Marquette Law School Dean Bans Participation in Milwaukee Boycott
Acting dean Robert F. Boden directed faculty and students to refrain from involvement in the planned Milwaukee public school boycott next week. He cited District Attorney Hugh R. O Connell's view that the protest would be illegal and said the law school would follow that ruling until courts decide otherwise. Civil rights leaders pushed the boycott to spotlight racial imbalance in school enrollments caused by district boundaries.
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Milwaukee
Marquette University Law School
Milwaukee Public Schools
Robert F. Boden
Hugh R. O'Connell
Who Really Discovered America Columbus Day Dispute Rises
Yale scholars unveil a map dated 1440 claiming Leif Ericson preceded Columbus in reaching North America. The finding sparks dispute among Italian American groups defending Columbus’s primacy as details unfold at Yale New Haven.
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Leif
Christopher Columbus
America
Yale University
Leif Ericson
New World
Columbus
UPI
New York
Yale
Ericson
University
New Haven
Victor A. Arrigo
Chicago
S.O. Thorlaksson
San Carlos
Calif
Leif Ericson League
San Francisco
Reformatory Escapees Still At Large In Green Bay
Two inmates escaped from the State Reformatory in Green Bay before dawn and remain at large in the area. Felix Rangel 29 of Dallas Texas and Leland Stebbins 35 of Pardeeville are sought as dangerous and burglar suspects. They cut through dormitory window screens and climbed to the roof with a rope, then dropped outside the wall. Authorities say no stolen cars or hitchhikers have been reported, keeping them unhunted so far.
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Green Bay
State Reformatory
Green Bay Area
Felix Rangel
Dallas
Tex
Leland Stebbins
Pardeeville
Rangel
Racine
Michael Skaff
Stebbins
Brown County Sheriff's Office
Cuban Exiles Board Boats for U S as Castro Replies
Three more refugee laden boats sail from Cuba toward Key West as U S officials await Castro response on an orderly migration plan. Coast Guard intercepts near Cay Sal with 47 aboard including 20 women and 25 men. Reports from Camarioca list additional boats and pending arrivals, while Florida officials urge orderly action and housing and relief measures for refugees.
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Key West
Fla
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Coast Guard
Darby
Cay Sal
Florida Straits
Florida
Communist Party
Gramma
Havana
Camarioca
United States
Havana Radio
Miami
Ike Flores
Associated Press
U.S
Castro
Hayden Burns
Miami Beach
South Florida
Confidence, Evaluation, Growth Keys To Future Farm Bureau
At the La Crosse County Farm Bureau banquet Glenn Anderson urged confidence in agriculture and a focus on evaluation and development. The gathering marked the bureau's 45th anniversary with new directors named, queen crowned, and resolutions backing emergency volunteer protections, highway development, and partial mil inspection funding while opposing full dairy inspection costs.
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Farm Bureau
la Crosse Tribune
Glenn Anderson
Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives
la Crosse County Farm Bureau
Anderson
Coup leader captured as Red flee to central Java hills
Jakarta radio reports Lt. Col. Untung and Col. Latif captured after a failed coup attempt in Indonesia. Army says 90 percent of Untung's five battalions have surrendered or been captured. Communists flee to the hills of central Java amid anti Communist campaigns and mass demonstrations.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Jakarta
Radio Today
Java
Untung
Tegal
Sukarno
Radio Jakarta
Col. Latif
Radio Malaysia
Radio
Djambi
Sumatra
Radio Medan
North
Indonesian Communist Party
Reds
Central
Communist Party
Senate Fails To Invoke Cloture On Union Shop Repeal
In a 47 to 45 vote the Senate rejected invoking cloture to end a filibuster against a House backed bill to repeal Taft Hartley section 14B. The move would allow states to ban union shop contracts. 19 states currently prohibit them. Senate GOP Leader Dirksen pressed that public sentiment favors his side while Democratic Leader Mansfield warned debate would continue.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
Hubert
H. Humphrey
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Peron Plans Return to Argentina Reported by Wife
Isabel Peron says former dictator Juan Peron plans to return to Argentina. She notes he slipped into Buenos Aires from Spain, 10 years after going into exile, stating the people desire his return and the general acts accordingly.
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Peron
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Isabel Martinez Peron
Spain
Two Madisonians Die In Car Train Crash
Two Madison men, Walter Blumer and Doug Blum, were killed when their small car collided with a flatcar pulled by a locomotive on Madison's east side. The crossing lies in a shallow valley and the fire destroyed the car. The 1965 Wisconsin highway death toll reached 776. A separate incident Monday killed seven-year-old James E. Downing of Milwaukee as he rode his bicycle across an intersection near his home.
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Associated Press
Madison
Wisconsin
Walter Blumer
Douglas Blum
James E. Downing
Milwaukee
Donald L. Downing
Senate set to finalize four year farm bill with cotton subsidies
The Senate prepared to approve a four year farm program including direct treasury payments to cotton growers. The House passed the final version 219 to 150. The bill sets production and price controls for dairy, wheat, feed grains, rice, wool and cropland retirement, with an estimated 1966 cost near 4 billion and a potential three to four hundred million savings versus recent years.
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Washington
Senate
Congressional
Treasury
House
Agriculture Department
Wisconsin Assembly Keeps Ban On Colored Oleomargarine
Wisconsin lawmakers fight over colored oleomargarine with a nine cent per pound tax proposal and a demand for a referendum. The Assembly rejected a substitute aimed at allowing sales with higher taxes and state sales ban on out of state oleo, while many votes still favored maintaining the ban.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Assembly
Robert Huber
West Allis
Harold Froehlich
R-Appleton
Froehlich
George Molinaro
D-Kenosha
Bloodhounds Find Lost Duck Hunter Near Atwater
Calvin Flaten a 40 year old Atwater area man and Corona school teacher disappeared after buck hunting Sunday. Bloodhounds combed tall grass and found him Monday evening about a mile from his home. His motorbike and shotgun were found three miles south. He was taken to a hospital for observation.
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Atwater, Minn
Calvin Flaten
Atwater
Flaten
Corona
S.D
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West Salem
Jewett
la Crosse County
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Willis Miller
Delight Jostad
Miss Farm Bureau
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Diane Johnson
Bernard Johnson
Holmen
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Bangor
Earl Pralle
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Onalaska
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Barre
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Illinois
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