Wisconsin faces income tax hike as legislature nears recess
A state fiscal report shows $385.6 million in biennium funds available, with a $15.74 million general fund surplus already appropriated. Additional spending up to $25 million hinges on new taxes, as Gov. Nelson pitches a surtax and proposed withholdings face GOP opposition.
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Roger Blobaum
Madison
Wisconsin
Gaylord Nelson
Bureau of Budgets and Accounts
Joint Finance Committee
Senate
Nelson
Wisconsin Cheese Foundation Drafts Bylaws in Beaver Dam
G Fred Galli reports the Wisconsin Cheese Foundation first bylaws draft at Beaver Dam with industry reps and Lyman McKee of the American Dairy Association. The voluntary fund checkoff aims to promote Wisconsin cheese with backing from the State Department of Agriculture and the governor's office. Harry Lach of Green Leaf named president as the foundation, organized June 12, will begin July 1 fiscal year.
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Wisconsin Cheese Foundation
Beaver Dam
Wisconsin
Harry Lach
Green Leaf
X-Ray Unit Set for Brodhead Visit on July 23
The Wisconsin Anti Tuberculosis Association mobile X ray unit will visit Brodhead on Thursday July 23 from 1 to 4 30 p m and 6 to 8 p m. It will be parked in front of the fire station for adults over 18 in the Brodhead area and city residents. The service is free of charge and funded by Christmas Seals.
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Brodhead
Wisconsin Anti - Tuberculosis Association
Steel Walkout Tuesday Likely
NEW YORK Hopes dim today for averting a nation wide steel strike at midnight Tuesday. The steelworkers union rejected President Eisenhowers plea for an indefinite extension of the two week strike truce already granted by the union. David J McDonald said negotiations will not be extended indefinitely and the July 14 walkout deadline stands.
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New York
Steelworkers
Eisenhower
David J. McDonald
Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Senate
Humphrey
U.S. Steel Corp
McDonald
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Kozlov Hears Chicago Boos at City Hall Visit
Soviet first deputy premier Frol Kozlov faced boos from about 100 pickets at Chicago City Hall while 240 police kept order. In Daley’s office he received an official handshake before a 60 mile drive to an Illinois corn farm, drawing a 1,000 person crowd. A Drake Hotel nose count showed 49 waiting for his dinner departure amid talk he could succeed Khrushchev.
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Frol R. Kozlov
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Kozlov
Drake Hotel
Pre- Khrushchev
Milwaukee Beach Invasion Fiasco Ends Smoothly In Oceanfront
An 850 member Marine landing at Milwaukee's McKinley Beach during Operation Inland Seas faced a 200000 spectator surge that halted tanks and trucks. Crowds were steered away as landing ramps failed and a phantom discharge device disappeared briefly before safe completion.
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Milwaukee
McKinley Beach
Lake Michigan
Navy
Great Lakes
Stock Mart Mixed Rests After Rises
New York stocks paused after rising to four straight record highs in early trading. Gains and losses stayed fractional for most leaders. Du Pont and Youngstown Sheet dropped over 2 percent while steels and rails cooled. Utilities and drugs rose as mail order and retail advanced.
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New York
du Pont
Youngstown Sheet
Youths Admit Ride on Rails Across County
More than a dozen teenagers, mostly juveniles, admitted riding cars along Illinois Central and Milwaukee Road tracks on Sunday nights. Sheriff A Charles Howe said officials will forward older youths to Justice Court for trespassing, while protecting youths from injury.
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A. Charles Howe
Illinois Central
Milwaukee Road
Justice Court
Howe
Roy Vetterli
Trail Ride and Horse Show at Fairgrounds Sunday
The Green County Boots and Saddle Club schedules a Sunday trail ride at 10 a.m., halter classes at 11 a.m., and a 1 p.m. horse show at the fairgrounds. Trophy and ribbons are awarded in many classes with five ribbons per class. Spectators may attend free. lunch proceeds benefit the club. Officers are Gordon Helland, Roger Dunwiddie, Bob French, and Mrs. Carl Jensen.
