Congress Approves LBJ Civilian War Resolution
Congress overwhelmingly approves a resolution backing President Johnson's Southeast Asian actions. The House votes 4140 and the Senate 88-2 with two dissenters Morse and Gruening, while Powell abstains in a pacifist stance and Foreman faces Democratic disapproval over comments on war triggers.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
House
Senate
U.S
Adam Clayton Powell
Wayne Morse
Ore
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Morse
Gruening
Powell
Sen
Ed Foreman
R - Tex
Illinois Judge's Daughters Slain in Jackson Hotel
Two Maywood girls aged 8 and 12 were assaulted and murdered in a Jackson motor hotel while their 6-year-old sister slept unharmed. The father, Circuit Court Judge Robert McAuliffe, identified the suspect as 19-year-old Andrew Pixley, a transient, who police say will be charged with murder.
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Jackson
Wyo
Maywood
Ill
Jackson Motor Hotel
Cindy
Debby
Robert McAuliffe
McAuliffe
Circuit Court of Illinois
Andrew Pixley
Pixley
Typhoon Ida Hits Luzon Islands North Provinces
Typhoon Ida struck Luzon with winds over 80 mph hammering northern provinces. The storm moved toward the South China Sea, prompting evacuations and warnings as authorities mobilized coastal defenses.
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Luzon
Manila
Philippines
South China Sea
Vietnam Crisis Eases Slightly Amid Ongoing Asia Tensions
Washington reports a lull in North Vietnamese attacks after a quiet night on the Vietnamese border. U S and Red China buildup signs persist in Southeast Asia while McNamara cautions against assuming major Chinese movements. Hanoi remains quiet per a Tokyo source, as Hanoi Radio confirms a pilot from Lt Everett Alvarez Jr. was captured.
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Washington
U.S
Southeast Asia
Peking
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Taipei
Formosa
Red China
Ers
Hong Kong
Honolulu
Hickam Air Force Base
Asia
Defense McNamara
Pentagon
McNamara
Maddox
Turner Joy
China
North Korea
Everett Alvarez Jr
Constellation
Schuetz to Play in Milwaukee Braves Silver Sluggers Game
Ken Schuetz leaves for Milwaukee to play in the Milwaukee Braves Silver Sluggers All Star game at County Stadium. He will pitch for Argyle in the Home Talent League and attends LSU on a baseball scholarship after a 5 0 freshman mark. He earned six high school letters at Monroe and graduates in 1962.
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Ken Schuetz
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Braves
Milwaukee Metropolitan Stars
County Stadium
Schuetz
Walter Schuetz
Argyle
Louisiana State
Monroe High School
Braves
Madison
Milwaukeean slate named for state Supreme Court post
The Milwaukee Bar Association executive committee recommends five candidates for the vacancy on the Wisconsin Supreme Court after Justice William Dieterichs death. Circuit Judges Ronald A. Drechsler and Robert W. Landry, and lawyers Austin Kivett, Herbert Mount, and John Kluwin are on the list. Unconfirmed reports say Gov Reynolds already offered the post to James Doyle of Madison.
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Milwaukee
Reynolds
Milwaukee Bar Association
Supreme Court
William Dieterich
Ronald A. Drechsler
Robert W. Landry
Austin Kivett
Herbert Mount
John Kluwin
James Doyle
Madison
Khanh Declares Emergency Mobilization in South Viet Nam
Premier Nguyen Khanh declared a state of emergency and ordered full mobilization of manpower and resources in South Viet Nam as the Tonkin Gulf crisis escalates. Military courts can mete out death sentences for terrorists and saboteurs with no appeal.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Tonkin Gulf
William McMullen
Long Island
N.Y
Laos
South China Sea
U.S
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Khanh
North
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Lions Group Expected In Monroe on Sept 13
An Illinois Central Lions Ex cursion from Dixon Illinois is scheduled for Monroe on Sunday Sept 13. The Lions will arrive by chartered Illinois Central train with 11 coaches and 500 people expected to reach Monroe at 12 15 p m. Hundreds of Shriners are expected in town that weekend for a ceremonial.
