Dirksen Loses Bid to Save Subversive Activities Board
Senate votes 49 to 27 against Dirksen proposal to extend the Subversive Activities Control Board. The plan would let state attorney generals prosecute subversive groups before the board, but opponents warned of dangerous precedents. The inactive 17-year-old agency had drawn scrutiny over past appointees and Johnson connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Simon F. McHugh Jr
Johnson
Congress
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Supreme Court
Dirksen
Clark
SACB
Land Purchases For Universities Get Final Approval
The State Building Commission approved a 55 acre UW MIlwaukee expansion and a 170000 dollar purchase for 30 acres at Stevens Point to secure future university land. No uses were proposed for either site. debate focused on price and timing.
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Commission
Gov
Warren P. Knowles
William C. Hansen
Stevens Point
Hansen
Security Defections In Viet At New Lows
Washington AP report cites a Senate Foreign Relations Committee private analysis of Defense Department war statistics showing March hamlet security at a two year low while Communist infiltration and South Vietnamese army desertions rose to record highs. Komer acknowledges set backs but notes limited hamlet reversions to Viet Cong control. Members including Chairman Fulbright criticize U.S. war policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
South Vietnam
Senate, Foreign Relations Committee
Defense Department
Associated Press
Komer
Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
U.S
Legislature blocks computer plan for recording actions
Wisconsin legislative leaders rejected a 74 000 plan to install computer machinery for recording legislative action and printing materials. The Joint Committee on Legislative Organization voted 3-3, tying the plan. The panel instead asked a planning committee to study a possible legislative office building in downtown Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Rupert Theobald
Legislative Reference Library
Joint Committee On Legislative Organization
Nixon Campaigns In Oregon Amid Packed Candidate Field
Dick Nixon travels to Oregon to campaign for the Republican presidential primary amid a crowded field. Kennedy targets Humphrey while McCarthy and Kennedy clash over strategy. Rockefeller, Reagan, and write ins add to the suspense. The report notes Nixon seeks to maximize votes without aiding opponents and highlights write‑in campaigns and campaign stops across the state.
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Richard M. Nixon
Oregon
Eugene J. McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Kennedy
McCarthy
Nixon
California
Ronald Reagan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Reagan
Nebraska
Rockefeller
Atlanta
Emory University
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Robert T. Gray
GR RS
Secretarial School
Martha Schernecker
Winona Secretarial School
Johnson St
Winona
Minn
Furriers
JETS
Carl Marcy
Robert W. Komer
Vietnam
The
First National Bank of
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Bank OF LA Crosse
Dick Nixon
John V. Lindsay
New York City
Lindsay
Portland
Eugene
Corvallis
Hollywood
Beautiful People
Paul Newman
Band Instruments
Danny
LA Crosse Floral
Cass St
Dial
Quality Discount Department Store
Ont Thinz
Ueida Steels
Copeland Ave
LA Crosse
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