France pushes six nation steel tariff hike plan
France urges its Common Market partners to raise steel tariffs, risking a unilateral move via a treaty loophole if others do not agree. The proposal, discussed Oct 7, seeks to revert to pre-1958 levels, potentially doubling duties on certain steel imports, with Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg set to decide December 2.
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France
Joseph E. Dynan
Paris
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Ludwig Erhard
United States
America
Otepka Fired as State Department Security Officer
Otto F. Otepka was dismissed from his post as a State Department security officer for unbecoming conduct. At age 48 he had been suspended since September 23 amid accusations of sharing confidential information with the Senate Internal Security subcommittee.
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Washington (Ap
Otto F. Otepka
State Department
Department of State
Otepka
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Rep. H. R. Gross
House
Congress
J. G. Sourwine
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Fidel Castro
Castro
Cuba
William A. Wieland
Bar votes 2 1 to assess Rabinovitz judicial qualifications
Wisconsin bar members vote 2239 in favor and 1043 opposed assessing Rabinovitz's judicial qualifications for the US District Court Western District. The Supreme Court will decide if the tally may be public and how to handle the second question.
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Bar
Rabinovitz
State Bar
State Supreme Court
High Court
Byron Axel
Milwaukee
W. Wade Boardman
Madison
State
Supreme Court
John W. Reynolds
Fun Seekers In Bus Crash Kills Seven In Sierra
A Greyhound charter bus carrying California fun seekers to Reno for a night at the Cal-Neva Casino crashed in a storm on the High Sierra. Seven were killed, 32 injured, including the driver. Victims lay along a rain slick freeway. seriously hurt were sent to Washoe Medical Center.
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Truckee
Calif
Reno
Nev
High Sierra
Washoe Medical Center
California
John Gastanik, Jr
Sacramento
San Francisco
Greyhound
Cal-Neva
Nevada City
Blockade Crisis Ends as Khrushchev Claims Victory
Two days of autobahn crisis end with Khrushchev saying the incident avoided total war while Soviet authorities lift a blockade of a U S Army convoy. Western officials report Russians dropped demand for a head count and U S convoys resume travel toward Berlin amid warnings of future delays if procedures are not observed.
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Berlin
Khrushchev
Germany
West Germany
U.S
Moscow
East Germany
James H. Polk
Marienborn
ADN
Agen
Wisconsin Senate Confirms Six Appointments Amid Power Failure
The Wisconsin Senate confirmed six gubernatorial appointments including Zel Rice to the Employment Relations Board and Mrs. Frances Raettig to the State Nursing Board despite a Capitol power outage. A seventh nominee, Betty Callow, was approved as well. two Reynolds picks to the Conservation Commission were rejected on party-line vote. New legislation seeks restoring $8 million in school aid. Page 8.
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Madison
Wisconsin Senate
Capitol
John W. Reynolds
Supreme Court
Zel Rice
Sparta
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
William Beyer
Racine
George Schlitz
Burlington
Wisconsin Federal Surplus Property Development Commission
Joseph Melli
State Public Welfare Board
George Moniza
Ashland
Consumer Credit Review Board
Betty Callow
Wausau
State Nursing Board
Senate
Frances Raettig
Senate Conservation Commission
Reynolds
Conservation Commission
Martin Hanson
Mellen
Milwaukee
Harold Jankowski
Hanson
Charles Smith Sr
Jankowski
Guido Bahr
Manitowoc
Assembly
Gov
Breathitt Tate Winners in Kentucky and Philadelphia Mayors
Democrats kept Kentucky and Philadelphia mayoralties while Republicans gained ground in Indiana and New Jersey. Breathitt won Kentucky by about 15 000 votes amid allegations of irregular voting. Tate won Philadelphia as James H J Tate defeated James T McDermott amid racial tensions.
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Kentucky
Mississippi
Philadelphia
San Francisco
John F. Shelley
D-Calif
Harold Dobbs
George Christopher
New Jersey
State
Senate
Assembly
Edward T. Breathitt Jr
Louie B. Nunn
Democrats Gain Control in Dutchess and Hudson Valley
Dutchess County once a Republican stronghold voted Democratic to win the County Board of Supervisors for the first time in 50 years. Poughkeepsie City Council also shifted to Democrats for the first time in 33 years, while Newburgh marked a party control gain in its modern history.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Dutchess County
Franklin D. Roosevelt
County Board of Supervisors
Newburgh
Hudson River Valley
Pair Gets 6 Month Term In Morals Case
Two Caledonia youths Donald W. Schroeder 18 and Stephen K. Mallory 17 were found guilty on a lesser charge of battery and sentenced to six months in County Jail and fined 200 each. Ardis L. Nelson 19 pled guilty to taking indecent liberties and is to be sentenced Jan. 13. The case involved an attack on a 14-year-old La Crosse girl near Onalaska July 14.
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Caledonia
Minn
la Crosse
Donald W. Schroeder
Stephen K. Mallory
Lincoln Neprud
Nep
Rud
Neprud
Ardis L. Nelson
Pine St
Onalaska
Nelson
Dist
John Flynn
Peter Berg
Philip Arneson
Charles Goerdt
Flynn
Berg
Schroeder
Mallory
La Crescent Re-elects Mayor Mishler Narrowly
La Crescent Minnesota voters turnout 937 to re elect Mayor William Mishler to a second two year term by a 39 vote margin over write in Clarence Vetsch. Vetsch carried 1st Precinct 232 to 214 while Mishler led 2nd Precinct 263 to 206.
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LA Crescent
Minn
William Mishler
Mishler
Clarence Vetsch
Vetsch
Edward Hassel
Robert Kies
Katherine McCaffrey
Betty Beier
John Schwedin
Roger Ulrich
Clio Wetzel
Ralph Jones
Bill Kerrigan
Keith Jones
Donald Schlicht
Stan Harris
H. P. Krog
William Lathrop
John Harris
John Mueller
Russell Hayes
Violet Peart
Charles Ziegler
Martin Miller
Kenneth Poller
Warren Farwell
Erwin Albrecht
Chester Newcombe
Charles Leslie
Don Loechler
Robert Boehm
Ardell Charley
Betty Meyers
Wayne Lottes
Lottes
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