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Illinois Central Lions
Dixon
Monroe
C. Lyle Ballard
Greater
Fifteen Herdsmen Named Livestock To Leave For State Fair
County 4-H entries will depart for the state fair next Wednesday and return Monday night August 17. Calvin Kraemer said the fifteen herdsmen will accompany the entries, stay at the fair, and exhibitors will show animals at various judging times. Names include Bill Deininger David Deininger John Deininger Mike Deininger Aaron Digman Stephen Digman Jene Eberle Donna Rae Elmer Larry Hartwig Dwight Hoesly Tom Hoesly Karen Houlberg Jane Huffman Joyce Kaderly Norma Kaster Vincent Krim Christine Meier Rosann Rahberger Russell Ridge Jr James Salesman Patsy Salesman Kevin Stoddard Barbara Wegmueller Georgia Wegmueller Sharon Weiss Kathy Zimmerli Beef entries include Mary Ann Burgy Steven Digman Tom Klemm James Sacker Dan Turn to No. 1 Back Page.
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Green County
Calvin Kraemer
Bill Deininger
David Deininger
John Deininger
Mike Deininger
Aaron Dig
Georgia Wegmueller
Sharon Weiss
Kathy Zimmerli
Mary Ann Burgy
Steven Digman
Tom Klemm
James Sacker
Dan
FBI Nabs Four Klansmen In Georgia Slaying Case
Four Ku Klux Klan members were arrested in connection with a Philadelphia area slaying case, while a separate note reports a Japanese youth joining the IFYE program. Miss Kikue Usui, 24, will spend two weeks at the Lester Witt farm in Georgia under the International Farm Youth Exchange. She is the daughter of Junzo Usui of Kanagawa Japan and will stay Aug 10 to Aug 27. She helps on a family five acre farm and pursues photography and sports. She belongs to 4H and follows Buddhism.
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Lester Witts
Route 4
International Farm Youth Exchange
IFYE
Kikue Usui
Witt Farm
Junzo Usui
Tokunobu
Hiratsuka-shi
Kanagawa-ken
Japan
Miss Usui
Rights Backer Wins Primary in Tennessee Senate Race
Tennessee Democrats nominat ed Rep. Ross Bass for the U S Senate seat over two opponents who tied his civil rights vote to the campaign. Bass carried seven of nine districts while M M Bullard placed third. In Fayette County the Negro backed races saw losses for sheriff and tax assessor posts amid large registration drives by northern students. Negro attorney A W Willis won the Democratic state senate nomination in Shelby County and could become the first local to win a state job this century. Senator Albert Gore was renominated easily for a third term despite a strong Republican challenge from Dan Kuykersdall.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Ross Bass
U.S. Senate
Bass
Congress
Frank Clement
M. M. Bullard
Fayette County
Mississippi
A. W. Willis
Senate
Memphis
Shelby County
Albert Gore
Dan Kuykersdall
Gore
Kastenmeier Questions Johnson Viet Nam Response
Rep. Robert Kastenmeier says he supported the resolution backing Johnson's Viet Nam retaliation but fears the administration may have overreacted He calls the action a disproportionate response to a limited and ambiguous challenge.
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Washington
Robert Kastenmeier
D-Wis
Johnson
FBI Pursues Clues in Triple Killing Near Philadelphia
FBI teams search a swamp area southwest of Philadelphia Mississippi as they recover three bodies from a watershed dam. Sheriff Price and officials question dam residents while interrogating Olen Burrage’s truck company workers. The victims are Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney.
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Philadelphia
Miss
FBI
Here
Olen Burrage
Lawrence Rainey
Cecil Price
James Chaney
Meridian
Washington
White House
Dick Gregory
Gregory
Roethe withdraws bid for Johnson Hill's control
Leo W. Roethe canceled his attempt to acquire control of the John Hill's Inc. department store chain and withdrew his 1.2 million offer for 100000 shares. Two directors Milo F. Snyder and Richard E. Vogt resigned, while an effort to remove Roethe as president of Better Sox Knitting Mills failed on a tied vote.