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Green County Boots and Saddle Club
Schuetze’s
Anna Walters
Joyce Hensel
County Saddle Organization
Gordon Helland
Juda
Roger Dunwiddie
Bob French
Monroe
Treasury to Pay Peak 4.728 Rate On Latest Issue
The Treasury will pay 4.728 percent on a two billion dollar one year loan, the highest since 1921, as Congress considers easing the 4 percent ceiling on long term bonds. The Ways and Means Committee approved a plan to let President Eisenhower exceed the ceiling for two years, while urging the Fed to buy more bonds to expand credit.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Treasury
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Senate
Federal Reserve Board
Auxiliary Okays Park Equipment at Twining Park
The American Legion Auxiliary donates 75 for playground equipment at Gen Nathan F Twining Park on the city edge. Equipment will support a family picnic area developed by the Legion post, which will also add picnic tables and renovate fireplaces. Tennis courts at the park are in use.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Nathan F. Twining
American Legion Post
The
Legion
Post
Auxiliary
British Leaders Press Summit for Geneva Talks
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and Labour Leader Hugh Gaitskell urged a summit to resolve Western differences with the Soviet Union. They expressed hope that foreign ministers will pave the way for a heads of government meeting when talks resume in Geneva on July 13.
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London
Britain
Soviet Union
Harold MacMillan
Hugh Gaitskelli
Geneva
Senate approves smaller foreign aid fund passage
The Senate approved a foreign aid bill setting a ceiling of 3.543 billion dollars, about 10 percent less than Eisenhower’s request. The measure covers 1.3 billion military aid and 751 million defense economic supports, with further reductions debated but not adopted.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
House
Bomb Kills Americans Near Saigon Training Center
A Communist terrorist detonated a bomb at a U S military billet 20 miles north of Saigon during a movie injuring two American advisers and several South Vietnamese. In the ensuing firefight, one American officer died and two others were wounded while two more escaped injury. The attack targeted the Bienhoa Bien Hoa training center of the U S Military Assistance Advisory Group.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U. S
Bienhoa
U.S
Colorful Sunset Follows Storms in Monroe Area
High winds and rain swept Monroe with minor utility damage and no crop loss. A .36 inch rainfall occurred as clouds cleared and a colorful sunset lit the western sky. Today's weather was near perfect with tomorrow forecast mostly fair and pleasant. tonight's lows in the 50s and tomorrow's highs 75 to 82.
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Monroe
53 Danes Crown In Boat Accident
Eyewitnesses blamed panic for rising death toll after an engine room explosion and fire on a 45 foot excursion boat Damen de in Haderslev Denmark. About 53 victims may have died in shallow water and 94 passengers escaped by leaping into the park lake as the vessel burned within an hour. Some aboard included mothers with infants. a rescuing rowboat capsized while panicked passengers fled.
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Haderslev
Denmark
Park Lake
Damende
Gov Earl Long's Health Reported Failing
Gov Earl Long, 63, beset by prior mental and physical ills, is reported failing in health. Washington sources said Wednesday night he was failing fast and gravely ill after a mild heart failure on July 1.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Washington
Long
Educator Gertrude Kingsland Dies at 91
Dr Gertrude Southwick Kingsland professor emeritus of English and longtime dean of women at Ripon College died Wednesday at age 91 after more than 50 years in college administration.
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Ripon
Gertrude Southwick Kingsland
Ripon College
Tornadoes Strike Wisconsin Injuring Several and Causing D amage
Severe storms swept Wisconsin with two tornadoes striking Harrisville in Marquette County and Niagara in Marinette County injuring a mother and two young children. A rubber raft incident on Lake Michigan left two dead and one survivor, while a separate Spider Lake water crash killed two and rescued three others. Damaging winds up to 73 mph hit Madison, Sturgeon Bay, and Lake areas as crews searched with Navy helicopters for missing or adrift victims.
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Lake Michigan
U.S. Marine Corps
Spider Lake
Iron River
Bayfield County
Harrisville
Marquette County
Marinette County
Niagara
U. S
Milwaukee North Shore
Tony Phipps
Dallas
Tex
Paul Polansky
Mason City
Iowa
Phipps
Milwaukee
Towa
Polansky
Marines
Navy
Coast Guards
Army
Oscar Leto
Oulu
Elmer Kamalainen
Tripp
Leonard Erickson
Orient
Wally Polk
Lawrence Stohl
Port Wing
Ellsworth Embertson
Jeanette Cooper
Denis
Steve
Madison
Turtle Lake
Wyatt Earp to Open Fort Dells Project Event
Hugh O'Brian known as Wyatt Earp will attend the Fort Dells opening in Wisconsin Dells on Saturday July 18. He will be flown from Los Angeles where he is filming a new series. Fort Dells showcases four major projects Indianland Adventureland Frontierland and a Children's Farm with authentic frontier displays.
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Hugh O'Brian
Wyatt Earp
Fort Dells
Wisconsin Dells
O’brian
Los Angeles
the Dells
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Ft. Dells
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