Faculty Rejects Demands UW Demonstrators End Sit-In
About 500 students occupied Bascom Hall at the University of Wisconsin in a 10 hour sit-in over draft policy. Faculty rejected the protesters demands to withhold grades from draft officials, prompting an orderly exodus as security kept pace and officials chose to wait out the disturbance.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
Bascom Hall
Bas
John Coatsworth
Coatsworth
State Department
Cuba
State Capitol
University
Ralph Hanson
University Police
Hanson
Wisconsin Assembly expands Medicare dental coverage in bill
The Democratic Assembly liberalized Wisconsin dental care under a Medicare aligned bill, adding 700000 to state costs for private practice, hospitals, and nursing homes and forecasting 1 million more in federal aid. The measure, approved 92 to 3, moves to the Senate for concurrence.
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Madison
Assembly
Wisconsin
Senate
Paul Alfonsi
R-Minocqua
State Board of Health
Barn Rebuilt After Tornado Is Down Again
Thunderstorms battered southeastern Wisconsin with record rain and 70 mph winds. One death occurred near Madison as 17 year old Timothy Gallagher died in a Madison crash caused by rain and a street lamp. Damage included several barns and homes. a Watertown factory roof was ripped off. A rebuilt barn near Watertown was destroyed days after a celebration.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Madison
Watertown
Waukesha
Timothy D. Gallagher
Sun Prairie
Clyde Chamberlain
Dane County
U.S. Weather Bureau
Vic Gehrke
Dodge County
Lebanon
Ray Fredrick
Midwest
Fredrick
Ernst Dornfeld
Charles K. Detker
Quake Hits Tashkent Again Moderately Strong
Tass reports another strong earthquake in Tashkent near the previously damaged center. The tremor reached about 7 on the Soviet scale with damage to old buildings. first aid stations deployed medical help to the most affected districts. The April 26 quake measured 7.5, with hundreds of aftershocks and large casualties and homelessness.
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Moscow
Tashkent
Tass
House Debates Bill To Raise Minimum Wage
The House opens debate on a bill to raise the federal minimum wage in two steps to 1.60 and extend coverage to 7.2 million more workers including about 500,000 farm workers. Interim 1.40 next Feb 1 with farm workers at 1.00 and steps to 1.30 by 1969.
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John Beckler
Washington
House
Civic Center Plan Approved by City Plan Commission
The City Plan Commission unanimously approved the $3.18 million Civic Center project and referred it to the Common Council Finance Committee. They also recommended negotiations on a land description mix up on State Road School site and held a pipeline easement request by Northern Natural Gas Co. for a city marsh and park land.
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Civic Center
City Plan Commission
Common Council
County Board
State Road
Northern Natural Gas Co
Coon Valley
Cashton
Westby
Viroqua
la Farge
Viola
6Th and
Mississippi Streets
Park Department
Charles Parrott
The
la Crosse Redevelopment Authority
Montgomery Ward and Co
Mary E. Sawyers
Parrott
Hue mutinous division chief pledges allegiance to Ky
Brig. Gen. Pham Xuan Nhuan reportedly wired Premier Ky signaling a break in Hue’s rebel ranks. It remained unclear if the troops under his command joined. The move comes as U.S. and Saigon officials address ongoing dissidence in the Buddhist stronghold.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hue
Defense Ministry
Pham Xuan Nhuan
da Nang
U.S
Jin Hue
Thich Tri Quang
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Ton That Dinh
Sukarno Agrees To Peace Talks With Malaysia
President Sukarno yields to his new government and agrees to peace negotiations with Malaysia. Foreign Minister Adam Malik may meet Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Razak in Bangkok to discuss ending the three year undeclared war. Razak arrived in Bangkok and Malik plans to travel there this week.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Malaysia
Radio
Adam Malik
Abdul Razak
Malik
Bangkok
Razak
M. Diah
Suharto
Federation
Majid
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Pacific Gamble Robinson Co
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William J.sauer
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Sauer
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