GOP Wins Vote For Restoration Of Withholding
In Madison Republicans score two key wins as the Assembly debates the GOP tax revision bill. Democrats vow amendments to exempt essentials from the 3 percent sales tax. The measure restores withholding and offers 1961 tax forgiveness, with votes split along party lines and internal GOP maneuvering over paired votes and speaker rulings.
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Madison
Democra
Assembly
Nelson
Senate
Norbert Nuttleman
West Salem
Franklin Jahnke
Markesan
Nuttleman
Jahnke
Fred Risser
David Blanchard
R-Edgerton
Frank Nikolay
Abbotsford
Blanchard
Nikolay
Governor Nelson and Knowles clash on tax compromise
In a Madison meeting Governor Nelson and Lt. Governor Knowles traded sharp words over tax revision plans. Nelson accused Knowles allies of stalling, while Knowles urged broad exploration of options to avoid a deadlock and reach a possible agreement between parties.
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Madison
Nelson
Warren Knowles
Knowles
Gunfire Halts Hijacked Plane at El Paso Airport
Gunmen hijacked a Continental jet from Los Angeles to Houston and forced a refuel stop in El Paso. Fire from officers disabled the plane’s tires as authorities surrounded it to prevent departure, with 67 aboard and 10 tires shot out. Most hostages were released.
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EL Paso
Tex
Continental
Cuba
International Airport
Los Angeles
Houston
Adelia Wysong
San Antonio
Phoenix
Ariz
Havana
FBI
Secret Service
Howard Berg
Capitol Sit-ins Persist at Wisconsin Capitol Rotunda
An 86-year-old woman and a four-year-old child join a continuous civil rights sit-in inside the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda. Lloyd Barbee, Madison NAACP president, says groups will rotate chairs until a housing discrimination bill passes or the legislature adjourns. Bills to empower the Governor's Commission on Human Rights hover in Assembly and Senate as lawmakers ignore the protest.
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Madison
State Capitol
Lloyd Barbee
Wisconsin
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Barbee
Governor's Commission On Human Rights
State Assembly
Assembly
State Senate
Children Mob Midway at Green County Fair Kids Day
At the 107th Green County Fair Kids Day attracts hundreds as rides operate with many free admissions for under 12 until 6 p.m. Judging Opens for Junior Fair cattle with grand and reserve Holstein and Brown Swiss honors awarded to Monroe and Winslow youths. Open classes and upcoming open-air shows fill the schedule amid attendance of 1,296 yesterday.
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Monroe Ffa
David Pick
Henry Pick Jr
Monroe
Elwyn Drye
Winslow
Nathan Bloom
Soviet Premier Seeks Berlin Talks With Italy
In Moscow Khrushchev and Italian Premier Fanfani endorse East West negotiations to resolve the Berlin crisis. Fanfani says Western allies back talks and warns against unilateral action, stressing that negotiating will not show weakness. They spoke after a Kremlin lunch meeting where Khrushchev reiterated the Soviet stance on Germany.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Amintore Fanfani
Berlin
Kremlin
Fanfani
East Germany
Fanfai
Frito Firm Buys Columbus Ohio Unit
The Frito Company of Dallas has bought the Frito Columbus Co. of Columbus Ohio from its franchised licensee for an undisclosed sum. John D. Williamson president of Frito and Kacy Jones president of Frito Columbus announced the deal. The firm posts about 2.75 million dollars in annual sales serving 48 central Ohio counties since 1947 and also makes Kacy Jones potato chips along with Fritos and Cheetos.
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Frito Company of
Dallas
Frito Columbus Co
Columbus
Ohio
John D. Williamson
Frito
Kacy Jones
Frito Columbus
Fritos
Cheese market steady in Madison Wisconsin
American cheese prices hold steady as demand remains quiet to good. Cheddar blocks around 36 to 37 cents per pound, 40 pound blocks near 42 to 38 cents, single daisies 38 to 40, odd lots 38 to 39, and small quantities of midgets at 38 percent.
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Cheese Mart
Steady
Madison
Wisconsin
Bus Plunge Kills 16 American Tourists in Swiss Lake
Divers recovered 15 bodies from a sunken bus found 165 feet deep in Lake Lucerne after it slid from a rain slick road following a collision with a truck. The vehicle carried 35 Americans and a staff of three, with investigators detailing the fatal bus crash in Hergiswil.
