Senators Probe Coerced Bond Purchases By Servicemen
Washington reports from the Senate Constitutional Rights subcommittee reveal numerous complaints that servicemen and federal employees were pressured to buy savings bonds and donate to charity. Pentagon officials deny coercion, citing payroll savings figures: 1.69 million civilian employees and military personnel enrolled as of Sept 30 1966, with $648.1 million in bonds bought in the first nine months of the year.
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Washington
Senate
Constitutional Rights
Vietnam
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
Subcommittee
Ervin
Pentagon
Treasury Department
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Department
Court Justice Stays Respecting of Pickets
A New York State Supreme Court justice stayed the Commercial Telegraphers Union from respecting picket lines if the Wire Service Guild strikes The Associated Press until 1 p.m. Monday. Justice Samuel J. Hofstadter adjourned until 9:30 a.m. Monday further argument to make the injunction permanent. The telegraphers use Teletype and teletypesetter machines for news transmission.
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New York
State
Supreme Court
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Wire Service Guild
Associated Press
Samuel J. Hofstadter
Road Hazards Warned As Slick Spots Linger On County Roads
Highway officials said most county highways are clear of snow but scattered slick spots remain as re sanding continues after new snowfalls. Two accidents in Monroe county linked to ice left one injured, while other drivers escaped injuries in a T-bone collision. Blizzard conditions swept the northern Plains with 12 inches of snow in Duluth and up to 8 inches forecast across eight states.
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Highway Department
Sheriff's Department
Otto Mann
Route 1
Monroe
Irvin
Boegeli
Dorothy M. Kortmann
John Altman
New Glarus
Kortmann
Plains
Duluth
Rockies
North Dakota
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Wisconsin
Michigan
Chicago
Alpena
Socoda
Mich
Salt Lake City
Rose
el Triunfo
Hendrickson Promoted to Monroe Police Deputy Chief Role
Assistant Chief Hendrickson named second in command at Monroe Police Department with title captain. Milford J Thompson promoted to police investigator a new department post. Coplien assumed head duties earlier this year succeeding retired Henry Hefty. Hendrickson 47 joined in 1942 and has 11 years in police work since sergeant promotion in 1963. Thompson began in 1956 with more than ten years service and previously worked in criminal investigation with Military Police.
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Kenneth V. Hendrickson
Milford J. Thompson
Monroe
Dwight C. Coplien
Thompson
Hendrickson
Coplien
Times
12Th Ave
Henry S. Hefty
Police Department
Argyle
Argyle High School
Betty
Jerry
Wiota
Larry
Ft. Polk
Donovan
Blue Mounds
Mt. Horeb
Military Police
Monroe Police Department
Institute of Applied Science Criminology
Chicago
Joan
Marcia
Ballet Excerpts to Be Presented by Wisconsin Ballet Company
About eight members of the Wisconsin Ballet Company of Madison directed by Tibor Zana will perform excerpts from full length ballets for a public program presented by the Woman's Club of Monroe next Wednesday evening. The event, free of charge, aims to support cultural development with students invited to attend.
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Wisconsin Ballet Company of
Madison
Tibor Zana
Woman’s Club of
Monroe
Woman’s Club
Monroe Pta
Wisconsin Ballet Company
Midwest
Eau Claire
Gounod
Vie Parisienne
Offenbach
Ley
Paris
John Callahan
William Spoerry
Cochairmen
Worman’s Club Department of Fine Arts
FBI, Police Seek Ransom Suspects After Bank President Wife Kidnapping
In Boulder Colorado the FBI and local police pursued a group believed to have collected a $50,000 ransom for the wife of a bank president. Investigators pressed on with the probe, seeking leads to identify the abductors and recover the money.
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Boulder, Colo
FBI
Gloom Snubbed As GOP Leaders Honor Gov Knowles
Milwaukee GOP inaug ural ball drew about 3 500 guests at the Milwaukee Arena for Gov Warren P Knowles. The event began an hour late, with the Knowles arriving in a borrowed 1933 Rolls Royce. The ball, chaired by George H Woodland, raised an estimated 20 000 through ticket sales and featured about 40 couples in a grand march.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Arena
Warren P. Knowles
Knowles
Jack B. Olson
Robert Zimmerman
Henry C. Schadeberg
Wisconsin
Dena A. Smith
David Asman
Manawa
George H. Woodland
Fox Point
Ball
Frederick M. Alger Jr. Dies at 59 in Detroit
Frederick M. Alger Jr., 59, former U. S. ambassador to Belgium from 1952 to 1956 and former Michigan secretary of state, died Thursday after a brief illness. A member of a prominent family, Alger was among the first Michigan Republicans to back Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1951.
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Detroit
Frederick M. Alger Jr
U. S
Belgium
Michigan
Alger
Dwight D. Eisenhower
It Has To Be A Bomb Explodes Killing Six In Las Vegas Motel
A downtown Las Vegas Orbit Inn Motel explosion killed six and injured eight. Police call it a bomb with no question of self destruction. Victims include Lewis Palmer and Laura Palmer of Las Vegas and others from California and Idaho. Investigation continues.
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Las Vegas
Nev
George E. Franklin
Lewis Palmer
Laura
Preston
Idaho
Steve Merich
Katile
San Pedro
Calif
James Mahon
Bobbie
Charles Pearce
Essie
Bishop
Harvey Schnitzer
Many Rare Experiences Sisters Describe Ecuador Mission
Sisters Margaret Rose and M. Paulette recount varied nursing work at Boca de los Saves in Guayaquil Ecuador. They describe delivering babies in rough conditions, baptizing a dying infant, and using unconventional fevers cures. They travel by jeep through banana plantations to 70 mission stations over 800 square miles.
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Margaret Rose
M. Paulette
St. Clare Hospital
Boca de Los Saves
el Triunfo
Guataquil
Ecuador
South America
M. Rose
Josefina
St. Clare
Nicaragua
S. A
Padres de Santiago
Cardinal Cushing
Padres
Peter and
Chicago
Steering Columns Take The Spotlight
Detroit GM recalls 269200 cars over collapsing steering columns in 1967 models. Faulty installation blamed as safety devices prompts replacement of steering shafts to prevent snapping.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Ruby buried in snow swept Dallas cemetery
Jack Ruby aged 55 was laid to rest Friday in a snow swept Dallas area cemetery beside family and friends after dying Tuesday from a blood clot and cancer.
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Chicago
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Dallas
Tex
Wisconsin finds 48 million surplus in treasury may not avert tax rise
Wisconsin officials estimate an extra 48 million in the state treasury as 1966 earnings run high, six times the original forecast. Yet advisers warn the surplus could still fall short of closing a 120 million gap to the 1.2 billion draft budget, leaving tax increases possible. Governor Knowles plans a balanced 1967 69 budget and delivers it to the Legislature January 26.
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Warren P. Knowles
Knowles
State House
Stoughton
Illinois
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Chief of Police
Gloom
GOP
Gov. Knowles
F. M. Alger
Orbit Inn
Peter
Bronx
Josefing
Farmer
David Plack
Albany
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