlook
The 16 billion steel industry reports strong first quarter profits and rising production. Bethlehem Steel posts a 47 percent gain and Jones & Laughlin 62 percent, with market optimism amid no major labor disputes and potential record 1964 output.
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New York
Edmund F. Martin
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Newsmen
Martin
Bethlehem
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Petitions Drive to Keep La Crosse Weather Office Open
Civil Air Patrol circulates petitions to La Crosse area businesses to protest the planned June 1 closing of the weather bureau station in Kan sas City. The drive aims for thousands of signatures to send to Senator Proxmire and Representatives Nelson and Thomson, with petitions available at La Crosse Municipal Airport Saturday morning.
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la Crosse
Civil Air Patrol
William Proxmire
Theron Clark
Gaylord Nelson
Vernon Thomson
Regional Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Clark
la Crosse Municipal
Trane Posts Higher First Quarter Sales and Profits in 1964
Trane Co reports first quarter 1964 consolidated sales of 30,092,280, up 16 percent from 1963, with profits of 1,950,139, up 31 percent. Earnings per share reach 73 cents from 55 cents, aided by strong construction activity and unusually good winter weather. New packaged air conditioning products, announced in 1963, to boost production in Q2, expected to improve the year further.
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Trane Co
Trane
Owner of 200000 Scottish Acres Dies
Francis Alexander Eveleigh-Ross-De-Moleyns, a descendant of King James IV and a major landowner, died at his Irish home at 63. His Balnagown Castle estates in Scotland once spanned 300000 acres before selling 100000 acres for 420000 pounds last year. The cause of death was not announced.
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Killarney
Ireland
Francis Alexander Eveleigh- Ross-De-Moleyns
James IV of Scotland
Britain
Balnagown
Scotland
Rolvaag Sets Dates to Fill Two State Senate Vacancies
Gov Karl Rolvaag issued writs setting dates for special elections to fill vacancies caused by the deaths of Senator Homer Carr of Proctor and Senator Raymond Bares of Sauk Rapids. The elections align with the regular primary on September 8 and the general election on November 3.
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ST. Paul
Karl Rolvaag
Homer Carr
Proctor
Raymond Bares
Sauk Rapids
Bantam Hen Hatches World’s 40th Whooping Crane
In Lafayette Louisiana a tiny bantam hen hatched the 40th whooping crane at the Wildlife Research substation. The one pound Japanese silkie foster mother sat on the egg and kept it warm until it hatched. The crane’s true mother is Josephine a bird at the New Orleans Zoo which plans to hatch four additional eggs.
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Lafayette
Josephine
New Orleans Zoo
Republicans Demand War Threat Over Cuba Policy
A Republican Critical Issues Council urged the Johnson administration to act against Castro with military force as a last resort. Democrats called the move crude politics and noted Castro rose to power during Eisenhower's presidency. Senator Fulbright warned it could imply war, while Humphrey called the document emotional and irresponsible.
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Washington
Republican Council
Johnson
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lations Committee
Castro
Arkansas Democrat
United States
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Senate
Jury Trial Compromise Under Debate
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey warned the Senate will likely reject the latest jury trial compromise in criminal contempt cases. Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen said it will require examination. Cooper proposed revision of an amendment to limit jury trials for contempt by state and local officials, with courts retaining discretion.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Cooper
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Dues Paid Nonmembers Loss As Home Burns
International Falls Minnesota tale of Nick Bonovich whose unpaid Rural Fire Protection Association dues kept volunteers from fighting a blaze at his home. Firefighters protected neighboring homes while Bonovich helped suppress flames amid a $12,000 loss claim.
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International Falls
Minn
Nick Bonovich
Rural Fire Protection Association
Bonovich
Fire Protection Association
Rainy Lake
James Laurent
Koochiching County
George Rickson
The
Protection Association
Bice criticizes Reynolds veto on ward redistricting bill
Wisconsin State Sen. Raymond Bice denounces Gov. Reynolds for vetoing his bill to end the division of six La Crosse city wards between two Assembly districts. The measure, introduced April 14, passed quickly, and would have realigned Wards 6, 8, 18, and 21 into the 2nd District, with other wards in the 1st District.
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Raymond C. Bice
la Crosse
Reynolds
Bice
Rice
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Senate
Assembly
Alice Dickson
Cyprus enjoys one of quietest nights in weeks
Cyprus reported one of its quietest nights in weeks with only a few isolated shots in Nicosia. The lull followed a U N appeals for peace and U N peace force actions, welcomed by Archbishop Makarios and Fazil Kuchuk as Canadian soldiers maintain observation posts north of Nicosia by St Hilarion.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
U.N
U Thant
Merger of Negro and White Subdivisions in Methodism
World Methodist Conference delegates voted to accept a voluntary integration plan merging white and Negro church subdivisions. The plan ends the all Negro Central Jurisdiction, absorbs 375000 Black members into five white jurisdictions, and aims to mix congregations within four years though enforcement is not imposed. Southern delegates objected to delays and some felt pace not swift enough.
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Pittsburgh
Worldwide Methodist General Conference
Church
Commission On
South
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