St Cloud Man Burns in Tar Tank Blast near City
A St. Cloud man James Smoley was hospitalized with severe burns after a 1000 gallon tar tank exploded at a state highway maintenance center near St. Cloud. The blast caused a warehouse and a pickup truck to burn and an estimated $25,000 loss. A second fire at Morrison Hardware Store in Freeborn caused about $50,000 damage.
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James Smoley
St. Cloud
Harry G. Ellertson
Hanson
Morrison Hardware
Lennox
Freeborn
Takes Dim View Of School For Bachelors
A columnist recalls a reader proposing schools to train bachelors, arguing it could slow population growth. The piece notes most lifelong bachelors dodge responsibility and prefers home life, ending with a tongue in cheek suggestion of reform schools to make grown men.
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America
Albert
Reynolds Warns Wisconsin Faces 95.5 Million Deficit
Gov. John W. Reynolds told legislators that Wisconsin could run a 95.5 million dollar shortfall at the end of the 1963 65 biennium if a new budget is not approved. He cited growth in schools and public welfare as driving the need for larger next biennium appropriations.
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Madison
Wisconsin
John W. Reynolds
Reynolds
Joint Finance Committee
GOP
Wisconsin Dairy Leaders Back McCarthy Plan
Gilbert Rhode of the Wisconsin Farmers Union endorsed Senator Eugene McCarthy's dairy bill as benefiting all dairy farmers. The plan uses voluntary participation, direct payments, and a 75 percent parity floor, with 50 cents per hundredweight direct payment for manufacturing milk and a $2.50 surplus reduction payment for marketing order areas. Rhode said Wisconsin could see a $50 to $100 million rise in dairy farmers gross income.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Farmers Union
Eugene McCarthy
D-Minn
Gilbert C. Rhode
Wisconsin Farmers Union
Senate Agriculture
McCarthy
Rohde
First Japanese Ship Visits Duluth Superior Harbor
The Kinkasan Maru, Mitsui Line, will load 3 500 tons of powdered milk at Northern Pacific Dock 2 and 1 500 tons at the Public Marine Terminal in Duluth Superior. The milk is government surplus stock sold to Japan for its school lunch program.
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Duluth, Minn
Duluth-Superior
Kinkasan Maru
Mitsui Line
Northern Pacific
Public Marine
Soviet China to Open Ideology Talks in Moscow
Radio Peking said the Soviet Union and Communist China will start discussions on ideological differences in Moscow on July 5. The talks were previously suggested for May or June.
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Tokyo
Soviet Union
China
Moscow
Radio Peking
Nuclear Ship Savannah to stay idle four to six months
Secretary Hodges said the nuclear ship Savannah will be immobilized four to six months due to a labor dispute requiring training for new engineers. He outlined options including government contract with a private carrier, direct operation by the Maritime Administration, or Navy operation, and criticized the engineers for the stoppage at Galveston. Approximately 30 engineers, including 12 trainees, were involved. they earned from 14 000 to over 22 000 annually with overtime and benefits.
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Savannah
Washington
Luther H. Hodges
Hodges
States Marine Lines
Maritime Administration
Navy
Galveston
Tex
Dheck
Ford to Keynote Wisconsin GOP Convention
Madison AP reports Rep. Gerald R. Ford of Michigan will be the keynote speaker at Wisconsin Republicans 1963 state convention in Oshkosh on May 25. Ford, in his eighth term, chairs the House Republican Conference and serves on key appropriations and foreign operations subcommittees.
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Yvo
COBRA
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New York
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Bridge
Alpert
CBS
Brand Names Foundation, Inc
Madison Ave
N.Y
LA Crosse Tribune
Rhode
RFC
Russia
Red China
Central High
Rep. Ford
Kelly’s
Jamese Town
DuPont
Kelly's
Kelly
Lacrosse, Wis
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