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Fort Atkinson
Leo W. Roethe
John Hill’s Inc
Roethe
Johnson Hill
Milo F. Snyder
Richard E. Vogt
Milwaukee
Snyder
Vogt
Boethe
Better Sox Knitting Mills
New Italian Government Forms Four-Party Coalition
Italy's new regime, after Parliament granted full power, forms a four party coalition led by Premier Aldo Moro. The Chamber of Deputies approved the measure by a 344 to 338 vote following Senate approval, signaling a stable start to Moro's government.
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Rome
Italy
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Aldo Moro
Kolb Captures Cheese Honor at Wisconsin State Fair
Henry J. Kolb of Darlington won the governor's sweepstakes in the 1964 Wisconsin State Fair cheese competition with a mindless Swiss scoring 96.7. Leo Willi of Darlington and Glenn Roesler of Wyocena also earned top marks in Swiss and blue cheese classes, with asiago and provolone firsts by Peter Koskamp and Earling Arneson. Judges include Madison officials A P Bresemann P H Mickle and Robert Probst, with judging continuing through today as cheddar and butter classes loom.
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Henry J. Kolb
Darlington
Darlington Dairy Co-op
Kolb
Monroe
Leo Willi
Calamine Cheese Factory
Glenn Erbe
Horeb
Glenn Roesler
Wyocena
Wyocena, Showed the Best Blou
Peter
Koskamp
Fredonia
Provalone
Earling Arneson
Erbe
A. P. Breseman
P.H. Mickle
Robert Probst
Madison
Probst
Fred Probst
Swiss Picnic at Baumgartner’s Grove Aug 16
Swiss Club Mixed Chorus and Turn and Schwing Club sponsor a Sunday picnic at Baumgartner’s Grove west of Monroe on August 16 starting 2 p.m. Ernest Ammon Jr. and Gottloib Brandli co chair the event. Alpine Troubadours will lead a late-night dance with Swiss wrestling turning and music by multiple groups.
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Baumgartner
Glarus
Carol
Martha Bernet
Ammon
Cheese Prices Steady at Wisconsin Exchange
GREEN BAY There was no change in price levels in light trading at the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange today. Sales were one car equivalent Wisconsin State brand long block Swiss at 40 cents. Bids unfilled at close were for one car State brand barrels 3234 and one car State brand pasteurized single daisies 3744. Offers uncovered were one car equivalent Wis. B long block Swiss 38.
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Green Bay
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Wisconsin
Four Athens men charged in federal case over educator slaying
FBI arrested four white men in Athens connected to the shotgun killing of Lemuel Penn, a Washington educator and Army reserve lieutenant colonel slain July 11 in rural Georgia. The men face federal conspiracy charges and possible state murder charges. investigators link them to the Ku Klux Klan. Penn’s companions were also reserve officers.
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Athens
FBI
Washington, D.C
Georgia
U.S
Girard Hawkins
James S. Lackey
Lemuel Penn
Army Reserve
Hawkins
Lackey
Herbert Guest
Cecil William Myers
Joseph Howard Sims
Carl Sanders
Clete Johnson
Madison County
Penn
Johnson
Myers
Sims
J. Edgar Hoover
Clarke County
United Klans of America, Inc
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Hoover
Guest
Calvin Craig
Stone Mountain
Georgia Kkk
KKK
Goldwater Plans Kickoff Event on September Fourth
Washington Republican nominee Barry Goldwater sought input from congressional colleagues on campaign strategy after a closed door breakfast. Rep. John Rhodes and Sen. John Tower reported the plan to formally launch the campaign in Prescott, Arizona, on September 4, with about 100 attendees, including Sen. Kenneth Keating who declined comment on his support.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Congressional
John Rhodes
Arizona
John Tower
Texas
Goldwater
Senate
House
Rhodes
Prescott
Ariz
Sen
Kenneth B. Keating
New York
Keating
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State Fair
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