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Stanley M. Smith
Kansas City
Charles Krepps
Los Angeles
Krepps
Smith
Milwaukee
Nora Panier
Vynita Winter
U.S
Robert M. McKinney
Gateway Holiday Tours
New York
Hergiswil
Switzerland
Lake Lucerne
Mystery Victim Not Miss Speck from Monroe or Lorain
Reports reference a death list naming Anna Mary Speck of Lorain Ohio and Marie Speck of Monroe. A check shows Marie Speck’s tour group was in Florence yesterday and due in Rome today, ruling her out as the listed victim.
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Anna Mary Speck
Lorain
Marie Speck
Monroe
Florence
Italy
Rome
Western forces could match Reds in European showdown
Washington circles assess that Western ground forces in Europe outnumber Communist troops and rival their firepower. Allied air power and nuclear capability are viewed as strong, with potential boosts from 28 000 National Guard and reserve troops alerted for possible active duty.
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Washington
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Defense Department
Congress
Berlin
U.S
Air National Guard
NATO
House Armed Services
City develops master plan for long range growth
City Council approved a new long range development plan to guide street and utility extensions, industrial expansion, and school facilities. City engineer Gerald Wickus notes federal funding will cover about 14 000 of 21 000 total cost with the city paying 7 000. The plan aims to enable federal public works support and address zoning near rural areas within 1½ miles of the city limits.
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Planning Commission
Gerald Wickus
Wickus
William J. Schmitz
Lester M. Johnson
First Ward
Washington, D. C
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Orville R. Evans
County Fair Events Night Schedule at the Junior Fair
Tonight at the county fair leading events include poultry judging at 8 p.m. in the pavilion and a Record Revue of Stars in the amphitheater. Open class dairy and beef cattle judging start at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sheep judging at 1 p.m. The fair show features the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra with Lee Castle and Letti Luce at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.. Harness racing at 1 p.m. and Aut Swenson Thrillcade at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the amphitheater.
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Harry J. Bloom
Clarno
Rolland E. Karlen
Chicago
Varja Brothers
Tiny Rich Crandall
Penny Wills
Charlene Oliver
Jimmy Dorsey
Lee Castle
Professor
Letti Luce
Monroe County
Karlen
Aut Swenson
Sutton
East Germans Block Workers In West Berlin
Berlin dispatch says American British and French commands protested to the Soviet Union over measures by East German authorities against workers in West Berlin. Berlin whole mayor area sealed off. Red police issue identity cards barring East German commuters. Police note trains bringing workers were mostly women, suggesting men were taken away.
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Berlin
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Red
Madison Man Receives Another Rider Term
James Robert Wahlstrom of Madison Wisconsin was convicted a second time of breach of the peace for attempting to crack segregation at local bus stations. The 24 year old former University of Wisconsin student was fined 200 dollars and jailed four months by City Judge James Spencer. Patrolman E C Rosamond Jr testified he arrested Wahlstrom in the Negro waiting room, where he refused to move on.
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Jackson
Miss
James Robert Wahlstrom
Madison
Wis
Wahlstrom
University of Wisconsin
James Spencer
Wahlistrom
E. C. Rosamond Jr
Rosamond
Classes Resume Here on Sept
Labor Day ends summer break as schools plan a week of activities. New teachers attend a Kiwanis dinner on Labor Day with tours and policy briefings. Dean Lindley J. Stiles of the University of Wisconsin will address teachers Sept 5 in the morning session.
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D. J. Haenink
Huenink
Kiwanis Club
Board of Education
Lindley J. Stiles
University of Wisconsin School of Education
Supt. Huenink
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Dean Stiles
Monroe Education Association
Bernice Kingdon
FBI Catches Two As Bank Burglars
The FBI says two Iowa men, August Brunjes aged 37 and Neil Lowery aged 40, were arrested in San Diego on burglary charges in Wisconsin. They allegedly blew the safe at the Glen Haven branch of the People's State Bank in Prairie du Chien for 75 dollars in silver and attempted to rob the Cobb State Bank in Cobb, Iowa County, where a grocery store safe was blown with $500 in cash and checks taken.
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Milwaukee
FBI
Iowa
San Diego
Wisconsin
Joseph Kissiah
August Brunjes
Neil Lowery
Fort Madison
Kissiah
Glen Haven
People’s State Bank of
Prairie du Chien
Cobb State Bank
Cobb
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Walter E. Drews
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Francis Smith
Glen Meier
Martin Hutzel
Harold Lelle
Drews
Times
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Bloom
Frito Firm
Columbus,c
Kiwanis
Morgan O. Erickson
Ernest A. Zumbach
Jesse R. Dom
Robert H. Richardson
Wendell L. Simmons
Orville Anderson
Valeria Usher
Kathryn Woods
West
Reds
Record Revue of Stars
Swenson
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