Senate Boosts Berlin Crisis Fund to 4.5 Billion
The Senate appropriations committee unanimously approved a 4.5 billion defense package to back Kennedy’s Berlin crisis plan. It adds nearly a billion for bomber missile and satellite programs while authorizing up to 250,000 reservists and extending active duty tours. The House earlier passed a 3.45 billion bill plus civil defense funding and reserves expansions.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Berlin
Russia
Sen
A. Willis Robertson
Dva
House
Robertson
Senate
Curtis E. Lemay
Air Force
Pentagon
McDill
Florida
Chennault
Louisiana
Donaldson
South Carolina
Laughlin
Texas
Navy
Combatant
Bruce Alger
Rtex
Eugene Siler
R-Ky
Outboard Firm Joins Brunswick in Major Merger
A merger uniting Brunswick Corporation a major sporting goods company and Kiekhaefer Mercury creates one of the nation’s largest outboard motor manufacturers. Carl Kiekhaefer will receive about 34 million in Brunswick stock and become Brunswick vice president. Mercury operates plants in six states including Wisconsin with facilities in Fond du Lac Oshkosh and Cedarburg employing over 1000 workers.
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Fond DU Lac
Carl Kiekhaefer
Kiekhaefer Corporation
Mercury
B. E. Bensinger
Brunswick Corporation
Brunswick
Kiekhaefer
Brunswick Mercury
Wisconsin
Florida
Oshkosh
Cedarburg
Nuclear Punch Might Be Used
Secretary of Defense McNamara warns the United States could use nuclear weapons if necessary to face Soviet aggression in Western Europe. He testified that despite focusing on conventional capacity, Washington would turn to nuclear power in a Berlin crisis scenario.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Europe
McNamara
House Armed Services Committee
Berlin
United States
West Berlin
England
Pentagon
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Nash to Head Indian Bureau
President Kennedy announced Nash will be commissioner of Indian affairs, a post paying 18 500 dollars annually. Phillip Nash, 51, of Wisconsin Rapids, former Wisconsin lieutenant governor, has a PhD in anthropology from Chicago and previously served in the Office of War Information and as an assistant to Truman.
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Washington
Kennedy
Wisconsin
Phillip Nash
Nash
Wisconsin Rapids
University of Wisconsin
University of Chicago
Office of War Information
Truman
Department of Interior Affairs
Cheese market steady in Madison Wisconsin
The American cheese market in Madison Wisconsin holds steady with fair to good demand and ample supplies. Cheddars bring 36 1/2 to 37 1/2 cents, 40-pound blocks 36 1/2 to 38 cents, singles 38 to 40 cents, longhorns 38 to 39 cents, and midgets 38 to 41 1/4 cents.
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Cheese Mart Steady
Madison
Wet July Ends Here but Wet August Could Dampen Fair Plans
The Monroe Evening Times records 6.44 inches of rainfall last month, plus .46 inches this morning, totaling over seven inches in 30 days. Thunderstorms hit the area, with three cows killed by an electrical storm and a possible lightning strike report. Green County Fair Association fears rain may affect the five day fair starting tomorrow at 5 p.m. Lafayette County Fair was washed out by a downpour Sunday evening, though major activities were complete.
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Monroe
Green County Fair Association
Lafayette County
Ammonia Fumes Lounge Over Peoria Barrage
Forty two persons were treated in hospitals and thousands evacuated as ammonia fumes from a barge transfer choked Peoria area including Creve Coeur Bartonville North Pekin and Marquette Heights. Twenty two remained hospitalized including eight firefighters and police officers.
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Peoria
Creve Coeur
Bartonville
North Pekin
Marquette Heights
Optical Group Firms Face Price Fix Cases
A Milwaukee federal grand jury indicted the American Optical Association, American Optical Co., and Bausch and Lomb Inc. along with two executive officers on charges of price fixing and conspiracy to monopolize in the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Victor D. Kniss and Alton K. Marsters are named as executives.
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Milwaukee
American Optical Association
U.S
Wisconsin
American Optical Group
Massachusetts
The
American Optical Co
Bausch and Lamb, Inc
New York
Victor D. Kniss
Alton K. Marsters
Bausch and Lomb Inc
Grounds Bustle With Speed Up For Fair Opening
Preparations for the 107th Green County Fair proceed in high gear with livestock and entries arriving from southern Wisconsin. The Gold Bond Show sets up heavy equipment while concessionaries erect tents for a larger Midway. Open class exhibits are housed in Floral Hall and cheese judging is underway. The fair opens at 5 PM with Kids Day Thursday featuring 10 cent rides and free gate admission for under 12. The program includes Magic Circus, Houdini trunk escape, Record Revue of Stars, Jimmy Dorsey and Letti Luce, Harness racing Saturday and Sunday, Aut Swenson Thrillcade with the X-1 Experimental Air Car.
