Public Hearings Focus on Broad Wisconsin Legislative Agenda
Madison lawmakers push to clear 114 measures amid hearings on beer taxes welfare and unusual items. Key actions include a permanent tax exemptions study committee a $15000 investigation of obscene literature and a move to ban boxing and tighten beer age rules.
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Madison
John Potter
Port Edwards
Wisconsin
Senate
Senate Public Welfare Committee
Assembly State Affairs Committee
John W. Reynolds
Senate Judiciary Committee
Reynolds
University of Wisconsin Madison
Assembly Education Committee
TVA 30th birthday keeps public power debate alive
TVA, born during the New Deal, remains controversial as President Kennedy plans a May 18 visit to Muscle Shoals to mark its 30th anniversary. Officials cite flood control and navigation gains including 13.1 million tons of annual freight, while noting substantial regional damage averted by dams.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Kennedy
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Congress
Tennessee
Aubrey J. Wagner
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee Valley
Chattanooga
Ohio River
Kentucky Lake
Ohio
Paducah
Knoxville
TVA Electricity
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Duxbury Says Reciprocity Veto Too Late
ST. PAUL Gov Karl Rolvaag vetoed the tax reciprocity bill on the last day of the period and the decision may stand unless challenged in court. House Speaker Lloyd Duxbury claimed the veto came too late and said the journal will show it was received Saturday. The measure would have let Minnesota tax residents where they work across state lines.
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ST. Paul
Karl Rolvaag
Lloyd Duxbury
Minnesota
Rolvaag
Rep
Fred Cina
House
Cina
Supreme Court
Duxbury
House Journal
D. D. Wozniak
Senate
Conference Committee
Paul Thuet
South St. Paul
Harold Kalina
Minneapolis
Jack Davies
Kalina
Watchdog Cleo Stolen After Guarding Goodwill Building
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania a large Doberman named Cleo guarded a Goodwill Industries building after a spate of burglaries. Cleo stood guard for three weeks but was stolen Saturday, ending the deterrent.
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Harrisburg, Pa
Goodwill Industries
Cleo
Today in History Highlights From May 6
AP notes key events across centuries including 1626 Peter Minuit buying Manhattan, 1942 Corregidor surrender, 1960 Princess Margaret wedding, and 1856 born polar explorer Peary. Also mentions Dulles Viet Minh stance and Seabury death, plus per capita vegetable consumption.
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Associated Press
Congress
James Monroe
James Tyrrell
Tower of London
Edward V of
England
Richard
Duke of York
Peter Minuit
Manhattan
Robert Edwin Peary
Cresson
Pennsylvania
Jonathan Wainwright
U.S
Corregidor
Margaret Rose
Antony Armstrong-Jones
John Foster Dulles
Laos
New York
Samuel Seabury
Jimmy Walker
New York City
Ethan Allen
Old-Time Circus Parade Planned in Milwaukee on July 4
Milwaukee sponsors announce Circus Street Parade featuring famed wagons from Barnum and Bailey and Pawnee Bill shows. Wagons include air calliope, camel patrol, Cinderella float, Old Woman in the Shoe, 39 animals, and two massive rigs from 1903 and 1918. Parade value listed at over ½ million dollars with drivers in red uniforms.
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Milwaukee
America
Circus World Museum of
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Man Wins Court Fight Over Ambulance Accident
Paris AP reports Leon Beauvetes won 3000 damages from Villejuif after an ambulance knocked him down in a crosswalk leaving him an invalid for life. He died 18 months earlier at age 72, with the case running 29 years and linking to an 1880 wagon in the Lion and Mirror show.
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Paris
Leon Beauvetes
Villejuif
Beauvetes
Lion and Mirror Courts
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Brazil
Treasury
Wagner
Reddie
Liberty ST
Strictly Fresh
Peter’s
Ring Bologna
Dubuque
Braunschweiger
Bermuda
Corre
Libby
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
United States
Calliope
Man
Hiram
Walker
Hiram Walker & Sons, Inc
Peoria
Illinois
San Francisco
California
Iga
Hormel
Rinso Blue
LUX Liquid
Swan
LUX
Oscar Mayer
LUX Soap
Cello
Lifebuoy
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