Laird recalls Goldwater backing Ike on platform
Rep. Melvin Laird says Sen Barry Goldwater supported President Eisenhower on many platform disputes in 1960. Laird noted Ike’s influence in 1952 56 60 and that Rockefeller Nixon proposals only partly shaped the 1960 platform. He contrasted past settle points with this year’s no single arbiter.
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Laird
Barry
Ike
Washington
Melvin Laird
R-Wis
Barry Goldwater
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Platform Committee
Republican National Committee
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Gen
Sen. Goldwater
National Committee
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Gov
Mark O. Hatfield
Oregon
McNamara Denies Hopeless Viet War Effort Top Priority
Defense Secretary McNamara told reporters that U S forces in Vietnam have a blank check and top priority for arms, manpower and funds. He rejected Morse's claim that Vietnam is McNamara's war and noted South Vietnamese desire to win with U S aid. Senator Russell said McNamara’s testimony underscored a serious Vietnam situation and that withdrawal was not supported by committee members.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Defense Department
McNamara
Viet Nam
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Air
Eugene M. Zuckert
Zuckert
Senate
South Viet Nam
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Armed Services Committee
Russell
Morse
Senate Armed Services Committee
Secre
Cambridge clash leaves guardsman shot in third outbreak
In Cambridge Maryland authorities report a new clash between integrationist demonstrators and National Guard troops using bayonets and tear gas. A Black guardsman was shot in the shoulder and three others injured along with several demonstrators as rocks bricks and bottles flew. Curfew ordered by Brig Gen George Gelston cleared main street and separated districts.
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Herb Thompson
Cambridge
National
George M. Gelston
Race Street
Escapee Nabbed Seven Minutes After Police Call
La Crosse police arrested Gerald Fitzgerald 25 within seven minutes after Warden Ben Bear of the Iowa State Reformatory phoned at 12 15 p m to report he was in La Crosse with a car and license number. Officers Sikorski Walchak and Koch picked him up at 12 12 p m after a sighting at 2nd and Main streets. Fitzgerald had been serving time on a bad check charge when he escaped.
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la Crosse
Iowa State Reformatory
Anamosa
Ben Bear
Reformatory
Gerald Fitzgerald
Gerald
2Nd
Main Streets
Emily Sikorski
George Walchak
Charles Koch
Red China blocks Laos talks proposal amid civil war
Washington dispatch notes Beijing refused to press Peking influence on the Pathet Lao offensives in north central Laos. Tokyo reports China studying a 14 nation conference while Britain and the Soviet Union cochair another Geneva framework.
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Washington
USS
China
Laos
Peking
Tokyo
Red China
United States
Thailand
Radio
Pathet Lao
Plaine Des Jarres
Chen Yi
Britain
Soviet Union
Geneva
Chen
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Viet Nam
London
Foreign Office
Johnson to propose further tax cuts in 1965 66
Washington AP reports the Johnson administration plans excise tax cuts in 1966 and income tax cuts the following year. The timetable may be announced during the 1964 campaign as officials seek a balanced budget by 1967 and promise broader tax relief if revenues allow.
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Washington
Johnson
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Senate
Treasury
Congress
Stevenson Answers U.N. Critics on Viet Nam Policy
Adlai E. Stevenson is to address critics of U S policy in South Vietnam at the United Nations Security Council after France rejected U S border proposals. France favors a council resolution blaming violations and seeks reparations while backing Cambodia's request to reconvene the Geneva conference. The U S and Britain argue North Vietnamese aggression is the crisis’s root and oppose a broad international conference.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
U.S
South Viet Nam
U.N. Security Council
France
Council
Cambodia
Roger Seydoux
Stevenson
United Nations
U.N
United States
Britain
Seydoux
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Spy Tells How He Stole U S Defense Data
Col Stig Wennerstrom testified he spied for the Soviet Union and easily obtained U S defense industry information by posing as a buyer. He served as Sweden s air attaché in Washington from 1952 to 1957 and said Polaris submarine data was among his leaks. Verdict due June 12, he claimed artistic motives. prosecutors seek life, defense asks 12 years. police records run 900 of 3700 pages.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Stig Wennerstrom
Soviet Union
U.S
United States
Washington
Wennerstrom
Moscow
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
California voters weigh Rockefeller and Goldwater in 1964 race
Samuel Lubell, noted grass roots analyst, reports on Californians’ views of Nelson Rockefeller and Barry Goldwater in the contest for California’s 86 national convention votes.
