Battleships Could Return to Viet Nam Duty Seen by Navy
The Navy left open the option of reactivating one or more mothballed battleships for Southeast Asia should it prove advantageous. Vice Admiral Lot Ensey testified the service has been considering the move and notes the ships could bring 16 inch guns to bear if needed. Defense Secretary McNamara previously questioned the cost and feasibility but did not rule out the idea.
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Washington
Navy
House
Adm
Lot Ensey
Advan
Ensey
Army Pvt Torgerson Completes Vehicle Course at Fort Ord
Army Pvt John T Torgerson 21 lives with wife Jean at 2508 N Bainbridge St earned a course completion in operating and maintaining light vehicles. He is a Logan High School 1962 graduate and attended La Crosse State University. The Sylvan Theater hosted a ceremony honoring 92 Department of Agriculture employees for achievements and service with recipients like Robert E Radtke Milwaukee noted.
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Fort Ord
Calif
John T. Torgerson
Jean
N. Bainbridge St
Tilford A. Torgerson
Logan High School
la Crosse State University
Truth In Packaging Bill Advances In Wisconsin Assembly
Wisconsin Assembly moves a truth in packaging bill toward final passage after a 50 46 preliminary vote overcoming a bid to kill it The plan would require clear quantity labeling standards and definitions for terms like small and large It also bans odd shaped packages and misleading imagery
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Madison
Wisconsin Assembly
State Department of Agriculture
Senate
Milwaukee to Use Voting Machines
Milwaukee Common Council approves 1025 voting machines by Sept to meet state deadline for the fall primary. City leases from Shoup Voting Machine Corp for four years with machines becoming city property after ten years. Atty Gen La Follette says Superior and Kenosha ordinances void and mandamus can force compliance under state law.
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Milwaukee
Common Council
Henry Maier
Shoup Voting Machine Corp
Bala - Cynwyd
Madison
Bronson C. la Follette
Superior
Kenosha
la Follette
Common Councils
Council
More Comfort Wearing FALSE TEETH
An ad for FASTEETH powder claims it improves denture comfort by sprinkling on upper and lower plates. The product is described as alkaline with no sour taste, reducing odor and breath issues and available at drug counters nationwide.
Water Quality Bill Faces League Of Women Voters Rift
The Wisconsin League of Women Voters withholds support for Gov Knowles water quality bill saying the proposed agency lacks sufficient regulatory power. It would shift duties from Public Health and the Water Pollution Committee and merge them with Conservation and the Public Service Commission. Mrs H A Lardy noted the convention that without expanded powers the new agency cannot be justified.
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H.A. Lardy
Madison
League
Fire Destroys 59 Cattle On Medford Farm
Medford AP report says dairy farmer Ewald Jochimsen of Route 1 lost 59 head of cattle including milk cows a bull and half the young stock in an early morning blaze that leveled a 36 by 120 foot barn and a machine shed. Loss is estimated at $60,000 and cause is undetermined.
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Medford
Taylor County
Ewald Jochimsen
Route 1
Jochimsen
Bryant elected president of Wisconsin Manufacturers Association
E. E. Bryant of Stoughton was elected president of the Wisconsin Manufacturers' Association at its annual meeting. He leads Nelson Muffler Co. and succeeds C. E. Nelson of Waukesha Motor Co. for a one year term.
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Manufacturers Elect
Milwaukee
E. E. Bryant
Stoughton
Wisconsin Manufacturers’ Association
Nelson Muffler Co
Bryant
WMA
C.E. Nelson
Waukesha Motor Co
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Naval Operations
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Southeast Asia
Yosemite Falls
North America
Austin
Tex
Sylvan Theater
Washington Monument Grounds
Department of Agriculture
Robert E.radtke
Sears
F.E.T
Allstate
Craftsman
Regul
Sears and
SAVE
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Fifth Ave
Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Tracy Nelson
University of Wisconsin
UPI
Kerr-Mills
Fred Risser
D - Madison
Assembly
Andrew Kennedy
Waukesha County
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