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Green County
Wisconsin
Floral Hall
Val Brungardt
Homer Graber
Harry May
Mineral Point
Lisle Blackbourn
Cassville
D. W. Hurlbut
Verona
Sugar Vally Farm
Brodhead
Linden Pickle
Platteville
Cletus
Adela Brown
Oregon
Willis Riemer
Harry Williams
Monroe
Jimmy Dorsey
Lee Castle
Letti Luce
Professor
Aut Swenson
Civil War Scrapbook Battery Survived Chattanooga Siege
Editor notes this final portion of the 25th anniversary address at the Fifth Battery reunion in Monroe on Sept 9 1886. The speaker recalls guarding Mitchell Cavalry into Chattanooga facing hunger and starvation, then relief by the Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Potomac. He notes veteranization in January 1864, desertion of supply, and actions at Resaca and Kennesaw Mountain as they moved toward the Atlantic.
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Fifth Battery
Monroe
Chickamauga
Mitchell
Chattanooga
Army of the Tennessee
Hooker
Army of the Potomac
Shiloh
Mission Ridge
Quartermaster's Department
Atlantic
Resacca
Kennessaw
Governor Nelson Opens Door to GOP Tax Compromise
Madison Gov Nelson says he will negotiate a tax compromise with Republicans if they present a concrete proposal. He insists on a clear, mutual position from both chambers and centers talks on his plan including a one percent income tax boost and new revenue distribution. He accuses GOP leaders of delaying amendments and opposes current distribution inequities.
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Madison
Nelson
GOP
Assembly
Senate
Warren Knowles
Adop
County Fair Event Schedule Spotlight Weekend Activities
The notice outlines a multi day county fair program with times for Magic Circus at the amphitheater, grounds admission and exhibit deadlines, Gold Bond Shows on the Midway, and free gate for under 12. It lists dairy cattle, 4H, clothing, foods, crafts, and home economics judging, farm product open classes, plus record revues and featuring bands and acts including Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra.
Atlas E passes in second test flight to improve space missile
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida a 5000 mile test flight moves the Atlas missile closer to operational status and informs power unit design for space vehicles. The Atlas E model scored its second straight success hitting a target off Ascension Island as development continues for greater range payload and a late year deployment. On the prior firing the E rocket flew a record 9050 miles.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Ascension Island
Marine General Pate Dies of Intestinal Tumor at 63
Gen Randolph McC Pate former Marine Corps commandant died Monday night at age 63 from an intestinal tumor after hospital admission in Bethsda Maryland. A veteran of campaigns from Santo Domingo to Iwo Jima and Korea he earned the Legion of Merit for Pacific duty and held top posts including deputy director of staff at the Joint Chiefs of Staff and commander of the 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune.
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Washington
Randolph McC. Pate
Marine Corps
Corps
Pate
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Santo Domingo
China
Guadalcanal
Iwo Jima
Korea
Legion of Merit
Fleet Marine Force
Pacific
Palau
Okinawa
United States
Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
2Nd Marine Division
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Physician and Wife Die in Wisconsin Crash
A Madison physician Dr Donald L Robbins 31 and his nurse wife Linda 22 were killed in a Highway 30 collision east of Madison. Robbins was a University of Wisconsin hospital resident physician and Linda a surgical nurse. Two others in the other car were injured and Wisconsin’s highway death toll rose to 481 for the year. A Milwaukee 74 year old woman Frieda Kitzmann died in a separate west side collision involving her husband Frederick 70 and another vehicle. Anna Wil 66 of Racine and others were injured.
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Associated Press
Madison
Wisconsin
Donald L. Robbins
Linda
Robbins
University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Frieda Kitzmann
Frederick
Ooat
Anna Wil
Racine
Proposal Seeks 1961 Tax Exemption In Debate Splits
Republicans push to restore income tax withholding in the GOP revision bill with a promise of total 1961 tax forgiveness. Democrats call it candy coating and argue it benefits the rich, while Republicans warn it could force broader tax reform لي. The Assembly adjourned after a marathon session with 53-38 vote tally and a 100 percent property tax relief provision stuck in the bill.
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Madison
Assembly
Senate
House
Nile Soik
Whitefish Bay
Allan Flannigan
Milwaukee
John A. Gronouski
George Molinaro
Kenosha
Reading
Molinaro
Rickover Recovering From Heart Condition
Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, pioneer of the atomic submarine program, is hospitalized after a mild heart attack last Tuesday. The Navy reports he is sitting up and in excellent condition with no surgery performed at the Navy hospital in Bethesda, Maryland.
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Washington
Hyman G. Rickover
Navy
Rickover
Navy Hospital
Bethesda
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Swenson
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