Apollo test postponed by frozen valve at Cape Kennedy
The unmanned Apollo moonship model launch was halted near liftoff due to a frozen nitrogen valve in the ground support equipment. After about three hours of troubleshooting, NASA postponed the shot for two days to replace the faulty valve and verify the cooling system between the rocket and the spacecraft.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Tragic Lima Stadium Disaster Ends in 328 Dead
Riot crowds at the National Stadium in Lima following a Peru Argentina pre Olympic match. Police tear gas sparked a deadly crush as fans surged for exits that were locked. Argentina led 1 0 when Peru’s goal was disallowed. referee Pazos sent off the goal.
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Thomas J. Stone
Lima
Peru
International Soccer Federation
Zurich
Switzerland
Peruvian Association
Argentina
Eduardo Pazos
Uruguay
Pazos
Reynolds to Open Meet On River Plan
Gov. Reynolds will open a meeting on the river plan. Officials from the La Crosse Tribune Madison Bureau report details of the session and its aims.
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Gov. Reynolds
la Crosse Tribune
Madison
Plan to Seek Cloture Vote in Early June
Senate leaders plan to introduce a package of amendments to win passage of a revised civil rights bill. Dirksen predicts votes to invoke cloture and end the Southern filibuster, with a second effort aimed for the second week of June. Mansfield and Reynolds comment on timing and regional planning commission hearings in Wisconsin.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
GOP
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Johnson
Mansfield
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Thomas K. Kuchel
R-Calif
Dixie Oratory
Hatfield to Lose Green Bay Station Name in Wisconsin
The Public Service Commission approved Green Bay and Western Railroad Co. to abandon its Hatfield station in Jackson County. In a separate action, the PSC approved a ten dollar annual base rate increase for West Keawaunee and Western Telephone.
Meeting invites issued to county boards and USDA reps
Invitations to attend the meeting were issued to county boards county agricultural agents and committee members USDA representatives of the Department of Resource Development and six residents in the West Kenay area The firm serves 53 subscriber interested residents of the Mississippi River area The increase will set rates at $50 a year invites to attend at that price
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U.S.D.A
Department of Rerosource Development
Ers
West Kenay
Mississippi River
Bills Signed Into Law By Gov Reynolds
MADISON AP Gov John W Reynolds signed two bills into law on Monday one creating community relation social development commissions urging counties to set up agencies and fund their work The commissions would study and propose solutions to social economic and cultural problems affecting families youth education aging and delinquency They would educate diverse groups to foster mutual respect and harmony A second bill designates an orange flag as a distress signal for boaters about 18 by 39 inches and requires rescuers to aid those in need Vetoed was a bill adding four areas to the Recreations Committee land acquisitions funded by cigarette taxes Reynolds deemed it ineffectual The governor also signed a UW budget bill providing 805341 for 3100 anticipated fall enrollees plus 1 million in student fees for remaining costs He also signed measures aiding Menominee Indians including 80000 for county operations and tuberculosis treatment scholarships up to 900 for Indian students and 5000 each for the Legislative Council and for establishing county government.
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Madison
John W. Reynolds
Reynolds
Recreation Committee
Tim’s Hill
Ring Hill
Big Muskego Lake
Waukau Marsh
Florence Lake
University of Wisconsin
Menominee
Reynolds Reappoints Hanson and Jankowski to State Conservation Commission
Gov. John W. Reynolds reappointed Martin Hanson and Harold Jankowski to the State Conservation Commission on Monday. Hanson, 37, chairs the Lee …. both nominees had been previously rejected by the Republican Senate after initial nominations by the Democratic governor.
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R-Ky
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William E. Miller
UPI
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Morton
Hatfield
Peter Dominick
R-Colo
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New Cambridge
J. Millard Tawes
Gelston
LBJ
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Spy
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Lubell
California
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Jorge de Asumbuja
Asumbuja
By Joe Hall
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
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Crawford
Pepin
Pierce
Trempealeau
Vernon
Regional Planning Commission
Green Bay
la Grange
Hanson
Jankowski
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