Testimony Refused By Klan Chief Before Congress
Klan leader Robert Shelton refused to answer questions about $4000 in checks from Dixie Engineering Co. and other finances during a second days of House Un American Activities hearings. He invoked the Fifth and other amendments and walked off after a warning of possible contempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert Shelton
Dixie Engineering Co
Mobile
Ala
Shelton
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Congress
United Klans of America
Ku Klux Klan
Air Force
Citizens Band
Edwin E. Willis
D-La
Willis
United States of America
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Donald T. Appell
Georgia
House Un-American Activities Committee
UPI
Legion Pledges Support For Continuing Oktoberfest
American Legion Post 52 pledges full support to continue Oktoberfest regardless of the Greater La Crosse Chamber of Commerce decision due November 1. Commander Richard L. Zunker says the event is a major community project and should involve multiple groups, not be run by one organization. The chamber considers reorganizing the festival under a new multi group body including clergy, aiming to broaden participation and responsibility.
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American Legion Post 52
Greater la Crosse
Chamber
Zunker
Legion
la Crosse
Worker killed on first day at Koebke Ready Mix
Verl Volkart, 22, of Spring Valley, was crushed by a dump truck box while inspecting the mechanism on his first day at work for Koebke Ready Mix Co. in Spring Valley. The coroner ruled the death accidental. he is survived by his wife and two children with a third on the way.
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Spring Valley
Minn
Verl Volkart
Koebke Ready Mix Co
Volkart
J. T. Nehring
Preston
Wisconsin 65 Toll Hits 801 In 1965 Deaths
The Wisconsin road toll for 1965 rose to 801 after a Lincoln County accident fatally injured Dennis M. Charbonneau, 21, of Merrill. He died when his car struck a bridge railing on Highway 17 northeast of Merrill while en route to a Rhinelander paper mill. Earlier, Raymond Drake, 18, of Waupun, was killed Tuesday night when his car overturned in a ditch on Highway 103 near Ladoga.
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Lincoln County
Wisconsin
Dennis M. Charbonneau
Rt. 3
Merrill
Highway 17
Charbonneau
Rhinelander
Raymond Drake
Wavpun
Ladoga
Fond du Lac County
Ground Swell Of Support For Viet War Developing
North Viet Namese leaders view U S antiwar protests as pressuring the United States to quit the war. They see this as a sign of waning American backing for Vietnam policy, while U S officials say demonstrations show only a small slice of opinion.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
United States
Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S
America
Johnson
North
France
Indochina
Associated Press
Washington
Dominican crisis tightens as army, rebels clash in Santo Domingo
Violence erupts in the Dominican Republic capital with three dead and seven wounded as rebel snipers clash with troops. President Garcia Godoy holds emergency meetings amid plans to collect weapons and limit broadcasts. US envoy Bunker helps broker a provisional government deal.
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Robert Berrellez
Radio-Tel- Santo Domingo
Dominovision
Hector Garcia-Godoy
Francisco Caamano Deno
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Organization of American States
Santo Domingo
Washington
Garcia-Godoy
OAS
Americans mobilize to counter antiwar protests across campuses
Students veterans and Jaycees organize drives parades and public campaigns to support Vietnam policy. Eisenhower declined to join protests while urging free speech, and student groups seek signatures for prowar petitions amid university activity and national counterdemonstrations.
Viet Cong Attacks Struck by Heavy Losses in Vietnam
Viet Cong launched two major nighttime assaults in central highlands. A U.S. helicopter was shot down, killing four Americans. Allied forces reported 150-200 Viet Cong and 60-100 others killed across Plei Me and Ba Long Valley engagements. A North Vietnamese captive said he joined the 800th Battalion west of Hue. Weapons cache seized included seven Chinese antitank weapons and four machine guns.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Plei Me
U.S
Ba Long
Viet Nam
Hue
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Pleiku
Johnson may leave hospital Wednesday
President Johnson received doctors orders that he could leave Bethesda Naval Hospital any time after tonight. He has been hospitalized since Oct. 8 for gall bladder surgery and kidney stone removal and will depart once cleared. He signed a pollution bill in his hospital room, urging national action on air quality as Congress watched.
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Washington
Johnson
Bill D. Moyers
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Moyers
Hubert H. Humphrey
Welfare
John Gardner
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Jersey
Shastri May Visit U.S. After Dec. 10
Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri may visit the United States sometime after December 10. S K Patil told Secretary Rusk the timing depends on the health of President Johnson. Pakistan President Ayub Khan also plans a U.S. trip this year.
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Washington
Lal Bahadur Shastri
United States
S. K. Patil
India
Dean Rusk
Pakistan
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Johnson
Assembly Democrats Block Fall Passage Of Road Bond Bill
The Wisconsin Assembly halted progress on an accelerated highway program by sending the bonding bill back to the Judiciary Committee 51 to 47. Democratic leaders urge study of legal implications, preferring a constitutional route or a gas tax alternative. Governors and lawmakers push for fall action, while other measures advance or fail in the session.
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Assembly
Warren P. Knowles
Patrick J. Lucey
Nikolay
Harold Froehlich
Appleton
Wisconsin
Froehlich
Republican Caucus
Senate
Knowles
GOP
Wisconsin Labor Relations Board
University of Wisconsin
Murder Victim Identified As College Student
OSHKOSH AP. Stephen Kappell, 18, a college freshman football player, was identified as the murder victim found tied, beaten, and weighted with a stone in Lake Winnebago. Police had no leads two weeks after his disappearance from the dorm.
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Oshkosh
Stephen Kappell
Lake Winnebago
Harry A. Guenther
Page
Zoo director rescues heron from oil reservoir spill
Gary K. Clarke of Topeka Kansas, zoo director, wrestled a great blue heron that mistook an oil reservoir near Santa Fe railroad shops for water. He bathed the bird with detergent at the zoo and plans to display it if a federal permit is granted.
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Gary K. Clarke
Topeka
Kan
Santa Fe
Clarke
Bird
UPI
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Francisco J. Rivera Caminero
Navy Headquarters
Jaycees
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington State University
National Jaycees
Huntsville
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Citizens Committee
Eisenhower
Culpeper
Michigan State University
William Webb
Detroit
West Virginia State College
Glen Knapp
Jose Ramirez
Ozama Fortress
VFW
James Skidmore Jr
Jaycee
Executive Council of the United Church of Christ
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Shastri
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