Assembly OKs study panel to overhaul spending
In Madison the Assembly advanced a 33 member “gold ribbon” spending study panel to seek ways to cut costs. The plan includes 25 citizens and aims to stop repeated $100–$150 million revenue grabs, while critics call it wasteful. debates over constitutional changes and a GOP sales tax bill continued with amendments to shift credits, tax credits, and corporate payments.
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Madison
State Assembly
Capitol
Gaylord Nelson
Assembly
Robert Haase
R-Marinette
Wisconsin Senate OKs Redistricting Bill Shifting 9th District
The Wisconsin State Senate approved a redistricting bill by voice vote then a 26 7 roll call, sending the measure to the governor who is expected to sign. It shifts the 9th District to the southeast, adding Waukesha County and Milwaukee suburbs, likely creating a Republican seat. Green County moves from the 1st to the 2nd District, Madison area included, amid opposition from Gordon Roseleip who urged keeping Green County in the 1st or placing it in the 8th.
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Madison
State Senate
Wisconsin
Assembly
Waukesha County
Milwaukee
Lester Johnson
Black River Falls
Green County
Henry C. Schadeberg
Burlington
Gordon Roseleip
Darlington
Vernon Thomson
Richland Center
Roseleip
Jess Miller
R-Richland Center
Thomson
Miller
NATO Nuclear Pact Near Signing for Polaris Surface Fleet
U S officials say an eight nation NATO plan to field a Polaris armed surface fleet may be ready for signing by President Kennedy’s Europe visit. West Germany dropped objections to surface ships, boosting hope for a jointly owned force with about 20 ships and 200 missiles costing about 5 billion dollars over ten years, with the United States paying roughly one third.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
U.S
NATO
Kennedy
Europe
West
Ger
Man
West Germany
United States
Livingston T. Merchant
Western
Britain
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Netherlands
Belgium
Desegregation Breakthrough in Birmingham Moves Forward
Reporter Relman Morin portrays Birmingham amid protests and arrests as desegregationists push downtown by opening stores and eateries. King urges Kennedy to take a stand while 1,400 Negro worshippers fill a Baptist church and jails overflow with more than 2,400 arrests.
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6Th Avenue
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Oxford
Meredith
Little Rock
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Morin
Wallace orders large trooper deployment to Birmingham
Governor Wallace announced 250 riot trained highway patrolmen would be sent to Birmingham with tear gas grenades riot guns and sub machine guns as King vows progress toward desegregation. Police faced mass demonstrations with many arrests and protests continuing downtown.
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Birmingham
Ala
George Wallace
Lingo
Wallace
Martin Luther King Jr
King
The
Southern
Unborn Milwaukee heartbeat sent to Paris via cable
Saul Larks of Marquette University led a test sending an unborn child’s heartbeat from Mount Sinai Hospital to Dr Antoine Remond in Paris. Dr Charles Ray of the Mayo Clinic observed reception in Rochester. a satellite transmission is planned for the week of May 27 to relay another fetal heart beat.
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Paris
Saul Larks
Marquette University
New York
London
Larks
Mount Sinai Hospital
Antoine Remond
International Federation of Medical Electronics
Charles Ray
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Barbara Emshoff
U N and OAS Hold Talks as Haiti Crisis Eases
The United Nations and the Organization of American States called meetings to discuss the Haiti Dominican Republic tension on Hispaniola. President Bosch questioned Duvalier and warned of vigilance while considering international steps, with an evacuation of U.S. families planned and a possible hemispheric sanction discussion.
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William L. Ryan
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Organization of American States
U.N. Security Council
Caribbean
Hispaniola
Cuba
Security Council
OAS
Juan Bosch
Francois Duvalier
Washington
New York Times
United States
Rene Chalmers
U.S
George W. Ball
Princeton Students to Pay for Riot Damage
Princeton New Jersey riot leaves campus and town damaged as nearly 2000 undergraduates riot for three hours. University president Dr. Robert Goheen announces the student body will cover all damage costs, estimated in the thousands, with fourteen students arrested for disorderly conduct.
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Princeton
N.J
Robert Goheen
Westminster Choir College
New Jersey
Goheen
Hope For Local Solution In Birmingham Racial Unrest
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell says Attorney General Kennedy warned of a big development in Birmingham before the president's 4 pm briefing. Powell urges action under federal law to stop officials inflicting unusual punishment on Negroes amid water hoses dogs and mass arrests. The White House explores executive options as Kennedy prepares to face questions.
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Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Birmingham
Wallace
Alabama
Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Powell
Justice Department
White House
Execu
Civil rights hearings open in House over southern unrest
Congress opens hearings on the Kennedy administration civil rights program as Birmingham violence is cited to urge action. Rep. Celler notes fire hoses and dogs harmed U S image while Rep. McCulloch sees turmoil as part of change. The package includes voting referees, literacy presumption, and extended Civil Rights Commission.
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South
Congress
House Judiciary
Birmingham
Ala
Manuel Celler
D-N.y
United States
William M. McCulloch
Ohio
Celler
Kennedy
Civil Rights Commission
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